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More actors beginning to mumble . We investigate complaints about the sound quality on some tv programmes. It is either too quickly spoken or they dont speak clear enough. Good morning. Its tuesday 11th april. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. In the last half an hour it has been announced Foreign Ministers meeting at the g 7 summit have not been able to agree on imposing sanctions on russia. They have discussed what options to take after a Chemical Attack killed 89 syrians last week. Us Secretary Of State rex deveson will be in moscow later to face the russians over their continued support for president Bashar Al Assad. They call it the family photo and its a family that used to include russia before it was expelled in 2014 when the g8 became the g7. The kremlin may not be represented at this summit, but its continued support for the Syrian Regime dominates conversation. These Foreign Ministers have been working out the precise message us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerso
Of sunshine there have been, and more. Someone has been taking all these measurements here every day for over 200 years. Its my responsibility now, im the one doing it now, i have been doing it for 18 years. These are just as accurate as digital thermometers and there is no significant difference in them, really. So the old way is as good as the new way, really, you know. An automatic Weather Station will provide more data, more often, and ensure the record goes on if someone cant be found to follow in shanes footsteps. And what a record it is. With those first readings still stored at the observatory. Well, youve got some history there, havent you, michael . I certainly have, yes. These are the first readings of weather here at armagh observatory. This is the first sheet of measurements, it goes back, lets see, 27th Of December 179a. And its very simple measurements, just three things. Its the inside temperature, the outside temperature, and the barometer. This is the start of measure
By introducing some selection based on the results of a test. The move comes as ministers seek to lift the ban on new Grammar Schools. 0ur education editor, Bra Nwen Jeffreys reports from the unions annual conference in cardiff. Grammar schools have a long history. In altrincham, 100 years of tradition. Then, almost 20 years ago, new Grammar Schools were banned. Now, some comprehensives Offera Grammarstream for many, a way of stretching the brightest. But could this also be used to get around the law . So today, a warning of legal action. They fear ministers could encourage more of this. The schools where wed have an issue around this is a school thats advertising a grammar stream, that is putting children through tests for it, and where we get the sense from documents and other things that children stay in that stream, that its actually a selective system that is being introduced. Thats what we would want to challenge. Is this essentially a Shot Across The Bow of the government, to sa
Of everton footballer ross barkley to that of a gorilla. The mayor of liverpool has called for the newspaper to sack mr mckenzie for making what he called racial slurs. From goodison park, Frankie Mccamley reports. The footballer in the centre of it all, everton midfielder ross barkley, whose grandfather was nigerian, compared here to a gorilla. And the man who wrote it, kelvin mackenzie, now suspended. He also claims the only other people in liverpool earning as much money were drug dealers. Ive reported it to Merseyside Police and theyre investigating the complaint. I have also written to the press complaints commission. The comments, i believe, were overtly racist. The club reacted quickly, banning the sun, stating the newspaper has to know any attack on this city is not acceptable. It follows a long running hatred towards the newspaper who blamed fans for the Hillsborough Disaster that left 96 dead. With applause at todays match to mark the 28th anniversary. The suns Publisher News