27/08/2016 BBC Weekend News


27/08/2016

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Hundreds of mourners have attended a mass funeral in Italy

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for dozens of victims of Wednesday's earthquake.

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On a day of national mourning, the Italian President

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and Prime Minister were among the congregation in a packed sports

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The service was relayed to hundreds more people outside via loudspeaker.

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The total number of dead now stands at more than 290.

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This morning, in a municipal gym, Italy improvised a state funeral.

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The country's president, Sergio Mattarella, tried

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He has declared this a day of national mourning.

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The coffins of more than 30 victims were lined up.

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They'll all be buried in the ground that claimed their lives.

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During the service, a bishop announced

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In this hall, on this day, consolation came without words.

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TRANSLATION: When the earthquake struck, my friend Stefania tried

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to shield her 82-year-old mother with her body.

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Her mother lived, but she didn't make it.

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Among the congregation, there were a number of rescuers

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taking their first break from the relief effort.

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TRANSLATION: My colleagues and I were the ones who arrived,

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straight after the earthquake struck in the middle of the night.

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We helped to rescue people, and being here was the least

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For Italy, this is a moment of national grief -

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its most intense period of mourning in years.

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The country will hope that this ceremony and these crowds will have

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given some consolation to the families of the dead.

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Francesco just wants to see what happened to his house.

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Firefighters took him through the ruins of the village

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We left the house a couple of days before the quake, he said.

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His neighbour, who was here, was killed.

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Relief workers allow survivors to pick up belongings

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They carry away pieces of their old lives, which they'll

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James, the sad truth is there are likely to be many more funerals once

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all the rubble is cleared. In the next few days there will and this is

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a time for National reflection for Italy. In this region in the last

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seven years there have been two major earthquakes and each has

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killed around 300 people. If Italy decides it can put up with losing

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300 people every few years, it carries on before. If this company

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decide that is too much, it will have to go about renovating houses

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properly across the entire region. The cost of renovating a house and

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making it earthquake proof is sometimes more than the value of the

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House itself. In the end of this country may decide to muddle

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through, to renovate where it can, but be prepared to mourn once more

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the next time an earthquake kills people in badly made houses.

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A pedestrian bridge has collapsed on to the M20 in Kent,

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injuring a motorcyclist and causing long tailbacks on one of the busiest

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It happened after a lorry hit the bridge near

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This section of the M 20 remained closed. The two lorries involved are

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still here, pinned down by part of the bridge. Recovery work is

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expected to start tonight, but this had the potential for disaster, a

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bridge collapsing over a motorway at noon on a bank holiday weekend.

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The driver of this truck is counting his blessings.

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The footbridge just missed his cab as it crashed across

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Underneath the concrete a motorcyclist is pinned

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to the ground with suspected broken ribs, but is soon taken to hospital.

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for many others too this was a close call.

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I heard a bang, yeah, and we were literally four or five

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cars behind so we could just see the bridge come down.

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Obviously you are not really expecting that sort of thing

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to happen, so it was a bit of a shock.

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It is thought the lorry carrying the digger may have been driving

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on the hard shoulder of the eastbound carriageway when it

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On what is the busiest travel day of the bank holiday weekend

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the closure of the M20 caused major disruption and not just here.

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The motorway is one of the main routes to France and traffic backed

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Apart from the motorcyclist there were, astonishingly,

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no other injuries in this accident and when you get this close you can

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see just how many lucky escapes there were today.

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Even the driver of that white truck walked away shaken,

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Clearing this stretch of motorway will not be quick.

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As well as the fallen concrete beam, both lorries must be removed

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and the rest of the footbridge will have to be made safe

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But thankfully this is a story of disruption and not disaster.

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Richard Lister, BBC News, on the M20 in Kent.

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The Prime Minister Theresa May, has announced a wide ranging

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review of public services, as part of a drive to tackle

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She says monitoring how people from different backgrounds

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are treated by the health service, in education, and the criminal

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justice system would reveal "difficult truths".

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Final preparations for Britain's biggest street festival.

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Notting Hill Carnival, a celebration of

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But people here say, when it comes to equality,

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You don't need anyone to really answer that, you

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can see that we're not all equal, you can see we are not all being

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treated equal and it's never going to happen, regardless.

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It's divided on class, it's divided on race, it's divided on

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There's substantial areas in our public sector, substantial areas

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in our private sector where equality is nonexistent, where there is

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clearly evidence of very discriminatory practices.

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In Theresa May's opening address as Prime

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Minister, she promised a hard stance to stamp out discrimination.

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If you are born poor, you will die on

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average nine years earlier than others.

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treated more harshly by the criminal justice system than if you are

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If you are a white working-class boy, you are less

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likely than anyone else in Britain to go to university.

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If you are at a state school, you are less likely to

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reach the top professions than if you are educated privately.

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And now a new unit that will get under the

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skin of racism in education, employment, health and the justice

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But the Prime Minister has her work cut out.

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According to a recent report by the Equality and

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Human Rights Commission, inequality is entrenched in Britain.

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For example, black graduates on average

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earn 23% less than their white colleagues and are more likely to

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Theresa May says she wants to remove barriers that face the white

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Those from this background are least likely to go to

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What they should have been doing is looking at the

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equality impact of the cuts they were proposing to make and not

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All they have done is driven the poorest people

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into deprivation, disproportionately black people are impacted, but also

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women and disabled people and other equality groups.

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The government says this scheme will shine a light on

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difficult truths, but some say the truth has been obvious for far

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Hull have won rugby league's Challenge Cup.

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They came from behind to beat Warrington, their first

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victory in a final at Wembley, in nine attempts.

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This is the day the north comes south.

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The game's traditional heartland arriving at the Challenge Cup's

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For these fans a well worn path, but for Hull

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this has not always been a

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Eight finals here without a win, a tradition they were

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But this is a Warrington side that does know

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Such chases can be draining in this heat,

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Chris Sandow eventually caught, but Warrington

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would not be stopped for

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long, Matthew Russell scoring with half-time

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And it was Warrington turning up the heat yet further.

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Ben Currie finding a rare moment of space and

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against tiring legs he could not be caught.

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Hull stifled on the pitch took the aerial rich, Fonua

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Hull stifled on the pitch took the aerial route, Fonua

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That encouragement can take a side a long way,

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Jamie Shore astonishingly pulling Hull

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level only for Mark Snead to win it with moments remaining.

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And a fairy tale ending for Hull where

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for once the Wolves were not the bad guys.

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After years of disappointment here, the Black and Whites have won

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