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Tonight at ten: Anger and recrimination in Egypt in

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the wake of the latest violence. Demonstrators are on the streets

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after the deaths of more than 70 football fans in clashes last night.

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The victims' families say there was a deliberate failure to provide

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adequate security and they blame the authorities. They stole money

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from the people for 30 years, and now they are spending the money to

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make gangsters and corruption in Egypt because they do not want the

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revolution to succeed. We'll have the latest from Cairo on

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the continuing unrest. Also tonight:

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As Prince William arrives in the Falklands for a tour of duty

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tensions rise in Argentina. Crowds attack British targets as the 30th

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anniversary of the Falklands conflict approaches.

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Cabinet minister Chris Huhne will find out tomorrow if he's to be

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charged over claims that his wife accepted speeding points on his

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behalf. The big freeze grips much of Europe.

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Many are trapped in remote villages. And what brain studies tell us

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And coming up in Sportsday on the BBC News Channel, the FA chairman

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asks members whether John Terry should stay as England captain

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while awaiting trial on racism Good evening.

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Thousands of Egyptians have been protesting in Cairo following the

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worst football violence in the country's history. 74 people died

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in clashes last night prompting angry recriminations on the streets

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and in parliament. It's underlined the continuing instability in Egypt

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almost a year after President Mubarak was swept from power. This

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is the scene live in Tahrir Square in Cairo tonight let's join our

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correspondent Rupert Wingfield Hayes who's there.

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Well, this evening, the centre of Cairo has once again been turned

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into something of a battlefield. We have seen this evening thousands

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and thousands of young people come into the centre of Cairo to gather

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in front of the Interior Ministry. And they have tried repeatedly to

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try to assault the Interior Ministry. They have been driven

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back time and again by barrages of tear-gas and rubber bullets. There

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have been hundreds of injuries tonight. We are not sure exactly

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how many. The authorities are saying 500 or 600 people have been

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injured. There has been a constant stream of ambulances taking the

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injured away. The fury in a Cairo tonight has been caused by the

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death of 74 people last night in Port Said in that football violence.

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There is anger, there is consternation, but more than that,

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there is deep, deep suspicion here from the protesters about who is

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really behind the violence that caused those deaths last night in

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Port Said. On the streets of Cairo this

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afternoon, they already have their own theories. These football fans

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are convinced the attack was planned and organised by Egypt's

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security forces. It is a crime down from the old regime. -- done by the

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old regime. They stole money from people for 30 years and now they

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are spending the money to make gangsters and corruption in Egypt

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because they do not want the revolution to succeed. There is so

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far no evidence to support that claim. These were the extraordinary

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scenes at Cairo railway station early this morning, as the train

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carrying survivors and the dead from Port Said pulled him. -- it

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pulled in. Thousands crowd the platforms. Justice, or death, they

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chant. This man immediately blames the head of Egypt's military junta

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for the deaths. Tantawi opened the doors so that the thugs could

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attack our friends, he said. As dawn breaks, another train pulls in.

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Anxious parents wait desperately for news. My son has not answered

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his phone since yesterday, this mother weeps, please, I beg you,

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help me find my son. This is how it all happened on live television. As

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the game ended, fans from the victorious Port Said team flooded

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the pitch. The Cairo team fled for their lives. But many of the Cairo

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fans were not so lucky. As they tried to flee, they were overrun,

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beaten, bludgeoned and stabbed. Today, the blood smeared seats tell

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of the brutality of the attacks. The piles of shoes show where

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bodies were crushed against locked gates. The head of each of's

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military junta met was shaken players from the Cairo team,

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promising the culprits will be found unpunished.

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TRANSLATION: With the result of his investigation, each one will take

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his punishment and we will know why and who caused this tragedy.

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with so many young people dead, nothing will stop some hear from

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believing that the old men who have ruled Egypt for so long are somehow

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Rupert Wingfield-Hayes with the latest on the unrest in Cairo.

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One of the other main stories: Prince William has arrived in the

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Falkland Islands to start a six- week tour of duty as an RAF search-

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and-rescue pilot. Britain says it is a routine deployment. Argentina

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says it is provocative, as tensions grow between the countries. With

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the 30th anniversary of the Falklands conflict approaching,

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Allan Little sent this report from the capital, Stanley.

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Argentina's rhetoric does not panic this place. The part-time soldiers

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of the Falkland Islands Defence Force patrol their wet and

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windswept island home. But no one fears another invasion. Officially,

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he is here as plane Flight Lieutenant Wales, not a senior

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British royal but a search and rescue helicopter pilot. That is

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not how the world sees it. The Falkland Islanders are welcome him

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as a restatement of the bond with Britain. Argentina said he was here

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in what it called the uniform of the Conqueror. But the Falklands

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are not spooked by the rhetoric. are in a very different place to 30

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years ago. The but my mission is to deter any military aggression to

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these islands, or to the other South Atlantic overseas territories.

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And it is only if that fails, should I need to defend this. And I

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have got the capabilities to do that. The islanders, even so, are

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glad of this, HMS dawn plus, one of the newest and most powerful

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warships in the fleet, equipped to repel attack from the air.

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Argentina says this has militarised the dispute, but Britain says it is

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a routine deployment, not an escalation.

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In Buenos Aires, a few dozen left- wing protesters Ed their fury at a

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city landmark once known as the English clock tower. -- they aired

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their fury. This protester condemned the presence of what he

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called the pirate Prince William, and a British bank was pelted with

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paint. The defiance of the islanders is shaped by memory. For

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many it is a living, vital thing that men came from 9000 miles away

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to win back their right for self- determination, and many of them

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died for it. And that experience underpins Britain's position, that

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whatever Argentina's claim to these islands, the rights of the people

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who live here to choose their own destiny remain non-negotiable. Port

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Stanley is as British as fish and chips, Sussex in the South Atlantic,

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loyal to the Crown through generations. No one here shares the

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view that Prince William's arrival is just another deployment. To the

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islanders, it is a restatement of their bond with Britain. He is a

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very important member of the Royal Family so it means a lot to the

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islanders that Britain believe that he should be here in the Falklands

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serving in our defence. Falklands are forging ahead with

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oil exploration, to the fury of Argentina. But no one here cares

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much Argentine sensibilities. they feel it is a provocation to

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them, that is their view. The UK Government has no doubt about the

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Falklands sovereignty, being British, and no doubt about the

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right of the Falklands government to explore for offshore mineral

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resources. 1982 casts its shadow, for what happened here made this

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distant, difficult place still more steadfast in its enduring

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Britishness. Chris Huhne, the Energy Secretary,

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will find out tomorrow morning if he is to be charged over claims

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that his former wife accepted speeding penalty points on his

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behalf. The Director of Public Prosecutions will make a statement

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on the decision. Chris Huhne has consistently denied the accusations.

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Essex police have been examine the allegations dating back to 2003 for

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several months. Let's get the latest from Vicki Young at

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Westminster. How do you see the potential impact of what happens

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tomorrow? It could be very damaging for the coalition. These

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allegations have been hanging over Chris Huhne for several months. The

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Director of Public Prosecutions has called in the TV cameras tomorrow

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morning at 10am to explain the decision. It is unusual but not

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unprecedented for him to do this. It does not give much of a clue as

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to which way the decision has gone. I think the brown cock -- the Crown

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Prosecution Service will be keen to explain their decision, whichever

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way it has gone, because it is such a high-profile figure. The dilemma

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for the coalition if charges are brought against Chris Huhne is

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whether he remains in the Cabinet will stop me claim has hinted there

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have been discussions with civil servants and the Prime Minister

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about all of this. If he has to stand down it will be a blow for

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the Liberal Democrats. He is a senior figure and highly regarded

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among grassroots Liberal Democrats as someone who is willing to stand

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up to the Conservatives. He has always denied he has done anything

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wrong and has been confident he will not be prosecuted. Tomorrow at

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9am he will find out whether he was right or not.

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A pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca has announced it is to cut 7300

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jobs worldwide. The firm employs 8000 people in the UK and unions

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claim up to 350 jobs are expected to go at the company's Alderley

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Park site in Cheshire. William Hague has called for more

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action to tackle the terrorist threat from Somalia, as he became

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the first British Foreign Secretary to visit there in 20 years. His

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arrival in the capital, Mogadishu, signals the start of a major

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diplomatic push to restore stability in the country. He

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described Somalia as the world's most failed state.

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The football manager Harry Redknapp has angrily denied telling lies at

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his trial for tax evasion, but he did admit misleading a journalist

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who had asked him about money paid into an offshore bank account when

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he was manager at Portsmouth. Mr Redknapp and his former chairman at

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the club, Milan Mandaric, both deny the charges against them. This

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report contains flash photography. Accused of setting up an offshore

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bank account to avoid paying tax, Harry Redknapp arrived for a second

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day in the witness box. He denies that a payment in Monaco was a

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bonus for the transfer of Peter Crouch. Evidence has been utterly

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misleading, said the prosecution. Absolutely not, replied Redknapp.

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The court heard that Harry Redknapp had first found out about the

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allegations when he received a phone call from a reporter at the

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News of the World. He claims that in the recorded conversation which

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Harry Redknapp was asked about his dog. "I like Rosie. I don't like

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calling her a dog. She was better than that.". As the cross-

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examination grew to a close, the at atmosphere became heated. Harry

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Redknapp was accused of telling a pack of lies. The Tottenham manager

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said, "You think I would put my hand on the Bible and tell lies.

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Everything I have told you is the truth, the whole truth and nothing

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but the truth, so help me God.". The prosecution continued, "Mr

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Redknapp you have come to this court and twisted your account to

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get and Mr Mandaric off the hook., "Absolutely Not." Harry Redknapp

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went on to say, "Give me the Bible back and I will put my hand on it.".

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The jurors were told they would be sent out to consider their verdicts

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on Tuesday. Tomorrow the prosecution will give their closing

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Coming up on tonight's programme: 200 years after the birth of

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Charles Dickens, new research on how he created the characters in

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Abnormalities in the brain may make some people more likely to become

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drug addicts according to scientists at the University of

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Cambridge. Experts have been unsure whether drugs changed the wiring of

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the brain or if drug addicts' brains were wired differently in

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the first place. But the new study suggests that conditions can be

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inherited which make addiction more It is one of the great scurges of

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the modern world, addiction to drugs. But what determines who gets

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hooked? New research offers an answer. The study focused on

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addicts and their siblings like Sophia and Teresa. Brought up

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together in the same troubled family, they describe how one

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stayed clean and the other didn't. I was about 19 and it was the

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people I was hanging around with, the influences so, but it wasn't, I

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didn't get into the crack until I was 30.

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I'm not holier than thou, but I think I just already knew early on

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in my life that there were certain things I wanted to do and wanted to

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achieve. The study involved scanning 50 addicts and their

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siblings. Teresa took part for her sister's sake. The aim to see, if

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there are clue to say addiction in the brain and the results are

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surprising. What is revealed by the research is potentially useful. The

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siblings of addicts and the addicts themselves share a similar pattern

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of abnormalities in their brains. Physical evidence that you can

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inherit, conditions that put you at risk. The scans show how this works

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inside the brain. The area governing emotion is bigger than

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normal in addicts than their siblings. Another part involved in

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habit forming is also larger than usual. The connections that manage

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self-control are relatively inefficient. So how do the siblings

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avoid addiction? These brothers and sisters who

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don't have addiction problems, what they can tell us is how they

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managed to overcome these problems. What they do in their daily life,

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how they manage self-control in a a daily life.

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Sophia and Teresa were tested for self-control, they share

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abnormalities in their brains, but turned out different differently.

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The long-term goal is to prevent addiction.

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This study is one step along the way of identifying people who are

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at risk and at this stage though, it doesn't give us any answers as

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to how we can intervene. So emeetate benefits reason likely,

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but having a clearer idea of who is most vulnerable to help steer them

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An inquiry has been ordered into the tax affairs of top civil

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servants. It comes after an investigation by BBC Newsnight

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which revealed that the chief executive of the Student Loans

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Company was paid through his private company which meant he

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could avoid normal tax deductions. Civil servants in Whitehall get

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paid by the taxpayer. How how much tax should they have to pay

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themselves? Over the last two years, this official, Ed Lester, has been

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able to avoid paying tens of thousands of pounds in tax legally.

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In 2010 he was appointed by David Willetts to head up the Student

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Loans Company. But It has emerged that ministers and officials agreed

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to pay Mr Leicester �182,000 for his work in Glasgow, but the salary

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was paid into a company based in London. A move that meant he could

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pay less tax. Today, the minister who signed off the salary was

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forced to the Commons to eat humble pie.

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He said Mr Leicester will pay income tax and national insurance

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like the rest of us and accountants will scour Whitehall to make sure

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no other officials were paid this way.

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At a time when we have to pull in the same direction to tackle the

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country's financial problems, it is essential we pay our full and fair

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share, that is why I have taken this action to make sure Government

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departments don't support tax avoidance schemes.

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For MPs on all sides, that wasn't good enough.

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Those working at the front-line in the public sector will find these

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revelations obscene. At a time when the economy is flat

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lining and students are facing a tripling of of student fees the

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news that ministers approved the contract of a senior official shows

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just how out-of-touch they are. It is not clear who approved Mr

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Leicester's tax deal. Documents obtained by the BBC appear to show

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Mr Willetts, the universe minister, was aware of the deal and he

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claimed that Mr Alexander at the Treasury had approved it.

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Mr Alexander says he wasn't aware of the tax benefits. Either way,

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students were not impressed. The idea that the Government are

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telling us they can't afford Education Maintenance Allowance and

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can't afford to fund our universities, but they can come to

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arrangements with senior public servants to avoid tax. That's a

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kick in the teeth for us. The inquiry will fin out how many

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more officials in Westminster will have similar tax deals, deals that

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are embarrassing for a Government that is trying to tackle tax

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avoidance, a Government that claims The editor of the Times, James

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Harding, is to be recalled to the Leveson Inquiry to answer questions

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about alleged hacking of emails at the paper. The inquiry has been

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told that a Times journalist accessed the emails of a police

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internet blogger. The editor of the Sun, Dominic Mohan, has also been

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recalled to answer further questions.

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In Serbia rescue services are trying to reach thousands of people

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trapped in remote villages by the snow. The authorities are using

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helicopters and sledges to try to supply food. Much of Europe is

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still in the grip of the extreme cold weather and temperatures have

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fallen as low as minus 30 Celsius as Luisa Baldini tells us.

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When it is as cold as in Romania, a walk by the sea becomes a walk on

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the sea and in the port, forget boats, bobbing about, here they are

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stuck fast in the frozen waters. Where the sea is moving, it does so

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with one big slushy swell. It may look pretty in places, but these

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Arctic conditions are causing misery and deaths across Europe.

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Temperatures have plunged to below minus 20 Celsius and the snow is up

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to five meters deep. 11,000 people in rural areas are cut off. The

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most desperate are rescued by helicopter.

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Or if they can get access, by snow mobile.

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Workers at a fish farm cut holes in the ice, to allow oxygen into the

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water. The blast of icy water has been feeding in from Siberia and

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enveloped much of Europe. We are on the edge of this cold

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weather across Europe at the moment, but our temperatures are struggling

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and the problem for the week we have milder air trying to come in

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from the Atlantic as that bumps up against the cold air, we are likely

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to see snow. The Pennines was covered today.

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This is high ground so it is not unusual, but other parts of the

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country where it has been mild may see similar scenes come the weekend.

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Warmer climes than our own have succumbed to the snow. This was

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Marseille today, the French Riviera New historical research on the

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novelist Charles Dickens suggests he based some of the characters in

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his books on people living around him in London. It's claimed that

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Oliver Twist was based on the residents of one particular street

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and that other stories were based on those living nearby. Will

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Gompertz has been looking at the new research and Dickens' enduring

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appeal. Charles Dickens is one of the great writers. The academics

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are convinced so are the public. His books have never been out of

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print. There are many reasons to admire his work. The style, the

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characters, and the subject matter. Few authors documented their time

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more incisively than Charles Dickens. Now a a new book claims to

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reveal the extent to which he was influenced by by his surroundings.

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This is a street in Central London which the new book claims was

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Dickens inspiration for when he was writing Oliver Twist, he did once

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live here at the top and he would have walked up and down this road

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doing his favourite thing, which was observing every day life with

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his attuned ear for dialogue and his eye for detail. This building,

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for example, was a workhouse when he lived in the street, not unlike

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the one he writes about in Oliver Twist. The historian who wrote and

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researched the book, took me on a tour of the area, pointing out more

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of the people and places on which Dickens drew.

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I found Dan Weller, like Sam Weller and I found William sciction and

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that's the -- Sykes and that's the villain in Oliver Twist.

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This series is set on a fictional council estate in Manchester. It

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has socialal real -- social realism at its heart.

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No surprise then that its writer is a Dickens fan.

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He was making the world want to read about the state of the British

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under class. That's what he did. That's an act of genius. You compel

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somebody to read what they most don't want to read about. It stole

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the nation's heart through fiction and I think fiction is one of the

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finest ways of telling the truth. Please sir, I want some more.

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The author of a recent Dickens biography reveals that was his

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great skill. He was a great reporter. He began

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as a reporter so he combines, I think, the acute perceptive eye of

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a reporter with a poetic imagination. So he embroiders upon

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reality through language. And that is absolutely marvellous.

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And it is that gift which has given Dickens his enduring appeal to

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readers and writers alike. He exposed the universal appeals of

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life still as true today as they were 200 years ago when he was born.

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Newsnight is starting in a few minutes on BBC Two and they will be

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