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carriers, helicopters and a warship. The ousted Ukrainian president

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resurfaces in Russia vows to return. TRANSLATION: I am eager and ready to

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fight for the future of Ukraine. As all Britons are being urged to

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leave Crimea, the UN meets to discuss the escalating situation.

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Also tonight: The serial killer who laughed as she was sentenced to life

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in prison without parole. British police join forces around

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the world to arrest fraudsters selling bogus financial investments.

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As gay men and women are threatened with life imprisonment in Uganda,

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the World Bank holds back millions in aid.

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And preparing for the Oscars with a British director and star tipped to

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win. In Sportsday, Manuel Pellegrini is

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handed a two-match touchline ban for comments about the referee in last

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week's defeat to Barcelona. Good evening.

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There are signs tonight of a build up of Russian forces over the border

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in Crimea, the region of Ukraine where the majority of people are

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ethnically Russian. As international leaders urge Russia to stay out of

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the country's affairs, the interim Ukrainian government has accused

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Russia of an armed invasion. Unidentified gunmen are patrolling

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two key Crimean airports, Russian helicopters are flying though

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Crimean airspace, which has been closed to other traffic. Russian

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armoured personnel carriers are lined up along the highway between

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Simferopol and Sevastopol airports. There are reports, unconfirmed, that

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more Russian troops are being flown in. And a Russian warship is

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blockading the strategic Black Sea port of Balaklava. Our Moscow

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correspondent Daniel Sandford sent this report, which contains flash

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photography. Crimea's main connection to the

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outside world, today in the hands of men with machine guns. They were

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wearing no insignia, but their military fatigues were of Russian

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design, their weapons Russian standard issue. The airport is

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nominally in Ukraine but not under Ukrainian control tonight. The armed

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men, in green military uniforms, have taken over the building

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containing the control tower in Crimea's main civilian airport. This

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local activist said the troops were there to stop far right militia from

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Kiev. TRANSLATION: Radicalism and fascism

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are not welcome in Crimea. This is our slogan, and we don't want

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radicals from Ukraine, other regions and countries to visit us in Crimea.

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The extraordinary military movements went on all day. The new government

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in Kiev complained that these Russian attack helicopters had

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violated its airspace. This evening, armoured personnel carriers

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appeared on the road. Kiev said it was an invasion. But this woman,

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like many here, is suspicious of the new Kiev government and supported

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the Russian move. TRANSLATION: Who else can we turn

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to? Who can defend us? Thank goodness the Russian fleet is here

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to defend us. This Russian naval ship appeared at the entrance to the

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world-famous Balaklava Bay, another show of strength by the Russian

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armed forces. Ukraine has lost control of the seas around Crimea

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and its main airports. But in Kiev, the acting president said he would

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react carefully. TRANSLATION: I appeal personally to

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President Putin to immediately stop provoking us. Pull out troops from

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Crimea and cooperate by sticking to agreements already signed between

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us. Across the border in Russia, the man he replaced, the ousted

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president, Viktor Yanukovych, appeared in public for the first

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time since he fled last week. Ukraine has asked Russia to hand him

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over as a suspect, but he seemed defiant.

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TRANSLATION: I am eager and ready to fight for the future of Ukraine. I

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was forced to leave, and there were threats to my life and to people

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close to me. Power was taken by nationalist, fascist thugs, who are

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in the minority in Ukraine. These security camera pictures released

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tonight show the moment the regional parliament was stormed yesterday by

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men with machine guns and rocket propelled grenades. The TV station

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was also taken today. This is not yet a war, but Kiev has not moved to

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reassert control, and if it does, Moscow made clear today that its

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troops are waiting. Daniel is in Crimea tonight. Events

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seem to be changing quickly on the ground. What is the latest? At the

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moment, Crimean airspace is closed to civilian aircraft, with no

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civilian flights being allowed in at present. There are rumours swirling

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around about the arrival of many more Russian troops. First, there

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were suggestions that some troops were landing, four planes were

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landing. Then the Ukrainian ambassador to the United Nations

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Security Council confirmed that he believed that some planes had landed

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and then the Ukraine's representative in Crimea said he

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believed 13 transport planes had landed with 150 troops on each

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plane. I should say that nobody from the BBC has been able to see any of

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these planes or troops arriving, but there are now multiple reports of

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that going on. This is a situation where Ukraine does not seem to have

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any control over Crimea. They don't seem to be able to make any military

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move. There is this great risk that if they decided they had to assert

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their control, there would be this Russian reaction. That is why

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authorities in Kiev at the moment are calling this a provocation, and

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saying they do not intend to react. The British Foreign Office is saying

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that nobody should travel to Crimea and those who are here should try

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and leave, preferably by train. Thank you.

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Events in Ukraine are being monitored in Washington and

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President Obama has just begun speaking about the crisis. Ian

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Pannell is in Washington. President Obama and the Secretary of State,

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John Kerry, both expressing concern about events in Crimea. Yes, it is

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interesting that as events on the ground have ratcheted up, so has the

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language being used here in Washington. President Obama,

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literally in the last couple of minutes, saying he was deeply

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concerned about reports of military movements, describing any

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infringement of the territorial integrity of Ukraine as deeply

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destabilising. Earlier, John Kerry also made some reasonably strident

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remarks about the situation. He has a cordial relationship with his

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Russian counterpart, who he spoke to earlier today, in which they seemed

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to echo the same language about respecting that sovereignty,

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territorial integrity. But also, John Kerry said intervention would

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be a grave mistake. He said that America supported the territorial

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integrity of the Ukraine, and expected other nations to do the

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same. Again, a clear warning to Russia. There is a pre-existing

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agreement, the Budapest memorandum, which technically binds Britain and

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America to not just echo the words of supporting territorial

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integrity, but to actually back it up. Ian Pannell in Washington, thank

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you. Serial killer Joanne Dennehy has

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been sentenced to life in prison without parole for murdering three

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men and randomly selecting and attempting to kill two others. She

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laughed in court as the judge described her as "a cruel,

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calculating, selfish and manipulative serial killer". Ed

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Thomas reports. A killer who was calm, confident and

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in control. Joanne Dennehy said she wanted to be famous for killing men,

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and write a book. She took these pictures to celebrate her murderers.

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Today, she arrived at court to be called a monster. Handcuffed, inside

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the dock, the judge said she was a Krul, calculating serial killer.

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Dennehy smiled before she was told she would spend the rest of her life

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in prison. The fact that she will never see daylight again in the

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outside world is a huge comfort for the family. Whilst I do not measure

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success of any investigation on prison time, in this case, for

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Joanne Dennehy, it is absolutely the right thing that she won't come out

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of prison. Dennehy, the court heard, had a thirst for blood. In March

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last year she murdered her friend, her housemate John Chapman, and

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landlord Kevin Lee. Today, Kevin Lee's family gave this reaction.

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With -- we miss him more with each day that passes and we will all live

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with the legacy of the actions of Joanne Dennehy. By the time she

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killed, Dennehy had abandoned her two children. An alcoholic using

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heroin, looking for men to kill. The blade was no bigger than three

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inches but she was all over. Mark Lloyd met her the day she was

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arrested. She forced him to watch as she stabbed two strangers. In fear

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of his life, this CCTV shows him with the killer. She puts her arm

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around his neck. But you can't see is the knife hidden under her

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clothes. In his own -- only TV interview, he said he thought he

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would be the next to die. She wanted to kill someone. Anyone, right there

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and then, to kill. But could Dennehy have been stopped? A diagnosed

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psychopath, who self harm done suffered from several personality

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disorders. She would have been known to services. Someone has been

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prescribing medication to her. There is no question that she would have

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shown significant disturbance prior to these events. But predicting that

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someone is going to do something as horrific as this is an extremely

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difficult thing to do. The court was told -- told Dennehy killed because

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she wanted to see how it felt. In the dock, she laughed and swore at

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the judge as she revealed that she told a psychiatrist killing was

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Moorish and after her first murder, she wanted more. Joanne Dennehy will

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never be released, a murderer who thought killing was fun. Ed Thomas,

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BBC News at the Old Bailey. Two women who were sexually

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assaulted by a London taxi driver have won compensation from the

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Metropolitan Police for failures in its investigation. John Worboys was

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jailed for life in 2009 for a series of rapes and sexual assaults over a

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six-year period. The women's successful challenge under the Human

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Rights Act could set a precedent for future cases.

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In Preston, former television and radio presenter Stuart Hall has

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pleaded not guilty to rape charges. The 84-year-old is charged with 15

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counts of rape and five of indecent assault, which date back to the

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1970s and 80s. Two of the alleged victims were girls below the age of

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consent. Mr Hall's trial has been set for May sixth.

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The leader of the UK Independence Party, Nigel Farage, has said he is

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taking a "mega gamble" by predicting his party could win the European

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elections in May. At his party conference in Torquay, he also said

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UKIP could return a number of MPs at the next general election and he

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would resign if none were elected. He was speaking to our Deputy

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Political Editor, James Landale. This report contains some flash

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photography. Some may be old, some unsteady on

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their feet, some perhaps even a little eccentric. What a nice day

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for a lovely conference. But never let it be said that UKIP members

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lack confidence. A Richter scale 7 political earthquake. It's going to

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shake this country up. For a party once dismissed as fruitcakes and

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loonies by David Cameron is now growing faster than any other. They

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can abuse us as much as they want. The more they throw all these words

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at us, the more people vote for us. That's why he's telling his party

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that not only might they win most votes at the European election, they

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could also win a good number of MPs at the next general election. If

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they win none, he'd resign. This is the moment that we've waited for.

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This is it. This is the big one for UKIP. Together, we can achieve

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something remarkable in these European Elections. We can top those

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polls. He told them their party was changing, broadening its appeal and,

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yes, involving more women and younger people. I've always loved

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being amongst UKIP people. It's great fun. It's like being in Dad's

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Army, really! Some members of UKIP continue to embarrass the

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leadership, most recently one blaming the floods on gay marriage.

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But this is a party with a spring in its step and a leader not afraid of

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raising expectations. I want us to get back some pride and self-respect

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in who we are. And if that means I'm taking a mega gamble on the European

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Elections on May 22nd, then so be it. So he did not mind having a

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slogan that, as it turned out, had once been used by the BNP. Nor was

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he coy about how he thinks immigration has left parts of

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Britain unrecognisable, such as when he caught a train recently in

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London. It wasn't till after we got past Grove Park that I could

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actually hear English being audibly spoken in the carriage. Does that

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make me feel slightly awkward? Yes. For some local people, that sort of

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message was too much, but not all. Will you vote UKIP, madam? No. Why

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not? Because they're too right-wing and I don't agree with their

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policies on immigration. Your husband, does he share your views?

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Certainly not. How would you vote? I'll definitely vote for UKIP. Would

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you vote UKIP? No. Why not? Because I think they're barking mad. How

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would you vote? UKIP every day. Once UKIP conferences were thinly

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attended. Now the car parks are full. And they're not shy of letting

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people know why they're here. James Landale, BBC News, Torquay.

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The boss of the company that owns British Airways says the airline may

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benefit from a vote for Scottish Independence. Willie Walsh - the

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head of International Airlines Group - said British Airways wasn't

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drawing up contingency plans for the prospect of a "yes" vote. But he

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added, Scottish Government plans to scrap Air Passenger Duty could be

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good for the aviation industry. We will continue to fly to Scotland,

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and, if anything, it might be marginally positive. I suspect the

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Scottish Government will abolish Air Passenger Duty. No, it is probably

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going to be a positive development, if it does happen.

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British detectives, working with police forces around the world, have

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carried out a huge operation targeting gangs suspected of selling

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bogus financial investments. They're known as boiler room scams after the

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temporary back-street offices from where the fraudsters trick people,

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over the phone, into parting with their money. 110 people have been

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arrested - 20 in the UK. High-value goods - including sports cars - and

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?500,000 in cash have been seized. Our correspondent, Robert Hall,

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watched the operation unfold in Barcelona. His report contains flash

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photography from the start. On a quiet street in the centre of

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Barcelona, Spain's elite Serious Crime Unit target a scam which has

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ruined thousands of lives and cost victims millions of pounds. This

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team is working with colleagues from the City of London's Financial

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Crimes Unit. This office block is the base for what they believe is a

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boiler room and the raid is one fragment of an operation which

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extends across Europe and beyond. Boiler room scams involve

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individuals cold-calling and using high-pressure sales techniques to

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persuade victims to buy into bogus investments. Last year, the BBC's

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You and Yours programme secretly recorded one of the fraudsters.

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We're a basic commodity brokerage firm but we specify in corporate

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gold leasing. -- specialise in corporate gold leasing. With this

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particular investment, I can guarantee you 15% in 60 days.

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Another series of cold-calls cost this pensioner more than ?20,000. I

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received a call from a very enthusiastic young man who excited

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me because he - I was thinking about investing, he was talking about

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carbon credits, which I had not heard about. He sent me loads of

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literature, told me a lot of stuff about it, was very knowledgeable and

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I foolishly trusted him and I did borrow money out of my house. There

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are 300 Spanish officers deployed across their country and there are

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further arrests taking place in the UK, the United States and Serbia.

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The City of London force, which has 40 officers here in Barcelona, said

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it is the biggest deployment it's ever made in pursuit of a fraud

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investigation. The aim, they say, is to decimate boiler room fraud by

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arresting what they term "tier one criminals". This is a crime that

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ignores global boundaries. It ignores international borders. It

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operates right across the world. What we have shown here is that we

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are able to do that as well. Police say these photos taken on the raids

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show where the money goes - luxury homes, expensive cars and top of the

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range personal items. The arrests won't eradicate the scam, but senior

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officers believe the operation they codenamed Reco will offer

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reassurance to victims and severely damage the boiler room operation in

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Europe. Robert Hall, BBC News, Barcelona.

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One of the biggest providers of aid to Uganda - the World Bank - has

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postponed a $90 million loan to the country following a new law imposing

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harsh punishments for gay men and women. Homosexual acts were already

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illegal in Uganda - with those convicted facing life imprisonment.

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But it now covers anyone who is "intending" to act. Promoting

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homosexuality in any form has been banned - and carries a prison

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sentence of up to seven years. And this week a national newspaper has

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been naming what it says are the country's top homosexuals -

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including individuals who haven't made their sexuality public. It's

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raising concerns of a witch-hunt against gay people. Tulip Muzumdar

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reports from the capital, Kampala. This week, Uganda proclaimed to the

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world it won't change its anti-gay culture for anyone. If you are gay

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in this country, the message from the government is to hide it or feel

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the heavy hand of the law. One of the country's most popular tabloids

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is helping whip up the ante gay sentiment. Human rights activist is

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one of those fearing he will be exposed. The paper outing us is

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another signal to Ugandans that you can do whatever you want to do with.

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The President called a press conference to sign the Bill into law

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- a public act of defiance ignoring warnings from President Obama who

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called the plans "morally wrong". But many here in Kampala are right

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behind their President. They cannot make up a good family, or

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relationship. I don't support gay. Our school taught us it's bad and

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spreads disease. Most Ugandans do support the anti-gay legislation.

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This is a deeply religious and conservative country. Some lawyers

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say media reports like this one talking openly about homosexuality

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could be seen as promoting it which could carry a prison sentence of up

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to seven years. Uganda's health system is heavily reliant on foreign

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donors. The UK suspended direct aid to the country last year over claims

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of corruption. The US is considering whether to do the same over this

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Bill. This doctor founded this hospice 21 years ago. It is almost

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entirely funded by US aid. Really worried that the US has said that

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they are going to cut donations to Uganda because of this Bill and that

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is not going to affect anybody but the very poor. The country's Health

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Minister says if international money disappears, Uganda will cope. He

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also tried to reassure gay people. We are not in any way interfering

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with the rights of all the people of Uganda, to get the due healthcare

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that they need and that they deserve. Many Ugandans say they have

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asserted their independence by not giving into Western pressure, but

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with other donors threatening to follow the World Bank's example, the

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decision could end up costing them dearly.

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The Green Party leader has used her spring conference speech to

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re-enforce her party's opposition to fracking. Natalie Bennett told

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supporters in Liverpool that opposing the controversial gas

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extraction method would put their party on the "same side of the

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argument" as the British public. Badger culls aimed at spreading TB

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The red carpet has been rolled out and the nominees are preparing their

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thank you speeches. The 86th Academy Awards take place this weekend. And

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after picking up top awards at the Golden Globes and BAFTAs, 12 Years A

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Slave - with its British director and star - is tipped to come away

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with an Oscar or two. Our entertainment correspondent, Lizo

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Mzimba, is on the red carpet in Los Angeles. Lizo.

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With all the torrential rain at the moment, the plastic-covered red

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carpet! 12 Years A Slave is the film most people are talking about, but

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there is strong competition particularly from Gravity. In a

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couple of days, this is the exact spot where all the stars will be

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walking into the auditorium from all the films. Ahead of that, we have

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been speaking to the favourites in some of the biggest categories.

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The dazzling visuals of Gravity. The stark inhumanity of 12 Years A

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Slave. The power in the performances in Dallas Buyers Club. All are

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expected to be rewarded. The narrow favourite for Best Film, 12 Years A

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Slave. Days ago I was with my family in my home. I'm so incredibly proud

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that people are talking about the film in such a light. All the hard

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work we did on the film, the fact we are being talked about as contenders

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for winning an Oscar is great. It is an honour, really. Never wanting to

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appear too keen to win cinema's biggest prize, hopefuls tend to

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choose their words with care, perhaps with as much care as goes

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into organising the night itself. Having those words "Oscar winner" in

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front of their name can give even established film figures a boost

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that no other award can offer and that's a thought that will be on

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every single nominee's mind as they walk down this red carpet on Sunday.

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You've tested positive for HIV. It can have a big impact on a Best

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Actor winner. Dallas Buyers Club's Matthew McConaughey though brushes

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off his front-runner status. Getting it made was a minor miracle. But

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then we announced it's more than around, it's vital, it's being - a

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light has been shown on it. It has translated, it communicates with

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people. It appears to become personal with people. That's

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something I'm very proud of. Terrific! While director Alfonso

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Cuaron has won every major award so far for his work on Gravity. And few

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expect that trend to change. How do you feel about being the favourite

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for Sunday? Well, those things, I don't think so much about it. I just

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take it one day at a time. And it's a celebration. I'm going to have

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fun, no matter what. Still, the Oscars sometimes deliver surprises,

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even the odd shock, and on Sunday the predictions will become

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irrelevant as millions watch across the globe to see who will take home

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a coveted statuette. Lizo Mzimba, BBC News, Hollywood.

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It's a stunning natural phenomenon that is rarely visible from anywhere

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in the UK apart from the remotest parts of Scotland. But last night,

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the Northern Lights put on a spectacular display that was clearly

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visible from Orkney down to Norfolk, even as far south as

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Jersey. The bright dancing lights known as the Aurora Borealis are

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caused by solar particles interacting with the Earth's

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magnetic field and atmosphere. The spectacle gave thousands of us a

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rare chance to witness one of nature's most magical events.

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That's all from us. Don't forget a first look at the papers over on the

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BBC News Channel. Now on BBC One, it's time for the news where you

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