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A fresh era in Indian politics. A new, controversial Prime Minister is

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overwhelmingly elected. Narendra Modi leads the BJP to the most

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resounding victory by any party in India for 30 years. Rahul Gandhi

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accepts the Congress Party's defeat, ending his family's decades-long

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dominance of politics. We'll be asking what Narendra Modi's

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ambitions are for his country. Also tonight: Bomb blasts in Nairobi

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kill ten people, as fears of terrorism prompt the Foreign Office

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to tell Britons to leave Mombasa. Stuart Hall is found not guilty of

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raping two girls, though he's convicted on one count of indecent

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assault. The biggest fine yet for an energy

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company E.On must pay out ?12 million for mis-selling.

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There's pressure on the chief executive of the Premier League to

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resign, after sexist comments. In Sportsday, Manchester City reach

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a compromise with UEFA for breaching financial fair play rules - they're

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fined nearly ?50 million. Good evening.

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A new era is beginning in India, the world's largest democracy, where the

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Hindu nationalist BJP has won an outright majority in the general

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election, the most decisive political victory there for 30

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years. The man who'll be Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, thanked

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voters, saying they'd written a new chapter in the country's history. He

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campaigned on promises to revive India's flagging economy. But he's

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also a controversial figure, a Hindu nationalist who was chief minister

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of Gujarat state when hundreds of Muslims died there in rioting in

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2002. Several world leaders have congratulated Mr Modi on his

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victory, including David Cameron and President Obama. Andrew North

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reports from Gujarat And there's much more on the Indian elections on

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the BBC website, including the the new face of India, with an

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inspirational story. Narendra Modi was once a railway station tea boy.

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Now he will be the leader of the world 's largest democracy, and

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after his stunning victory, he says he is going to transform the

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country. TRANSLATION: This election has laid

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the foundations of modern India. Brothers and sisters, your hopes and

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dreams will come true. You will be able to look into the face of the

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world with pride. A decade ago, India thought was on track to catch

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up with China. Instead, it has fallen badly behind, and Narendra

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Modi won because he promised to get the economy on. There is an

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incredible atmosphere here as Narendra Modi speaks. This is a

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historic victory. A man from the humblest origins is about to become

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Indian prime minister, with a commanding majority. Many Indians

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say this is the beginning of a whole new era for the country. Big

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business helped to fund his modern presidential style campaign, but it

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attracted support from hundreds of millions of voters from

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attracted support from hundreds of life. But many Indians also oppose

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Narendra Modi because of religious riots in his home state of Gujarat

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when he was in charge. Although he was cleared of wrongdoing, he was

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tainted by the bloodshed. Indian liberals are frightened of Mr

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Modi's history of riots in good giraffe. They are frightened of

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anybody on the right anyway, and he is much more unabashedly on the

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right of society and the economy than any leader ever in the BJP.

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right of society and the economy voters made clear they had had

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enough of the left-leaning Congress voters made clear they had had

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which has ruled India for the last decade, and most of its history

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since independence. For the Gandhi dynasty which has aways lead the

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party, it is a human hating defeat. Congress Party has done pretty

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badly. There is a lot for us to think about, and as vice president

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of the party I hold myself responsible for what has happened.

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Thank you. There are huge expectations riding on Narendra Modi

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now, but the celebrations are in full swing. As one long-time

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supporter said, India is back on the map again.

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Lets talk to Andrew in Gujarat. It is an extraordinary moment. What do

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you think we can expect from Narendra Modi in the months to come?

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It certainly is. As you heard, there are fears that he will be divisive

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and that he will do the bidding of his many Hindu nationalist

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supporters, and turn India into a less secular country. But one of his

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advisers told me such fears are misplaced because if he goes down

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that road it would undermine his bigger agenda of making India into

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an economic powerhouse. Narendra Modi is promising bullet trains, and

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to turn India into a manufacturing economy like China. And the adviser

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said to me, this marks the end of what he called the Gandhi era of

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soft socialism and state control. But with his past record, there will

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be many who will be watching Mr Modi very closely.

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You can find out much more about the Indian elections on the BBC website,

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including more background about the many challenges ahead for Narendra

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Modi. Two bombs have exploded in the

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Kenyan capital, Nairobi, killing at least ten people and wounding about

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70 more. The blasts happened as two British tour operators suspended all

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trips to the coastal city of Mombasa, and started flying hundreds

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of tourists back home early, after the Foreign Office extended the list

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of areas it says are at high risk of terrorism, with the main threat

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coming from the militant group Al-Shabab. Frank Gardner reports.

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Rescued from the rubble, survivors from the latest bombings to hit the

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Kenyan capital, Nairobi. The devices exploded this afternoon in a crowded

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second-hand clothes market, killing at least ten people, injuring scores

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more. It is a terrible blow for Kenya. I urge all Kenyans to be

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vigilant and report any suspicious movement that they may detect. This

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is our battle together and we must work together to win it. Top of the

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list of suspects is Al-Shabab, the militant Somali group linked to

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Al-Qaeda that has vowed to keep attacking Kenya until it withdraws

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troops from Somalia. All this comes amid fresh Foreign Office advice on

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the situation in Kenya. Parts of the capital, Nairobi, where today's

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explosions occurred, were already considered off-limits. But it has

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added Mombasa, from where hundreds of British holiday-makers have been

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brought home. And it has warned against the dangerous border area

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with Somalia. The warning has meant over 500 British tourists have had

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their dream holidays cut short, as the tour companies rush them out of

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the camp -- country. Among them, honeymoon is Nikki and rave from

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Nuneaton. They said the warnings, which came before today, left local

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reps baffled. They could not understand why we were going but

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Thomson had said, you are going, so we got a letter that basically said,

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there will be a bus here tomorrow, we got a letter that basically said,

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be on it. If you are not on it, there is no other plane. Kenya has

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only just recovered from the horror of last September's Westgate siege,

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when Al-Shabab gunmen walked calmly through the shopping mall shooting

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dozens in their path. This will be tough for Kenya's tourist industry.

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Two tour operators already cancelled flights to Mombasa until October, a

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needless precaution, said Kenya this morning. Now, it does not look so

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foolish at all. The broadcaster Stuart Hall has been

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cleared of raping two young girls, more than 30 years ago. But a jury

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at Preston Crown Court convicted him on one charge of indecent assault.

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He'd earlier pleaded guilty to a second assault. Hall, 84, is

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currently serving a 30-month prison sentence for other sexual offences.

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From the court, Judith Moritz reports.

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This is the last time Stuart Hall was seen publicly, arriving in

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handcuffs for a previous court hearing. Although today he was

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cleared of rape, he is not a free man either. In the dock, he sat

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listening through a hearing loop as the jury declared that he was not

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guilty of multiple counts of child rape. But he was convicted of one

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offence of indecent assault against a girl under 16. Afterwards, the

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police said, Lancashire Constabulary remains committed to investigating

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allegations of this nature, no matter how historic and no matter

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who the alleged offender. At one time, if you turn on your

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television, the chances were that you would find Stuart Hall grinning

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out at you. From its a knockout to the regional news, it seemed he was

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always on hair. His persona was playful, his humour was of the

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postcard variety. We should rename this it's a knockout. Two luscious

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girls go down with the Lord Mayor. At the BBC studios, he was known to

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spend a lot of time with women, but the prosecution claimed that was not

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the worst of it. This is a modern BBC dressing room. In the 1970s and

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1980s, Stuart Hall would have had a similar room, supposedly somewhere

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for him to get ready and relax off-screen. But the prosecution said

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that instead he had taken advantage of its privacy and used it as a

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place to commit rape. The jury did not believe that Stuart Hall raped

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two girls, claims which were made in the wake of his convictions last

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year for indecent assault. He said the teenagers had consented to

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having sex with him and now wanted compensation. Stuart Hall's former

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colleagues remember him in different ways. I thought he was a sex pest

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and a nuisance, and that he had lots of strange relationships with adult

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women. I found him extremely charming and I got on very well with

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him. He was funny. He was very professional, actually. Stuart Hall

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is already in jail for his previous convictions. He will be

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for these offences next week. The energy supplier

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for these offences next week. fined a record ?12 million for

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for these offences next week. the doorstep. It'll also have to

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compensate up to half a million customers for what the

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regulator Ofgem called its "extensive poor sales practices".

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All five of the big energy "extensive poor sales practices".

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investigated by Ofgem have now been fined for mis-selling. John Moylan

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reports. A fair price for energy would be a good start, but according

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to the industry regulator, it is likely that hundreds of thousands of

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E.ON customers were victims of misselling. Today, as the company

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accepted a record penalty, the boss of the company admitted things had

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gone badly wrong. We hold our hand up, we are devastated, we are

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absolutely sorry, we will make it right. Across the rest of the

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business, we will continue to improve our customer service, we

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will continue to improve the way we handle things, and we will continue

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to help customers every single day. Chris Brown from Portsmouth switched

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to E.ON after he was a recipient of cold calling. He claims he was put

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on a more expensive terrorists. They charged me double what they said

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they were going to charge me. -- tariff. They then put a bed flag

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against my name, and they were then refusing to cooperate with any

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communication win the ombudsman in order to get it rectified. In fact,

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Ofgem found that on the doorstep or over the phone, customers were

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misled. There was inadequate training of sales staff as well as

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management failures. To address those failings, some 330,000 of

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E.ON's most vulnerable customers will now receive ?35 off their

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bills. The company is writing to a further 406 to 5000 households about

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compensation, which could end up costing the firm another ?8 million.

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-- 406 to 5000. E.ON was the last of the big suppliers to end doorstep

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selling. Should Ofgem have clumped down on this sooner? It is

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astonishing that it has taken this long for the regulator to do

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something. We first reported potential problems with misselling

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in October 2011. We need to see the watchdog in the future sorting out

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these problems much more quickly. E.ON is the last of five big

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suppliers to face penalties for misselling. It is a problem which

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has cost consumers and tarnished the reputation of the energy industry.

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The organisation of the Police Federation - which represents

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officers in England and Wales - has been severely criticised by a

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committee of MPs, in advance of the Federation's annual conference next

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week. MPs found a culture of bullying among senior officials and

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financial mismanagement. The Federation spent ?26 million on a

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new headquarters, and has ?70 million in the bank. MPs suggested

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officers should receive a rebate on their subscriptions.

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The operator of the Turkish mine that collapsed, killing at least 284

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people, has denied any negligence, insisting its priority had been to

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save lives. 18 miners are still missing. Police today fired tear gas

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and water cannon at demonstrators who were shouting anti-government

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slogans. Our correspondent Orla Guerin sent this report from Soma,

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which contains flashing images. A mother be read twice over. She was

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robbed of her twin sons. The loss is unbearable. Relatives try to comfort

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her, but her only children are gone. She told me they were never apart.

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They were married together, and took their last breath together. They

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died hugging each other. My beloved ones shall not be forgotten, she

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cries. May God punish those who did these things. The mine operators

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denied negligence today, claiming their operation was regarded as the

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safest in the country. But they admitted there was no functioning

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rescue chamber when the disaster happened. The tough questions kept

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coming. The owner of the mine was showing the strain. Do you accept

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that your safety standards must have been inadequate, or this could not

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have happened? TRANSLATION: We still do not know why the accident

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happened, that is the problem. We were not able to reach the area.

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After we do, we will consider that. The mining company is giving its

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account. We have heard a lot of technical detail and expressions of

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regret about the loss of life, but the key questions have gone

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unanswered. There has been no real response on the two critical issues

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- why did it happen and could it have been prevented? Hours later,

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downtown, anger on the streets. The police moved in with force against a

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peaceful protest. First came the water cannon. Then, the rubber

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bullets. Soon, the wounded were being carried away. A community in

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morning, now blocked from voicing its pain.

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UKIP leader Nigel Farage has defended his recent comments about

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feeling "uncomfortable" when he was on a train surrounded by people

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speaking foreign languages, even though his wife is German. He had

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also said people should worry if a Romanian family moved in next-door

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to them. He defended those statements today on LBC radio.

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I made a comment which was not intended to say any more than I felt

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uncomfortable about the rate and pace of change... No, you felt

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uncomfortable about people speaking foreign languages, except presumably

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your own wife does. Not on a train. Why not? And what about the comments

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about Romanians? I was asked if a group of Romanians moved in next

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door to you... What about if a group of Germans did was Jim Mark what is

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the difference? You know what the differences. No, I don't.

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Football, and Manchester City has accepted a ?50 million fine for

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breaking financial rules imposed by Europe's governing body, UEFA. Less

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than a week after winning the English Premier League title, the

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club says it has reluctantly agreed to pay the fine, and reduce its

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squad for next season's Champions League, from 25 to 21 players.

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Richard Scudamore is coming under increasing pressure to resign,

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following comments he made in leaked e-mails. Tonight, a group

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representing women in for all said his apology for those e-mails does

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not go far enough. Our chief correspondent Dan Roan, reports.

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Last Sunday, Richard Scudamore was handing out the top honours to the

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winners of the league he helped make the richest in the world. Earlier

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that morning, the most powerful man in the English game had become

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embroiled in a sexism scandal after e-mails exchanged with a friend had

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been revealed in the Sunday Mirror. Many of the comments in the e-mails

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are inappropriate to detail. In one he talks women are described in

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derogatory language. A former girlfriend is described as a

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double-decker bus. It has been revealed that prior to the

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publication of the story, Scudamore wrote to chiefs of the organisation

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for advice. Until yesterday, I thought he might be able to ride

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it, but now, especially given the revelation about his e-mail to the

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Chairman, I think his position is untenable. In a statement, Mr

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Scudamore said... England women's goalkeeper told me

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today that the controversy has implications which go well beyond

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the game. It is not just about women in sport or in football, it was an

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insult to all women, those jokes that were made. However jokey he was

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trying to be with that, it is totally not acceptable in this day

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and age. That is a view which is shared by many here at the

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grassroots, where women's and girls' for oil is increasingly

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popular. It is not just among the women who play football that

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pressure is growing. The sports minister, the FA and Premier League

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sponsors Barclays have all expressed disappointment. Tonight, the BBC

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learned that industry group Women In Football have written to all Premier

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League share people saying that an apology is not enough, and calling

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for an independent inquiry. The FA have said it is a private matter,

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but on Monday, a Premier League committee will decide if he should

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face disciplinary action, over a scandal which has raised serious

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questions about the sport's commitment to equality.

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Last night on the Ten O'clock News, we reported how the battle against

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Mexico's powerful and feared drugs cartels has often seemed hopeless.

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But in the western state of Michoac?n, a popular uprising led by

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heavily armed self defence groups has chased out one of the main

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cartels.It's now feared the militias themselves are being infiltrated and

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controlled by the drug lords. Our correspondent Paul Wood - and

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cameraman Fred Scott - have sent this exclusive report from

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Michoacan. Cartel country, the government is

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seldom seen here. This is Michoacan's remote discard. The

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soldiers have come to burn a marijuana crop. This was high-grade

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weed for the American market. Some army officers are hoping the US will

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legalise marijuana. That would take billions of dollars from the

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cartels. Others say marijuana is dangerous, it should be rooted out.

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Mexico's drugs debate mirrors that in Britain. The Mexican army has

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been burning marijuana for 30 years, and they will be doing the same

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thing here again next year. Drugs will be produced in Latin American

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countries as long as they are consumed in Europe and the US. If

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there is a war against rugs in Mexico, it is a war without end. We

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go to see the marijuana farmers. They are at the bottom of the drugs

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pyramid. The traffickers get rich, not them. The women begged the

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soldiers not to destroy their crop. "We grow it, it's our job. They burn

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it - it's their job," she says, resigned. "It doesn't matter. This

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year, no cartel men came to buy. That's never happened before."

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They are gone because of Michoacan's self-defence groups.

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This appeal uprising achieved in a year what the state failed to do in

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decades. It chased out a cartel called The Knights Templars. They

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terrorised the area, kidnapping and killing. Jesus Cortez is a wealthy

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avocado farmer. A neighbour's 15-year-old daughter was abducted.

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She was raped and murdered when her parents could not pay. His youngest

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son was taken. They saved him. But Jesus wanted to fight back. I was

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terrified, he says. I knew that if others did not join me, the

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traffickers would kill my entire family. That everyone answered

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traffickers would kill my entire call. We have all been hurt by these

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people. The traffickers once ran the nearby town, Apatzingan. This is the

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traditional silent Easter Parade. Father Salvador Gonzalez was brave

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enough to denounce them. Now, he says the cartels are infiltrating

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the self-defence groups. "The narco traffickers always adapt," he says.

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"They are appropriating the self-defence groups. We free

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ourselves from one mafia - another takes its place."

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A Fiesta in one of the villages where the cartel called The Knights

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Templars remains popular. The cartel spent a lot of money here,

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recruiting young men. Legalise marijuana - there would still be

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heroin, cocaine, crystal meth. Arrest one leader - whoever is left

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runs the show. For the cartels are bloodied from time to time, but they

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keep coming back. Paul Wood, BBC News, Michoacan.

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That's all from us - don't forget there's a first look at the

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newspapers over on the BBC News Channel. Now on BBC One, it's time

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for the news where you are. Good night.

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