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Tonight at Ten - David Cameron admits he DID benefit

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from an offshore trust set up by his late father.

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The admission follows days of questions, prompted

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by leaked documents from a Panamanian law firm.

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Mr Cameron denies his father set up the fund to avoid tax,

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but reveals that he and his wife did hold shares and paid

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Samantha and I had a joint account and we owned 5,000 units

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in Blairmore Investment Trust, which we sold in January 2010.

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That was worth something like ?30,000.

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We'll be looking at the Prime Minister's latest attempt

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to draw a line under the tax haven controversy.

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The woman murdered by two teenage girls -

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her killers have been jailed for at least 15 years.

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New images of one of the men suspected of bombing

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Brussels airport - he's still on the run more

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The Bosnian hotel with a dark history - a special report

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on the sexual crimes committed during the Balkan conflict.

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Young girls, women, were raped here, murdered.

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Some were so desperate to escape their tormenters

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that they ran, they jumped over the balcony to commit suicide.

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And a rare copy of Shakespeare's First Folio found at a stately home

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Defending champion Jordan Spieth sets the standard after carding an

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opening round 6-under par 66 at the Masters.

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The Prime Minister has tried once again to draw a line under the tax

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haven controversy and the persistent questions about his

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Mr Cameron revealed today that he and his wife had sold

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shares six years ago, which were held in an offshore fund,

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The shares were worth around ?30,000.

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And he insisted that profits from the scheme were subject

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Mr Cameron also defended his late father and said it was wrong

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to suggest that Blairmore Holdings had been set up to avoid tax.

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Our deputy political editor, James Landale, has more details.

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When a politician is under pressure, when they are facing tough questions

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about their family and finances, their natural instinct is to say as

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little as possible and protect their privacy. But then when that pressure

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gets too great, there always comes a moment when they have to go public.

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For David Cameron, that moment came this evening.

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How are you? Good to see you. For days, David Cameron has been dogged

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by allegations about his late father, about whether Ian Cameron's

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offshore business avoided paying tax and whether the Prime Minister

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himself benefitted from the profits. The allegations emerged on Monday

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after millions of documents from a law firm in Panama were leaked

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revealing that in the 1980s, Mr Cameron's father set up Blairmore

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based in the Bahamas that never paid any UK tax. All week, David Cameron

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has faced tough questions and worse headlines about whether he gained

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from any offshore investments, all the while campaigning for greater

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tax transparency at international summits. Tonight, finally, he gave

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his answer. In 1997 he had bought a holding in his father's company

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worth ?12,000. Samantha and I had a joint account and we owned 5,000

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units in Blairmore Investment Trust which we sold in January 2010. That

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was worth something like ?30,000. I had paid income tax on the

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dividends, but there was a profit on it but it was less than the Capital

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Gains Tax allowance so I didn't pay Capital Gains Tax, but it was

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subject to all the UK taxes. Mr Cameron insisted his father's

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company had been created to take advantage of new regulations that

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allowed stockbrokers for the first time to deal in shares that were

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valued in dollars. A lot of the criticisms are based on a

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fundamental misconception which is that Blairmore Investment, a unit

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trust, was set up with the idea of avoiding tax. It wasn't. It was set

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up after exchange controls went so people who wanted to invested in

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dollar companies could do so. So this was an interview that David

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Cameron didn't want to give, but the partial statements from his office

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weren't enough. He felt he had to say more to try to draw a line under

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a story that he felt was misleading and unfair about his father. That at

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least was his hope. But it was a hope in vain, for Labour MPs tonight

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said the revelations prompted further questions, questions that

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said the revelations prompted they intend to push when Parliament

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returns next week. What other shareholdings did David Cameron hold

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whilst he was an MP and Leader of the Opposition? Was he invested in

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any other trusts that were established in this kind of way? The

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British people would expect him to be fully transparent about what his

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shareholdings were. be fully transparent about what his

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Cameron said he had nothing to hide. But admitted it

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Cameron said he had nothing to hide. few days. He couldn't bear to say

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his dad's name dragged through the mud. It is his name that is in the

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frame now. James, as you were saying, there

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have been several attempts by Number Ten to draw a line under this. Has

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he done enough today, do you think? He certainly hopes so.

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he done enough today, do you think? been completely transparent, he's

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promising been completely transparent, he's

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he has admitted that he inherited ?300,000 from his father and can't

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be completely clear ?300,000 from his father and can't

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money came from. So, I think it is going to be hard now for there to be

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further revelations of greater significance. We know David Cameron

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did actually benefit from an offshore trust, it was legal, but

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people have differing views about that. Of course, the questions will

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keep coming, from reporters, from opposition MPs, but he feels he will

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do enough. The opposition MPs, but he feels he will

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doesn't look great in terms of political imagery. David Cameron is

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locked into political imagery. David Cameron is

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his life, he is trying to convince the British people to vote to stay

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in the European Union. A huge amount is riding on his shoulders

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in the European Union. A huge amount persuasive capabilities. Anything

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like this that distances himself from the electorate, that reminds

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people of from the electorate, that reminds

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let's say the timing from the electorate, that reminds

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James, thank you very The Financial Conduct Authority has

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intervened to examine the role of British-based banks

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in the Panama Papers scandal. the Panamanian law firm at the heart

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of a secretive offshore network. Our business editor, Simon Jack,

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is in the City of London. Simon, how

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the City? Well, in the fight against financial crime, that could be tax

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evasion, money-laundering, banks are required to ask some searching

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questions, who is the ultimate client? What the Panama Papers

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reveal is that some law firms, like Mossack Fonseca, go to extraordinary

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lengths to obscure those very facts. If it is found that the banks that

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have been sent this letter have not asked tough enough questions, then

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the consequences can be very serious indeed. Fines from the UK watchdog

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have run into the tens of millions in situations like this. Fines from

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the US authorities have run into the many billions. So this letter will

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focus minds and there will be some anxious days and long nights in the

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offices behind me in the days ahead. Simon, thank you very much. Simon

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Jack, our business editor. If you want to find out more

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about the Panama Papers - and the reaction -

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have a look at our website - that's at bbc.co.uk/panamapapers -

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for the very latest Two teenage girls, who murdered

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a vulnerable woman in Hartlepool, have been given life sentences

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and told they'll serve The girls were 13 and 14

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when they attacked Angela Wrightson The first attempt to try the two

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was abandoned in July last year because of a stream of prejudicial

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comments made on social media, which resulted in strict reporting

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restrictions on the retrial. Our corresponent, Danny Savage,

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has been following the case. There are some ditressing

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details in his report. Two children in a street

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in Hartlepool on the night they slowly murdered

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a vulnerable alcoholic. Today in court, the 15-year-old

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girls wiped away the odd tear as they were sentenced for as long

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as they'd been alive. Giving the teenagers

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a minimum of 15 years each, the judge told them they carried out

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a cowardly attack sustained over a long period of time,

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carried out with weapons This is the pair on CCTV just

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after they'd killed, laughing and sniggering

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as they called police The girls' voices have been

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disguised. Where me and my friend are at,

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can you tell us how long you are going to be,

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we are freezing. No use ringing up swearing

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like that... Listed as vulnerable,

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they were used to officers We'll get somebody along

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there as soon as we can, all right. Their victim, Angela Wrightson,

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was a 39-year-old alcoholic. It was a tortuous attack

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on a helpless woman, using anything in her house

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they could lay their hands on. This man's daughters used

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to occasionally hang This sort of makes me wonder

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what could have happened God forbid if she'd have been

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with them that night. I would like to think she would have

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run a mile and made a phone call. When your own kids are near it,

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you start to worry about it. Another neighbour knew

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one of the killers. The girls were two of many

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free-loading drinking youngsters who he and his dog would clear out

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of Miss Wrightson's home He said today's sentences

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are not long enough. I've been in jail

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myself, it's too easy. Our jail sentences

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should be like America. If you commit murder,

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minimum 50 years before In court, the older girl says

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she didn't believe such She thought people could only die of

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cancer or if they were shot. Their life stories

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though are complicated. They were both in care, and came

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from troubled neglected backgrounds. When the older girl was asked

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in court what her date of birth was, That same girl did this

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drawing before the attack. What does this say about her mind

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set? I would suspect they probably didn't

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know what the outcome My feeling about their behaviour

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is that they've never been given any boundaries by what good behaviour

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is and what bad behaviour is. Last summer, the original trial

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about the murder in this street was abandoned after hundreds

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of abusive comments online. It was described as a virtual

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lynching mob. The case was then moved

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from Teesside to Leeds with a ban on mentioning proceedings

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on social media. The scars of what happened

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to Angela Wrightson are still The two girls responsible

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for her death now join the list of some of the youngest

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killers in Britain. Our home editor,

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Mark Easton, is with me. This distressing case has raised

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other questions about the way young criminals are dealt with in the UK?

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This was utterly sickening. I think that the sentence probably does

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reflect the court's and wider society's disgust at the crime. Life

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for both these girls, they will remain in jail for at least 15

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years, and even after that, they won't be released unless the Home

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Secretary agrees. The UK is very different from the rest of Europe in

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how it treats children involved even in the most grave crimes, British

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judges can and do impose life sentences on children, in fact when

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it comes to murder, they are obliged to do so. Only two other countries

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in the EU give children life sentences, Cyprus and France, and

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they do it very, very rarely. Since 2004, the courts in England and

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Wales have sentenced more than 200 children to life imprisonment. In

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the whole of the rest of the European Union, the courts have

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handed out in the last 25 years just two such sentences. It is a

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strikingly different approach? I think it is. Many countries do have

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a upper limit on child sentences, three years, ten years. But many

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states have a different view. They see juvenile offending as a welfare

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issue rather than a criminal issue. Indeed, in this case, two children

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who murdered Angela Wrightson, there will be questions for Hartlepool's

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Children's Services, the youngsters had an appalling childhood, they

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were both well-known to social services, they had been in council

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care for two years. Just a little xm pl, on the day of the murder, one of

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the two children went to see her mother, she wanted to spend some

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more time with her mum. The mother gave the child cider and strong

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painkillers, told her to go away and said, "Why don't you go and kill

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yourself?" None of this excuses the girls' actions. It does pose

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difficult questions about the responsibility of parents,

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certainly, but also the state. Thank you.

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Prosecutors in Belgium have released new images of the unidentified

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terror suspect seen in Brussels airport moments before the bomb

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The CCTV pictures show the suspect at various points

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Officials are hoping someone may recognise him.

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Our correspondent, James Reynolds, reports from Brussels on the latest

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Three men entered Brussels airport with explosives.

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The two on the left detonated theirs.

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The one on the right, who Belgium calls "the man with the hat",

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He managed to get away amid this, the aftermath of the explosions.

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Belgian officers have tried to retrace his steps that morning.

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The police have now put together this video of his escape.

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A security camera picks him up on the outskirts

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He's wearing a distinctive hat and pale jacket.

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At this point, no-one has any reason to notice him.

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The authorities are desperate to find more footage

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We especially appeal to people who might have filmed or taken

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a photograph of the suspect or think they can provide

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An hour after the explosions, a security camera films the suspect

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Later, in town, he crosses a busy road.

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At 9.49am, almost two hours after the bombs went off,

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he is seen again, possibly talking on the phone.

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The cameras lost the third man at about this point,

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This is a quiet neighbourhood, near the centre of town.

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He could have gone anywhere from here.

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This is the best shot the police have of their suspect's face.

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But they still don't know his name, nor where he may be hiding.

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20 years after the war in Bosnia, the country is still struggling

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to deal with the legacy of that conflict, which includes many

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thousands of sexual crimes committed against women.

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The EU's ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina has insisted

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that there can be no impunity for the perpetrators.

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Human rights groups say that as many as 20,000 women were raped,

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often in camps set up for that purpose.

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Our special correspondent, Fergal Keane, reports

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from the town of Visegrad - and there are some distressing

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The Muslims of Visegrad were trapped.

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Hundreds were murdered, herded to the banks of the River Drina.

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On its famous bridge, the Serbs executed men,

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But, 24 years on, the memory of horror is being deliberately

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erased - and nowhere is it more obvious than here.

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Ramza Mohic was raped here at the Vilina Vlas hotel.

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Other survivors say it was used as a rape camp.

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One alleged as many as 200 women suffered, though exact

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Ramza says she was attacked by Milan Lukic, a commander

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in the White Eagles militia, later jailed for mass murder.

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The rape camp is now reopened as a spa hotel.

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Tourists from across the region enjoy themselves here.

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If you arrived here as a guest, you'd never know these rooms had

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Young girls and women were raped here, murdered.

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Some were so desperate to escape their tormentors

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that they ran, they jumped over the balcony to commit suicide.

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The White Eagles even allowed a photographer

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Essad Jihic was 21 years old when he was taken to Vilina Vlas.

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He is the figure in black jacket and white jeans.

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After this beating, he and the other men were taken away and shot.

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Did you recognise your brother in the photograph?

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The Serbs remember their dead here, above Visegrad.

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The town is controlled by the hardline nationalist party

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of Radovan Karadzic, which fuelled the descent into genocide.

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But, in Visegrad today, you dare not use that word.

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The council removed the word from the memorial to the victims

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And the Vilina Vlas hotel, where women were raped,

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men tortured by Serb extremists, that too is now run by the party

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of Karadzic, which denies it was a place of mass atrocity.

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Miroslav Kojic is a senior party figure.

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Do you believe it is morally appropriate for your party,

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which governs in that area, to run a hotel where such horrific

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Most of the killers and rapists of Visegrad have so

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Only one paramilitary has been convicted of rape at Vilina Vlas.

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Across Bosnia, there are many thousands of rapes that have gone

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unprosecuted and, as Bosnia still struggles to rebuild after a war,

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the chances of justice for rape victims are fading.

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In most wars, sexual crimes have gone unpunished.

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Now there is an international campaign to change this.

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In every country, it's very difficult to come to terms

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with all of the crimes that were committed but,

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at some stage, punity has to be dealt in a fair and balanced way.

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There can be no different standards of justice.

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At Vilina Vlas, the memory of atrocity is being erased.

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It stands as a symbol of humanity betrayed.

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Fergal Keane, BBC News, Bosnia.

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The harrowing legacy of the Bosnian war, 20 years on.

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A brief look at some of the day's other news stories:

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A 49-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder

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following the disappearance of a serving police officer.

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PC Gordon Semple was last seen on Friday after visiting

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Scotland Yard said human remains have been discovered

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The number of recorded deaths in England and Wales reached

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Many of the additional deaths have been attributed to flu -

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and the fact that flu vaccines were less effective.

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The chief executive of the Co-operative Group is to take

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Richard Pennycook is said to have asked for the reduction -

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from ?1.25 million to ?750,000 - because his job has become easier

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since the Co-op overcame a financial crisis two years ago.

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A year-and-a-half after most British troops left Afghanistan,

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Taliban fighters have been steadily regaining control

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British troops spent 13 years in a military campaign

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More than 450 British service personnel lost their lives -

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Now the Afghan army has begun a new offensive, to drive back

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Our correspondent, Justin Rowlatt, has been to the former

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British base Camp Bastion - now called Camp Shorabak -

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I'm flying to what is left of Camp Bastion.

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Bastion was the main British base in Afghanistan.

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Very few journalists have been here since the British withdrew.

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So this is what remains of that vast complex.

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It's now called Camp Shorabak and is the headquarters of Afghan

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national forces, but one thing hasn't changed.

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Helmand is still without question the key front line in the battle

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But the record of Afghan forces has not been good.

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They have made what they call strategic withdrawals from a series

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of key towns in Helmand in recent months.

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It is a roll call of places British troops gave their lives to defend.

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So is strategic withdrawal just another way of saying surrender?

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All around us is what was formerly known as Bastion...

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Brigadier General Rowling is with Resolute Support,

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the current Nato mission in Afghanistan.

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I would say I have only withdrawn from the areas

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We are trying to say, after this year, let's look

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at the capabilities of the Afghan army and let's help them help

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themselves get to a place where they can fight

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This is the training part of Resolute Support's mission.

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It also offers advice and assistance, but is it working?

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A big test of that has just begun - a major offensive to retake Sangin.

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The Afghans can expect a tough battle.

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Over 100 British soldiers died defending Sangin in some

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of the fiercest fighting British forces had experienced for decades.

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This year's harvest is already under way, and it's expected to be

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Helmand now produces enough heroin to supply

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The vast profit opium generates is a key reason why,

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a decade after British forces first came to Helmand, the same familiar

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territory is being contested in this deadly war.

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And, all the while, local people suffer terrible injuries

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As I leave Helmand, it isn't hard to understand why so many Afghans

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want to leave the country and make a new life in Europe.

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The first golf major of the year - the Masters -

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is underway in Augusta, with Rory McIroy aiming

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to capture the only big prize that's alluded him.

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But so far it's been defending champion Jordan Spieth

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who has set the early pace, as our sports correspondent

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Under sunny skies, a warm welcome for Rory McIlroy,

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as he began his latest shot at golfing history.

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The Masters is the only major title missing from his CV and,

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among the late starters, he was soon finding his range,

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Ahead of him, the sport's new bright young thing had set the pace.

:28:44.:28:51.

Defending champion, Jordan Spieth, with a superb 6-under,

:28:52.:28:55.

Australia's Jason Day may not be quite a household name,

:28:56.:29:01.

but he is the new world number one and was soon showing why.

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England's Paul Casey was also in the hunt, three off

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the lead, thanks to some peerless pinpoint accuracy.

:29:12.:29:13.

But the day's unwanted headlines belonged to Ernie Els.

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Just count these putts as he recorded the worst opening

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hole in Masters history, an almost excruciating ten shots.

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Rarely has one man's chances been over quite

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A rare copy of Shakespeare's First Folio - dating from 1623 -

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has been discovered in a stately home on a Scottish island.

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The copy of the first collected edition of Shakespeare's plays

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was found at Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute.

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Experts who authenticated the book said the discovery

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It will now go on public display, as our Scotland correspondent,

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It is one of the world's most sought-after books

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This is why the folio is so magical, because The Tempest is one

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of about 19 plays that actually would have been lost...

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In terms of literary discoveries, it doesn't get much bigger than this.

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I kept walking past these boxes that said "Shakespeare"

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I started looking at it and I just couldn't believe what they were.

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I got terribly overexcited, and then I almost had

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to sort of pull myself back and stop my hands shaking and try

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and get someone to tell me this was the real deal.

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This three-volume first folio is both exquisitely beautiful

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and fascinating and, without the First Folio,

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William Shakespeare's legacy would be very different indeed.

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Now is the winter of our discontent...

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Richard III, Macbeth, The Tempest, As You Like It -

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36 of the Bard's plays were preserved in the publication.

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Without it, some of them would have been lost for ever.

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This newest discovery was found here, a Gothic revival stately home

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The publication had been languishing unrecognised in a vault

:31:13.:31:16.

It is often errors that are really important marks...

:31:17.:31:24.

The detective work to prove its authenticity fell to an academic

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from Oxford, searching for watermarks, imperfections -

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even the inky thumbprints of Jacobean printers can be used

:31:31.:31:34.

It really is a first folio, and that was the most exciting

:31:35.:31:40.

It's a great thrill to find one in Scotland.

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This First Folio discovery comes ahead of the 400th anniversary

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In a year celebrating one of our greatest writers,

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this rarest of publications, rescued from obscurity,

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is now on display in its island home.

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Lorna Gordon, BBC News, on the Isle of Bute.

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