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The tributes being paid to one of Britain's most

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popular entertainers, Victoria Wood, who's died

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The comedian, singer and writer who inspired a new generation

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of female comics entertained millions with her original

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blend of gentle humour and social observation.

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If Marjorie were to let her concentration lapse

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for just one second, I could literally...

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There was no social barrier, no class barrier, no sex barrier.

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She was just one of us, she made us look at ourselves

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We'll be looking back at Victoria Wood's life

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The global boss of Ford tells the BBC that trading conditions

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would be undermined if Britain left the EU.

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And, in the race for the Republican presidential nomination,

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a big step forward for Donald Trump in his home state of New York.

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And on the eve of the Queen's 90th birthday, I'm at Windsor Castle,

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where celebrations have already begun.

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Well-wishers turned out in force this morning as the Queen carried

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out a number of public engagements in the town.

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A milestone moment marked with a new family photo

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showing three future Kings, as Prince William counters criticism

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I'm concentrating very much on my role as a father.

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I am a new father and I take my duties and my responsibilities

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And on BBC News, Everton start badly in the Merseyside derby, but could

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they turn it around against Liverpool for a first victory at

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Anfield since 1999? Countless tributes have been paid

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this evening to one of Britain's most original and popular

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entertainers, Victoria Wood, who's The comedian, singer and writer

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made a name for herself on the male-dominated comedy

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circuit, and she inspired a new generation of female comics

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in a hugely-successful career Victoria Wood's close friend

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Julie Walters said her death Will Gompertz, our Arts Editor,

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looks back at her life Let's wiggle, let's jiggle, let's

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really make the rafters rock... Victoria Wood doing what she did

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best. Let's do it, let's do it tonight! Turning the dull realities

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of everyday life into comedy gold. She had an ear for the ordinary, and

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I for the ridiculous and I love of language that shone through in all

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of her work. Let's direct, let's do it tonight! The self-styled shy

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Cheryl from Bury got her big break on a TV talent show in 1990's 1974.

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I wonder what they'll give me, money would be ideal. Probably be

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something practical... I did not know whether I could make a career

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out of it. At university, I was a big flop, and I have this feeling

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there was something I could do, but I could not nailed down what it was,

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because there was no role models for me. There was nobody else doing

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that. I was blundering about in the dark. The producers did not think

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so, they booked her a lot on That's Life. And in the 1980s, she turned

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to stand up. Hello. I am looking for my friend.

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Kimberley. She offered an alternative to alternative comedy,

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delivering her jokes with a smile and a not a smear. Another swapping

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party, I ended up with a man who owned a DIY shop, he said, what

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would you like me to do? I said, insulate the loft and like the hot

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water tank. She gave inspiration to other women, she was not having to

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be sexy and rude, although she was all of those things. She was just

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William, and she made it seem to other women that they could do this.

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I am Victoria Wood. She found her comedy soul mate in Julie Walters as

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her sketch show partner and an actress who could deliver her

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scripts with precision timing. It has been a terrible week. I thought

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I was having an early menopause. The dog had been messing about with the

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thermostat. Her acute observational skills were developed in childhood,

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during which she led an isolated life. Because she had not found a

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role, she often found herself... I will not so neglected, because our

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parents did not neglect is, but they let us do our own thing, and

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Victoria did not know what she was going to do. She felt she would like

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to do something, but she could not find a niche until at 13 she went to

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the Rochdale youth Theatre, and then she found that she could write

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something and see it performed. Which is exactly what you did with

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her fabulous spoof soap opera Acorn Antiques. She could do serious as

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well, both as a writer and actress. I don't have a sympathetic, loving,

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interesting friend. The BAFTA goes to Victoria Wood.

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I did not bring any jokes. I was not expecting to get either of them. She

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was a multi-award-winning performer, writer, dramatist and musician who

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brought joy to millions, inspired generations and created some of the

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best television made. She was a gifted artist who left her fans

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wanting more. The comedian, singer

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and writer Victoria Wood, Her Majesty the Queen

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will mark her 90th birthday tomorrow, and her grandson,

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the Duke of Cambridge, has told the BBC that it is her style

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and approach to the role of a constitutional monarch

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that he will try to follow So, on the eve of the birthday

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celebrations, let's join This is where the Queen will spend

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her birthday tomorrow, a day of public and private celebrations,

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which end with a dinner hosted by Prince Charles. Prince William will

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be there, he has been paying tribute to his grandmother. He has addressed

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criticism levelled at him that he is work-shy. He said that when the

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Queen was ready to hand down more responsible it is, he would be the

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first to accept them. You've had a chance over

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more than 30 years now to observe our current

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monarch, the Queen. From the particular perspective that

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you have as a future King, what has I think the Queen's duty

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and her service, her tolerance, her commitment to others,

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I think that's all been It's been a real sort of guiding

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example of just what a good monarch can be, and it's been incredibly

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insightful for me growing up, watching her leadership

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in that role. You've referred already to her sense

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of duty, to the conspicuous devotion to duty that she's

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displayed over the decades. To what extent would you say that

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you share that degree I think Royal duty is

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extremely important. It's part of the fabric

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of what the Royal Family and any future monarch has,

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and it's something I take duty very seriously

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and I take my responsibilities It's about finding your own

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way at the right time. If you're not careful,

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duty can sort of weigh you down I think you've got to develop

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into the duty role. It's because there is an impression

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in some quarters that you are in some way

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a slightly reluctant Royal. You will have seen, or I'm sure

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people will have told you about some of the stories,

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some of the headlines Work-shy William, I think some

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of them said. There has also been criticism

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of the Duchess of a similar vein. Do you regard that criticism,

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that impression as being a fair one? To be honest, I'm going to get

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plenty of criticism over my lifetime and it's something that I don't

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completely ignore, but it's not something I take

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completely to heart. I'm concentrating very much

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on my role as a father. I'm a new father and I take my

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duties and responsibilities to my family very seriously

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and I want to bring my children up as good people, with the idea

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of service and duty But if I can't give my time

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to my children as well, Plus, serving the community

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with the air ambulance... I find the ambulance role very

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important to me. I'd like to explore a little,

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what kind of King will William V be? We've become used to the present

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Queen being scrupulously, pretty scrupulously detached

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from all issues. Your father, on the other hand,

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as Prince of Wales, of course, is very much involved in all sorts

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of issues and has indicated that he would wish to convene

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when he becomes King - make heartfelt interventions,

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I think, is the phrase in use. What is your sense of what is

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acceptable for a constitutional How involved can a constitutional

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monarch be in current issues? It's a very good question

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and something that occupies a lot of my thinking space,

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how on earth you would develop into something modern

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in today's world. I am in a unique position,

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a very privileged position, to be able to see some of this now,

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which is that I've got my If you like, more of a passive role

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in how she believes I've got my father who minds

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an awful lot about many of the causes he's involved

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in and really digs down into his charitable areas as much

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as he can. But I think, in the Queen,

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I have an extraordinary example of someone who's done an enormous

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amount of good. She's probably the best

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role model I could have. I sense that you are saying,

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when the time comes, you will hope to be a rather more

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modern monarch and bring something I think the Royal Family has

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to modernise and develop as it goes along and it has to stay relevant,

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and that's the challenge for me. How do I make the Royal Family

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relevant in the next 20 years' time? It could be 40 years' time,

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60 years' time, I don't know I certainly don't lie awake at night

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waiting or hoping for it, because it sadly means

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that my family have moved on, But you must be confident

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that you can do that, that you can make and keep

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the monarchy relevant It's something that I think is very

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important and the Queen is a fantastic role model to lead

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that, as she has done A red interview with Prince William,

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how much of an inside does it give us into his thinking? His focus is

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on the monarchy in 20 years' time, his challenge, as he said, is to

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ensure it is relevant. His determination, stubborn

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determination, is to ensure he has as much control over his life at the

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moment, and make sure it is as normal as he can make it. He feels

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that having a job, being a hands-on parent, it keeps him in touch with

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the wider world. He does not want to be on a pedestal. He also said that

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both his grandmother and his father support his work/ life balance. He

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is a traditionalist in his style of monarchy, the non-interventionist

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style, as practised by his godmother.

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The Queen will go on a walkabout in Windsor tomorrow, there are already

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people camped out. Some caught a glimpse of our oldest and longest

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serving monarch in the town today. Birthday celebrations over two days

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outside Windsor Castle, which has been the home of monarchs

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for nearly a thousand years. The latest occupant is preparing

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to pass yet another significant Still 89, just,

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the Queen was treated This was the representative

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of an ancient institution visiting one with a 500-year-old

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history, the Royal Mail. Royals have been appearing on stamps

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since the time of Queen Victoria, The photo captures a hereditary

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monarchy with, as things George had to stand on blocks next

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to the woman he calls Gan Gan. Inside the Royal Mail,

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not to post a letter but to meet Ladies and gentlemen,

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I have it on good authority that your own postmen and women

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will be especially busy Also tomorrow, a BBC documentary

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featuring some of her own home movies, William and Harry are shown

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watching their father Charles We probably chase each other around

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the garden a few times. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh,

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Colonel of the Grenadier Guards. The programme also recalls

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when blank shots were fired at the 1981 Trooping The Colour

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ceremony as the Queen passed Support for the Queen in Windsor

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and elsewhere is widespread Those who seek an elected head

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of state argue a long life doesn't give a person

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the right to a long reign. Such republican views weren't

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obviously in evidence She has served our nation with such

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dignity, with such ability, for so many years, 64 years

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on the throne. It's right we will have

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the opportunity in the House tomorrow to pay tribute

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to what she has done, and I know the whole

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country and the whole House will want to join me in saying,

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long may she reign over us. I am also looking forward to wishing

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her a happy birthday tomorrow. Back in Windsor, a Queen at work,

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almost 90, the longest-reigning She has been head of

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state for 64 years. Peter Hunt, BBC News,

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Windsor. And I'll be here at Windsor Castle

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tomorrow night, where we'll have been following the day of special

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events to mark the monarch's birthday, culminating in the first

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in a chain of celebratory beacons The president of the Ford Motor

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Company, Mark Fields, future in the European Union.

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to express a view on Britain's He said that the best way

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for business to have stable trading conditions was for the UK

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to remain a member. His wasn't the only

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American voice heard today. No fewer than eight former US

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treasury secretaries have signed a letter to the Times newspaper

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warning that leaving the EU would be The letter was published on the eve

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of President Obama's Sealed over a burger,

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the special relationship - America and Britain,

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might there be a new risk to that relationship if Britain

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were to leave the EU? After tension over Libya,

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now eight former US Treasury secretaries have warned that a vote

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to leave on June the 23rd represents a risky bet

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on the UK's economic future. If Britain leaves the EU,

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Britain will be poorer, Europe will be poorer,

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America will be poorer. There will be less confidence,

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more uncertainty. Writing in the Times,

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the Treasury secretaries say that Brexit threatens trade with Europe's

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large common market, although they do admit that over

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time Britain would no doubt be able to re-establish ties,

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it would be a difficult environment to negotiate and the risk

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of accidents is real. They are concerns shared

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by some American businesses one of which is Ford,

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which employs 14,000 I met the company's Chief Executive

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in Detroit to ask him We are concerned about

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the uncertainty and instability that leaving the EU may have,

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of which the consequences What we do know is so far

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we have seen a negative effect on the Sterling,

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which is impacting us. Our view as a business is to have

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stability around the trading conditions which we think the best

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way to do that is for the UK to stay part of a reformed EU,

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but that will be up to the residents A lot of this is about trade,

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those who support leaving the EU say new free-trade deals would be easier

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without the need to gain agreement from 27 other

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European countries. Obviously I respect their

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backgrounds but they are making a number of mistakes

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in their analysis. The first is to say that Britain

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leaving the European Union would result in isolation

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but in fact it's the opposite, In Saudi Arabia today,

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to discuss the response By Friday, President Barack Obama

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will be in Britain to deliver The Remain camp believe

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he is a trump card. For the Leave campaign the freedom

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of being out of the EU will make relations

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with the US even more special. Our North America Editor Jon Sopel

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is travelling with President Obama, We have seen some images of the

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visit. Lots of reported in recent months about tensions between the US

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and Saudi Arabia, have the tensions been evident there? Yes, very much.

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It's interesting that Saudi Arabia and the US share common objectives

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but little common ground on how to get there, take Syria and the fight

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against so-called Islamic State. The Saudis think that America has been

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weak and inconsistent and the Americans think the Saudis haven't

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done enough. On the Iranian nuclear deal America believes that Saudi

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should share the neighbourhood and that infuriated the Saudis. Barack

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Obama raised the issue of human rights in the wave of executions

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there have been in Saudi Arabia. I was told there was a full and frank

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discussion about that. Tomorrow as we mentioned President Obama comes

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to Britain, is he coming with a prepared specific message for people

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here? Well, just like the talks with the Saudis, this president in the

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final months of his presidency prefers candour to caution. He will

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follow in the footsteps of the eighth Treasury secretaries, a White

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House briefing that took place before this visit about the need to

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his beak out about Britain's role in Europe. It will attract charges of

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rank hypocrisy from the vote to leave campaigners who will say

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America would never have pulled the sovereignty would -- pooled

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sovereignty with Canada and Mexico as it is asking Britain to do in

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Europe but I spoke to someone close to the president and he said the

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British people will be left in no uncertain terms about the views of

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the President, there will be no ambiguity. We will talk to you again

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tomorrow. John Sobol is travelling with President Obama in Riyadh.

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The Government has been heavily criticised by

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the National Audit Office for failing to provide

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a full account of spending by academy schools in England.

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The watchdog said there wasn't enough accurate information

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for Parliament to verify how the public money had been used.

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The Prime Minister has been defending his plans to force every

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state school in England to become an academy,

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saying it was time to "finish the job".

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Let's talk to Branwen Jeffreys. The criticism I have just mentioned from

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the National Audit Office, exceptionally strong? You couldn't

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get a more severe telling off. The accounts today were published for

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education spending in England, nine months after every single other

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government department will stop even with the extra time the National

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Audit Office said it could not be sure that they were true and fair

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account of how billions of pounds of tax money had been spent. Why?

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Because of the difficulty in keeping track of how the land and money held

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by 5000 academy schools is managed in England, and just hours after

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David Cameron was defending plans to make 15,000 more schools become

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academies. The government says it's got robust measures in place that

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are fit for purpose to keep a check on academies, it is looking at

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accounting as well. There is deep unease among Conservative

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backbenchers this evening, once said that this report raises questions

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about whether officials could oversee further educational reforms

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and Labour has said it has highlighted how opaque the finances

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of some academy trusts can be. Thanks very much.

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New figures show that unemployment increased

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by 21,000 - to 1.7 million - between December and February.

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It's the first time the total has gone up in almost a year.

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Ministers who favour Britain staying in the EU -

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claim that uncertainty caused by the referendum -

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The Japanese car maker Mitsubishi has apologised

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for falsifying fuel data - on more than 600,000 vehicles -

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in order to make them appear more efficient.

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The company's share price has fallen sharply -

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and the Japanese government is considering whether

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Four Mitsubishi and Nissan models are affected - most of them

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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton - the frontrunners in the Republican

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and Democratic races to be presidential

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candidates in November - have both secured comfortable wins

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in the crucial New York primary contest.

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But there's still some way to go before the choice is finalised.

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The Democratic nominee will need the votes of 2,383 delegates.

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So far Hillary Clinton has 1,930 - she still needs 453 to become

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For the Republicans - their candidate needs the support

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of 1,237 delegates - Donald Trump has 845 -

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Our correspondent Nick Bryant watched the results in New York

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Donald Trump entered his victory rally with Big Apple swagger.

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Frank Sinatra's great anthem echoing around the atrium of the skyscraper

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I can think of nowhere that I would rather have this victory.

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Winning over 60% of the vote, which gives him a big delegate haul

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that moves him closer to the Republican

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We don't have much of a race anymore, based on what I'm

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Senator Cruz is just about mathematically eliminated.

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For all of his boasts the race is not over yet,

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he can still be stopped if his opponents get enough

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delegates in upcoming contests to deprive him of an

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# Let's hear it for New York... #

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For Hillary Clinton, it's becoming far more clear-cut.

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And for New York's former senator, this was the happiest

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Today you proved once again there's no place like home.

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No wonder the big grin, it's become almost impossible

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for her rival, Bernie Sanders, to catch her.

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The race for the Democratic nomination is in the home stretch,

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Many Democrats still refuse to embrace her but with the Republican

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Party in a state of civil war, are we looking at America's

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This really was the night of the front runners,

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Donald Trump winning in the state of his birth,

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Hillary Clinton claiming victory in her adopted political home.

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It really was a case of New York, New York.

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In Poland, tens of thousands of people are expected to take

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to the streets tomorrow - in the biggest protest

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so far against a new proposal to ban abortion.

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Poland already has some of the strictest abortion laws

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in the European Union, but the move - supported

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by the Roman Catholic Church - and to some extent by the Polish

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government - is causing deep divisons within society.

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As Reeta Chakrabarti reports from Warsaw.

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A stark reminder of old and dangerous measures.

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The coat hanger protests have swept Poland for weeks with people bluntly

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suggesting that a move to ban abortion could see a return

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We are a very Catholic country and I don't have anything

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against Catholics, but I do mind when the priests

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I came here because I believe that our abortion legislation

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a citizens' bill into Parliament to ban abortion.

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Poland already has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the EU,

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it's allowed in cases of rape, if the mother's life is in danger,

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or if there are medical problems with the foetus.

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There have been attempts in the past to tighten the laws further,

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the difference this time around for pro-life campaigners

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is a Conservative government that actively promotes traditional,

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The government has expressed some support for a ban and campaigners

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are hopeful the law will at least be tightened.

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The main aim of this initiative is to ensure that every human being,

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regardless of its stage of development will have the same

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Don't you think that by backing the bill you will be making Poland

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much more restrictive than most of the other

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Well, I would say that a person from the moment of conception has

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a unique genetic code, completely independent

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That view is shared and widely promoted by the Catholic Church

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Its importance lies not just in religion but in the country's

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recent history, when communism was opposed by the church.

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It was the Communists who made the abortion law very liberal.

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And I think it is understandable that a country which says goodbye

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to Communism changes many things, including this one.

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Opinion polls suggest Poland is less liberal on abortion than it was 20

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years ago, but moves to ban it entirely dividing society.

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And could leave Poland at odds with the rest of the EU.

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In a moment, here on BBC One, it'll be time for the news

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where you are - but we'll leave you with some memories

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of one of Britain's best-loved entertainers,

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# Let's do it, let's do it, I really want to run amok #

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If Marjorie were to let her concentration lapse for just one

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# Let's go, because I know, just how I wanted to behave

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# Beat me on the bottom with a Woman's Weekly

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# Let's do it, let's do it...#

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Have you ever been three weeks late?

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