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Tonight at Ten - President Obama ends his visit to UK -

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urging Britain not to pull up the drawbridge.

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He tells me that in an increasingly interconnected world,

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Britain is better off staying in the European Union.

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It would be, I think, tempting, for a lot of people,

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to believe that we can pull up the drawbridge and that we can carve

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a moat around ourselves and not have to deal with problems

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As the president travelled on to Germany - campaigners

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in Britain dismissed his warning that it could take a decade

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to negotiate an independent trade deal outside the EU.

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If Australia, with a tiny obsession in relative terms, can conclude a

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trade deal in ten months, we can do better than that.

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We'll have more reaction to the president's intervention -

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and we'll have the latest from Germany.

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The retailer BHS could file for administration

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as soon as tomorrow - putting 11,000 jobs at risk.

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Dozens of councils say the plans to force all schools in England

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to become academies could fail to raise standards.

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And - Eliud Kipchogi of Kenya wins the London Marathon with a course

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record and his compatriot Jemima Sumgong did recover

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President Obama's warning that it could take Britain up to a decade

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to secure a trade deal with the USA outside the European Union has been

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dismissed by those campaigning for Britain to leave.

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Mr Obama had previously said the UK would be at the 'back of the queue'

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Nigel Farage, the leader of UKIP, said British voters would not take

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The president has travelled on to Germany today but before

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he left, I asked him to explain how it would be possible for Britain

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to have a special relationship with America and be at the back

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Actually the special relationship is not contingent on

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There are emotional and cultural and commercial and strategic bonds

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between our two countries that are unmatched by any two countries

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As a practical matter, what we are doing with

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respect to trade is negotiating with big

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blocks of countries, because

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negotiating trade deals are a heavy lift.

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They are challenging, they are

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It is the phrase isn't it, back of the queue, which has I

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suppose offended some people and alarmed or scared some people.

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it was simply a response I think to the argument I've heard

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from others who are proposing to leave the EU,

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that somehow America would be able to do

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things more quickly with the UK

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than if they were in the European Union.

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that wouldn't be the case in this narrow issue of trade.

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The UK would not be able to negotiate something

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with the United States faster than the EU.

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We wouldn't abandon our efforts to negotiate trade deal with

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our largest trading partner, the European market.

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But rather it could be five years from now, ten years

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from now before we were able to get something done.

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So maybe not right at the back of the queue, towards

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the back of the queue, is that right?

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that if you're interested in trade, we are on the cusp of getting a

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trade deal done with the European Union.

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If I am a business person or a worker in Britain and I'm

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looking at the fact that I already have access seamlessly with a

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massive market, one of the wealthiest

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accounts for 44% of my exports, the idea that I'm going to be in a

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better position to export and trade by being outside of that market and

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not being in the room setting the rules and standards

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by which trade takes place I think is erroneous.

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You've been very clear, the special relationship,

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you just said it, is much more than trade.

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It is much more than that. Exactly.

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We've been focusing on lots of things, including intelligence

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from terrorist groups around the world.

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Is it possible to say today if there were an exit from the

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EU, those elements of the special relationship wouldn't be affected?

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in the sense that our services work closely together.

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Our ability to do things together will not be changed.

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What we do believe is that the United

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Kingdom will have less influence in Europe and as a consequence less

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Since we rely heavily on the UK as a partner

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globally, on a whole range of issues, we would like to have more

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There will be some people watching, who put a much higher price on the

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bond with the US than they do with the EU. And they will say that you

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are being very clear. If that is the case, we should not be concerned

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about coming out. That is how they will relate the argument. What would

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you say to that? If the countries that are closest to you, that care

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about you the most, the countries with who you incorporate most

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freely, those that you have a special relationship with, that are

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suggesting that you might want to stay in this relationship with

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Europe, it is worth paying attention to. There's a sharp focus on the

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flash points around the world. Are you concerned in the European

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context that British Parliament has shown little appetite for engaging

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in Syria. What do you think about the options you have? Syria has been

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a heartbreaking situation of enormous complexity. I don't think

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that there are any simple solutions to Syria, and those that pretend

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that there are probably have not been paying attention to the

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details. It is my view that it would be a mistake for the United States

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or Great Britain or eight common nation of Western states to send in

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ground troops and overthrow the Assad regime. Part of the reason

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that Europe has been dealing with such a big migration crisis is with

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-- is the lack of assertive engagement, not least from the US.

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What do you say to those people? You cannot have it both ways. You cannot

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say that that we do not do anything in Syria. Our parliaments will not

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ratify any actions in Syria. But we do want United States do something

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about it. One of the challenges during the course of the presidency

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is to encourage everyone to recognise that whether we like it or

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not, we are in an interconnected world. This relates to Brexit, Nato,

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the migration crisis. It relates to the bowler. It is a problem in the

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United States, as people have problems with immigration from

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places like Mexico. It would be tempting for a lot of people to

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believe that we can pull up the drawbridge, and we can carve a moat

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around ourselves, and not have to deal with problems around the world.

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President Obama speaking to me before he travelled on to Germany,

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and we'll have more from there in a moment.

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But there's been plenty of reaction to his comments,

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with many of those campiagning to leave the EU expressing

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anger and resentment at his intervention in the debate.

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Let's talk to our political correspondent Ben Wright

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We've had the biggest possible intervention from the President.

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How can the Leave campaign go forward now?

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It has clearly been a tough few days for the League campaign, and they

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are pleased that Air Force One has gone. But they have welcomed what

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some of what President Obama has said you. For instance, the security

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relationship would remain strong whatever the outcome of about. They

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also detect a softening on his tone on trade. He sounded more

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conciliatory. They do not believe at all that it will take ten years to

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get the deed deal between UK and the US. They have done deal is far

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quicker than that. They are confident that Britain would be able

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to get one. For his part, Nigel Farage says that the US president

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was scaremongering. It is coming out with the same

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rubbish that Britain is not good enough. Little countries like

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Switzerland do it on their own, and if Australia, with a population in

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relative terms, can convey all desperate conclude a deal in ten

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months, we can. He also said that the issues of border control would

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be crucial to voters in this referendum, and on that front,

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Theresa May, who was Britain to remain in the EU, concluded that

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free movement of people did make it hard for the UK to curb migration.

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Michael Gove and Boris Johnson, lead figures in the Leave campaign will

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launch new cut -- newspaper articles. We now know what the

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president of the US thinks about the referendum. His views have been made

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emphatically clear, and the promised will be delighted. The Leave

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campaign will try and hit back and move the campaign on.

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As we said, President Obama is now visiting Germany where he's been

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holding talks with Chancellor Merkel about a controversial trade deal

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they wanted to push ahead with the agreement, known as TTIP,

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despite opposition in parts of Europe and the US

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where there are claims the deal could drive down wages,

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weaken environmental protection and workers' labour rights.

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Our North America Editor Jon Sopel is travelling with the President

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and is in the German city of Wolfsburg tonight.

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What chances this one between the EU and the US will come into being?

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Let's talk about the deal that is at the front of the queue, rather than

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the back, and that is the deal between Europe and the US. Barack

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Obama said tonight that there is every chance that the deal could be

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concluded by the end of this year. That will have taken roughly four

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years to complete. But he said that ratification will take a lot longer.

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And nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. These things

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are highly complex. He held a news conference a short time

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ago, and this time, it was purely about that controversial trade deal

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that he outlined. There was no mention of Britain and its

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relationship with the European Union. My sense of it is this.

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Barack Obama, who was very pleased that he has intervened in the

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debate, he knew it would cause controversy. But he will go back to

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America feeling pleased that he had done that. That said, I don't expect

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that we will hear much more from him on the subject. He has made his

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intervention, he has said what he wanted to say, and he will have to

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wait and see what the British people will have to say when they vote in

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late June. Let's have a look at some of the

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other news now. BBC News understands the retailer

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BHS could file for administration Sports Direct has been in talks

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to buy some of its 164 stores but a major obstacle has

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been the huge deficit Our business correspondent

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Joe Lynam has the story. BHS hasn't exactly been lighting up

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Britain's high street of late. Sharper and more nimble retailers

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have stolen a march. Despite getting a number

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of major rent reductions from its landlords last month,

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BHS has struggled to get other loans in place

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with which to rejuvenate the brand. So, 13 months after it was sold

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by the entrepreneur Sir Philip Green for ?1, BHS looks as if it

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could file for administration Problems at BHS didn't come

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as a surprise to these The problem with BHS is,

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who does it appeal to? It doesn't necessarily appeal

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to somebody of my age, We like the trousers in there,

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that's all I can say! I do know if it's

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moved with the times. That's a shame, because you always

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get really good customer British Home Stores opened its first

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shop in Brixton in 1928. In the 1980s it merged

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with Mothercare and Habitat And in 2000 Sir Philip Green paid

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?200 million for BHS. Within two years he had paid himself

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a dividend of ?164 million. But he wasn't able to turn

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the company around and sold it A year later the new owners haven't

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been able to secure the money to reinvent BHS, and may be forced

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to call in the administrators. And then there's the issue

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of the pension deficit - that's the difference

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between the money needed by BHS staff in retirement,

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and what's already been set aside, which currently stands

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at ?0.5 billion. They will probably paid

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by the government backed pension protection fund,

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but it does raise the issue of how the company was run,

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and whether they can find I think it is more than likely

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it won't be salvaged, and I think it will be the biggest

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collapse since Woolworths. It's a business that perhaps hasn't

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adapted to change in the retail sector as quick as it might have

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done, and every category that British Home Stores works in,

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has kind of been stolen You can buy furniture from other

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places, you can buy your school uniforms now from the supermarkets,

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and that's really had The retail business

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in Britain is tough. It doesn't respect well-known brands

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such as Woolworths or Comet. BHS may find new owners,

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but it might just as easily disappear entirely

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from our high streets. Three people have been arrested

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on suspicion of murder after the bodies of two men

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were found in a garden who was 52, and Matthew

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Higgins, who was 49, died Two women and a man are being

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held in police custody. A British man and two

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of his children have been killed in a motorway crash

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in eastern France. Their car hit a safety barrier

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near Dijon this morning. The man's wife and another

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child are in hospital. The Health Secretary,

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Jeremy Hunt, has rejected a plan which was meant to avert the junior

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doctors' strike in England The cross-party proposal -

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backed by the Royal College of Surgeons - would see

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new contracts tried at a limited number of hospitals,

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rather than being imposed A group of local authorities

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is warning that Government plans to compel all schools

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in England to become academies The County Councils Network,

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which represents 37 largely Conservative local authorities,

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says it could also prove poor Its chairman, Paul Carter, told

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the BBC that ministers should look Our education editor,

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Branwen Jeffreys, has more details. Ministers will be working even

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harder in the next few weeks, trying to overcome opposition

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to their academy plans. For the first time,

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county councils in England Most are Conservative-run but say

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these Government plans I think that most county councils

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across this country deliver exceedingly good support services

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and value for money to their schools and I have grave concern that

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what will replace local government's role will not be of the same

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standard and quality. At this Devon primary,

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it's a different story. It's part of one of the largest

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multi-academy trusts. In the space of just a few years

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this school has gone from being in special measures,

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to being rated as good, Of course, a lot of that is about

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what happens in the classroom, The debate, now, is about

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whether making all state schools academies is really the way

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to drive up standards. The boss of this chain

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of schools isn't sure, but then he's unusual,

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paid much less than others He thinks academies are a chance

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for teachers to try new ideas. Why don't we try this -

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why don't we try that? So I'm excited about what I don't

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know about the future, about the fact that we have

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unlocked potential, rather than we are delivering

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a preconceived model. But, now, 15,000 schools could be

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forced to become academies, he is worried about so much

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change, so quickly. The problem is, do we

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have the capacity to be Firstly, it is not

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a preconceived perfect model. The jury is out on what

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works and what doesn't So, can the Education Secretary

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persuade her critics it all adds up? This week she'll face

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questions from MPs. Nicky Morgan says the end result

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will be greater freedom for schools, a system that will step in faster

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where there is failure. Forcing the pace of change

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in schools has proved a tougher idea It has been very busy day of sport.

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The London Marathon, and some football.

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And Match of the Day 2, and Sportscene in Scotland,

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follow the news so please avert your attention if you don't

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Leicester City took another stride towards their first

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Premier League title by thrashing Swansea City 4-0.

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Leonardo Ulloa scoring twice, ably filling the boots of

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Leicester now have an eight-point lead with 3 games left.

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Another little step, because we know that the battle is very hard. We

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need five points more, and we need to be focused on the next match.

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In the day's other games, Sunderland are out the relegation

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There were wins for Inverness and Hamilton

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Crystal Palace have reached their first FA

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They beat Watford 2-1 to set-up a repeat of the 1990 final

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Our Reporter David Ornstein was at Wembley.

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Crystal Palace and Watford, days like these of rare. The journey to

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Wembley may be short, but there race for silverware has been long. They

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are flying in the cup, but Yannick Bolasie but Palace ahead. They won

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that aerial battle, the same could that aerial battle, the same could

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not be said of the next. Joel Ward almost gave them a route back. Troy

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Deeney lead by example. With the sky seemingly the best route to goal,

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Palace used it again. This time, Connor Wickham was the player to

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profit. So intent on defending their lead, Palace even began to tackle

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each other. And helped by at Watford's poor finishing, they were

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soon celebrating. Crystal Palace have never won the FA Cup. Thanks to

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this man, they have a chance to make history when they face Manchester

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United in the final next month. The London Marathon

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was won by Eliud Kipchoge The defending champion's

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Kenyan team mate, Jemima Our Correspondent

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Joe Wilson reports. The London Marathon

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is a great expression of mass achievement at a time of deep

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doubt in athletics. Kenya's Government has finally met

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anti-doping standards, hoping to be allowed to compete

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at the Olympics. There was nothing to doubt

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the integrity of their runners here. Eliud Kipchoge and Stanley Biwott

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pushed each other until Kipchoge So smooth, he wondered if he should

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have broken the world record. Jemima Sumgong, another Kenyan,

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showed extraordinary resilience to get to her feet and win the race,

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matching any feat of David Weir, in white sleeves,

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was trying again to win a record Marcel Hug of Switzerland

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broke the tape. If the Marathon demonstrates that

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distance is no barrier, For all competitors, the whole point

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of a marathon is to prove the distance is no barrier. This year,

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this race took that to extremes. on the International Space Station,

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strapped to a treadmill, Tim Peake was doing the 26 miles

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to finish exactly where he started. And while Leicester's football team

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are still on course for glory, there was heartbreak for the city's

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Rugby Union side who missed out on the final

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of the European Champions Cup, narrowly beaten by Racing 92

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despite a late comeback. Thank you very much. A quick

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reminder that there is more on all of today's stories on the BBC News

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Channel and online. That is all from us. Now it is time for the news

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