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Goodbye to the Greatest - thousands gather for

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People line the streets of his home city of Louisville

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They are glad because the world acknowledges the special genius

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and greatness of Muhammad Ali and his contribution

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Tonight, a former US president joins actors,

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sports stars and 15,000 fans at the memorial service.

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We'll have the latest from the service.

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Labour's referendum warning: insiders tell the BBC increasing

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numbers of their supporters want to leave the EU.

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A specially composed anthem at the start of the celebrations

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France leave it late to secure victory in their Euro opener and

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mid-tight security in a nervous Paris.

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While in Marseille, a second night of clashes involving England fans,

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And as a play about Harry Potter opens in the West End,

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his creator insists the wizard still belongs to her,

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And for seven of those years it was entirely mine

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and not a living soul knew anything about it.

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Later... The opening match at the Stade Francais and the rest of the

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Euro news on the first day of the tournament.

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A former US President, stars from the world of sport

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and entertainment, joined tens of thousands of fans this evening

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to pay their last respects to the man known simply

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Muhammad Ali's coffin was driven for 19 miles through his home city

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of Louisville, in Kentucky, where crowds lined the streets.

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This evening, a public memorial service has been taking place,

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where Bill Clinton will deliver a eulogy.

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Our North America editor Jon Sopel reports from Louisville.

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They came from across the nation and beyond to see the man they called

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the Louisville capital lip take his final lap. At the funeral parlour

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his friends were now his pallbearers. The former boxing

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heavyweight Mike Tyson and actor Will Smith among them. His widow

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that the family in mourning. His coffin was draped in the cloth that

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signified his Muslim faith. And then his final journey. With the streets

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literally echoing to his name. This is where he grew up, the City that

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was home, where he learned to box and fight the segregation of 1960s

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America. Today, police officers formed a guard of honour and the

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people remembered him. Muhammad Ali meant justice to me and he also was

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a two word explanation for why someone like I could exist. What was

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he like as a man? He was funny and had a great sense of humour, he

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would be magic tricks. He left a legacy that will keep going. He is

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just gone for a short time, he still lives in all of us. Since his death

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was announced the Muhammad Ali centre has become a makeshift shrine

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for people to come together. I spoke to the Reverend Jesse Jackson. It is

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a sad day and a glad day, glad because the world acknowledges the

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special greatness of Muhammad Ali and his life and times but sad

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because we'll miss him. We miss him already. His life and legacy and

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music as it were lives on. A local imam started the service, but this

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was an occasion that brought all faiths and non-together. And excuse

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the metaphor, the speakers weren't pulling any punches. He dared to

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affirm the beauty of blackness, he dared to affirm the power and

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capacity of African Americans. He dared to love America's most unloved

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race. And he loved us all. Muhammad indicated that when the end came for

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him he wanted us to use his life and his death as a teaching moment for

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young people, for his country, and for the world. Barack Obama could

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not be here because of his daughter's high school graduation

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send this video message. It is very rare that a figure captures the

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imagination of the entire world. While the service was going on,

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across town at the Louisville TKO gym a new denigration was working at

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being the next Muhammad Ali. This one was being laid to rest, a

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defining figure of his age, the genius sportsman, political activist

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of national significance, cultural icon, total one-off, there was no

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one quite like Muhammad Ali, as he would have told you himself. That

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memorial service is till going on and we are due to hear from former

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President Clinton and the actor and comedian Billy Crystal. It's 50

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years since he became heavyweight champion of the world and was making

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waves in the civil rights movement. Speak to the young people on the

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streets today and they will tell you he is still a role model. The legacy

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of Muhammad Ali lives on. John so Pollin Louisville, thank you.

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Senior Labour figures have told the BBC that the party

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is haemorrhaging support to the Leave campaign

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The former leader Ed Miliband warned today that the outcome of the vote,

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in less than a fortnight, is in doubt, and not enough Labour

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voters realise the party supports staying in the EU.

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Our deputy political editor John Pienaar reports

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Labour supporters mocking Boris Johnson

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for snatching Labour votes for an EU exit.

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The Shadow Minister trying to get them back was finding no one home.

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Today's appeal: stick with us, don't follow the leavers.

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Of course this result is in question and Labour is clear,

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Labour is united, Labour is for Remain because we think

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it is better for Labour values, better for social justice,

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better for when there is a Labour government,

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to be able to make sure that we build a fairer

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And here in Labour West Bromwich, the thing that is troubling

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Celebrated by Labour politicians and disliked

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Appeal or no appeal, who's listening?

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Try asking in the high street or on a visit

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I am tending towards Out due to the immigration.

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I think a lot of immigrants are coming in too fast for us to cope.

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What about a lot of immigrants working in the NHS which is helping

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Well, yes, they are already in position, I'm worried

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I don't know that we be able to cope with the amount.

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I think people need to work in partnership with other people.

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People who are voting Out are voting Out because of immigration

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Picking the winner in this referendum is anyone's guess,

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it's a gamble, and Labour is finding it hard just keeping up.

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Probably a large majority of Labour voters are knowledgeably,

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And they are voting to leave because the European

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It's not working for the working classes in this country.

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In Labour territory, if people don't vote to remain

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Over a brew, you hear the same thing time and again.

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Yes, immigration is the main factor for my decision.

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We do a lot for countries around the world and bailing them

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out of their problems, when we have homeless people

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Come here, come almost anywhere deep in Labour territory and you can see

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why Labour In campaigners are telling me that they're not just

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Fears of mass migration have grown and a lot of people just

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And poster slogans about taking back control can sound good

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if you're feeling overlooked or taken for granted.

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If Britain votes to leave they'll be saying the next day that a lot

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of Labour supporters, not all but a lot, just stopped

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Labour has a problem in its heartland, a senior

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Labour In source told me that they are very worried.

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Just now the leavers' message is reaching parts that Labour can't.

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The Ukip leader Nigel Farage, who's campaigning for the UK

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to leave the EU, has said he stands by his comments that the sex attacks

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on dozens of women that happened in Germany,

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on New Year's Eve, could be repeated in the UK, if levels

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Mr Farage also responded to the subsequent accusation

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of racism from the Archbishop of Canterbury, saying,

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"We have good archbishops and bad archbishops."

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Our political correspondent Carole Walker reports.

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This report contains some flash photography.

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He's one of the most high-profile campaigners for Brexit.

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Though even some on his own side are uncomfortable

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with the Nigel Farage tone and style.

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Tonight, just a sip of red wine - before the confrontation at least.

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No surprise that immigration, the big issue for the Leave

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The real point about this referendum is who makes the decisions.

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Do we have the ability to control the numbers that

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Mr Farage said he wanted to get net migration down below 50,000

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and he said this was not just about the economics.

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There is something called quality of life, and that means

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the ability to get your child into the local primary school.

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It means being able to get a GP appointment.

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He was less keen to talk about his controversial warning

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on LBC of sexual attacks like those in Cologne if we stay in the EU.

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You did predict Cologne-like sex attacks...

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I may have done months ago, but I chose in this

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referendum to try and make it a non-issue.

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Because there are so many other things for us to talk about.

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However, is what I said on LBC wrong?

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But what about the criticism from the Archbishop of Canterbury,

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who accused him of legitimising racism?

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We have good archbishops and bad archbishops.

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Given that he was talking specifically about what had appeared

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in a Sunday newspaper, he clearly had read

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a headline and not very careful words that I used.

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Nigel Farage insisted Britain would be safer outside the EU

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and dismissed opponents who said his vision

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None of them go out and meet ordinary people and perhaps

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in my case occasionally have a pint with them,

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and let me tell you, my vision is to put this country

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and the British people first, and for us to divorce ourselves

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from political union and to re-engage with the rest

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It is upbeat, it is optimistic, and do you know something,

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But there's no disguising the upbeat mood in the Leave camp.

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There have been renewed warnings from Germany

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The country's Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schauble, said if Britain

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votes to leave it would also be ejected from the single market

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and wouldn't be able to access its advantages as Norway

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Our economics editor Kamal Ahmed is here with me.

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Michael Gove, a senior figure in the Leave campaign,

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says he doesn't want to be in the single market anyway.

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Well, I think it is significant, clearly if Britain left the European

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Union then Germany would be a very important voice in any

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renegotiations that took place. I think there is a growing nervousness

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in other countries in the European Union about the referendum on June

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23, there will be a poll in the Independent tomorrow which puts

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Leave ahead by ten points, 55% to 45%. It is only one poll but it

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shows that this is not a done deal for either side. And I think Europe

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is approaching this with a bit of carrot and stick. We have had the

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stick from Wolfgang Schauble's comments that we would have to leave

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the single market which could damage the British economy. He also worries

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about copycat referendums which could set off a domino effect.

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The carrot, this interview with Wolfgang Schauble that we are

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talking about tonight is in a special addition of Der Spiegel, one

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of the most important magazines in Germany, sort of a love letter to

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Britain, saying Britain, don't leave us, please don't go, we need you in

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the European Union. For the Leave campaign, they really think the

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single market issue is something of a sideshow, that whatever happens

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Britain is the second largest economy in Europe, the fifth largest

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in the world, and we will get a deal where there are no terrorists

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because Germany, France, other countries in the EU, need to export

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us. We are an important customer for then and that made the trade deal

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will be done. How close are those polls? We have heard about the

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Independent poll. I've been speaking to people close to Lynton Crosby,

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the Cameron Kourou, who called the 2015 election correctly, a sort of

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Svengali figure. He apparently thinks it is 50-50 Leave Remain,

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it's on a knife edge and that nervousness in the German government

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and the Italian government and British government will continue.

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Thank you. A National Service of

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thanksgiving has taken place at St Paul's Cathedral -

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to mark the Queen's 90th birthday. It's the beginning of three days

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of events to mark the official birthday celebrations -

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after the Queen turned 90 in April. The service was attended by members

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of the Royal family - including the Duke of Edinburgh

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on his own 95th birthday. Our royal correspondent

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Nicholas Witchell has more. Between them, they've known 185

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years of life's experiences. 90 years in the case of the Queen,

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95 years in the case of the Duke. But it's the long life of a monarch

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which brings together a congregation within St Paul's Cathedral

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for a national service of thanksgiving, a moment

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for gratitude for this For her faithful devotion,

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dutiful commitment, loving leadership, gentle constancy,

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royal dignity and kindly humanity. She's been known to tell clergymen

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not to overdo the praise on occasions like this,

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but as family members who will follow in her footsteps

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and politicians whose time on the national stage

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comes and goes listened, the Archbishop of Canterbury

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defined a contribution to national life the like of

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which we will not see again. So we look back on Your Majesty's

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90 years in the life of our nation with deep wonder

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and profound gratitude. Through war and hardship,

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through turmoil and change, Your Majesty, today,

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we rejoice for the way in which God's loving care has fearfully

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and wonderfully sustained you. As well as Prince Philip,

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marking his 95th birthday today. Reflections on the passing

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of the years, written by one 90-year-old, the Paddington Bear

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creator Michael Bond, read by another 90-year-old,

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Sir David Attenborough, featured words used by the Queen's

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father, George VI, when Britain Truly, if you put your hand

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into the hand of God, that shall be to you better

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than light and safer Members of different faith groups

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joined an act of thanksgiving, a reminder of how Britain has

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changed during the course One feature though has remained

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constant, and for that person on this day the congregation sang

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the national anthem with more The Queen left St Paul's,

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steadying herself on a specially At 90, a fully engaged head of state

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on the first of three days marking Nicholas Witchell, BBC News,

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St Paul's Cathedral. The partner of the former EastEnders

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actress, Sian Blake, has admitted murdering her

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and their two children. Arthur Simpson-Kent,

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who's 49, pleaded guilty when he appeared by video link

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at the Old Bailey this morning. He was extradited from Ghana

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in February, having fled Our home affairs correspondent

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June Kelly reports. He killed his whole family,

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left the country, and then was arrested in the West African

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state of Ghana. Today, thousands of miles away

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from here, Arthur Simpson-Kent came before a British judge and pleaded

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guilty to a triple murder. He took the lives of his partner,

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the former EastEnders actress Sian Blake, and their two boys,

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Zachary, who was eight, on the left, After they were reported missing,

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police began digging up the garden at the family home in Erith in Kent

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and found their bodies. By then, Arthur Simpson-Kent

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was a fugitive and had travelled He'd been here for some weeks

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when locals realised he was a wanted man, because his picture

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was circulating on social media. They contacted the police

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and he was arrested and then Today, Sian Blake's sister said

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she was relieved that Scotland Yard said Sian's close-knit

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family had been devastated by the loss of two generations

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in a completely senseless So six months after he fled

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the country trying to evade justice, Arthur Simpson-Kent has now pleaded

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guilty to three counts of murder. He wasn't in court for

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today's brief hearing. He appeared by video

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link from prison. He is due to be here in October

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when he will be sentenced June Kelly, BBC News,

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at the Old Bailey. The European football championships

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have kicked off this evening amid unprecedented

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security in Paris. It's just seven months since

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the terror attacks in the city. Hosts France beat Romania

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in the tournament curtain raiser in the capital,

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where we can join our sports editor, France will be delighted not only

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with tonight's results, but also to get the tournament safely under way?

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That's right, there was a real sense of trepidation. You could feel it

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ahead of tonight's opening match, but that has now given way to one of

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celebration instead. A perfect start for the hosts, and the winning goal

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they will never forget. The moment fans looked

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to sport to help lift a nation. Despite an unprecedented security

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operation tens of thousands gathering in their fun park at Euro

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2016 got under way, the message one of resilience. We just try to keep

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living as before, because we cannot stay at home always. Seven months

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ago this stadium was targeted by terrorists during a night the

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country still is coming to terms with. Now the Stade de France played

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host to the tournament's opening match between the hosts and Romania.

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We come here to enjoy that game and to be honest I don't think about

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nothing, about the terrorist men. We need to show that we are not afraid.

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To the world. We can enjoy the stadium, we can play football and

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are not afraid about this. The short opening ceremony a defiantly

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cheerful and colourful affair, celebrating French popular culture.

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DJ David Guetta orchestrating proceedings which culminated in a

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spectacular fly-past by the French air force. And after all the

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fanfare, time for the footballers to take centre stage. This rousing

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rendition of the national anthem sung as if France wanted the whole

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world to hear it. Perhaps the emotion got to the hosts, because

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they started nervously. Lloris preventing Romania from taking an

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early lead. But France would soon show why they are favourites to win

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their own competition. They went close. And then Giroud, clinical.

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This is the opening goal of the tournament, France one up. A chance

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to equalise from the spot. The lead didn't last long. Evra gave away a

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penalty, Bogdan Stancu punished the French. Romania back level. But

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France would not be beaten, with full-time looming a moment of sheer

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genius from Dimitri Payet. A winning goal worthy of racing such an

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occasion. The hosts off to the perfect start. But away from the

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scenes of celebration, a second night of violence on the streets of

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Marseille. Police again deploying tear gas to disperse England fans,

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after fresh disturbances. This evening Roy Hodgson's youthful squad

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arrived in Marseille and took the opportunity to familiarise

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themselves with the stadium where they play Russia tomorrow. We know

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what we can do, we know that we have a team that if we perform to the

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level we think we can perform two, we will make it difficult for any

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opponent that comes our way. Wales fans meanwhile have been relishing

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their first appearance in a major championships since the 1958 World

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Cup. Slovakia their team's opponents tomorrow in Bordeaux. And to

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complete a weekend to savour for the home nations, Northern Ireland in

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their first-ever European Championship finals faced Poland in

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Nice on Sunday. But tonight belongs to France. This is the start they

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would have dreamt of. Dan Roan, BBC News, Paris.

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England fans have again been involved with clashes

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with French police in Marseille for a second night.

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Fans stayed drinking in the city this evening ahead of England's

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Matthew Price is in Marseille for us tonight.

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What more can you tell us? It's a rather strange atmosphere in

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Marseille this evening. We have had French fans buzzing through this

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square celebrating their victory, swiftly followed by a little bit of

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tear gas coming through the air, and that followed by a load of England

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fans, who were trying to get away from some of the tear gas that riot

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police had been firing. There have been bottles thrown, about ten

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minutes ago, right on this very spot a group of lads, 15 or so of them,

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through a bottle at someone they didn't like. It's largely of course

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the minority, we always say that, but there are some very drunk people

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in this town tonight and at times they are facing off against the

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French police and the French riot police as we know will use tear gas

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to disperse crowds. So isolated pockets of tension. The restaurants

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and cafes around here, some of them closing because they are worried

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about more violence. It is isolated but as I say, it is tens and it's

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quite nasty in places and I think I've heard another round of tear gas

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being fired a few streets away. Matthew in Marseille, thanks.

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She's one of the most successful writers in the world.

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JK Rowling's Harry Potter books have sold hundreds of millions of copies,

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and spawned a series of blockbuster movies.

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Now, she's preparing for the latest Potter instalment - a two-part play.

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It's called Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

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She's been speaking to our arts editor, Will Gompertz.

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Harry Potter is back - on stage this time.

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He's 19 years older, married with kids, still hanging out

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with Ron and Hermione and facing some familiar and unfamiliar foes.

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Just so we're clear, I mean obviously you're the writer,

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Jack, you're the director, John, and you're the creator, Jo,

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How did that actually work in practice?

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The three of us talked and discussed and cogitated the story

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through discussions, which Jack then wrote down,

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and we didn't start writing the play as such, or Jack didn't,

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until we'd agreed on what that story was.

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And then I tried to write a script and then...

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Well, you did write a script, you're very self-deprecating.

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What's been your overriding concerns?

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I don't think I realised how anxious I was, to tell

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I mean, this is putting me back ten years.

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Potter attracted a lot of madness and a lot of hype, and going back

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into that place I realised on Wednesday morning how anxious

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that had made me, because I knew how much expectation there would be

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Is there a sense then in your own mind -

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philosophically more than literally - that you don't own Potter anymore,

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I wouldn't go that far, Will!

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Because you know, that would be, I'm deadly serious, that would be

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to disavow what that world was to me.

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17 years that world was mine and for seven of those years

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it was entirely mine, not a living soul knew anything

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about it, and I can't just uproot that from all the personal

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experiences that inform those stories and say I'm

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throwing it away now - and that's how that would feel.

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And as a fan you want it to be her world, not our world,

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It's her world we've been allowed to play in.

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In a way, John, Jack and Jo had it easy, because they were dealing

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You've got to make their imagination a reality on stage.

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It's not all kind of glitter guns and cannons.

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Actually a lot of it is very, very, very simple magic

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So touch wood there's not a huge amount really that could go wrong.

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There's not much that could go wrong!

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Yeah, I'm pressing my leg against the wooden

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But what I mean by that, we've done it very carefully,

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so it's not a kind of wing and a prayer.

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Can you imagine ever creating another world which has

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such a profound impact as the Potter world?

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I feel as though I did that and I love it.

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It takes up so much mental space, it takes up a lot of space

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I think I would be on a fool's errand to try to do that again.

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