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the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest

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A crowd of 10,000 including heads of state and government and members

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of the Royal Family joined descendants of those who fought 100

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They heard the words of those who went 'over the top'

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on the 1st of July 1916, a day of huge losses for British

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and French forces trying to break through German defences.

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There's a job to be done, and you just got on and did it.

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I was more frightened going up to the trenches, sitting,

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The day was also marked across the UK with guns fired

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to signal the time when the troops were

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The Chancellor's hopes of achieving a budget surplus

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He says post Brexit, the nation can't afford it.

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Michael Gove pledges to leave the EU single market,

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as he sets out why he should be the next Prime Minister.

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I was so very reluctant because I know my limitations.

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Whatever charisma is, I don't have it.

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Whatever glamour may be, I don't think anyone can

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A gun attack has left two policemen dead, and at least 20 people

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have been taken hostage, at a restaurant in the

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Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka.

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So called Islamic State claim responsibility.

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Ramsey's corner, Williams! What a goal! In towards Volkswagen!

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And the wonder goal that put Wales into the semi finals

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-- Vokes. The fans go mad as they celebrate

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the success. And coming up on BBC News, more

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reaction to the final and also highlights of today's play at

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Wimbledon. Good evening from Thiepval

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in Northern France where earlier today a crowd

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of 10,000 came together, including heads of state and government

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and members of the Royal Family to mark the centenary

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of the Battle of the Somme It was the bloodiest

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battle in the history of the British Armed Forces

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and the battle that came to define the brutality and horror

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of the First World War. The ceremony was held

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in the shadow of the famous memorial here at Thiepval

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which bears the names of 72,000 British and South African troops

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whose bodies were never found. The Prince of Wales,

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David Cameron and President Hollande were among those who took part

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in the presence of hundreds of descendants of those who fought

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as our Special Correspondent It is the largest First World War

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memorial anywhere, its scale commensurate with the loss of life

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in these fields. It is a memorial to

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the missing of the Somme. The names of 72,000 men with no

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known graves are carved here. Its plea to posterity,

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to us, is plain - never forget. Heads of state and government,

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present and future, listened to Clive Adlam as he read

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the words of his father, Lieutenant Tom Adlam,

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who fought and survived. You did a job out there

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and I never realised that there was anything

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unusual about it. There was a job to be done

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and you just got on and did it. I was more frightened going up

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to the trenches, sitting, I was very frightened then,

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very frightened indeed. We were taught we had to be

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an example to our men and that, if we went forward,

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they would go with you, you see. And you'd sort of lose your sense

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of fear, thinking The nurse, Olive Dent,

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treated the wounded. Here, her words described that

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first week on the Somme. I am too tired to sleep,

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too tired to shut out of sight and mind the passionate appeal

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of two dying eyes and the low faint whisper of, "Sister,

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am I going to die?" A week after Britain voted to leave

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the European Union, David Cameron took his place beneath the memorial

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to the enduring alliance between the UK and France,

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and described a moment of mutual respect between enemies as a British

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major risked his life to rescue a wounded soldier

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from no man's land. He walked as though

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he was on parade. The Germans never fired a shot

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at him as he went. They never fired a shot

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as he went back. And they cheered him as he lifted

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the man onto his shoulders. The poppy and, in France,

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the blue cornflower are the emblems of the sorrow of war marked

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in two minutes of silence. In these moments of remembrance,

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the dead cry out their warning In the words of the poet

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Siegfried Sassoon, recited here today, "Do you ever stop

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and ask, 'Will it all happen again?' Look down and swear

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by the slain of the war that There have been many

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events organised today to mark the centenary of the first

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day of the Battle of the Somme, some in France but many

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in different parts The national commemoration in the UK

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was held in Manchester reflecting the fact that

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so many of the so-called Pals' Battalions,

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the volunteers who joined up with friends and colleagues,

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came from the north of England as our correspondent Judith Moritz

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reports. The signal that sent the men over

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the top sounded today in The Somme is sewn into

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the history of Manchester. A service to honour the pals,

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groups of friends The boys in khaki were

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friendly, cheery and full There was a sense of hope

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and exhilaration in the air. On this day we remember

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before you all who experienced the Battle

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on Those who faced the terrible

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waste and devastation. The ghosts of the battle came alive

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through theatre on the streets. Connecting the past to the present

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here in Manchester and across the UK today, the soldiers of the Somme

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have been rubbing shoulders with commuters and shoppers, bringing

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a flavour of 1916 into the 21st Volunteers and veterans marched

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in memory, parading among them was Louis Roskell, whose father

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Alfred served at the Somme. I'm quite proud to be

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here and to see My dad was a very retiring sort

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of chap, not the sort of guy to put himself forward

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so I feel I'm doing it for him. I want to demonstrate

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that he was there are I want to demonstrate

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that he was there and Alfred Roskell trained for battle

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in camp at Manchester's Heaton Park. Tonight, the Park hosted a concert,

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telling the story of the Somme

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to a new generation. Judith Moritz, BBC News,

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Manchester. The site here at Thiepval

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is visited by around 300,000 people a year and it wouldn't

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be at all surprising if those numbers didn't rise

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after today's event it really is an impressive

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site on the Somme, looked after by the Commonwealth War

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Graves Commission. We'll be back at Thiepval

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later in the programme but for now it's back to Clive

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in the studio. The Chancellor George Osborne,

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has abandoned his aim of achieving a budget surplus by the end

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of the decade. It's been a lynchpin

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of economic strategy, driving austerity measures

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in several budgets. But in response to the EU

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referendum result, he said the public had to be realistic

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about what could be achieved. Here's our Economics

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Editor, Kamal Ahmed. We will fix the roof

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when the sun is shining. And we are going to fix the roof

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when the sun shines. Fixing the roof when

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the sun is shining. Repairing the public

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finances while the economy Many predict the post Brexit will be

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weaker sunshine will be weaker for the UK economy,

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try to rethink that 2020 pledge. It's incredibly important

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we maintain fiscal credibility, that we are tough on the deficit,

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whilst being realistic about achieving the surplus

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by the end of the decade. That is exactly what our fiscal

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rules provided for, they explicitly acknowledge the impact

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of a significant negative shock. The Chancellor insisted he was not

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breaking his own budget rules - the austerity target

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on cutting public spending So how has Brexit changed

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the long-term economic plan? Since 2010, the Government has cut

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public spending by 10%. The amount the Government borrows

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has fallen from ?137 billion That has meant a lot

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of cuts and tax rises. Now the Chancellor ditched

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the Government's target of balancing the books by 2020,

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a worst economic outlook post Three weeks ago, the Chancellor

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claiming an emergency budget would have to find ?30 billion

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of tax rises and spending cuts immediately, that doesn't look

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like happening any time soon, In some ways I am pleased,

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He's acknowledged the reality In some ways I am pleased,

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he's acknowledged the reality What we need now is a clear

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investment programme, so we can counter the recessionary

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trend on our economy, and also to start investing in some

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of the areas that felt left behind But pain deferred for the country

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is not pain cancelled. Chancellors have choices

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about what they do into the future but it looks like we will be

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borrowing a lot more in 2020 That will have to be

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paid down at some point, so it may be that we could get more

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austerity in the 2020s, it may not just be one decade but

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a decade-and-a-half of austerity. I think reality bit today

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for the Chancellor and his officials An economic reality

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and a political reality. Few economists would want to be

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raising taxes and cutting spending in the teeth of a possible

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contraction in the economy, and politically, Theresa May,

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the favourite to be the next Prime Minister, has said

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she wants to consign George Osborne's pledges on spending

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to the waste paper basket. Frankly, George Osborne

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had nowhere else to go. He's been the hard hat,

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high-vis Chancellor, warning that we are facing

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an economic shock but we have not had post referendum economic data

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yet and the markets have Whatever happens, Mr Osborne

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wants to be prepared Michael Gove has laid

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out his vision for the country, if he becomes the next Conservative

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leader and Prime Minister. He described himself today

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as a candidate for change, and that he would stand

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by the promises the Vote Leave campaign made during the EU

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referendum, including ending free movement and increasing

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spending on the NHS. Mr Gove also defended

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withdrawing his support for Boris Johnson in

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the leadership race. Our Deputy Political Editor

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John Pienaar has more. He doesn't look like a political

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assassin but he is to a lot of Tory The man who stabbed his friend

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Boris Johnson in the back. I'll be giving a speech at 11

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o'clock this morning at Policy Exchange and I look

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forward to seeing you there. Charming as ever but launching his

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own leadership campaign he painted his main rival

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for the premiership Theresa May as the safe,

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maybe even dull, option. He was out to win Tory

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heads and hearts. What this country needs

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is a Prime Minister not just with a cool head in office,

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but a heart burning with a desire for change, not just a plan to make

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do and mend, but a vision to transform our country

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for the better. His cheerleading section of MPs is

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smaller than Theresa May's though. Some can't forgive him

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for what they see as treachery, backing Boris Johnson then deserting

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and running himself. I stand here and I'm standing

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for the leadership not as a result of calculation, certainly not

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as a result of calculation. I'm standing because I have

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a burning desire to transform There was plenty of policy -

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a points system to pick and choose No need for Scottish independence,

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more devolution of power instead. To build that new union,

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the United Kingdom matters so much And another ?100 million

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a week for the NHS. I'll put my heart and soul

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into making sure that the care that your son or daughter or mum

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or dad receives is the same that You were very clear that

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Boris Johnson does not have what it Does Theresa May have what it takes

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to be Prime Minister? Theresa did not argue

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for and did not put the case for Britain leaving

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the European Union and that is a fundamental division of principle

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between the two of us. Your assassination of Boris Johnson

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- if I could put it that way - has cost you quite a lot of kindness

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and respect among your colleagues. If you're the sort of person

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who worries about personal criticism, if you're the sort

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of person who allows the attacks from others to get under your skin,

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you shouldn't be leader. Theresa May has strong support

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in a contest where Tory members will pick their leader

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and Britain's Prime I think he's proved himself to be

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a very divisive figure and I don't think he's conducted himself very

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well, so I would hope that he might now take the right decision over

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the weekend and stand down. Among MPs Theresa May

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is the favourite. She's the safe pair of hands

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candidate and that may appeal to Conservatives with so many doubts

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hanging over the economy. The perception of treachery

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will hurt Michael Gove. It will make it harder for him

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to touch Tory hearts and minds after his successful operation

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to destroy one of Britain's Today, Boris Johnson

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was pondering his future and the past 48 hours,

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which for him had I cannot unfortunately get

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on with doing what I wanted to do, so it'll be up to somebody else now

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and I wish him every The Shadow Chancellor John

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McDonnell, says Jeremy Corbyn is likely to face a challenge

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for the Labour leadership But he maintains Mr Corbyn

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is "staying as leader" and would win any contest,

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despite the resignations of dozens of front bench MPs, and a no

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confidence vote against him. He says it's up to the wider

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membership to decide It's been a crucial night for Wales,

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with their most important football match in more than 50 years,

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playing Belgium in the quarter Our Wales Correspondent

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Hywel Griffith joins us from the stadium in Lille,

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and what a night it's been Hywel. Yes, Clive. Wales arrived at this

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tournament without the weight of expectation and pressure that seems

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to be so heavy on other teams. They've taken to it with a smile and

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a song and tonight have proven that team spirit can be enough to sell

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one of the finest teams in the world. -- fell.

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Loud, proud and desperate to stay in Europe. Few Welsh fans dared believe

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their team could make it this far. But diaries were cleared, life

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savings spent, anything to be here. It's been 58 years since the last

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time. You've got to make the effort, it's a once-in-a-lifetime. The

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atmosphere is amazing, absolutely amazing. And Wales will win? Of

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course! With the stadium only eight miles from the border, Belgium

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almost had home advantage while Wales had familiar weather. There

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was no time to soak in the atmosphere as Belgium unleashed a

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torrent of attacks once, twice, three times Wales held on. But it

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couldn't last. As Nainggolan Centre Thunderball through the Welsh

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defence. COMMENTATOR:

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His gourds magnificently! Just as it seemed Welsh hopes had been grounded

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they found their feet and took flight, cached -- Captain Ashley

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Williams with only his second ever international goal. Every Welsh fan

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suddenly saw him. And then time to reach cloud nine. Aaron Ramsey's

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pass found Hal Robson-Kanu, a Championship striker with a

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world-class finish. COMMENTATOR:

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What a goal! If Wales could barely believe it, neither could their

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opponents. Marouane Fellaini heading wide and Belgium heading home. Sam

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Vokes made sure they left with Welsh voices ringing in their ears. And a

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song of pure joy. COMMENTATOR:

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That's the whistle that counts. This has never happened to me, I've

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enjoyed it. We're not here to enjoy it, we are here to compete. We have

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something to offer. Already the most successful Welsh football team ever,

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the story isn't over. Wales now stand just a game away from the

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final. What a journey the Wales team has

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been on. The form book suggested they should have been home by now. I

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don't think anyone dared to dream that Wales would still be here now,

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one game away from the final! They have beaten Belgium before the

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qualifying rounds for this tournament, yes, they have shown

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that they can really pull out some surprising results, but all that has

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been ripped up. Wales are writing new chapters in their history now,

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surpassing the heroics of the team in 1958. This is the best ever Welsh

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football team. So what next? A semifinal in Lyon against Portugal.

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That's where we will feed two the lack to cope As collide, Cristiano

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Ronaldo carrying his team to the semifinal, Gareth Bale a key part of

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the night but what was really interesting is that Gareth Bale

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wasn't amongst the goals. Gareth Bale didn't create everything. Wales

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have shown that they are a team that works together and gets the results

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on the pitch, surpassing all the other home nations, surpassing all

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the favourites in the tournaments. There are very, very many people who

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have been dancing around their living rooms to night, dancing on

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the streets of Lille. This is one for them and for all those people

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who are starting to lose their voice. Wales are absolutely in

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dreamland. Many thanks for that, Hywel Griffith in Lille.

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Let's take a look at some of the day's other top stories.

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A convicted paedophile has been sentenced to 24 years in prison

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Douglas Slade was found guilty on Monday of 13 counts

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of historical child sex abuse, involving boys as young as 10.

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He was expelled from the Philippines last year to face the charges.

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Austria's highest court has annulled the result of May's

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presidential election, saying there has to be a re-run.The

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Green Party had won by less than one percentage point,

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with the right wing Freedom Party contesting the result.

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Researchers say they have the first clear evidence that the hole

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in the ozone layer over the Antarctic has begun to shrink.

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A study found that it was 1.5 million square miles smaller

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than at the beginning of the century - an area roughly the size of India.

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The chemicals which cause the problem - CFCs - were banned

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Police in Bangladesh say suspected Islamist extremists

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have attacked a cafe, in the diplomatic quarter

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Two policemen have been killed and it's understood up to 20 people

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A number of foreigners are among those being held.

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The cafe is in the upmarket district of Gulshan, and is popular

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So-called Islamic State has claimed responsibility. Here's our

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correspondent, Sanjoy Majumder. The attack has taken place

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in Dhaka's main diplomatic area, in a cafe popular with expats

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and wealthy Bangladeshis. Several foreigners were inside

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the cafe when the gunmen stormed in. This man was working

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in the restaurant and TRANSLATION: I was working

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in the pizza kitchen and saw two I managed to make it

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onto the roof of the building. They were throwing bombs

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and the windows were shaking. And then explosions,

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apparently set off by the attackers. Several people have been injured

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and have been rushed to hospital. Elite Bangladeshi police units have

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now been deployed and are attempting In Washington a State Department

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official said they were keeping They're obviously in constant touch

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with Bangladeshi authorities as they continue to work

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through this very fluid, It's not yet clear who

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is behind this attack, although the so-called Islamic State

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has claimed responsibility. Bangladesh has seen a wave

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of killings over the past year, targeting religious minorities,

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bloggers and foreigners. They have been blamed on local

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militants but there's a suggestion there are links with global

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Islamist groups such as IS. Sanjoy Majumder, BBC News,

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Delhi. Let's return now to the 100th

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anniversary commemorations, of the start of the

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Battle of the Somme. Huw is in Thiepval

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in Northern France. There were many nations

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represented here today a reminder that soldiers

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from different parts of the world fought

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for the British on the Somme and in some cases that involved both

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supporters and enemies of the British Empire fighting

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shoulder to shoulder. The loyalist Ulster Division

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and the nationalist Irish volunteers were on the verge of

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civil war in Ireland when the First World War started

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but at the Somme they Our special correspondent

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Fergal Keane tells the story. "I couldn't tell you

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what it was like," wrote A century on and the slaughter

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still challenges the imagination. But today, that bloody history

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is being marshalled to shape The Orangemen of Ulster

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and ministers from South and North We do them no service if we do not

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relate them to today and to our hopes and our prayers

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and our aspirations for the future. # When we charged this morning

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with a great and mighty yell #. The Somme is central

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to Ulster Protestant identity. 2200 Ulstermen were

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killed on the first day. It was loyalty with an emphatic

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political purpose, for after this how could Britain abandon

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Ulster to Irish home rule? In east Belfast, Darren Wray

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feels a direct connection with the cause his great grandfather

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Thomas died for on the first I firmly believe that my future

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and the future of this country is better off

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within the United Kingdom. I understand that's what those

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guys felt back then. I personally don't think attitudes

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have changed that much. But the Somme is also part

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of southern Irish history. Tens of thousands of Irish Catholics

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fought, believing loyalty would persuade Britain to grant

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Irish home rule. But revolution at home brought

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an end to empire and a new national story in which there was no space

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for men like William Dodd, In Dublin, his descendant recalled

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those narrower times. People didn't want to see to be

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basically lining up with Britain. If you were a person

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who was involved in commemorating a memory of these people, you

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weren't, it wasn't the thing to do. Ireland has travelled far,

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from a time when gunmen claiming the mantle of the Somme murdered

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Catholics and the IRA bombed To this, a Queen and President

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paying homage to the dead At the Somme today, Darren Wray

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and William Dodd both remembered It's great to see now the

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Orange government. It's been more accepted

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now North and South. And so it should be,

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coming from the background that I come from and seeing what has

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happened, I can't help On an old battlefield it is peace

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that now casts the longer shadow. Fergal Keane there on the complex

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Towie Irish dimension in the history of the of the Somme. -- complexity.

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That's all from us here at Thiepval tonight

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in a moment on BBC ONE we'll join our news

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But we'll leave you with some of the sights and sounds and words

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from today's commemorations on this 100th anniversary

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of the start of the Battle of the Somme.

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Look up and swear by the green of the spring that

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