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Tonight at 10pm: The main political parties in Greece agree to form a

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government of national unity. After talks this evening the Prime

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Minister George Papandreou says he intends to stand down. Police begin

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a criminal investigation into the M5 crash. Witnesses claim thick

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smoke drifted across the motorway from a firework display. The

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shocked family of Christopher Alder are told that after his death in

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custody 13 years ago, they buried the wrong body. And a warning that

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the Olympics might see tourists Good evening. The main political

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parties in Greece say they have agreed in principle on the

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formation of a coalition government. The current Prime Minister, George

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Papandreou, will not lead the new administration and the parties will

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meet again tomorrow to agree the details of the plan. The deal is

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aimed at ending the country's political crisis and stopping the

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Government going bankrupt. Mark Lowen is in Athens for us tonight.

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He has been Prime Minister here since 2009, during one of the most

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severe crisis this country has ever faced. Tonight we know that George

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Papandreou it is bowing out. It has been another day of intense

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activity, negotiating his exit. The coalition government will confront

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Greece a's financial crisis. Prime Minister and leader of the

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opposition are brought together by the Greek president to decide on a

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new national unity government. No one was certain an agreement would

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be reached. Both sides have played a high-stakes game of political

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brinkmanship in recent days. This could be the last chance to find

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consensus. As talks continued, Greeks watched and waited. This

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country has been in the grip of uncertainty for days - political

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wrangling to add to its financial woes. In the bars and cafes of

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Athens, they wanted a leader to Stig Greece to, waters. We need

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hope. We need something new. -- calmer waters. He is not a good

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Prime Minister. That is why. He does not care about our lives. He

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knows about his profit - only about profit. A frantic rush of activity

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outside the President's office. The closing statement was clear. The

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premiership of George Papandreou had come to an end. The Prime

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Minister had finally agreed to step aside ahead -- in favour of a

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coalition. More talks tomorrow about who will be appointed Prime

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Minister. The leadership will have to ratify the bail out package so

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that Greece can receive the next instalment of its loan and hope to

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stave off bankruptcy. George Papandreou will leave an immense

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task to his predecessor. The debt crisis in this country threatens

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the rest of the eurozone. The population is angry and exhausted.

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At least a realisation that a step forwards out of this political

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crisis has now been taken - a small sign of progress on a perilous road

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ahead. Who could takeover? Evangelos Venizelos could takeover.

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The former governor of the Bank of Greece is another option. Whoever

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it is, they will face an unenviable task. The future of the eurozone

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will depend upon us. Our Europe editor, Gavin Hewitt, is with me

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now. How do you assess tonight's developments? The most important

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thing is Greece will not now the fault. There will be no short-term

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exit from the euro. It was going to run out of money in mid-December.

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That will not happen. The Greek parliament will approve the latest

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EU bail out deal, worth 130 billion euros. It is important and it has

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bought time. We do not know who will be the new leader. We do not

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know how long the interim government will be in place. It is

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an important breathing space for Greece. There will be some

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stability over the next few weeks and months. It has brought

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breathing space. Is it a long-term solution? I do not think it is. The

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economy is still shrinking. Unemployment is going up. It is

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difficult to see where growth is coming from. Banks would take a

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write-down of 50% and reduced debt. If you look ahead to 2010 -- 2020,

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the debt to GDP ratio is still 110%. What we have seen today is an

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important step forward. The longer term, fundamental problems of

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Greece still have not been resolved. Police have begun a criminal

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investigation into the crash on the M5 in Somerset on Friday which

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killed seven people. They now think the pile-up was caused by smoke -

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and not fog - drifting across the motorway. Investigators are

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focusing attention on a firework display which was taking place at a

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nearby rugby club. Through the ash and the debris, they sifted all day.

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They were searching for the victims' personal possessions and

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for clues about what happened here. But now that all the vehicles have

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been taken from the scorched carriageway, the focus of this

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investigation has moved to an area a few hundred metres from the crash

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site - Taunton Rugby Club - where there was a direct splayed on

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Friday night. At about the same time, 34 vehicles collided on the

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motorway. Many of them burst into flames. Was poor visibility to

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blame? There was very significant smoke across the carriageway. It

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caused a bank - similar to a fog bank - that was very distracting

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and difficult to drive through. Police say the rugby club is the

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main focus of their investigation. The field when the firework display

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took place has been sealed off. From here, you can see how close

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the rugby pitch is to the motorway behind. There are the posts.

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Crossing behind it, the razed carriageway of the M5. In a

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statement tonight, the club said it was working closely with the police

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and it extended thoughts and prayers to the bereaved families.

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Like the relatives of Tony and Pam Adams. Both in their 70s, who died

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as they drove home to South Wales after visiting their daughter.

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Friends and family have described them as a devoted, church-going

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couple, and say they are heartbroken. Some say, why did it

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have to be them? Tom Hammill knows it could have been him. He returned

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to the scene today for the first time after escaping from his car.

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He is convinced some -- stock is to blame and not black smoke. It was

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relatively clear visibility. It was like someone had thrown emulsion on

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the front of the car. It seems most of the victims were just passing

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through Somerset. That fact has not reduced the sense of pain in the

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villages neighbouring the M5 have. And Jon is at the scene for us now.

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48 hours after the pile up, up the motorway has reopened in both

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directions. That will be some comfort to commuters. This is the

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key route in and out of the south- west of England. Although the

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carriageway might have been cleared, the investigation is only just

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beginning. Police want to talk to officials at the rugby club to find

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out how the event on Friday night was organised. Meanwhile, families

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are continuing to carry out the formal identification of some of

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the victims. Expect more harrowing stories from relatives across

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Britain over the next few days. investigation has begun into how

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the body of man, who died in police custody and was supposed to have

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been buried in Hull more than a decade ago, has turned up in a

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mortuary in the city. It is understood that the body of a woman

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may have been buried instead of 37- year-old Christopher Alder. The man

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lying here on the floor of a police station is 37-year-old Christopher

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Alder. Officers talk to each other as he is of -- is left motionless

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for 11 minutes with his trousers round his ankles. He is dying. It

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was minutes before officers realised the seriousness of the

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situation and went to his aid. He was an ex-paratrooper and Falklands

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veteran. Five officers were cleared of manslaughter but an Independent

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Police Complaints Commission report said officers involved with him a

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guilty of the most serious neglect of duty and unwitting racism. His

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sister, Janet, and other family members, thought they had buried

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him more than a decade ago. Today, at a meeting with the police and

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Hull City Council, she was told they had laid the wrong body to

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rest. I am in total shock. I cannot believe, after all we have been

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through, with the mode of death and everything, there can be so much

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incompetence. It feels like contents. It feels like adding

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insult to injury when you try to move on with your life. This

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evening, the local authority involved said they could not yet

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explain how the body had laid for so long way it was thought a

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woman's body was being kept. I can confirm that the body of the man

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has been identified to me as Christopher Alder. I am appalled

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and distraught at what I have learned. In conjunction with the

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East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, we will be undertaking a thorough

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review of the circumstances surrounding these events.

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family of Christopher Alder thought this tragic episode in their lives

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was long past. They will now have to have a funeral service and a

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burial for him for a second time. A year today, voters will be going to

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the polls in America to elect a new President. Whether Barack Obama is

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granted a second term could depend largely on his record in dealing

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with the economic downturn. Our North America editor, Mark Mardell,

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has been gauging the mood among voters in the key swing state of

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North Carolina. Charlotte turns out to see the Panthers player.

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American football can be brutal but nothing compared to the politics

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this crucial state will see in the coming year. Views on the President

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are raw and heated. We need to get him out. He has not got a clue. If

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it were not for a teleprompter, he would not get through an interview.

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The last four years have been rough for him. It was the first time this

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plays had gone Democrat for 30 years. Charlot made its name as

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headquarters for many big banks. The state has lost 300,000 jobs in

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the last few years. The woman learning to cat Greens had a steady

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office job for 11 years. This school retrains those who have lost

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their jobs. Applications have soared. He is a swing voter who

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chose a Obama last time and is now disappointed. I am a regular

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American. I am a United States loving American. I want to make

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sure we stay on top as a superpower economically. I do not see that

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happening. I do not know how the future will look. We've vote for

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him again? I do not believe I will vote for his administration again,

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unless something dramatic happens. Next year's election will be about

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getting these people back to work. The Obama wants to spend more money

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on a new stimulus package. Republicans are stopping him. It is

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all about enthusiasm. This farmer says it is Conservatives who have

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the drive. Obama has led the country in the wrong direction.

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is the opposite to what this country needs. You cannot take

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Amman, whose life has surrounded himself by a liberal mindset.

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came here on the eve of the election. We are one day away from

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changing America. Now the field where he spoke is a building site,

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a work-in-progress, much like his presidency. The most memorable

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message from Obama from the last campaign still strikes a chord with

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the American people. The earnings for hope and change made this time

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The number of tourists who won not sports fans coming to London next

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year could fall by 90%. It is said that fears that the City will be

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too crowded and expensive could hit London.

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They are landmarks known all over the world and ones that make London

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a popular destination for international tourists. London gets

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30 million visitors every year spending �15 billion and tourism

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accounts for 17% of the London workforce. But there's a warning

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that instead of benefiting the economy, the Olympics could damage

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it. According to the European Tour Operators Association, bookings for

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August are down by 95% on last summer. What it will not be at the

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moment is a triumph for tourism, and if you're looking for a pay

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back their will not occur in 2012. London is one of the most popular

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cities in the world and July and August are the most popular months.

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But if the tour operators are right, the average number of weekly

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visitors could fall from 400,000 to around 20,000 and that could have a

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dramatic impact on the local economy. Would you come next year?

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I don't think so, no. For too many crowds. It is not for me. I don't

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think it will be the cost. It would be the number of people and the

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Transport. It is a busy place anyway. It would not put the off.

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But the government aggressors that the shortfall of leisure tourists

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should be more than covered by her Olympic fans. The traditional

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traveller may not be so common in London but there will be plenty of

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others to fill the gap. It could affect tourism outside the capital,

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however. That is because many start and end their trips in London. The

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Olympics will have to be a phenomenal success to match the

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expectations. Now for the sport.

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Good evening. We start with football and Fabio Capello has

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confirmed this evening that John Terry will be named in his squad

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for the friendly matches against Spain and Sweden next week. Terry

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is currently being investigated by the police and the Football

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Association over an alleged racist remark made to the QPR defender

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Anton Ferdinand, which he denies. Fabio Capello insists the captain

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is innocent until proven guilty. Match Of The Day to his honour at

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the moment, with the highlights of today's games. -- is on at the

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moment. Owen Coyle admitted he went to mass

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last night and his prey and paid off. Poles came from Chris Eagles

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and Ivan Klasnic. -- goals. Wigan remain bottom after

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losing to Wolves. It is their 8th defeat in a row.

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Colin Calderwood has been sacked as manager of Hibernian after just

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over rien charged. Elsewhere, another manager breathes a sigh of

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relief. Goals from its Stokes and Gary Hooper means that Celtic move

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up do it -- up the table. Sir Chris Hoy won gold at the track

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cycling World Cup in Kazakhstan today. The four-time Olympic

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champion added the sprint title do this will be picked up yesterday in

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the keirin. There was more success for the British team after Dani

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