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The former Cabinet minister Lord Tebbit says he believes there

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"may well" have been a cover-up over child abuse in the 1980s.

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His comments come after it emerged more than 100 documents relating to

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historical abuse allegations have gone missing or were destroyed.

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Israeli police release the cousin of a murdered Palestinian teenager

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as six Jewish men are arrested in connection with his death.

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And Novak Djokovic is the new men's Wimbledon champion

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after a thrilling five set final against Roger Federer.

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The former Conservative Cabinet Minister Lord

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Tebbit says he thinks there may well have been a cover up of sexual abuse

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claims among politicians in the 1980s to protect the establishment.

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His comments came after it emerged that more than 100 documents

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relating to allegations of abuse are missing or have been destroyed.

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In the 1980s, this famously brutal Westminster

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building was the Home Office. Back then,

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was there a cover-up behind these walls to conceal allegations

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of child abuse by powerful men? This morning the former Cabinet

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minister Norman Tebbit told Andrew Marr he believed there might

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have been. It was more important to protect

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the system than to delve too far That view I think was wrong then

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and it has spectacularly shown to have been wrong

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because the abuses have grown. We now know that back then this man,

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the late Tory MP Geoffrey Dickens, compiled documents containing

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potential evidence of abuse. He gave them to the then

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Home Secretary Leon Brittan who said this week he had asked the police

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to consider the documents. Now the Home Office has revealed

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that 114 of them went missing They may contain evidence of

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whether 30 years ago children were abused here in what was once

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a south London guest house. The government is asking

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for an independent assessment of the We believe there needs to be

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a thorough and independent inquiry, crucially,

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looking not into just what might have happened to these documents,

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but looking more generally and drawing together the threads from

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all the various investigations. The scandal centred on Jimmy Savile

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has already spawned a string of police and child protection

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investigations across the UK. His crimes prompted other

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victims to tell their stories. In Northern Ireland the Historical

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Institutional Abuse Inquiry is As is Operation Pallial in

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North Wales. Operation Garford is investigating

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alleged abuse at schools in Suffolk. Rochdale Council is investigating

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allegations involving among others the late

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Liberal Democrat MP Cyril Smith. And in south London there is

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Operation Fernbridge, the inquiry into the guest house alleged to have

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been visited by prominent A growing number

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of MPs are concerned that Westminster's darker secrets remain

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undiscovered because of a cover-up. It will bring politics

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into disrepute. I think the Prime Minister

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and the Home Secretary need to The passing of time makes all

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of this so much harder to unearth. The revelations of the Savile

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affair show it can be done. It's also emerged Leon Brittan has

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been interviewed by police about The Independent on Sunday says Lord

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Brittan was questioned under caution With me now is our

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Home Affairs Correspondent. We know that a woman came forward

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and said that she was raped by a man in 1967. The police have said that

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last month they interviewed a man in his event is in connection with

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those allegations and we know that that man is Lord Brittan. The

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inquiries are continuing. He is expected to make a statement about

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this tomorrow but the police have said the woman was over the age of

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18 when this alleged offence happened. It is not a child sexual

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abuse situation. It is a coincidence that this has emerged during the

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week when he was asked questions about his handling of this file.

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That maybe journalists making inquiries, but it is certainly a

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coincidence. Israeli police have arrested a

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number of people in connection with The body of Mohammad Abu-Khdair was

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found in a forest near Jerusalem There's been speculation his death

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was in revenge for the abduction and The Prime Minister, Benjamin

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Netanyahu, said a "tough line against anyone" who broke the law,

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from whatever side, would be taken. Mohammad Abu Khdair was abducted

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and killed on Wednesday. A postmortem suggests that

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the 16-year-old was burned His family

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in East Jerusalem buried him Israel's police have now arrested

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a number of Jewish suspects. TRANSLATION: Those who perpetrated

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this crime will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Such

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murderers do not belong in Israeli society.

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To Mohammad's father, here accepting condolences,

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Mohammad's 15-year-old cousin Tariq from America.

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kicked and punched by the Israeli police during a demonstration

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This afternoon, Tarik, his face still swollen, was released

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I was watching a group of people and they came from the side

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of me and they hit me and they kept hitting me and then I fell asleep

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The US State Department says it is profoundly troubled

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It says it wants a speedy and credible investigation.

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Israel's Justice Ministry says it is investigating.

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Israel has further worries of its own.

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On Tuesday, the country buried three of

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Israel has yet to find their killers.

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The government's ruled out a real terms pay rise for public sector

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The Business Minister Matthew Hancock has warned that they won't

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get an above inflation increase until at least 2018.

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His comments come ahead of a strike on Thursday, when more

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In tennis, Novak Djokovic has become the Wimbledon men's champion.

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He beat Roger Federer in a hard fought final

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-- almost four hours. After a fortnight, here came the old guard,

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striding around Wimbledon like they always expected to be run Sunday. If

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Roger Federer displayed their friends, it stopped as soon as play

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began. -- deference. Roger Federer is fast approaching his birthday.

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The first set was to Roger Federer after a tie-break. Novak Djokovic

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had to do more. Novak Djokovic needed medical attention but he had

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a break of serve to comfort him and under pressure he served out. One

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set all. Third set, the players were still basically inseparable. Another

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tie-break. A crucial mistake made by Roger Federer. In the fourth set,

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things hit another level. Novak Djokovic working, getting the break

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of serve, you sensed, he sensed, would be decisive. Back and forth,

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Novak Djokovic served for the match at 5-3. Roger Federer survived. He

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won four games in a row. It was astonishing. Into the fifth set,

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this match could not end in a draw, but how could either player B press

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as a loser? Roger Federer made a mistake. Novak Djokovic won after

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both players had given everything. I respect your career and everything

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you have done and thank you for letting me win. Roger Federer stuck

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on seven Wimbledon titles. Not the greatest ever? That is a matter of

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perspective. He was gracious on court, but what about trying to win

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his eighth Wimbledon title? He said, see you next year.

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Hundreds of thousands of people have turned out to see

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Italian Vincenzo Nibali win the second stage of the Tour de France.

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But Britain's Mark Cavendish, one of the race's leading cyclists,

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has been forced to drop out after dislocating his shoulder

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As Yorkshire once again embraced the Tour in their hundreds

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and thousands, the excitement was tinged with disappointment.

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The riders setting out for the second stage from York with

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Mark Cavendish's crash just metres from

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the finish had left him sprawled on the tarmac nursing a dislocated

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This morning his worst fears were confirmed.

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His Tour was over, finished before it had barely begun.

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I held a bit of optimism that maybe it was just swelling and it

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would go down this morning but it is actually worse this morning.

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Still the fans turned out in their droves.

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The hills often struggled to hold them.

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At the stage's highest point, Holme Moss, some 60,000 somehow made it.

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The riders forced to thread their way through.

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In the suburbs of Sheffield the world's best were

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reduced to a crawl on Jenkin Road, its 33% gradient the steepest in the

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whole Tour, bringing out the best in Britain's champion Chris Froome.

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Everywhere in Yorkshire this weekend the support for this

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Here in Sheffield at the finish line thousands have been waiting

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The first man they saw after a decisive break,

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Chris Froome is well placed in fifth overall but the leader's yellow

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jersey belongs to Nibali after a weekend which he and the people

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There's been a home victory for Lewis Hamilton who's won the

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British Grand Prix at Silverstone, despite starting sixth on the grid.

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It came after his Mercedes team mate, Nico

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Rosberg, who had been leading, was forced out with gearbox problems.

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After 50 years of Grand Prix racing Silverstone was

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Stars of the circuits past Damon Hill and Sir Jackie Stewart joined

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Racing royalty watched by British royalty.

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Soon it was over to the current kings of speed.

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Nico Rosberg is the man setting the pace in the championship.

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Lewis Hamilton needed to chase him down from sixth on the grid.

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He flew off the line but not everybody started as smoothly.

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Kimi Raikkonen crashed out on the first lap, thankfully

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After a long delay what followed was worth the wait.

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With Hamilton on the charge the stage seemed set

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A broken gearbox ended his race after just 29 laps,

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allowing Hamilton to cruise to the chequered flag.

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Hamilton is going to win the British Grand Prix.

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After his mistake in qualifying yesterday this was

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How quickly his fortunes have changed.

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It is very mixed at the moment, but just to see the support we have,

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I could see everyone cheering us on throughout the race.

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We have the greatest fans and arriving today,

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This was the result the fans would have dreamed of.

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Lewis Hamilton winning the British Grand Prix

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The first time he won it he went on to take the drivers' championship.

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He is now just four points behind Nico Rosberg.

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