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Fresh doubts over plans by the French energy firm EDF

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to build a nuclear power plant in Somerset.

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It says the ?18 billion project at Hinkley Point needs more money

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from the French government before it can definitely go ahead.

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Video emerges of a boat full of migrants apparently being beaten

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The computer programme that's stunned the technology world,

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defeating its human opponent at the complex game of Go.

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And England are unbeaten in the Six Nations

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after victory over Wales at Twickenham.

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The energy company EDF has said it cannot confirm its commitment

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to build a new nuclear reactor in Somerset unless the French

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The reactor at Hinckley Point is the first in a series of planned

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new nuclear power stations intended to help guarantee

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Earlier this week, EDF's finance director resigned,

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warning the contract would break the company.

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Our business correspondent, Joe Lynam, reports.

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This is what the proposed Hinkley Point power station should

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It's set to provide 7% of Britain's entire electricity demand,

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and will ensure the lights stay on for decades.

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But the company building it, EDF, is having problems.

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Similar reactors in France and Finland are severely delayed

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and over budget, and the ?18 billion cost of building Hinkley is more

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Its trade unions are sceptical and the company's finance director

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So now the EDF chief executive has written to staff,

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in part to reassure them, but also to warn the French

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government that he is prepared to walk away unless it stumps

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Jean-Bernard Levy said: "We are negotiating with the French

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state to obtain commitments to secure our financial position.

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I will not engage EDF in this project before these

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The political will to build Hinkley is immense.

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David Cameron and President Hollande reaffirmed their commitment

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to the deal a week ago, describing it as a pillar

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But a key group of MPs thinks the deal may need to be re-examined.

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We will have a look, we will be led by the evidence.

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The Energy and Climate Change Committee prides itself on looking

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at evidence and making a call on the evidence.

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As it looks at the moment, I've got to say, the evidence

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UK taxpayers will be paying ?92.50 for each megawatt hour that

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That's almost three times as much as the current wholesale

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But it's less than the government is already paying for offshore wind

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energy and only slightly more than what we would pay

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The Department of Energy and Climate Change says

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that it is committed to Hinkley as the only form of low-carbon

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technology which can guarantee electricity generation for decades.

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However, there are growing questions whether this project will ever be

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built, and if it doesn't happen, it would throw Britain's energy

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Video has emerged appearing to show Turkish coastguards lashing

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out with sticks at a boat full of migrants in the Aegean Sea.

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The video, which was given to the BBC, is believed to have been

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filmed this morning in Turkish waters near the Greek

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Turkey says its coastguards were trying to stop the boat

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Early this morning, off the coast of Turkey,

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a migrant vessel is being hit with boat hooks.

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Women scream, children cower on the floor of the boat.

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They are Turkish coastguards, trying, they claim, to disable

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Humanitarian experts say these pictures are disturbing.

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Previously, the Turkish coastguard has been filmed using water cannon

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Nato ships are now in the waters between Greece and Turkey.

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Sailors and aircrew will be tasked with sending boats packed full

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of people heading for Europe towards Turkish coastguards for them

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It is all part of the European policy, restated today by the French

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president, of keeping migrants from crossing Europe's borders.

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TRANSLATION: If there is protection of external borders,

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we will avoid the re-establishment of internal borders,

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national borders, which have actually been re-established

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by certain countries unilaterally, and we will avoid people

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risking their lives by crossing the Aegean Sea

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But is this what Nato's servicemen and women will be sending

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The Turkish coastguard says it was trying to stop the migrants

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getting into Greek waters without harming the refugees.

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Those on board this boat did make it to Greece today,

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but others were intercepted by the Turkish authorities

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Their attempts thwarted as efforts are stepped up to stop the flow

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of people paying smugglers to get them onto European soil.

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The Justice Secretary, Michael Gove, today declined to deny

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that he was the source of a story in the Sun,

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claiming that the Queen backed Britain leaving the EU.

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He told reporters that he didn't know where the Sun got

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Well, as I've said before, I do not know how the Sun got

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all its information and I don't think it is worth my adding anything

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to what has already been said about this story.

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I think it is critically important that people make their own mind up

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on the facts about our position in the European Union.

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With me now is our political correspondent, Eleanor Garnier.

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What do you read into Michael Gove's words there?

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That when this story was published, the palace insisted that the Queen

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is politically neutral, and it also made an official complaint to the

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press regulator. The sun is confident in its story, it says it

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has multiple sources, but here are those sources? A source close to Mr

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Gove said he did not briefed this story, but it is important to note

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that Michael Gove has not ruled out that he knows where some of the

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Sun's information comes from, as opposed to all of it, and he has not

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ruled out that something he said may have inadvertently ended up in the

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newspapers. The Cabinet secretary says there will not be a formal

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enquiry despite a request from a Labour MP. The one thing we can say

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with certainty is that Labour MPs and journos will continue to ask

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Michael Gove for a unclean account of whether he had anything to do

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with this story. Thank you. The Labour Party and disability

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charities have criticised government plans to reduce some welfare

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payments for disabled people. From next January, the formula

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for calculating part of the Personal Independence

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Payment will be altered. The government estimates that

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by 2020, 640,000 people will be affected by the changes,

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which will save more than a billion The leader of the SNP has

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said her party will embark on a new drive for

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Scottish independence. Speaking at their spring

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conference in Glasgow, Nicola Sturgeon said a new campaign

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would begin this summer. But she said a second referendum

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wouldn't take place quickly. Our Scotland editor,

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Sarah Smith, watched the speech. There's some flash

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photography in her report. Nicola Sturgeon remains remarkably

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popular with her party and with Scottish voters,

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but she cannot tell supporters the one thing they really

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want to hear, she cannot promise another independence referendum,

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because she knows at the moment We will not achieve our dream

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of independence just by wishing that the outcome of the referendum

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had been different, or wishing that we could do it

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all again next week. That is why I can tell

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you today that this summer, the SNP will embark

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on a new initiative to build She admits that will need

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new arguments and different answers. There was a really significant

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portion of her speech dedicated to that, some real red meat

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for the party faithful, who were up on their feet

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cheering about the fact that she is going to push again

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for more support for independence You notice "more support

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for independence", not The SNP are confident they will win

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the Scottish elections in May, and if they do, they are promising

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more spending on health and education, whilst also saying

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they will not raise the basic rate Taxing the lowest paid more does

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not tackle austerity, it simply passes the burden of Tory

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austerity to the shoulders of those Supporters here are excited

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by all the promises and pledges they have heard, but outside

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the conference hall, people will keep asking,

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"How is Nicola Sturgeon going to pay If re-elected, she will have

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new powers to raise higher rate Twin boys, who were two years old,

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have drowned after falling into a fish pond in the back

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garden of a house in Fife. The emergency services were called

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to the home this morning and the boys were taken to hospital,

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but medical staff were unable Police officers are supporting

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the family as an investigation takes place into how the

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accident happened. In rugby's Six Nations,

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England are within touching distance of a first Grand Slam in 13 years

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after they held on to beat Earlier, Ireland beat Italy,

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scoring nine tries, but the day belonged to England,

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as Katie Gornall reports. This Six Nations has set

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England on a new path. It is here they have

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sought a new identity, and a new way of harnessing

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the passion that pours from an occasion like this one,

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but Wales know all about staying cool in the heat of a must-win

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match at Twickenham. They beat England here

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in the World Cup last autumn. Now for the hosts to

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reassert themselves. Owen Farrell kickstarted

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the scoreboard, one of a succession England dominated, Maro Itoje

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was a powerful problem for Wales and when the ball went out wide,

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Anthony Watson opened up the gulf. Things looked bleak for Wales,

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but at least one man had Wales avoided serious

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punishment for this, before England lost

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Dan Cole to the sin bin. With space to exploit,

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George North took advantage. It looked to be no more

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than a consolation. Time enough, it turned out,

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for Taulupe Faletau to force England's 18-point lead

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had almost disappeared. This was hardly the finale

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Eddie Jones wanted, but this time his side weathered

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the onslaught, passing the first big It was closer than England

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would have wanted, but they deserve They have won the Triple Crown,

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they have put themselves within touching distance

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of the Six Nations title. If Scotland beat France tomorrow,

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it will be England's Katie Gornall, BBC

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News, at Twickenham. Everton are through to

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the semifinals of the FA Cup after they beat Chelsea

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at Goodison Park. Both sides ended the match with ten

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men, with Chelsea striker Diego Costa sent off

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for a head butt. The result means Chelsea will end

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the season without any trophies. Patrick Gearey was

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watching the action. A night that epitomises

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and effectively ends a season. Chelsea left their last chance

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of silverware at Goodison Park, Diego Costa embodies

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their potential and problems. After an uneventful first half,

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he almost made a goal from nothing. Everton thankful for

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angles, fractions. And also for Romelu Lukaku,

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a striker sold to them by Chelsea, presumably because they did not

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think he could do this. His 24th goal of the season

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and probably his best. There would be one

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more to choose from. England midfielder Ross Barkley

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cued him up this time. Chelsea's season of struggle

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now bubbled over. Costa had already been booked

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when he leant into Gareth Barry. The head butt was bad

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enough for the referee. Costa off, Chelsea's

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chance had gone. Barry saw red himself a little

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later, but they will not remember that when those at Goodison

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retell this story. This was the night they beat

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the fallen Premier League champions A computer programme has defeated

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a human champion at the ancient Chinese game of Go for

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the third consecutive time. South Korea's Lee Se-dol,

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one of the world's best players, has yet to defeat

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Google's AlphaGo machine. That's despite many people believing

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that Go would be too complex Lee Se-dol, a supreme talent

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in the ancient game of Go, but he is up against a brilliant

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opponent, an artificial intelligence Lee Sedol is black

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and AlphaGo is white. Already two games down

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in the five-match series, the Korean knew he had

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to win this morning. But the programme created

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by Google's DeepMind is getting smarter every time it

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plays this incredibly After four hours,

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the human resigned. DeepMind's founder celebrated

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the achievements of both I want to say about AlphaGo -

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it can compute tens of thousands But what is really incredible

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is that Lee Se-dol can compete with that just

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with the power of his This is such an extraordinarily

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complex game, with so many different possible moves,

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that AlphaGo could not simply use computer brute force

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to work them all out. Instead it studied professional

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games and then played versions of itself millions upon millions

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of times and learned Nearly two decades after IBM's

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Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov at chess,

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another leap forward Although the game of Go is very

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complex and has an enormous number of board configurations,

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if you think about it, ordinary, everyday life has vastly

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more configurations and choices and possibilities even

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than the Go board. A computer may have mastered this

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2,000-year-old game, but that does not

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mean humans will not You can see more on all of today's

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stories on the BBC News Channel. Hello. The UK's top temperature

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today was 15 Celsius. Tomorrow somewhere could get

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