27/03/2016 BBC Weekend News


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Tonight at Ten, at least 69 people are dead and hundreds injured,

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It happened in a busy park in Lahore, as thousands gathered

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The Pakistani Taliban says it was responsible and that

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Christians were deliberately targeted.

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Riot police in Brussels use water cannon on far right protesters,

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who'd disrupted a vigil in memory of the victims of last

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Huge crowds line the streets of Dublin to mark the centenary

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of the Easter rising against British rule.

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One of the main teaching unions says schools have become "exam factories"

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and SATs for 11-year-olds should be scrapped.

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And Cambridge make it look easy, comfortably beating Oxford

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in the men's boat race, but it's Oxford's women who triumph

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At least 69 people have been killed and hundreds injured,

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after an explosion at a busy park in the Pakistani city of Lahore.

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Police say a suicide bomber detonated explosives close

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to a children's playground that was full of families.

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The Pakistani Taliban says it was responsible,

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targeting Christians celebrating Easter.

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Our correspondent Shaimaa Khalil's report from Lahore contains pictures

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This was where families had come to enjoy a Sunday in the park, and to

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celebrate Easter. And this is where the devastation

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hit. A suicide bomb, detonated in the middle of a crowded park.

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Security forces and rescue workers were quickly on the scene. As crowds

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gathered amid confusion and chaos. As the dead and injured were carried

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to hospitals across the city, one man described how he had tried to

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help. I carried 20 children to the ambulance to be taken to hospital. I

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moved three bodied to a police car, at the time of the blast, the

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children were playing at the ground. As the casualties arrived at the

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city main hospitals, so too did relatives desperate for news.

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This this woman was among then. She had lost her two daughters in the

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blast. My two girls were in the park, they

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were both killed. We found one body. The other is still missing.

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It is scenes of chaos here in one of the major hospitals in Lahore as

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distress family members have been rushing in, trying to find out what

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happened their relatives. The hospital workers have been trying to

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tell people to clear the way so that ambulances can come in, and bring in

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more casualties. We are surrounded by security force, who are trying

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very hard to keep the area under control as the authorities outside

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try to put together the pieces and find out what exactly and who

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exactly was behind this attack. Shortly after, a group that split

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away from the Pakistani Taliban said they had carried out the attack. The

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Christian community was the target. But it wasn't just Christians who

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were hit. Dozens were killed and the number of dead is likely to rise.

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This attack, another violent reminder of the challenge facing

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security forces here. And how vulnerable these soft targets are.

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Shaima - this is the second attack by this group this year already?

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Indeed, the first attack happened in north-west Pakistan on a courthouse,

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it happened near the tribal areas, and it has been quite a violent year

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so far here in Pakistan, in comparison to 2015, which went on

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fairly quietly, 2016 went on to, got off to quite a violent start. This

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attack, however, is different because it happened in the heart of

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one of the main cities of Pakistan, Lahore and tar getted the Christian

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community. Now, this is not the first attack on Christians here in

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Pakistan, they have long complained that they have been targeted by

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militants time and time again, and ignored by the authorities, so

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questions will be asked what the authorities, what the Government is

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doing, to protect Christians but on a bigger scale, the bigger picture

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is time and time again the army, the security forces, and the Government

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have assured people that they have security under control, so the

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question is why these attacks still happen, at a devastating scale.

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Police in Belgium have carried out 13 separate anti-terror raids

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in the hunt for more suspects after last week's bomb attacks

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at Brussels Airport and on the city's metro.

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There have also been two arrests in connection

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with the investigation, in Italy and the Netherlands.

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In Brussels today, riot police had to use water cannon to disperse far

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right protestors, some of whom were confronting Moslem

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women paying their respects to the 28 people who died.

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Our Europe correspondent, Damian Grammaticas reports.

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Belgians of all creeds and colour - Muslim, Christian, Jewish and more -

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They had been told not to march, so they gathered quietly.

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But suddenly, the serenity was shattered.

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Far right thugs seizing the opportunity for a moment

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A couple of hundred had come from outside Brussels

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to spread their anti-immigrant message.

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When this man tried to stop them trampling the memorial,

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Officers here are overstretched already by the terror alerts.

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When the riot squad moved in, there were cheers, and the thugs

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I am really shocked that a place of mourning,

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of showing respect and those racists, I assume they are football

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hooligans, they don't have to show up here.

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The calm has returned here and people are restoring

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the tributes they left here which were damaged,

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but the scenes we saw are exactly what the Belgians want to avoid -

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an increase in tensions following the attacks.

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In Brussels's main Cathedral they paused too today.

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The city's Archbishop said the attacks were

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TRANSLATION: They attacked the very foundations of our society.

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And the far right thugs gone, Belgians formed a human

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Wanting to show they stand together, against both fear and racism.

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This evening the police investigations are continuing too.

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There have been about another dozen raids if Belgium so the tempo

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keeping up. Four people still being questioned tonight, not just in

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Belgium but the raids are taking place across Europe. In Italy, one

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man has been arrested an Algerian who may have provided false IDs for

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the attackers and in the Netherlands too, a Frenchman, a separate case,

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but suspected of plotting a terror attack, also arrested there.

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European police forces co-operating against the threats.

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Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of Dublin

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for commemorative events marking the centenary of the Easter Rising.

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The failed rebellion against British rule in 1916 left almost 500 dead,

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and eventually paved the way for the creation

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Our special correspondent, Fergal Keane, reflects

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A new Ireland looks back with a clear eye.

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Today, there was no sentimental nationalism or revolutionary

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romanticism, but a modern state remembering the idealism and trauma

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Conscious of our troubled past, to you, God, we sing a new song.

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A song of compassion, inclusion and engagement.

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A song of listening, social justice and respect.

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Over six days rebels fought against overwhelming odds.

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Over almost 500 people were killed, the majority civilians.

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The leaders of the rising were executed.

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Those deaths helping to turn public opinion against Britain

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and in support of a new armed struggle.

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Over the General Post Office where the rebels made their stand,

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5,000 relatives of those who fought were invited here.

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John King's three grand-uncles fought with an Irish rebel

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What happened, it certainly wasn't democratic, but on the other hand

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they forced something that could have taken another

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So yes, I do feel grateful for what they achieved

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And I admire their bravery to take on the greatest empire

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100 years after the rising, the united Ireland for

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which the rebels fought hasn't been achieved.

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But the state which emerged became a stable democracy,

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culturally self-confident and sure of its place in the global community

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of nations, and sends its peacekeepers all over the world.

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In Northern Ireland, unionists remembered a young man

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But here too, a sign of changed times.

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Listen to the language of a senior unionist politician.

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From what I've seen of what has happened in Dublin today,

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I think they have made a huge effort to be inclusive.

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I think it is important we do not stick our fingers in our ears

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and sing la-la-la, and pretend these things never happened and hope

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They happened, they impact on us today, and we have to face up to it.

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In Dublin, two former women presidents stood beside

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Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness, applauding Irish soldiers the IRA

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Volleys ringing across Dublin, in a republic

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after the bouncy castle she was playing in was blown away

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has been named as Summer Grant from Norwich.

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Winds carried her across a park at an Easter fair in Harlow in Essex.

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She was treated by paramedics, but later died in hospital.

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A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter

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Teachers have called for a ballot over testing in primary

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Delegates at the National Union of Teachers conference in Brighton

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say schools have become "exam factories" and the NUT wants this

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year's SATs tests for 11-year-olds to be cancelled.

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Ministers, however, say it's essential all children leave primary

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school with a good grasp of English and maths.

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Here's our education editor, Branwen Jeffreys.

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End of term and a bit of dressing up for a project,

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but these pupils in Brighton have spent weeks

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The end of primary sats tests are different this year.

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More arithmetic and much more English grammar.

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Changes that teachers have been trying

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There are three questions and you have to tick

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whether the conjunction is used as a subordinating clause

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And afterwards parents were saying to me

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that they weren't sure which was which.

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Actually, that went out for homework.

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The SATs tests that year six children will be taken are meant

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to be harder, the idea is to drive up

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left some parents baffled and some teachers worried that the tests

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For the first time this year, any child that

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doesn't meet the expected level will have to resit when they get

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Today at their conference, teachers said it

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Passive voice, active voice, or, if you're a year

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six teacher, parent or pupil, no voice.

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That this risks setting some children up to fail.

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argue it's about making sure they are equipped to succeed.

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Were raising expectations, we don't apologise for that.

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We need to make sure that our children leave primary

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school as fluent readers, that their fluent in arithmetic

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that they know their times tables and they are

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being taught grammar for the first time in generations.

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You use an apostrophe for the missing letters.

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This year five class won't sit the tests until next year education

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officials say they are working with teachers to smooth

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In Syria, President Assad says the recapture of the ancient city

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of Palmyra from so-called Islamic State is an "important

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achievement" in the "war on terrorism.

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Government forces say they now control the city after days

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of fighting, backed by Russian airstrikes.

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IS extremists overran Palmyra last May.

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Religious and political leaders have used their Easter messages today

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to call for hope in the face of terror and violence.

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In Rome, Pope Francis said people shouldn't let fear imprison them,

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a thought echoed in a sermon by the Archbishop of Canterbury,

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Here's our religious affairs correspondent, Caroline Wyatt.

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On a square bathed in sunshine, the pilgrims gathered to hear

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a message of hope after a week in the shadow of death.

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At this, the Easter celebration of the risen Christ,

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Pope Francis reminded the faithful not to forget the migrants,

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the men, women and children fleeing from war.

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Then, from the balcony, he urged the faithful to use

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the weapon of love, as Christ did, and fight the evil of terrorism,

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TRANSLATION: May he draw us closer on this Easter feast

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to the victims of terrorism, that blind and brutal form

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of violence which continues to shed blood in different

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It was a scene echoed by the Archbishop of Canterbury

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Justin Welby said that after Brussels, hope could seem far

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away, with fear and natural human reaction.

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But, he told worshippers, Jesus Christ overcame death,

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Easter proclaims to us in flesh and blood that fear and death

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God has spoken life, hope and purpose.

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The Royal family attended their Easter service

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at Saint George's Chapel in Windsor, with a spring bouquet for the Queen

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Every year, around 1,000 people, mostly women, are disfigured in acid

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The assaults can be for anything - disputes over land, or the jealousy

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The terrible scarring leaves victims often shunned by society,

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but now a team of British and Danish medics has travelled to India

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This report is from our South Asia correspondent, Justin Rowlatt.

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The 13-strong medical team is preparing for a surgical marathon.

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They will undertake more than 100 procedures in less than two weeks,

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trying to improve the quality of life for people like Anupama

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When I go out, I don't show my face, because people stare at me.

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But when I am back home I take my scarf off and I feel normal.

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Anupama is cheerful in spite of the terrible injuries

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she suffered when she was doused in acid by a spurned admirer.

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She shows me her most treasured possessions.

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I was attacked three months after this photo was taken.

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Around 1,000 people are reckoned to be attacked with acid

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They are supposed to get free treatment but often

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The idea is to make it easier for her to eat and drink and breathe

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through her nose, and also to improve the way she looks.

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You might think it would be depressing to operate on people

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who have been deliberately disfigured, but the team say

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they find their patients an inspiration.

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She has said true beauty lies within her, not from the outside,

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so she is not really feeling sorry for herself.

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They are all volunteers working in their holidays, and paying

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Sometimes when I work in the UK, if I am away, someone else will step

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Here you feel you come here and you actually

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I am sure she is is going to be quite pleased with the result.

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Now her lip is up so she won't dribble when she is drinking.

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And that will build her confidence and help her fulfil her ambition

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to get a job, so she can take care of herself.

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Meanwhile, up in the surgery, the team are already working

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At the 162nd Boat Race, Cambridge's men claimed their first

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win for four years in tricky conditions on the Thames.

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In the women's race, Oxford made it four wins in a row.

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It seemed anyone watching, never mind taking part

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in the Boat Race would need oilskins and an anchor.

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By the time the women's race started in its second year,

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the skies were clear, but the wind kept the water turbulent.

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In such conditions, it is about plotting a path as much

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Oxford headed for the safe shallows, and Cambridge almost

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By the time Oxford crossed the line, for a fourth straight win,

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Cambridge were more concerned with staying afloat,

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but they managed it and that was a form of triumph.

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The men could use that as a cautionary tale for their race.

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Cambridge had lost the last three, so made their move over

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At times it became about hanging on and hoping.

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These are not waters to give chase in.

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Oxford fought their bodies and the current to stay in touch,

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Coming out here and winning is a feeling like nothing I have

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It is a lot of hard work that goes into this,

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nine months, and we wanted it more today.

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These were the boat races when the river fought back.

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To all crews' credit there were no sinkings, but tradition has it that

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not everyone can stay out of the Thames.

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It's time for the news where you are.

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