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Labour's row over anti-semitism deepens with claims that it's

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being used to undermine Jeremy Corbyn.

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He hits back at his critics, dismissing talk of racism

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We stand absolutely against anti-Semitism in any form. We stand

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absolutely against racism in any form.

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A new warning on Zika; scientists say the virus could be much more

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The Government denies it's planning to interfere with the scheduling

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And a day of destiny for Leicester on the brink of football history

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The row inside the Labour party over anti-semitism deepened today.

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The party leader Jeremy Corbyn insisted that Labour was united

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in opposing racism and one of his supporters, the head

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of Britain's biggest union, Len McCluskey, accused some Labour

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MPs of using the controversy to try to undermine Mr Corbyn's leadership.

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But Israel's ambassador to London said that parts of the British left

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This report from our Political Correspondent

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A barrage of further questions for Jeremy Corbyn.

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How is the campaign going, Jeremy?

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Criticism of his handling of this row shows no sign of relenting,

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despite his pledge to tackle the problem with an inquiry

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We stand absolutely against anti-Semitism in any form.

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We stand absolutely against racism in any form.

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We stand united as a Labour movement...

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At today's rally, he was surrounded by friends and supporters.

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People are choosing to be offended in order to dislodge Jeremy Corbyn.

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It seems to me that the right of the Labour Party

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I don't think it should affect Jeremy Corbyn.

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I don't think it will affect Jeremy Corbyn, and I will be

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delighted to say I will be supporting Jeremy Corbyn.

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Jeremy Corbyn's insisted he's always opposed racism in all forms,

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but this row has now led to new questions about his

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leadership just days from elections which will be seen

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Labour's candidate for London mayor, Sadiq Khan,

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told a Sunday newspaper the row could harm his prospects,

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and a former Labour minister said the whole crisis

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If action had been taken earlier, we could have nipped

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this problem in the bud, but it hasn't been gripped.

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I hope it's now finally been gripped after the Livingstone fiasco this

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week, but we will be judged on what we do.

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But the Unite union leader, Len McCluskey, accused some Labour

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MPs of aiding and abetting the Tories and right wing

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press to undermined their own leader.

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This is nothing more than a cynical attempt to manipulate

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anti-Semitism for political aims, because this is all about

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constantly challenging Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.

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You don't need any more pictures of me.

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Ken Livingstone has refused to back down from his claim that

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Hitler supported Zionism before the Holocaust,

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despite being suspended from his party.

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Israel's new ambassador said some within the Labour Party

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It's not about criticising Israel, it's about demonising

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The comments we have heard over the last two or three weeks

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that were made public, it has got nothing to do

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with criticising this or that particular Israeli policy.

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The pressure on Jeremy Corbyn is far from over, with Labour braced

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for significant losses at this week's elections.

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Are you going to go to Israel, Mr Corbyn?

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How much substance is there in the idea that this row has been

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Undoubtedly there are a number of Labour MPs who've never been happy

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with Jeremy Corbyn's leadership and a few who might try to use it to

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instigate some sort of moves against him. But this does now go much wider

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than this. You only have to look at those comments from the Israeli

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ambassador. It's a serious issue for the Labour Party and if the

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leadership were to try toe sweep this aside as simply being got at by

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a group of Labour MP who is don't like him, that would make matters

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even worse for Jeremy Corbyn. The problem is that this whole row's now

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drowning out any of the other messages that Labour would like to

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be getting across ahead of those important elections in Scotland,

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Wales, London, and local councils right across the country. Many

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Labour MPs are deeply pessimistic about their prospects and, if their

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fears are realised if Labour does suffer significant losses, then I

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think it will be very difficult indeed to simply argue that it's

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just a bunch of old Blairites who're the cause of all Jeremy Corbyn's

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problems. Scientists in Brazil say the Zika

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virus may be much more dangerous It's been linked to microcephaly,

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that's the birth of babies Experts have told the BBC that Zika

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could be behind many other damaging neurological conditions affecting

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one in five pregnant From Rio, our correspondent

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Wyre Davies sent this report. The Zika virus and its potentially

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devastating consequences In Brazil, there have now been

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almost 1200 confirmed cases of microcephaly,

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where babies are born Doctors have now told the BBC that

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microcephaly is just the tip of the iceberg,

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one of several neurological As more is known about Zika,

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specialists say the risk to expectant mothers who have had

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the virus could be even greater TRANSLATION: The expectation is that

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a woman who has had Zika has a 1% chance of having

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a baby with microcephaly, but if we consider a range of other

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possible neurological conditions, There is an urgency

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to understand more about Zika Here they are using stem cell

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technology to create new cells that They call them mini brains,

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and they infect them with Zika. Perhaps some of the most interesting

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and alarming work that is being done here on these so-called mini brains

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is proof of just how effective and destructive

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the Zika virus can be. What we see here is the cerebral

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cortex. Neuroscientists were shocked

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by what they discovered. The huge reduction in growth

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of the cerebral cortex, the critical The effect of the Zika virus

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was very impressive. We were all astonished

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by the fast effect. In three days, we saw really

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a massive cell death. In six days, the neuro spheres

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were completely gone. Zika infection and cases

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of microcephaly are spreading in southern states,

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including Rio de Janeiro, particularly among poorer

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sectors of society. We've seen no anti-Zika campaigns

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around here, says Fabiani, illustrating that messages

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about Zika control aren't getting The baby's father abandoned

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the family when he discovered little Valentino was ill, leaving

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the mother to bring up four children in a country still learning how

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damaging this virus can be. The Government has dismissed reports

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that it could force the BBC to reschedule some of its most

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popular shows to avoid clashing Several newspapers say

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the Culture Secretary John Whittingdale is considering the idea

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as negotiations continue over This report from our

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Arts Correspondent David Sillito. Saturday evening,

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the traditional prime-time Dr Who, Strictly Come

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Dancing, X Factor. But why does the end

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of Strictly often overlap Why couldn't the big

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shows be separated? Also, why are the BBC's dramas often

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scheduled directly against ITV's? It appears the Government has had

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enough of this. The headlines today proclaimed

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that the BBC was about to be told So what can anyone do

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about these clashes? Well, the Government has been

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concerned about the BBC's impact on its commercial rivals for some

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time now, and it's understood they are looking at the possibility

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of whoever ends up regulating the BBC having some power

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to either adjudicate However, in a statement,

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the Department of Culture says the Government is not going to be

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interfering in the schedules. But this doesn't mean it's not

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concerned about the corporation's In terms of scheduling

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and Saturday nights, there will be nothing

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about scheduling Saturday nights. But there will be probably something

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about the BBC minding its Ps and Qs, being a bit more careful than it

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sometimes has been about its impact Questions have also been raised

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about both ITV and the BBC broadcasting their main evening

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bulletins at the same time, But do clashes over

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the news or Strictly matter Obviously there is that

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prime-time viewing that is If they clash in the schedules,

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does that bother you? No, because I can always do

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it on catch-up. And there is also the Government's

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own recent report on the topic, which said the impact on ITV

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from clashes in entertainment and drama was at most

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1% of its audience. The helicopter that crashed

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in Norway on Friday killing 13 people had to abort two separate

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flights only days The Super Puma returned to base

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on both occasions when The British victim of the crash has

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been named today as 41-year-old Iain Stuart from Laurencekirk

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in Aberdeenshire. His family say they are

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heartbroken by his death. A man's been arrested on suspicion

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of murder after the body of a teenage girl was pulled

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from the sea at Broadstairs in Kent. Officers were first called

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to the port in Ramsgate due to concerns for a person

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in the water; an air and sea search was carried out by the coastguard,

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and the body was recovered. The girl's next-of-kin

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have been informed. Now, how can politicians

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generate better life That was one of the themes

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in the final Scottish leaders' TV debate this evening ahead

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of Thursday's The SNP say theirs is a manifesto

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for the next generation which will give everyone an equal

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chance of going to university. So what's their record

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in government? Our Scotland Editor Sarah Smith

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has this assessment. An education fit for a future king

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is free for Scottish students studying at St Andrews

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and all of Scotland's But that does not mean

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all young Scots have an equal How to improve access to higher

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education is a key issue Free university tuition fees

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are a popular policy that the SNP say is at the heart

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of their commitment to equal access for all students,

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regardless of background. But does it really help poorer

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students get into places like this? Or does it disguise a failure in one

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of the Scottish Government's The challenge is to give young

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people from disadvantaged backgrounds the same chances

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of getting into university as kids It is still not a level playing

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field. And at this youth club in Clydebank

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they told me that is because fees When I was in school, nobody ever

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spoke to me about going to uni. There is not the support there,

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or your family's not been to university, and you don't have

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anybody round about you to be like, yeah, uni is a good idea,

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it will set you up for lif. My parents wouldn't like sit down

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and help me with homework and they wouldn't go after school

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clubs, they wouldn't go to homework clubs,

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it was work focussed. As soon as you can find a job

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and help contribute to, you know, the household income and things

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like that, you are better, Everyone here thinks that free

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tuition is helpful, but while the Government covers

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the fees for all students, even the most privileged,

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grants to cover maintenance costs for poorer students have been cut,

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while loans have been increased. If you look at the reality

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of what has happened under the SNP over the last eight years,

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the highest price has been paid Bursaries for the poorer students

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have been cut by a third. We know in Scotland you are only

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half as likely to get to university if you are from a poorer background

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than south of the border. We don't think that is good enough,

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we need to give extra help to people The carpentry course

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at West College Scotland is the preferred option

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for these students. Critics complain it is colleges that

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have paid the price for free The college sector in Scotland has

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been stripped bare. We have had massive cuts that have

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involved 152,000 college The biggest repair job we have

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do is to invest back The SNP say their reforms have

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prioritised vocational courses like bricklaying over low

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quality part-time studies. They insist they can support

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colleges and universities, You have made access

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to university a priority. After nine years of an SNP

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Government why is this still such The attainment gap is

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a long-standing problem. Over nine years of an SNP

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Government, we have seen It is not we are going

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in the wrong direction. I make no apology for want doing

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better and do more and do it faster. Slow progress has seen a small

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increase in the numbers of disadvantaged students,

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making it into higher education. If reelected, Nicola Sturgeon has

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pledged every child in Scotland will eventually have an equal

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shot at getting to one North Korea is making

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last-minute preparations for a once-in-a-generation congress

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of its ruling elite. The meeting is expected

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to consolidate the power and authority of Kim Jong-Un

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as the country's Supreme Leader. North Korea is a closed

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and secretive state, to which journalists

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rarely get access. But our correspondent

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Rupert Wingfield-Hayes joined a group of visiting Nobel Laureates

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to travel to the capital Pyongyang - May Day fun

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in the workers' paradise. These are not the scenes

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I expected to find There was nothing like this last

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time I came here. A lot of these kids

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can speak English. I have taken this several

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times, but it is time. I am studying at Kim

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Il-sung University. Pampered and privileged,

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but even they live an incredibly Do you meet foreigners

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much, do you get any It's your first chance

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to meet a foreigner? While the elite plays,

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the masses are preparing for the biggest political

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show here in decades. From atop a high monument,

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we glimpse thousands of dancers rehearsing for the opening

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of the Workers' Party Congress. Its job - to glorify

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the rule of Kim Jong-un. There is no escaping

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the Kim dynasty, even with tales of

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how Marshal Kim personally But the children we

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are shown look remarkably well and there is not

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a real doctor in sight. Even our VIP, Prince Alfred of

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Liechtenstein, So this is the challenge of trying

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to understand anything at We are brought to

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a place like this, it looks very modern,

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it is clean, there is modern equipment,

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but we are not allowed to talk

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to ordinary people. If I turn to try to ask these

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people, they run away. Everything we see

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looks like a set-up. It is easier to understand

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the national sport, tae kwon do. This is how North Korea

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sees itself - tough, But how does it feel

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about its enemy? How do you feel about us,

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the outside world, Who can blame her for losing her

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tongue, For all its tough behaviour,

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this is a country Rupert Wingfield-Hayes,

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BBC News, in Pyongyang. With all the sport, here's

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Olly Foster at the BBC Sport Centre. Leicester City had their first

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chance to win the Premier League Highlights are on Match

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of the Day 2 after the news, or a little bit later

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if you are watching in Scotland...or I can tell you what

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happened right now. drew 1-1 at Manchester United

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and still need two points from their The title could be theirs tomorrow

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if nearest rivals Tottenham Our Sports Correspondent,

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Andy Swiss, was at Old Trafford. It would have once sounded utterly

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unthinkable, but Leicester fans flocked to Old Trafford knowing the

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impossible dream lay in tantalising reach. There is no words to describe

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it. It's just amazing. Yes. We are going to do it. I've not slept all

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night and I just can't cope any longer. It's got to be done today.

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What better way for the movie to end, winning this Premier League at

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the Theatre of Dream. That's what dreams are made of. Making those

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dreams reality though was never going to be straightforward.

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Manchester United went ahead through Martial and, for the Leicester fans,

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it was nail-nibbling time. But then... Leicester level! Wes

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Morgan's equaliser sparked jubilation inside Old Trafford and

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beyond. Back in Leicester, hundreds celebrated at the club's stadium, as

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did plenty more in Bangkok, home of the team's Thai owners. While they

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couldn't conjure a title-clinching victory, another point edges them

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ever closer. I'm always excited when I see my players play well today.

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After the result is a consequence. I want them to show their character

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and then afterwards you can accept the result. Almost then but not

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quite. Leicester will win the title if Tottenham fail to beat Chelsea

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tomorrow, but for one day at least, the celebrations are on hold. Andy

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Swiss, BBC News, Old Trafford. There were two other matches

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in the Premier League today. Manchester City could have moved

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back to third in the table. But Southampton beat

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them 4-2 at St Mary's. Andre Ayew scored twice for them

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as they beat Liverpool 3-1. The Formula One World Champion Lewis

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Hamilton is still waiting He climbed from tenth on the grid

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to second at the Russian Grand Prix before technical issues hampered any

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chance he had of catching his The German made it four wins out

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of four, and leads the drivers' In Rugby Union, Saracens have

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finished top of the Premiership to ensure an easier path

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to the play-off final. The England forward Maro Itoje

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scored one of their three tries In other matches, Exeter moved up

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to second in the table and London Irish

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have been relegated. The final of the World

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Snooker Championship The world number one Mark Selby went

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6-0 up against Ding Junhui. It's the first to 18,

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and will finish tomorrow evening. And finally, the french cyclist

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Thomas Voeckler won this year's Tour de Yorkshire that finished

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in Scarborough today. You can see more on all of today's

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stories on the BBC News Channel. That's all from me,

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stay with us on BBC One, it's time for the news

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where you are.

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