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missing. That's all from the BBC News at Six - so it's

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News at Six ` so it's goodbye from me ` and on BBC One we now join the

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BBC's news teams where you are. More than ?80 billion a year

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laundered through sports betting. And the London company at the

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forefront of tackling an international crime. Since May 2009,

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we detected 1400 matches in different sports which are most

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likely money collected from betting purposes. We talk to a footballer

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who was approached to throw a game. Also tonight... Accidental death,

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the verdict into the drowning of a couple in a hotel pool. Their deaths

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could have been avoided. What's the best way to stop this happening?

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Flood victims claim an unearthed document supports their calls for

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dredging the Thames. I am absolutely horrified. Absolutely horrified and

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appalled, that this could be hidden for so long. Are you clear how to do

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it? Plus, a Royal first for Prince Harry. A tweet from the top of the

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BT Tower to promote his Paralympic`style London Games.

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Good evening. The scale of illegal sports gambling has been revealed in

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a new report. More than ?80 billion is laundered through match`fixing

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and illegal betting every year worldwide. One London company is at

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the forefront of trying to crackdown on the crime. It works to expose

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teams and players who attempt to corrupt games. Chris Slegg has been

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given exclusive access to their operation. He is a man with an

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accumulator. You cannot watch sport these days without being encouraged

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to have a bet. Well away from licensed bookies, the relationship

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between sport and gambling has taken a sinister turn. A report has

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revealed 140 billion US dollars, equating to ?80 billion, is

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money`laundering through sports betting every year. 80% of sports

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betting is illegal. It says football and cricket are most vulnerable. At

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these offices in Richmond, they have monitored over 50,000 matches a year

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since 2009. They believe 1400 of those were fixed. A match which have

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given them cause for concern has just kicked off somewhere in Europe.

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We are not allowed to say who is playing and where it is but Tom will

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be monitoring that match. What do you think will happen? Based on our

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analysis on pre`match betting patterns, there are clear

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indications which will suggest the match will end in a comprehensive

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victory by the home team. Most of these `` the sports we see nowadays,

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we see they are affected everywhere. There is no safe country, no safe

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sport where you think it too was not affected in the future. `` it will

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not be affected. Ian Bennett, former QPR goalkeeper, told how he was

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offered money to fix a match. Some Asian people asked me to sign a

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ball. We were playing Liverpool in the FA Cup. He asked me to lose the

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game 2`0. How much did they offer you? I think it was 10,000. The

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first thing I did was to get them escorted off. The match monitoring

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system has issued a red alert. At this stage of the match, you can see

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the odds on offer from the bookmaker. It is far below our

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calculated odds. Your system was pointed at a lot of money for the

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home team to win by three or four goals. With a few minutes left, what

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is happening? It is currently 4`1 to the home team. All of the pre`match

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betting much of the regular live betting, which suggested a very wide

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margin defeat for the away team, has been successful. How often do you

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see something like this? It varies due to the footballing schedule. It

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is not an unusual scenario. At this stage of the season, there is clear

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evidence of a lot of corruption to happen. The match between fixes and

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those seeking to expose crimes, it is a contest where the stakes I ``

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are high. Coming up later: The row over plans for a cancer care centre.

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Campaigners say it's not in keeping with Barts Hospital's historic Great

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Hall. A coroner has said she will raise

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concerns about the design of a summing pool at a hotel in Essex

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where a couple grand last year. They were discovered in the pool at the

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hotel in Hatfield Heath last April. An inquest jury ruled that they died

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as a result of an accident. But the family of one of the victims said

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the deaths could have been avoided if a lifeguard had been present.

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This man had gone to the hotel with a 22`year`old nursing student from

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Plumstead in south`east London. It was supposed to be a celebration of

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her birthday but it went tragically wrong. They went to the hotel pool.

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Neither could swim. Another guest saw them struggling but thought it

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was a prank. Both of them drowned. An inquest jury recorded verdicts of

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accidental dress `` death. The coroner said she had concerns about

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the design of the hotel summing pool, which had sloping sides and

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essential deep area. She said she would registered those concerned

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with the chartered Institute of environmental health. There was

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evidence that the pool sloped to steeply, CCTV was inadequate and

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there was not a lifeguard. It would have been avoided if there were a

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lifeguard. If there was somebody monitoring the pool, they would

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definitely have gone to rescue them. The hotel pool has closed. There are

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no plans to reopen it. They want the country house hotel to apologise.

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Missing him greatly. He is not part of the family any more. It is not

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really that good. He has gone. Today, at the district council,

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which is responsible for enforcing health and safety at the boat out,

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said it has already carried out a full investigation. `` at the hotel.

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Big tins of this winter 's leading say they have been let down by the

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Environment Agency. Some residents in Wraysbury claim an official

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document written twenty years ago, seen by BBC London, supports their

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claims that dredging the Thames would have reduced flooding. But the

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Environment Agency claims money is being better spent on new flood

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prevention schemes. We are on the River Thames near Chertsey, looking

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for new sandbanks. It does not take long to find one. We are coming up

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to the first one. It is actually a beach. The man at the wheel is

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called Johnny. He has worked on the river all his life. It does shoulder

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here that never as bad as this. This is the most amazing sight I have

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seen in this particular area. In another location in the middle of

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the river, we almost run aground. Halfway up the stick, it is about

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them. If you hold that against me, it is and a meter. The reason he is

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showing us this is because he does not believe the environment agency

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's claim that the Thames is self carrying. We are learning that you

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do not believe everything you hear from the environment agency. Bob

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Tubby is a former union official who worked on the Thames dredgers. He

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has kept a document. 11th of January 1993. It is the River Thames

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dredging strategic review. It talks about how much discharge of the

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river could increase. Teddington, 20%. Chertsey, 14%. Old Windsor,

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10%. It was telling us that dredging the main river will increase the

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rate of flow. We showed this document to some flood victims in

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race three and they are not happy. `` raise three. They believe if the

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Thames had been dredged, it could have made all the difference. I am

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horrified. For ten to 20 years the environment agency claimed that

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dredging was not beneficial. I would not have flooded, basically. This

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boat builder, Carl Douglas, was also flooded. He has made a model to show

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how a river that is smooth and flow better than one that is not. You can

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see there has been a change in level. If the river was running

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nearly full, you would get flooding over the bank. Adding sediment, you

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raise the base and you raise the surface to carry the flow. The

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environment agency says it was dredging to remove this sandbanks.

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Dredging to stop floods was not value for money. Levels would have

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been reduced fractionally, absolutely fractionally. It would

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probably have been millimetres, if that. It is unlikely to be more than

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that. You cannot dredge beyond the depth of the next winner. Where

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dredging does bring benefits, it may not do so in every case, like with

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fraud prevention, I believe it should be for local peace `` flood

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prevention, I believe it should be for local people. Some flood victims

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still disagree. A 15`year`old boy has been charged with murdering a

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teenager in a west London Park. 18`year`old Jamil Palmer from

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Hampton was stabbed in Feltham last week, shortly after leaving a

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friend's house. Five teenagers have been arrested in connection with the

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murder. Voters go to the polls a week today in the local council

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elections. In Hammersmith and Fulham, the Conservative`run

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authority will be hoping its success in repeatedly cutting council tax

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will help win over Londoners. The borough used to be a Labour

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heartland but it's thought rising house prices have strengthened the

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Tory vote. So, what will it take for Labour to regain control? Sonja

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Jessup reports. This is a barrow that David Cameron

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is proud of. He has called it a model of compassionate

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conservatism. House prices are rising in council tax is falling. It

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is home to some of the most deprived areas in the country. The

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Conservatives have been running Hammersmith and Fulham since 2006.

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Before that, this was a labour, traditionally working`class borough.

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To regain control, Labour would need to win nine seats. This area has

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seen huge change in different types of people moving in. Will you be

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able to do it? While Labour still holds the north of the borough, the

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Tories have strengthened their grip on the south. People who would in

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the past have lived in Chelsea and Kensington can no longer afford to

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do that. Second, I think a lot of affluent people from France and

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Italy come to London. They see Hammersmith and Fulham is pretty

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attractive. Palace riverside is also pretty attractive. I am very happy

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living here. For kids, the facilities, the area is nice and

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clean. It feels pretty safe and we have never had any problems.

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Everything seems to work well. It is very efficient. The Tories promised

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they will cut council tax even further and keep crime low. Not

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everyone is convinced. This is the Labour held award of wormhole and

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White city, for some house prices is not a good thing. We have lost

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friends and family. No one can afford the prices. This is not for

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any of us. You are finding the borough is not community any more.

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Everybody have to move out. They are not thinking about people and their

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families. Labour is promising to provide more affordable homes, cut

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council tax and defended Charing Cross Hospital. Its AMD is being

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downgraded. The Tories say they have saved it from closure but Labour say

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they should be doing more to protect services. There are protests every

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time there is a council meeting. The chamber gets rowdy. Will the Tories

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continue to strengthen their control or can Labour convince them to give

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them another chance? And you can find a full list of people standing

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in Hammersmith and Fulham on the council's website. Just go to the

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address on your screen. And next Thursday, voters also go to the

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polls for the European elections. A party called, An Independence from

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Europe, is fielding eight candidates and wants to see withdrawal from the

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European Union. We have the huge concern of the

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constant interference of the European Union in everyday affairs

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of London. They are undermining the city of London. Proposals to enforce

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transaction tax that have come from Europe. We do not want and we do not

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need it. No one needs this interference. It is

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counter`productive. We know how to run our own city and our own

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country. Still to come... Prince Harry sent his first tweet today

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ahead of tickets going on self for the Invicta 's games in September.

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The RSC stage adaptation of Wolf Hall, we talk to the author and

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director. A row has broken out over plans to build a cancer care centre

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at Barts Hospital, which it is claimed will threaten the future of

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an historical building. Campaigners claim the new centre's modern design

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isn't in`keeping with the neighbouring Great Hall, which dates

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back to 1738. But Maggies, the charity behind the centre, disagree

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and say thousands of cancer patients in the capital will benefit once its

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built. Karl Mercer has more. There is a reason they call it the great

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Hall. For close to 300 years, it has been at the heart of Barts. The

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Georgian walls have been decorated with the names of those who have

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donated to the hospital. It makes an unlikely battle ground. These

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unlikely campaigners have developed the hall. It is a battle being

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played out in rival videos. For nearly three centuries, this

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magnificent room has stood here, virtually unchanged in the heart of

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the city of London. You have the oldest hospital. To really respect

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authenticity of historic architecture, you must make an

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authentically new piece. This is what the controversy is about, the

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plan for a new building attached to the main hall. There are other

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places it could better be suited to be built without destroying the

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opportunity to really keep this building living and alive will

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centuries to come. This is the sort of help they want to offer. They can

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do it, they say, without harm to the great Hall. We have worked hard with

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the trust to ensure the Great Hall is safe and secure. Maggie 's has

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been working with all these groups. It does not jeopardise the future of

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the Great Hall now and what ever might happen to it in the future. In

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the end, the decision will be made by the hospital. It says it wants to

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protect the hall and see the centre built. Planning permission has been

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granted for a sunshade to be attached to a building nicknamed the

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Walkie Talkie, in the City of London. The skyscraper's unusual

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design reflected the sun's rays, causing damage to cars and

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businesses. The developer Land Securities says it will replace a

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temporary system put in place last summer` and work on the new shade

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will start later this month. Prince Harry sent his first tweet

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today ahead of tickets going on sale for the Invictus Games at the Queen

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Elizabeth Olympic Park. He's the driving force behind the event in

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September which is a paralympics style competition for injured

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service men and women. Sara Orchard spoke to one London hopeful about

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the importance of these Games. Today, Prince Harry sent his first

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tweet. Are you clear how to do it? It is all in aid of tickets going on

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sale for the Invictus Games, which brings together injured servicemen

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and women from across the world. Harry was inspired to launch the

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event following a visit to the Warrior Games in Colorado last year.

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The Invictus Games will give these people the opportunity to showcase

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their talent and prove that anything is possible. I said to him in

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November, how involved did he want to be, and he wanted to be very

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involved. He goes to all the committee meetings, he was here

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today sending his first tweet. He has really rolled his sleeves up.

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The Games take place over five days in September, including an opening

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and closing ceremony. There are nine sports. Three of the venues were

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used in the London 2012 Olympics. The 40,000 tickets go on sale

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tomorrow morning. And the Games are already having an impact. In 2009,

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David Wiseman was shot in the chest while serving in Afghanistan. It was

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a hugely traumatic experience. It took a great deal to get over the

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injuries sustained that day, and sport played a huge part in that

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recovery. David now hopes to compete for the 100 strong British team but

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he now has to get through the trials. Not much time to go, but

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just being in this arena is fantastic. Echoes of London 2012. It

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is an inspiration. In Victor Smeaton 's unconquered in Latin, fitting

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word. `` in Victor said. Her novels 'Wolf Hall' and 'Bring Up

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the Bodies' saw Hilary Mantel become the first British writer, and the

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first woman to win the Man Booker Prize twice for consecutive books.

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The Royal Shakespeare Company's a highly acclaimed stage adaptation of

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the novels were a sell`out, and the now the productions have transferred

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to the West End. Our Arts Correspondent, Brenda Emmanus,

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caught up with the author and the show's director.

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What did he want? Row is Sun? He has one. They topped the bestseller

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lists, one literary prizes and now Hillary Mantell's compelling story

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about the rise of Oliver Cromwell, is enjoying success. The adaptations

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of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies are set for a limited season at the

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old which data following a sell`out run in Stratford. When I began work

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at my lonely desk, I never thought my star would be shining in the west

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end! You tend to concentrate just on the scene, on the page. You don't

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really think about prizes, you don't think about adaptations. That comes

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along in the end as a wonderful bonus. Hillary Mantell became the

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first woman to win the man Booker prize twice with two consecutive

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novels, Bring Up the Bodies also one another major award. The author

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spent years collaborating with a playwright who translated her

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darkest oracle fiction into two engaging traumas. It is another go

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to refine the storytelling and the imagery, and the lines and the

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jokes, make them work. It's a different space we are talking to

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bigger audiences here in London. That's just a fantastic opportunity.

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Couldn't it have been managed with less bloodshed? Think I could have

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negotiated with Anne Boleyn? What we have been able to do is in future

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energy into these stories and make them contemporary. Make them stories

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about today, about modern London. She is currently working on the

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final part of the student Reggie and the TV adaptation is in production.

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The play is in production. The players run theatre until September.

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`` at the old which theatre. Time for a look at the weather with

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Darren Bett ` things are hotting up. Yes, we will continue to see a taste

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of summer, temperatures are going to climb even higher. Today we had

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temperatures higher than yesterday, peaking at 21 in central London.

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Temperatures could be a bit higher over the coming few days. There will

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be more sunshine to come, it will certainly feel warm, the night won't

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be as chilly. I was expecting more cloud this afternoon, we had affair

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with a cloud bubbling up and that will be a recurring theme. But even

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that is melting away. Overnight, hardly a cloud in the sky. The winds

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will be pretty light as well, what because it has been warmer, it won't

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be as cold overnight. The odd pocket of mist and full but not lasting too

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long. It will get off to a bright and sunny start again as it warms

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up. We will see the fair weather cloud bubbling up in the afternoon.

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It should be warmer than today, 23 degrees, the warmest it has been all

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year. That is in central London again. Into Saturday, another fine

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day, against patchy cloud developing, the winds will be light,

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it will feel warm. The FA Cup final is later in the day. That very warm

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air is trapped underneath an area of low pressure. It will remain with us

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as we head into the second half of the weekend. Eventually, these

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weather fronts will bring changes from the West. Next week we will see

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some rain pushing in, which is not good news for me because my roof is

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still leaking, but the next few days should be dry, sunny and warm.

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Sorry to hear about your roof! The main headlines: Hopes of finding

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more survivors of the Turkish mine disaster are fading, despite 100

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miners believed to still be missing. No more people have been rescued

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today. There have been protests over the industry's safety record.

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A woman's told a trial she was assaulted by Rolf Harris when she

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was getting his autograph aged seven or eight. She was in tears giving

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evidence. The entertainer denies all the charges. An investigation's

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underway after the British Medical Journal admitted that two of its

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articles exaggerated the harmful side effects of statins. Seven

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million people in the UK take statins to combat heart disease.

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A new report's revealed more than ?80 billion a year is laundered

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through sports betting worldwide. One company in London is helping to

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crackdown on match`fixing. More on the day's stories on our website.

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