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Doctors across the UK will take industrial action next month over

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what they say are unfair changes to their pensions. It's the first time

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doctors have voted in favour of such a move since the '70s. A full

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strike has been ruled out but doctors could refuse non-essential

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work. We are very upset because of the way the Government's gone about

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things. They had one agreement before and they've torn it up and

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tried for another one. Who knows what will happen in future?

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The Prime Minister's former head of communications, Andy Coulson, is

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detained by police on suspicion of committing perjury.

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On the day the UN meets to try to resolve the violence in Syria,

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reports that 13 bodies have been found. Their hands were tied and

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some were shot in the head. The Business Secretary, Vince Cable,

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tells the Leveson Inquiry he used an independent mind to judge News

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Corp's bid for BskyB, and he explained why he said he'd declare

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war on Rupert Murdoch. "There had been veiled threats,

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that if I made the wrong decision from the point of view of the

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company, my party would be, I think somebody, used the phrase done over

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in the News International press." And the TV ads that are remembered

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for all the wrong reasons. We look at the ones that most offended

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Good afternoon, welcome to the BBC News at One.

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For the first time in 40 years doctors have voted in favour of

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industrial action in response to the Government's planned changes to

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their pensions. Ministers have argued the current pension scheme

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is unsustainable. Within the last hour the doctors' union, the

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British Medical Association, has confirmed that non-urgent care will

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be cancelled next month. Our health correspondent, Branwen Jeffreys,

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has this report. Doctors train long and hard to qualify. Their pay and

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pensions reflect their unique responsibilities. But now like

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other public sector employees they face pension changes, and they are

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angry. Angry enough for more than whatever to bother voting, with a

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clear majority in favour of industrial action. This is not

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about seeking preferential treatment. This is about seeking

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fair treatment. It is not too late for the Government to change its

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mind. We would far prefer to negotiate a fairer solution rather

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than take industrial action. what are the doctors' pension

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changes? They've begun paying higher contribution. For some that

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could rise to up to 14% of their salary before tax. The retirement

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age will go up to 6le for those starting work now. And the pension

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they will be paid will be less when they stop working. Tom is nearing

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retirement as a GP. He's also a local union rep in Bristol. He says

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many doctors feel angry and disillusioned. The NHS pension was

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renegotiated only four years ago. We are very upset because of the

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way the Government's gone about things. They had one agreement

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before and they've torn it up and tried for another one. Who knows

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what will happen in future But NHS managers are warning patients will

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suffer as a result. Urgent and emergency care won't be affected.

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That's things like A&E or maternity care, but routine appointments and

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operations could be delayed. We are clear that the action they are

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proposing is a strike. They are going to come into work but not do

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the work they would be scheduled to do. But they will be there doing

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emergencies. As an employers' organisation and local employers

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will work closely with the BMA to put robust plans in place to make

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sure patients are carried for when they need urgent care, but there'll

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be inevitably be distress for patients. The last time doctors

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took industrial action was almost 40 years ago, but a lot has changed

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since the 1970. The Government says doctors can't be exempt from

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pensions changes, and under this offer they would still get a very

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good deal. A junior doctor starting out in three years' time in the NHS

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could look forward to a pension equivalent to �68,000 a year. There

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is people the length andth of the country who will say that's an

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excellent pension. But the stage is now set for a stand-off, with

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doctors on one side and the Government on the other.

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And Branwen joins me now. This is difficult, not just for the

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politicians but I presume also for the doctors as well? This is a

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situation fraught with difficulty, Kate, for both sides. On the one

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hand the last thing the Government wants is another stand-off with

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doctors. It has just spent the last 18 months arguing with them over

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the health changes to the NHS in England. Now it faces this row over

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pensions. But on the other hand, doctors who've always commanded a

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very high level of public respect. They've always had public opinion

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behind them on many issues, they now face having the details of

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their pension pored over. To many people working in the private

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sector, they may look as though they are getting quite a generous

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deal. And that planned action is 21st June? Yes.

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Branwen, thank you. David Cameron's former head of

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communications, Andy Coulson, is on his way to Scotland after being

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detained by Strathclyde Police in London this morning. He is under

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suspicion of committing perjury in relation to evidence he gave at the

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trial of the Scottish politician Tommy Sheridan. Matt Prodger has

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this report. It does contain flash photography.

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Andy Coulson was once the Prime Minister's head of communications

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and before that the editor of the News of the World. I came here

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today voluntarily... Last summer he was arrested by the Metropolitan

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Police on suspicion of phone hacking and corruption. He is still

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on bail. But at 6.30pm Scottish police officers arrived at his home

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in South London and detained him on suspicion of perjury, or lying in

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court. It relates to the trial in Glasgow of the Scottish politician

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Tommy Sheridan, at which Mr Coulson gave evidence two years ago. The

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News of the World had run a story about Mr Sheridan's personal life

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some years previously and he successfully sued the paper. During

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the later court case Mr Coulson was asked how much he knew about phone

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hacking carried out by the private investigate or Glenn Mulcaire. Mr

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Coulson was questioned about bribes allegedly paid to police officers.

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Tommy Sheridan's solicitor last year handed a dossier to

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Strathclyde Police, which has been running its own investigation,

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called Rubicon, into allegation of phone hacking, perjury and breaches

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of data protection laws in Scotland. Mr Coulson is entitled to a

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presumption of innocence but last July I handed him a dossier to

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Strathclyde Police detailing allegation of criminality and

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allegation of mobile phone hacking by those who worked on behalf of

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the News of the World. Andy Coulson can be detained by Strathclyde

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Police for up to 24 hours without charge. The allegation of perjury

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is the most serious he faces. Lorna Gordon is outside Govan

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police station in Glasgow with more. Andy Coulson was arrested early

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this morning at his home in South London. Some questions about how he

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would be transported up here to Scotland, it after all being a 400

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mile journey. It's been confirmed that he is being driven to this

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police station in Govan by those seven officers from Strathclyde

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Police. He's expected to arrive here at some point early this

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afternoon. He's been detained as part of an investigation by the

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Strathclyde Police called Operation Rubicon, an inquiry into

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allegations of phone hacking, breaches of data protection, and

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perjury. It is also in relation of course to the evidence given at the

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trial of Tommy Sheridan. Andy Coulson gave two days of evidence

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at that trial in December 2010. During that time Mr Sheridan, who

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was representing himself, asked Mr Coulson, did News of the World pay

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corrupt police officers? Plofplt Coulson said, "Not to my

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knowledge." Police officers will have 12 hours to question him. They

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can then apply for a further 12 hours. After that they have to

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either arrest him, charge him or release him. Lorna, thank you.

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The UN Security Council is meeting to discuss its next step in dealing

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with the violence in Syria. UN observers say they've found 13

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bodies with their hands tied and some shot in the head. China and

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Russia have reiterated their opposition to military intervention.

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James, more expulsions today but still no let-up in the violence?

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That's absolutely right. We've had a report from Major General Robert

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Mood, who heads the UN mission in Syria. He says he is deeply

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disturbed by the discovery of 13 people in the east of the country.

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He called it an appalling and inexcusable act. Their bodies were

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found with their hands tide behind their back and they appear to have

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been shot in the head at short distance. Diplomatic pressure

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continues on Syria. We've had more expulsions of diplomats from other

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countries. Turkey, one of Syria's neighbours and until recently an

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ally of Syria, has closed down the Syrian embassy in Turkey and

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expelled tall diplomats. Japan has also taken action. We've got a long

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list of countries taking action but no sign that President Bashar al-

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Assad is responding by lessening the violence. James, thank you.

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A British aid work here was kidnapped in Sudan almost flee

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months ago has been freed. Patrick Noonan was working for the UN World

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Food Programme in Darfur when he was taken hostage by armed men on

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March 6th. A Susan knees driver was released later the same day.

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Police are continuing to question the parents of six children who

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died in a house fire in Derby. Mick Philpott, who is 55, and his 31-

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year-old wife Mairead, were detained yesterday on suspicion of

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murder. Mat Fraser was convicted for the

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second time of murdering his wife. He's been sensed no life in prison.

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The Business Secretary, Vince Cable harks told the Leveson Inquiry he

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was able to use an independent mind to judge News Corp's bid for sky

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sky. He was stripped of his powers to adjudicate over the proposed

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take-over when he told undercover journalists he would declare war on

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Rupert Murdoch. Nicholas Witchell reports.

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He was the Minister who had initial responsibility for adjudicating on

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News International's bid to take full control of BSkyB television,

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but Vince Cable was caught by reporters of the Daily Telegraph

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making unguarded remarks. After that, responsibility for deciding

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on the bid was passed to Jeremy Hunt in the culture department. The

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inquiry has already heard how Mr Hunt's office remained in close and

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private contact with News International. So, how had Vince

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Cable and his office dealt with their approachs? His special

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adviser was Giles Wilkes. This is how he responded to an approach by

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Frederic Michel, the News International lobbyist. Mr Michel

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had introduced himself I think by e-mail and had sought through Mr

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Wilkes to set up an interview and Giles Wilkes had declined, knowing

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my views on the matter. Mr Cable said his officials had repeatedly

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rebuffed News International's attempts to lobby them personally.

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Then he made this allegation about News International. I had heard

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directly and indirectly from colleagues that there had been

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veiled threats that if I made this wrong decision, from their point of

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view of the company, my party would be, I think somebody used the

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afraid "done over" in the News International press. And then on

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the sting when two Daily Telegraph reporters recorded his hostile

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remarks about Rupert Murdoch. offload on to them a lot of pent-up

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feelings, not just about the BSkyB case that I was dealing with but my

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colleagues in Government and a variety of other issues. Tomorrow

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explain how his office dealt with News International.

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The founder of the WikiLeaks website, Julian Assange, has had

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his appeal against extradition to Sweden rejected by the Supreme

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Court. He's wanted for questions by the authorities in Sweden about

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alleged sex offences. Mr Assange's lawyers have been given two weeks

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to mount a further challenge. One more performance for the Julian

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Assange legal roadshow. International camera crews and his

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supporters waited but the founder of WikiLeaks failed to show, caught

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in traffic. Julian Assange is wanted in Sweden on four counts of

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rape and sexual molestation. He's been fighting his extradition in

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the courts for more than a year. The judgment of the Supreme Court

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should have been the end of it. request for Mr Assange's

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extradition has been lawfully made and his appeal against extradition

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is accordingly dismissed. But then there was a final legal twist. His

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lawyers had spotted something. are therefore currently considering

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our position and whether or not it will be necessary with great regret

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to make an application to this court that that matter should be

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re-opened so that we have an opportunity to argue this points.

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That point is this - the arrest warrant for Julian Assange was

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signed here in Sweden, not by a judge but a prosecutor.

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International law says it must be a judicial authority. Yet the Supreme

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Court decided the warrant was legal, because in practice this is how

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many countries do it. Assange's lawyers say they were never given

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the opportunity of challenging this argument.

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The majority of judges decided that cost of and practice of the

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European community in effect trumped the law. So Julian Assange

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has another throw of the dice in the British courts. The judges have

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delayed his extradition by another 14 days. His legal team say they

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will ask for the case to be re- opened.

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Should the judges reject his case again, Julian Assange would like I

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Our main headline - doctors across the UK will take industrial action

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next month for the first time since the 1970s, over what they call

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unfair changes to their pensions. And coming up, we are live in

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Shropshire. The Olympic flame is about to arrive in a very special

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In the eurozone, attention is firmly focused on Spain, where

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borrowing costs rose to their highest levels since it joined the

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euro. It is now close to levels where other countries have asked

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for an international bail out. We can get more from Hugh Pym. Yes,

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let's have a look at those government borrowing costs first.

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Over 10 years, the normal benchmark, they crept up to 6.7%. When

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countries get to 7% or beyond, that is widely seen as unsustainable,

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that is when bail-outs were needed in the other countries, like

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Portugal and Ireland. One of the big problems is whether they will

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have enough money to bail out the banking system. They are trying to

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nationalise this large bank, using 19 billion euros, but there is

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confusion over how they are going to raise this money. The European

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Commission has put out its latest health check on many European

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countries today, and it has said that Spain still faces significant

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challenges in rebuilding market confidence and securing the

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sustainability of public finances. It has also said Spain's economy

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will contract again this year. What about the UK? The commission has

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called for a report on the UK. It does not call for a Plan B, but it

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has downgraded its growth forecast slightly for the UK for this year.

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It says, because unemployment is likely to stay high, it means there

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will be more of a squeeze on households, due to inflation.

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sister of the teenager from Warrington allegedly murdered by

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her parents in 2003 has told the court she felt torn between her

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sister and her parents. Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed denied charges of

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murder. Our correspondent Judith Moritz is at Chester Crown Court.

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What happened in court this morning? Yes, this is the first

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opportunity the defence team have had to cross-examine Shafilea

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Ahmed's sister. You will remember that last year, the sister made the

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allegation to the jury that her parents had suffocated Shafilea

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Ahmed, and that the jury had been told that allegation was only made

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in 2010, after the sister herself had been involved in a robbery at

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the home of her parents, some seven years after the alleged murder of

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Shafilea Ahmed. The QC for the defence put it to the sister that

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she had only made the allegation because she had been caught red-

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handed in the robbery, and she wanted to make up a wicked story to

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buy herself out of trouble. No, she said, I did not. The lawyer went on

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to say, you played your trump card, didn't you? You did this to get

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yourself out of trouble. But she said, I did not do it to get myself

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out of trouble. She said, at the end of the day, I was feeling

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really torn, and I still do. And then she broke down on the witness

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stand and she said quietly, I have got my sister who has died on one

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side and my parents, who I care about, on the other. The lawyer

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followed up by saying to her, you feel torn because you're not

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telling the truth. No, she said, I feel torn because they are my

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parents. The editors of the Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror have been

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sacked. They will be replaced by the former editor of the People,

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Lloyd Embley. The former chief executive of BP, Lord Browne, is

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urging business leaders to do more to end discrimination against gay

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people in the workplace. Lord Browne publicly confirmed he was

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gay at the end of his 41-year career. He said there was less

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tolerance of homosexuality in the world of business than in other

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fields. Is the City and business in general more intolerant of

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homosexuality than areas like the media or law? That is the claim of

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one celebrated business chief, who kept his own homosexuality secret

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for more than 40 years. It was terrifying. You had a private,

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secret life where you were always worried that someone, somewhere,

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might see you, and then it might become something which made life

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intolerable. Lord Browne resigned as chief executive of BP five years

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ago. He had lied to the High Court about how he had met his partner.

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He said he had led a double life, and that hiding his sexuality

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ultimately led to his downfall. was obviously the wrong thing to do.

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It was the circumstances of my time, not necessarily the circumstances

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of the time, it is what I thought, which led me to do a very foolish

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thing. Again, I want to make sure no-one ever gets in that position.

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Lord Browne entered the oil industry in the 1960s. He said it

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was a sometimes homophobic environment. Now in the world of

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finance, he says the problem has not gone away. I don't think there

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is an issue with sexuality when it comes to getting into the City. The

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problem comes with sticking with the job, whether you can take the

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ribbing, get through those early years. I think it would be helpful,

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we are probably beyond legislating for this kind of thing - I think

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what would be more helpful would be if more people came out at the top.

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Companies are more aware of discrimination, but Hannah Mills

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says they need to do more. He wants to see concrete targets and a

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simple rule - do not do anything which excludes people.

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The former President of Liberia Charles Taylor has been sentenced

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to 50 years for war crimes in Sierra Leone. The judge at a

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special court in The Hague said he had been responsible for some of

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the worst atrocities in history. Mitt Romney has officially become

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the Republican Party's challenger to take on President Obama in

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November's US election. Romney won a comfortable victory in the Texas

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primary to secure the nomination. Rescue workers in Italy are

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continuing to search through the rubble for more survivors after a

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strong earthquake on Tuesday killed at least 16 people. One woman has

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been pulled out alive. The Olympic Torch is arriving in

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Much Wenlock this lunchtime. The Shropshire town is believed to be

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the inspiration for the modern Olympic Games. The town held its

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own Olympics festival for almost half a century before the first

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Athens games. Yes indeed, what a wonderful atmosphere here. The

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flame is about half-a-mile down the road. It is all because of his

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fellow. Back in 1850, he held the first Olympian games here, a

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mixture of athletics and a few fun games, like wheelbarrow races. As

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you say, that formed the modern Olympics. Alison Williamson, about

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to compete in your sixth Olympics for archery - it all began for you

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here, didn't it? Yes, I competed at the Wenlock Olympics back in 1982.

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And there is a real sense of that link, the pride which Much Wenlock

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house. Definitely, I am from Shropshire, we know the heritage,

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we know that if it was not for Wenlock, then the Games would never

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have happened. You have still got family here, you will be running

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out with the torch in about an hour's time. I have asked lots of

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torch bearers the same question, but what is your take on it?

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watched Ben Ainslie on the first day and I got quite emotional. I

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was thinking about when I would carry it. I have got a lot of

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family coming to watch, the whole community spirit, everybody has got

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behind the Olympics, and also, it is the opportunity for the local

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community, local heroes, people who have raised money for charity and

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things like that. Very quickly, Zara Phillips last week said this

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was a welcome distraction from those tense last few weeks. Yes, I

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trained this morning, and I have got to do another training session

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later, so, yes, it is a nice little break. Just before we go, Much

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Wenlock has lent his name to this chap. We will be seeing much more

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of him, with the legacy of Much Wenlock coming before the world

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again. It seems just about everything is

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advertised on television these days, but some advertisements are

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remembered for the wrong reasons, which is where the Advertising

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Standards Authority comes in. It has been looking into complaints

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for 50 years, and has dealt with 400,000 in that time. David Sillito

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looks back at some of the adverts which have got some of us so

:26:34.:26:44.
:26:44.:26:45.

exercised. The Government's climate change warning was for some too are

:26:45.:26:51.

alarming. Volkswagen's fighting engineer was too violent. But the

:26:51.:27:01.
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most complained about advert in the last 50 years was this... The

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problem? More than 1,600 people thought it would encourage children

:27:07.:27:14.

to talk with their mouths full. It taps into a growing anxiety - the

:27:14.:27:20.

effect of adverts on children. interesting about advertising is

:27:20.:27:24.

that there is a tension between freedom of expression and

:27:24.:27:27.

protection of children and vulnerable groups. This is

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something that everyone we speak to agrees with. Children and

:27:31.:27:34.

vulnerable groups must be protected. It is difficult to get the balance

:27:34.:27:41.

right sometimes. One topic really brings complaints - animals. Many

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did not think this was funny. And all of these adverts are from

:27:46.:27:50.

recent years. It seems we are more prone to complain these days. But

:27:51.:27:55.

some feel advertising is becoming more bland - the need to market

:27:55.:28:00.

globally is bad news for the quirky British style. All the stuff that

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we know and love, Brits talking to Brits and saying funny things about

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things which only we recognise, you cannot do any of that.

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complaining about encouraging bad manners might say something about

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Britain, but this is an exception. 80% of all complaints are about one

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topic - is the advert telling the truth? It's time now for the

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truth? It's time now for the weather forecast. We are seeing the

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last of the warmth across the south-east of England this

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afternoon. For many of us, although there is still some sunshine, we

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will see some showers as well. A desire of weather front across

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Scotland will be bringing patchy rain. But some places will miss the

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showers and stay dry. We keep the cloud and rain across parts of

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Scotland overnight tonight. Another band of rain will be moving into

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Northern Ireland and parts of Wales. A very different start to the day

:29:17.:29:23.

across Wales tomorrow, with the cloud and the rain. It is a wet

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start for Northern Ireland as well. The rain will be much more

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extensive across Scotland than it has been in recent days, but still

:29:32.:29:36.

with some brightness across the far north. That band of rain extends

:29:36.:29:40.

into northern England as well. A little bit damp across parts of the

:29:40.:29:44.

Midlands. But there should be some brightness down across the Southern

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Counties, where we have still got temperatures starting off at about

:29:49.:29:59.
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15. I think and Cornwall should be brightening up as we go through the

:29:59.:30:05.

afternoon. Further north, always keeping the thicker cloud.

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Underneath the cloud under rain, we have got temperatures around the

:30:09.:30:19.
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mid- teens. By the time we get to Friday, the rain is weakening, but

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pressure is rising to the north, so it becomes drier and brighter. That

:30:28.:30:31.

leads into the all-important Jubilee weekend, which is going to

:30:31.:30:35.

be on the cool side, with average temperatures. We are confident of a

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dry start to the weekend, but there are some uncertainties in the

:30:38.:30:42.

forecast as we go through the weekend. Saturday, a lot of dry

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weather, maybe the risk of a few showers in the north-east. You will

:30:49.:30:54.

notice this band of rain sitting across the south-west of England.

:30:54.:30:58.

That's where the uncertainty comes into the forecast. It looks like it

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will make some progress, bringing with it this band of cloud and rain.

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But we need to keep an eye on how But we need to keep an eye on how

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far north that rain is likely to get during Sunday.

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