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The Australian radio hosts at the centre of the royal hospital hoax

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say they're heartbroken. The nurse who took the prank call

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was later found dead. The presenters described their reaction

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to the news. You know, it was never meant to go that far. It was meant

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to be a silly little prank that so many people have done before. This

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wasn't meant to happen. Gutted, you know, shattered, heartbroken.

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MPs call on the Government to end criminal penalities for those

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caught with small amounts of drugs. Cracking the genetic code - plans

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to map the DNA of cancer sufferers to help develop new treatments.

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The FA says fans' behaviour after the Manchester derby was

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"deplorable" and must be "dealt with severely".

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We're onboard one of the Royal Navy's most powerful submarines as

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a contract is awarded to build another.

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It's been a difficult beginning for HMS Astute five years after she was

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launched and two years after she was commissioned, and she's still

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conducting sea trials here off the Scottish coast. Later on BBC

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London: A new report claims pollution is

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responsible for nearly one in ten deaths in parts of the capital, and

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closing the gap - the final stretch of the London overground orbital

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Good afternoon, and welcome to the BBC News at 1.00pm. The Australian

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radio presenters at the centre of the hoax call to the hospital where

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the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated have spoken publicly for

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the first time. Mel Greig and Michael Christian said their

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deepest sympathies were with the family and friends of Jacintha

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Saldanha, the nurse who took the call and who was found dead three

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days later. In a television interview, they described their

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actions as "innocent", but said they were "gutted and heartbroken"

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by her death. Here's our royal correspondent, Nicholas Witchell.

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Tonight, the two young radio hosts break their silence... Until Friday,

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they'd been boasting about a career highlight. Then came the moment

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when they were told what their prank call had led to.

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Unfortunately, I remember that moment very well because I haven't

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stopped thinking about it since it happened, and I remember my first

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question was, "Was she a mother?" And what about you, Michael?

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gutted, you know, shattered, heartbroken. The presenters'

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defence is that they never intended to cause any harm. You know, it was

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never meant to go that far. It was meant to be a silly little prank

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that so many people have done before. This wasn't meant to happen.

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Yet it seems little or no thought had been given to the ethics of

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making a prank call. Do you get any coaching, any training at all as to

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what you're allowed to put to whai, you're allowed to tell people

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they're being recorded and put to air? Have you been told that during

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your tenure here? This phone call was the same as with any phone call,

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any prerecorded segment that goes to air. There's processes in place

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and people that make those decisions. Have you been told that?

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Have you been taught that set down in a legal class? There are people

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who make those decision for us. Our responsibility... Did someone

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listen to that call? It went through the process as everything

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we do. It all gets recorded and passed on to the appropriate people.

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Now they're struggling to cope with the unintended consequences of

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their actions. There is nothing that can make me feel worse than

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what I feel right now and for what I feel for the family. We're so

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sorry that this has happened to them. In India, Jacintha Saldhana's

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family are struggling with their grief. They have said the nurse was

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a devout woman who would have felt shame in her unwitting mistake in

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accepting the call. In London, the hospital has repeated that Mrs

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Saldhana was not facing any reprimand over the hoax call, but

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an MP who has been in touch with her family here in Britain wants

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the hospital to disclose anything that might be relevant. This is

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obviously a most unusual and distressing state of affairs, and

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I'm sure that they will want to share that information with the

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family because the family would be interested in the facts and what

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exactly happened over the last few days. It will now be for an inquest

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to examine precisely what issues were weighing on Jacintha

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Saldhana's mind at the time of her death.

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Let's talk now to our correspondent Duncan Kennedy who joins us from

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Sydney. So the DJs have spoken of their heartbreak and their deep

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regret, Duncan. What happens to them now? Well, both presenters

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said that they want to get in touch with the family of Mrs Saldhana to

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offer their apologies either directly or indirectly, although

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both said that that was up likely to happen in the near future. As to

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their own futures, that's unclear. They're both on indefinite leave at

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the moment and whether they can or would want to return to that radio

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station or even the radio industry is simply not known. On the wider

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front, an inquiry is about to get under way by the Australian media

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regulator. It will be wanting to ask questions about who authorised

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the prank call to be made in the first place and who authorised it

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to be broadcast, and then of course there could be further questions

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from British police. They've already been in touch with

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Australian police. It may be they'll want to talk to those two

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presenters and other members of staff at some point in the future.

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Duncan, thank you. Duncan Kennedy joining us from Sydney.

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A group of MPs says people caught with a small amount of drugs

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shouldn't be prosecuted, but should be given treatment instead. The MPs

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on the Commons Home Affairs Committee point to Portugal as an

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example of where the policy works. The Government here says drug use

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is falling and it has no intention of changing the law on cannabis.

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Our home editor Mark Easton reports. The so-called global war on drugs

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based on international prohibition has been raging for half a century.

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We must wage what I have called total war against public enemy

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number one in the United States, the problem of dangerous drugs.

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today the influential Home Affairs Committee of MPs urged the British

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Government to order a complete rethink of the strategy. There is

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now more than ever a case for a fundamental review of all UK drugs

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policy in the international context, The victims are the people who at

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the end of the day suffer as a result of what's going on. This

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approach is what's required to deal with this problem.

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The committee has urged Ministers to look at countries like Portugal

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where drug use has been de- penalised with the focus on

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treatment rather than punishment. Following the legalisation of

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marijuana in the American states of Washington and Colorado, the MPs

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recommend the Government assesss the costs of cannabis legalisation.

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While overall drug use has been falling in recent years, Home

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Affairs figures suggest at least half a million people in England

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and Wales have taken a class A drug in the previous month. Three

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million have used illicit drugs in the previous year mostly cannabis.

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The Drugs Minister says it will look closely at today's report.

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There are interesting new ideas. The report says that we should look

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more carefully at the model that's happened in Portugal, and I'm

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certainly happy to go there, as the report recommends, and see what

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they're doing there, so we should be open to new ideas and fresh

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thinking, but I think we should also acknowledge that we've

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actually made a lot of progress. think drug laws are bonkers, so I

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am breaking the taboo. There is, however, an international campaign

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involving senior politicians and public figures. A lot of people die,

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and it doesn't solve the problem. This new documentary is designed to

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put further pressure on governments around the world to rethink drugs

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policy. The Labour Party has published

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plans for legislating the press. The so-called Leveson Bill will be

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considered at cross-party talks later in the week, but the

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Conservatives have already dismissed it as lacking in detail.

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Our political correspondent Norman Smith joins us from Westminster.

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What exactly, Norman, is Labour proposing? This is the Labour bill,

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just six clauses long, so a relatively small pan Ella of a bill.

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To underscore their argument that this doesn't have to be fiendishly

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complex and difficult, you can do it in an easy way, at the heart of

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their idea is that the body supervising the press shouldn't be

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Ofcom but the judiciary. The way the Labour plan would work is you'd

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have the press, above them a regulatory body which would oversee

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the day-to-day running of the press and investigating the complaints

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and ordering apologies, then above that you would have the Lord Chief

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Justice sitting with panel of judges who once every three years

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would decide whether the system was working. Labour say the beauty of

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that system is because the judiciary is involved it is

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independent of Parliament and politicians. The Conservatives say

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the problem is this is too simple. It amounts to no more than a

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glorified press release, so they're going to produce their own draft

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bill on Thursday which they say will show just how difficult it is

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to frame legislation to implement the Leveson proposals, and in

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contrast to this relatively slim document, I expect the Conservative

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document would probably end up looking like the parliamentary

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equivalent of the Yellow Pages Thank you, Norman Smith in

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Westminster. Detectives investigating

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allegations of sex abuse surrounding Jimmy Savile and others

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have arrested a man in his 60s. Scotland Yard say he was detained

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on suspicion of sexual offences and is being held at a police station

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in south London. Up to 100,000 patients with cancer

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and rare diseases in England are to have their DNA fully mapped.

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Downing Street says a database of genetic sequences and profiles will

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be built so that doctors can better understand patients' illnesses and

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develop new treatments. Our medical correspondent Fergus Walsh reports.

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Cancer cells have their own genetic blueprint or genetic code, and

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mapping this DNA can be done faster and cheaper than ever before. When

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this programme will start, who will do the genetic code sequencing and

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analysis hasn't been worked out. But the Prime Minister on a visit

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to labs in Cambridge said it had the potential to transform cancer

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treatment. We want to crack cancer and the DNA database can help us to

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do that, but we also want to keep Britain at the absolute forefront

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of biotechnology, of the pharmaceutical industry. We can be

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a real world leader in this. hope is that by comparing genetic

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profiles of huge numbers of patients, it will allow scientists

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to understand why some do far better than others and help in the

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new quest for treatments. For existing patients, DNA mapping may

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lead to better targeting of medicines. Being able to save the

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lady in front of us in the clinic, we know from the car code in your

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cancer that you'll respond to this treatment, but not to this

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treatment - and that is a very important aim because we have

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treatments that work for some of our patient, but we really need to

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have tests that really can choose the right person for the right

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treatment at the right time. scheme will be voluntary and the

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data anonymous to protect patient confidentiality, but critics fear

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it could be misused. That information can be used to track

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individuals and their relatives, so there are real privacy concerns,

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but it's also open to commercial exploitation. There are more than

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200 types of cancer. It's a complex and highly resistent disease. The

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talk amongst specialists is less of cures and more of improved long-

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term outcomes, so most of the benefits from this ambitious

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project are likely to be among the next generation of cancer patients.

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The former South African President, Nelson Mandela has spent a second

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night in hospital in Pretoria. Mr Mandela, who's 94, has been having

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tests for an unspecified medical condition. A Minister who visited

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him today says he was doing "very, very well". Our Africa

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correspondent Andrew Harding joins us from Johannesburg now. What else

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is being said about Mr Mandela's health, Andrew? Interestingly,

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almost nothing. Since he went in on Saturday, he was brought up from

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his rural home and put into a hospital in prait prait. We've

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heard nothing but generally very positive mood music from the

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presidency here. As you say, he's apparently had a restful night. We

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know he's in good hands. He's being looked after, and the Defence

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Minister went in to see him herself this morning. Outside she told

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journalists that he was very, very well and that the country should

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pray for him, but also not go into a panic. Beyond that, though, in

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terms of the specifics of what's actually wrong with Mr Mandela, why

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he needs tests, what sort of tests he might be understood going, we

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simply know nothing. That's a big contrast from the last couple of

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times when he has been hospitalised in the last two years. Then pretty

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early on we started getting rumours and unofficial reports of what

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might be troubling him. This time the presidency here is controlling

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the information very carefully. Right now I think the South African

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public is broadly buying into this line that there is no reason to

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panic. They're going to wait patiently for more news. There is

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an enormous amount of affection and concern for Nelson Mandela, but

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people here are slowly acknowledging that at the age of 94

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he's not going to live forever, and people are simply waiting to be

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told more and wishing him all the best. Thank you, Andrew Harding in

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Johannesburg. The Ministry of Defence has awarded

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a contract of o�1.2 billion to BAE Systems to build the Royal Navy's

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latest submarine, Audacious. The move will secure at least 3,500

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jobs. Audacious will be the fourth of seven attack submarines. But the

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first one to be built, HMS Astute, suffered a series of problems,

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including a shooting incident, flooding and running aground. Our

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defence correspondent Jonathan Beale has been given exclusive

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We joined HMS Astute off the west coast of Scotland. Costing more

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than �1 billion, it is supposed to be one of the most advanced

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military machines, but so far it has hit the headlines for mostly

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the wrong reasons. Keep 20 metres... On one of her

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first voyages she ran aground. Last year, one officer was shot dead by

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a junior rating, a simple momential marks the spot. Technical problems,

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including corrosion and a leak, but the Admiral in charge shows that

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they are working for perfection. It is as complex as a space shuttle.

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It is like a 7,000 tonne Swiss watch. It works and it is safe.

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That is paramount for the 100 crew who work in the cramped conditions.

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They rely on sophisticated censors to list no-one the water.

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To see above, there is no periscope, but an array of cameras.

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The submarine can hover to gather intelligence or laufrpbl attack wut

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being seen or heard. It has been a difficult beginning for HMS Astute,

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five years after she was launched and two years after she was

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commissioned, she is still conducting sea trials here.

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But she will be ready for operations next year. Today's order

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of a fourth submarine is a sign of confidence in a brighter future.

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Now, let's have a look at time after a quarter past one and the

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top story: The Australian radio hosts at the centre of the Royal

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Hospital hoax say that they are heartbroken.

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Coming up: Spicing up the West End, a musical based around the songs of

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the UK's most successful girl band. On BBC London: Signs that the West

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End could see record sales on the run-up to Christmas. Nearly 40

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years after Lord Lucan disappeared, we hear the evidence that prompted

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his brother to give his first television interview.

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It's been nearly two years since the Arab Spring, the uprisings that

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began around the Middle East, from Tunisia, spreading across the

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Mediterranean, transforming the political landscape. All this week,

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BBC News is assessing the impact of the uprisings, we begin in Egypt,

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where for many people, the revolution that toppled Hosni

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Mubarak is far from over. George Alagiah joins us now from

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Tahrir Square. Thank you very much. As you say,

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this was, if I can call it that, the crucible of opposition nearly

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two years ago. This is the place where they toppled a man, a

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dictator who had been in power for some 30 years, but the perhaps

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surprising thing is that there are activists back in Tahrir Square

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again. This time, of course, they are directing their anger at an

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elected leader, Mohammed Morsi of this country. What they say is that

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the President is trying to push through a constitution, which they

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think is flawed and he is trying to do it through a referendum, which

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they say, is going to come too soon it caused anger on both sides.

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There were been protests for a number of weeks here. There are

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more protests planned tomorrow. For the latest let's get a report from

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Jon Leyne. It does have flash photography.

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Through the weekend, the protesters have been continuing to stream up

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to the Presidential Palace in Cairo. Nothing that the President has done

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has been enough to satisfy them. This is now the main focus of their

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demonstration. Just Astra trartrar was in the revolution against Hosni

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Mubarak last year -- just Astra trartrar was.

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The army are playing -- Tahrir Square. The army are playing a

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important role in protecting the Government.

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Mohammed Morsi has given the army the power of arrest. Many Egyptians

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will see this as a step back after the hand overto civilian rule.

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Mohammed Morsi held talks with several political factions, but the

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main opposition forces boycotted the meeting, saying he presented

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them with a fait acompli, leaving little to talk about. The

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opposition are demanding the postponement of the referendum on a

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new constitution, but it is still going ahead. The government did

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announce one concession, the lifting of the decree, granting

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Mohammed Morsi sweeping powers. The opposition rejected that as not

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enough to break the deadlock. Nearly two years after the original

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protests in Tahrir Square, each side accusing the other of being

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too close to the old regime. Mohammed Morsi says that the

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opposition are in the pay of former regime loyalistists. The opposition

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say that Mohammed Morsi is acting like the dictator that he replaced.

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Mohammed Morsi's supporters have been holding a sit-in on the

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outskirts of Cairo, home to several independent TV channels, they blame

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the liberal media for stirring up a campaign against the President and

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the Islamist movement, including the Muslim Brotherhood. Clashes

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have continued to flare up. Both sides plan big new demonstrations

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tomorrow, raising fears of a major new confrontation. So the army have

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been strengthening their defences. The Egyptians are resigned to the

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crisis continuing with the ever- present danger of even more

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violence. Well let's discuss some of this

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with He ba Mo oira w. What do you think is wrong with

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this? I am concerned about the substance of the rights of pro text.

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What we have in the draft is less protection rights. The way that the

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constitution is designed to give the state to basically limit every

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right in the constitution on the grounds of public morality or

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preserving the true nature of the Egyptian family it is broad

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language that can be used to undermine the essence of the

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protections. You say there was a line there to

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preserve the true nature of the Egyptian family, I would be

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surprised if anyone opposed that. It sounds innoccuous? I think that

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people care about human rights. That was part of the uprising.

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But they care about the family? They do, but we don't want to see

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as a government, given the discretion to define what the true

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nature of the family is, to be allowed to use that to limit every

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right. So for example, the freedom of religious it does not protect

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people to religious practise, those who are not either Muslim,

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Christian or Jewish. Prohibition of expression it prohibts insulting

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anyone, the pro-ets, but I care about this. There has been a spike

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in blasphemous of pro-ets. There is an athiest man from prison, he

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could be sentenced because of this. This is what we do not need to see.

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It must be said that the freedom and Justice Party, the party of the

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President says it is open to discussion on many issues. They

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accuse the activists of pulling out of negotiations of the drafting

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Committee on the constitution. They -- there are, as ever, two sides to

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the argument raging in Egypt. George, thank you.

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To let you know, there is more on the second anniversary of the Arab

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Spring online. Here is the address: The President of The European

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Commission has indicated that Scotland would have to re-apply to

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join the EU if it became an independent country. The warning

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will come as a blow to the First Minister, Alex Salmond, who says

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that Scotland's membership would not be thrown into doubt by

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independence. Jose Manuel Durao Barroso told

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BBC's hard talk, that a new state would have to apply to join the EU.

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If one part of a country, I am not referring to anyone specific, but

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they want to become an independent state, of course, as an independent

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state it has to apply to the European membership, according to

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the rules. Jose Manuel Durao Barroso there.

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Well, let's talk to Lorna Gordon who joins us from Glasgow. How big

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a blow is this? Well, it will be an important issue for voters deciding

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on whether or not they want Scotland to become independent in a

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little less than two years' time. I think that is unlikely. I think

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that the issue for voters is whether they feel that Scotland,

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that they will feel better or worse off if Scotland were to become

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independent, but it is true to say that the SNP are having to art late

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their arguments on the subject again, again and again. Their view

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is that Scotland would remain within the European union as it

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negotiated its terms to continue within the European Union. What

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they are saying, is if you woke up and Scotland were independent,

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people voted in that direction, and people woke up to find themselves

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in that position, that they would not have to find themselves out of

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the United Kingdom, but remaining in it for a couple of years and

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when they were in the United Kingdom that they would continue to

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negotiate in the EU at the same time. These are political arguments,

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they will continue to run and run. Lorna, thank you.

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Nine people have been charged after the Manchester football Derby over

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the weekend at which a coin was thrown at and hit Rio Ferdinand.

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Manchester City apologised saying it condemned the incident

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unreservedly.$$NEWLINE It was the tensest of Derbys with the most

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dramatic of finishes. COMMENTATOR: They get there! United

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have won it. But as they celebrated the late win,

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this happened. Rio Ferdinand struck by a missile, just inches above the

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eye. As the blood started to trickle he was confront bid a City

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fan who had to be restrained by the keeper Joe Hart. Finally, Rio

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Ferdinand got treatment, but it was an ugly scene. He was not badly

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hurt. A few hours later, he was a guest on X Factor with no lasting

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damage, but for United and for football, yet more concern.

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There was the same thing at Chelsea it is masked by the carry on, seats

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thrown, coins, lighters and nothing is said or done about it. It is a

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problem. Manchester City ab publicly

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apologised to Rio Ferdinand. They are reviewing footage, but the

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events raised questions about the safety and the security inside

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football grounds. Wayne Rooney had missiles thrown at him. There are

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now suggestions that a protective netting behind the goals could be

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required. You look at other sports where it

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does not affect the view, but at the same time it can be protective

:26:38.:26:43.

against missiles thrown. I feel it is sad when we are talking about

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very few people out of literally hundreds of thousands who go to the

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games, but still, it is something that we cannot ignore.

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The police are still trying it identify who threw the object at

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Rio Ferdinand, but once again, football has been scarred by

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controversy. They were the most successful girl

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band of all time, selling more than 08 million records. Now the Spice

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Girls, or their songs are taking to the stage. The new musical, called

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Viva Forever written by Jennifer Saunders premieres tomorrow night

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in London's West End. # Welcome to the world. #

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Friendship never ends. The Spice Girls once sang it. Neither for the

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foreseeable future, will their music end.

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This is not a musical about the Spice Girls. There are no

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characters called Sporty, Mel or Posh. It takes their music and uses

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it to tell a new story. Which as theatrical concepts go, may sound

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familiar. # Just one look... # Mamma Mia! Did

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the same with the songs of ABBA. It has been seen by more than 15

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million theatre goers across the world. The brainchild of Judy

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Kraymer, this time, she has teamed up with Jennifer Saunders.

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I was nervous about it. I had never done a musical before. It is quite

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different a kettle of fish, within my oueve. You have to work the

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songs into a narrative. The songs that don't necessarily contain a

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narrative. That was the biggest challenge. We spent months

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listening to songs, trying to work out the lyrics where a story would

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happen. Viva Forever tells the story of a

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group of girls seeking stardom and its impact on friends and family.

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So pretty familiar territory for those whose songs I spired it.

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When I watch the show I feel incredibly proud and excited. It

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really touches my heart. I love us... It does bring up a lot

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of feelings. I felt a little tearful, definitely.

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They are songs that shaped 1990 pop and brought girl power to the world.

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Time to see if Theatreland Willem brace the music of the Spice Girls.

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-- women embrace the music of the Spice Girls.

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Spice Girls. Now the weather.

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It will get colder over the next few days, but there are changes

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coming up later in the week. For today, we are looking at a fine

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afternoon with clear skies. Chilly winds coming down from the North

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Sea. Feeding in cloud over the eastern areas of Scotland.

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Otherwise lots of sunshine, especially over the central and the

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western areas. The sunshine it is not doing a great deal for the

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temperatures, still cold at 1 Celsius.

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-- at one Celsius. In the south there are patches of

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cloud, pushing down from Lincolnshire to Essex. It will turn

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cloudy and possibly a few showers there. The west of England and

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Wales, not a cloud in the sky. Overnight, with the clear skies in

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place, the temperatures dropping like a stone in. The east patches

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of cloud drifting in from the North Sea, possibly bringing a dusting of

:30:28.:30:32.

snow to Norfolk. In the towns and the cities, there

:30:32.:30:39.

is a touch of frost. In the countryside a really cold night alt

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minus five Celsius. Possibly minus nine Celsius in

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Grampian and patches of snow in the north. Some dense patches of

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freezing fog may linger all day. Where it happens temperatures will

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not get above freezing, it will feel cold and temperatures down on

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this afternoon. Highs this afternoon of about three

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Celsius. Wednesday, a quiet day with sunshine and fog patchs to

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start off the day. A south-westerly breeze blowing in milder air in the

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south-west of England. That is a hint of the change to come. We lose

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the area of high pressure. Towards the end of the week we see the low

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pressure swinging off the Atlantic bringing wet and windy conditions

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by the time we get to Friday. For Thursday's weather, a quiet picture.

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Bright with sunny spells. The temperatures on the cold side with

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highs of one to four Celsius. To the south and to the west, milder

:31:44.:31:49.

air pushing in with cloud and rain. By Friday, the weather could be

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