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Russia expresses grave concern following reports that Israeli

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warplanes have bombed targets in Syria. Iran has responded, saying

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the alleged attack would have serious consequences. David Cameron

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arrives in Libya to discuss the threat posed by Islamist terrorists

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in north and west Africa. The Government promises to stick to its

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pledge to increase some defence spending from 2016. Millions of the

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poorest households in England could face council tax rises of up to

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�200 per year. When you are told that one bit of money that you are

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given is because you need it, you know - I'm not a scrounger. David

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Beckham is expected to sign for Paris St Germain.

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This is a real renaissance treasure chamber. The largest donation of

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gold in a century goes on show at Later on BBC London: The Health

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Secretary has approves plans to downgrade Lewisham A&E but stops

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short of closing the unit completely. We'll have analysis

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from Westminster and reaction at Hello. Welcome to the BBC News at

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1pm. Russia has expressed grave concern over reports that Israeli

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warplanes have bombed a target inside Syria. Two people were

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killed in at a military research centre. Iran says it will have

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serious consequences. It has reported that Syria and Iran have

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threatened to retaliate against Israel for the air raid, which is

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All quiet at this border post on Israel's northern front year this

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morning. Reports of an Israeli air strike on Syrian territory

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yesterday have stoked tensions internationally. The Syrian

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official account came on state TV last night. Israeli warplanes

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violated Syrian airspace and carried out an air strike on a

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scientific defence centre, says the military statement, adding that two

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workers were killed and five others injured. Other accounts from

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diplomats and Sirryal rebels claim Israeli jets bombed a convoy of

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arms bound for Lebanon possibly intended for the Hezbollah allies.

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As usual, Israel has confirmed nothing. Already there's been a

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strong response internationally. Russia, which refuses to condemn

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President Assad, was swift to Iran, one of Damascus's closest

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allies called the attack "brutal aggression, which will have serious

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consequences." In western capitals officials have reacted cautiously.

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Of course there are great dangers from Syrian conflict - dangers for

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chemical, biological weapons, which we believe Syria to have, or that

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weapons in Syria can be moved elsewhere in the region. I have

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nothing more to tell you about that particular incident. Although

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Israel has not confirmed the attack, it would not be the first time. In

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2007 it apparently bombed what is thought to be an undeclared nuclear

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site in Syria. In recent days, queues in Israel for gas masks have

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grown, amid official warnings in case the sophisticated weaponry

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fell into the wrong hands. What happened happened yesterday t

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danger of Syria's conflict spreading have just increased. The

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Prime Minister, David Cameron, is in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, to

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discuss the threat posed by extremists in north and west Africa.

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This visit coming amid growing concern about that situation?

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is right. We saw two faces of the new Libya today. The Prime Minister

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able to walk about in Martyrs Square, being greeted by people.

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Yet, that was also an illusion, because he travelled there in

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armoured cars. He travelled there after a media blackout, which was

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insisted upon for security reasons. He travelled there followed by a

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police helicopter all the way. He couldn't have travelled to Benghazi,

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where he went a few months ago, because all British citizens were

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told to leave that city because of the danger of a direct threat to

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western and specifically to British interests. There is an argument

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here and elsewhere has been it is right for Britain to be involved.

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Here in Libya, that insists of paying for some training to try and

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restore peace and security here. Elsewhere in the region, it is

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about sending British troops to train those soldiers who are being

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sent in by the west and north African forces to bring peace in

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Mali. The warning echoes in the Prime Minister's ears though is

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that of the envoy to Libya, who said that what was happening in

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Mali was making what was happening here in Libya, worse.

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Thank you. The Government has set out for the first time how it will

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spend �160 billion on defence equipment over the next ten years,

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despite the overall budget falling by 8% since 2010. David Cameron

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said today he pledged to keep his promise for a real-terms increase

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in the money for equipment after 2016.

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The debate over the defence budget comes as British forces are

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deployed in a new conflict. The are raf's C-17s among the assets

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helping the French in their fight against militants in Mali. Back in

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Whitehall, the battle has begun over how much money the MoD will

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have in the years to come. In his Autumn Statement the Chancellor cut

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money from defence. Today, the Prime Minister said his

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Government's pledge to raise spending after 2015 would be kept.

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I'm not counting my chickens yet. I will clearly be making the case for

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the funding that we need to deliver Future Force 2020. Our plan for the

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armed forces and the manpower. Today he unveiled what he termed a

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�35 million will be spent on submarines. More -- �35 billion

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But, uncertainty remains. The hard- fought Spending Review for 2015-

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2016, in which Philip Hammond will need to fight their corner against

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other Whitehall departments. This shows it remains a battleground T

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only guarantee is the statement that the MoD will keep the 1% rise

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above inflation to its equipment budget after 2015. That spending is

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around �16 billion a year. That is only half the MoD's overall budget,

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so the rest remains to be fought for. The country could have

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confidence in the Labour Party, if we were to win the election, would

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have a further scope of the threat the nation faces and see how we

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match wit the funding and the full size we need. With thousands of

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redundancies in the Armed Forces being made, any more cuts to the

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defence budget could prove politically damaging.

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Let's get more on this from your political correspondent. Some

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confusion over the figures today and presumably concern from

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departments which have not been ring-fenced? Quite so. What it does

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tell is is what Mr Cameron wants to spend money on after 2016. He wants

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to increase spending on the military, which underscores his

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view that we are facing new and emerging threats such as that from

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terrorists in West Africa. As you say, it is a decision with

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important, Knock-on repercussions for other areas of Government. If

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you protect defence spending, NHS spending and protect school

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spending, that leaves you much few our departmental budgets to claw

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back money from to pay off the deficit. It means, I suspect areas

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like local Government may see steeper curbs. Other ministers may

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feel a need to administer themselves a large, stiff whisky

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tonight. One other things before the admirals start to hang up the

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budgeting, they may face one more year of cuts, 2015-2016 because Mr

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Cameron's spending proposal only begins in 2016. Thank you. A man

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has been found guilty of supplying a gun to Mark Duggan, whose

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shooting by police sparked the Kevin Hutchinson-Foster - a violent

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drug dealer and today found guilty of supplying this illegal handgun.

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Mark Duggan was the man he supplied it to. Police knew about the

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handover and within minutes they had shot Mr Duggan dead besides

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this road in Tottenham. The killing sparked riots. They spread across

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England. The worst unrest for a generation. A passer-by filmed the

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aftermath of the shooting. Paramedics try to save Mr Duggan.

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Next to them the unmarked police cars which tried to intercept the

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minicab. Beyond the fence where the police found the gun. The police

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officer who fired the shots told the court that Mark Duggan was here

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and pointing a gun at him. A gun was found several metres away on

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the other side of this fence. The jury was not asked to decide

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whether the police shooting of Mark Duggan was justified or not. At the

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community centre where Mark Duggan once played football, they are

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waiting for a full inquest, due to begin soon. The way Mark was killed,

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you know and the reports which have come out have not been consistent.

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Obviously, the community and the family want justice.

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Independent Police Complaints Commission has been watching the

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Kevin Hutchinson-Foster trials with interest. It says its investigation

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into the shooting of Mark Duggan is almost complete.

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Millions of the poorest households in England could face council tax

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rises from April because most authorities will pass on a funding

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cut, that is according to research from the Resolution Foundation. A

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typical bill will rise between �200-�250 a year.

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Penryn in Cornwall where some of the benefits are being squeezed.

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Many low-income families here pay no council tax at all. That is

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about to change. �200-�250. Michelle Kent is a single parent

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living on benefits. She is expecting a bill of over �200 in

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April and doesn't know where the money will come from. There's

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nothing else I can give up. There's nothing else I can stop. What do I

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do? Stay cold? Eat less? I don't know. I don't... When you are told

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that one bit of money you are given is because you need it, you know -

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I'm not a scrounger! Council tax benefit is claimed by around five

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million households. In April the benefit is being cut by 10%. Many

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families will have to find between �100-�250 extra per year. Residents

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in Scotland and Wales will not be affected. Some local authorities

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are managing to find other savings so they can keep to pay the council

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tax of the lowest income households. For many, including Cornwall, say

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they have no choice but to ask those on benefits and low pay to

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find the money. It is a tax increase imposed on people who are

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poor. They don't have a lot of money - carers, the disabled, mums,

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people who work. It will come in the same month millionaires get a

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tax cut. It is not fair! It is up to each local authority to decide

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how and whether to pass on this cut. Ministers say extra money is

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available for those keeping increases to a mim mum. The

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Government believes councils can and should help those most in need.

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They have to protect pensioners. We've put in �100 million to ensure

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that councils want to, which we think would be good, that nobody

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has to pay more than 8.5%. Many councils are looking at keeping

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what is already in place. To some critics, the new scheme has echoes

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of the poll tax. The Government says it gives councils the

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incentive to get people off benefits or into better paid work.

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Plans to scrap GCSEs in core subjects in England have been

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strongly criticised by a cross party group of MPs. They say there

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is little evidence that the replacement English Baccalaureate

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Certificates will help less able students. Too much, too fast - that

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is the verdict of MPs on the Government's proposed reforms to

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exams in England at 16. The speed and nature of the changes could,

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they say, threaten the very stability of the xm system. Under

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the proposals, GCSEs in English, maths and science will be replaced

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with new and tougher EBCs in 2015. EBCs in history, geoggrafwri and

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languages will follow later, with GCSEs remaining for other subjects.

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MPs are worried subjects like art, music and RE, which will not be

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part of the new qualification will become discredited. They are

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calling on the Government to think again. The head teacher ot this

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London school agrees -- at this MPs also say they are worried about

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how pupils who struggle to get good grades now will cope with the more

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difficult qualification. The new exams will be harder than GCSEs.

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When you think about it more than 40% of children fail to get five

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good GCSEs incluing English an maths. If you make it harder to

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achieve, what are you doing for those children, who are often from

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poorer families as well. This week Wales confirmed it was keeping

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GCSEs at 16, in Northern Ireland, they are under review. Some

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business leaders support the Westminster Government's moves.

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problem is we know there is a serious issue with GCSEs, we know

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it is a central qualification for children in this country. So we

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can't afford to sit round and say we will do it in a few year, we

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need to solve it now. The changes are controversial, the Department

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for Education today defended them vigorously, saying the secondary

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education system was in desperate need of a thorough overhaul. Our

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top story. Russia expresss grave concern following reports that

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Israeli warplanes have bombed targets in Syria. Coming up. 60

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years on. Remembering the hundreds of victims of the east coast floods,

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one of Britain's worst ever peacetime disasters. Later on BBC

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London, a man's arrested ore the murder of a teenager in Pimlico, we

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will have the latest on the police investigation. And as Comic Relief

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repairs to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Pixie Lott will tell

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us how londsers can help. Londoners can help. 60 years ago, Britain

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suffered one of her worst peacetime disasters. The biggest storm surge

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recorded sent water from the North Sea flooding enland. More than 300

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people were killed in towns and villages on the east coast. Many

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more were lost at sea. Our correspondent is on the

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Lincolnshire coast with more. Yes. 60 years ago this whole area was

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devastated. Today those wild winds are back in Lincolnshire, but this

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is nothing compared to what it was like in 1953. Then there was a wall

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of water, 20 feet above the sea- level. Let me show you where it was

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going. To the homes and communities along the east coast. 42 people

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died just here in Lincolnshire. Today, every life lost will be

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remembered. It came without warning. The flood of 53 battered the east

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coast. With the sea claiming town, communities and taking lives. --

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towns. What was it like 60 years ago? Pblgs like a steam train.

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John's family lost everything. Their home swamped by sea and sand.

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But they survived. This beach was lifted out and put on to the road

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on the high street. Four foot, five foot sand. Do you feel lucky to be

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alive? Absolutely. People were terrified and opened the door with

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a babe in arms and the baby was washed away. Three days of savage

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storms claimed more than 300 lives. 24,000 homes were damaged. 60 years

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ago three things happened to create this storm surge. First there was a

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deep area of low pressure across the North Sea, and this had the

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effect of sucking up the water levels. There was also an

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exceptionally high tide, and severe winds. It all created a wall of

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water, heading from the North Sea, towards towns across the east coast.

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Waves were 20 feet above sea-level. At the time flood defences from

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Scotland down to Kent, just couldn't cope. You have concrete

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defence, robust, they are bigger than 53. 60 years on, in

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Lincolnshire over �300 million has been spent on flood defences. So

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far they have held. We are living in an uncertain time. We are

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climate change, the defence are designed for a certain event. What

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we are saying as time goes on, those defences probably will be

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overwhelmed so it is not a question of the, we are say ing it is a

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question of when. People are bet er prepaerd and importantly the story

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of 1953 has not been forgotten. -- prepared. So many lost, so much,

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but 60 years on and a lot of change. The people who live in the houses

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down there have evacuation plan, so do police, paramedics and the Fire

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Service, and the Met Office work with the Environment Agency, so

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they have an early warning system in place, if the floods were ever

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to come in again. It would give people a chance. Something those

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who died in 1953 never had. Thank you. Leading can't si firms have

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been put on the spot by MPs, the pabg which has been invest gating

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the after fires of major firms such as Google Starbucks and alzon has

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been quizzing the financial advisers to those companies. Our

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chief economics correspondent is here, what has been said?. They

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didn't get an easy time, these big can't si firm, like Deloitte, Ernst

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& Young giving a grilling by this committee, which has highlighted

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tax practise of companies like you mention like Starbucks and Google.

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At one point the kphar of the committee Margaret Hodge held up

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Pape we are a complex web of transactions and said why do you

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get involved with helping big companies, set up devices like this

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to move money round the world. The answer was everything we do is

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legal. This is not evasion in any way, so they were on the defensive

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there. This of course comes after David Cameron made his speech last

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week, at Davos, calling for an enters national crackdown on tax

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avoidance, he said wake up and Mel the coffee. Then at the weekend

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Starbucks had been unhappy about that, they say what is going on

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here, we invest a lot. That was down played that report. But two

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days ago the boss of Google told the BBC, we will pay whatever taxes

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are required. If it changes we will adapt. We invest a lot in the UK.

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So high stakes in this debate. Thank you for that. Banks could be

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faces another huge compensation bill for mis-selling after the

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Financial Services Authority confirmed that many small

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businesses had lost money after being sold special plans to control

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the cost of loans, it said in 90% of vulnerable cases which have been

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checked, banks hadn't complyed with rules to prevent customer being

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misled. It is a costly mis-selling scandal for tens of thousands of

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businesses, like John's property development firm in Beverley in

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East Yorkshire. They thought they were buying protection from

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interest rate movement, but to qualify for loans of millions of

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pounds, they were forced into contracts which left them paying

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more interest than expected when interest rates fell sharply in the

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financial crisis, and facing penalty charges of up to 40% of the

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loan in order to get out of the trap. We feel as though we have

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been duped, is probably a good word, that you know, this thing was put

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there to help us and protect us, and it did the opposite. Today, the

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FSA says 90% of a small sample of vulnerable companies like John's

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were mis-sold the contracts call interest rate swaps. If interest

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rates went down the consumer would end up paying higher rates to the

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banks. That can't be right, that people who are unsophisticated

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investors were sold those products. Banks have 12 months to review the

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case of victims and provide redress, which could amount to hundreds of

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thousands of pounds each for many. There is no justification for mis-

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selling, the banks have changed their processes now, they have

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changed their pay policies, to make sure such problems don't happen

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again. Barclays set aside the highest amount for compensation so

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far, but most leading banks are involved and the regulator has

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total them to consider more case, including farms and bed-and-

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breakfast, who might have been left out. So theover all bill for

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compensation is set to escalate. Well, where next for Team Beckham?

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It looks like Paris St Germain. The club have called a news conference

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for this afternoon, with the former England captain beck expected to be

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there. Let us get more from Dan at the BBC Sports Centre. It appears

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that Beckham has been linked with lucrative moves to clubs from every

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corner of the globe. China, Russia, the Middle East too, but it appears

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to be a last tango in Paris for the former England Captain. He is

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almost certain to be the last big move o of what has been a great

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career. Paris St Germain have called a press conference. Beckham

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we understand has been undergoing the formality of a medical in the

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French capital. It's a deal that makes sense. It's a logical move.

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As row can see he has been training at the age of 37 to keep himself

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fit, with Arsenal this last week. He has been looking for a new

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challenge since his deal with LA Galaxy ended at Christmas. I think

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it makes sense in terms of narrative of his career, he has

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played for some of the biggest clubs in the world. Manchester

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United, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Paris fits with that career. It

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suits his wife Victoria and the family who are keen to settle back

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in London, and I don't think he could be accused, although he will

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be paid well by pars, of doing this for financial reason, he wasn't

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deemed good enough to play for Team GB in the Olympics but he will be

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eligible to flay the Champions League for Paris St Germain, who

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buoyed by the cash of their Qatar owners are tried to establish

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themselves as one of the biggest footballing forces in Europe. They

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are a sleeping giant of a club but they have been buying some of the

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biggest names in world football over the last season or two, and

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Beckham is the latest. Some felt that he may be heading for

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retirement, but at the last minute, on the transfer window deadline day,

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there has been one last twist in a fairytale Carrie. Now, it is a

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treasure trove of gold, and silver, a collection of almost 500 items

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dating from the 16, 17th and 18th century which is worth several

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million pounds. It has been donated to Oxford's Ashmolean Museum. Our

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arts correspondent has been to take a look. Goodness. What is this?

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This is a rens sans treasure chamber. Your treasure chamber.

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cabinet of woner, this is a small part of the bequest of Michael

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Wellby that we are about to put on display. This, Davis, is a naught

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lus shell from the Indian Ocean. Can I pick up this one, here?

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Another monster? The monster is a coconut drinking cup. This is a

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real eagle's foot. Topped bay gold double eagle's head. This was made

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for the Medicis in Italy On it goes. Massive collection. I have to ask

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the question, how much is it worth? We are very very delicate on such

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subjects, but a good number of millions of pounds. 20 Million?

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There are individual pieces that are worth in the million, and while

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most of them are not worth that, there are 480 objects, so I will

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leave you to do your own sums! However Michael Wellby began

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collecting in the '40s, an era Blighed by objects looted or

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extorted from Jewish families. we know where it all came from?

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Michael was never terribly forthcoming about where things had

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come from, so there is a lot of research to be done. It is

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perfectly true that these are the kinds of objects which Jewish

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collectors had in quantity. It is not impossible one or two objects

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prove to have come from collections which were the subject of

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confiscation during the Nazi period. The museum is fully signed up.

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is an extraordinary gift. These objects were made to amaze. The

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Ashmolean has a new room of wonders. That is worth a visit. Time for the

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That is worth a visit. Time for the weather now. Another windy day

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across the UK, but for many there is sunshine to come as well.

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However we have got showers working through too. We have seen some in

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the south-east, but think they will fizzle out. There will be sharper

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ones running into the north-west of England. It is to the north we have

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our major area of concern with persis tent wind. To the west of

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the Pennines, perhaps the odd sharper shower, maybe the odd

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rumble of thunder O the east sunny spells to come and it's a fine

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blustery yaver moon in prospect. -- afternoon in prospect. Again, it is

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set to stay dry, windy, but it is relatively mild. Temperatures in

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double figure, the wind will temper that a little. In Wales the odd

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light shower. For Northern Ireland, some sunshine on the way. We have

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got showers but they will tend to clear in the next couple of hours

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it is this area of rain t tail end of the weather system that brought

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the wet weather that we are struck with for today. We have seen plenty

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already. There is more to come and we could have some problems with

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localised flooding. The situation improves as that swings further

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north but it will take wintry weather across northern Scotland.

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By the end of the night you will have to drag your eye further south

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where we have this area of blue surging across the map. The risk of

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local flooding, particularly for the south-west and south Wales.

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Maybe a bit of snow on Friday, but that low does pull away eastwards

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quickly, it will be windy, as it does so by the afternoon, much of

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England and Wales seeing a return of some sunshine, potentially

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sharper showers again for north Wales in the north-west later on in

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the afternoon, maybe something wintry across the hill, but a fine

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afternoon for Northern Ireland and a drier day for Scotland. For

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Saturday, a fine day for the majority, a lot of sunshine round,

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but it will feel chilly. Sunday we are back with the cloud and

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outbreaks of rain. A glimpse towards the weekend. Some wintry

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flurries, but I think it is the way Saturday feels that we will be

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talking about. It will feel cold. We are back with a lot of cloud and

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outbreaks of rain, so a mixture for this weekend. You can though, get

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more details and a longer term outlook if you look on the website.

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