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watchdog, will identify some of those responsible for a possible

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corp-up over baby deaths in Cumbria. The U-turn comes after the Health

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Secretary called for the who truth to come out, and for individuals to

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be held to account. We'll have the latest from our Political

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Correspondent in Westminster. Also this lunch time: At least five

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children and four adults have been kurt after a car crashes into a

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pelican crossing outside of a school in Barry in South Wales. The

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"invisibility minority" of pupils left behind in schools, they are no

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longer in the cities but in market towns and seaside sorts.

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The investigate makes his stringest call yet for the adoption of

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genetically modified technology. You are asking for time off from the

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job to go on CIA missions? Tributes are paid to James Gandolfini, the

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star of the TV show, the Sopranos, who has died at the age of 516789

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On BBC London, the families sleeping in the doorways of Central London.

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Res dents say that they have had enough.

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A school's geej of if physical fitness that could improve exam

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results. Good afternoon. Welcome to the bheeb

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News at One. The organisation at the heart of allegations of a cover-up

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over the deaths of babies in Cumbria, will identify some of those

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at the centre of the scandal. The move follows the release of a highly

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critical report into the health regulator's response to complaints

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about the deaths of a number of babies at Furness General Hospital.

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There was pressure on the Care Quality Commission to name those who

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allegedly tried to hide the findings of the report. Jeremy Hunt has said

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that he welcomes the decision to identify them.

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In 2010, the healthcare regulator, the Care Quality Commission declared

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Furness General Hospital was safe. We now know that was a mistake. That

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management allegedly tried to cover it up. So far we don't know who the

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managers are. The CQC said that they cannot be named for data protection

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reasons, but pressure has been building on the regulator, now

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ministers say that decision has been changed.

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The CQC will later publish the names of certain individuals, currently in

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the Thornton report. A former employee and a whistleblower of the

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regulator, believes other NHS bodies like the Strategic Health Authority

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Assange culpable. They registered an organisation that

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they knew was not meeting standards. So I think that those individuals

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need to be held to account and I think that we need to know who else

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knew in the SH A, in the Department of Health. How high does the

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cover-up go? Concerns about care at Furness General Hospital were

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apparently well known in 2010, when the regulator said it was safe. The

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local MP has backed calls for CQC managers to be named.

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The public want the best from their health service. When there are

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mistakes, they are appalled that individuals at the top, poor

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managers, often walk away anonymous, unanal to -- and able to take up

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other well-paid jobs in the Health Secretary sector. They want that

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stopped. An important part of this is naming those who fail. As often

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happens with a cover-up it is not the initial mistake that is damaging

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Trust in the Care Quality Commission but the apparent attempt to conceal

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Let's speak with our Political Correspondent Norman Smith.

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Yesterday they weren't prepared to name these people, today they are,

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what has change?ed I think that the Care Quality Commission has bowed to

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the inevitable. Facing a wave of popular, political and media irn

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indig nation and fury to not release the name as it could breach their

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privacy, but the Information Commissioner said he could see no

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reason why the names could not be published and suggest fundamental

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the Care Quality Commission had bothered to ring him up, he would is

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a told him that. Jeremy Hunt said that he made it clear he wanted the

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names out in the public domain. A local MP suggested that the police

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should investigate the CQC to see if contravened the law and, another

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that Jeremy Hunt should overrule the CQC and publish the names

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regardless. What probably tipped the balance was the growing view in the

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Care Quality Commission itself, was that there was no way that they

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could seek to re-establish their reputation and rebuild confidence

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with the public if they were seen to be hiding the names of "the guilty

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men and women" when they publish the names, that will not be the end of

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the matter. There will be a focus on the terms and the conditions under

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which the individuals were allowed to leave the organisation. As

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importantly, whether they moved on from this top job within the NHS, to

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other top jobs within the NHS. Norman, thank you very much.

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You cash find out hor on the story on the website at:

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-- you can find out more on the website at:

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At least five adults and four children have been injured after a

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car collided with a group of pedestrian at a pelican crossing in

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South Wales. The incident happened near Rhoose Primary School in the

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Vale of Glamorgan before 9.00am this morning. The road has been closed,

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Emergency Services are at the scene. Our correspondent Hywel Griffith is

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in the village of Rhoose. Yes, the police were called here

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this morning. They are examining the scene behind me, the road is

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cordoned off. We understand that they were called after a car flipped

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up and went on to its roof, hitting a lollipop lady and several

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children. Four of the children are still being treated for serious head

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and body injuries. However we understand that there have been no

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fatalities and the police are treating this as a very serious

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accident. Yards from a pelican crossing a

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black Audi is overturned, sandwiched between a green car and a row of

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bushes. On the ground, part of a lollipop stick is visible, along

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with clothing, strewn across the pavement. This was the aftermath of

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the accident. It happened at Rhoose Primary School at dropping off time

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this morning. There was a hell of a bang. Then all

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of the children were screaming and shouting. You saw the fathers run to

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see where it happened. We took the children into the classroom.

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Five children and four adults, thought to include a lollipop lady,

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were rushed to the hospital. For some parents there was the feeling

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that they had had a narrow escape. It is terrible. It is the way that

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we come to school. It could easily have been us. So, yes, a bit of a

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shock. It is believed that the accident was

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caused when a local resident lost control of their car. It is not

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being treated as anything malicious. The school is open today.

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The school have been fantastic in giving the children some support and

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trying to make the day as normal for them as possible under the

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circumstances. This is a very knit community. We all know each other

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very well. I'm sure that we all know someone who has been involved today.

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The driver of the car is a 61-year-old man. He is assisting the

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police with their enquiries. Well the school us is open. However

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the parents have been coming to collect their children, many having

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witnessed the horrific deal at the beginning of the school day. The

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police investigation continues but with we understand that at the

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moment this is being treated as an accident.

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There they have been called the "invisibility minority", the

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disadvantaged children living in leafy suburbs, market towns or

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seaside resorts, who are being let down by their schools that is

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according to England's Chief Inspector of Schools, Sir Michael

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Wilshaw. He said that the best teachers should be offered incentive

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ives work in poorer backgrounds. A decade ago it was schools in many

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of England's cities, seen as failing their poorest pupils. Years of

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initiative and investment paid off. Many inner-city schools are among

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the best of the -- in the country, a less n to be learned elsewhere.

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Poor unseen children can be found in meet oak schools, the length and the

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breadthth of our country -- mediocre. They are found in market

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towns and seaside resorts. They can be found in prosperous -- prosperous

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communities, many achieving far less than they should.

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There is a warning that no school that is failing its purest pupils

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will be graded as outstanding a and there should absquad of national

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teachers to be deployed to underachieving areas.

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How this would happen nobody knows. I think that the schools need longer

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term solutions than this. Good stable staffing structures to create

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excellence from within. Not to believe it can be parachuted from

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without. Raising aspirations has been the key

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to transforming inner-city schools, according to Ofsted, that should be

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the focus everywhere else. Here in Hastings, the school says that the

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change is underway. Put into special measures five years

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ago, this school has been as the Hastings Academy, graded good by off

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stead. More than half pupils are from low income backgrounds.

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Recruiting the best staff continues to be an issue.

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Tlfrjts are great teachers in the schools. Any resource that helps us

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to retain them and to recruit further is welcome.

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We are going to need to be able to pay highly qualified, ambitious,

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incredibly talented staff more. The Government said that closing the

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gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers is a priority with �2. 5

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billion earmarked to help the poorest pupils by 20156789

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For a long time, the issue of genetically modified foods seems to

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have been off the political menu, but today, the Environment

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Secretary, Owen Paterson, hued a speech to put it back centre stage.

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He said that embracing GM could bring benefits to farmers, consumers

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and the environment. A claim hotly disputed by opponents.

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Wheat is the most widely grown crop in the world. Scientists are keen to

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see if they can improve it through genetic modification. This trial,

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currently grown in the UK, has been alter sod that it emits a smell to

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repel insettings it helps to reduce the amount of pest kriedz needed to

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protect the crop, but there has been public resistance to GM trials so,

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the chances of commercialising a new crop are slim.

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Some of these are... Despite the difficulties, the Environment

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Secretary is keen to see more GM research in the UK. He says that the

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Government must persuade people of the benefits.

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I want the UK to have a leading role in feeding the world. Increasing the

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resilience of global food supplies. Not watching others take the lead to

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forge ahead. But critics say that the push for GM is misguided, that

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the technology promise oats the use of pesticides. That there are better

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proechs. To address the challenges of things

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that we are seeing, climate change and droughts, there are more

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effective technologies to use. The evidence showing that the

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technologies are outperforming GM on every count.

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What about UK farmers? Would they plant GM? You get better yields. The

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population is growing. I think it is the way to go. If we Go push too

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much, we seem to get little. I believe that the population is

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rising. People have to be fed. Owen Paterson wants reform of the EU

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approach to GM, to allow countries willing to embrace the technology to

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move forward, but the issue has been deadlocked in Brussels for years,

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but with no sign of a change in the European public opinion, there may

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be few practical steps that the British Government can take.

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Our top story: The names of health officials involved in an alleged

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cover-up in failings at Furness General Hospital, are due to be

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published this afternoon. Still to come: Battling in Brazil. The latest

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in the country's worst civil rest in 20 years. On BBC London: The amazing

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story of the Chinese er, rickshaw and the London Olympics. Last year

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he became an international star after cycling from China to London.

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Now he is off again. This time to troubled Mafia boss, Tony Soprano.

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Today, the acting world has been paying tribute to James Gandolfini

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who is died aged 51. It is believed he suffered a heart attack on a

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visit to Rome. Among those paying tribute was the man who created The

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Sopranos, David Chase, who called him a genius, one of the greatest

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actors of this time. Man himself said he was a 270 pound Woody Allen.

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He was known to millions as nude jersey mob boss Tony -- New Jersey

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mob boss Tony Soprano. The role of a man juggling his criminal empire as

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well as the demands of his family made him a star. It ran for six

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seasons, won him three Emmy awards and made him world-famous. He was on

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holiday in Italy, where he was due to appear at a film festival, where

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he is believed to have suffered a stroke or heart attack and was taken

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to hospital. We attempt to rescue and after 23, the patient formally

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died. The acclaim for his role as Tony Soprano was the launching pad

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for a successful film career. He was often cast in authority roles. In in

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the loop, he played an army general, a road where he also showed he did

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have the light touch needed for comedy. This is the number, combat

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troops available... 12. At the time of his death he had just finished

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working on a new film and was working on an American version of

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BBC series criminal justice. It will be remembered as a larger-than-life

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figure who managed to bring sympathy and humility to the most corrupt and

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vicious of characters. James Gandolfini, who has died at the age

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of 51. Authorities in Brazil's two bigger

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cities have backed down at plans to increase ticket prices on public

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transport, which have led to protests. It is the worst unrest

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seen on the streets of Brazil in 20 years.

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Another night of violence in this part of real estate. Protesters

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again -- Rio estate. Police clashing with protesters who used rubber

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bullets and tear gas. Attacking the bus was symbolic. This whole protest

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movement started over plans to put up bus fares by just a few pennies

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but it spiralled into so much more. The mayor of Rio gave a news

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conference where he announced a climb-down over bus fares but

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accepted this would not end the protests. Let's not confuse some

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protests that happen in countries that have dictatorships, with what

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is happening in Brazil. We don't want to control the protesters. They

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have the right to protest. To say whatever they want. This is what we

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are going to protect. To protect the right to protest. Many of them are

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young. This group is campaigning for taxpayers money to be spent on

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social programmes, rather than World Cup stadiums. People are dying in

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public hospitals, their transportation is terrible, people

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are taking three or four hours to commute to work on a daily basis.

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People are getting angry because we are living a lie and they don't want

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this lie any more. We want to talk and resolve this problem. I think of

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this generation being the first that was born in a democratic country. It

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is critical of democratic constitutions and wants to make them

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better and more participator. It is when a lot of people who were born

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in the late 80s are coming of age, taking part in a political process

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for the first time and they have found out that the walls of

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government are traditionally closed. Different people have different

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reasons to take to the streets and there is no one group in charge.

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Protesters have been using social media to organised and stations and

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they say they will get hundreds of thousands of people on the streets

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of Rio again, marching to the Maracana Stadium ahead of the next

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game in the Confederations Cup. The jury in the case of Jeremy

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Forrest, the teacher accused of abducting a 15-year-old pupil, has

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retired to consider is verdict. He denies a single charge of child

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abduction. Our correspondent Duncan Canady is at Lewes Crown Court for

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us. A summing up from the judge today. Yes, the judge did his

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summing up and he boiled it down to two choices for the jury. Did Jeremy

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Forrest remove the girl in question from the lawful control of her

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mother. If found guilty they should find him guilty of child abduction.

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Or was it in order to save her life? If they agree with that, they should

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find him not guilty of child abduction. It is in relation to a

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quote from the girl who said you would take her own life if she was

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not able to go with Jeremy Forrest. Forrest denies abducting the girl

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and taking her to France in September of last year. There was a

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big manhunt, they were in bitterly found in Bordeaux after seven or

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eight days. -- eventually found. The girl was in court this morning,

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listening at the back of the court. So was the family of Jeremy Forrest.

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The jury spent an hour or so deliberating today and will continue

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deliberations this afternoon. Retailers had a good month in May

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according to the latest figures. Emma Simson is here with me.

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Something of a bounce back? I think it is worth remembering that in

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April we saw some pretty terrible figures. The amount of goods sold

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was down 1.3% on the previous month. That was largely explained by Easter

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coming early and some bad weather, one of the coldest spring is on

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record, just at a time when retailers were filling up the stores

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with some addresses and garden furniture, stuff that people did not

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want to buy. One month later, up 2.1%. A very good performance

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indeed. This growth has largely been driven promotions and discounts,

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Tula Ross back in so retailers can start shifting the stock they were

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not able to sell in April -- to lure us back in. Food sales through at a

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strongest monthly rate for two years, so a real bounce back.

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do you read into it? Monthly figures can be volatile especially given

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this unpredictable weather. But there is some modest growth. The

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signs are that perhaps we are starting to head in the right

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direction. The question is, can it be sustained? Retailers are still

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not finding it very easy. We have just heard that the retail chain,

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the furniture chain Dwell has ceased trading this morning. It has 23

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stores, mainly in the south, the company has been trying to raise

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funding but it has not worked out. This morning it said it had been

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left with no option but to close the whole business with immediate

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effect. It has around 300 employees who are awaiting the appointment of

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administrators. Another retail casualty.

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Too many mentally ill people are being held for too long in police

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cells, according to a report from four watchdogs in England and Wales.

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Some of those who were detained were as young as 14. Among the reasons

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given were a lack of beds and staff at health facilities.

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It was a Friday night, it was quite hectic and busy. There were people

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kicking off, people being restrained, people shouting and

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sharing. It is a place for criminals, not people who are

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feeling ill. Claire Greaves was recovering from depression and taken

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to a police cell, after complaining of feeling suicidal. A bed in a

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psychiatric hospital was not available. I think it was the wrong

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place and it is something I am never going to forget I have spent, a

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night in a cell. It was a distressing environment and makes

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you feel like you have done something wrong because you are sat

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in a cell on a Friday night. More than 9000 patients like Clare were

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taken to police cells last year, says today's report. A power to

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protect people from harm that officers are meant to use in

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exceptional circumstances, it is being used routinely. This is the

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hospital that Clare could not get into. They say they do their best to

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admit patients when they can. Across England, mental health professionals

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say services are in a state of crisis and too many patients are

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spending time inappropriately in police cells. Provisional NHS

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figures give an insight into the problem. They suggest around 2000

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mental health beds in England, about 12% of the total, were cut last

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year. Alternative community support, say experts, cannot keep up

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with increasing demand. We have had reduction in beds but not had an

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improvement, or enough of an improvement in community services

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and crisis services. People are finding themselves being dealt with

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by inadequate crisis responses and systems really under pressure.

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Patients, not police, should be at the heart of treating mental health

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problems. The Department of Health say they are looking at ways of

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making that truism a reality. The British and Irish Lions head

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coach, Warren Gatland, has named his team for Saturday 's first test

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against Australia. Alex Corbisiero is a surprise inclusion while George

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North has recovered from a hamstring injury to get a place in the

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starting line-up. Just two days from one of the

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biggest games in their lives but the mood in the Lions camp was

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surprisingly relaxed on a release of tension because the team to face

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Australia on Saturday has finally been revealed and the chosen few are

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walking tour. -- walking tall. days. It was awesome. It is what you

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want to achieve when you are a young boy. Even though they have announced

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the team, I still feel pretty relaxed. Any day apart from match

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day. Alex Corbisiero was not in the original Lions squad but he now

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finds himself as a surprise starter in a team that many believe will

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win. Everyone has hit form at the right time. The second rowers in

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particularly at massive -- had massive games last time out. I think

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the Australians will be cold and the Lions have had matches which are

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wide -- is why I think they will win. Australia have not played a

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match and is last year, they have been plagued by injury and named

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three debutants, they still represent a formidable challenge.

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Australia beat the tourists when the teams last met down under, 12 years

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on the coasts are intent on taming the Lions once again. Among an

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ever-growing number of supporters, everyone has an opinion on today's

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team selection. But all here are united by a desire for victory.

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Come on, the Lions! It is ladies Day at Royal Ascot and

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the Queen will be hoping her much fancied horse, The Economy, triumphs

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in the Gold Cup later this afternoon. -- her much fancied

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forced the closure of one of the most famous Catholic pilgrimage

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shrines in the world. Nearly a metre of water has forced the closure of

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Lourdes and pilgrims have been told to leave the site.

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Thousands of pilgrims usually come here each week to bathe in the

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tranquil waters around the Lourdes shrine, but big toe is barely

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visible above the water and the hundreds of pilgrims who visit have

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had to be evacuated. Lourdes has been a place of pilgrimage since

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Saint Bernadette was reportedly visited by the Virgin Mary in the --

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but it is feared floodwater has done extensive damage to the site.

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Floodwaters have covered large parts of south-western France, two people

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have already died as a result of the extreme weather. The water levels

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are now receding in Lourdes and people are beginning to assess the

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damage. But the cost of repairing the shrine is expected to run into

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Let's see what is in store closer to home.

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Not quite as warm as yesterday but still a lot of humidity and given

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some sunshine, it is likely we could see heavy showers and thundery

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downpours in places, particularly in England. We did have some rain

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spread northwards during the morning and through the Midlands. A lot of

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rain across the far north-west corner and across the south-east, an

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area of heavy showers and storms pushing in towards the south-east

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corner and East Anglia. This area working in towards the Midlands. A

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lot of cloud and sea fog around the channel coasts. If we look across

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Scotland, a lot of rain for northern and western areas, persistent rain

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for the Highlands. Across south-east Scotland, a fine afternoon to come.

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Sunshine fading from the Belfast area, turning grey and wet. For much

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of England and Wales, a scattering of heavy, thundery downpours,

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triggered off by some sunshine which could lift the temperatures.

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Outbreaks of rain across western Wales. For ladies Day at Ascot it

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will be dry, quite warm but I could not rule out the odd heavy shower as

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we move through the course of the afternoon. Tomorrow it looks like

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there will be showers but sunshine. Overnight we continue to see

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thundery downpours across much of England and Wales, beginning to push

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eastwards and become confined towards East Anglia and the

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south-east, where it will be warm and muddy. A lot of cloud around,

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bits and pieces of rain, temperatures into single figures. A

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legacy of showers and storms eventually clearing away, and an

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improving day with sunshine coming through, a few showers affecting

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eastern areas. Locally quite warm in the South. For the tennis at

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Gisborne, one or two showers through the course of awning and then it

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towards the weekend. The low-pressure brings heavy rain and a

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drop in temperature and some strong winds. Some bands of the rain will

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be heavy as we go through Saturday and Sunday, cooler for us all across

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the country. The winds will be a feature, in fact touching gale force

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in places, particularly across coastal areas but even inland, heavy

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rain and showers at times. Temperatures ranging from 14 to 17

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