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The official death toll in Egypt continues to rise. At least 525

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people are now known to have died in yesterday's crackdown by the

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security forces. But the Muslim Brotherhood claims the true death

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toll runs into the thousands and call for its supporters to march in

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Cairo today in protest. We will talk to our Middle East editor Jeremy

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Bowen who is in Cairo. Also this lunchtime, hundreds of thousands of

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students get their A-level results. The number of top grades has fallen

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for the second year in a row. There has been a big increase it since

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April in the number of Bulgarians and Romanians working in Britain.

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April in the number of Bulgarians Under construction, the surge in

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numbers as work begins on almost 30,000 new homes in England. The

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stuntman who parachuted into the Olympic Stadium is James Bond has

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been killed in a wingsuit flying accident in Switzerland. Just weeks

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after her Wimbledon triumph, shock accident in Switzerland. Just weeks

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is Marion Bartoli quits professional tennis with immediate effect.

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Later on BBC London, the family of and Oxbridge teenager who fell to

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his death in Spain say they fear it was not an accident. The Olympic

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Velodrome open to the public from next spring.

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Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One. The official number

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of people killed in the political violence in Egypt yesterday has

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risen to at least 525 with 4000 people injured. The Muslim

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Brotherhood has called on its supporters to march in protest at

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Brotherhood has called on its the deaths after the violent

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crackdown on Islamists. They claim that thousands of people were killed

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yesterday when the Egyptian security forces tried to clear two comes in

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yesterday when the Egyptian security weeks by supporters of ousted

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President Morsi. It turned into the bloodiest day in Egypt since the

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pro-democracy uprising two years ago. Our Middle East correspondent

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James Reynolds reports from Cairo. This country is now beginning to

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learn the cost of yesterday's raid. These are the bodies of Morisi

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supporters. Laid in a mosque. Their families. I have lost my brother but

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I swear to God that I am happy that he has become a martyr. The minute

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he left home with the Koran in his hand, I knew he could become a

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martyr. Protesters say that this is evidence that what happened here was

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a massacre. This is what is left of the mosque incumbent. For six weeks,

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this was a refuge and a stronghold for supporters of the deposed

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president Mohamed Morsi. But the security forces have taken it back

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for the state. TRANSLATION:

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I pray to God Almighty to stop the TRANSLATION:

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bloodshed. We don't want anything more than what we have seen here. We

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want Egypt to live in security and stability. This is where protesters

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used to sleep. Workers are now getting rid of all signs of the

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six-week application. -- occupation. Official figures show

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that yesterday's raid was one of the most violent days in Egypt's Grecian

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history. -- recent history. The government insists the police

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history. -- recent history. The military acted with restraint. It

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has called the loss of life regrettable that it has not

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apologised. The new month-long state of emergency gives the government

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extra powers. These will make it harder for the Muslim Brotherhood to

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get back together. But the organisation promises that it will

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continue to protest. Our Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen

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is in Cairo now. You have been out and about the streets of Cairo this

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morning. Tell us what you seen. I have been to the remains of the

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mosque, completely gutted by fire. Very much under the control of the

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military. Around there as well a lot of supporters of the military say

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basically the Muslim Brotherhood had it coming and some of them actually

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celebrated what had happened there. A very different scene at another

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mosque. A couple of miles from there, a place where a lot of bodies

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of the dead have been taken and I think you saw some pictures of fat

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in the report just now from James Reynolds and their thereof several

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hundred bodies. They are putting ice on them to try to cool them down, to

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stop the process of decomposition and in a place like that the people

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there, the families, don't want to discuss things like political

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protest, the chances of mediation or anything like that. They are talking

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about justice for the dead and they are talking about their

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determination to keep on resisting what they say is an illegitimate,

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murdering military government. So Egypt is more divided than ever at

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the moment and no sign of a political way out of this right now.

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Jeremy Bowen in Cairo. With me political way out of this right now.

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our diplomatic correspondent James Robbins. The violence yesterday has

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been condemned around the world, ambassadors being called in by

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governments around the world and urged for restraint in Egypt. First

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what has been said and then whether urged for restraint in Egypt. First

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it will make any difference, you are right. Many Egyptian ambassadors in

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Europe have been summoned by the foreign ministries, so the Foreign

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Minister -- the Foreign Office summoned the ambassador in London

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and was told that Britain and end the use of force to clear the

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protests and urged the authorities to act with most -- to act with

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restraint. The United States, slightly more cautious, urging

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restraint on all sides but slightly less strong in its language against

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the military led interim government. France warning of the possibility of

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the Civil War, Turkey, a friend of President Morsi, saying there should

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be an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council. Will any of this

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make any difference? I am not sure it will. It is clear the military

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think they have achieved a large part of their object, showing that

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they rule the whole of Egypt and it does seem that part of their motives

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is to drive the Muslim brotherhood further if you like to the

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parameters of politics, rather than to absolute and total involvement

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which is what the rest of the world seems to want.

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You can keep up-to-date with the seems to want.

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events in Egypt throughout the afternoon on the BBC News Channel.

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The waiting is finally over for around 300,000 A-level students in

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England, Wales and Northern around 300,000 A-level students in

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and their results show that the overall pass rate was up slightly

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but the number of a macro or a macro star grades was down by not .3% of

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the second biggest fall in the history of the exams and it seems

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the second biggest fall in the that more students are taking

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A-levels in the sciences, maths and economics. Our education

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correspondent Reeta Chakrabarti has been at Arthur Terry School in

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Birmingham this morning and sent us this report.

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It is the day of high emotion for girls and boys alike. Tears of

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happiness were on display but there will have been private tears of

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disappointment as well. But here at Arthur Terry School in the West

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Midlands the overall atmosphere was very upbeat. I have got B in English

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literacy, as the and one in fine art. I did not do as well as I

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wanted to but I am happy with it. I have done really well, I have got

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into university so I am happy. I did not expect it but I got in. Their

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own destinies being decided here and all of the country and

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own destinies being decided here and people with good grades wanting

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higher education, this year it is a bias' market. That is because

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universities can this year recruit bias' market. That is because

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in limited numbers of students who get an a macro or two Bs or above.

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It means AJ, who has done better than expected, can trade up. I

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applied to Aston but I have got better grades so I will upgrade to a

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better course, optometry at Aston University. Anyone who wants to

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better course, optometry at Aston trade up or who has failed to get

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the grades they need for university can get in touch with the call

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centre at UCAS to find vacancies elsewhere. UCAS says numbers being

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centre at UCAS to find vacancies accepted by university were this

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morning up by 9% on last year. This is the biggest number that we

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morning up by 9% on last year. This ever managed to confirm on A-level

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results day ever before. That is partly much more efficient

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processing here at UCAS and in admissions offices but it also means

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there is lots of people out there admissions offices but it also means

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who have got the results, got their confirmed place and this is a great

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day for celebration for them. Around the UK teenagers in Northern Ireland

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continue to do the best, with pupils in Wales coming behind those in

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England. For the second year running in Wales coming behind those in

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those getting the very top grades overall dipped slightly. Why? It

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does look as if perhaps some students have been opting for the

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more difficult A-level subjects, where it is a bit harder to get an a

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macro or a macro star but ultimately this is down to the integrity or the

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exam system, which we have complete confidence in. The system has

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exam system, which we have complete smoothly so far this year of the

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hundreds of thousands of teenagers it is the day they will never

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forget. The number of people from Romania

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and Bulgaria working in the UK has risen by one quarter in three

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months, 141,000 migrants from the two countries were employed here

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between April and June this year. Next year the laws restricting the

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between April and June this year. type of jobs that Bulgarian and

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Romanian is can do will be relaxed, raising concerns that thousands more

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will come to Britain. Our home affairs correspondent Alex Forsyth

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reports. Fruit picking and farm work,

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seasonal jobs often taken up by temporary workers including those

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from Romania and Bulgaria. Currently people from these EU countries face

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restrictions when it comes towards working in the UK. They must have

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permits all be part of agreed schemes but those restrictions will

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be lifted at the end of the year. At this construction site in London it

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is a welcome move. They already employ Romanians and Bulgarians and

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plan to hire more. They are willing to turn up every day during the week

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plan to hire more. They are willing and work at weekends and work

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continuously for months on end. Unfortunately young British people,

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they do tend to tail off within a couple of weeks and leave site

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because they find it is really not per for them. Figures for recent

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months show overall employment levels for the UK have increased but

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the number of Romanians and Bulgarians employed here, while

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still relatively small, has risen at a greater rate than the number of

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workers from any other country. There were 141,000 employed from

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April to June, a rise of 35% compared to the same three months

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last year. Meanwhile the number of workers from across the whole of the

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EU rose by just 5.7% for the same period. We already have a rapidly

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growing population. Our population increased by about 400,000 last

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growing population. Our population year. That is a new city the size of

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Birmingham every two and a half years. An added influx from Romania

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and Bulgaria will add to the years. An added influx from Romania

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population increase. Some say there is like -- unlikely to be an influx

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because this time eight other countries are relaxing their rules

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at the same time as Britain. The government has so far refused to put

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a figure on the number of people it government has so far refused to put

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expects to come to the UK when the government has so far refused to put

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labour market becomes fully open. But it is currently consulting on

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plans to restrict migrant access to some public services, in part to

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address fears over the impact of immigration.

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The heat wave in July gave a big boost to retail sales figures. They

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jumped by 1.1% compared with an increase of 0.2% the month before.

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The sweltering temperatures prompted shoppers to stock up on barbecues,

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food, summer clothes and alcohol, meaning the rise in sales figures

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was far larger than expected. Compared with this time last year,

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the figures are up by 3%, the Compared with this time last year,

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fastest annual rise since January 2011.

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The number of new homes being built 2011.

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in England has gone up in the past 2011.

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three months. Official figures show that work was started on almost

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30,000 new homes between April and June this year, a 6% increase on the

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previous quarter. Our chief economic correspondent Hugh Pym reports.

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There is forward momentum in the house-building industry. Today's

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figures for England show the number of new homes being started is on the

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increase and after a period in the doldrums the industry is feeling

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more confident about the future. The last three or four macro months have

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really seen an increase in the uptake of our properties, allowing

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some increases in price and a high level of visitors coming each

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weekend to the development. Building companies say the government scheme

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offering loans to buyers of new homes has helped, encouraging them

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to launch new projects. Today's figures show the number of housing

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starts in England was up 6% in the second quarter compared to the

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previous three months. That means more than 110,000 was started over

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the last year. At every year an extra 221,000 households are formed

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partly because of population growth. One key area of the housing

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debate is planning and the need to juggle the requirement of many

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communities to build new homes as their economies grow and the desire

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of some to preserve -- to preserve the green belt and stop to the

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development. A row in Saint Albans highlights the problem. It is a town

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with a long history and it is within commuting distance of London. House

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prices have rocketed as buyers chased after the available housing

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supply. The council has been taken to court by developers, who claim

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it's falling well short of housing targets. The case has been closely

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watched by local authorities and builders around the country. This

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site is the battle ground. Developers say it is an obvious

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place to build but local campaigners argue that more building will add to

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what brought that is threatening the identities of Saint Albans and

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neighbouring towns. I would fear the character of the town would change

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if we saw significant developments in the green belt. If we start to

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meld in with Watford, with Hatfield, with Radcliffe and the like, we

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start to lose the historic significance of what the town is

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about. Everyone wants a roof over their head but the big challenge has

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not gone away. Finding where to build the new homes which will

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satisfy demand and help keep a lid on prices.

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The official death toll after the crackdown by security forces in

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Egypt continues to rise. It stand at 525 but protestors claim the true

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death toll runs into the thousands. And copping up, we are live on the

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Gibraltar-Spain border. People have been waiting for up to four hours

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this morning, just to cross the short distance into Gibraltar.

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Later in the hour, I will have all the sport on BBC News with the

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Wimbledon champion Bart announcing her retirement P

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it is one of the last great gleefuld churches of England but Bath Abbey

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has a problem, for more than 300 years thousands of people have been

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buried just below the stone flooring in the 500-year-old building but the

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floor has started to collapse. Revealing huge voids underneath.

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We went to Bath Abbey to find out why.

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Bath's magnificent Abbey looks as strong and stable as it could

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possibly be, but over the last few years, the staff here have been wear

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of a problem. Over the centuries, thousands of bodies have been buried

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down there, and as they have decomposed and turned to dust, it

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has created gaps in the floor which means that part of the floor is

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becoming unstable, and has started to sag.

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So, area by area, they are beginning the process of digging down

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So, area by area, they are beginning stabilising the floor of the Abbey.

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Charles is overseeing it as project manager. Explain what state is this

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ground in? Under the floor here it was like a cheese, honey comb. Holes

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ground in? Under the floor here it a metre or so across, what we are

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doing is to stabilise the floor to provide a level floor that will be

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doing is to stabilise the floor to good for the next 200 years. 6,000

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bodies in here, some people might find it disrespectful the idea of

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digging them up What we are doing is carefully removing any bone, putting

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them to one side and as we rebuild the floor, we will reinterthe bones

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and say a prayer over them, and then build the floor back up. What is

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more exciting is what we are finding by happen chance n the side wall of

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the Abbey, when they built this building, they, in the 1480s, they

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reused the Norman and Roman stone. We are fining beautiful carvings

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which we had no idea was there and we will do all we can do to enable

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the public to see in the future. Thank you. Once it is stabilised,

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they will put in underfloor heating but this will be different. It will

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be using the natural hot but this will be different. It will

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water that this city of Bath is famous for.

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Now, the number of organ transplants carried out in the UK has reached a

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record high. There were over 4200 operations last year. 6% more than

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record high. There were over 4200 the year before. Our health

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correspondent is in Liverpool for the year before. Our health

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now. Do we know what is behind the increase? We do. Welcome to the

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royal Liverpool University Hospital transplant unit, here they

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specialise in kidney transplant, over the last year or so, they

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carried out nearly 100 operation, and they have seen a steady growth

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over the recent years, in the number of transplants they are carrying

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out. That is a trend that has been seen across the United Kingdom, so

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4212 transplants carried out in the last year, 6% more than the previous

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year. Of course, you can't have transplants without donors and we

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found out in April they there has been a 50 pierce increase in the

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number compared to 2008. That is down to the work of specialist

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nurses who work with bereaved families in hospitals. But the NHS

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is warning there are still more than 7,000 people waiting for a

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transplant, there is a lot more work to do, and they point out more than

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400 people died while waiting for a transplant last year. So they say

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400 people died while waiting for a more donors are still needed, but

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this is a good news story. Thank you.

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UKIP's party treasurer has said that women's failure to beat men in

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sports where they are not physically disadvantaged suggests that

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companies should not be forced to hand them places on boards. His

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comments were made when discussing when quota quotas to be issued to

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force businesses to employ more women. Motorists in Spain have been

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force businesses to employ more queueing for up to four hours this

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morning, to cross the border into Gibraltar, because of police check,

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normally it takes just 20 minutes. The Spanish foreign ministry says it

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is completely necessary in the wake of increased smuggling of to be deat

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the border but it comes at a time of diplomatic tension between the

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Spanish and British Governments over the territory. Our Madrid

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correspondent is there now. No sign this dispute is going to be

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resolved soon. Lets us show you the border between southern Spain and

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Gibraltar. The police there this morning have been putting rigorous

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checks into place, the most rigorous I I have seen since I have been

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checks into place, the most rigorous here, we will show you the queue. It

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starts here at the point, and if you just turn round here, you go round

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the corner, you can see tourist bus, so that contributes to the traffic,

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but if we just keep back here and we might be able to zoom down and begin

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to show you how far it goes back, now, I am not sure now, where the

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to show you how far it goes back, queue finishes but people have been

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telling us they have been waiting up to four hours this morning, I have

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spoken to the Spanish Government, they say the checks are necessary

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spoken to the Spanish Government, because of the amount of tobacco

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that is smuggled over from the border from Spain, into jiby and

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sorry Gibraltar into Spain -- Gibraltar, we were going to see if

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we can speak to one of these people. How long have you waited? This man

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had only waited for an hour. Not saying he has but some people have

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been jumping the queue. Tempers have frayed. We have had reports of

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violence back in the queue. People have been getting fed up and angry.

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violence back in the queue. People There is no sign this dispute

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between Spain and Gibraltar is anywhere near being resolved.

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Thank you very much Tom. Now the stuntman who doubled as

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James Bond skydiving into the opening ceremony of the London

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Olympics has died in an accident in opening ceremony of the London

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sweat with the. He crashed into a mountain after jumping out of a

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helicopter in a wing diving suit mountain after jumping out of a

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designed to let him glide through the air. It was a spectacular stunt.

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By skydiving above the Olympic Stadium, Mark Sutton gave us one of

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the most thrilling moments of the London 2012 Opening Ceremony.

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Alongside fellow stunt manned Gary Connery dresses a the Queen, the

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pair demonstrated exceptional skill. But yesterday, just over a year on,

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Mark Sutton died in Switzerland. Another crazy edge. Mark, seen here

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in red, hiking with Gary on a previous expedition was described by

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his friend as smart, articulate and funny. The 42-year-old was taking

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part in a jump similar to this in the Swiss Alps. He was wearing an

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aerodynamic wing suit, designed to the Swiss Alps. He was wearing an

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help his glide at high speed. It is thought he crashed into a ridge.

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Swiss police described him as one of thought he crashed into a ridge.

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the 20 best wing suit specialists in the world. His family is said to be

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devastated by their loss. Now, less than six weeks' ago she

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was the toast of Wimbledon, after becoming the new ladies champion,

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but now Marion Bartoli says she is quitting professional tennis with

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immediate effect. The 28-year-old who is ranked in the world was in

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tears as she announced her shock decision at a tournament in America,

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but she said being plagued by injuries meant she was in constant

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pain when she played. Only last month she was on top of the world.

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She is unique. She is Wimbledon champion as well.

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But Marion Bartoli, the surprise story at the All England Club has

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shocked tennis again by emotionally announcing her retirement after the

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French player lost in America. It is time for me to retire, and it

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is time for me to... Aged 28, Marion Bartoli decided to call it a day

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after struggling with a succession of injuries that have become

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increasingly obvious. I have been doing this for so long,

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and it just, I just can't do it any more.

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and it just, I just can't do it any Marion Bartoli's tears of joy,

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having won Wimbledon charmed tennis fans across the world. You know, I

:25:12.:25:15.

having won Wimbledon charmed tennis said it is all good. I dreamed about

:25:15.:25:18.

this moment for so long. Having such a record by winning her first Grand

:25:18.:25:23.

Slam at the attempt she won't have the opportunity to defend the title

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she waited so long to claim. Time for a look at the weather.

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We have a fairly humid feel to the Time for a look at the weather.

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weather today. For most we started off cloudy. There will be rain

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working into western parts, but elsewhere, the skies gradually

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brightening up a bit as we head through. Take a look at the

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satellite picture. It is moving into the west that will bring the wet

:25:50.:25:54.

weather but in the Atlantic, to the east coast of Canada, there is an

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area of low pressure that will deepen and bring wetteth we --

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weather to pars of the British Isles.

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There could be sharp showers for the North East of the country.

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Heavy outbreaks of rain and that rain will sweep across the Irish

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Sea, to bring wet weather to north-west England, to western Wales

:26:16.:26:19.

and we will probably start to see a few showers developing in a line

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from Devon, across the high ground of Wiltshire, the Cotswolds on to

:26:24.:26:29.

the Chilterns and running up to parts of the Wash. Elsewhere in

:26:29.:26:31.

England the weather stays parts of the Wash. Elsewhere in

:26:31.:26:35.

dry with more sunshine. Overnight the weather front continues to slide

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south and eastwards, bringing hefty falls of rain to Cumbria and West

:26:39.:26:44.

Wales and it will feel humid. Temperatures 16, 17 degrees but

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fresher weather getting into Scotland and Northern Ireland. Here

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it should be a fine start to the day with sunny spells, and a few showers

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on a brisk wind. The remains of the weather front in East Anglia and

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south-east England, bringing damp weather in, the rain probably

:26:59.:27:03.

turning showerry, elsewhere we will start to see sunny spells. It will

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feel fresher, temperatures into the low 20s. The weekend, this weather

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chart would be more what we would see in autumn, rather than August,

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deep area of low pressure heading into the north-west of Scotland,

:27:15.:27:19.

bringing in prolonged spells of rain to the north-west and near gale

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force winds as well. The rain band as it swings there will last round

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three or four hours, that is all the rain you can expect, so it is not a

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wash out. In East Anglia and the south-east the weathershould

:27:32.:27:35.

brighten up for a time. Temperatures again into the low 20, 22 or so

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where we see the brightest of the weather. The Premier League starts

:27:39.:27:42.

this Saturday. It doesn't take long to come round. A bit of cloud round

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in England but at least it stays dry and Arsenal take on Aston Villa. But

:27:47.:27:52.

there will be evening rain. That rain will swing through overnight

:27:52.:27:55.

and leave us with a reasonable day on Sunday. A few showers blowing in

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on a bris wind, with temperatures into the upper teens or low 20s. It

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is not looking too bad. If you want a full five day weather forecast,

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you can find out more on line. Thank you. P A reminder of the main

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story this lunchtime. The official death toll after

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yesterday's crackdown by security forces in Egypt now stands at 525.

:28:18.:28:24.

Protestors claim the true number runs into the thousands.

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Still to come, more on events in Cairo, including reports since we

:28:30.:28:33.

have been on air that hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters have

:28:34.:28:36.

stormed a government building in the capital.

:28:36.:28:41.

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