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huge fall in unemployment. It fell by 167,000 to just over 2.3 million,

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the biggest fall since 1997. The dramatic fall in the jobless rate

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from 7.4% to 7.1% is the big surprise, and prompts questions

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about interest rates going up. Also this lunchtime: Angry exchanges as

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Syrian peace talks get underway in Switzerland.

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The former England footballer Stan Collymore accuses Twitter of not

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doing enough to stop death threats and racist abuse online.

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At least three people have died in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, as the

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violence between police and protesters grows.

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A court hears that Coronation Street actor William Roache told police

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that rape was against his nature and he was a very peaceful person.

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And Andy Murray is out of the Australian Open, as Roger Federer

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takes his place in the semifinals. Later on BBC London: Campaigners

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lose their Supreme Court battle against the proposed HS2 rail link.

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And London's getting younger, as more families choose to stay in the

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capital. Good afternoon and welcome to the

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BBC News at One. The Bank of England says there is no rush to raise

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interest rates, despite a dramatic fall in unemployment, down to 2.32

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million. The jobless rate now stands at 7.1%, just above the 7% mark at

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which the bank said it would consider raising interest rates from

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their current all-time low. The latest figures show that the number

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of people in work also grew by a record amount. Here is our chief

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economics correspondent, Hugh Pym. Companies like this are on the

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move, and that is why unemployment is falling fast. This high-tech

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business in Derby makes carbon fibre components for industries like car

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manufacturing. It started up just six years ago, and already has more

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than 40 staff, one reason why Derby saw the biggest fall in its jobless

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total of any area last year. Aaron and his father Keith have both been

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taken on recently, and it has given them a new lease of life. It was

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horrible being out of work. It was a great feeling to get the job. When I

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got the call, it was overwhelming. Local training providers do their

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bit. At Derby College, they work with employers who are recruiting

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and help people out of a job prepare for interviews. The head of the

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programme said that whereas most jobs used to be in retailing, there

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is now a broader spread. There has been a change in opportunities, more

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warehouse distribution, more engineering, more travel and

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tourism. That is something else for the area. I think the process we

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have put into place has helped many people into jobs. Better than

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expected news on jobs is a major issue for the Bank of England. Under

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the forward guidance policy, it says it will start thinking about raising

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interest rates when the unemployment rate comes down to 7%. When the

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policy was unveiled by the governor, Mark Carney, last August, the

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jobless rate was 7.8% of the workforce. The bank thought it would

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stay above seven for at least three years. But by December, the reported

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rate had fallen to 7.4%, and today we learnt that it has fallen again

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to 7.1. When the Bank of England first set up its forward guidance

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system, they said they would not raise until the middle of next year.

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Now, the speed of improvement in the activity and employment data suggest

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that they may have to consider raising rates this year. Most hearts

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of the UK saw a fall in unemployment. There was a small

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increase in Northern Ireland. We also learned today that while more

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people are in work, average pay rises are still running at less than

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half the rate of inflation. The squeeze on consumer budgets has not

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gone away. And Hugh is here. Sorry dramatic

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fall in unemployment figures come in but questions now about interest

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rates and when they could go up? Yes, a much bigger fall in

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unemployment and analyst habit spectacle. It is now at the lowest

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level since early 2009. The number of vacancies out there in the

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economy is at the highest since 2008, so a much stronger picture

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than people expected. So what does it mean for interest rates? As you

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have been hearing, it is this 7% threshold at which the Bank of

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England has said it will start considering rate rises. The minutes

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of its latest meeting suggest that even if unemployment does get to 7%,

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it is in no rush to raise interest rates at all. It will sit back and

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consider other things. That reflects some of the Bank of England

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recently, that the 7% does not in any way immediately trigger a rate

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rise. Inflation remains low at 2%. They will not be in a hurry. But

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there is a communication issue here, because the markets certainly think

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the rate rise has been brought forward as a result of today's

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figures, and the bank will have a job to be negating its thinking over

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the next month or so. Our chief political correspondent,

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Norman Smith, is in Westminster. Prime Minister's Questions ended a

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short time ago. The reaction there? I think it was very revealing,

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because you could sense the buoyancy on the conservative benches. It

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seems to me that our American cousins often refer to what they

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call the big momentum, and you just sense that politically, on the

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economy, momentum is now coming behind the coalition, not just

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because of today's falling unemployment, but because we have

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had a steady diet of better economic news, be it on inflation, growth or

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car sales, you name it. The point about the big Mo is not just the

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psychological lift it gives to a government, but also that it can

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make life extremely difficult for an opposition. For the moment, Ed

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Miliband and labour are sticking with their cost of living crisis

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narrative. But it is becoming a hard argument to make. The prime minister

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taunted Mr Milan in the Commons of now casting around for something

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critical to say. -- Mr Miliband. We had the banking problem. Then we

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had the deficit problem, and now we have the cost of living problem.

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He's like an arsonist who goes round setting fire after fire, and then

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complains when the fire brigade aren't putting out the fires fast

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enough! Why doesn't he start with an apology for the mess that he left

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us? SPEAKER: Mr Ed Miliband! He comes here every week and does his

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Bullingdon club routine, and all he shows, and all he shows, is that he

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has absolutely no understanding of the lives of people up and down this

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country. That is the reality. Ordinary families are working

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harder, for longer, for less. The help of Mr Miliband will be that

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beneath the headlines, many families are still finding things

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extraordinarily difficult. But it seems to me that the flip side of

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the big Mo is the big slow. And the real danger for Labour, as they

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begin slowly, but remorselessly, to lose traction on their core cost of

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living argument. Talks aimed at ending three years of

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civil war in Syria have begun in Switzerland. The Syrian government

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and the main opposition groups are attending the summit, along with

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international allies. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon told

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delegates that they faced a "formidable challenge", but there

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was a chance to "make a new beginning". Our Middle East

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correspondent, Paul Wood, is at the talks in Montreux.

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It is not the obvious choice of venue to end a war, but hotels near

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the UN's Geneva headquarters were full with the watchmakers'

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convention. Instead, the pretty lakeside town of Montreux played

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host to the bitter enemies of Syria's civil war. So, face-to-face

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for the first time, Syria's government and the opposition

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seeking to overthrow President Assad. Crucially, they are not

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talking directly to each other yet. Now is the time for speeches, each

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aimed at their own domestic constituencies. The Syrian

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government will brook no talk of Mr Assad's future. Instead, they want

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help to suppress the armed rebellion. TRANSLATION: They are

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carrying out terrorist attacks, although they claim to be fighting

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terrorists. The media are lauding these people, these terrorists, by

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claiming they are moderate, although they know full well that they are

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extremist than terrorists. As he went over time, the UN

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Secretary-General tried to cut him short. You live in New York, I live

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in Syria, he angrily told Ban Ki-Moon. After three years of

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suffering, I have the right to speak. One sentence, just to keep

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your promise. It was a bad tempered exchange, with the newly -- usually

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mild-mannered Mr band. It was a sign of the intractable nature of the

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problem here. The opposition only came here because they were promised

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they would be able to discuss the end of the regime. TRANSLATION: We

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need a quick and serious cooperation to reach a solution. This needs the

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full conviction of all parties, not only giving authority to a new

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transitional government, but also the departure of Bashar al-Assad.

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There is no way, no way possible in the imagination, that the man who

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has led the brutal response to his own people could regain the

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legitimacy of government. One man and those who have supported him can

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no longer hold an entire nation and a region hostage. There seems a

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fundamental divergences of views over whether or not this conference

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is about regime change. What progress is possible with the two

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sides so far apart? At the end of this week, how should we measure

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success or failure at these talks? I think at the end of this week, it

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will just be that they are going on. I really don't want to raise

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expectations about what we achieved this week. It has been an immense

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effort to bring the Syrian regime and opposition together at all, so

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no one should expect a breakthrough this week. Meanwhile, the war goes

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on, with 130,000 head by one count. President Assad has survived in the

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face of many predictions of his demise, but he cannot win an

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outright victory, and neither can the rebels. The hope of this

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conference lies in both sides recognising that fact, and beginning

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a dialogue here in Switzerland. Almost 2.5 million people have fled

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Syria since the fighting began in 2011. More than one million have

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gone to neighbouring Lebanon, many of them sheltering in the north of

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the country, which now has more than 200 refugee camps. Our

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correspondent, Jim Muir, is at one of them, the UN refugee centre in

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Zahle in the Bekaa Valley. It seems a long way from the 5-star

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hotels of Switzerland, where the fate of these refugees is ultimately

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being decided. At this registration centre at Zahle in the Bekaa Valley,

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about a thousand refugees are being enrolled every single day. It is a

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lengthy process. The pressure of numbers is so great that some of

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these people have already waited several months before getting an

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appointment to come and register. There are people here from all over

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Syria. Every one of them has a story to tell of violence and destruction

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and lives disrupted. This man was just talking to us when there was a

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sudden interruption. A car tyre exploding caused a moment of panic,

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but these people have all been through far worse. They are aware of

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the talks in Switzerland, but nobody seems optimistic. TRANSLATION:

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Geneva is just a photo opportunity. The outside countries don't want a

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solution. Meanwhile, the Syrians are dying and no one cares. If there is

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a solution now, of course we would go home. But anything that leaves

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Bashar al-Assad or any of his regime in power would be impossible.

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Meeting all the needs of all the refugees is clearly impossible. All

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the relief agencies are chronically short of funds, and the problem is

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getting bigger every day. All I can do is try to continue to communicate

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the great misery that this conflict continues to have on the lives of

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refugees, those who have been displaced within Syria and those who

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have been displaced as well, and also the enormous challenges for

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hosting countries like Lebanon. A generation of children are having to

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be cared for here, growing up in exile. Any Lebanese are now

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wondering about the implications for them if there is no solution to

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allow the huge number of Syrians to go home.

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Let's go back to Switzerland and those talks.

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Our Middle East correspondent, Paul Wood, is in Montreux. We heard

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William Hague saying earlier that it was an immense effort just to get

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these talks going. What hope is there of achieving anything?

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Firstly, nobody should worry that the real issues here would be

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obscured by the diplomatic niceties. As we saw in the news package, there

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were some direct exchanges. Right at the start, Ban Ki-Moon appeal to the

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delegates to use constructive language, not to be inflammatory.

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Then, we had from the Syrian Foreign minister what some have described as

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a diatribe . He called the opposition foreign agents and

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terrorists. And then, looking around the table at some representatives of

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other Arab governments, he said some had used petrodollars to finance the

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overthrow of his government. One of the governments on the receiving end

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of those remarks, Saudi Arabia, accused Mr Assad and the Syrian

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regime of having blood on its hands. This is about the fundamental

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problem at the opposition thinks it is here on the basis that it is all

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about regime change, whereas for the regime and the delegation that Mr

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Assad has and, the discussions are about anything but that. The hope

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resides in Friday's meeting, when they will meet face to face behind

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closed doors. Perhaps the posturing . And they will get down to

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practical issues like cease-fire and access for humanitarian aid, small

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steps which might improve the situation for people in the middle

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of this civil war in Syria. And you can keep up to date with

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those talks throughout the afternoon on the BBC News Channel.

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The former England footballer, Stan Collymore, has criticised Twitter

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for not doing enough to combat abusive messages after he received

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death threats and racist abuse on the social networking site. Police

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are investigating the messages which were posted after Collymore

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suggested that the Liverpool striker Luis Suarez dived during Saturday's

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game against Aston Villa. Sarah Campbell reports.

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Dive from Luis Suarez. Comments made by Stan Golem or. He dived like a

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toddler, not a professional athlete. There have been ten or 15 foul

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messages of racial abuse. But also threats of murder. I would suggest

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that is a serious crime. If that happened on the street, there would

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be action. Twitter are taking no action. With 400 million tweets

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being sent worldwide every day, monitoring them is a huge task. The

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online abusers are known as trawls. As will be shown on Crimewatch this

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evening, the police are taking the issue seriously. We are talking

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about three hours between something being seen on Twitter and is

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knocking on the person's door. There have been convictions. This woman

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was subjected to sustained abuse on Twitter after campaigning to have

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Jane Austen only ?10 note. The people who have been found represent

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the tiniest drop in the ocean. We are in a bad situation. I really

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hope this latest flare-up will force Twitter to take some proper steps so

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that everyone is protected. Tom Daley has been a frequent target for

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abuse on social network websites. When ever I have had problems with

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Twitter it has been sorted out quite quickly. I can't comment on what

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they are doing behind-the-scenes. Twitter abuse is against rules on

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Twitter. The police say the police say they are liaising with them

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following Stan Collymore's complaint.

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Our top story this lunchtime: No rush to raise interest rates says

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the Bank of England despite a huge fall in unemployment.

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And still to come, we hear from the wife of the Briton murdered on their

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boat in the Caribbean. Later on BBC London:

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A world first. Blackfriars Bridge shows off its new roof, complete

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with 4,000 solar panels. And from acting to acrobatics. Why

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Sadie Frost hopes to be flying high at Camden's Roundhouse.

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The violence has escalated in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. This

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morning two people died during running battles between police and

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demonstrators. They are the first fatalities since protests began in

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November at the government's closer ties with Russia and its rejection

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of a planned treaty with the EU. Our correspondent Daniel Sandford is in

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Kiev. The hill near the parliament in

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Ukraine was a battle ground again this morning. As most people were

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eating breakfast, young men were throwing petrol bombs and rocks at

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police lines. There had been a lull of 24 hours. When the police try to

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clear some of the barricades, anger exploded again. Several times, we

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saw officers firing on protesters when they got too close. They are

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using plastic bullets, but this morning the first efforts were

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confirmed by the police. In hospital, I found a retired military

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man from Crimea who lost one of his eyes on Monday. TRANSLATION: I was

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near the riot police when I was hit with a bullet. I removed it with my

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hand. I was taken to hospital by ambulance. I had surgery

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straightaway and my eye was removed. At times this morning, hundreds of

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riot officers charged out beyond their lines, forcing everyone to

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scatter. The police have now driven down the street where the protesters

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have been for the last few days. They have cleared the streets and

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are chasing the protesters back down towards the main square where

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demonstrations have been going on for the last two months. The Prime

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Minister today described the young fighters as terrorists. The

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prosecutor general said they are a threat to national security. The

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protesters called the president criminals. More peaceful

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demonstrators sang the national anthem at the front line. This began

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as a protest in favour of joining the European Union. As the

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government has clamped down and introduced harsher laws, this small

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part of the city has descended into chaos.

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The jury in the trial of the Coronation Street star William

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Roache has heard how he told police that rape was against his nature and

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he was a very peaceful person. The actor said he was absolutely

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surprised and amazed when the police first arrested him. And he

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questioned whether the allegations had been made for a moment of fame.

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Mr Roache denies two rapes and five indecent assaults between 1965 and

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1971. Judith Moritz reports from Preston Crown Court.

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William Roache arrived for the seventh day of his trial flanked by

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his daughter on the right and his son on the left. His children have

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been in the public gallery throughout the hearing is. Today the

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court heard about the moment last May when William Roache was arrested

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at his home in Cheshire on suspicion of two rapes. He told detectives he

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was surprised and amazed. The prosecution claims that in 1967 the

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Coronation Street actor raped a teenage girl twice. One of the

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incidents happened at a bungalow that the actor had had built. After

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his arrest, William Roache denied raping her. Asked why the allegation

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might have been made, he told the police, it is the climate of what is

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happening at the moment. A lot of people coming out to accuse

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celebrities of alias things for various reasons. I don't know what

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the motivation is. Perhaps a moment of fame. I am horrified by the whole

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thing. You repeatedly denied the accusations of rape. You told the

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police here is a peaceful and gentle person. I would never do anything to

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offend or upset anybody. The 81-year-old actor is charged on five

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counts of abusing girls. He denies all the charges.

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Ministers have vowed to press ahead with the HS2 high-speed rail link

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after winning a key legal victory in the Supreme Court. Objectors had

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accused the Government of cutting corners to push through the fifty

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billion pound project, saying they were in breach of European

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environmental laws. But judges at the UK's highest court dismissed the

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accusations. The economist Vicky Pryce who was

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jailed for lying to police over speeding points received by her

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ex-husband, the MP Chris Huhne, has returned to her role as a government

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adviser. She resumed her unpaid position after serving her sentence

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for perverting the course of justice.

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A study confirming a link between pollution and the risk of a heart

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attack has prompted experts to call for tougher clean-air targets in

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Europe. Researchers found that the longer people are exposed to air

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pollutants, the greater the risk. And the effects were seen at levels

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below current safety limits, as our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes

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explains. The evidence that air pollution can

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increase the risk of heart attacks is growing. Across the European

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Union, there are already laws designed to reduce pollution. Now a

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new report suggests people might experience harm even below those

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levels. A study in five countries looked at the link between pollution

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and heart attacks. It forward 100,000 people with no history of

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heart problems. It found that as pollution increased, so did the

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likelihood of a heart attack. We are talking about the size of particles

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in diesel. You breathe in these particles and they go from your long

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into your bloodstream. Then they can have effects throughout the body.

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Experts stress the risk to the individual is relatively small. High

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blood pressure or smoking still cause a much greater danger. If

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people are being harmed even within the pollution limits of the EU,

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experts say that even tougher regulation might be needed to.

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Five men have been arrested for the murder of the British tourist Roger

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Pratt who was attacked in the Caribbean. A postmortem examination

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has revealed he was hit over the head aboard his yacht, Magnetic

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Attraction, before being drowned on the island of St Lucia, from where

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Michelle Fleury reports. This is the bay where Magnetic

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Attraction was murdered, on the southern tip of the Caribbean

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island. But that can't was brutally shattered. For Roger Pratt and his

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wife Margaret, it should've been the trip of a lifetime. Late on Friday,

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thieves burst onto their boat. The attack them and fled. Speaking for

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the first time since her husband 's death, Margaret Pratt told the Saint

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Lucia and government they had felt safe here. We had enjoyed our time

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on St Lucia. We felt safe until those tragic events. We have had

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considerable kindness from many people. But kindness is continuing.

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Roger Pratt and his wife had called the sport home for the last six

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months. Now it is a crime scene. The police have gathered evidence and

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they are waiting for Margaret Pratt to come and collect it. The cause of

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death was asphyxia due to trauma. We believe it was physical force with

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no weapon. Five young men have now been arrested in connection with the

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murder and are cooperating with police. The couple had been planning

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this trip for a young time. But it ended abruptly. Their voyage to

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celebrate the milestone birthday ending in heartache.

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Andy Murray has been knocked out of the Australian Open in the quarter

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finals by Roger Federer. At one point, when he was two sets down,

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the British number one threatened a dramatic comeback. But in the end it

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wasn't to be. Federer now faces Nadal in the semi-finals. Here is

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our Sports Correspondent Andy Swiss. He had yet to be tested in

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Melbourne, but Andy Murray knew that was about to change. His opponent,

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only the most successful man in tennis history, but one still it

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seems with a point to prove. Last year, Roger Federer looked like

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yesterday's man. But you he was back to his fluent and flawless test.

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Soon he had a two set lead. Murray was flailing only recently having

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discovered from -- recovered from back surgery. But he claims the

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third set tie-break. Then just when it mattered federal rolled back the

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years. In a flash, it was over. On this form, and 18th Grand Slam title

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could yet beckon for federal. For Andy Murray, dog display but

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ultimately disappointing for him. Andy Murray, dog display but

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The weather today is not looking so bad. By the end of the week, a

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completely different story. Cloudy with some sunshine today. Quite wet

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night last night. The cloud and rain is well out to see just now. The

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thickest of the cloud is over the North Sea. Some sunshine poking

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through. Not completely dry day because have some showers over many

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western parts. More to come, especially over the north-west of

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the UK. The showers will be getting into the western half of Scotland.

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You will probably need your umbrella in Northern Ireland as well. For the

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bulk of the UK, this afternoon will be not too bad. Frilly overcast with

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some brightness poking through. Not too cold. Probably a degree or two

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above average for the time of year. A decent end to the afternoon for

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most of us. Tonight, more showers to come, many of them heavy and wintry

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especially over the north and north-west of the country. This band

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of rain will mean snow over many of the Scottish hills. Amassed a rush

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hour over the Rowlands. -- a nasties rush hour over the lowlands. That

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will sweep through late on and then the sun will come out. Thursday not

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a bad day. Quite brisk. Temperatures will be down. Still some wintry

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showers to come over the North of Scotland. On Friday, it is not

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looking too great. The weekend is not looking great. This is early in

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the morning. Rain and strengthening winds. The rain and wind will splash

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its way through Friday night, so it looks as though you will be winning

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in a number of areas on Friday evening. Gale force winds over the

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north-east of Scotland. Saturday, we might get away with it. Could be

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some sunshine around. Sunday is the day when the winds will pick up and

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the rain will arrive. Looking quite next. -- mixed.

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Now a reminder of our top story this lunchtime:

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