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calls for calm. At least 25 people have been killed in the past 24

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hours in the capital Kiev - and the violence has spread to other towns

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and cities. We'll have the latest from Kiev.

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Also this lunchtime: The News of the World hacking trial hears how Tony

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Blair advised former editor Rebekah Brooks how to handle the developing

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scandal - just days before her arrest.

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Unemployment falls again - this time by 125,000 - as average wages

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continue to rise. French police seize weapons from the

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home of a man arrested in connection with the murders of a British family

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in the Alps. And drama in Sochi as Britain's

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women curlers take on the favourites, Canada, in the

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semifinal. Later on BBC London: A coroner urges

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the Government to take action on web safety after a teenager took her own

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life. And anything but normal - as flood

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waters continue to drop in Surrey, some families return home.

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Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One. The smoke is still

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rising from Independence Square in the Ukranian capital, Kiev, as

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violent clashes between riot police and anti-government protesters

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continue. At least 25 people were killed and hundreds more injured

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were injured yesterday as the police tried to clear the square. The

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Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovych, has blamed opposition

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leaders for the latest fighting - and accused the protestors of having

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crossed the line. Violence has spread from the capital to other

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towns and cities. Our correspondent Duncan Crawford has the latest from

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Kiev: The bloodiest 24 hours since Ukraine

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deigned independence from the Soviet Union. Protesters threw fireworks

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and petrol bombs at police in Independence Square. They responded

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with rubber bullets and stun grenades. What has been the focal

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point of largely peaceful demonstrations the weeks became a

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battle zone. An armoured vehicle burst into flames as fires raged

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amid the chaos. The clashes went on for hours with both sides claiming

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the other used to live ammunition. TRANSLATION: There is no justice

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here. Today's government, protecting itself using force, must serve its

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people and not the oligarchs. This is the last war. This is the last

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chance for us. If not, everything will be broken. The death toll has

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continued to rise, with protesters and police killed in the violence.

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Hundreds have been injured. President Yanukovych firmly blamed

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the opposition for what has happened. TRANSLATION: I am again

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calling for opposition leaders, who claim to want a peaceful resolution,

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to immediately separate themselves from the radical forces that promote

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bloodshed is and clashes with security services. Overnight talks

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between the president and opposition leaders failed to reach a deal. The

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Occidental politician, called for compromise. -- Vitali Klitschko, the

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boxer turned politician, called for compromise. The protests began three

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months ago after President Yanukovych rejected a trade deal

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with the EU in favour of closer ties with Russia. Since then, the

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protests have developed into a direct challenge to the government.

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Sporadic clashes are still taking place. The situation is extremely

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tense. This whole area had been under the control of the protest is

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but they don't control it any more. -- the protesters. The protests have

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spread to other regions of the country. In this western city,

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protesters seized government buildings. The Pope has called for

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an end to the violence, which Russia has blamed on the opposition. EU

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leaders are set to discuss possible sanctions against the government.

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Ukraine is increasingly polarised. Today the violence continued. It

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isn't clear what, if anything, can calmly under on the streets.

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Duncan is in Kiev for us now. As the violence continues, the protests

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spread. It's difficult to see how this is going to end. Very difficult

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indeed. No sign of a resolution at the moment. Opposition leaders met

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with President Yanukovych overnight but no deal was made. Because of the

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anger and distrust on both sides, it's really hard to see how they

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will be able to reach a compromise. The protest is' core demand remains

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for President Yanukovych to stand down. They blame him and the

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government for the violence on the streets. There is no sign that the

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president will quit. The government blamed the violence on the

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protesters themselves, who they claim are articles. There have been

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more clashes in the last few minutes in Independence Square with

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protesters throwing stones and petrol bombs at the riot police. The

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riot police responded with water cannons and stun grenades. Outside

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this central square, Kiev is largely going along as normal. The city is

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functioning but the Metro is not running. It has been shut down. Some

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of the roads leading into the city have roadblocks where police are

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stopping cars trying to come into the city and checking them. So the

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situation is still tense and there is a very real prospect of more

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violence over the next 24 hours. Our Europe correspondent Matthew Price

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is in Brussels. There is talk of sanctions from the EU. Indeed. The

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EU has felt it has been heavily involved in trying to bring about a

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resolution to this crisis over the last few months. It has had the

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manse and senior officials shuttling back and forth between European

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capitals and Kiev, yet to no effect. The deaths of the last 24 hours have

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galvanised opinion certainly among some of the member states of the

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European Union. France, Poland and Sweden among others are calling for

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sanctions to be targeted and put in place at an emergency meeting of EU

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Foreign Minister is here in Brussels tomorrow, which will include

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Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague. They say the sanctions should

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be targeted against individuals who are deemed to have been complicit in

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provoking this violence. But it is clear though is a Sanchez would have

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to be put in place against, for example, President Yanukovych, his

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inner circle and members of the government. It would be very hard to

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put in place sanctions against the ragtag band of Howard Clark --

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hard-core opposition rebels. As countries like Belarus and Zimbabwe

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show, you can have sanctions in place for many years and it doesn't

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have an impact on the ruling elite. Secondly, if sanctions are imposed,

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there will be many people in Ukraine who then say, "Right, that's it.

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Brussels is no longer a neutral observer but is picking sides",

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which will make it very difficult for the EU to maintain the sort of

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lines of communication it believes it needs with President

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Yanukovych's government. There's much more on this story on

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our website, of course. Go to bbc.co.uk/news for all the latest

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developments. The number of people out of work in

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the UK has fallen again. Figures for the last three months of 2013 show

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that the jobless total fell by 125,000 to 2.34 million. The number

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claiming job-seeker's allowance fell for the 15th month in a row. And

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those in work appear to be earning more - average wages were up by just

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over 1%. Our chief economics correspondent, Hugh Pym, has the

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details. It is a brighter picture in the jobs

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market. Economic growth means more work, including here, where the

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holiday business CenterParcs is building a new site. That's created

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openings for 1500 staff. They've had 11,000 applications. It's looking

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like 40% of these jobs will be filled by young people, 16 to 24.

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They are people coming out of college, out of school, even off the

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unemployment register. Youth unemployment nationally has fallen

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and the young recruits here are glad of the opportunity of permanent

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work. I've found getting a full-time job very difficult. I was looking

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everywhere - newspapers, online - struggling to find anything. It was

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quite a relief when I found CenterParcs. Ministers were quick to

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welcome the news that the jobless total in the economy was falling.

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Our economic plan is working. We have more people in work in this

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country than ever before. The worst thing for the country would be to

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step away from the plan that has got us this novel stop we need to keep

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working very, very hard to make sure that the economy continues to gather

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strength. Labour said the news was welcome but said there was still a

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long way to go to tackle youth unemployment. There are still one in

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five young people out of work, which is a huge waste of talent and a huge

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waste of taxpayer and the wider economy because we're paying out

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money in benefits and not getting the tax revenue they would be paying

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in jobs. We've learned more today about what people in work are being

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paid at a time of intense debate about the squeeze on household

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budgets. Figures show average pay rises across the economy have picked

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up a bit. The figures showed the inflation rate had fallen to 1.9%.

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Wage growth, excluding bonuses, has moved up to 1%. But while public

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sector workers were just 0.2% higher, there was a 1.5% increase in

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the private sector. So still a little way to go for workers' wages

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to catch up with price-wise is -- price rises and in some parts of the

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UK, including Northern Ireland, there was a slight increase.

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Our chief political correspondent, Norman Smith, is at Westminster.

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Good news for the government. On the face of it, these figures are manna

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from heaven for ministers if it were not for this. Time. The timing of

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this recovery is absolutely critical. How fast does it better

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in? There's no doubt it's taking place. You look at the employment

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figures - all good news. Unemployment down, youth

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unemployment down, more people in full-time work, more women in work.

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The question is, how soon can people feel better off and, critically, how

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soon does their pay catch up with, and overtake, prices? Prices are

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coming down, pay is gradually inching up. The government wants

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them to cross over well ahead of the next election so they can try and

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engender a feel-good factor. Labour say it won't make a blind bit of

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difference and people will still be ?600 worse off by the next election

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but, for ministers, it's not just the fact a recovery is taking place

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- what is absolutely vital is the pace and the timing of the recovery.

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The jury in the phone-hacking trial has heard that Tony Blair gave

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advice to Rebekah Brooks six days before her arrest about how to

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handle the developing scandal. -- Tony Blair allegedly gave advice.

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The former Chief Executive of News International is one of seven

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defendants on trial and faces three charges, including conspiracy to

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hack phones. She denies all the charges against her. Our home

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affairs correspondent Matt Prodger is at the Old Bailey. Tell us more

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about this e-mail. This came on the final day of the

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prosecution case. We're at the halfway point in the trial and

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evidence of advice given by former Prime Minister Tony Blair to Rebekah

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Brooks today. Sometime after Miss Brooks arrived at court today, the

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jury was presented with an e-mail thread between herself and her then

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boss James Murdoch, sun of Rupert Murdoch. In one of those e-mails she

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says, "I had an hour on the phone to Tony Blair. "

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You may remember that the Hutton report was the official inquiry into

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the death of the government scientist David Kelly and it

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exonerated Tony Blair and other officials of involvement in the

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so-called dodgy dossier of evidence about Iraq's weapons of mass

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structure. In the e-mail chain, Rebekah Brooks went on to say...

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KR M is Rupert Murdoch. This e-mail chain was in July 2011 at the height

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of the media storm over allegations of phone hacking. It was sent just

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after the News of the World had closed and just a few days before

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Rebekah Brooks resigned and then was arrested. Her defence case is

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expected to begin tomorrow. She denies charges including conspiracy

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to hack voice mails, conspiracy to bribe public officials and

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conspiracy to perverting the course of justice.

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The parents of a six-day old baby girl thought to have been killed by

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the family dog so they will cherish the little time they had with her.

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The family have released this photograph of the baby, who died

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yesterday, and said losing her like this had cast the most horrible

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shadow over all of them. Police have yet to confirm the cause of her

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death. French police say they have seized a

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number of weapons at the home of a man arrested yesterday in connection

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with the murder of a British family in the French Alps. He's believed to

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be a former policeman. Saad al-Hilli was shot dead along with his wife

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and mother in-law near Annecy in September 2012. A French cyclist was

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also killed. Our correspondent Imogen Foulkes is in Annecy. As you

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have said, it has been confirmed that it was a former policeman who

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has been arrested. His mobile phone putting close to the murder scene at

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the time the crime was committed. But whether his arrest will lead to

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charges being brought, or whether it is just for questioning, the police

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press conference is still going on and we are waiting to find out. It

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is a deeply mysterious case which has baffled investigators across

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Europe. A family gunned down in broad daylight in a popular tourist

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spot. The two young daughters survived, but have been unable to

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tell the police anything. A year and a half has gone by, and the

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investigation has made little progress since the date Saad

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al-Hilli, his wife, his mother-in-law and a passing cyclist

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were shot dead. Police focused on a bitter row between Saad al-Hilli and

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his brother, who was arrested and later bailed over money. Zaid has

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always denied involvement in his death. Then, this week,

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breakthrough. Based on this artist's impression of a

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motorcyclist seen fleeing the scene, French police have arrested a

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local man, aged 48, believed to be a former policeman and gun enthusiast,

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his house has been searched and weapons confiscated. French police

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are pointing out that this arrest is not necessarily mean charges will be

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brought. Under French law, the arrest was necessary to question the

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suspect. The police have also indicated that more arrests might be

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expected. One big question about the investigation remains, have the

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police now ruled out that key earlier line of enquiry, the dispute

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between the brothers over money. Some very interesting details coming

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out of that press conference. While we have been on air, in fact. One

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thing that the police are stressing right at the start is the

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presumption of innocence and they have said that this case has not

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been cleared up yet. They have confirmed that they found a number

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of weapons at the home of the man who has been arrested, but they did

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not find the gun used to commit the crime. So I think, and the press

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conferences door going on, there will be more details to follow and

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we will keep you updated, but the moment this mystery not subject --

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and the press conference is still going on. The time is 1:18pm. Our

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top story this lunchtime: There are global calls for calm as at least 26

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people are killed in violent clashes between police and anti-government

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protestors in Ukraine. Hundreds more were injured. And still to come:

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Prince Charles shows off some potentially dangerous dance moves in

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Saudi Arabia. Later on BBC London: accused of financial mismanagement,

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the Luton College who claimed more than ?1 million the students they

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couldn't prove they had. And we speak to London Grammar, who

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are crossing their fingers ahead of tonight's BRIT Awards.

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For the past 47 days, the village of Hambledon in Hampshire has been

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under water. The heavy rain in recent weeks led to serious ground

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water flooding and the village has been virtually cut off. River levels

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may be slowly falling but the Environment Agency says ground water

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flooding remains a concern particularly in Berkshire,

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Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex, Kent and parts of London. And ground water

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flooding could continue to cause problems for weeks. Duncan Kennedy

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is in Hambledon. Sophie, the 4th of January is a day

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they went to get around these parts any time soon, because it was the

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day these waters came, and as you say, they have not disappeared

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since. 47 days of this. In all of these homes and streets, and it

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hasn't gone away since. In many ways, it's not like the other

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flooding we have covered in the past few weeks. It's not the rivers

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coming over banks, this is ground water, coming up from underneath

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because the chalk below this is saturated and it has nowhere to go.

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And you know what, it's just as devastating. Pumps, pumps, pumps.

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Hambledon has become the home of pumps in the scramble to drain this

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water. They are everywhere as it spews up from the ground. The chalk

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below their feet is unable to absorb any more. We have a phone cable runs

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out here. At Clint's home there is a cellar design to take it but it's

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already brimming over. That is the water table. It is coming in the

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same rate as we are pumping it out. The main street has been gushing

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like this now for 47 days. The water cannot drain away. Down the road is

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Ina Cleves, 102 years old, born in this very house, and now also seeing

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the waters rise. Do you ever think you might move out to escape the

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floods? No. I just go upstairs. -- Elna Cleeves. I go upstairs when I

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want to go out. The village has its own control centre run by the

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residents. They know that the ground here is acting like a sponge. When a

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sponge is saturated and takes no more water, it flows into the

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village, so all the roads in the village are currently rivers. And

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currently no end in sight? None at all. The Prime Minister today

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visited flood areas of Wales and alarmist -- promised flood victims

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would be exempt from council tax. What people want to know is that

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there is a vast national effort, and at the heart is the British

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government bringing together all of our natural resources, which is why

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we have the biggest pumping exercise happening in Somerset, that's why we

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brought the military to bear with thousands of troops helping out in

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our communities. Back in Hambledon they are proud to be known as the

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cradle of cricket. It's been in the village since the 1750s. But rain

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really has stopped play on a community wicket that is beyond

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sticky. As you can see, there's still plenty of it running through

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the streets of Hambledon. It's going to be here for weeks to come because

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it has nowhere else to go. And although David Cameron is promising

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council taxpayers there will be relief for those in flooded homes,

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people in these parts are saying they need investment, in a big pipe

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that will take the ground water away. But they tell us they don't

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expect the government to cough up the ?3 million they need here any

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time soon. The High Court has rejected a claim

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by David Miranda, the partner of a former Guardian journalist, that he

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was detained unlawfully when he was held for nine hours at Heathrow

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Airport. Mr Miranda had been carrying documents leaked by the US

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intelligence contractor, Edward Snowden, when he was questioned

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under anti-terrorist laws in August last year. Our Home Affairs

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Correspondent June Kelly reports. David Miranda, arriving back home in

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Brazil last summer, after a stopover in London where he was detained

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under terrorism legislation and had his laptop and other electronic kit

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confiscated. The sensitive material he was carrying was destined for his

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partner, the journalist, Glenn Greenwald. At the root of the case

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is a row over precious freedom and secretive tactics of the NSA, and

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its British counterpart, GCHQ. The former NSA contractor Edward Snowden

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had leaked thousands of confidential files to Glenn who was working for

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the Guardian. So when his partner David Aranda came through Heathrow,

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with it, it is said, 58,000 secret documents, the police used terrorism

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powers to stop him -- David Miranda. He challenged the detention

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saying it was unlawful, but today the court came down in favour of the

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government and the police. We believe he was carrying highly

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classified documents. Of those had reached the public domain, we

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believe it would have been very damaging to national security, and

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indeed that people 's lives will be put in danger. Today's court ruling

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said the case involved the striking a balance between two aspects of the

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public interest: Press freedom itself on one hand, and on the

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other, whatever is sort to justify the interference: Here, national

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security. On the facts of this case, the balance is plainly in the

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favour of the latter. Last summer, as the Guardian began publishing

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details of the leaked intelligence documents, the paper described how

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it had come under government pressure to hand them over. Soon

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after, the police moved in on David Miranda. We understand, anecdotally,

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the journalists are changing travel plans to avoid UK airports and

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ports. Their sources, their material, and the confidential way

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in which they operate is potentially at grave risk. A sentiment echoed in

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a statement from David Miranda himself, who said he would be

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appealing against today's court ruling.

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Prince Charles has been showing off his dancing skills while on a tour

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of the Middle East. He joined members of Saudi Arabia's royal

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family in a traditional sword dance as part of a festival of culture in

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Riyadh. Jon Brain reports. The things one has to do for mother and

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country. Yes, this is the heir to the throne,

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throwing some shapes on an unfamiliar dance floor. Dressed in

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traditional robes, Prince Charles joined members of the Saudi royal

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family for the sword dance. They appreciated his efforts.

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The dance features hundreds of men and boys dancing and singing in

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formation. This one in Riyadh was to celebrate all aspects of the Saudi

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life. The Princes on his 10th visit to Saudi Arabia, and officials said

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he is here to discuss the need for reconciliation in the region. Next

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stop, cater -- Qatar, and whether he will be expected to strut his stuff

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there is undisclosed. To the Winter Olympics now, and both

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of Great Britain's curling teams are in action today in the semi final

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stages in Sochi. The men play Sweden this afternoon looking to book a

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place in the final and guarantee themselves a medal. Meanwhile

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Britain's women's team took on an unbeaten Canada. Andy Swiss is there

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for us now. Such high hopes for Britain's

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curlers today, both the men and women teams in action today, both

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hoping for a place in the Olympic final, but as far as Britain's women

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are concerned, it's already been a story of disappointment. It was a

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day a touch of Scotland came to Sochi. A bagpipe welcome for the

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British bands as they arrived to cheer on their curlers. Two Olympic

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finals in time to lighting -- tantalising reach. They have been

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one of the top teams for years now, so play to form, and they are there.

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My mates have taken sick yesterday, even my brother who doesn't like

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curling was up screaming his head off. First, the women's team, there

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form has been patchy, and in Sochi they faced the team of the

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tournament with nine victories out of nine. The early signs were not

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encouraging as Canada raced into an early lead. That's not the start

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Great Britain wanted or needed. They had to find their focus, and they

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did. Captain Eve Muirhead led the players to the world title last year

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and began showing why. But at the halfway stage, her team still

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trailed 4-3. It was nerve shredding stuff. But Eve Muirhead once again

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kept her cool, and with one end remaining, Britain were just one

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point behind. Could they pull off an unlikely comeback? Well, they clung

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on to Canada's tale, but with the finals -- final stone of the match,

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Canadian captain Jennifer Jones ended Britain's hopes of Olympic

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glory. After such a battle, such disappointment. Britain will face a

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play-off for a bronze medal tomorrow, but their dreams of gold

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have now been dashed. Yes, an agonising defeat for Britain's

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women. The men will hope for rather better when they play their

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semifinal against Sweden, and that gets underway at 3pm your time.

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Let's look at the weather. We could do with some more days like

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today, fine, settled and dry. Here is the satellite picture, lots of

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holes appearing in the cloud, so good-looking afternoon the many

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areas. Still patchy cloud around, big enough for the odd spot of

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drizzle. Not completely dry, but sunny spells and light winds. This

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is the picture through the rest of the afternoon, lots of sunshine,

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patchy, light rain or drizzle. Over the higher ground, and that's

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certainly the case over Scotland, but plenty of Scotland around

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north-eastern areas. It looks like the Highlands and the centre of

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Stirlingshire and Perthshire are seeing spits and spots of light

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rain. A fine looking rain in Northern Ireland. A good-looking

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afternoon for much of England and Wales, the cloud is a bit thicker

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across Wales and the south-west of England as we head into the later

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part of the afternoon. Outbreaks of rain becoming more extensive heading

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towards the evening. The reason for it, if we look out across the

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Atlantic, an area of low pressure anchored close to Iceland will be

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throwing its weather front across the UK as we head through the course

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of the evening and overnight. Quite a change happening as we head into

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the evening. A nice end to the day through the centre and the east, but

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things turned heavy across the West as the rain comes in the south-west,

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then widespread strong winds, perhaps gale force across the

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south-west corner and some heavy rainfall in the likes of western

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Scotland. The temperatures, with all the cloud, it will be a very mild

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night at the time of year. Going into Thursday morning on a wild

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note, pretty wet and windy. Outbreaks of rain continuing to push

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out into the North Sea, then that follows a rash of showers but also

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sunny spells for Thursday afternoon. The heaviest and most

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frequent are across the North and the West, but the best is in the

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central and eastern areas. Into Friday, it looks like being a day of

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sunshine and showers, and nice start across central and eastern areas was

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not most of the showers in the West and a bit cooler, so some showers

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will have a wintry flavour in the north and the West. Into the

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weekend, some uncertainty, but it looks like Saturday is a fine and

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relatively dry day, the best of the sunshine in the East. Sunday,

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starting to turn windy with rain pushing into the West. Some of the

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rain might be slow-moving, so we could see quite a lot of rainfall in

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a short space of time. Now a reminder of our top story this

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lunchtime: there are calls for calm as at least 26 people are killed in

:31:26.:31:29.

violent clashes between police and anti-government

:31:30.:31:30.

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