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Oscar Pistorius tells a court about the moment he thought

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He describes becoming overcome with fear, but said

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his first thought was to protect his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

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Just as I left my bed, I'll is expecting Reva to get down and

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phoned the police. We'll have the latest

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on the dramatic courtroom events The Queen welcomes Ireland's

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President on the first formal Shrien Dewani is sent to a

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psychiatric hospital after appearing in court in South Africa accused

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of arranging his wife's murder. The unrest in Ukraine spills over

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into the parliament, as pro-and Just how much did this 500 year

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old Ming Dynasty cup sell for? Four people arrested,

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26 years after a 15-year-old And an east London council

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refunds drivers after issuing Good afternoon

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and welcome to the BBC News at One. Oscar Pistorius has told his murder

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trial about the minutes leading up to the moment he shot dead

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his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. He told the court that he was

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overcome with fear after hearing a noise from the bathroom, and that

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his first thought had been to arm The athlete denies deliberately

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shooting dead Ms Steenkamp in his He says he mistook her

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for an intruder. Let's hear the voice of Oscars

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Pistorius describing it. That is the moment everything changed. I thought

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there was a burglar intruding into my home. I was on the side of the

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room where you first had to cross the passage which leads to the

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bathroom. I think, initially, I just froze. I did not know what to do. I

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heard a noise and interpreted it as somebody climbing into the bathroom.

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There is no door between the bathroom and my room, it is a

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passageway, there is a toilet door, but there is no barrier between me

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and the bathroom, it is one room. I immediately thought that somebody,

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if they were at the window to where the entrance of the passage was,

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if they were at the window to where the entrance of the in three or four

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metres they could be there at any moment. The first thing that ran

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through my mind was that I needed to arm myself, I needed to protect

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Reeva Steenkamp and I needed to get my gun. Lets talk to our

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correspondence outside the court. A crucial day of evidence. Explain

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more about what he has been saying and its significance. It's been a

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dramatic and heart-wrenching moment that we have seen inside the

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courtroom today. Shortly before Oscar Pistorius spoke, in the

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moments leading up to the shooting of Reeva Steenkamp, he was asked to

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remove his prosthetic legs and walk towards the bullet riddled door that

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has been placed inside the courtroom. We saw a wobbling Oscar

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Pistorius walk towards the door and come back to take his seat. He was

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talking about the moments before the shooting of Reeva Steenkamp, and

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also told the court about what time the couple had dinner that night,

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Andy said it was between 7pm and 8pm on the evening. What is important is

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that the pathologist said that Reeva Steenkamp had something to eat about

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two hours before she died, and Oscar told the court that the couple had

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gone to bed at around ten p.m., so there is a contradiction there. But

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Oscar Pistorius is trying to sort that out. We also saw, moments

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before, as Oscar Pistorius has not yet told the court about the

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shooting, and said he went for his gun and wanted to instantly protect

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Reeva Steenkamp, but there was a moment in the courtroom when a

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photograph of Reeva Steenkamp's body was flashed onto the TV monsters and

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Oscar Pistorius looked to the floor as if he was about to vomit. -- the

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TV monitors. He was handed a bucket by a policeman, and that was the

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first time we saw Reeva Steenkamp's mother actually breaking down and

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being comforted. I can tell you that the court is now back in session,

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and Oscar Pistorius will continue his testimony about that night he

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shot Reeva Steenkamp. You can see continuing live coverage.

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There'll be updates throughout the day, on the BBC News Channel.

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Plus a special programme, each evening,

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Ireland's President has been welcomed to Britain by the Queen

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at the start of the first formal visit by an Irish Head of State.

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Later today, President Michael D Higgins will

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address parliament, and visit the Grave of the Unknown Warrior in

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Westminster, in advance of a state banquet, which will be attended

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Thank you, Jane. The word historic could be put in front of each of the

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event to outline, and the importance of the state visit is underlined by

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the pomp and ceremony we have seen at Windsor Castle this morning --

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you outline. The Queen and the Irish president are having lunch before he

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heads back to London for the historic address to both Houses of

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Parliament. This report from our special correspondence, Fergal

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Keane. It is the final gesture in a journey of reconciliation between

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two nations. The first state visit to Britain by an Irish president. A

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visit to seal a friendship that has emerged from centuries of conflict.

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At the Irish Embassy in London, a formal welcome from the Prince of

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Wales. Oh, yay! Today, here in Royal Windsor. In Windsor, where President

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Higgins will be the Queen's guest, final preparations were underway for

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the state procession. The crowds gathered from early. The young, with

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no memory of the past, and others who recall the days of division. For

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the Irish who came, there was real happiness. It's fantastic. It's a

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privilege to be here. Why? Because we are proud. The Irish anthem,

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played at Windsor, harks back to the days of revolution against the

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Crown. But when the Queen welcomes the Irish president, there was an

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atmosphere of genuine warmth. Today's welcome is all about the

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spectacle of a grand state occasion. But behind the symbolism is a story

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of real, historical significance, they changed relationship between

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two nations. -- of a changed relationship. In the quadrangle of

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Windsor Castle, President Higgins inspected a guard of honour, a

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reminder of military links between the two countries stretching back to

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the days of empire. Here he presented the Irish guards with a

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coat for their mascot, an Irish wolfhound called Duncan. After the

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event, the sovereign and the president entered the castle for a

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private lunch, on this, the first of four days of the state visit. Fergal

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is with me now. Historically is an overused word, but

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is with me now. Historically is an overused what about in this context?

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In this case, it is fair usage. We have to look at the context of the

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relationship between the two nations which goes back centuries, back to

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the 12th century when Britain came to Ireland and there was a long

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history of conquest and alienation. That nearly -- really is now

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something of the past. What this visit does, following on from the

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visit of the Queen to Ireland three years ago, is cement an important

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relationship and it is critical, above all, for one reason, but the

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hopes of a furthered peace in Northern Ireland. The president,

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before he here, said we should not suffer group amnesiac, that there

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are still things that need to be talked about. I think that is true.

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There are still 2500 unsolved murders in Northern Ireland and a

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great deal of bitterness, still to be dealt with. What will be

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happening behind-the-scenes is a reinforcing the view that the peace

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process is not done and dusted. He clearly feels it himself. It needs

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more work, and this visit is a central part of that. Fergal, thank

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you. Full coverage continues on the BBC News channel through the

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afternoon, but back to you, Jane. Shrien Dewani, who is charged with

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conspiring to murder his wife during their honeymoon in South Africa,

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has been remanded to a psychiatric hospital in South Africa after

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appearing in court in Cape Town. He landed in the country this

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morning, having lost a three-year He denies being involved

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in his wife's death. More than three years after leaving

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South Africa as a grieving husband, Shrien Dewani returned to Cape Town

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this morning as a murder suspect. The businessman was immediately

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taken to the High Court, his family following shortly afterwards to be

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met by a small group of women's rights protesters. Shrien Dewani is

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accused of paying to have his wife killed just two weeks after their

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wedding, an accusation he strenuously denies. Hotel security

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cameras show what appears to be a happy couple enjoying the honeymoon.

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But later that day, Anni Dewani was shot dead. Ever since, Shrien Dewani

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has been fighting extradition. The South African authorities have been

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equally determined to bring him back to face justice. Those naysayers who

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were peddling lies about the South African government are eating humble

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pie. They were sceptical that we would even get the court order to

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bring him here. He is not on a honeymoon, he is not on holiday, he

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is here to stand trial and we want to see that happen. The taxi

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carrying the couple through the neighbourhood was hijacked in

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November 2010. Shrien Dewani escaped unhurt, but his wife was murdered.

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Three people have been jailed in connection with her death, but the

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driver of the taxi claims he was paid by Shrien Dewani to arrange the

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whole incident. Shrien Dewani will be kept at a psychiatric hospital

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while doctors decide whether he is fit to stand trial for the murder of

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his new bride. Our correspondent Jon Kay is in

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Cape Town. John, added Shrien Dewani, crossing

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court to you? Jane, I have to say, he looked better than he did last

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time we saw him, which was in court in London 18 months ago during the

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extradition process. He stood upright, he was smartly dressed in a

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suit and tie, he listened intently to the judge, he was clean-shaven.

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Very different from the last time we saw him. Although the court heard he

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still has a serious mental disorder which will have to be assessed in

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the psychiatric hospital. No cameras were allowed in court here, unlike

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the other high profile South African court case going on with Oscar

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Pistorius, but the court room absolutely packed with media,

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members of Shrien Dewani's family, who travelled from Bristol in the

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UK, and also representatives of South African women's groups, some

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who held up pictures of Anni Dewani in the public gallery as some of the

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legal argument went on. Thank you. There is no letup on the pressure

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facing Maria Miller about her Parliamentary expenses. Ed Miliband

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said that the Prime Minister had serious questions to answer,

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although he stopped short of calling on Maria Miller to resign. Our

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political correspondence reports. Maria Miller in a rush to get out of

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the spotlight this morning. As she arrived for this week's Cabinet

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meeting. But the culture secretary has been in the headlines for six

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consecutive days after apologising for over claiming on her expenses.

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Although not calling for her to resign, this morning, the Labour

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leader Ed Miliband, put the pressure on the Prime Minister. I think David

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Cameron has some serious questions to answer. Serious questions to

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answer about Maria Miller's failure to cooperate with the original

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enquiry. He has serious questions to answer about her failure to provide

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more than a perfunctory apology to the House of Commons, and serious

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questions to answer about the fact that people in his own government

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don't seem to be supporting her. The row centres on her former home in

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South London and the mortgage payments she made. An independent

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investigation into Mrs Miller's expenses found she had over claimed

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by ?45,000, but a committee of MPs disagreed and decided she should

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repay just ?5,800. Yet, it was this 32 second apology that has been so

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heavily criticised. The committee has recommended that I apologise to

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the house for my attitude to the Commissioner's enquiries, and I, of

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course, unreservedly apologise. And now her case has not been helped by

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a minister from her own party. I can honestly say it would not be how I

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would have made an apology, but different people have different

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styles and do things in different ways. With pressure growing on Maria

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Miller and many Conservative backbenchers increasingly

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irritated, the focus now shifts onto the Prime Minister. Tomorrow, he

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will come face-to-face with his MPs at a regular party meeting. They

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will want to question him about his continued support for his culture

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secretary. Police may be over-using their power

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to gather people's communications That according to the first report

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by the new Commissioner Our security correspondent

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Gordon Corera is here. So what is he saying? This is a

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first report from the new commissioner, and he looks into the

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interception of Communications, when the police or intelligence agencies

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actually listening to what people are saying, and he also looks at the

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gathering of communications data, not when you listen to what some are

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you saying, but you understand who owns a particular bone or what

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address is associated with a phone -- particular bone, which phone has

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been talking to another one. That kind Pukki locations --

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communications data might be used the police. There were half a

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million communications interceptions, and he is concerned

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it is a first resort for the police to go to to try and get this data,

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not necessarily balancing it against the need for privacy of people.

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Quite strong recommendations there from the Commissioner. The police

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have always said that this kind of information is vital in their

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investigations, and the Home Secretary today also said it was

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vital, and the commission are looking into the allegations from

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Edward Snowden about mass surveillance into people's privacy

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and whether that takes place, he does clear GCHQ and says there is no

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random, mass intrusion into the overseer of ordinary people.

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Police say a post-mortem examination will be carried out in

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the next few days on Peaches Geldof who died suddenly at her home in

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Her father, Bob Geldof, has said his family is "beyond pain".

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Police say her death was 'sudden, unexplained and not suspicious.'

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Our correspondent Duncan Kennedy reports.

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Forensic experts were amongst the police teams at the secluded house

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of peaches Geldof today. Kent police said again that her death was

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unexplained, but not suspicious. There has been huge interest in your

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life... Disappearance on Australian TV was amongst her last interviews

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and she appeared content with her post-party life. What you could call

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my wild child period was when I was 16 years old and now I am almost 25

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it is a long expanse of time. It was becoming a woman, not just

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motherhood, but it is really fun being a mother. Across the celebrity

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spectrum there have been tributes paid to her. Simon Cowell said:

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Those tributes follow others from her father Bob Geldof who called her

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funny and witty, and from her husband, Tom. But there have been

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others from local people near her home in Kent who have also been

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shocked by what has happened. Just shock, really, most people think

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it's a tragedy. Especially after what happened to her mother 14 years

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ago. There is no way I am going to beat this. Last month she appeared

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on Sport Relief and seems to enjoy her evening of canine frivolity.

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Always a prolific tweeter, this was the last she posted, showing her

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with her late mother Paula. Peaches Geldof, party girl turned mother, a

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life filled in her short 25 years. Oscar Pistorius tells court about

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moment just before he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

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And still to come, a recipe for a health school dinner

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the way the housing association has treated families.

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And this baby receives is implants at Saint Thomas's hospital.

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More than 2,700 schools in England need to improve their kitchens

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in order to provide free school meals for all infant pupils.

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Research by the BBC has found that some school kitchens

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The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has pledged that children will have

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a hot, healthy and free lunch for their first three years at school.

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Our political correspondent Alex Forsyth reports.

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At this infant school in Dorset, most pupils bring

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From September, that should be replaced with a free hot meal.

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The kitchen and dining hall are too small and there is not

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The Government have given us money to buy the food.

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What we are missing is money to serve the food.

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Our experience of hot dinners is that we need three additional

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This is what children will get instead.

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It is not quite what Nick Clegg promised when he launched the

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Lib Dem policy for English schools last autumn.

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All families who have got small children at primary school in

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the first crucial three years when they are in infant school, we are

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going to give all of the children a hot healthy meal at lunchtime.

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To deliver that, at least 2,700 schools need to

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That is anything from a new oven or dishwasher to a total refurbishment.

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That is around a third of those assessed.

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Meals could be delivered by external catering companies or

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Some teachers say they will have to stagger sittings

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and extend lunchtimes to seat children in small halls.

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The Department for Education has provided funding for schools to

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upgrade facilities and enlisted catering experts to offer advice.

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Interim arrangements will be in place in a lot of schools, but I

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think the catering staff and our members are telling us they will be

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ready and they will deliver food to these children in September, come

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what may, because that is what they are used to doing.

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The Lib Dem Schools Minister David Laws echoed that confidence in the

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saying the scheme would be in place on time and on budget and would not

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He pointed to its benefits - not just healthy food for children,

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While there is broad support for the principle of the policy, critics

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say more thought should have been given to putting it into practice.

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Russia has warned Ukraine to stop any military preparations, saying

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Russia's warning came after the Ukrainian authorities said they'd

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carried out an operation during the night in which they'd arrested

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about 70 pro-Moscow separatists who had seized a government building

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Our world affairs correspondent Emily Buchanan reports.

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Political tension in Ukraine is on a knife edge. In Kiev's parliament,

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politicians traded insults. The commonest deputy was driven from the

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rostrum by members of the far right nationalist party. It quickly

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descended into a brawl. Outside the capital, the battle for control of

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key cities in Eastern Ukraine is intensifying. Overnight, pro-Russian

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protesters made another determined assault on the regional assembly in

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Kharkiv. In Donetsk, police have cleared protesters from the city

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council officers. The building is still under siege. TRANSLATION: We

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are here for our families, our health and all of those who have

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shed blood. We will not leave until we have a referendum. The referendum

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could be a step towards the break-up of Ukraine. Protesters have already

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declared Donetsk a new Republic. This whole crisis began in Crimea

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which was swiftly annexed by Russia. Now it is the eastern region

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of Ukraine which is the focus. At its heart, the city of Donetsk. Many

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ethnic Russians here feel anxious about the new government in the

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capital Kiev. Some want to break away and move closer to Moscow, even

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inviting Russia to send so-called peacekeeping forces. It deeply

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worries the rest of Ukraine and NATO countries. This would be a very

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serious escalation. We call on President Putin and his government

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to cease all efforts to destabilise Ukraine. Russia still denies it is

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to blame. Our American partners are attaching their own habits to it.

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NATO says this is the greatest challenge to Europe's security in a

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generation. The former Secretary General of

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NATO, Lord Robertson, has said that Scottish independence would have

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a cataclysmic impact on the world. Speaking in the United States,

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he said a debilitating divorce after a yes vote in September would

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threaten global stability. A spokesman for the First Minister

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Alex Salmond described the comments as crass and offensive

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and said that an independent Scotland would make a hugely

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positive contribution to the world. Here's our Scotland

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correspondent James Cook. This man has been battling Scottish

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independence for decades. Even by his standards, this was a fierce

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attack. Last night he said a yes vote would be a disaster for

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Scotland, the UK and the entire Western world. The loudest cheers

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for the break-up of Britain would be from our adversaries and from our

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enemies. For the second military power in the West to shatter this

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year would be cataclysmic in geopolitical terms. This is what

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particularly alarms Lord Robertson, Britain's nuclear weapons based on

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the River Clyde which an independent Scotland would almost certainly

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remove. The Labour peer says it could threaten world peace. These

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remarks will not be welcomed by all supporters of the union. Polls

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suggest there is a rising tide in favour of independence and some

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campaigners against it think this doom and gloom approach is simply

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not working. That is also the view of the Scottish Government which

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called the comments shocking, insulting and offensive. The factors

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Scotland is an independent country and would be an important

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contributor to the world. I think Lord Robertson would regret is

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completely ridiculous comments. Lord Robertson says a yes vote would aid

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the forces of darkness, his opponents say it would be a beacon

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of hope. Soon the voters will decide.

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So, how much would you pay for an antique like this?

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It?s more than 500 years old and was once owned

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Well, this morning it was bought by a Shanghai-based billionaire

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for a new world record for Chinese porcelain, as our arts correspondent

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This little moment was for a wine cup. It is eight centimetres wide,

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it has some chickens painted on it and it is worth, well, have a listen

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to the bidding. 170 million. $250 million. All done? A new world

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record price for the cup, 250 million dollars. The bid is on the

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telephone. Fair warning. Sold. It is about ?20 million. You can guess

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this is something very special. They were made in the 15th century and

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fired in the Imperial kilns. One emperor so loved the silky smooth

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texture he wrote a poem in praise of it. China invented porcelain. It

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took 1500 years of refining the process to reach this level of

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perfection. Six have survived, four are in private hands and until today

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none in China. When it returns, it will be the only genuine chicken cup

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in the whole of China. The pleasure is in the touch. But the price owes

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everything to China's economic boom and the passion to recover its

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cultural heritage. The thought from the experts was, why did it not go

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for more? You would not want to drop that! Let

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us catch up with the weather. It is feeling quite fresh in the

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brisk breeze. That stays with us through the rest of today. It has

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brought us sunshine as well. Plenty of that this afternoon. We started

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with clear skies. The cloud has been filling in to some extent as

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temperatures have picked up. Some of the cloud thick enough to give a few

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showers. Let us take you forward through the afternoon. He showers

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mainly across northern areas. More scattered as you come further south.

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Through the afternoon, northern Scotland, heavier showers. With the

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brisk wind, they will go through quickly. Sunshine in between. Good

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sunny spells across eastern Scotland. Showers dying away from

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Northern Ireland. Well scattered through the afternoon across much of

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the rest of England and Wales. Temperatures lower than recently.

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But these are about right for the time of year. You will need some

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shelter from the breeze to feel the full benefit of the sunshine.

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Feeling quite chilly this evening as the sun starts to go down. Clear

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skies across central and southern parts. The cloud thickening in the

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North. Painful Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern parts of

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England. That helps to keep the temperature is up. Rural spots could

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go lower, a touch of frost possible. High pressure dominating

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across southern areas tomorrow. The weather fronts are draped across the

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North and they will continue to feed in cloud and rain, fairly persistent

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rain. North Western parts of Scotland. More intermittent across

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Northern Ireland and northern England. Not as much sunshine is

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today. More in the way of cloud. One or two light showers across

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southwestern parts. Despite the cloudy skies, temperatures a little

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higher with the winds coming in from the milder south-westerly direction.

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By Thursday, we will see the weather front pushing south, drier, brighter

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but cooler weather. And. Fairly cloudy all swear. Relatively mild

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for most. -- cooler weather for Scotland. There will be sunshine

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around for the weekend. Largely dry. Rain in the North on Saturday.

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Relatively mild. Decent weather for getting out and about as we go

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through to the end of the week. That is all from me.

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