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Barclays announce huge job losses - many of them in the UK. 14,000 jobs

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are being axed this year alone, half of them in Britain, as Barclays

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tries to steamline its global operations. Also this lunchtime...

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The kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls - Nigeria's president

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says it could be the turning point in the fight against Islamist

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extremists. Calls for clearer packaging after it emerges that some

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supermarkets are selling halal meat - without labelling it. The

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kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls - the president of

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Nigeria says it could be a turning point in the fight against

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extremists. I wonder if there are creatures like as our there. And the

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British scientist Professor Colin Pillinger, famous for his efforts to

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find life on Mars, has died at the age of 70.

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On BBC London, radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza claimed he worked with MI5

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to keep London safe in his trial in New York.

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Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One. Barclays has

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announced it is cutting 19,000 jobs over the next three years - 7,000 of

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them will go in the UK this year. The jobs are being cut as Barclays

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tries to streamline its operations and reduce the size of its

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investment banking arm. Shares in the bank rose after the

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announcement. Our business correspondent Simon Gompertz has

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more. The swashbuckling survivor of the financial crisis which ripped

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through its rivals has become a allt tightening bank. Barclays'

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investment business carried it through the bad time, but now it has

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stalled, and staff will bear the brunt. Back in figure it, Barclays

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said up to 12,000 jobs will go this year. Now, the figure has gone up to

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14,000. It says a further 5000 jobs will be cut in 2015 and 2016, so the

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total is now 19,000 jobs to go, just over half of them in the UK.

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Barclays has a new chief executive, who has been bracing his workforce

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for a big change of direction. We have two recognise that we operate

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in very different times today. We need to run the bank in a way which

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is focused and more simple and will deliver the returns sought by our

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shareholders. The biggest investments bought and sold by bank

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traders are bonds issued by companies and governments who have

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to borrow. Hot money which boosted this trade has more than halved in

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the last few years, the mark-ups are lower, and there is little prospect

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of the prophets flipping back. It has positioned itself with staff as

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an all singing, all dancing, investment bank. Now, it will be

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saying that industry conditions have changed, and therefore we must

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change. Barclays is targeting families

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buying homes and stashing away their savings to fill the gap. Its staff

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are sweating on the wheel of basic banking, no longer masters of the

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universe, conjuring profits from betting on markets. It is the bank

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which brought you the LIBOR scandal over attempts to rig interest rates

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and was criticised by shareholders over bonuses paid to high-flyers.

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Now, that risk taking side of Barclays, which pushed the

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boundaries, stands to lose the most jobs. And Simon is with me now.

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Drastic cuts, but as we heard the boss saying, these are different

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times? Yes, you have two look back to the credit crunch and the

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aftermath of the financial crisis. At that time there were billions,

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trillions of pounds winging their way across the globe, people trying

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to find safe homes for their money, a lot of trading going on with banks

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like Barclays which were masters of this sort of trade, in what were

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called bondss. There was a lot of money to be made because of the

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uncertainties in pricing. Barclays made massive profits, which brought

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it through the financial crisis. Now, it is boring for the financial

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markets, there is much less trading going on, interest rates are low,

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margins are lower, there just is not so much going on, less money to be

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made, fewer people needed for it. They are having to focus more on

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boring old retail banking and trying to make money out of that. Just a

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quick word about branches, because people will have heard that hundreds

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of those are likely to close. No actual announcement about that

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today. But there are jobs likely to go in the branches as well, and we

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will hear more about that in the coming months and years. A woman who

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claimed she was repeatedly raped by the broadcaster Stuart Hall in his

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dressing room at the BBC more than 35 years ago has told a court she is

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not a gold digger looking for compensation. She is one of two

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women allegedly sexually assaulted by the former TV presenter in the

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late 70s and early 1980s. Stuart Hall, it can pick paedophile, has

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pleaded not guilty to all 20 current allegations. Our correspondent is

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outside the court. In the dock, Stuart Hall sat with his head down,

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just yards away from both of the women who had come this morning to

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the whip despots to tell the jury about the abuse they claim happened

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to them more than 30 years ago. -- to the witness box. Making the daily

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trip from prison to court, Stuart Hall knew that today the court would

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hear more about claims that he raped two girls in the 1970s. The

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84-year-old sat in the dock listening to the evidence through

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headphones. The jury has heard that his first alleged victim has sought

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to claim ?20,000 compensation. QC defending asked her if that was her

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motivation for contacting the police. She answered, if I was

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purely after compensation, do you honestly think I would have put

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myself through this? You are making me sound like a gold digger. Well,

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there are easier ways to make money. The prosecution say the woman was

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around 14 when she was first raped by Stuart Hall at the BBC's former

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studios in Manchester, and that he went on to rape her at his dressing

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room in another building at least 30 times. The court has been told that

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the TV presenter admits having sex with the girl, but denies rape,

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claiming that she consented. The prosecutor asked her if the sex had

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been consensual. She answered, when I think of somebody being raped, I

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think of them being attacked in an alleyway. But there are different

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forms of rape. It is quite a strong word, isn't it, rape? Even though I

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did not put up a fight, he knew I word, isn't it, rape? Even though I

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was in a very vulnerable position. I just think he took full advantage of

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it. Stuart Hall is also charged with raping a second girl, who may have

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been as young as ten when she was abused. The court has begun hearing

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evidence from her. The former broadcaster denies all the charges.

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In the last few minutes, that second woman alleging rape has been

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speaking about the attack she says happened when she was a young girl.

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She was asked whether she had done anything about it. She said, I did

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not say a word, I did not fight, I did not do anything. I was just

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there, like a rag doll. She was asked whether she had told anybody

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since until recently coming forward. She said, I did not want my father

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to be ashamed of me. You feeling credibly dirty, ashamed, confused

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and very frightened. The court will continue to hear from that woman for

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the rest of the afternoon. Campaigners and faith leaders have

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called for meat products to be labelled clearly after revelations

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that four of the UK's biggest food retailers have sold halal meat

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without describing it as such. The group Compassion in World Farming

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says consumers need more information about how animals are slaughtered.

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Our correspondent Sian Lloyd reports. In this butcher's in

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Birmingham, all the meat sold is halal. It has been slaughtered in

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accordance with Islamic religious beliefs. Halal meat basically is

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when the animal is slaughtered with a sharp knife, there is as little

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suffering as possible, and before it is performed, they say a blessing

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three times, and the animal is slaughtered. This butcher follows

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the strictest of principles and chooses an abattoir where animals

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are not stunned before slaughter. chooses an abattoir where animals

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believe it should not be stung because there is a possibility that

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the animal could be killed whilst it is stunned, which is not halal. But

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90% of halal meat in the UK does come from animals which have been

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stunned. That does not go far enough for some, though. British law

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already makes it compulsory for animals to be stunned when they are

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being slaughtered, except for religious exemption, and I would

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like to see the Government remove that exemption, so that all animals

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can be treated humanely when they are being slaughtered. But that is

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unlikely to happen. The Government says it would prefer animals to be

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stunned, but it says it has no intention of banning religious

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slaughter. For retailers, selling halal meat can be attractive, as it

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can be eaten by Muslim and not Muslim customers. But that is not

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always spelt out so, what our customers buying? Morrisons said...

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The Government says that it is important that customers do know

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what they are buying. It has been taking part in a European study

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which could lead to the compulsory labelling of halal and kosher meat.

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Does anybody really know what we are eating from supermarket foods? No, I

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do not think we do. I do not mind if it is halal or not. Once again, the

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meat industry in the UK is a cause for debate.

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The Bank of England has kept interest rates at an historic low

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for another month. It has been held at half of 1% for more than five

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years. Worries about rising house prices have intensified the debate

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over when rates might increase. With me is our chief economics

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correspondent, Hugh Pym. It is house prices which are worrying people?

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Yes, in policy-making circles, the housing market is becoming an

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increasingly big talking point. Figures from the Halifax today said

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average prices fell slightly in April but they are still up Barrett

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the house-builder said today it has presold 25% of the homes it is going

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to build next year. That is up a lot on recent years. The OECD has said

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there is a danger of the UK housing market overheating. And we have had

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three former chancellors saying the current Chancellor, George Osborne,

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should pull back on the help-to-buy scheme. What can be done about it by

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the Bank of England? On the Help to Buy scheme, the Chancellor has said

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that it is up to the Bank of England to tell the Treasury at one point it

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is time to rein it back. That might involve bringing down the top of the

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ceiling, from ?600,000 to a lower level. Or it could involve

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intervening to tighten up the criteria which are used to assess

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whether someone can afford a mortgage. It is really down to the

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Bank of England, under current legislation. That has got a major

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meeting of its important committee in June.

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A large explosion in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo has destroyed

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a hotel and several other buildings, according to reports. Rebel fighters

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are believed to have placed a bomb beneath the Hotel near the city's

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medieval citadel. Opposition activists said government troops

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were based there, and the number had been killed. The British scientist

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Colin Pillinger, who was best known for his attempt to land a spacecraft

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on Mars, has died, aged 70. Professor Pillinger built the probe

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to try to search for Martian life. He named it Beagle 2 after Charles

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Darwin's HMS Beagle. It was supposed to land on the planet on Christmas

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Day but vanished without a trace. Our science correspondent Pallab

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Ghosh looks back at his life. He was a man with a mission, to Mars.

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Professor Colin Pillinger built and designed a British probe to search

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for life on the Red Planet. With his bushy sideburns and Victorian air,

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he was a modern-day Charles Darwin. If we could find just a glimmer of

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some life on Mars, then you could make this quantum leap of realising

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that we are not the only living species in the universe. Through the

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sheer force of his personality, determination and charisma, he

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persuaded the European Space Agency to launch his spacecraft, Beagle 2,

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in the summer of 2003. It was supposed to have landed on Christmas

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Day. There was no signal from the spacecraft. Professor Pillinger did

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not give up hope. On this mission, our faith has been unshakeable that

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the mission would go ahead, and we have crossed a lot of bridges to get

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this far, so we will keep the unshakeable faith. This photograph,

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of what might be the wreckage, suggests that Beagle 2 had probably

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crash landed. He was often argumentative, but always, always

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inspirational and able to bring people round to his way of

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thinking. In 2005, Professor Pillinger was diagnosed with

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multiple sclerosis. But he continued his efforts, poking and prodding

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space agencies to back another plan of his to land on Mars. It is mostly

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about meetings, and I can always reach you with a crutch if I need to

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prod you, you see! So I have got some advantages! Although Professor

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Pillinger was not successful in landing Beagle 2 on Mars, his

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efforts inspired the nation and infused the new generation in the

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wonders of science and space travel. He reached for the stars,

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and persuaded others that they could, too.

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Our top story this lunchtime. Barclays has announced it is cutting

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19,000 jobs over the next three years, 7000 in the UK this year. And

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still to come from the channel to the Amazon jungle, a special report

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from Frank Gardner on the new weapon in the fight against drugs. It is

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part of a training exercise and they are hoping it will give them the

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edge in their fight against drugs traffickers. Later on BBC London,

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the families of children who contracted E. Coli after cop

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visiting a Surrey farm say not as -- not enough is being done to stop it

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happening again. Concerns about the number of students taking

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prescription drugs to help them stay awake.

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It is almost a month since more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped at

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gunpoint from their school in north-east Nigeria. They were taken

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by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram. Nigeria's government has been

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heavily criticised for not doing enough to find them, but now the

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president, Goodluck Jonathan, has pledged to track them down. He says

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it could be a turning point in Nigeria's long-running battle

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against the Islamist extremists. Nick Childs reports.

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A wave of helpless anguish. These new images of the moment when the

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families of the abducted schoolgirls flooded desperately into the

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wrecked, burnt out shell of their school. And now, news of the new

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wave of hundreds more killings in this troubled region. Adding to

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people's grief and to the pressures on the beleaguered Nigerian

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authorities. Nigeria's president had hoped this week to be focusing on

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the country's economic progress. Instead his government has been

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defending its response to the campaign by the violent Islamist

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group Boko Haram, while visiting Chinese Premier is the latest

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international leader to offer Nigeria help over the kidnappings.

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The government of the United States of America, the United Kingdom and

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France, have also spoken with me and I have expressed our commitment to

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help us resolve this crisis in Nigeria. I believe that the kidnap

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of these girls will be the beginning of the end of terror in Nigeria.

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Certainly a swelling high-profile social media campaign has reflected

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global revulsion over the kidnappings. Among the latest to

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join, the American First Lady. Plenty of security on show in the

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capital to protect the World Economic Forum. But

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capital to protect the World were slow to respond to the

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kidnappings and seem unable to stem the broader

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kidnappings and seem unable to stem Haram. But part of the international

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alarm has been the claim from the group's leader that the

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alarm has been the claim from the girls would in effect be sold as

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alarm has been the claim from the wealthy businessmen, traditional or

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religious leaders in wealthy businessmen, traditional or

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That means that they are additional to the four wives permitted under

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Islam. They the fifth wife, slave wife. For now though, the focus

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remains on what if anything can still be done to rescue these

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families' missing children. More than 1 million families in the

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UK are struggling with problem debt, which means they are behind with at

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least one bill or credit commitment. The Children's Society

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and StepChange Debt Charity is say on average these households owe

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almost than -- ?3500 on average these households owe

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out loans to pay for basics. The charity said children in debt ridden

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households suffer particularly badly. Michael Buchanan reports.

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A major damp problem was the start of the difficulties for this woman

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and her family. Fixing it led of the difficulties for this woman

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racking up thousands of pounds worth of debts. As charges on interest

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were added to her loans, as are many problems worsened, so did her family

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life. It got to a point where I would not leave the property. I

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could not go out. My daughter missed loads of nursery. She was getting

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could not go out. My daughter missed upset as well. She was asking if we

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could go to places, like Peppa Pig world and you have to say, you can't

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go. Debt is a significant problem for many UK families, according to

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the report. The charity has found nearly 2.5 million children are

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living in families who are behind on at least one household bills. On

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average, they owe nearly ?3500. Nearly 3 million other families with

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children are on the brink of financial problems. Children are

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living in families which are arguing about debt, which are under

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pressure, and we find one in five kids are being bullied at school

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because their families are in debt. These children are growing up in an

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environment where they have got low aspirations, low hope for the

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future. Borrowing money has in many ways never been easier, with plenty

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of lenders on high streets and all over the Internet. Getting money

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from short-term loan companies can be useful for some people. But

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others find the repayment is difficult to meet and what was a

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small debt can quickly become unmanageable. When this family's

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credit card bills spiralled, Mum felt lonely. Her daughter,

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embarrassed. I did not feel like an equal of the kids. People at school

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have money they were flashing about. I did not say much. I felt I had to

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keep myself to myself for my family's sake. Families need more

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help, say the charities. They want the government to work with

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creditors to create a scheme that would give struggling households

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more protection from default charges on enforcement action.

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Scotland Yard is calling it the world's biggest pilot scheme. It

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involves police using portable cameras attached to their uniforms.

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500 cameras will be distributed to officers, who will be expected to

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use them when dealing with stop and search operations and violence. It

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is hoped it will bring speedier justice for victims. This report

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from a home affairs correspondent Matt Prodger contains images you may

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find disturbing. Police respond to a report of

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domestic violence. Get away from me. The evidence from a police body

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camera is undeniable. Of our children here? Where are your kids?

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The attacker pleaded guilty. His victim was birds are further ordeal

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of attending court -- spared the further ordeal. Sometimes victims

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are so terrified they cannot bring a prosecution. This is evidence and we

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can put it before a court and as importantly for me, as you will see

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in that footage, you see the terror. This trial will establish how

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effective body cameras. Officers say they have boosted the number of

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guilty pleas and helps avoid costly trials. They say they are also

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seeing fewer complaints about police behaviour. The reasoning behind

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these body cameras is simple. If the criminal knows there is recorded

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evidence of their wrongdoing, then they are more likely to plead guilty

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early. And if somebody knows that they are being filmed, they are less

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likely to be violent. He is walking over, that one. Camera use will

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focus initially on reports of violence and stop and search. But

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there are concerns that officers may abuse the power to stop and start

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recording. Clearly there is a risk that if an officer recognises the

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situation is arising and does not want it recorded, that that officer

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can turn the camera off. If that does happen and evidence is not

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created, the Met police have got to crack down on that very hard,

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otherwise the public. Seeing this as reassuring and theatres are

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one-sided surveillance technology. The Met predicts that in London

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alone, 10,000 - 20,000 body cameras will eventually be in use and many

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more across the UK. Labour to call a vote in the Commons

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in an attempt to ban letting agents charging fees to tenants. The

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party's leader Ed Miliband says people who buy a house are not

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charged fees by agents, but people who read our. Mr Miliband is

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spending the day visiting communities in Manchester and

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Dewsbury. Let's get more from Norman Smith.

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I have been out and about with the Labour leader this morning and what

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is clear is the extent to which Mr Miliband is using these elections as

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a dress rehearsal to test run his cost of living campaign ahead of

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next year's general election, which is why he has announced he is to

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force a vote next Tuesday, which would have the effect of banning

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estate agents from charging tenants of the simply for the privilege of

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renting a property for them. These fees can cost a lot of money, up to

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?500. Mr Miliband told me while sitting a sure start Centre in

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Manchester that if this vote was passed the ban could come into force

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before the next election. David Cameron seemed to be warming to

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Labour's policy on rents. Now he has a chance to vote for it on Tuesday

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and Conservatives and Liberal Democrats now has to answer the

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question, do they stand up for generation rent? 9 million people in

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this country, they will want to know from Conservative MPs and Liberal

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Democrat MPs this weekend, we can ban these fees, we can ban letting

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agents and charging fees. That is an immediate financial benefit to

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people who rent their homes. Let's get it done and do what is in the

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national interest. The Association of residential letting agents have

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attacked the move, saying you get rid of these fees, landlords will

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put up their rents. But it is an awkward one for Mr Cameron because

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while he doesn't want to be seen to being blown around by Mr Miliband on

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the cost-of-living ended -- issue, neither does he want to be seen to

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be on the side of landlords and estate agents against people simply

:25:52.:25:55.

trying to find a home. Yesterday, when challenged, Mr Cameron did not

:25:56.:25:59.

dismiss out of hand or Mr Miliband's ideas on helping

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so-called generation rent. You can get full coverage of the

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local and European elections online. They used to be a familiar sight

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going back and forth across the Channel, but now hovercraft were

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phased out. Now, they are making a comeback in the Amazon jungle of all

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places. British hovercraft, built in Southampton, are being used as a new

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weapon against Colombian insurgents and cocaine traffickers. Frank

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Gardner reports from the remote Amazon settlement of Puerto

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Leguizamo. Deep in the jungle of southern

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Colombia there is something new on the river. They are fast, heavily

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armed and they can reach places ordinary boats can't get to.

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armed and they can reach places British built combat hovercraft have

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been brought all the way from Southampton to the Amazon jungle and

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the Colombian navy is helping -- is hoping it will give them a crucial

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advantage chasing drugs smugglers and insurgents here in the heart of

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the world's cocoa industry. We watched them practice the river

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borne assault on a mocked up rebel camp. In this part of Colombia, they

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are operating in areas where much of the jungle is infiltrated by the

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main rebel group. The Fox-macro movement. Both sides in this

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conflict have committed human rights abuses. They have also -- there have

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been allegations of corruption in the military, even collusion with

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drugs traffickers. With no cease-fire signed, the war goes on.

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TRANSLATION: These hovercraft are going to change

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the whole dynamics of the war. Because up until now, we have only

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been able to operate for half the year. From October to January, we

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can't move because the river level stop so far our boats hit the rocks.

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These hovercraft don't stop so far our boats hit the rocks.

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water, so now we can cut off the rebels' supply lines. I flew west

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with the military to see one of rebels' supply lines. I flew west

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border with Ecuador, where they are facing a deadly scourge. Mines. This

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was a controlled explosion. But the Marines said they have had to clear

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dozens here, placed by the rebels and drug traffickers to defend their

:28:24.:28:28.

illegal coca crops. Peace talks with the FARC are under way, but there

:28:29.:28:32.

was no cease-fire and if a deal is signed will that mean an end to

:28:33.:28:38.

Columbia's drug problem? We have to be realistic. We should expect as we

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have seen in the past that some crimes and some criminal bands might

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pop up, right appear in some areas, trying to keep the kind of business.

:28:48.:28:51.

The new hovercraft are unlikely to change that overnight. But they will

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add to the mounting pressure on insurgents and drug traffickers to

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end the violence that is -- that has plagued Colombia for so long.

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Time for a look at the weather now. The next views is not that great for

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hovercraft, we have strong winds across the South in particular

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through the INGRES channel. It is not just wind. A lot of rain. The

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radar picture shows bright colours, indicating heavy downpours through

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Wales and England. The heaviest is pushing out into the North Sea. We

:29:27.:29:30.

are seeing showers moving in as the afternoon wears on. There are the

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wind averages. Touching gale force at times along the gale -- along the

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Dover Straits. The best of the sunshine across the Northern Quarter

:29:41.:29:43.

of Scotland as we head into the afternoon, including the Northern

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Isles. We could see heavy downpours. Further south, rather cloudier

:29:49.:29:50.

affair for much of central Further south, rather cloudier

:29:51.:29:54.

thicker cloud There will be some brightness

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particularly for the East of Northern Ireland and perhaps east of

:30:00.:30:02.

any high ground for Wales and England. Always a lot of around.

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Temperatures, highs of 13-16dC. That is the afternoon. Into the evening

:30:11.:30:13.

Temperatures, highs of 13-16dC. That period and overnight, we see the

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heaviest showers moving to the North Sea. Drier interlude for a time for

:30:18.:30:22.

England and Wales. The next crop of showers moving around dawn. These

:30:23.:30:26.

could be heavy. We have the wind, blustery showers and it should not

:30:27.:30:30.

be too cold, 8-11 Celsius in the South. We start Friday morning

:30:31.:30:35.

rather showery, heavy showers clearing away from eastern areas

:30:36.:30:37.

through the course of the morning. Tomorrow, a better day in regards to

:30:38.:30:43.

more sunshine. Far more sunshine across England and Wales. Scotland

:30:44.:30:46.

and Northern Ireland seeing heavy, slow moving and thundery downpours

:30:47.:30:52.

at times. Feeling Warburg -- warmer, particularly in the south-east, 18

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or 19 Celsius. For the weekend, a low pressure area which is deep for

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the time of year. Fairly breezy or windy throughout the weekend. Windy

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particularly near the coast. Rain followed by sunshine and showers.

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Not a wash-out. Not a pretty start the day for Saturday. Heavy rain

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around, strong winds across the South. Pushing into the East. A day

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of blustery showers and some sunny spells. The showers could be heavy

:31:21.:31:25.

in the West, top temperatures mid to high teens Celsius. On Sunday,

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cooler. West north-westerly wind, feeding into some heavy showers at

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times interspersed with sunshine. On Monday, we continue with sunshine

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and showers into the start of the new week.

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and showers into the start of the new Unite that is

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