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It's emerged hostages held in Syria by Islamic State are being guarded

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America says it tried to rescue captives earlier this year,

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Foley. A fellow prisoner who was later released says US hostages are

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A fellow prisoner who was later released says US hostages are

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Being an American it was probably more targeted.

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There's been a rise in the proportion

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of GCSE A star to C grade passes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland,

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And American aid worker with the Ebola virus will be released from

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hospital. Figures show more women than men

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have entered into same sex marriages since the law changed in March.

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A new museum for Bomber Command has opened in London.

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On BBC London: Met officers who had alleged relationships whilst

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undercover will not face charges. And solar farm the size of four

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pitches in Surrey. Good afternoon and welcome to the

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BBC News at One. It?s emerged this lunchtime that

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foreign hostages held by Islamic State in Syria, are being

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guarded by three British jihadists. It's alleged they've been

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nicknamed John, Paul and Ringo. Here the intelligence services and

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the police are trying to identify the masked man who's also believed

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to be British, filmed murdering the The White House has revealed

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US Special Forces launched a secret mission this summer to

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rescue American hostages in Syria, including James Foley

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but couldn't find them. Our Home Affairs correspondent

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Dominic Casciani reports. James Foley, be headed in Syria by

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Hamas could kill. An international manhunt continues. It emerged the

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jihadists may be part of a group of three British men, nicknamed the

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Beatles, John, Paul and Ringo. MI5 is laying a key role in the FBI

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investigation. The security services is using all the tricks of the trade

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to identify the subject. Forensic experts will be scrutinising the

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area in the video. They will be trying to pick up clues from his

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physique. His eyes will be checked against photos in security

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databases. But the most importantly could come from his British voice.

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It is part of the jigsaw of evidence that might lead to identifying the

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speaker in the DBD. You cannot use voice identification evidence to

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identify totally, an individual. It is not like fingerprinting or DNA

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profiling. Hundreds of writ -ish men who have fought in Syria are back

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home. MI5 is monitoring these men, certain they know who the killer is.

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The security services hope the lead will not come from their technical

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toolkit but inside the Muslim communities. They are working behind

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the scenes with Muslim leaders. Many people are involved in efforts to

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deter young men from going to Syria. It is in the interests of the Muslim

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community. It is to make sure they don't go to join forces like that

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and they have hijacked our faith. They don't represent our faith and

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imams across the country are using mosques to give out the message, but

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also social media. Syria is a war zone so there is no guarantee the

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killer could be apprehended, even if his identity is already known. He

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may spend years of aiding justice. -- evading justice.

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The United States has carried out more airstrikes against

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Islamic State militants in northern Iraq, despite threats

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by the killer of James Foley to murder a second American captive,

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Our world affairs correspondent Mike Wooldridge reports.

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James Foley filming in Aleppo before he was abducted. Now he is one of a

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number of American hostages US forces attempted to rescue. America

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says it at the best of the United States military in harms way to try

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to bring them home. They say every branch of the military was involved.

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Special personnel were dropped into Syria but did not find hostages.

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They engaged in a firefight with Islamic State of militants before

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leaving. Exactly how long this was before the Islamic state posted

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their video online showing James Foley's brutal death, is not clear.

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But his parents expressed their gratitude to President Obama. He

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shared with us what the Administration has done, which they

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could not share with us before. We appreciated that knowing the things

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they tried. And we thanked him, but we begged they might consider other

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ways of dealing such that Stephen and the others may be spared.

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Another American journalist, produced in the same

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Another American journalist, produced in video by the Islamic

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state militants, they say his fate will depend on President Obama's

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next move. What has also emerged from one of James Foley's employees

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is the family were contacted either militants. The family received an

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e-mail from the kidnappers that was full of rage against the United

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States for the bombing. They stated they would execute James. We

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communicated with them, pleaded with them for mercy. Also seized while

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covering the conflict in Syria, but released in April was this French

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journalist. For seven months he was held with James Foley and spoke of

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his generosity. Anything he could share, he would share it. If we were

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cold, he would share his blankets. If we were starving and missing

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food, he would share his rations. He believes the American was probably

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treated differently because of his nationality. Many countries do

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negotiate. I don't know if it is money or prisoner exchange and some

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countries like America, but also like the UK, do not negotiate. He

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said he was horrified I James Foley's killing. A sentiment echoed

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around the world. Our security correspondent Frank

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Gardner is here. What have we learned this week how

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the Islamic state uses hostages as bargaining tools? It is a big is

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this, it is the strategic arm of the operation. They have been doing it

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since they have been in Syria but they have at least 20 hostages. They

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ransom them for big sums of money. There is somebody in charge of this

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at the prisoner handling level. We have had confirmation there are

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three British jihadists doing that. They treat prisoners badly,

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especially when they are angry about US air strikes on jihadist 's

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positions. They have these nicknames, John, Paul and Ringo, as

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in the Beatles and James Foley was singled out for bad treatment

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because he was American. The sums of money are very big, millions of

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dollars. Around 11 hostages have been released. Most of those, if not

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all, for money. Despite the pledges made at the G8 summit in Northern

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Ireland recently, by all G8 countries not to pay money to

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terrorists for Ransomes, all except for Britain and the US, allegedly

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have been handing over money, or many

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There's been a rise in the proportion of GCSE A star

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to C passes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland this year, but

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Grades in Maths have improved sharply,

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Sarah Campbell joins us from Norwich.

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this is the first time reforms have come into effect. Pupils here, as

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elsewhere have picked up their results and are either celebrating

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or commiserating. The emotional scenes in schools

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across England, Wales and Northern Ireland on results stay the same as

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they do each year, but in England the contents of those envelopes have

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been almost impossible to predict. My mother is going to be doing

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cartwheels. These peoples in Norwich are among the first to be tested by

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My mother is going to be doing cartwheels. the new system. Instead

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of modules, the focus is on final exams held at the end of the

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two-year courses. are among the first to be tested

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This system in the past incentivised schools to enter pupils for

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different modules as they sought to raise the grades the children could

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achieve. As a consequence they lost out on the large amount of teaching

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time retaking these exams. The overall picture is a slight rise in

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the number of A star to C. The volatility is in the key subjects.

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Results in maths have risen 4.8 points. Then there is English, which

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has seen a drop, the sharpest since GCSEs were introduced. Schools were

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warned to expect the unexpected and as at this school in Norwich, that

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is what has happened. They have seen a huge spike in the number of pupils

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awarded the top grades but there is concern over borderline pupils

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because of this drop in the pass rate for English, such an important

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subject. We are concerned there may be some students who want to go to

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college or get into a sixth form but cannot because they don't have the

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grades. It is not down to what they have done but down to the changes

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the government has made. It is a real shame. Wales and Northern

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Ireland have opted not to change GCSEs. Peoples in England can only

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hope being the first to take the new exams has not put them at a

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disadvantage. Schools are looking at their results, particularly this

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drop in English. It is the first year the speaking and listening

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component has not counted towards the final mark. Here, they think it

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has contributed to that drop. The government says these results are

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encouraging but teachers across the board are not so sure. The head

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teachers union said candidates have done worse than expected and they

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are worse -- victims of change. Our Wales correspondent,

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Hywel Griffith, How have the results gone down where

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you are? All of the envelopes have been opened and I have seen plenty

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of smiling bases. Suggesting overall the mood is good and there is a

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record number of A star to C grades this year at 66.6%. It is still

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behind England and Northern Ireland, but the gap is closing slightly and

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there has been a lot of focus on the Welsh education system in terms of

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how it compares to the UK and internationally and its need to

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catch up. But there is a difference growing between Wales and the rest

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of the UK and that is how GCSE is done. In England the focus has been

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on the end of two-year exams, in Wales they are sticking with the

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modular version where people can sit and resit. And the headteacher here

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was keen to show me some of his results this year, showing pupils in

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year ten, 15-year-olds, have been able to get plenty of A star and he

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says it is a system that helps pupils grow over the two years, so

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he does not want the same focus in England, where it is becoming loaded

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with the end of year exam. Thank you very much.

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An American doctor who contracted Ebola after treating victims,

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The charity that employs Dr Kent Brantly says he was

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discharged after being treated with an experimental drug in the US.

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Our world affairs correspondent Nick Childs reports.

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Amid rigorous precautions, the doctor was infected in Liberia who

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were rushed back to the United States for treatment, including an

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experimental drug. This was him being helped from the ambulance to

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the hospital in Atlanta. Now it seems he is well enough to leave and

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the signs looked encouraging. They are getting supportive care. We are

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hearing, but I don't have direct knowledge of this, but what has been

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announced is they have also received this cocktail of antibodies, which

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is designed to block the virus. The reports we are getting from Atlanta

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is that is having a positive effect. The World Health Organization has

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declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the worst ever, global

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health emergency and has approved the use of experimental drugs to

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contain it. Yesterday, in the Liberian capital, police clashed

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with crowds protesting their neighbourhood had been quarantined.

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Liberia and the other infected countries have struggled to cope.

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The three effect the doctors treated with the same drug as the Americans

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have shown significant improvements. The new experimental drugs offer

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hope and help. But more health workers and strict isolation

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remained the key to control this crisis.

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were being guarded by three men recruited from Great Britain. We are

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Lincolnshire as the county prepares to remember those who served and

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lost their lives with bomber command. The number of sexual

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assaults on public transport in the capital is on the rise. In the

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pursuit of happiness. Why Londoners are some of the most miserable

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people in the country. All of that in 15 minutes.

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Four branches of McDonalds have closed in Russia, after

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alleged "sanitary violations." Critics however say it's

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the latest move in tit-for-tat sanctions with the West.

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The Russian federal authorities announced the closures

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after carrying out inspections this week, but have a history

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of banning food from countries out of favour with the Kremlin. Steve

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Rosenberg is in Moscow. Well, this is Pushkin Square

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in the heart of Moscow. And every time I come here,

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I remember the day nearly 25 years ago when Russia's first McDonald's

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opened its doors here in the USSR. I was studying in Moscow

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at the time and came down here to join the queue.

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The crowds that day were incredible and the queue went all

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the way around Pushkin Square. It took me three hours to get

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inside and be served, such was the level of excitement

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here that American burgers had burst through the Iron Curtain

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and were being served up in Moscow. Today is a different story.

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There is no queue today. In fact, there are no

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customers because it is shut. The food safety watchdog has called

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for the temporary closure of this and three other McDonald's.

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In a statement, the watchdog said it had conducted

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a number of tests and had uncovered numerous sanitary violations.

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McDonald's says it is studying the complaints and its priority remains

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to provide a safe, quality product. Even before the closures were

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announced, there were protests here outside the restaurant.

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But critics of the government argue that this

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has nothing to do with food safety but it's all about geopolitics .

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Because of the conflict in Ukraine, relations between Russia

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and the West are at their lowest levels since the fall of communism.

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In fact, some of the rhetoric coming out of Moscow and Washington

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recently has sounded very Cold War. So the suspicion is that

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because McDonald?s is one of the symbols of America, that is why

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it is encountering problems now. It is not just McDonald's,

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a number of Russian MPs have called for checks on other US brands

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like Burger King and KFC. What do Moscow citizens think

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about the ban on the burgers? TRANSLATION:

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Personally, I prefer beetroot soup and Russian

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dumplings but I know a lot of young people do like those burgers.

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I think 99% of this is politics. Closing these restaurants is

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Russia's response to Western sanctions.

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And the authorities say there are going to be more checks at more

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McDonald's across the country. It does seem that -

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if not the public, then the people in power - are losing their appetite

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for American fast food. There were more than 1,400 same-sex

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marriages in England and Wales between March and June this year,

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when new laws allowing them came into force.

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Official figures show that 56 per cent of unions were between

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women,with 44 percent between men. Robert Pigott has more.

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How do these figures compare with the number of civil partnerships? If

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you look at the figures from the Office of National Statistics,

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between March and June this year, in England and Wales, the interesting

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thing is to compare it with civil partnerships. It is hampered by the

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fact the last year we have figures is 2012. If you look at the figures,

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there were 1427 civil partnerships. It seems that, despite the fact that

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2014 was the first year, there was not a huge surge. It is worth saying

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that civil partnerships are still taking place, some couples still

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prefer them. The overall number of gay unions may not have changed much

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but it is a fair bet that it has shifted from partnership to

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marriage. The other interesting thing is that first weekend in March

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where people were competing to be the first to tie the knot and the

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government were flying rainbow flags from buildings. There were 95 of

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those same-sex marriages in England and Wales in that first weekend.

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When the first civil partnerships took place in 2005, there were other

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frenzies taking place. An interesting comparison. It is worth

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saying that there is some mystery in all of this. It is clear that people

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cannot convert their civil partnerships intermarriages. In the

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future, when they are able to, we will get a better judgement of what

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the popularity is. Robert Pigott has more.

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Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond has faced questions from

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MSPs for the last time before Scotland votes in the referendum on

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independence next month. Mr Salmond defended the Scottish Government's

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independence next month. Mr Salmond defended the Scottish Government's

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estimates of oil reserves after a warning yesterday from a leading

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industry figure. Our Scotland correspondent Lorna Gordon reports.

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He is First Minister of Scotland's devolved government and for the

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final time ahead of the referendum, he faced his weekly questions. This

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is about the future of our country. Labour seized on comments by a

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well-known figure in the oil industry, Sir Ian Wood. He added,

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most operators would feel more confident if Scotland remained part

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of the UK. I asked the First Minister again, why did he say that

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in the interests of our children and odd grandchildren? Alex Salmond in

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turn said the figures show there is a lifetime of oil in Scotland's

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sees. This poor country was visited with the great curse of 15 billion

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barrels of oil. Every other country in the world would give their eye

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teeth for such a substantial source of oil. The Conservatives chose to

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attack on this issue. Our young voters must be fully aware that by

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the time they are middle aged, Scotland will have little offshore

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gas and oil production. The First Minister said the Westminster have

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meant and a track record of playing down oil. Given the evidence of the

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last 40 years, most people in Scotland will say, let's give it our

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turn for the benefit of Scottish people. No more questions here for a

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while. The next time these politicians meet the country will

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have decided its future. James Cook is in Holyrood now. James, we are

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seemingly heading to the home straight pulls up thank goodness! We

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feel like we have been having this debate for years! At one point

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today, drawing the question is, the presiding officer ordered I heard

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charges to behave and shook her head in exasperation, and I think that

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exasperation may be felt by some of the voters egos they are subjected

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to a daily barrage of statistics. They have to find their way through

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that. The politicians will leave this place this afternoon, go into

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the communities for the next month, across Scotland, and put their

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arguments to the people. They will decide four weeks today the future

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of Scotland and the UK. correspondent Lorna Gordon reports.

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The Football Association is investigating the conduct

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of the former Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay, following allegations

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of racist,sexist and homophobic text messages while at the club.

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Mr Mackay is now understood not to be in the running for the vacant

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manager's job at Crystal Palace. Our Sports Correspondent Natalie

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Pirks is at Wembley for us now, It's Fill us in on the back round into

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the investigation on macro three. Today, the Daily Mail has printed

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the alleged text between Ian Moody, the former head of recruitment at

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Cardiff City and Malky Mackay. They form part of a dossier sent by

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Cardiff to the FA after lawyers radiates Ian Moody's house looking

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for financial irregularities. They are of a discriminatory nature,

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these alleged acts. They are of sexist and racist natures. They

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talked about a list of potential signings. It said, not many white

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faces amongst lot, but worth considering. Malky Mackay was high

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up on the list to replace the current Crystal Palace manager. They

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dropped the idea when it was clear that the allegations would become

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public. The BBC has contacted Malky Mackay and Ian Moody but they are

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unavailable for comment. The FA is investigating. The anti racism

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campaign has said they are not shocked. Thank you.

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Pirks is at Wembley for us now, It's It is thought 55,000 people lost

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their lives, as part of Britain's Bomber

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Command during the Second World War. Lincolnshire was home to thousands

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of personnel even being dubbed "Bomber County," and today the first

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turf has been cut on the site of a planned memorial.

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Ed Thomas is at Canwick Hill in Lincolnshire for us now.

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Yes, today, Lincolnshire remembers. In 30 minutes' time, the final pair

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of Lancaster bombers will make their way over the tops of the trees into

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the distance here. We have hundreds of people to remember them. Earlier

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today, we were lucky enough to go and see the planes arrive at RAF

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Waddington. in Lincolnshire for us now.

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Through grey Lincolnshire skies appeared a rare and precious sight.

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The last pair of Lancasters left flying roared over RAF Waddington.

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This, the same journey thousands once made during World War II.

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Here, Britain's only airworthy bomber joined by Vera,

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a Lancaster from the Royal Canadian Air Force, to recognise those who

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served the Bomber Command. There were 55,500 men who gave

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their lives during Bomber Command in the Second World War but there were

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some incredible tales of bravery. I think what we can use these

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aeroplanes for is not just for commemoration but also

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for inspiration. The stories of what came out of

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what they did and how they did it. Joined together on the tarmac,

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the only two flying Lancasters. It is hard to believe now but once,

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more than 7,000 of these bombers were in the skies.

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In one sense, this is where the Lancaster belongs.

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Lincolnshire was nicknamed Bomber County because

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so many missions flew through here and today about remembering

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the bravery of the crews on-board . More than 55,000 Bomber Command crew

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members lost their lives in the Second World War.

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Their average age was just 22. One man who knows the story

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of that sacrifice all too well is 90-year-old John Whitehouse,

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a former RAF corporal who worked on the Lancasters.

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I worked on the flights for about a year and it was exciting

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but it was terrible when the crews did not come back.

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Quite often, on their first operation, they failed to return.

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Today was about so much more than just a show.

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This was a reminder of the story of Bomber Command and

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the crews who risked everything. Everybody here is getting ready to

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meet those planes as they fly over. This is also the spot where

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Lincolnshire's permanent memorial to Bomber Command will be. It will be a

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spire, 100 feet tall. On that spire, the name of every person who died in

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the service of Bomber Command, 20,000 names. Those stories will not

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be forgotten. the crews who risked everything.

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Time for a look at the weather. It may be the middle of August but

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it is feel autumnal at the moment. A cold start to the day and it will

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feel call through the afternoon. Fairly showery as well. The radar

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picture shows us where we had the heavy showers, particularly across

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Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England, as well as the

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south-west. Some sunshine to be enjoyed towards the South East, but

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quite breezy and feeling cool in the breeze. Temperatures of around 18 or

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maybe 20 in the sunshine. Towards the south-west, more of a chance of

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catching a shower. Cloudy skies across Wales, the Midlands and

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northern England. Across Scotland, it would feel quite cool in the

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breeze, just 12 degrees in some areas, and a chance of heavy

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showers. Northern Ireland, a mix of sunny spells and scattered showers.

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Those are showers continued through the night, being blown South East on

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the breeze. Not as cold tonight as it was last night. In central areas,

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double figures, but further north, a cooler start to the day under those

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clear skies. More optimistic on Friday. More in the way of sunshine.

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More scattered showers around, quite heavily towards the East of Scotland

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and eastern England. A degree or so warmer tomorrow than it is today.

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Lots of festivals happening this weekend. Leeds should remain dry, as

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Will Reading. The breeze will take the edge of that temperatures. A few

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scattered showers for eastern parts of Scotland and England. In the

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sunshine on Saturday, 20 degrees. On Saturday night, it will be very

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chilly with a touch of frost so tax extra bank I -- bank -- blankets.

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Look at this rain, waiting in the wings. That is just in time for a

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bank holiday Monday. Sunday night into Monday, it looks like a spell

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of wet and breezy weather heading across many of. All in all, Saturday

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brings some Sunny spells with one or two showers, and Sunday will be the

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better of the two days. Sunshine to be enjoyed but by bank holiday

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Monday, things will turn wet and windy. A wet bank holiday, that is a

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shock. That is it from us,

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