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David Cameron's former head of communications is arrested over

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allegations of corruption and phone hacking at the News of the World.

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Andy Coulson, the paper's former editor, is being questioned tonight

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as the Prime Minister defends bringing him to Downing Street.

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The decision to hire him was mine and mine alone. I take full

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responsibility for it. We saw a Prime Minister today who still

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doesn't seem to get it and I am afraid he is someone who doesn't

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seem to be able to lead the change we need in the way the press works

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in this country. Detectives search Andy Coulson's

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London home, removing computer equipment in the hunt for evidence.

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And the investigation widens to include the offices of another

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paper, The Daily Star Sunday. Shares at BSkyB fall after the

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media regulator signals that the News of the World's problems could

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-- -- could be relevant to Rupert Murdoch's takeover bid. We will

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have the latest on the police investigation and where this leaves

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the Murdoch media empire. Also tonight:

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Millions of households face higher British Gas bills up by 18%.

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We feel like we can't pay all of it all the time any more, and we are

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going to be choosing between food or heating this winter.

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LLift-off... A final farewell to the space shuttle, Atlantis heads

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into orbit for the last time. And, cowboy style for William and

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Kate as they end their tour of Canada at a rodeo festival.

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Coming up in the sport: British rider Bradley Wiggins' Tour de

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France is over after he broke his collar bone in a multiple pile-up

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Good evening, and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

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The Prime Minister's former head of communications, Andy Coulson, was

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arrested today by police investigating the allegations of

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phone hacking at the News of the World. The arrest came as David

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Cameron was forced to defend his decision to hire Mr Coulson. He

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also confirmed there will be two inquiries into the scandal, one of

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them led by a judge. With tonight's first report, our political editor

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Nick Robinson looks now at the latest on the arrest.

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Cops raid Cam's man, that the headline the News of the World

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might have put over pictures of detectives confiscating computers

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from the house of the man who once ran the paper, the man the police

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arrested today. Mr Coulson, do you have any... The man forced out of

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Downing Street six months ago, by a scandal which his boss thought

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would disappear, but which has instead exploded in his face. Andy

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Coulson was questioned here at Lewisham police station in London

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on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications and

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corruption. Finding himself in the political dock, the Prime Minister

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decided to plead guilty for failing to take seriously the endemic of

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phone hacking. We turned a blind eye to the need to sort this issue,

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to get on top of the bad practices, to change the way our our

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newspapers are regulated. We have not gripped this issue. There were,

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though, mitigating circumstances. He, like other politicians, wanted

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the papers to help him win. relationship that became too close,

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too cosy, we were all in this world of wanting the support of newspaper

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groups, yes, even broadcasting organisations. And when we're doing

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that do we spend enough time asking questions about how these

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organisations are regulated and malpractices and the rest of it? No,

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we didn't. What David Cameron did in the admit was ignoring all the

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warnings about the man he had hired, nor did he apologise for it. Andy

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Coulson said that he did not know what was happening at the News of

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the World in terms of hacking and he resigned as a result of it and I

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decided to give him a second chance. That's all I can do, is explain why

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I did what I did. You hired him when many people were saying that

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hacking was widespread, and when many people believed it was simply

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implausible for someone who ran a newspaper to say nothing to do with

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me, guv. As I said, no one gave me specific information, obviously I

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sought assurances, I received assurances. I commissioned a To do

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a basic background check but I am not hiding from the decision I made.

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Is he still a friend? Yes, he became a friend and is a friend.

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Uncovering the web of deceit at the News of the World will now be the

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subject of two inquiries, one led by a judge will investigate why

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phone hacking spread and why the police failed to uncover it. The

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other will look into the ethics and regulation of the media.

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The Prime Minister said it wasn't up to him to decide whether Rupert

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Murdoch should be stopped from buying all of Sky TV. Labour

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disagree. I think we saw a Prime Minister today who still doesn't

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seem to get it and I am afraid he is someone who doesn't seem to be

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able to lead the change we need in the way the press works in this

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country. He couldn't even bring himself to apologise for hiring

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Andy Coulson. The test of the talk from both main parties of a brave

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new world may be whether we see less of this, the red hair of

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Rebekah Brooks, the Murdoch's righthand woman arriving at Number

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10. Or this, greeting her friend, the Prime Minister, with a kiss. He

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went to her wedding, as did Gordon Brown when he was Prime Minister.

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She was friends with Tony Blair when he was in Number 10, a certain

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man called Coulson took him on a tour of News International but they

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didn't want the kiss on the cameras. Down for a bit, now, don't film for

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a bit. Today, David Cameron who spent days refusing to condemn his

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friend, said that her offer to resign as boss of News

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International should have been accepted. Outside the company today

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protesters celebrated the sinking of a paper they've long hated. The

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question now is who else will go down with the News of the World?

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Well, the police investigation appeared to gather pace today, the

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News of the World's former Royal editor Clive Goodman was also

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arrested to be questioned again by police. In 2007 he was convicted

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and jailed over phone hacking. This afternoon, the offices of another

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newspaper, The Daily Star Sunday, were searched.

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Here is Tom Symonds on the state of the investigation.

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Andy Coulson, for months it had been whispered that he could be

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arrested, now it's happened. Two separate police inquiries are

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talking to him, likely under caution but what he says could be

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used as evidence. The allegations involve corruption, payments to

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police officers, and conspiracy to intercept communications - phone

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hacking. At the heart of the corruption

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investigation are e-mails discovered by News International

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and passed to the police. A well- placed source has told the BBC they

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appear to show that a small number of officers received payments

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totalling around �130,000 in return for sensitive information. The e-

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mails appear to have been copied to other News International executives

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and journalists. Clive Goodman, also arrested, is the original

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rogue reporter News International claimed acted alone in

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commissioning phone hacking. Along with the man who did the hacking,

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Glenn Mulcaire, he served a sentence. Now he's being questioned

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about corruption. Police have also arrested in the past former

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assistant editor Ian Edmondson, reporter Neville Thurlbeck and

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James weatherall but Andy Coulson is the most senior to date.

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Police also searched computers at the Daily Star Sunday today, the

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paper said Clive Goodman has been freelancing there. There is no

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suggestion he has acted improperly. It's emerged the investigations

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appear to have run into a problem back at Wapping, headquarters of

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the News of the World. understand that the police have

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found evidence that a News International executive deleted a

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large proportion of an archive of e-mails, these are e-mails sent by

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and to journalists from the News of the World over four or five years.

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E-mails which are potentially enormously important for the police

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attempt to get to the truth about this.

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As the News of the World prepared for its final Sunday, staff have

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been told their company's internal investigation team will no longer

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report to Rebekah Brooks, but to New York instead to ensure

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transparency. There are still many questions over

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the impact the scandal might have on News Corporation's plans to take

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full control of BSkyB. Shares in the company fell 8% today after the

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regulator Ofcom said the News of the World allegations were relevant

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to its judgment on the deal. Our business editor looks now at the

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future of the Murdoch's business. The famous Wapping headquarters of

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Rupert Murdoch's News International, owner of a quartet of leading

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newspapers, which becomes a trio after the News of the World's final

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edition on Sunday. Here's the man who decided to axe

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the UK's best-selling newspaper, James Murdoch, chairman of News

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International and son of Rupert Murdoch who decided that with

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advertisers deserting and a public mood of revulsion over its past

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journeyistic practices, it had no commercial future.

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But News International's Sun, daily paper thrives and sources tell me

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it's likely Mr Murdoch will try to keep some of the News of the

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World's readers by launching a new Sunday edition of The Sun. There

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has been a long-standing plan, we understand, to move to a 7-day

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operation with the same brand. So, this closure of of News of the

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World may be a quick way to turn a problem into an opportunity.

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By most standards the News of the World, whose revenues were around

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�160 million a year was a big business. But that's less than 1%

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of the revenues of News Corporation, its owner, who is annual turnover

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is more than �20 billion. Far more important to News Corporation is

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British Sky Broadcasting, the biggest broadcaster in the UK with

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income greater than �6 billion each year. News Corporation currently

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owns 39% of Sky, but it wants 100%. Not everyone thinks that would be a

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good idea. Don't let Murdoch dominate... There have been 156

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electronic submissions about the deal in a week to the Culture

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Secretary, most urging him to block the takeover.

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And a leading Liberal Democrat today petitioned the regulator to

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declare News Corporation unfit to control BSkyB. We're very clear,

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broadcasters in this country are now going to be required more than

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ever to have the highest of standards. That can't mean that

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companies have licences when employees of their's have been

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bribing the police, obtaining information from the police by

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paying for it illegally, and by breaking into people's phones,

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contrary to law. Ofcom, the regulator, indicated it may well

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erect a sizable obstacle in the way of the takeover because it regards

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the scandal as relevant to whether News Corporation should own Sky and

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as a result BSkyB's shares have fallen sharply. All that alleged

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wrongdoing at the News of the World turned the brand toxic, that's what

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its executives, including News International's chief executive,

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Rebekah Brooks, concluded. So toxic indeed that even after the News of

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the World's demise, it may continue to taint the Murdoch's global

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empire for sometime to come. Let's go back to Westminster and

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our political editor. To what extent was David Cameron on the

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defensive today? He was certainly on the defensive and he will be

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some more. There will still be questions about the past, what he

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knew about Andy Coulson, what he asked, what he was told, and why he

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still trusted him. Questions about the future, what he will do about

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the future ownership of British Sky Broadcasting, after all those

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regulators have come to their verdict. When the Prime Minister's

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own -- on his sunbed in a few weeks, he will wonder how have I ended up

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the man man promising to clean up the press, and promising to look at

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the whole question of the relationship between politicians

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and senior journalists. But that is the funny thing about politics,

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it's often the things they don't plan, the things they don't want

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that really defines them. Thank you.

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Other news now. Millions of British Gas customers are facing higher

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bills after prices were raised to record levels. Gas will go up by an

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average of 18%, electricity by 16%. The company's blaming high prices

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on the wholesale market but the energy Secretary, Chris Huhne, says

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he refuses to stand by and let this happen. Here is our personal

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finance correspondent Simon Gompertz.

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Another series of price rises for heat and power, just as households

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are being burned by food and petrol increases and pressure on their

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incomes. Mark and his family are particularly badly affected because

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they're dependent on benefits while he deals with a back problem. They

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can't help using gas and electricity, but it's taking a huge

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share of their income. It's 25% of my budget and that's the single

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largest payment we have. If it's kept unchecked it will push us

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below the poverty line, if we are not already there and the effect

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it's going to have on us, it's either heat the house or feed

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ourselves. The price hike is at the top end of expectations, gas going

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up by 18% next month, electricity will be 16% dear e adding �190 a

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year on average to the bill of a customer who buys both.

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British Gas is the biggest supplier, so there's a direct impact on nine

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million customers. Despite saying last week that it would move

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reluctantly, the company has decided not to hold back on this

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major increase. Recently we have seen Middle Eastern turmoil and the

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growth in the Asian economies push up prices by 30% to the point that

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we have been selling at a loss for the last four months and that's

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unsustainable. This round of price rises started with Scottish power

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last month. Now British Gas is pushing up its prices and the fear

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is that the other big players, Scottish & Southern, EDF, NPower

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and Eon will do the same. Consumers are told to shop around but that's

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hard if prices are going in one Where they go, everybody else will

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follow. Probably nobody is going to be immune to that. Chris Huhne said

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the increases were tough for consumers. He's promising to heat

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up competition by bringing in more suppliers.

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Our top story: David Cameron's former head of

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communications is arrested over allegations of corruption and phone

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hacking at the News of the World. And coming up - the space shuttle

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Atlantis heads into orbit for the last time.

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It's been a soggy start to the new era of the British Grand Prix here

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at Silverstone. Join me live for inside F1 for all the build-up to

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this weekend's big race at 6.45pm British aid agencies are tonight

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appealing for donations to help millions of people suffering in

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East Africa's worst drought for 60 years. The Disasters Emergency

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Committee says that 10 million people could be at risk of

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starvation, with well over 1,000, mainly children, arriving in

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refugee camps every day, often after gruelling journeys. Large

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areas of Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia and Sudan have been affected. Our

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correspondent wefrpbt to the Dadaab camp. -- went to the Dadaab camp.

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The drought is forcing thousands of refugees to flock here. The infants

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are the weakest of the new arrivals. There's not much of them to measure.

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Tiny bodies, ravaged by malnutrition and dehydration.

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Katharina Andrey is a Swiss nurse here. She told me that recently she

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cried with one mother. Just babies, young children are dying. It

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happened to me last week. I arrived at a house. I saw a crowd. I took

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the baby. I tried to do something. Outside you cannot do anything. So

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he just died in my arms. She knows this little boy is also hovering

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between life and death. His mother agrees to take him to hospital, but

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only reluctantly. She has five more children to care for, and was

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prepared to let this one die - a sacrifice to save the others.

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We had some problems. We had some instances where some families have

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prepared their children for death. We had to intervene and tell them,

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no, this is not possible. This child is still alive and can make

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it. This camp is growing all the time. It is becoming overcrowded.

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Aid agencies here are stretched to the limit. More people are arriving

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with every day that passes. Well over 1,000 of them fleeing from

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civil war and now from drought as well in their native Somalia. No-

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one here has any intention of going home any time soon. Aid is making a

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difference here. On Monday, we showed these pictures of a

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chronicly malnourished baby. This is him now. His doctors say he's

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out of danger and gradually growing stronger. Amid the misery, there is

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also hope. Well, the TV and radio appeals go

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on-air this evening. If you would like to make a donation you can

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found the Disasters Emergency You can make a �5 donation by

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texting CRISIS to: The last shuttle flight has blasted

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off from Florida. Atlantis's journey into orbit marks the end of

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an era. Let's get the latest from Cape Canaveral. It very nearly

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didn't happen. The weather has been rough in the last day or so. At

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4.30pm your time, the mission contromer came out with the --

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controller came out with the words, prepare for launch. Four astronauts

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about to fly on the final space shuttle. It is the end of an era.

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At the launch pad of Atlantis, with three hours to go, the crew clamber

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inside. An awkward fit, but it is on. The shuttles have flown for 30

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years. Now the last countdown. one and zero.... The final liftoff

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of Atlantis. Even from three miles away it is staggeringly bright as

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the shuttle accelerates towards 17,000 miles an hour. An incredible

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sight. Any second now, here it comes, the great wave of sound, you

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can actually feel it inside you. Huge crowds were watching an

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emotional sight. This meant everything to me. I wanted to see a

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shuttle launch more than anything. We came from Virginia. Seeing that,

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it made me have something to tell my friends when I get home. Nine

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minutes to reach orbit. A spectacular start to 12 days in

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space. Now Atlantis will deliver a year's worth of supplies to the

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International Space Station. No other craft can do that. The

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shuttles had become too expensive. The big question now - what next?

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Prince William and the Duchess of Canada have spent their last day in

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Canada. They attended the famous Calgary Stampede before their

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departure for Los Angeles. This report contains some flash

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photography. The final stop in Canada on their

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first overseas tour together. It's culminated in Calgary - home of

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Canada's cowboys, where they launched the Wild West rodeo, the

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Calgary Stampede. It's been a nine-day visit, which

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according to William has far surpassed their expectations.

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Canada has shown that where royals are concerned, particularly where

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they are young and glamorous, like these two, no country is capable of

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a more devoted welcome. Earlier, William and Kate had seen

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something of those essential stampede activities, the riding of

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angry bulls. Something frowned on by animal rights groups and driving

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chuckwagons. It's been a visit for which their down-to-earth style has

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been perfectly suited. This visit was pretty much guaranteed to be a

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success. One of the reasons to come to Canada is so many Canadians are

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so enthusiastic about the Royal Family. The fact it's been such a

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spectacular success is down to the couple themselves.

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Every where they've been, they have shown an unstuffy side to royalty.

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It is not new. Others have been capable of it. They demonstrated

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what a potent impact two young royals working together are capable

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of having. They head on now to California. Let's return now to

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tonight's main story, the former editor of the News of the World,

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Andy Coulson's arrest into part of the investigation into phone

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hacking. They have written to their readers. We look back now at the

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paper's defining campaigns. Christine Keeler, on Sunday, she

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opens her secret diary and tells the first full story in the News of

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the World. For decades, it was Britain's

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biggest selling newspaper by far. And for good reasons. There were

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scopes and scandalous exposures, week in, week out, year in, year

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out. And popular campaigns. The paper backed Sarah Payne whose

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daughter was murdered. Rebekah Brooks gave her first

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interview on the subject. The paper is on the side of protecting

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children and not protecting paedophiles. The public are behind

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us. And Madeline McCann went missing in Portugal, the paper put

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up a huge reward to find her. were grateful to the paper's

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support. They would talk occasionally to the editor. They

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wanted to support the search and bring the campaigning support to

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the search. The News of the World far outsold its Fleet Street rivals.

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Of course the national press left Fleet Street 20 years ago.

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Newspapers no longer have the enormous sales they once did.

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Nonetheless, the News of the World's closure means one fewer

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title to reveal, campaign, expose and hold the powerful to account.

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Hardly the best outcome for press freedom and democracy. The paper's

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defenders say it will be missed. seems clear that the staff have

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engaged in some detestable, unforgivable behaviour. It is

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important to not lose fact of the sight that the paper has broken

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important stories. More than seven million people read the News of the

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World. Without it there'll be less sleaze, fewer stuck in revelations

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every Sunday, Britain will be a duller place.

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Now a time to look at the weekend weather.

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It has been kicking off today. We've had tornadoes in Bolton and

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Bognor. Flash flooding in Wales and Edinburgh. Our great British summer

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continues. Through this weekend we will see fewer showers, with a

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better chance of seeing longer, drier spells. Not at the moment

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though. Nasty storms around across northern England, tracking

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northwards all the while. An inch or so of rain in a short period of

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or so of rain in a short period of time. Up into some eastern and

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central parts of Scotland as well later on.

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There will be some drier weather elsewhere. It will not be all that

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cold. Temperatures remain in double figures. Tomorrow, guess what, will

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be another showery day. The focus of showers will be in different

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places. Scotland will see a lot more showers. Slow-moving, heavy

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and thundery. North-east England as well. For the rest of us, fewer

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showers, more sunshine, in fact many places will get away with a

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fine afternoon for the cricket at Old Trafford for example, apart

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from the odd rogue shower, it will stay dry. That is the same for the

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Midlands and East Anglia. If you are heading to the weech,

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there will be a cooling -- beach, there will be a cooling breeze. The

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odd shower across south-west England and the bulk of Wales

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staying dry with temperatures nudging 20 Celsius in many places.

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Northern Ireland again, fewer showers than recently. For Scotland

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again a very showery day for the Scottish Open. Some thundery

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downpours in and around the golf course. Sunday, the odd shower to

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northern Scotland in particular. Elsewhere, very few showers. Lots

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of dry and bright weather. Temperatures reaching low to mid-

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20's. For the Grand Prix I am hopeful that it will be dry and

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