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The murder inquiry at Stepping Hill Hospital - it was three, now five

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deaths are being investigated. One of the most recent cases to be

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added to the inquiry is that of 83- year-old Derek Weaver, he died this

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morning. We are absolutelyic that anybody could do that. Just a

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wonderful person everybody in the hospital said what a charming,

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lovely gentleman he is. Also on tonight's programme:

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Are you going to resign, Prince Andrew? The BBC understands that

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Prince Andrew is to step down as his role as trade ambassador.

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Crunch time in the eurozone, leaders need to hammer out a zone

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to save Greece and the global economy. Her killer went on the run

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for years, wrote a book about the murder, today the killer of Lindsay

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Hawker is finally convicted. We've waited four-and-a-half years to get

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justice for Lindsay. We have achieved that today and we are very

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pleased. Touch down.... And the end of an era of sprais travel as the

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last US space shuttle lands for the last time. -- space travel, as the

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last US space shuttle lands for the last time. A moment in history to

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be savoured. Coming up in Sportsday on the BBC

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News channel, rain puts play to England's progress in the first

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Test, but not before Trott outshown Good evening, welcome to the BBC

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News at 6pm. Two more deaths are being investigated at Stepping Hill

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Hospital in Stockport, bringing the total number of suspicious deaths

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there to five. The two patients were both in their 80s and died in

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unexplained circumstances. Detectives are continuing to

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question a nurse from the hospital, who they arrested yesterday on

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suspicion of murder. Police believe insulin was deliberately injected

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into say lin drips. -- saline drips. The latest death - 83-year-old

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Derek Weaver, died this morning. He also received contaminated medicine.

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It has left another family with many questions. We are absolutely

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sick that anybody could do that, just a wonderful person.

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Everybody in the hospital said what a charming, lovely gentleman he is.

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He's never complained once, has he? No. He accepted everything that has

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been thrown at him. He has been through hell and back. The staff

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have been absolutely wonderful with him. What we know is between 7th-

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14th July, three patients died. Tracey Elizabeth Arden, Arnold

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Lancaster and George Keep. They were part of a group of 14 who

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received saline, contaminated with insulin. This can cause blood sugar

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levels to fall. Now two more deaths, Derek Weaver and an 84-year-old

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woman. She died a week ago and is part of the original 14 who

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received is a lean. Police have said this is a come -- saline.

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Police have said this is a complex investigation. We have 60 senior

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invest gay fors working on this case around -- investigators

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working on this case around the clock. It's a priority for Greater

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Manchester Police. Rebecca Leighton, the 27-year-old nurse who works at

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Stepping Hill is still being questioned on suspicion of murder.

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On her Facebook page she describes herself as happy go lucky, saying

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she loves the weekend and having a laugh with friends. Detectives want

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to speak to a 41-year-old man who is still being treated here. He

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received this contaminated saline, but is no longer critically ill and

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his condition is improving. They hope he can give them more

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information about what was going on inside this hospital.

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Police are still waiting for postmortem examination results to

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establish how all five died. While security remains tight at Stepping

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Hill. Our medical correspondent is here. It is a terrible time for the

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families of those involved. Why is it still uncertain whether these

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deaths are linked to a deliberate and lethal dose of insuli nerbgs.

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It is a -- insulin. It is a hormone produced naturally. It produces low

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blood sugar levels. The symptoms include dizziness and collapse.

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Patients see that with patients who have diabetes from time to time.

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But give enough insulin to a healthy person the effects would be

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the same N a postmortem pathologyists would look for high

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insulin levels. That in itself is not enough. People's insulin levels

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varyi from person to person. They need -- varys from person to person.

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They need to look at markers and what effect it had. That all takes

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time. Over the decades, cases like this are very rare. There have been

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cases where there have been deliberate poisoning in hospitals.

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Whether the perpetrator came from inside or outside the hospital,

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inquiries generally find that a determined and secretive criminal

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can get past the best regulated systems.

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Thank you. The BBC understands that Prince Andrew is to step down as

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his role as special representative for trade and investment. It

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follows the controversy after his links to a sex offender, lavish

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trips abroad. The job is unpaid, but the Prince's expenses are met

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by the Government. Are you resigning? It is a role he

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has fulfilled for ten years. Now he is stepping aside publicly it will

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be presented as a re-shaping of his role and Prince Andrew, it is

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understood, will play a part in the promotion of British business. It

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will be seen as a result of the controversies he has brought on

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himself. Some unwise friendships, together with a personality, some

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have said, can come across as arrogant and insensitive. On the

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plus side for Prince Andrew has been the valuable work he has done

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in places like the Gulf, where his royal status has opened doors.

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Those who work with him say he has been very focused on winning

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business for Britain. On the debit side, are these areas for which he

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has attracted criticism. He has had links with prominent Libyans.

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He has cultivated links with other figures. Last autumn he hosted a

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lunch for the son-in law of the tunnissiian President. British

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diplomats were said to be horrified by the meeting. It was his links to

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this man, an American financier which caused the most acute

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problems. He is a convicted sex offender. Last December Andrew

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stayed with him for several days in New York.

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The palace insisted that there was never any impropriety. His

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usefulness has been diminished, but there is still a role for him.

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takes a brief. He works hard. He has been able to sell UK plc around

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the world very well indeed. Andrew will be keen to continue doing what

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he can to promote British interests, albeit without the formal title as

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a special representative. Global Stock Markets have risen

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this afternoon, following rumours of a draft solution to the Greek

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debt crisis. Talks between the 17 eurozone countries are underway.

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They are expected to announce the terms of a second bail out for

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Greece. Let's speak to our Europe correspondent. What progress on a

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deal? Well, Fiona, it does look as if today there will be agreed a

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second bail out for Greece, although we don't know the terms

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and we certainly don't know all the figures. The summit does look set

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to ease the terms of the loans that Greece received by lowering

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interest rates and almost certainly private investors, the banks and

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insurance companies will be involved in a second Greek bail out

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and take some losses. It is possible that temporarily Greece

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may be declared as in default. Another significant change - there

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will be a radical overhaul for the main body that is involved in these

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rescue funds, intervening pre- emptively to help out banks and

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countries that run into travel. Now the markets have liked what they

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are hearing, although it is not yet settled. A big word of caution -

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what nobody yet knows is what this will do to reduce Greece's mountain

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of debt. That is why, over the next few days, if there is an agreement

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overnight, people will work on the figures to see if this will at last

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reach the point where they can draw a line under this eurozone crisis.

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How could the deal being thrashed out in Brussels affect the UK,

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given that the part of Europe, but not of the euro. The eurozone

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financial crisis has the potential to spill over into the UK economy,

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affecting all of us in different ways. There are close commercial

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links. Any slowdown in the eurozone will affect growth and jobs here.

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40% of UK exports of jobs and services go to the eurozone. Of the

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top five destinations for UK exports, four are members of the

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single currency. The Deputy Prime Minister argued he couldn't ignore

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what was going on over there. We're not an island economy. We

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cannot turn our back on the rest of the world. I think it is

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extraordinary important to remember that a prosperous and strong

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eurozone is absolutely necessary for a strong and prosperous United

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Kingdom. Exporters like this company in

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Birmingham are watching events closely. It supplies parts to car

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makers and other industries. It does a lot of business in Europe,

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so any downturn there would cause problems for these workers. The way

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manufacturing is set up is we are all heavily linked into Europe and

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dependant on each other. And what we make in the UK we sell in Europe,

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maybe not directly, but indirectly it is sold in Europe itself. It

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will have a major effect. Aside from trade what about UK bank

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exposure to the troubled eurozone economies. Bank loans to the

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private and public sectors totalled nearly �9 billion. Much bigger is

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lending to Ireland, �84 billion. UK banks have lent �66 billion to

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Spain. That is direct lending. British investors might be affected

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if the wider banking system in Europe comes under strain because

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of lending to these economies. one country, due to exposure to one

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of the economies comes under pressure, then other banks are less

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likely to lend money to them. That is what is called the Lehman effect.

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It is the same effect we can see again if we have a systematic price

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in Europe. This is how the banks stay interconnected. Today's deal

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may sort out Greece's problems for now, but the fear is the eurozone

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crisis is far from over, with major questions still over member

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nations' ability to deal with their debts.

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Thank you. Scottish & Southern energy is the third of the major

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power suppliers to announce an increase. Gas is going up by 18%,

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electricity by 11% in September. Scottish Power and British Gas have

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announced price hikes. All the companies are blaming higher

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wholesale costs. High street sales recovered in June as stores started

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sales early. The Office for National Statistics said like-for-

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like sales, excluding petrol, were 0.7% higher than May. Food

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retailers reported their biggest drop since the figures were first

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compiled 23 years ago. The father of the British teacher, Lindsay

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Hawker, who was murdered in Japan, says the family has finally

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achieved justice. Tatsuya Ichihashi, who is 32 has been sentenced to

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life for the rape and murder of Miss Hawker in 207. He went on the

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run for three -- 2007. He went on the run for three years and even

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wrote a book about the murder. This report contains some flash

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photography. For one last time Lindsay Hawker's parents have

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travelled to Japan. They have made many visits from their home since

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their daughter was found dead. Now they have seen to see Tatsuya

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Ichihashi - the man accused of raping and killing her, face

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justice in court. We've waited a long time for today.

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We've waited foir-and-a-half years to get justice for -- four-and-a-

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half years to get justice for Lindsey. We have achieved that

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today. We are very pleased. I would like to say thank you to the

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Japanese people, the Japanese press and particularly the individuals

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who apprehended Ichihashi. We would not have got this far without

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everybody's help. Lindsay loved Japan and you have not let her down.

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Thank you. March, 2007, the 22-year-old went

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to a cafe with her killer. Later that day, Ichihashi raped her. He

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left her body on the balcony of his flat in a bathtub. When the police

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arrived Ichihashi was there, but alluded their grasp. He escaped

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barefoot. The Hawkers made appeals, but the case went cold for more

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than two-and-a-half years. While on remand Ichihashi wrote a book about

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his time on the run. He revealed a Second World War bunker on a remote

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island was his hidout for a while. He ventured out for plastic surgery.

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In late, 2009 a break through, suspicious clinic staff grave a

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photograph of his new appearance to the police. Ichihashi had even cut

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his own lip with scissors to make it thinner. He was arrested after

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being recognised at a ferry terminal. As he was brought into

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court for the verdict to be delivered Ichihashi bowed to

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Lindsay Hawker's parents. They lowered their eyes, so as not to

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see the gesture of apology. Then the judge ordered Ichihashi to

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stand and pronounced him guilty of murder. The judge told Ichihashi

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the responsibility for Lindsay's death should lie upon him heavily.

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He was sentenced to life in prison The murder inquiry at Stepping Hill

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Hospital - five deaths are now being investigated. Coming up,

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after a bright start at the historic Test at Lord's, an injury

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to one of in the's star bowlers casts a shadow over the day's play.

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Later, the debt crisis spreads from Europe to the US. Could the world's

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largest economy now default? And a more price rises hit millions of

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consumers at Scottish and Southern It is the end of an era. The US

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space shuttle Atlantis has touched down for the final time, bringing

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to an end NASA's 30 year shuttle programme. The shuttle fleet placed

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hundreds of satellite in orbit, launched the Hubble space telescope

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and could -- contributed to the building of the International Space

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Station. 3 1/2 minutes until touchdown.

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sonic booms as the Space Shuttle appears, still high in the night

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sky. This thermal image capturing the nose cone glowing white with

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extreme heat. Every landing is pence. One ended in disaster. He is

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the pilot's view. Emotions are running high for the final

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spectacular touchdown. Words to match. Having fired the imagination

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of a generation. A ship like no other, its place in history Secure,

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the space shuttle palls into port for the last time, its voyage at an

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end. Dawn at Cape Canaveral. The shuttles have flown for 30 years,

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but now there is no immediate replacement. As the astronauts are

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welcomed home, the commander makes a sentimental plea for America to

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keep exploring space. I want that picture of a young, six-year-old

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boy looking at the space shuttle in a museum, and saying, "steady, I

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want to do something like that when I grow up". So what did the shuttle

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achieve? They built the International Space Station, a

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giant orbiting laboratory, and then launched the Hubble telescope,

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providing extraordinary glimpses of far-off galaxies. After the

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struggle, what will America do next in space? It will rely on Russian

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rockets to get astronauts to the space station, for several years at

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least. Then commercial operators with new spacecraft will be paid to

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do the job of getting up into orbit, which should free up NASA descent

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mission's much deeper into space, maybe as far as asteroids, or even

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to Mars. But only if there is the money. This new animation shows how

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a NASA is aiming to land on an asteroid, the planning is under way.

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But it may just be wishful thinking on a sad day. Tonight, at the slow

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haul to retirement. Watched by huge crowds, many thousands will lose

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their jobs. 50 years ago, America launched its first astronaut. Now

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no one is exactly sure what will come next.

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Front line police jobs will go and there could be an increase in crime.

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That is the conclusion of the police watchdog as it looks into

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the impact of the government's spending cuts. It is police forces

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in England and Wales will cut 34,000 jobs over the next four

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years, which will result in police numbers been at the lowest level

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for a decade. It is described as the police's

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biggest financial challenge for a generation. And with a 20% cut,

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today we learned of the scale of the job losses to forces in England

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and Wales, as figures produced by the police inspectorate. There is

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no doubt that as we go through this transformation, we need to be

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thinking about delivering service in different ways. We need to be

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radical because the scale of cuts demands that we do things very

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differently. So what are the Out of focus is on the service been

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delivered rather than looking at numbers. Rather than ensuring

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officers are able to be on the beat, doing the job communities expect.

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In the immediate future it looks as though there will be a 2% drop in

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frontline numbers, with bigger cuts in other parts of the service. Of

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course, it is the cuts to frontline officers which concern the public.

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The worry is that few officers will mean more crime. Certainly the

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inspectorate shows that when you have a higher level of policing,

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you have lower levels of crime. But when it comes to violent crime, it

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is a different picture. The evidence is said to be weaker that

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fewer police will lead to an increase in violent offences.

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Nevertheless, the cuts are simply too deep, say Labour. Chief

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constables have been put in at an impossible position. They are doing

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everything they can to cut bureaucracy and safeguard services,

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but the sheer scale and pace of the government's cuts mean that

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frontline services have been Kit, and the scale of cuts is worse than

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we feared. Nearly a third of the posts have gone already. The

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policing landscape is steadily being transformed.

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Two British nationals, a man and a woman too, have been detained in

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Afghanistan. They were arrested in a hotel, and are being questioned

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in a secure facility in Kandahar. The Ministry of Defence has

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confirmed the arrests but wouldn't comment on reports that they were

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terrorism-related. 20-year-old Majlinda Kelmendi, a

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judo fighter from Kosovo, is a real contender for an Olympic medal. But

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she may not be able to claim it because the International Olympic

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Committee doesn't recognise the country. All this week we are

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focusing on some of the Olympic hopefuls. With a year to go,

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Majlinda's preparations are hampered by concerns over whether

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she will be allowed to compete. The landscape of the Rugova

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mountains is idyllic. The recent history in this corner of Kosovo,

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anything but. Yet, emerging from breathtaking valleys and a painful

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past, is a local talent as ruthless as she is ambitious. And with one

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target in mind. The former world junior champion in judo. Meet

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Majlinda Kelmendi. It is a wonderful feeling to compete for

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Kosovo. Because and the only one who is having the chance to prove

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to the world that Kosovo have got talent. Because what Kosovo is best

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known for is not pretty. Majlinda's town of Peja was burnt down in the

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conflict with Serbia. Families were forced to flee to neighbouring

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countries. Today, it feels so different. This could be anywhere

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in Europe. But there is a grey reality behind the San Tron.

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Without international status, prospect in Kosovo of run, and

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Majlinda's old teacher feels that a could deprive her of her big chance.

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That is disappointing, really disappointing. Because we are part

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of Europe, and no one can stop us from achieving our goals and going

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where we want. We are part of Europe. They cannot just ignore us.

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Back in the gym, the build up to 2012 goes on regardless. Majlinda

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has had big-money offers from other countries, like Azerbaijan, to

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compete under their flag. But she would sooner hold on and hope.

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Majlinda knows she represents the hopes of a country, but there is

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more to it than that. She also stands for the wasted opportunities

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of a former generation. Her coach, the taskmaster, could have been

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exactly where she is now. But the outbreak of war, the break-up of

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Yugoslavia, meant he had to abandon his Olympic dreams, and fight for

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his country. If she will gain and metal, that will be half of that

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mind. -- a medal. That'll be the biggest thing in my life. But it is

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a struggle. Majlinda makes her a part of the bargain look easy.

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Winning the right to fly the Kosovo flag in London 2012 remains a much

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tougher challenge. If you want to find out more about

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Majlinda Kelmendi and all the other The eagerly anticipated cricket

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series between England and India is under way. There is a lot at stake.

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If England can win the four-match series convincingly, they will

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replace India as the top-ranked Test team in the world. Our sports

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correspondent is at Lord's for us. We have had our challengers with

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the weather here, but absorbing play nonetheless. This is a moment

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of history, because Test-match cricket has reached game number

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2000 here. Right now there is concern as to whether Test match

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cricket has a long-term future, is it perhaps too slow for the modern

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taste? Evidence suggests today that it is alive and well. India and

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England, and suddenly everyone is interested. Provide a Test series

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that matters, and you will see the hordes descend. They came from

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around the corner, and around the globe. Came in from New York,

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really excited. Really keen to see Sachin Tendulkar. Just come in from

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Istanbul. The two greatest Test teams in the world going head-to-

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head. Sachin Tendulkar will have a chance to make his 100th

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international hundred later in the match. England were asked to bat

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first. In overcast conditions, it was a struggle. Alastair Cook, out

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lbw for 12 off. Andrew Strauss is back in charge of the team, a brief

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release. A boundary from him. Patients was the key requirement.

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Shortly after lunch, Strauss lost he's. -- lost his. Zaheer Khan is

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the bowler England Brealey fear, but even he needs someone to catch

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the ball. Trott escaped here. From insult to injury for the fast

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bowler. Zaheer Khan soon left the field, a dodgy looking hamstring. A

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lucky break for England. When the light to go back, Trott and

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Pietersen strode off, content. Test-match 2000 was ultimately

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halted by English cricket's eternal foe it. The weather is number-one -

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- aware that his number one in the world, the rain always wins. It is

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just been confirmed that play has been abandoned for the day. Think

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and to end the summer as world No. 1, they need to win at least two of

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the Test matches this summer against India. So they will be

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hoping for a clear day tomorrow to crack on. Thank you. Let's take a

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Oh dear. Yes, I'm afraid tomorrow we are going to have the same fun

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and games at Lord's. More showers in the offing. It won't be a

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washout by any means, but showers will be there or thereabouts. They

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will tend to fade away during the course of the evening. One or two

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left behind, mind you, in western part of England and Wales. Most of

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us will settle into a dry night. It is the end of July, I know! For

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most of us, a cool feeling night. A fresh start to Friday. Once more,

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as we have seen in the last few days, showers will develop,

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initially across parts of Wales and western England. Through the day,

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the heaviest of them will transfer East Wood's after a bright start.

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Further west, in parts of Devon and Cornwall, some brightness. Many

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places will stay dry, western parts of Wales not doing too badly with

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some sunshine through the afternoon. We catch some sunshine in this part

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of the day, it will make all the difference. It will be pleasant

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enough in parts of Northern Ireland, and in Scotland. A few showers

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dotted around, but of the lighter variety. As we head further south

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through the Midlands and in two parts of southern England, again,

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some heavy ones breaking out through the late afternoon and

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early evening. Big question mark, the weekend. Plan A was that most

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of us would have a fine bright weekend. But the majority of

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Saturday, it will be that way, particularly further west. But rain

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