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Rupert Murdoch is not a fit person to run a major corporation, a

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damning report from a committee of MPs. They say he turned a blind eye

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to the phone hacking scandal, the verdict could threaten his stake in

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BSkyB. Indeed you of the majority of

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committee members, Rupert Murdoch is not a -- is not fit to run an

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international company like BSkyB. The decision spits their MPs, the

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Liberal Democrats side with the Labour Party, leaving the Tories on

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their own. It will be correctly seen as a

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partisan report, and we have lost a great deal of its credibility,

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which is a shame. Also, 80 extra staff deployed at

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Heathrow after David Cameron tells his ministers, get a grip on the

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long queues. 1000 people are evacuated from

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their homes after more flood warnings, the forecasters say there

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is more rain to come. And, the FA gets its man, Roy

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Hodgson is confirmed as the next England manager. We look at the

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challenges facing him. And in Sportsday, more reaction to

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what had shown's appointment, plus all of the other news, including

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the sudden death of one of the Good evening. Welcome.

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An influential group of MPs has branded Rupert Murdoch not fit to

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run a major international company. The damning report from the media

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select committee said News Corporation had misled them about

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the extent of the phone hacking scandal. The criticism of him

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personally was supported by both the Labour Party and the Liberal

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Democrat MPs, but opposed by the Rupert Murdoch, until recently,

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seen as the world's most powerful media mogul. Today, declared by MPs

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not a fit person to run a major international business, because,

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the MPs say, he and his colleagues turned a blind eye for years to

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phone had caned by journalists at the News Of The World. Everybody in

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the world and those who is responsible for the wrong to ring

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of News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch. More than any individual alive, he

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is to blame. Morally, the deeds are his. He paid the Piper, and he

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called the tune. The committee was arguably even more damning about

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three of his colleagues. Colin Myler, the former editor of the

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News Of The World, Tom Crone, the legal affairs manager for Rupert

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Murdoch's British newspaper, and Les Hinton, for decades Rupert

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Murdoch's right hand man, all accused of misleading MPs. In the

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case of Colin Myler and Tom Crone, in part because they had been aware

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of an e-mail showing that hacking was more widespread than they

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admitted, and it is because the three men told MPs in 2009 that

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hacking was the work of a single road reporter, that MPs have found

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them guilty of misleading them. Colin Myler is still an editor, for

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another organisation. The three men have all rejected MPs' Plymouth

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damning verdicts. It was the disclosure that the News Of The

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World hacked the phone off the murdered teenager Milly Dowler that

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turned hacking into a story of national importance. Since then,

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the cost of prominent people whose privacy has been invaded by phone

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hacking has grown and grown -- roster. Previously, we could not

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criticise Rupert Murdoch or the press, but this has come as a

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surprise. Is it too much, has it gone too far? No. Rupert Murdoch

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has a lot of questions to answer, he has a lot to answer for, and for

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the very first time, he is being held to account. Why did the

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committee reached its verdict on Rupert Murdoch? We found News

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Corporation carried out an extensive cover up of its rampant

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law-breaking. In the view of the majority of committee members,

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Rupert Murdoch it is not fit to run them international company like

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BSkyB. The issue on which no Conservative member felt they could

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support the report, the line put in the middle of the report that said

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that Rupert Murdoch is not a fit person to run an international

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company. What will be the impact of MPs' verdict that he is not fit to

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run a major international company? Here, I have just heard the four

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Tory members say they voted against that verdict, so at any suggestion

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that this is a party political judgement and not a dispersion at

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one, that could undermine its force. -- not a dispassionate one. Ofcom

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is investigating whether BSkyB, 39% owned by News Corporation, is fit

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and proper to hold a broadcasting licence. In theory, if Rupert

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Murdoch is deemed by MPs not to be fit and proper, that could push

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Ofcom era to deciding to that, for BSkyB to retain its licence, News

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Corporation should sell most of its shares. The News Of The World

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scandal is still making use, shaking the whole of Rupert Murdoch

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and his son James on their sprawling media empire.

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Picking up on the last point, an awful lot at stake, how damaging

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could this be? Quite a legend. I could read the report before it was

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made public, and my jaw hit the floor. Rupert Murdoch not fit to

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run an international company, not fit to be chairman of News

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Corporation, this great, colossal empire he built up. The force of

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the verdict may be lessened by the fact that the Tories and Liberal

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Democrat voted for it, sorry, Labour and Liberal Democrats, but

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the Tories voted against. Some will see it as a partisan judgment. But

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in America, it will be very embarrassing for them. There are

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shareholders in America desperately trying to reduce the control of the

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Murdoch dynasty over News Corporation, and I do not think

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they will see the new ones of a party political spite, they will

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just see the verdict of MPs. In Britain, there is the huge issue

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for Rupert Murdoch of whether or not he will be able to retain the

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control he has got over BSkyB, Ofcom is looking at that. Ofcom

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will pursue its own independent inquiries, but this report does not

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help Rupert Murdoch's cause. Robert said, this was a split

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decision, in political terms, does that make it less damaging? It is

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intriguing, it is 84 pages of deeply uncomfortable reading for

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Rupert and James Murdoch and News Corporation. But it is one sentence

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which has grabbed the headlines, which split the committee on party

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lines, and select committees usually try to agree not to divide

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on party lines, and it is one sentence that has overshadowed much

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of this report and allowed the Tories to say that they do not

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agree with it. Why did Tom Watson do it? With the support of four

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other Labour MPs and one Liberal Democrat? His critics say he loves

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the headlines, he compared Rupert Murdoch to a Mafia boss. They say

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he is trying to put the Tories in an awkward position, to make them

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look as though they are on the murder of side. And that he is

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trying to speak of the shareholders in the United States. But he said

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he was trying to make sure that the report did not merely Simcha --

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censure three executives, but it would also censured the top guy.

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The question is whether the party divide maximises the impact or

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whether it allows News Corporation to say, who cares?

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80 extra staff a day had been drafted into Heathrow to stop

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lengthy delays for passengers arriving at Britain's biggest

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airport. It comes after David Cameron told ministers to get a

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grip on the situation. He called the Home Secretary to Downing

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Street for an urgent meeting today. Today, the battle over the

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efficiency of the British border continued. The minister was sent to

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the front line to be confronted by a distinct lack of serious queues.

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Mid-morning, a quiet period at Terminal 3. But he continued to

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insist the Government is not downplaying the problem. The queues

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that we have seen recently are too long, the number of actions which

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are taking, extra staff, is central control room, mobile teams, better

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use of automated gates, they are all designed to mitigate the

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problem. More pictures from angry passengers. Damian Green says the

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longest queue last week was an hour and a half, British Airways said he

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was misleading the public, it was two-and-a-half hours. The

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experience of this man, a regular, is somewhere in the middle. I use

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Heathrow at least once a month. I have been created by queues no

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shorter than two hours, it is a shambles if you ask me. As a

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developed nation, the UK is showing this to the world? The Prime

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Minister was speaking of the deeds to grip this issue, to admit there

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is a problem. Despite the minister's statement yesterday that

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the problem had been exaggerated. In the industry, there is a feeling

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that extra staff are just a sticking plaster and that more

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radical action is needed. The central cause is that staff numbers

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were cut on the basis that more selective passport checks would be

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done. But then the government decided to reintroduce the full

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checks. If the change the rules, if they modify the requirements, they

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should understand the impact that will have on resources. They have

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not been making adequate resources available at the airport, and it is

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reflecting badly on the UK. being quiet this morning, nearly

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half of the desks were empty in Terminal 3. The extra staff or for

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busy periods. But for the unions, they are not enough. 80 temporary

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staff taken from other parts of the Home Office is a sticking-plaster

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at best. The Government needs to put in a full-time, permanent jobs

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in at all of our ports and airports to make sure we can give a proper

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service, protecting our borders, but also welcoming people to

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Britain. An embryonic idea is for airlines to pay extra for more

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staff than shorter queues. It will not happen before the Olympics.

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The inquest into the death of the MI6 officer Gareth Williams has

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heard that the secret service has failed to pass on evidence to

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police investigating his death. It includes computer memory sticks and

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a holdall similar to the one his body was found in. He was

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discovered in a padlocked holdall in the path of his central London

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flat almost two years ago. The death of two teenagers who

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committed suicide by jumping off a bridge could have been avoided if

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more staff had been on duty at their care home. That is a key

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finding of a fatal accident inquiry into how Niamh Lafferty and Georgia

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Rowe died in October 2009 in Renfrewshire.

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They had loving families. Georgia Rowe and Niamh Lafferty, filmed

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here in what would turn out to be her final birthday. As troubled

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teenagers, both with -- both were taken into care. This CCTV footage

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shows them leaving the care home they had been stained in on the

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night they died. The staff did not notice they had been missing. They

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had been out with their families earlier and had given no indication

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of what was to come. She turned around, she waved at me, a big,

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happy smile. She said, I will see you soon. And are we went. -- off I

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went. That was the last time I saw her alive. The report found she had

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made numerous suicide attempts in care. George had suffered from

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sustained and violent bullying. They were vulnerable, but they were

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housed in an open unit at the care home, just along the road.

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Motorists saw them working together -- walking together along this

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bridge. The barriers were much lower at the time, and it is here

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that they ended their lives. The fatal accident inquiry concluded

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their deaths could have been avoided if reasonable precautions

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had been taken. They should have been housed away from an alarmed

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fire exit and closer to staff. Four people should have been supervising

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the unit instead of two. The family say they feel let down by the

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system they turn to for help. has left the unit, and nobody knows

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why, nobody knows. They did not vote until after they were dead.

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There was no security. How can that be? The accommodation where they

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stayed has been closed. In more secure Unit to still operate on the

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site. The managers their expressed profound sorrow for the weaknesses

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in the handling of the circumstances leading up to the

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British scientists say they are working on creating a simple blood

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test which could help predict a woman's chances of developing

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breast cancer. It follows research which found that a genetic switch

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carried by some women doubles their risk of developing the disease. Our

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medical correspondent is here with the details. Fergus.

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This is early research which, if it pays off, could have far-reaching

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benefits. In the journal Cancer Research, scientists at Imperial

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College London explain how they analysed blood samples from 1,380

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women, 640 of whom went on to get They found signals in the blood

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years before the disease developed, which revealed some of the women

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had up to double the risk of That research teams say this is a

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daily work but it raises the hope of a blood test to detect future

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breast cancer risk of stock it will be quite important for potentially

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diagnosis. Because we can use it to predict people's individual risk.

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On top of that we can potentially reverse these changes so therapies

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could be developed that could reverse somebody's risk of the

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disease. Scientists have already identified faults in the genes in

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our DNA that put some women at increased risks of breast cancer

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but our the M8 is covered in a chemical tags, epigenetics, would

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tell them when to switch on and off. These chemical switches change as a

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result of diet, smoking and lifestyle and can make us

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susceptible to cancer and other diseases. Scientists found that one

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in five women had an epigenetic change in their white blood cells

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that greatly increased their risk of getting breast cancer used in

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the future. This woman got breast cancer in her 20s. She says a blood

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test to detect her risk level in advance would have been of great

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benefit. It would make a huge difference to women because you

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will be able to plan your approach to the disease well before you face

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the disease and look at options such as prevented double mastectomy,

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hormone treatment, and your lifestyle to see if you can make

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change is. A lot of research is under way looking at whether blood

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tests could pick up only risk tests for other cancers. This may not

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come for many years but would be a significant in France in diagnosing

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disease. -- a significant advance. Our top story tonight: A damning

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report from MPs has branded Rupert Murdoch not a fit person to run a

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major corporation. Coming up: Swollen rivers, flood warnings and

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In Business on the news channel, News Corp investors shrugged off

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the phone hacking scandal but what will the long-term damage be?

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And many mortgage holders see the It was a well kept secret until

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last Sunday, and now it is official. Roy Hodgson is the new England

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manager. The FA have signed him up for four years. Speaking at Wembley,

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after two days of negotiations, he said it was a proud day. Dan Roan

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is there for us now. It emerged during today's unveiling

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of Roy Hodgson that he had been the unanimous choice of the FA

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selection panel. He most certainly wasn't the unanimous choice of the

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footballing public, many of whom would have preferred Spurs boss

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Harry Redknapp, but Roy Hodgson it is an today he had his say on the

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role he has been working towards his entire career.

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He may not be the man many expected to be unveiled as the new manager,

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but Roy Hodgson's long career to date they reached an unexpected

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high. The West Brom boss, the latest to be handed the top job in

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the English game. It is a very proud day, I am a very happy man to

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be offered the chance to manage my country. I am looking forward

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enormously to the task ahead. Everyone knows it is not easy. I am

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also hoping that everybody, the fans, supporters, will get behind

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the team forced of Roy Hodgson is one of the most experienced

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managers in world football. He has coached three national sides,

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European teams and Premier League clubs, and yet Harry Redknapp had

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been the favourite, so why was he ignored? I am not prepared to talk

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about other candidates, other people. We are here to present our

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new manager, Roy, and there is a lot to talk about it my future.

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hope we remain friends. We have unwittingly become rivals but I

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hope it will not affect our friendship. Roy Hodgson has no time

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to waste. His first match will be against Norway later this month.

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England's opening match against France is in June. How big a job do

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you have to win people over? It is always a big job. The only way you

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are going to win people over his bed doing the job that I know I can

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do. After spending millions of pounds on Fabio Capello, and

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manager with more reasonable demands will have appealed to the

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FA but as ever, results on the pitch are what matter ultimately.

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By handing Roy Hodgson a four year deal, the FA have shown up the kind

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of backing and faith in him that many England fans are get to, and

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he appeared to acknowledge the task he faces. There will be no

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honeymoon period for Roy Hodgson, the pressure will be on immediately.

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A former Liberal Democrat donor Michael Brown has returned to

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Britain and has been ordered to begin a seven-year jail sentence he

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was given in 2008. He fled the UK after being convicted of fraud.

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Brown was arrested in the Dominican Republic last month.

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Are the fortunes of towns and cities boosted by having a directly

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elected mayor? It is a question that voters in ten areas of England,

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including Manchester, Birmingham and Nottingham, will be considering

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on Thursday. Our local government correspondent reports on the

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arguments for and against directly elected mayors.

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Many of the world's big cities are governed by mayors. London has got

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one, the mayor of Paris is prominent in French politics, New

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York's mayor is influential, but what about Nottingham? It is one of

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10 English cities holding a referendum on Thursday. The

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question is whether to have a mayor, not to it should be yet. Pro-mayor

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campaigners say clearly the ship would give the city a boost. Anti-

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mayor declared it a waste of money. This property developer is in the

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Yes camp. He says the mayor could make the most of the Robin Hood

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brand. We have all these fantastic ingredients but we have no recipe

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and no MasterChef and my view is that the mayor could bring all this

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together and be the MasterChef. the man who led much of the

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redevelopment of Nottingham disagrees. He thinks local

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government is already under good control and that having a mayor

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might upset the balance of the city. We have now got a settled

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governance that is working really well and I don't want to risk

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change until we can be sure that other cities have proved in it can

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work. If voters say Yes on Thursday, they council leader will be

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replaced by a mayor in November, but the powers one new mayors have

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not been clearly defined. Much of the resistance to the idea of an

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elected mayor is coming from the town hall itself. Why change a

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system that is working? Councillors managed to organise this popular

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tram system. Would having an elected mayor make much difference

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to the people living here? Do you think Nottingham should have a

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mayor? Who will pay for him? think it will be a waste of money?

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Yes. Do you think Nottingham meet someone to give it more profile?

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The City needs revamping, it needs some work doing to it. We have took

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a step back in time. We need something. So the moment of choice

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is approaching. Stick with the tried and tested council set up or

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go for individual leadership, which could give local politics sharper

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definition. Voters must now decide which is the best way to run at the

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City. -- to run a city. 32 flood warnings have been in

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place today and a thousand people have been moved from their caravan

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park to escape rising water levels. The Environment Agency is warning

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people to stay away from swollen rivers after yet more heavy rain.

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Jon Kay is in Liscombe in Devon now. George, this tiny hamlet on X Moore

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has a claim to fame. This was officially the wettest place in the

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UK during the wettest April on record. They have had a foot of

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rainfall in the last month, three times more than normal, and you can

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see the effect that has had on local rivers. May Day. A new month

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begins just as the old one finished. In Northamptonshire, more than

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1,000 people were forced to leave their 30 caravans when the Rivett

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mean burst its banks. This sports centre became an emergency home for

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residents shocked by the suddenness of the evacuation. We did not get

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enough warning, that was all. Within 20 minutes we had to be off

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the site and pack whatever and move. It is the far south-west of England

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that has taken the biggest soaking over the last few days. In fact in

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this part of Somerset, it has hardly rained at all today. This

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water has come from the Mendip Hills and it is still coming down.

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Motorists across the country have been warned to take care after

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yesterday's death of a motorist near Newbury.

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You have got the kids in the back. I am really scared, actually. I am

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quite scared. It is just a bit scary. I am quite surprised we

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still have a drought order! It is not much fun! I hope it doesn't

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rain any more. In Tewkesbury, where the River Severn meets the River

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Avon, water levels are still rising tonight. They are not expected to

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peak until the morning. But the authorities say they are now

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confident there will not be any major problem is. We are keeping a

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close eye on the situation, using a lot of information from other

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agencies, giving us up-to-the minute predictions. The Environment

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Agency has now scaled down warnings on many rivers but there is still a

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lot of surface water out there, and with more rain forecast for later

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in the week, it is not there yet. Although here tonight, the water

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levels are falling quite quickly. This bridge was completely

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submerged this time yesterday, but now it has reopened to tourists,

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although tourists here and across the country are being warned to

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take a great deal of care. We had better get a weather

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There is more rain in the forecast. Tonight, general vamp for many of

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It is through the Central's wave of the country where we will continue

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to see light rain and drizzle through the night, but in south-

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west England and Wales, some clear skies, and to the north of Scotland,

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fog and mist. Quite chilly in the morning with some frost but another

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fine day, particularly in the north-west of Scotland. Across

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southern Scotland and a good part of England, extensive cloud to

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begin with. It could be quite foggy to stop the day, and light rain is

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possible just about anywhere. We will continue to see sunny spells

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in the south-west and the north- west of Scotland. We will see some

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brighter spells but many people will stick with thick cloud.

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Further showers as well in the day. If you are in flight afflicted

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areas, it is time to look away. The prospect of more rain on Thursday.

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It could go a bit further north than where we have it here but the

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