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Barclays' share price hammered as investors count the cost of the

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latest banking scandal. The bank's chief Bob Diamond faces calls to

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resign. The Prime Minister issues a challenge. People have to take

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responsibility for the actions and show how they are going to be

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accountable for those actions, and it's important that goes to the top

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of the organisation. The government says traders were motivated by

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greed, lying to increase bank profits and improve its finances.

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We'll be asking how this could have happened. Also tonight:

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Flash flooding across parts of the UK leaves one man dead. Rail delays,

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roads closed and schools shut early. One of Britain's longest serving

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prisoners escapes. A major manhunt A salute to their raw courage. The

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Queen unveils a memorial to the 55,000 airmen who died in the

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Second World War. Free kicks, fame and fortune but

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it's not enough. David Beckham fails to make the Olympic cut.

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The capital's new cable car opens ahead of the Olympics costing �60

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million and the family of Mark Duggan, whose death sparked last

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year's riots, calls for the police Good evening. Welcome to the BBC

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News at Six. There's been a big sell off in Barclays shares tonight

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as investors realise the full implications of the new scandal

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engulfing the bank. David Cameron has weighed in, saying the Barclays

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boss, Bob Diamond, had serious questions to answer. And more

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details have emerged about the way some Barclay's traders lied to make

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the bank's position look more secure than it was. Here's our

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business editor Robert Peston on the latest crisis to hit Britain's

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financial sector. Weighing the cost of the city of

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Barclays, the worst ever trust by a big British banks. But you

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executive Bob Diamond facing calls to resign. The share price

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plummeting. Down an astonishing 15.5%. The City of London has been

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shaken. And it is the men about river doing shaking. It is clear

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what happened and Barclays banks was be completely unacceptable,

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systematically of a financial system of elevated agreed. It

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brought our economy to its knees. am determined we learn all the

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lessons from what has happened at Barclays Bank and people have to

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take responsibility for the actions and show how they are going to be

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accountable for them and that's very important it goes to the top.

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Big investors in Berkeley say they think heads should roll at the top,

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possibly Bob Diamond, but right now, probably the chairman. He's also on

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the BBC's executive board. Although Bob Diamond says he won't take his

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bonus, some investors want to hit the more junior bank is responsible

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for trying to bring interest rates in, in pursuit of profits. We think

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bonuses paid to staff should now be clawed back. Where there has been

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the sort of behaviour, pay and bonus can be taken back. Someone

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else wants prosecutions for junior bankers. I want to see criminal

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prosecutions and they do want to see those who have done the wrong

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thing, those who have committed what I think are atrocious act,

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brought to justice. Regulators tummy criminal prosecutions of

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individual bankers in New York and London are likely. The banks are

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bracing themselves to fight expensive civil court cases brought

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by investors who say they had been robbed. Lawsuits will appear, not

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just here but in the USA. Adding all those potential costs up, we

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could easily get to several billions of pounds for the UK banks.

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The huge pines being paid by Barclays Bank, the massive legal

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costs it faces, it won't kill the bank, but banks look after our

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money so they need to be trusted by as, and that's why they need to

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demonstrate that the flagrant flouting of the rules by bankers

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can never happen again. Today's will the most serious slump in bank

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share prices since the financial crisis of 2008, caused, say many,

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by bankers greed and recklessness. Our Political Editor Nick Robinson

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joins us now from Brussels where David Cameron is taking part in an

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EU summit meeting. Lots of condemnation tonight but people

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will want to know if anyone is actually going to get punished.

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Well, they were indeed, and that's why the politicians are trying so

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hard to catch up with the public's anger. When the Prime Minister

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arrived in Brussels he talked about accountability at the top. Ed

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Miliband, the Labour leader, talked about prosecutions. The public know

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that they want people to lose their jobs or losing their freedom, going

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to prison. That is where there is something of a problem because it

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turns out that there is no specific legislation to create an offence of

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rigging this particular market, the so-called market, and there has

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been a political row raging today about whose fault it was. The Tory

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blame Gordon Brown. Ed Balls was in charge of regulating the City, and

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didn't do this. Labour replied, no, it was your fault. The city was de

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regulated under Margaret Thatcher. A senior Labour figure in the House

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of Lords said, yes, OK, it is our fault. People watching a told -- at

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home don't recur. They want to see prosecutions. It's likely that

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certain politicians are hopeful that although there is not a

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specific offence, it could be possible for the Serious Fraud

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Office to bring prosecutions under general fraud legislation. What is

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true, I think, the public know that in the USA, you have seen bankers

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with police men alongside them, often with their wrists shackled.

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All we have seen in Britain so far, the worst for any banker is a man

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at losing his knighthood. OK, thank you. A man has been found dead

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after storms and flash floods hit much of the Midlands. There's been

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disruption on the roads and some rail services were delayed. There

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are fears of more flash flooding across northern England this

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evening. The latest downpour began in Northern Ireland last night

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where 1,000 homes were left without power. Mark Simpson reports from

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Belfast. The rush hour today in Belfast.

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After last night's downpour, some streets looked more like rivers.

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These police officers manage to get through but their colleagues didn't.

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This was the problem. Two hours of non-stop rain just as many people

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were driving home for the evening. Summer managed it, others didn't.

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For many people, there was simply no escape from the water. Basically,

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the river just came right down. Like something you would see on TV

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in a faraway country. You don't expect in Belfast. It was the same

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in Wales and parts of England. In Shropshire, a man died after his

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car was trapped by a flash flood. He got out and decided to try to

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walk around the floodwater but unfortunately, you can't see what's

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underfoot. Across England, there were 48 flood alerts. The Olympic

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torch relay had to stop briefly because of lightning in the East

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Midlands. Back in Belfast, the grim clean-up operation is under way.

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Last night, the people on the street were up to their knees in

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water. It's all gone now but the damage has been done. And the bad

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news is that more rain is forecast here tonight. And even more

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tomorrow. A convicted murderer is on the run

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after escaping from Pentonville prison in north London. John Massey

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is one of the UK's longest serving prisoners. He was jailed in 1975

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for the murder of a man in east London. Massey used a make-shift

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rope to scale a wall. An investigation is under way. Here's

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our home affairs correspondent, Tom Symonds.

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Convicted murderer John Massey is understood to have been refused

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parole just months ago because of his record. And now, he is

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literally over the wall. An investigation has been launched at

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the prison after one of the most embarrassing lapses of security in

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its history. So how did John Massey escape from Pentonville prison?

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Well, despite being 64, sources have told the BBC he used a

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makeshift rope and somehow got over the wall. A wall at more than 25

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feet tall, in places. And it's not just the wall. He also had to get

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over a razor wire fence. There are no official details of his escape.

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He is understood to have hidden in the prison gymnasium before getting

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onto a roof and lowering himself to the street using a rope made from

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discarded netting. John Massey as a record of a fading custody. He was

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sentenced to life for murdering Charles Higgins in 1975 and 18

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years later he escaped on a home visit and was on the run for three

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years. In at 2007, he broke parole conditions. In at 2010, he walked

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out of an open prison. The police say he is potentially dangerous.

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His sister told me he was refused parole in March because he had

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absconded in the past two seasick members of his family. It crucified

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him. When he walked out, when our sister Carol was sick, he got taken

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to court for that and got six months. He has already served that

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time and time again. A former prison governor believes refusing

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to release prisoners give them nothing to lose by escaping. They

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will consider all sorts of things and will become difficult

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management problems. If you are some in prison, you want them to

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have something to lose. Police are appealing for any information about

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where John Massey is. The deputy chief constable of

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Surrey Police, Craig Denholm, is being investigated by the

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Independent Police Complaints Commission over claims he failed to

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act over the hacking of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler's phone in

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2002. Another officer who took over from Mr Denholm as the senior

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officer in the case is also being investigated. Both officers remain

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on duty. Latest figures show the recession

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is deeper than previously feared. The UK economy shrank by 0.4% in

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the final quarter of last year. Slightly more than an earlier

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estimate of 0.3%. EU leaders are in Brussels again

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tonight in their latest attempt to save the euro. But they appear to

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be more divided than ever about how it should be done. The Spanish and

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Italian governments say the whole of Europe should guarantee their

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massive debts. But that would need German support. Our Europe Editor,

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Gavin Hewitt, is in Brussels. This must be the 20th summit on this. Is

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it going to be any different? George, I have to say to you it's

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not looking very much better this time. The key countries are Italy

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and Spain. Their borrowing costs have been going up and the Spanish

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Prime Minister said he did not know how long they could continue coping

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with this. But when the leaders arrived here earlier today, it was

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clear they were quite badly divided. The French President for instance

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said, we have got to show solidarity, we have got to move

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quickly, help these countries. Then another leader said that her

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message to Spain and Italy were simply this. There is no such thing

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as a free lunch for the but of course, the central player is

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Germany and all the pressure has been on Angela Merkel. But she has

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said, you can't even begin talking about sharing debt without there

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being tied to European control over national budgets force of what will

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happen? Well, we will have to wait and see. I think there will be

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agreement on a growth package, 130 billion euros, and on a road map to

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endure much closer economic and political union much further down

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the road and the people here hope that will convince the markets they

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are really serious about defending this currency but others have said,

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that's all very well but it won't happen for another 10 years. The

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fire in the eurozone is raging today. Thank you.

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David Beckham's Olympic dream is over. His hopes of playing for Team

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GB have been dashed after he was told he's not in the squad for

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London 2012. As our sports correspondent, James Pearce reports,

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it's a huge disappointment for one of the world's great sporting icons.

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Only 29 days to go now but David Beckham has been an integral part

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of London 2012 from the start. City of London! A key member of the

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bid team which won in Singapore. On display on a 2012 bus at the

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Beijing closing ceremony. And just last month, he carried the Olympic

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torch when arrived in Cornwall. That same day, he told me about his

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burning desire to become an Olympian this summer. Being

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involved in the Olympic Games would be huge. Being part of the team,

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being part of the Team GB team. It But there will be no David Beckham

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special free kicks at the Olympics. He was told last night by the coach

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Stuart Pearce, he's to be left out of the squad for I think he

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deserves more respect than that. has been a fantastic ambassador for

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British football. He puts the name of Great Britain across the world

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so I think it's appalling, really. One of the faces of the Games in

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2012 promotional films, David Beckham will still be involved in

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the Olympics but as an ambassador. David Beckham as always said the

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only one to be picked for the Olympics on merit and he knew it

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was going to be tough to prove he is still good enough but his non-

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selection would come as just a disappointment to his many fans,

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and will do nothing to help the London organisers shift 1.2 million

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football tickets which remain Our top story tonight: Barclay's

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shares take a hammering, as the Prime Minister says those at the

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top must be held accountable for the bank's interest rate

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manipulation. Coming up: Andy Murray has taken to

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four sets, but edges through to a third round at Wimbledon.

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And on the News Channel, we will have all the news from Wimbledon,

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where Britain's number-one Andy Murray has been in action against

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The Queen has unveiled a memorial to thousands of airmen from Bomber

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Command who died in the Second World War. A Lancaster bomber

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dropped poppies over London's Green Park, where some of the few

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surviving veterans from the RAF's most controversial campaign had

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gathered. If the pilots who fought in the

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Battle of Britain were known as the few, the Bomber Command aircrew

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would regard themselves as the many. Today, the many travelled here for

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an act of remembrance, but also to receive what they regard as a

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nation's long overdue recognition her of the bravery they showed as

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young men. They had found the strength to

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travel here from around the country and around the globe. These men,

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who carried the memories of danger, excitement and loss in the skies

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over Europe. The Queen, here to recognise their courage and

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sacrifice, an honour they had been denied for 67 years. Cast in bronze,

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seven members of a bomber crew, as if returning from a mission,

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breathe life into long held memories of the friends who never

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returned. They never regarded themselves as heroes. The young air

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crew filmed on this rare colour footage as they left their base

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knew their chances of making it back were slim. During 1942, fewer

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than half of them survived their first 30 operations. And yet, in

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the post-war years, successive governments were reluctant to mark

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their courage, until today. There was unease over the level of German

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civilian casualties thought to be up to 600,000. This memorial

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acknowledges all civilian losses, linking remembrance to

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reconciliation. Around the new sculpture, veterans shared their

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stories, and in their quiet moments, mourned the faces that still haunt

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them. They gave their lives, didn't they? Some of them never had a

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chance. I am sorry my old crew are not with us. I have said a prayer

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to date for them. Britain's last flying Lancaster paid the final

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tribute, a cloud of red poppies in the blue sky. Lest we forget.

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reminder to future generations of the painful lessons learnt by

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nations now at peace. As you can see, there is still a

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great deal of interest being shown in the new monument, and there will

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be for days to come. When you chat to veterans, of course they have

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been stirred by a range of emotions, but above all, they will travel

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home satisfied that at long last, Britain has done its duty.

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A two-year-old girl has died after falling 60 ft from a fourth-floor

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flat. A glass panel was missing from a railing on the balcony.

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Rayaheen Banimuslim's father wants to know why the broken panel was

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not fixed. The company responsible for the building says it checked

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the panel's two days before the accident, and they were not broken.

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Those who cared for Rayaheen Banimuslim brought flowers and a

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photo of her nursery classmates to the place where she fell. She was

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so bright and confident. She came to nursery, and she was running and

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happy. It was here in the communal gardens that the two-year-old was

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playing with her mother, four floors up, before she died. But as

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she played, what her mother did not realise was that the glass around

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the corner was missing. She fell before her mother could reach her.

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Friends say Rayaheen Banimuslim's father wants to know why the class

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was not replaced sooner. He is angry. You do not expect to see the

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glass panel in this corridor. You can see, this is just made of glass.

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If it is broken, one can fall, and there is no extra safety.

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management company says it checked the panel's two days before, and

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none were missing. It will now work with the police as they investigate

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how this young girl died. The BBC has uncovered evidence that

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a minister in the Conservative government of the 1960s was working

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as a spy for Czechoslovakia. Raymond Mawby, a former MP for

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Totnes in Devon, was given a code name and paid around �100 a time

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for information. Raymond Mawby was an unusual MP. A

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working-class trade unionist whose politics were of the right. Here,

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he is speaking out against legalising homosexuality. My eyes

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to the people involved, insecurity cases, have been found to be male

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homosexuals. And yet Mawby himself was a security risk. Files found by

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the BBC in Prague show that he was passing information to

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Czechoslovaks buys for a decade. We had known before that some Labour

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MPs had worked as communist spies, but this is the first time we have

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known that a Conservative MP, a minister even, had done the same.

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So what kind of information did he pass on? He did not have access to

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anything top-secret, but these files showed that he passed on

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details about fellow MPs. At the request of the Czechs, he even drew

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up a floor plan of the House of Commons. Why? Is received for �100

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provides the answer. Mawby had little money and a taste for

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gambling. A former colleague who used to drink with him is

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astonished by the news, but thinks Money explains it. I think he was

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short of cash. Apparently, he had a gambling problem. No wonder he fell

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prey to some of these temptations offered by the Czechs. May macro

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was deselected as an MP in 1983. He died just as the Cold War ended in

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1990. Only now has his secrets emerged.

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Andy Murray came up against a man mountain in the second round of

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Wimbledon's Centre Court today. His opponent was 6 ft 10 with a huge

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serve, but Murray came through in four sets.

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In one sense, Andy Murray had to scale new heights today. His

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opponent was an eastern European tower block by the name of Ivo

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Karlovic. Coleridge's weapon of choice, a served with a heightened

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pace of a meteorite. But he displayed a, as well, a surprising

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delicacy. Which is also one of the Murray trademarks. As is his

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nimbleness. That would give Murray a break and the first set. The

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second set went to a tie-break, and it went to Ivo Karlovic. That

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prompted more characteristic Murray, a stern talk to self. Whatever he

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said seemed to work. The next game, Murray broke. And displayed

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astonishing energy to break again, and secured the third set. Almost

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an hour later, the fourth set went to a tie-break. Murray turned his

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racket into a cricket bat and doubled up with pleasure. Two match

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points, and he only needed one. Winning is all that is important

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when you are playing a guy with his style. So challenging to get into a

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rhythm. That was the sound of a man not euphoric, just relieved.

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Relief for Andy Murray, but there has been unalloyed joy on Court No.

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1, where James Ward, the British No. 2, has taken Mardy Fish, an

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American ranked several million places above him, to a fifth set.

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Depending when that finishes and the subsequent match, we can make

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good to see Elena Baltacha, one of the British Women, and see if she

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can get to the third round. But Anne Keovathong will not be joining

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anyone, as she lost with room to spare earlier.

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More now on our main story, the crisis at Barclay's Bank following

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revelations that traders read key interest rates. Our Business Editor

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Robert Peston joins me. This will shatter any trust that was left in

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the banks. We have to hope it doesn't, because tomorrow, there

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will be yet more serious criticism of the banks by the Financial

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Services Authority, the City watchdog. It will say that all of

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them did the wrong thing when selling complicated financial

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products, swaps to small businesses, which have threatened the viability

:26:17.:26:22.

of those businesses by putting up their costs. Last-minute

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negotiations are going on to put in place a restitution plan for those

:26:27.:26:34.

businesses. Let's put that into the context of this week. Admission by

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Barclays that its people lied about interest rates and that the Bank

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was paying. NatWest earlier this week failed in its prime

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responsibility to execute transactions for thousands,

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millions of customers. In my experience, there has never been a

:26:52.:26:57.

week as bad as this for Britain's banks. Astonishing. It is a tragedy

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for them, but also a tragedy for us, because if this economy is to

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recover, we need sound banks and Now the weather.

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The bid has been a day of severe weather. In London, 28 degrees. The

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heat and humidity triggered some flash flooding and downpours.

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Coupled with some giant damaging hail as well. It started in

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Northern Ireland with the heavy rain. Then we turned our attention

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through the Midlands and northern England, a clustering of thundery

:27:39.:27:43.

downpours spilling towards the North Sea. For the next few hours,

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we still have rain warnings from the Met Office. There is still

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heavy rain at the moment in the north-east of England, but it will

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be pushing away. The wettest weather will sweep towards the

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northern islands of Scotland. Then we will see lighter showers later.

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Tomorrow will feel very different. It will be cooler and fresher, with

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a stronger blustery wind and a mixture of sunshine and showers. In

:28:13.:28:17.

the afternoon, there will be showers in Northern Ireland. Not as

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heavy as today. The odd heavy one in Scotland and the north of

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England, but we will see cloud across Wales and the western side

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of England. Some strong and blustery winds. From the Midlands

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eastwards, it will be much cooler than today. Through the weekend, if

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anything, it is going to turn cooler. It will be breezy,

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