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The conflict in Syria reaches the heart of the regime with a bomb-

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blast in the centre of Damascus. The President's brother-in-law and

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the Defence Minister have been killed as rebels strike close to

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the Presidential Palace. violence has got worse. That tells

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us that this is a situation that is rapidly spinning out of control.

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In parts of Damascus, they are celebrating this latest blow to the

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regime. We will be asking if this marks a turning point in the

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conflict. Also tonight: Unemployment drops by

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65,000, helped along by new jobs during the Olympic Games.

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The heir to a multi-billion pound fortune - Hans Kristian Rausing

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charged with preventing the lawful burial of his wife.

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Blink and you will miss it - the pickpockets from Spain who say they

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are heading our way. And why sitting around doing

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nothing is more dangerous than you think. A new study says it is as

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bad for you as smoking. Two out of three UK adults are not

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doing enough exercise. I will be examining the research which says

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it is putting many of them into an early grave.

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We will have Sportsday with all the latest reports, results, interviews

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and features from the BBC Sports Good evening. Welcome to the BBC

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News at Six. The violence in Syria has reached the heart of the regime,

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claiming the lives of key members of the country's ruling elite.

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President Assad's brother-in-law and the country's Defence Minister

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are reported to have been killed today, when a bomb exploded inside

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the headquarters of the national security organisation. It follows

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four days of clashes in the capital, Damascus. Caroline Hawley reports

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on what some are seeing as a turning point in the conflict.

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On state-run television, mouthpiece of the regime, a message of

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defiance. As the authorities announce that a bomber had attacked

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the heart of the country's military establishment. The dramatic news

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came this morning. No images released of the headquarters of

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national security, but the Defence Minister, seen here, was quickly

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confirmed dead on television. He had been meeting with other senior

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officials from Syria's secretive security system. It is a

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devastating blow at the heart of a regime presided over by the Assad

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family for 40 years. Two of the key figures are Bashar al-Assad and his

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younger brother, Maher and then there was the husband of his sister.

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This is about as close to the inner circle of President Assad as it is

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possible to get and it is a fight for survival now.

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TRANSLATION: This is a decisive battle. It is a decisive battle not

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only in Damascus, but in Syria as a whole. They are wrong to

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underestimate us. For months there's been fighting in

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towns and cities around the country. But in the past few days, it's come

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to Damascus itself. A major escalation in the conflict. 16

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Months since a peaceful uprising against Bashar al-Assad began, the

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battle is now on his doorstep. The capital once deemed impregnable has

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seen fighting which began in the At Tadamon neighbourhood. The battle

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then spread to Midan and further north as well. A military barracks

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close to the Presidential Palace was set on fire, just hours before

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the attack on the headquarters of national security. This is, as I

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believe now, the beginning of the end of this regime. The regime

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still has some power to continue killing Syrian people, but this is

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the natural escalation of the struggle of the freedom fighters in

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Syria. The Syrian army is still strong despite a string of

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defections. On State TV, it's promising to fight back. The

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international community is grappling with how to respond.

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is a situation that is rapidly spinning out of control. And for

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that reason, it is extremely important that the international

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community, working with other countries that have concerns in

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that area, have to bring maximum pressure on Assad. What the

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diplomats are doing is increasingly irrelevant to what is happening on

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the ground, where the rebels have been given a major boost. The

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Syrian crisis has now entered a new phase.

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Frank Gardner is here with me now. I know we have to be careful about

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these things. Some people are seeing this as a turning point in

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the conflict? I think it certainly marks the most serious threat yet

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to President Bashir bash because Assef Shawkat is the closest you

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can get to the President, other than his wife, or his brother, or

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possibly his mother. He was the power behind-the-scenes. He has a

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political intelligence and security background. It is really a triple

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blow. It is a blow to the family, to the personal command and control

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that he built up and it's going to make people in that regime look

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over their shoulders and wonder, "Where next?" So it is troubling.

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The General that we heard speaking earlier, who I met earlier this

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year, several months ago he was saying it was the beginning of the

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end. For 16 months people have been saying it's the beginning of the

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end. Russia is still very much perhaps blocking tougher action

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diplomatically. On the ground, things are moving. I think that we

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will see a different evolution in the next few weeks. It does seem to

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be escalating. Thank you. The latest figures for unemployment

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show it's fallen for the fourth month in a row. The number of

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people out of work for more than two years has risen to a 15-year

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high. With forecasts for the economy still looking gloomy, the

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Chancellor has announced a new financing deal aimed at boosting

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expenditure on big infrastructure projects.

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Two years ago, Lianne Mellor was an unemployed graduate who liked

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drawing as a hobby. With a bit of encouragement, that hobby is a

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thriving business. It is really hard work. It is so worth it. When

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you can look around you and kind of think, "I got me here." Everything

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around you you have created, it is a fantastic feeling. The number of

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people in work grew by 181,000 in the three months to May, that is

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the biggest rise in nearly a decade. The broadest measure of

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unemployment fell by 65,000 to just over 2.5 million. There are still

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more people out of work today than there were a year ago and 440,000

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who have been looking for a job for more than two years. We have had a

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positive run of figures for a few months. It could perhaps indicate

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that the economy isn't doing as badly as the official GDP figures

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suggest. I think it might be a matter of time lags and I would

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want to see the positive figures continue for a fair bit longer.

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The picture in London was much brighter than many other parts of

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the UK. Some said that short-term hires for the Olympics might be

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flattering the figures, with the broader economy so weak no-one is

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very confident that the good news on jobs is going to continue. Which

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is probably why you found the Chancellor joined at the hip to his

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Liberal Democrat coalition Chief Secretary standing by a massive

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hole in the ground in Central London this morning unveiling their

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plan to help the economy by partly guaranteeing big infrastructure

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projects that can't otherwise get funding. There are private sector

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projects, business projects, that can't go ahead because there is

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problems in the banking system, problems in the world economy and

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we are using the good name the British Government has earnt over

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the last two years, thanks to this Coalition Government, that enables

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us to borrow cheaply to lend to projects that wouldn't otherwise go

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ahead. Everyone gets excited about big infrastructure projects. They

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started digging here in April 2010 and they won't be done until the

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end of 2016. Still, if the projects the Chancellor is talking about are

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so worthwhile, some are asking why it took the Treasury nine months to

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work out how to help. We have come a long way. We have had a speech

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from the Prime Minister on infrastructure. Now, the Treasury

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is getting its act together and starting to do stuff. But given the

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scale of the infrastructure requirement, this is a small step.

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They first started talking about building this Crossrail link

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through London in 1948. Infrastructure doesn't come quick.

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But whether it's new jobs or new investment, in a flat economy every

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little helps. New figures show the Scottish

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economy has gone back into recession. It shrank by 0.1% in the

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first three months of the year, a second successive drop. The largest

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contribution to the fall came from the construction sector where

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output was down by nearly 7%. David Cameron has been visiting

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British troops in Afghanistan where he's promised that more of them

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will be brought home next year. During the trip to Helmand Province,

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he said he wanted a sensible orderly process of handing control

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of security to Afghan forces. Hans Kristian Rausing, the heir to

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a multi-billion pound fortune, has appeared in court charged with

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delaying the burial of his wife, Eva. Our correspondent is outside

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the house for us now. The discovery of Robert

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Rauschenberg's body has devastated -- of Eva Rausing's body has

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devastated her family. The family have issued a statement. They said

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they hoped their son could begin the long, hard journey to

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rehabilitation. Driven from hospital to court, the

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multi-millionaire, Hans Kristian Rausing. He has been receiving

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specialist medical treatment since the body of his wife was discovered

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nine days ago. Today he stood in the dock accused of preventing the

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lawful and decent burial of her body. Looking thin and frail, he

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spoke only to confirm his name, his date of birth and his address. He

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showed no reaction as details of the case were read out to the

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packed courtroom. Police arrested Hans Kristian Rausing on July 9th

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following reports of his erratic driving. They searched the couple's

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home in Chelsea. Eva Rausing's body was found in a bedroom on the

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second-floor. The court was told it was discovered under layers of

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bedding, clothing and bin bags. Eva Rausing's background was a

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privileged one. Her family describe her as a loving, shy girl.

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Hans Kristian Rausing has been released on bail, but on condition

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he stays at this mental health hospital. The magistrate told him

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he must not leave here unless accompanied by a member of staff.

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He is due back in court next week. Researchers say more than five

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million deaths a year worldwide are caused by a lack of exercise making

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it as big a risk to health as smoking or obesity. Here in Britain,

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we do worse in the exercise stakes than many other high-income

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countries. Pushing everything from pole vaults,

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to paddles, the world's elite athletes are descended on London.

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For most of us, the Olympics means a marathon in front of the TV.

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Inactivity which may help send us to an early grave. To stay healthy

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adults need to do two-and-a-half hours of moderately aerobic

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activity every week. Such as brisk walking or pushing a lawnmower.

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Riding a bike's another option, or swimming. You should be working

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hard enough to raise your heart rate. Twice a week, you need to do

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exercise which strengthens all the major muscle groups, such as heavy

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digging or yoga. Two out of three adults in the UK don't manage that.

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For example, that triggers one in ten cases of coronary heart disease

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and causes a staggering one in six deaths here. What went wrong?

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Britons used to be far more active, then came the car. Television glued

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us to our seats as did sedentary jobs. Then came computers and the

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internet, each generation getting less active. This Cardiff gym group

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all have heart problems. Many never used to do any exercise. With his

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manual job, this man didn't realise he was unfit until a heart attack.

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I had a factory job. I never thought I would be as weak as this.

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When a heart attack come to me all Children are meant to do an hour's

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physical activity every day. Four out of five do not manage it. The

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school is bucking the trend, part of an Olympics education programme

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aiming for a legacy of sports participation. I think it's

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important in school that you set the habits for the rest of your

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life. If we can get them engaged and enjoying sport and physical

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activity, hopefully they will do that for the rest of their lives.

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Inactivity is a killer. That is the message of the research in the

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Lancet journal. Well we can't all win medals, staying active might

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Our top story: The conflict in Syria reaches the heart of the

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regime as a bomb blast in the centre of the capital claims the

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lives of three senior officials. Coming up: We investigate why text

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messaging is now the most popular form of communication between

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adults. In the business news, UK

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unemployment falls by 65,000. The number of people claiming

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jobseeker's allowance rises. The Government will underwrite �40

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billion of infrastructure Police believe criminal gangs from

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eastern Europe are intending to target the Olympics. Pickpockets

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are a particular concern, with many expected to prey on tourists during

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the Games. Chris Rogers has been to Barcelona. In this special

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investigation, he exposes the career pickpockets with their

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sights set on London 2012. Welcome to way pickpocketing Mecca.

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Crime statistics show that Barcelona is one of the riskiest

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places in the world to hold on to your bags and wallets. Barcelona,

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very good. Very good for pickpockets! This gang are part of

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a network of 50 Romanian pickpockets will stop we are going

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to London this year! Johnny, Mario and Danny say they are aiming for

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gold at the Olympics. Look, we go for gymnastics! They agreed to show

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me how they do it. Here, Johnny is the destruction. Danny, the runner,

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slips off with whatever Mario, the debt pair, give to him. They named

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this tactic after the footballer who dances when he scores,

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Ronaldinho. Cameras, laptops and phones are sold on the Romanian

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black market. What they really prefer his cash from wallets.

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week you can make no euros, the next week you can make 5000 because

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of tourists. He has just left his bag for a second, you know? Even

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though I knew they were going to lift something from my pocket or my

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bag, I was still shocked and surprised how quickly it happened

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and the fact I did not notice. I did not feel anything leave my

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pockets or my bag. Only a trained eye has any chance of spotting a

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pickpocket as they strike. Tourists search for their valuables, but the

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thieves are long gone and so on their clothes, wallets and phones.

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The man in a white T-shirt is the pickpocket. The wallet! It is now

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with him. Yes. Not, he takes the money. Look at the guy. He doesn't

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know. He don't have wallet. This gang say they will soon leave

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Barcelona and head to London. They are doing their research. You are

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looking at the shopping centre, near the Olympic village?

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London buses, the tourist buses. You can go upstairs. That's a good

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target? But they spot a potential obstacle. An online article reports

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on the British police efforts to crackdown on foreign pickpockets.

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It is called Operation Podium, targeting a Olympic related crime.

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This is the early morning wake-up call many foreign pickpockets could

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receive. This house has been rented by a gang of suspected Romanian

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thieves in east London. This is a pre-emptive strike to put gangs of

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pickpockets out of business before tourists begin to arrive for the

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Olympics. It's also a clear message to gangs still thinking of coming

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here. We know where people are, the addresses they are using and the

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vehicles they are using. We will come through the door, very hard,

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and he will be arrested. In the first week of police raids, more

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than 80 arrests were made. Scotland Yard said that public vigilance is

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the best weapon against the pickpockets who claim they can

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With just nine days to go until the opening ceremony of the Olympic

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Games, the organisers have decided to cut some scenes. Apparently,

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rehearsals have been running over time and they stunt bike sequence

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has been taken out. Let's get the details from John Kay.

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There are thousands of performers inside the stadium right now,

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rehearsing hard for their big night next Friday. It's a performance

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that could be seen by billions of people all around the globe. We

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have heard a bit of the music drifting out of the stadium in the

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last few minutes. I'm not going to ruin the surprise, but I can tell

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you what is not in the show. You will not know their names, but

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they are about to star in the biggest show on earth. Here is

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ready for the ceremony? Me! Performers of all ages, arriving at

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the Olympic Park today for more top-secret rehearsals. Opening

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ceremony? What part do you play? are not allowed to say. We are

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sworn to secrecy! We are hearing reports it is being shortened?

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sad. But the amount of hours we have put in, at this late stage to

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be told... But you know what, we have to work with what we have got.

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The ceremony is being cut by about half an hour to make sure the

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80,000 spectators can catch the last buses and trains home. So,

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what is Danny Boyle, the man behind the show, going to lead out, with

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just nine days to go? Will it be his celebration of the British

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countryside, which she has already revealed? No, it is a BMX bike

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routine, like this, that has been dropped, involving dozens of

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cyclists. So, when they told you, what was your response? I was

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completely and utterly gutted, to be honest. The bikers have signed

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contracts which means they cannot be interviewed on camera. A once-

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in-a-lifetime opportunity that is never happening again. I couldn't

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believe it. I thought there are going to take me out because I

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wasn't good enough or something. He says, no, it is everybody. It is

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being cut for one simple reason, that we need to get people out of

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the Olympic Park, on to the transport system and back into

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central London before the last trains leave at 2:30am. We need to

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do that in a secure, save and orderly fashion. Tonight, out of

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you but just about audible, rehearsals continue. It might be

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shorter now, but the organisers say it has only been Trent. The show

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must go on. -- trimmed. There was a time when it was good

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to talk. But in 21st century Britain, that is changing. Texting

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has overtaken phone conversations as the most popular way to keep in

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touch. On average, we send 200 messages a month from our mobile

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Want to get in touch? We used to pick up the phone and call. Now it

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seems we are more likely to tap a message on it and text. Here is the

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modern face of communications in one family. Amelia is on a tablet

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computer in one room. Her mother is on her phone, checking hair e-mail.

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Next door, Charlie is on the computer, playing games and chatted

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online. In the sitting room we seek dad on his phone, watching

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television. How do they keep in touch? I tend to use Facebook and

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Skype because they are free. No matter where someone is, I can talk

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to them pretty much any time. prefer to speak to people in person.

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Increasingly, I find myself texting or using e-mail. See? That is the

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way the world is. The average UK consumer now Sen's... Up 50 text

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messages per week. As for 16 to 24- year-olds... 96% of them are using

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some form of text, sms or social networking, every day to

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communicate with friends and family. But we are making fewer calls. The

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time we spent chatting on the phone fell... By 5% last year. That is if

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you add up both landlines and mobiles. On Saturday? Yes, let me

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check my Filofax. Use of landlines has been falling for a decade. Now,

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for the first time since mobile- phone is arrived, we are calling

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less on them as well. 20 years ago you would walk past a bus stop and

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people would be chatting away to each other. 10 years ago they would

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still be talking, but on mobile phones. Today, you walk past the

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same bus stop and everybody has their heads down, frowning at their

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smartphone devices and tapping away at their screens. One thing is

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bringing families closer, the advent of bigger, better

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televisions means that we are more likely to spend time together in

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It is Nelson Mandela's 94th birthday. Some 12 million

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schoolchildren across South Africa have kicked off the celebrations.

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He became South Africa's first black president in 1994, after

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spending 27 years in prison for his fight against apartheid.

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A nation salutes its hero. The message is the same, from black and

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white, old and young. I would send him a gift and a card. I will write

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that we always love you, because he gave us freedom. Nelson Mandela is

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loved at home and respected around the world. Prime ministers and

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presidents have flocked to his side. He did say how moved he was by the

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way his birthday is being celebrated today. In South Africa,

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the 67 minutes of service by every citizen across the country.

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power, he symbolised public service. Today, South Africans volunteered

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for charitable duty. My grandfather has always instilled in us that we

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should be of great service to our They know apartheid only as history.

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Today, they celebrate the man who made that possible. Happy birthday

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You can see the full interview with Bill Clinton on Newsnight this

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Some flooding today in Scotland around Perth in particular. It's

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not surprising when you look at There is some very heavy rain for

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the next couple of hours around Lothian and borders. This band of

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rain really got stuck in Scotland today. Further south we have heavy

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and thundery showers whistling across Wales, through the Midlands

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and East Anglia. A few more of them to come this evening. Low-pressure

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is responsible for the wet weather. That is going to pull away, had to

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do not see. Take away the showers and the heavy rain, this weather

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front takes rain away from Scotland and pushes it into northern England

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by the end of the night, leaving behind cooler air. Temperatures are

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a little bit higher in the south, not as humid as last night. More

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comfortable for sleeping. The rain in northern England should be light.

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It drifts southwards through the Midlands, becoming patchy and

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turning more showery. Some sharp showers in the south-east.

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Elsewhere, showers few and far between. What will two in Northern

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Ireland. A drier day in Scotland. It's not getting any warmer just

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yet because the breezes coming down from the north or north-west.

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Showers will not be as heavy as today. With a bit of luck, the

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south-west will be seen very few showers in the afternoon. The

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south-east could be having some heavy, thundery showers. In and out

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at the Oval for the start of the cricket. For the Open, starting

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tomorrow, very few showers. It will probably stay dry with sunshine on

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Friday and Saturday it will stop the wind is becoming lighter as

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well. A scattering of showers around the UK on Friday. The we are

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going to get high pressure building in later on Friday, particularly on

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