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went on in Welsh children's homes for nearly 30 years. An enquiry

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finds evidence of systemic abuse at 18 homes, with nearly 150

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allegations. Police say they are on the hunt. We will always examine new

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information and evidence, and sick to bring them to justice for their

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crimes. Offenders should rightly have to look over their shoulder for

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the rest of their lives. We will ask how difficult it will be for the

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police to bring the alleged perpetrators to justice. Also

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tonight, three British men jailed in Dubai for drugs offences.

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David Cameron is to raise concerns over torture allegations. They won

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for the universal credit. A single payout for welfare

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claimants in parts of Greater Manchester. The rest of the country

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will follow. The collapse of Europe's words macro population.

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Now the EU steps in with a ban on some pesticides -- Euro -- Europe's

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bee population. Bradley Wiggins hopes to be the first Briton to win

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the next event before attempted to Welcome to the BBC News at six.

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Police investigating allegations of child abuse in care homes in North

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Wales say it was serious and systemic. The allegations, which

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cover three decades between 1962 and 1993, come from boys and girls who

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were as young as seven at the time. The chief constable of North Wales

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said the offenders would have to look back over their shoulders for

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the rest of their lives. It is a scandal of that refuses to

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subside. Despite a police investigation, an independent

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enquiry and a full public enquiry led by a judge, today we learnt that

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child abuse in North Wales children's homes was far more

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widespread than previously thought. The investigation is being given

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what it calls significant evidence of systemic and serious physical and

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sexual abuse of children at 18 different care homes across North

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Wales in a period from 1963 through June 1992. Today at North Wales

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police HQ in Colwyn Bay, the media gathered to hear what happens next

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in this long-running saga. The local chief constable told reporters that

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the passage of time did not reduce his resolve for achieving justice.

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People who commit serious sexual offences should live with the

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knowledge that we will always examine new information and evidence

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and seek to bring them to justice for their crimes. Offenders, quite

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rightly, will have to look over their shoulder for the rest of their

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lives. Watching today's events was Keith Gregory, one of those who says

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he was abused as a young boy while in care in North Wales. For him, it

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has been a day of hope and regret. There are 13 people I know of who

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have committed suicide. If this had been done earlier, we could have

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stopped some of them. For everybody's sake, I hope everything

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is done properly. The new investigation was ordered by the

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Home Secretary Theresa May after a BBC Newsnight report last November

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led to a Tory peer being falsely accused of paedophilia. But the

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report also alleged that the North Wales child abuse scandal involved

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far more people than had been acknowledged since allegations were

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first made of activities in this former home in Wrexham. Since the

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new enquiry was lodged, 140 new allegations of abuse have been made

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to police. 76 of the alleged victims have never spoken out before.

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Detectives have been given 84 names of people said to have abused

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children as young as seven. Regardless of the passage of time,

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people will be held to account. 40, 50 years after the fact, can you

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really get a case? We need to investigate those allegations are

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rarely. We will go where the evidence takes us. Turning

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allegations into convictions today often hinges on DNA evidence, but in

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cases stretching back half a century, such forensic evidence will

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be thin or non-existent. For 20 years, North Wales has been battered

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by allegations of appalling historic child abuse, official complacency

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and cover-up. The hope is that finally, justice can now be done. We

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can talk to Mark now. You raised this question yourself -

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realistically, what are the chances of getting convictions?

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authorities are stressing that victims will be believed. They are

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encouraging new victims to come forward. They say perpetrators will

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be taken to court. But the Crown Prosecution Service will only take

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on a case if they think there was sufficient evidence to achieve a

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conviction. They will also look at whether these cases are in the

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public interest. We are talking about cases that stretch back up to

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50 years. Hard evidence will be hard to come by, and witnesses will be

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questioned on the reliability of their testimony. Achieving justice

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for accusers and the accused will be far from straightforward.

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Three British men have been found guilty of drug offences in Dubai and

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jailed for four years each. Grant Cameron, Karl Williams and Suneet

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Jeerh claim they were tortured by police. David Cameron says he will

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raise the issue with the president of the United Arab Emirates, which

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includes Dubai, during his state visit to Britain, which starts

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tomorrow. More than nine months after arriving

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on holiday here in Dubai, Grant Cameron, along with his two

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friends, finally found out what their fate would be. Inside this

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court, they were convicted for taking illegal drugs and were

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sentenced to four years in prison. Grant's mother Tracey had little

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hope that they would be released, despite the allegations that they

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had been tortured by the Dubai police. She told me how Carl

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Williams had allegedly been singled out for the worst treatment. He was

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laid out on the bed. His trousers were stripped down and electric

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shocks were administered to his testicles while he was blindfolded.

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I believe all boys had guns helped to their head. They were told they

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were going to die. The dream holiday last July went wrong within a few

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days, when the police arrested the three men, accusing them of having

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more than a chilly gram of synthetic cannabis inside their car. Here at

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the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, they are making final

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preparations for the visit of their president to Britain, which starts

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tomorrow. The torture allegations could cast a shadow over the state

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visit of what is an important trade partner for Britain. While the

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authorities in the United Arab Emirates deny the allegations, the

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prime minister seems determined to get to the bottom of what happened.

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We want to see an independent enquiry into this. We will raise it

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during the visit. That could lift the hopes of these three men that

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they could soon be pardoned instead of spending years in prison.

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The Syrian prime minister has survived a bomb attack on his car in

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the capital, Damascus. State TV says Wael al-Halqi was not hurt in the

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blast. Unconfirmed reports say his bodyguard was killed.

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One of the biggest changes to Britain's welfare system became a

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reality today. The universal credit, a single monthly payment which

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replaces six separate benefits, is being rolled out in

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Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester. Eventually, 8 million

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people across the country are likely to claim the new benefit.

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A benefit system that encourages work, not dependency. That is the

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 74 seconds

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stated aim of universal credit. Most claims will have to be made

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online. That is a worry for unemployed father Alan Daly.

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everyone is online. I have only just managed to go online. It is

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not something I have been interested in. Concerns have been

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raised about whether the Government's computer system will

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be able to handle the enormous complexity of Universal Credit.

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Labour says the scheme is late, over budget and not as radical as

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claimed. What we have is a small scheme, starting in the north-west.

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The social security budget is up �20 million more than forecast.

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Paying households all their money in one monthly instalment has led

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to concerns about budgeting. The Government thinks Universal Credit

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should be paid in the same way as salaries - preparing those on

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benefits for a life in work. And you can find out more about the

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new universal credit and how the changes must affect you on the BBC

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Two men have been found guilty of raping a 14-year-old boy, who was

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attacked in the toilets of a debenham's store. -- den ben hams

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store. They tried to hide their faces

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outside court. 42-year-old Alex Wilson Fletcher and this man, could

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not hide from the cameras the day they raped a schoolboy. Their faces

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were captured the moments before and after the assault. Both men

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cornered the teenager in the toilets of the Arndale Shopping

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Centre. They threatened him before forcing him out of the shopping

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centre into Debenhans N a toilet he was attacked and warned not to run

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or they could come after him. fact two grown men can go into a

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city centre, identify, pick out from a crowd and prey upon a 14-

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year-old boy and coerce him into going with them to another location,

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in order to attack him in the way they have attacked him, it just

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beggars belief to be honest. The attack happened last June,

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during a busy shopping day, and near to one of the busiest streets

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in Manchester. Market Street is packed with shoppers and packed can

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CCTV. Police used as many as they could to try and track down the

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attackers. Within 24 hours of these pictures being released, both men

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were arrested. You cannot move in our city centre without being on

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our cameras. If you are up to no good we will track you. The police

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will have the evidence and if need be you will be before the court.

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The teenager is said to be left devastated after what happened here.

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The two men will be sentenced in June. The judge told both men to

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A police enquiry finds evidence of systemic abuse at 18 care homes in

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Wales. Officers pledged to bring the perpetrators to justice. Still to

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come, what next for Sir Bradley? The country's knight in lycra plans

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his own Italian job. Coming up in Sportsday on the BBC News Channel, a

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second trainer faces an enquiry for giving racehorses banned steroids.

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Gerard Butler says he had been assured the substance did not breach

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rules. Their populations have been

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declining rapidly. These account for 18% of crop pollination is, so the

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fall in their numbers has alarmed some farmers and scientists. Today

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the European Union decided to ban free pesticides thought to harm

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bees, but some experts say the ban is not the answer. The UK was not in

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favour, but 15 countries voted to go ahead.

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Tough times for Britain's last summer's washout killed off huge

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numbers. Years of attack by a deadly parasite have also taken a heavy

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toll. These are the survivors. This is a very small colony, and that is

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what we have been finding. They are weak. They have not come through the

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winter well. Some believe pesticides are also a threat, in particular a

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threat # a group called neonicotinoids. You might think the

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National beekeepers Association would be delighted, but think again.

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For every action, there is a reaction. So if we banned the

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neonicotinoids, what is the effect of that? Farmers, in their search to

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provide the food that everybody wants, will have to use other

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pesticides. And that is older, dirtier chemistry. The pesticides

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which would be subject to the EU ban all belong to the neonicotinoids

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group. We will be restricted under a two-year moratorium. Neonicotinoids

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are toxic to pests like aphids. They are supposed to be less harmful to

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word-macro and other pesticides. The challenge is to strike a balance

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between getting our bee populations and protecting food production. It

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is an issue which has split opinion across Europe and is splitting

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opinion among some British beekeepers. The Soil Association is

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among the groups which support the ban. Many scientists are showing

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that there is a huge problem in terms of the impact on honeybees and

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world pollinators. Today's ban is a triumph for those who have

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campaigned for it. But the UK government, arable farmers and many

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beekeepers believe it may still do what harm than good all sides say

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there should be more research in how damaging his Cabinet -- chemicals

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Elections will decide 35 local authorities. There'll be two

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contests for mayor. 2,300 seats are being contested. Meeting the main

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Westminster party leaders ahead of the vote, our political editor has

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been asking Nick Clegg how his party, the Liberal Democrats,

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intends to wet the voters' appetite. So, a slice of cake for the Prime

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Minister. OK, thank you very much. Do not adjust your set - Whitehall

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has not created a new ministry. It is instead election time and the

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real Deputy Prime Minister has come to talk to factory workers in

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Taunton about how to slice up the national cake. Would this be an

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opportunity for the Lib Dems to differentiate themselves slightly

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from the Osborne austerity. thought there is a plan B, and only

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if we did, it is not like. That other words, public spending cuts

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are here to stay. But here in Somerset, Nick Clegg's party are

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fighting for vote by fighting against cuts to the local Fire

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Service. The Fire Authority here have lost �5.5 billion. 10% of

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their budget thanks to the decisions of your Government, not a

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Tory Government, your Government. You cannot then oppose cuts?

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course you can. I think it is a source of great pride to the

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Liberal Democrats that we are -- that where we are in charge we will

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not be closing a single public library, in councils where they are

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in charge this year. Your opponents say something - typical Liberal

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Democrats, impose cuts nationally, locally make hay by opposing them.

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It is hypocrisy, isn't it? No, it is not. This is a big question in

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British politics now. We all know that whoever is in charge, locally

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and nationally, needs to continue to take difficult, tough decisions

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to repair the economy and to make it strong again. The question is,

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who can do both in making the economy strong again, but doing so

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as fairly as possible? Nick Clegg is fighting these elections not

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just to hold on to councils the Lib Dems control, but to hold on to

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third place nationally. UKIP or what its critics see as none of the

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above party, is ahead of the Lib Dems in many polls. They are, he

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says, prove very seductive. People will be struck chen people discover

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UKIP want to cut money for schools and hospitals. They want poor

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people to pay the same taxes as rich people. They want to

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jeopardise up to three million jobs in this country by turning our

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backs on the markets on our European dor step. Nick Clegg

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believe -- doorstep. Nick Clegg believes his party may hold the

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balance of power after the next general election. When pushed, just

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listen to what he said. Absolutely, if the public say that the only way

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in which this country can be governed in a sensible, centre-

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ground, stable way, would be a coalition of a different

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combination, but still involving the Liberal Democrats, I would,

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just as last time, and the Liberal Democrats just as last time, will

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do our duty to the country. Whether decorating cakes or brick laying or

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standing on a soapbox, it is clear our political leaders have their

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eyes firmly set on the next general election - just two years' time.

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For Nick Clegg, another slice of power really would be the cherry on

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top. Primark has said it is providing

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emergency and long-term aid to the families of those affected by the

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collapsed building in Bangladesh last week. At least 380 people are

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known to have died when the factory complex came down on the outskirts

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of Dhaka. The company's supplier was based in the factory. Primark

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says it will pay financial compensation to the victims.

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Michael Jackson's family is back in court in Los Angeles to sue his

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last concert provider, AEG Live. They say the company failed to

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properly investigate the doctor convicted of causing his death. The

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pop star died four years ago, aged 50. Another second Newmarket horse

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trainer has admitted to the British Horseracing Authority that he used

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banned anabolic steroids. Last week Mahmood Al Zarooni was banned for

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eight years for doping. Our correspondent is in Windsor for us.

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Dan, so this is a second stable. I suppose it might lead to fears of

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more wide-spread abuse. Absolutely, George, yes. Gerard Butler, the

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trainer at the centre of this latest news has a horse running in

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the 8.10pm here at Windsor racecourse this evening. Surely the

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only topic on racegoers' minds will be this latest twist in the biggest

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doping scandal in the history of British Horseracing Boarbroodd.

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Zarooni, the trainer banned for eight years last week was found

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guilty by the British Horseracing Authority of using banned anabolic

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steroids. He was seen as a rogue element in another wise clean sport.

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The latest news here today is that Butler has admitted using it, but

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in good faith, this treatment. He says he was advised by a vet to do

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so. It was licensed in the EU, but it will not stop this growing

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scandal and the danger, of course, is with the classics this weekend,

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the first, the 1,000 and 2000 Guineas, people will not be talking

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about who wins, but who is next in this damaging development. Thank

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you. Last year, he pulled off a remarkable double the Tour de

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France and Olympic gold. Now Sir Bradley Wiggins says he is ready to

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win both the Giro d'Italia and the tour de France.

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Here comes Wiggins now... He is Britain's knight in shining Lycra.

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Sir Bradley Wiggins, for many the man who defined 2012 - Tour de

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France, Olympic gold, an unstoppable blend of speed,

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sideburns and rock star swagger. How on earth do you follow that?

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Answer - well you go for road cycling's other big prize - the

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Giro d'Italia or the Tour of Italy and one of the most reluctant

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celebrities can hardly wait. saving grace is I have not gone out

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and tried to cash in on the Olympics and got my face everywhere,

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gone on game shows and most like they have done, on dancing

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programmes. I have gone back to now trying to do what we do best really

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and that is trying to win bike racing. Once again all eyes are on

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Sir Bradley Wiggins. In Italy he will be the man to beat. This could

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be the start of what could be an intriguing summer, because then of

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course there's the Tour de France. Wiggins, we thought, would play a

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supporting role to Chris Froome, for whom the course is perhaps

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better suited. Wiggins now says he still wants to win it again himself.

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Two team-mates battling for one ambition. My goal is to be in the

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condition to win the Tour and then obviously a decision will be made

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on the leadership of that. Can you say in your heart of hearts that

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will not cause any friction? don't think so. We have been there

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before. We know where, you know, as we are in the same team, at the end

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of the day, we are both professionals and know what needs

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to be done. He is no understudy then. For Wiggins it is all about

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winning. The king of the road, determined to keep his crown. Let's

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We have had sunshine and some showers. They are starting to clear.

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Tonight, a lot of places will end up being dry. Temperatures tumbling

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away. A touch on the chilly side. Showers across Scotland for a while

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longer N the cold air the risk they may turn wintry. The strong winds

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will ease through the night. Clearing skies, just a little bit

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of patchy cloud at times. Drifting down over northern England.

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Temperatures will tumble. Our towns and cities seeing three to five

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Celsius. Of course colder than that in the countryside. We could see

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temperatures down to freezing in rural England.

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It is a chilly start to the day tomorrow morning. Again, some

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sunshine around. The cloud will increase and bubble up. There'll be

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a few showers. Not so many showers as tonight, and not as intense. For

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many, it should be dry, fine and bright. Certainly the case across

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south-west England, where with brighter winds it should feel

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warmer than it has today. Still 14 Celsius in the south. Cloud in East

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Anglia and the Midlands. Here we cannot rule out the odd shower. One

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or two showers for Northern Ireland and things clouding over here and

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for western Scotland. Not as many showers for Scotland. A better

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chance of staying dry. Highs of 10 Celsius. In the north-west on

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Wednesday night, rain tied in with this weather front. It is weakening

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