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At least 30 Palestinians are killed and hundreds more are injured

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after shells hit a UN school and a market place in Gaza.

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A terrified child - one of at least 3,000 refugees who'd been sheltering

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at a UN compound when it was hit in the early hours of this morning.

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This afternoon, at least 15 Palestinians were killed

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at a crowded market. It's thought shoppers believed

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a ceasefire was in place. We'll be looking at Israel's

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military strategy. Also tonight:

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Tough new rules for bankers who break financial rules.

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They may have to pay back bonuses up to seven years

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after they were awarded. Firefighters are tackling a massive

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fire which broke out on Eastbourne's historic pier this afternoon.

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What do you think of the Commonwealth Games?

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historic pier this afternoon. Awesome, says Usain Bolt -

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back on track and on message after allegedly being rather less

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complimentary about Glasgow 2014. Tonight on BBC London:

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The BA pilot accused of abusing children in African orphanages.

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Victims say they'll sue the airline. And HSBC criticised

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after it closed the accounts of three Muslim organisations.

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Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

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The United Nations has accused Israel of launching a deadly attack

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at one of its schools in Gaza where thousands of Palestinians had been

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seeking shelter from the fighting. The shelling began at dawn,

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killing at least 15 people. The Israeli military has denied

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targeting UN schools, saying militants had fired on its

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soldiers from within the vicinity. The number of Palestinians killed

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in Gaza is now said to have reached 1,300 since

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the fighting began three weeks ago. 58 Israelis have died so far -

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56 soldiers and two civilians. A Thai national was also killed.

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Our international correspondent, Ian Pannell,

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sent this report from Jabalia where the UN school was shelled.

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You may find some of the details and images in his report disturbing.

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The terror of the conflict in Gaza stamped on the face of a

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five-year-old. He was sleeping when the shells landed. They had been

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sheltering in a UN school. The casualties have come into one of the

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main hospitals. We believe about 70 people have been injured. We have

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seen women and children and elderly men. The precise figure is not

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known. The debate will begin about who is responsible for this. The

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victims streamed into a -- into A, overwhelming a hospital already

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struggling to cope. The youngest and most honourable shattered and

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shocked. -- most vulnerable. Two little girls sharing a bed, bloody

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and bruised. One is just eight years old. She and her friend were in one

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of the classrooms when it was hit. We were sleeping when the air strike

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happened, she says. What do we have to do with all of this? The hospital

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grounds overflowed with bereaved flummery -- briefed families. Every

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day in Gaza seems to look like this. The UN says Israel attacked the

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school. Two very precise holes were punched through the walls of

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classrooms. Some signs that families had been living here. There was

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mortar fire fired by Palestinian terrorists from next to the school.

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We were responding to fire in the vicinity. We are reviewing the

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incident. Those who live here are shattered and shocked. It was

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supposed to be safe. On days like this, it feels like nowhere is. I

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want to tell you that in the school, we don't have any weapons, we don't

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have any militants and we escaped to search for security here but we did

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not have any because of the Israeli occupation of the terrorism. It has

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been another day of bloodshed in Gaza. Each incident has its own

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tragic story. Last week we reported on a baby girl delivered from her

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dead mother's body. Today she died. With bombs falling nearby in a

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cemetery full of makeshift graves they buried her next to the mother

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she had never known. One more death on a day marked with violence. She

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was just five days old. Palestinian health officials say

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at least 17 people have been killed and more than 160 wounded

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in an Israeli strike on a crowded market in Gaza this afternoon.

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The Israeli military says it's investigating the incident.

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Our correspondent, Jon Donnison, joins us live from Jerusalem.

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There are reports that people thought a ceasefire was in place?

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That is right. Earlier this morning the Israeli military had said that

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there would be a humanitarian truce for four hours a dream 3pm and 7pm

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local time in parts of Gaza -- between 3pm and 7pm. The

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neighbourhood where it happened on the edge of Gaza City has been one

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of the most intensely bombarded. That area was not included in the

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humanitarian truce. It may be of course the fact that there were

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hundreds of people out on the streets at the market suggesting

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many people had not got that message. Either way, the number of

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civilians killed continues to rise. Israel says it does not ever

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deliberately target civilians. But it clearly is prepared to accept a

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large number of civilian casualties in order to meet its goals which is

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taking out Hamas's weapons stores and taking out the tunnels and

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killing Hamas fighters. The government here has public support

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for its actions. The number of Israeli soldiers being killed, three

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more killed today, bringing the number 1056, as well as Israeli

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civilians. -- bringing the number upturn 56. The Israelis say they

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will continue until they have met their ends.

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thought a ceasefire was in place? The Bank of England has announced

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some of the toughest restrictions on bankers' pay anywhere in the world.

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Bankers will be forced to return their bonuses up to seven years

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after they were awarded if found guilty of misconduct.

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The measures follow the financial crisis of 2008

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and other subsequent scandals. Our economics correspondent,

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Simon Jack, has the details. For success for bankers big bonus

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checks have come to be expected. After the financial crisis, scandals

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and public anger, from January of next year 's future checks may end

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up going back. Let us say it has been a great year and I am in line

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for a hefty bonus. In three up to five years time, I can spend it on

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whatever my heart desires. In the new rules, up to seven years after I

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get the bonus, I may have to return the money. Barclays set aside

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another ?900 million to date to compensate people mis-sold

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insurance, a timely reminder that misconduct can take many years to

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unearth. We now have the toughest regime in banking pay of any global

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financial centre. Bankers are paid less here compared to New York and

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Singapore and Hong Kong. This could have an impact on the

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competitiveness of London as a financial centre and the jobs and

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tax paid here. There are also proposals which could see bankers

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jailed. A former investment banker thinks it will grab attention. This

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is a very bold package of measures. First of all, it raises the spectre

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of criminal sanctions. Secondly, it hits bankers in their pockets.

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Thirdly, it defines everyone's role is clearly so that the regulators

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know exactly where to go. One other point to make is that if bankers do

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run offshore as they are threatening to do, it is a terrible indictment

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on the industry as a whole. Interest rate rating, mis-selling, these

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scandals have cost the City its reputation and taxpayers hundreds of

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billions of pounds. What about the individuals? It is hoped the tough

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new rules will change the culture of the people working here in the heart

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of banking. Can you imagine every banker hitting a lawyer and going to

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court? You have to think through the methodology. Going back seven

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years, really? That would be tough, really tough. Yearly would

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definitely be the way forward. Seven years is ridiculous. I would

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probably leave. Find myself a new career. They are not accountable for

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the way they behave and you would be in any other industry. I would

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support that move. The bonus party may not quite be over but some of

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the champagne they have to go back on ice for a little while longer.

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Simon Jack, has the details. Firefighters in Eastbourne are

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tackling a huge blaze on the pier. The fire started this afternoon in a

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games arcade and quickly took hold. It's not thought anyone

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has been injured. Angus Crawford reports.

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A tower of smoke in a clear blue sky. Flames ripped through the

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Victorian pier. The arcade, a magnet for holiday-makers, now a skeleton

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of twisted metal. It is thought the fire started behind wooden panelling

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just after 3pm this afternoon. There is at least a dozen firefighters and

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emergency services on the scene at the moment. They firefighters are

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dealing with it as well as I can. They have fire hoses all over the

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place. It is just a really bad site at the moment. More than 50

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firefighters are tackling the flames now in a desperate attempt to stop

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the entire structure being destroyed. Even the local lifeboat

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has been called out to assist. There have been no reports of any injuries

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and tourists are being kept behind a police cordon. Some taking to the

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beach for a better view though. A historic attraction terribly damaged

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in peak season. The local Council is calling it a tragedy.

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Angus Crawford reports. A former firearms officer is to be

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charged with the murder of Azelle Rodney who was shot dead by police

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in North London in April, 2005. Mr Rodney was one

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of three men travelling in a car that was stopped by police.

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They were looking for a group of men who they believed were

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on their way to commit a drugs-related armed robbery.

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No police officer in the UK has ever been convicted of murder as

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the result of a firearms operation. June Kelly can tell us more.

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Inside a police car which was part of a convoy in pursuit of a

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suspected armed gang. By the time the chase was over, one of the gang

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was dead. A police marksman fired eight bullets at 24-year-old Azelle

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Rodney in the back of the car. Six bullets hit him in the head and

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body. Now that firearms officer is facing a murder charge. His identity

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is being protected. He is known only as E7. Azelle Rodney under

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surveillance just a short time before he was shot. Today his mother

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said she was very pleased by the decision to charge the officer. But

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all of these years after the shooting, from one of his former

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colleagues, this was the reaction. People will not be prepared to go

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out on the streets doing the risky job where they are risking their

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lives on pretty much a job where they are risking their

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lives on pretty daily basis if the result of that is a charge and a

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possibility of imprisonment. This case goes back nearly ten years. In

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2005, Azelle Rodney was killed. The next year the Crown Prosecution

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Service announced no officer would face charges. The family were told

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they could be no inquest because secret intelligence evidence was

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involved. In 2009, Azelle Rodney's mother took her fight to the

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European Court of Human Rights. In 2012, there was a public inquiry. It

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found there was no lawful justification for the shooting.

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Nearly a decade on, what happened here is going to come under scrutiny

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in the criminal courts. The officer involved retired from the Met Police

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a few years ago. He is going to make his first court appearance in

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September head office trial for the murder of Azelle Rodney. -- ahead of

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his trial. Our top story: At least 30 Palestinians are killed and

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hundreds more injured after shells hit a UN school

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hundreds more injured after shells Gaza. Still to come, no new for a

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driver, why this car could be on our roads as early as next year.

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June Kelly can tell us more. Coming up later on BBC London:

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Protests as plans to shake up hospital services in West London

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move a step closer. And why you might soon be seeing

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cows in your local park - The latest outbreak of the Ebola

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virus in Africa is the deadliest yet.

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Today the Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, chaired

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an emergency meeting in London. He said Ebola was

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a potential threat to the UK, but was unlikely to spread here.

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Symptoms of the deadly disease include fever,

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diarrhoea as well as vomiting. It is highly infectious

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and contagious. There is no cure.

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Its fatality rate is high - between 50% and 90% of those

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infected with Ebola die. And it has killed more than 670 people in

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West Africa this year alone. Our Global Health Correspondent

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Tulip Mazumdar has travelled to Gueckadou in South East Guinea,

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where the outbreak started. The latest and one

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of the youngest victims of Ebola. Wrapped in layers of plastic bags

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is the body a four-month-old. His family are too scared to attend

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his burial so he is carefully laid to rest by strangers.

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Adel looks after him in his final moments. TRANSLATION: I was there

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with him just before he died. I had been feeding him milk. I stepped

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away for a break, but I was called back and he was dead. I was totally

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devastated. At times I just go outside and try. Health workers know

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they are at very high risk. The virus is extremely contagious, so

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they seal themselves in suits where temperatures hit 40 Celsius. Samples

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from sick patients are sent to this shift diagnostics lab. British

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scientists are among those testing for It is spread in a specific

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manner, normally with close contact with fluids. Any end stages,

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particularly with bodily secretions like saliva sweat.

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Having that in your head while you are dealing with these samples is

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obviously very important. In remote villages, devastated by a bowler,

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the fear is palpable. Fear is helping spread the virus. Some think

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medics are bringing it here. Others don't believe the virus exists. A

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few days ago, health workers couldn't even get into this village.

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They have made a breakthrough here today. People are bringing out their

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sick relatives and agreeing to be tracked over for symptoms. There is

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no cure for this virus, but it is not an automatic death sentence.

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With early treatment, like keeping people well hydrated, people can

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pull through. When I was sick, it was really, really difficult to eat,

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to wake up. But now I work myself, I greet my children and so on. So I am

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very, very happy. Another Ebola survivor has come to see his little

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sister. It's good news. Initial tests for Marion have come back

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negative. But Ebola is indiscriminate. Their mother also

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has the virus and may not survive. She, like many others, is infected,

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isolated and fighting an invisible killer.

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Our science editor David Shukman is with me now. There was a crisis

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meeting held in London today. How much of a risk is there? All of the

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experts we have been speaking to have emphasised that the risks are

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very low. It is technically possible that someone with the infection

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could get on a plane in West Africa and fly to Britain, and then pass

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the virus on to people they are close to. But the airlines are on

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the lookout, the health authorities here have been on the alert for

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weeks. We have the technology in this country to cope, should someone

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make it through all that with Ebola. The real problem, I think, is in the

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source of this, in West Africa. You have countries that are very poor,

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with very weak health infrastructure, without the ability

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to respond. There have been outbreaks, dozens of them throughout

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the last 30 or 40 years, and they have all been contained through

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simple measures, where possible. Quarantine, perhaps protective

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clothing. But these countries are developing and that is difficult to

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do. As we heard in the report, there is some distrust among local people.

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It is not over yet. We are waiting to see if the numbers are falling or

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rising in the next few days. The five-year prison sentence handed

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down to Rolf Harris will not be referred to the Court of Appeal

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for being too lenient. 150 people had complained to

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the Attorney General about the decision to jail

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the Attorney General the disgraced entertainer for five

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years and nine months for a series of indecent assaults against girls.

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But the of indecent assaults against girls.

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didn't think the court of appeal would extend the sentence.

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A senior News of the World journalist, Neil Wallis, has been

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charged with phone hacking. His colleague, Jules Stenson, the former

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features editor is also due to be charged. At the Sunday Mirror, a

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journalist, Dan Evans, may have hacked the phones of another 400

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people, the BBC has learned. This is the first time a figure has been

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disclosed estimating the number of victims of hacking by Mirror titles.

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would extend the sentence. Ever wondered what it would be

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like to be in a car with nobody behind the wheel?

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Well, driverless cars, guided by cameras and sensors, could be

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on our roads by January next year. Up to three cities will

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be chosen to pilot them. Each trial will last

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between 18 months and three years. If successful it's hoped they

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could transform the way we travel. Rory Cellan Jones reports.

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On a motor industry test track, a car is being put through its paces.

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But the driver has taken his hands off the wheel

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and his foot off the accelerator. A sophisticated GPS system is

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guiding the car around the track. This is one of a number

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of driverless car experiments underway in the UK.

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Now the Government wants to see the technology move to the next stage.

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This car is being tested in a very controlled environment.

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But from next year, more advanced vehicles with lots of sensors

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on-board will be allowed out on to the open road, and then we'll see

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how the Great British public reacts to the idea of driverless cars.

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The Government's original plan was to allow driverless cars

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onto public roads last year. Now, there will be a review of road

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regulations and a competition, with towns bidding to be pilot areas

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for the new technology. But Britain is playing catch-up.

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Google has been testing its driverless car on Californian

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roads for some time. While Sweden's Volvo has pioneered

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a system where cars line up in convoy behind a lead vehicle

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which controls their speed. Car technology continues to evolve,

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but how do drivers visiting the Beaulieu Motor Museum view

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the prospect of vehicles which can do it all themselves?

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Things can go wrong with computers, and when they do you're going to

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have a big accident, aren't you? I don't like the idea of it,

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to be honest. I'd feel a bit more safe if I'm

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actually controlling what I'm doing in a vehicle.

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I would love to have a driverless car.

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I do a lot of travelling with work and the thought of just getting

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into a car and it's taking me to work is just the best.

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A lot more research is needed. This project is looking

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at how groups of self driving cars might learn to interact.

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But the Government hopes today's moves will help Britain become

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a leader in the future of motoring. It's day seven of the

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Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and it's brought another gold for

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England in the men's gymnastics. But much of the focus today has been

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on Jamaica's Usain Bolt - not for his sprinting, but instead

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for negative comments he allegedly made about the Games yesterday.

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Today, though, he appears to have changed his tune.

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Andy Swiss is at Hampden Park. Yes, Usain Bolt is not racing here

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until the relay heats on Friday. Even so, he is already making the

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headlines. Bolt, the biggest name in these games, might have talked

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himself into trouble. This piece contains flash photography. Usain

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Bolt was supporting Jamaica's netball team this morning.

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But the world's fastest man has charged into controversy. What do

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you think of the Commonwealth Games? Awesome, was his reply. Very

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different to what he was supposed to have given yesterday. Shortly after

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meeting members of the Royal family, it is claimed he spoke to a reporter

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and described the so-called friendly games in less than friendly terms.

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Today he denied the claims on Twitter. I am waking up to this

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nonsense, journalists, please don't create lies to create headlines.

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Usain Bolt is used to being the centre of attention, but not quite

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like this. The focus in Glasgow is not on how he might run, but on what

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he might have said. By the afternoon, he was back at the

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athletes village. His press team say afternoon, he was back at the

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athletes village. His press team he is frustrated because he needs

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security everywhere and he can't roam about. The newspaper is

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standing by its quotes and fans have been left bemused. He was just in a

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bad mood, or something like that? It's quite unlike him, it's

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fantastic. I think we've done really well, I think the city is showing

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its friendly side. Everyone is going all-out to make it a great games.

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Organisers who welcomed Usain Bolt to Glasgow at the weekend have

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defended their star attraction. We take him at his word, we are pleased

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with how he responded and that is our position. These are a fantastic

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aims. Away from the controversy, sport continued. In gymnastics,

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another gold England. Max Whitlock took victory in the men's all-around

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final, head of Scotland's Dan Keating 's. The Glasgow games came

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to Edinburgh, where the diving began with silver for Sarah Barrow and

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Tonia Couch. It was a day when a sprinter caused the biggest splash.

:25:20.:25:23.

As he trained tonight, he will be hoping it is his feet that now do

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the talking. Back now to the fire at Eastbourne

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Pier which started this afternoon in eight games arcade and quickly

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became a huge blaze. Sian Williams is there. Is it still on fire? I've

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just spoken to a couple of eyewitnesses that have walked past.

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They say that, thankfully, it looks like it is out. It started at about

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3:15 in an amusement arcade, amid some wood panelling. About 12 fire

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crews were coming and going. They have the lifeboat jetting water to

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try to douse the flames and two of their inflatable 's. It is owned by

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a private company, and they have spent a lot on the pier. It has been

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well maintained, and those that grew up here and spent many happy hours

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on it, know it has been well looked after. There are going to be a lot

:26:21.:26:22.

of questions as to why that happened. I've just spoken to the

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local MP, Stephen Lloyd. He said, thank goodness no one has been

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heard. What we are praying for is that this wonderful pier can be

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repaired. It is the height of the tourist season and it is a very,

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very attractive place to go on the pier. Eastbourne will be hoping it

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can be put back together again. A bit of a change in the weather for

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many of us. There will be some rain around and not many places managing

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to escape it. It will largely be in the form of showers. Still some

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sunshine in between. We will see most of the showers today across the

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northern half of the UK. Overnight, they will start to creep further

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southwards. One or two heavy ones turning up here and there towards

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the end of the night, particularly across the western coast sandhills.

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As we go on was through tomorrow, as the showers become more widespread,

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some of them could turn heavy and thundery, the afternoon. Lowering

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along England and Wales, by some fairly brisk winds. At least they

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move through. Not many reaching the south-east of England. As the

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showers tend to line up, you might find you get quite a few coming

:27:32.:27:35.

through where you are, where it is either side of that line, seeing

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very few. There are some sunshine coming through between the showers.

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When it does, we get temperatures up to where they should be for this

:27:42.:27:45.

time of the year. Sharp showers for Northern Ireland and Scotland. The

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wind is a little bit lighter across Scotland. That will help for the

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feel of the day. For the athletics in Hampden Park, the breeze easing

:27:55.:27:59.

down. Still a little on the cool side, hopefully the showers dying

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away as well. We keep the unsettled thing going for Friday. Eastern

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areas might get away with a dry date. You will notice the showers

:28:08.:28:10.

dying up across Wales and south-west England. That tells us what is to

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come for the start of the weekend. This is how the weekend pans out

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generally. An area of showery rain moving largely northwards through

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the course of the day. Brisk wind in with that as well. Slowly, dry and

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brighter weather pushes up. Get some sunshine and it will feel like

:28:28.:28:30.

summer. With the breeze, it will feel on the cool side. A different

:28:31.:28:34.

kind of summer weather for the weekend.

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kind of summer weather for the A reminder of our main story, at

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least 30 Palestinians killed and hundreds more are injured shells hit

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a UN school and a crowded marketplace in Gaza. That is all

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from the BBC News

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