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The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, ends years of speculation

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by confirming he wants to stand as an MP.

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He says he wants to stop dancing around the issue, but if elected,

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would see out his term as Mayor. Since you can't do these things

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furtively I might as well be absolutely clear, I will try to

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find somewhere to stand in 2015. We'll be asking what this might mean

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for the future of the Conservatives. Also tonight:

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Two British medical students are stabbed to death in Malaysia in the

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final week of their work placement. An aspirin a day could reduce

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the number of deaths from some cancers, according to a new study.

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And, catching up with a comet: the Rosetta space probe finally

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reaches this - after a 10 year chase.

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As Boris reveals his plans to become an MP there's criticism that

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And we go to Uxbridge, where he may pursue a seat, to see

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Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

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The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has confirmed that he does want to

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stand for a parliamentary seat in next year's general election.

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He admitted to dancing around the question

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for an awfully long time - but this morning ended the speculation,

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saying he's looking for a constituency to represent, and wants

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to see a Conservative government. Our Deputy Political Editor,

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James Landale, is in Downing Street, James.

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The years Boris Johnson has dodged questions about his future. I was

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once an MP, but the thing I love is to be Mayor of London. What I would

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like to do is to be Mayor of London for another four years. But today

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the Mayor of London finally threw his hat, at least his helmet, into

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the Westminster ring. In all probability I will try to find

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somewhere to stand. He ended the speculation finally. I enjoyed being

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Mayor of London and I will continue with my mandate, but I need to think

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what happens there after. I think the 2015 election will be very

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tough, I want to make sure there is not a Miliband premiership. That is

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why David Cameron has long wanted his team-mate back in the fold,

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saying today he wanted his Boris Johnson is one of them, he reaches

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voters that of them, he reaches voters that other Tories cannot. The

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Prime Minister hopes that his stardust could boost the party 's

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prospects at the election. The risk is that speculation about his future

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could become regulation about his ambition. You are returning to

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Parliament so that one day you can stand as leader of the party? It is

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highly unlikely because there is no vacancy. You said you cannot do two

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jobs, you have changed your mind, deserting the people of London

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through your second term. I will not be deserting them, if I succeed in

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getting a seat I would not take it until I had only one year to go, as

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the melt London. Many conservatives believe this man could lead their

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party. -- as the Mayor of London. His pitch to the party is clear,

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saying today that Britain could flourish outside of the European

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Union, a message that many Tories want to hear. Boris is

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well-positioned to hold Cameron and Osborne's feature the fire during

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the European free negotiation, and if Cameron is not prime and Esther,

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low and behold he has a platform on which to run. Mr Johnson is said to

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be looking for a constituency in the capital, possibly but. The Londoners

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who elected Boris Johnson to be the mare until 2016 have a right to

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expect he will do the job full time for them for the whole of London.

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Between now and 2016. But for all of the criticism a new horse has

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entered the race at Westminster, and to night the odds on him winning

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have fallen. Let's talk to James in Downing Street, what other wider

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implications for the broader Conservative Party? Many

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conservatives will be happy about this news, certainly in Downing

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Street, they think Boris Johnson is one of the best campaigners, they

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think the next election he will be freed up to campaign and win more

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votes. Certainly many within the wider Conservative Party will have a

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much higher morale as a result. They believe they are intoxicated by the

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idea, Boris Johnson as a right of centre politician who can be

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genuinely popular at the same time. Clearly that are risks, risks that

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the speculation about his future becomes speculation about his

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ambition. This could be the latest parlour game. Also this risk, to

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gamble for Mr Johnson who has portrayed himself as against

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politics, and now, looking to wriggle out of a previous commitment

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to serve perhaps his ambition. STUDIO: Thank you for joining us.

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is in Downing Street, James. Two British medical students

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have been killed in Malaysia. Reports suggest they were involved

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in an argument with some local men. Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger were

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fourth year students at Newcastle University, and were coming to the

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end of a work placement Aidan Brunger and Neil Dalton had

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gone to Borneo to use their medical expertise to help at a local

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hospital. They died in the street, stabbed to death, just two days

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before they were due to return home. The students were at Kuching, on the

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Malaysia side of the island where they had been on a placement at this

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General Hospital, they appear to have become involved in an

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altercation with a group of men in a bar in the early hours of the

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morning. As they left to return to their lodgings, it is claimed that

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the men followed and attacked them. A Newcastle University dash at

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Newcastle University the news was met with shock and dismay. It is a

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terrible tragedy. It might put off medical students going to certain

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places. Neil Dalton was due to complete his final year of studies,

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Aidan Brunger was planning to go into medical research. They were

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excellent students and very committed to their studies and

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becoming doctors, they were doing what thousands of medical students

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do every year, practising in a different setting. Malaysian

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television is reporting that four people have been arrested in

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connection to the attack, and the Foreign Office says it is helping

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the students however it can. A man has been sectioned under the

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Mental Health Act after a bomb hoax on a passenger plane yesterday.

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RAF jets escorted the Qatar Airways plane into Manchester Airport,

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after the pilot was handed a note about a possible device on board.

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The airport was closed for a time, and some flights diverted to

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Liverpool and Leeds. The 47 year old man is now being

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assessed by medical staff. An aspirin a day could significantly

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reduce some cancers - that is the message for people

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in their 50s and 60s, from a group of researchers looking at

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the drug's ability to stem disease. Scientists found that one low dose

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tablet - 75mg - taken every day for 5 to 10 years could prevent

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122,000 deaths from some cancers - particularly bowel and stomach

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cancer - over a 20 year period. But aspirin does have side effects,

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and can cause internal bleeding - so doctors say people should check

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with their GP before they decide to take it regularly.

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Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes has the details.

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The evidence around the benefits of a daily dose of aspirin is growing,

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it is cheap, everyday medicine, already taken by many people to

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avoid heart problems. Now new research adds weight to existing

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studies which shows it could prevent some types of cancer. In terms of

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preventing cancer, the most important thing is to avoid smoking,

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or to stop smoking. After that this is probably the second most

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important thing you can do to prevent cancer, there are many other

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important things but none of them as powerful as this because of the

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widespread benefit across the range of cancers. Scientists are

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increasingly convinced a small daily dose of aspirin can have a powerful

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impact on your chances of developing some cancers, but there are risks.

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For example internal bleeding and stroke, but today's research is

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saying that the risks are outweighed by the benefits. Aspirin seems

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particularly good at targeting cancer in the oesophagus and the

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bowel. This research has estimated the figure for bowel cancer could be

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reduced by 40% with a daily dose of aspirin. Taking the drug every day

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for ten years does carry an increased risk of stomach bleeding

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and certain types of strokes, however for some people. We need to

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understand who is at risk at the side effects side of things, before

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we can recommend we start taking the drug. Among these walkers,

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recovering after a day in the Peak District, there was broad support

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for the idea of a daily aspirin to cut the risk of cancer. June is 53

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and has already had breast cancer. I would do anything to prevent myself

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from getting cancer again. I keep myself healthy and ie 12. If taking

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an aspirin a day will help, will prevent in the future, yes I am for

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it. -- ie 12. Lou macro I want to know how it works.

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Diet and walking and exercise, keeping your weight down, it is very

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much along the lines of looking after things, this is along the same

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lines, I would willingly take something if I thought the return

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was going to be good. Official NHS advice does not yet recommend taking

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a daily aspirin, nobody should start before seeing their GP but an

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everyday drug which has been around for decades looks like it could be a

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powerful weapon in the battle against cancer.

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The 72 hour ceasefire in Gaza is in its second day -

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the longest lull in fighting since the conflict began four weeks ago.

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Hundreds of thousands of Gazans have been displaced.

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The United Nations has been sheltering many of them in school

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buildings - but as our Middle East Correspondent Orla Guerin reports

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from Jabaliayah, some families have no homes to return to.

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Her report contains images you may find distressing.

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On the move, again. Families who have fled Israeli shelling now

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having to leave a UN school. Where they thought they had found refuge.

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At this elementary boys school they told us UN staff said they were on

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their own. Today they announced on the school microphone that there

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will be no services, no food or water, said this man, those who want

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to leave, can leave, we are not responsible for those who stay. Do

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you have any homes left standing to go back to? The ants from all, was

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no. -- the answer. The families say they have effectively no choice but

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to go, they say they have been told there is accommodation available in

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government schools but they say these schools are close to the

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Israeli border, and to Palestinian training camps. They say it is a

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front-line area and it is no place for children. UN schools have

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sheltered almost 300,000 people during this conflict. It is unclear

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why desperate families at this school were threatened with the

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withdrawal of help today. This is not the policy, this is not what

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will happen, food for the area will not be distributed, it is on its

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way. Similarly with the water which should be delivered today. For

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generations of this family, they were terrified of losing the roof

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over their head again. Israeli border, and to Palestinian

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training camps. 72 relatives now call this classroom home. They are

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kicking as out of here, said this woman, should we live in the

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streets? Where should the women and children go? They started packing,

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hoping to join relatives at another UN school. Two family members died

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there, in the shelling, but they said it was the safest option. And

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then they got word it was already full. Nearby, we found five-year-old

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Mohammed, who was paralysed, his devoted mother, Sarah, was trying to

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keep the flies off his face, it is all she could do. She told us she is

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worried he may not survive. Muhammad gets weaker every time he is moved.

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Indirect talks between Israeli and Palestinian representatives,

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to try to negotiate an extension to the current

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Two weeks ago, Moria Ashkenazi lost her husband of ten years.

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Her two-month-old daughter will never see her father again,

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and her two sons fantasise about becoming superheroes

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so they can bring their dad back. 36-year-old Yair, a solicitor

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and army reservist, was killed in a firefight with Hamas

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militants just inside Gaza. TRANSLATION:

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I had very mixed feelings. I didn't want him to go in there,

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but I eventually understood there was no other way,

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for the sake of our country, because if we don't

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protect ourselves, we are doomed. The sense of vulnerability is felt

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most acutely in Israeli communities near Gaza, where there has been

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a human and economic cost. Here at Kibbutz Netiv Ha'Asara,

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crops have been lost and residents have fled.

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We can't let them win, so we are staying here,

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we are staying with the fields and with the children

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that know how to go to a shelter when they are three years old.

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This is the fourth war that Israel has fought over Gaza in the space of

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less than ten years, and while these Israeli communities right up against

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the Gaza border largely support their government's actions, they

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fully expect there will be another war in two or three years' time,

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because the fundamental problems behind the crisis

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are not being addressed. While talks in Egypt aim to extend

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the three-day cease-fire, Israel's overwhelming firepower has

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been pulled back from Gaza, but it's in no position

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to claim a victory, says one of the government's

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biggest critics. As long as the siege

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on Gaza will continue, as long as life in Gaza

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will be life in a cage, Israelis' lives will not be secure.

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That is a very basic formula. Moria Ashkenazi has no desire

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for her children to follow This evening the Israeli Prime

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Minister spoke for the first time since the cease-fire was announced.

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Israel deeply regrets every civilian casualty, every single one. We do

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not target them, we do not seek them. The people of Gaza are not our

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enemy. Moria Ashkenazi has no desire

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for her children to follow their father's path and fight

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in Gaza, but it's something she knows might be inevitable.

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Wyre Davies, BBC News, Israel. Our top story this evening:

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The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, ends years of speculation

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by confirming he wants to stand as an MP.

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And what people made the independence debate in Scotland.

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to stand as an MP. Later on BBC London,

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campaigners head to Downing Street, saying funding cuts for GPs

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surgeries will hit thousands of poorer people in the capital.

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And how one Londoner pioneered a new way of helping soldiers

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whose faces were damaged during World War I.

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Space history has been made today. A decade after it was launched, the

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unmanned Rosetta spacecraft finally caught up with a comet.

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It is the first time a comet will be studied in detail.

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Until now, only comet dust has been collected.

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Rosetta has taken ten years, five months and four days

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to reach the comet, travelling 4 billion miles,

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looping the sun five times. At a cost of just over ?1 billion,

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Rosetta will now fly alongside the comet for more than a year.

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Its findings could reveal more about the beginnings

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of life on earth. Our science editor,

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David Shukman, is at the mission control centre

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in Germany. David. Jane, thank you. It is an

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extraordinary thought that this place is in command of a spacecraft

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that is getting on for 300 million miles from earth, and more than

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that, the people have got that spacecraft to edge right up towards

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a comet. Previous missions to, twos have flown right past them, to being

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able to ride alongside, which is what is happening as of today,

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really is a milestone in the exploration of space.

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The moment they'd waited ten years for.

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We are at the comet! Yes! Relief and delight

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at the European Space Agency at an amazing rendezvous with a comet.

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As the spacecraft approaches, the images become sharper.

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No-one has ever seen a comet in this detail before.

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A strange, jagged landscape is revealed, with cliffs and ridges,

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boulders the size of houses, an alien mix of rock and ice.

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It's what the Rosetta mission is about, being this close is

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why we're doing this mission. We've rendezvoused with the comet,

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we're travelling in the same orbit around the sun as this comet,

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and we're going to continue doing that for over a year,

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escorting the comet around the sun. It's taken a decade

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for the Rosetta spacecraft to catch up with the comet.

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It's so far away that each radio command

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takes 23 minutes to get there. But the encounter is on target.

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What's remarkable about this mission is that the comet

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is racing along at about 34,000 mph, but the team here have managed to

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get the Rosetta spacecraft to match its speed and fly alongside it.

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That's never been achieved before. The plan is to go one step further.

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If all goes well, a small lander will be released later this year to

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drift down onto this uncharted world to see exactly what it's made of.

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But no-one can be sure if this is possible.

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Already scientists are studying the comet to look for a landing site.

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Imagine trying to pick somewhere safe on this bizarre surface.

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There's a lot that's still unknown. We should expect something that can

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range from the hardness of concrete to the softness of candy floss.

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That is what makes this kind of mission sort of different

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to something like going to Mars, where you're kind of reasonably

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certain you know what the surface is going to be like.

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And the reason for all this effort? Well, comets may have collided

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with the early earth and brought it water and carbon,

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ingredients that were vital for the process of kick-starting life.

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Visiting a comet may show if that's true.

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It's hard to believe, though, in these latest pictures,

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that a landscape this barren could ever hold anything useful

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to life on earth. But the task of understanding

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this comet has only just begun. After that journey to the comet, a

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frantic efforts to get ready for the attempt to land. They are hoping to

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try on November the 11th. I say hoping, because no-one here can be

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sure if it is possible. Jane. And you can find out more

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about the Rosetta mission on the science section

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of the BBC News website. The World Health Organisation

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says the number of deaths in the Ebola outbreak

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has risen to 932. 108 new cases were detected

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between Saturday and Monday. A Spanish priest infected in Liberia

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is the first patient to return to Europe.

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Now delegates from WHO are meeting to decide if the outbreak should

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be declared a global emergency. Emergency payments are to be made

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to flood victims following torrential rain

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across parts of Northern Ireland. Last night,

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the Fire and Rescue Service received more than 30 calls

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from the worst affected areas. Both sides of the debate over

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Scottish independence were back on the campaign trail today

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following last night's televised clash between the country's

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First Minister, Alex Salmond, and the man leading the campaign

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against independence, former Chancellor Alistair Darling.

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Mr Salmond's supporters maintain he had the winning arguments,

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but most commentators believe that Mr Darling performed better.

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Our Scotland correspondent Lorna Gordon has been gauging

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the mood of voters. The genteel atmosphere of the Willow

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tea rooms, a Glasgow institution renowned, refined, a far cry from

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the heated gladiatorial exchanges of the first televised debate on

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Scottish independence, and yet even here people have a view. Alistair

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Darling won the debate. I think that Alex Salmond tried to become far too

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clever. Who do you think won and why? I would say Alex Salmond came

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across an lot clearer, a lot better. The debate was feisty, sometimes ill

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tempered. I did not vote for him but I am stuck with them, that is what

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happens in a democracy! Do you agree with David Cameron or not?! Both

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sides are, unsurprisingly, claiming victory, but many commentators are

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suggesting that Alistair Darling came out on top. The only poll that

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matters is on the 18th of September, which is why issues like the

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currency, issues that will affect peoples lives, how they can affect

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their income, we need answers. Alex Salmond dismisses claims he failed

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to live up to expectations. We are delighted that we are convincing

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people as we discussed the benefits that an independent Scotland would

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have to people and their families. This debate saw two political

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heavyweights slugging it out in front of a mass television audience,

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but there is an intense campaign on the ground too. Both sides were out

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once again on the country's streets. Many people have formed

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their views. I did not see Alex Hammond answering that... Others are

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undecided. They have just six weeks remaining to work out what they

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want. And's future. -- for Scotland's future.

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You can watch that debate between Alex Salmond

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and Alistair Darling tonight. It's on BBC Parliament at 7pm.

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Last October, John Wildey was a passenger on a light aircraft

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when the pilot collapsed. Mr Wildey, who's 78, had no choice

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but to take over the controls. He'd never had a flying lesson

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and didn't even know how to turn on the lights,

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but he was guided in by a helicopter and landed safely.

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Today, for the first time, John and the helicopter pilot who helped him

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met for the first time. Dan Johnson has the story.

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Keep coming down. Flying for the first time, a nervous experience for

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anyone, but this was a beginner's lesson in the worst possible

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circumstances. Great-grandfather John was forced to take the controls

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when his pilot friend suffered a fatal heart attack. Nice to see you

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again! Today he came to me the rescuers who helped him safely home.

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It was nice to know summary was up at the same time and could see what

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I was doing and they knew what I was doing. -- someone. They were

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chatting to me, getting me settled, and they helped to keep me settled.

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He sounded good, yeah. Flying alone at 1500 feet as night fell, John

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He sounded good, yeah. Flying alone at 1500 feet as relied on voices. He

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will have to go for the main runway. The instructors on the ground were

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giving him visibly how to fly a fixed wing, but we were there as

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point of contact, somebody who could follow him around, steer him back

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around if he got disoriented, reassure him someone else was at

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there with him. This is the RAF helicopter that was sent to guide

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John, the crew spoke to him and helped him keep his plane in the air

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before using their lights to lead him to Humberside Airport. Keep

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coming down the white centreline. It was not smooth, but it was a

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landing, and it hasn't put John off flying. He is now having proper

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lessons. Can you tell me how to turn the engine off, please? He will be

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lessons. Can you tell me how to turn the engine off, please? among an

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elite view that have completed more successful landings than take-offs.

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Remarkable! We moved to the weather with Tomasz Schafernaker, thinking

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about the weekend, apparently. Yes, some important points to make,

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fine today, sunshine tomorrow, but some of us did catch some heavy

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showers across the East of England, the north-east, for example, in

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Durham, Newcastle, parts of Northern Ireland. Really, for the vast

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majority of us, a fine end to the day. This is what we are ending

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Wednesday on, lots of bright weather, then through the course of

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the night, unlike last night, quite a wash-out, this coming night will

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be a dry one, not chilly, despite clear skies. 15 or 16 across the

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country, in the Western Isles and Stornoway, something like 10

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degrees. Tomorrow, a fine day on the way, light winds, hazy sunshine, not

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completely dry because they could be one or two showers in Northern

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Ireland again, possibly Scotland and northern England, but really a fine

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and dry day for a lot of us. The mid-20s in the Saudis, 18-20 in

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Scotland and Northern Ireland. -- in the south-east. Heavy rain across

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the south-east of the country on Friday, also in Northern Ireland,

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then this bit in the middle where we might have drier and brighter

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weather. Saturday, a mixture, sunshine and showers, but a lot of

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sunshine around too. Temperatures about average. Into Sunday, we have

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a weather system coming out of a tropical origin, this is former

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Hurricane Bertha, just a shadow of what it was, but it may be heading

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in our direction to bring some heavy winds and rain. We will be keeping

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you posted. All right, Tomasz. Thank you. That

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is

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