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The husband of Jo Cox, the MP killed in West Yorkshire last week,

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In his first interviews, Brendan Cox says his wife

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had expressed concerns about the direction

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She was a politician and she had very strong political views

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and I believe she was killed because of those views.

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Also tonight: With one day of campaigning left,

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David Cameron makes a last-minute appeal to older voters

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A former advisor says the Prime Minister was warned four

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years ago it was impossible for the Government to meet

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The father who murdered his daughter in a fit of rage is jailed today

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And in football, Northern Ireland lose their match to Germany

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Also in sport: Sweden's Zlatan Ibrahimovic announces he will retire

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from international football at the end of Euro 2016.

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The striker has been closely linked with a move to Manchester United.

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The husband of Jo Cox, the MP killed in West Yorkshire last week,

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has been paying tribute to his wife as a politician and as a mother.

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In his first interview since the attack, Brendan Cox

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said his wife had strong political views and believes she was killed

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He was talking to our political editor Laura Kuenssberg and said

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the huge public support and the outpouring of grief had

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The public reaction has been off the scale and the two things that

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I've been very focussed on is how do we support and protect the children

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and how do we make sure that something good comes out of this?

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And what the public support and outpouring of love around this

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does is also help the children see that what they're feeling

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That the grief they feel isn't abnormal, they feel it more

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acutely and more painfully and more personally,

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but that actually their mother was someone who was loved

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by lots of people and therefore it's OK to be upset and it's OK for them

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And the reason I wanted to speak today was just to thank the public

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who have been incredible in response to this.

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What will you tell your children about

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I think that one of the things from what's happened in terms

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of the public reaction is that she's being seen as a symbol

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for something that's much bigger, a sense of creating more compassion,

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And the thing that I don't want to lose is that she was also their mum.

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So I want to protect the personal memory as well as the more political

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memory and the symbolism that she's taken on.

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Was she worried about our current political culture, do you think?

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Yeah, very worried, and from left and right.

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I think she was very worried that the language was coarsening,

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that people were being driven to take more extreme positions.

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I think she worried that we were entering an age,

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that we haven't seen maybe since the 1930s, of people feeling

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insecure, for lots of different reasons, economic reasons

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or security reasons and then populist politicians,

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whether that's Trump in the US or whoever else, exploiting that

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and driving communities to hate each other.

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This, of course, has happened at a time when Britain is engaged

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in a big national conversation about our place in the world

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We know that she was clearly for staying in the European Union

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but what did she make of how the conversation's been conducted?

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I think as everybody knows Jo was a passionate pro-European

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and she definitely worried about the tone of the debate around

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this, not that it's not a legitimate debate to have and that there aren't

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completely legitimate views on both sides of the debate,

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but more about the tone of whipping up fears and whipping up hatred.

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Do you worry now about people using her in a political debate?

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She was a politician and she had very strong political views.

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I believe she was killed because of those views,

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And she would want to stand up for those in death as much

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I will remember somebody who had incredible energy,

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a joy about living life, somebody who would have no regrets

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Both love for her children, love in our family, but also love

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She just approached things with a spirit and she wasn't

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perfect at all, you know, but she just wanted to make

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the world a better place and to contribute and we love

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Brendan Cox talking to our political editor Laura Kuenssberg.

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With less than 48 hours to go until the country goes to the polls

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in the EU referendum, David Cameron has made

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a direct appeal to the older generation to vote to stay

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It comes after a former advisor to the Prime Minister says Mr Cameron

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had been told four years ago that it would be impossible to meet

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Our deputy political editor John Pienaar reports.

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When this thing comes out, you know it's serious.

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The campaign's been called a battle between hearts that say leave

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Today, David Cameron played on both, saying don't risk the economy,

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It will just be you in that polling booth, just you, taking a decision

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that will affect your future, your children's future,

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And it's not just about future years.

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Remainers say Black Friday could see the pound and shares tumble

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But a former Cameron advisor says he's struggling and claims

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he was warned years ago he'd never get migration below 100,000

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It's amazing to see the Prime Minister wheeled out

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like that by panicky spin doctors as an admission really that they've

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They've lost the argument on immigration.

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I think that's why they're losing overall because,

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as we were warned in Government many years ago, it was impossible

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for the British Government to meet its targets on immigration

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And Leavers believe they're the ones who draw the crowd.

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Nigel Farage's attack on migration strike a sour note with opponents

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but he doesn't care, warning today of strain on schools.

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This is what people are going to vote on in the referendum.

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Getting back control of our borders, easing

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Labour's leader is more supportive of migration in this campaign

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Frankly, I don't care where the doctor or nurse has come from.

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I value their skills, dedication and professionalism.

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Our NHS is an example of what people working together can achieve.

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Tonight, the rivals have arrived at Wembley Arena for the last big

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set-piece of the campaign, the BBC's Great Debate.

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Boris Johnson may be the Leavers' best hope of a winning moment.

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And London Mayor Sadiq Khan in team Remain.

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We have heard their arguments - fear for the economy,

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Now it's about who can reach the most hearts and minds

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here tonight and in the final hours of campaigning.

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Tonight's TV debate will be the biggest event of its kind ever seen

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in Britain. Politics as a performing art. After a campaign that's been

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fierce, dramatic from the start, and touched by tragedy. A truly telling

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moment could help decide the outcome and with it Britain's future for a

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generation. A father has been jailed

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for a minimum of 23 years after he was found guilty

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of murdering his six-year-old Ellie Butler died less than a year

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after she was returned to Ben Butler's care

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following a custody battle. Her mother, Jennie Gray,

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has been jailed for child cruelty. A warning that you may find some

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of the details in this report from our social affairs

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correspondent This is the family life

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Ben Butler fought for. And the life he destroyed

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in a fit of rage. Six-year-old Ellie was living

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with a man on a short fuse, as an accidentally recorded

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phone call demonstrated. Don't ask me to do something

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which you ain't BLEEP done The film also shows Ellie

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with a black eye which Butler Weeks later in October 2013

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he battered Ellie to death, Jennie Gray worked opposite

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the Old Bailey yards from the court CCTV footage shows her rushing home

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to Sutton where they tried to stage things to look like an accident

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before sending their younger child to find Ellie

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and finally calling 999. Jennie Gray is shouting

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with Ben Butler in the background. It's a 15-minute call

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in which Jennie Gray is also instructed in how to resuscitate

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Ellie. The court was told Ellie had

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been dead for two hours. Describing Ben Butler as violent,

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ill-tempered and domineering, the judge, Mr Justice Wilkie,

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said his performance during the 999 In 2007, Ben Butler was convicted

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of shaking six-week-old Ellie. That was quashed on a legal

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technicality and Ellie eventually The couple even went on television

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to complain of the injustice. It took pretty much last

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month to clear my name. Jennie, had you ever any

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doubts about Ben? It was Mrs Justice Hogg,

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who retired in March, who exonerated Ben Butler

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in the Family Court saying it was her joy to return

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Ellie to her parents. But Ellie's maternal grandfather,

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who cared for her for years, I always said to the judge,

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one day you all may have blood on your hands with regards

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to my granddaughter Ellie A Serious Case Review says the court

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ruling gave Ben Butler the upper hand, making it difficult for others

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to protect a little girl described by her school

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as gentle and thoughtful. Tim taekwondo says he would go back

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to space in a heartbeat after his six-month mission. In carried out a

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range of activities to inspire children and had this nation for the

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next generation. You are looking at a boy who went to WestBourne primary

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school, who left school at the age of 19 with three below average

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A-levels and I have just got back from a six-month mission to space.

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My message to them is don't let anybody tell you you can't do

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anything. Tim Peake.

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Football, and in the last half hour Northern Ireland have lost 1-0 to

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Germany in their Euro 2016 tournament. It was their final match

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in Group C. Northern Ireland had its heart set

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on something special in Paris, the romance of their story has already

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made an impression. Win or draw against the world champions and they

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would be certain of staying. Early on it became clear how difficult

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that would be. But Michael McGovern was solid. If Michael O'Neill felt

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the noise was relentless, so was the pressure. Eventually something had

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to give and after half an hour Gomez gave Germany the goal they deserved.

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Northern Ireland was almost mesmerised by their movement, almost

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everyone but McGovern. Northern Ireland gave every ounce of effort

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to hold on to a narrow defeat. O'Neill's side have come a long way

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in this tournament and their everisn't over just yet.

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-- their journey isn't over just yet. It was the fairytale upset

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Northern Ireland fans would have dreamt of here but when you consider

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Germany thrashed Brazil 7-1 on the way to winning the World Cup, their

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team and particularly their goalkeeper, emerges from this with a

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huge amount of credit and defeat doesn't mean it's over for Northern

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Ireland. They're reliant on results elsewhere if they're to join England

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and Wales in the last 16. Thank you.

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Time now for a look at the weather. Thank you. Good evening. A fine end

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to the day for many. Most dry into the night but a few showers

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continuing in western Scotland and Northern Ireland and then later

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thicker cloud pushes in from the south-west to bring rain and coastal

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fog. Wales and Midlands will see some of that cloud and rain by dawn

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on Wednesday. Fresher further north but here we see the best of the

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sunshine throughout Wednesday. One or two passing showers. Morning

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cloud in the north of England should break up. From south-west England

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and Wales to the Midlands and parts of Lincolnshire is where we could

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see rain through the day. North and west of that pleasant enough in the

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sunshine. Feeling very muggy to the south and

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east, especially if you see the sunshine. Late day storms Channel

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Islands and northern France could push to south-east and East Anglia

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for the rest of this week. They could be torrential in places and

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could cause flooding. Keep up to date with the warnings on the

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website and a full forecast after the BBC News at 10.00pm. Thank you.

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