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This is a BBC News. The headlines. Rebekah Brooks resigns as chief

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executive of News International. She says she wants to concentrate

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on clearing her name. As I said when I called her resignation 10

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days ago, this isn't about one individual but the culture of

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organisation. Rupert Murdoch meet the family of

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murdered teenager Milly Dowler. He gives what is described as a humble

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apology. We will have the latest

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developments in another dramatic day in the scandal. Also coming up:

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an investigation into three suspicious deaths at Stockport

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hospital. Police say solution was

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deliberately tampered with. A strike at the BBC. News services

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are disrupted as journalists take industrial action over compulsory

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redundancies. Europe's biggest ever lottery winners celebrate landing

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�161 million. We were tickled pink! The whole notion of winning so much

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Rebekah Brooks has resigned as chief executive of News

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International. She faces allegation over her role in the phone hacking

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scandal. And illegal payments to police officers. In a statement she

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said Geller deep responsibility for the people who had been hurt. She

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wanted to concentrate on defending a record. This afternoon, Rupert

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Murdoch apologised to the family of Milly Dowler. The revelations about

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a can of her phone sparked the crisis. This report contains flash

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photography. She is the most high-profile

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casualties so far in the scandal which has spread to both sides of

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the Atlantic. For the past 10 days, she has been at the heart of the

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storm which has swept Rupert Murdoch media empire and remained

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by his side. Today she decided to step down. In her statement she

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I am pleased that Rebekah Brooks has finally accepted responsibility

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for what happened on her watch as editor of the News of the World,

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backing of the phones of Milly Dowler for example. When I called

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for her resignation 10 days ago, this isn't about one individual but

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the culture of an organisation. man picked up to replace her is

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already at his desk. He has been brought in from Sky TV in Italy.

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Writing to all at News International staff, James Murdoch

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thanked Rebekah books for 22 years -- Rebekah box. Not a view echoed

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in the House of Lords where she was referred to. She said she likes to

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be on the bridge. I was a seafarer for 10 years. I would like her on

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the bridge if you didn't know what direction she was going in. That is

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why she is gone, thank God. This afternoon, Rupert Murdoch acted to

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underline the apology offered by his former chief executive.

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Travelling across London to meet the family who lost their daughter

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and who are amongst the alleged targets of his paper's phone

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hacking. The shock expressed by Milly Dowler's family has fuelled a

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sense of national outrage. Mr Murdoch emerged after one hour to a

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barrage of questions. The lawyer eventually gave details of the

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conversation. He was humbled to give a full and a sincere apology

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to the Dowler family. We told him that his papers should lead the way,

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to set the standard of honesty and decency in the field, and not what

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had gone on before. Tomorrow, Rupert Murdoch the signature will

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appear on a further apology in every main national newspaper. The

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News of the World was in the business of holding others to

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account, he says. It failed when it came to itself. Rebekah Brooks may

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have left the bridge but her role in this developing story and her

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forthcoming appearance with her former employers at next week's

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select committee will ensure she remains in the headlines.

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Rebekah Brooks had worked for News International for 22 years before

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becoming chief executive. She edited its most popular tabloid

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titles. We look back at her career. Rebekah Brooks was closer to Rupert

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Murdoch and his own daughters, some said. She was close to his son,

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James, who runs the UK business. Even at Rupert's patronage couldn't

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save her. She took over the News of the World in 2000. She was

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Britain's youngest national editor at 32. Campaigns like Sarah's law,

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naming and shaming paedophiles, showed she was not afraid of

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controversy. The papers are on the side of protecting children and not

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the rights of paedophiles, and I strongly believe the public are

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behind us. A former colleague on the news of the World says she is

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tough and talented. She got to the top because she is ambitious. Some

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people might say ruthless. Others would say talented. She was

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certainly a person that did stand out. Rebekah Brooks is a well-

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connected woman, knowing its celebrities and politicians. Her

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former husband is a Ross Kemp. She was on good terms with more than

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one prime minister. Tony Blair. And the current Prime Minister, David

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Cameron. She would get on with Gordon Brown, Tony Blair, David

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Cameron. They know that she says what she believes. As opposed to

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many people. Her friendships brought to access, influence and

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stories. But she made mistakes balls-up this admission to a

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parliamentary committee was one. have paid the police in the past

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for information. That is against the law. Her successor resigned as

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editor over the phone hacking scandal but Rebekah Brooks was

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promoted to News International's chief executive, denying all

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knowledge of wrong doing. Critics were not impressed. It is

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inexplicable to me that Rupert Murdoch has this strange

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affiliation with her because she wasn't that a brilliant as an

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editor. For example, she turned down a huge leak about the MPs

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expenses on the grounds that there wasn't enough sex in it. Of course,

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the Telegraph got the story. That's not very good. She seemed to think

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every story had to be about sex. No. Now the woman who had become a

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lightning rod for public anger has gone.

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Tom Barton is at Westminster. Earlier, you were at at hotel where

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the meeting between Rupert Murdoch and the Dowler family took place.

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It seems as though, overnight, Rupert Murdoch decided this was the

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day of apologies. Yes, Chris Comber it is hard to know for sure what

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led to this run of decisions by Rupert Murdoch and News

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International, first the announcement this morning before

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10am that Rebekah Brooks was stepping down as the chief

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executive of News International. At some point this morning, but calls

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also made from News International's lawyers to the lawyer for the

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Dowler family. They said Rupert wants to meet you. That meeting was

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set up for this afternoon. An extraordinary meeting at the end of

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an extraordinary 10 days. A meeting in which Mr Murdoch apologised to

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the Dowler family, he put his head in his hands several times, he

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looked humbled and shaken according to the family lawyer, who was in

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that meeting. That apology, of course, to be repeated tomorrow in

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the national newspapers. Everyone in the country, to print that

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personally signed apology by Rupert Murdoch. It has been an

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extraordinary day. I think one in which the Murdoch family, News Corp,

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News International will all be hoping they can begin finally to

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draw a line under what has been the most astonishing 10 days about the

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media. May be drawing a line under that but of course the questions

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will be asked from Tuesday when they come face to face for a

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grilling. Absolutely it. No matter how hard they tried to draw the

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line and the story, it seems that it keeps coming back. The sense

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amongst MPs and Peers here in Westminster is that everything the

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Murdoch family do is too little too late. It almost feels, to many who

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have been watching the story, who have been campaigning against the

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Murdochs, and against the actions of the News of the World, they're

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only doing things when it feels like they are forced to. They are

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hoping this will draw a line under it but no matter how hard they hope,

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there is no getting away from the fact, Tuesday next week, both James

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Murdoch and Rupert Murdoch, senior figures in News Corp, will be in

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front of MPs facing the culture of Media and Sport Committee. There

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will be Rebekah Brooks, because when she accepted that invitation

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she was chief executive of News International. She is no longer

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chief-executive of News International but has indicated she

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will still appear and it will be fascinating to see if her leaving

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the company, will in any way influenced what she has to say to

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that committee. How she response to M Ps, under what will be,

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inevitably, a very tough grilling. Tom, thank you.

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Police are investigating the deaths of three patients at Stepping Hill

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Hospital in Stockport after staff discovered vials of saline had been

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tampered with. A further 11 patients have been affected but are

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not seriously harmed. John Williams has the story.

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Staff at the hospital contacted police on Tuesday after patients on

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one ward were found to have unexplained low blood sugar levels.

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Detectives believe they were wrongly given insulin after their

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medication was tampered with. The police say someone had done so

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deliberately. Over the past two days, our major incident team,

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having now identified potentially three suspicious deaths, all

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involving a 44-year-old woman, and two involving males in the

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Seventies and Eighties. Detectives believe saline used to treat

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dehydration, patients are not able to take food and liquid orally, had

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been contaminated with insulin. Health service managers say the

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hospital is safe. It was the start who brought this matter to our

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attention and I have asked them to be extra vigilant to help safeguard

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patients. We have increased security in terms of access to the

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hospital and to medicine and replaced all saline drips in the

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hospital. Patrols at the hospital have been stepped up but at one

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place, people should feel most cared for, police say.

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A main opposition groups in Libya have been recognised as the

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country's legitimate government by America and the Alliance of

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countries seeking the removal of its leader Colonel Gaddafi. The

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announcement came at a special meeting in Istanbul of so-called

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Contact Group's. Top officials for the US, Britain

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and 40 countries and organisations meeting in Istanbul have reached a

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historic decision. To formally recognise the Transitional National

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Council, as the country's legitimate representatives.

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assurances they offered today reinforce our confidence that it is

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the appropriate interlock government for the USA in dealing

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with Libya's present and future. That is why I announced earlier

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that, until authority is in place, the USA will recognise the TMC as

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the legitimate government authority for Libya. We will deal with it on

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that basis. It came as NATO called for increased efforts to find and

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destroy Colonel Gaddafi's remaining weaponry. Britain is sending four

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more tornadoes strike jets equipped with sophisticated sensor pods.

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These can detect movement and weapons at some distance, allowing

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them to be targeted. Britain's Defence Secretary denied that

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NATO's campaign was running out of steam. We have been intensifying

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our campaign against the Libyan regime. We have been selecting

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targets to ram home the message that we are very serious, Colonel

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Gaddafi needs to stop the violence he is inflicting on his own people.

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The international community has international law and military

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capabilities but above all else, we have the resolve to see it through.

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Britain's Ministry of Defence says the additional tornadoes are a

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temporary deployment lasting just one month. Few are prepared to bet

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for certain that Colonel Gaddafi regime will be over in 30 days.

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Let's go to Washington to talk to our Correspondent there. Colonel

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Gaddafi has already dismissed the recognition, as expected, but how

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significant is it? Very significant. It is the final step in what has

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been a very slow evolution in the way the USA has dealt with the

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Libyan Transitional National Council, the rebel opposition group.

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It started with Washington a few months ago, acknowledging them as a

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representative, of the Libyan people. It then moved on at some

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point last month, to the USA saying they were the sole legitimate

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representative of the Libyan people. And now we have this final step,

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which is the USA saying and recognising them as the legitimate

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governing authority and that is different from saying that they are

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a legitimate government because the USA doesn't recognise governments

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but States. It needs to find a way to boost the credibility of the T N

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S C so it has chosen this wording of governing authority for this

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interim period until Colonel Gaddafi steps down and is removed

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from power. The Nato-led military Yes, there does not seem to be a

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military outcome to this in the near future, unless we see some

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sort of action on the ground in the coming weeks also. It is not clear

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how this ends. It is probably why Washington has taken this

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additional step in boosting the opposition in Libya, because this

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step will allow, not only the United States, but other countries

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around the world which deal with the TMC, to unlock frozen assets,

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some $30 billion which were frozen after the war started. The money is

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badly-needed to help the TMC boost their credibility in areas where

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they are operating, where they have to provide services to keep people

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fed and happy and enable them also to fight on the ground. We heard

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Hillary Clinton speaking from the meeting earlier, we are aware that

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America slipped back after the initial phase of the military

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campaign in Libya, just how much notice are the American people

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giving the campaign in Libya and how involved is the White House?

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The White House is very involved. United States is a key NATO member,

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but they have wanted to make sure that their NATO partners take

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responsibility, take their fair share of the load when it comes to

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fighting this war in Libya, to protect civilians. There is some

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dispute about whether it is only about protecting civilians or only

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about removing Colonel Gaddafi from power. The United States is coming

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under criticism that it is not going all the way, that it is not

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doing enough to move there so long. This is a country that is facing

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increased economic crisis and it simply cannot put itself forward as

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much as it did before and it wants its European allies to take a fair

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share of the low does well. That means it is taking much longer that

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-- than many people had anticipated. Thank you.

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The News Corporation chief Rupert Murdoch has met the family of the

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murdered teenager Milly Dowler, to say sorry to them personally about

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the phone hacking. Tomorrow, a series of News

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International advertisements will appear in the papers apologising

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for what the Murdoch's call serious wrong doings that the News of the

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World. And Rebekah Brooks resigns as chief

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of News International. She says she feels a deep responsibility for the

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people hurt in the phone hacking scandal.

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Journalists at the BBC are taking part in a 24 hour strike in a

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dispute over compulsory redundancies. The walkout began at

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midnight and is affecting news services on television, radio and

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online. The BBC says it is disappointed by the action. What do

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want? Save our jobs. Pickets were outside the BBC in

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Cardiff today and at regional centres and local radio stations

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across Britain. The National Union of journalists described the strike

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as solid. Nobody wants to go on strike and lose a day's pay but

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management have left us with no option. At Television Centre in

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west London, managers and none striking staff worked to put out

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news programmes but services were affected. Some programme guests

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refused to cross picket lines. The strikes are over compulsory

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redundancies at Bush House, the headquarters of the World Service

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and the BBC Monitoring Centre at Caversham, brought on by government

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cuts to their grants. The NUJ says no one should be forced to leave if

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they do not want to. Management says that is not practical. In a

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statement, the BBC said, we apologise to our audience for any

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destruction this may cause. Industrial action will not alter

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the fact that the BBC is faced with a number of potential redundancies.

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Lucy Adams, the director of business operations said in an

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email, no business of our size could commit to such a policy. The

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NUJ has criticised the BBC for refusing to use the conciliation

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service ACAS, to find a way forward. It calls the BBC stance stubborn.

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Plans are being drawn up for big cuts across the organisation which

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will mean more job losses and possibly, more strikes.

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Eight European banks have failed tests to see how they would cope

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with any future financial meltdown. 90 banks, including four from the

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UK, had their finances examined in detail by the European Banking

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Authority. Five banks from Spain, two from Greece and one from

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Austria failed the test. All four UK banks were given a clean bill of

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health. Charlie Gilmour, the adopted son of

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the print -- Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, has been jailed for

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violent disorder. He was arrested last year after protests against

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student tuition fees. �15 million has been raised for

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victims of the worst drought in East Africa for six decades. The

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Disasters Emergency Committee so that is not enough to help the

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estimated 10 million people who are fighting famine and disease. Clive

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Myrie has been travelling through some of the worst affected areas in

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northern Kenya from where he sent this report.

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This is north-eastern Kenya, one of the poorest parts of the country,

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the landscape parched, the allowance -- lives of the people

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blighted by drought. In one hospital in the district of

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Habaswein, we found three-month-old Umi, she weighs less than a bag of

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sugar, less than half the weight of a healthy newborn child. The weight

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of her mother meant she was weak at birth. My daughter is a live now

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but I worry about how we take her home. We have so little. In the bed

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opposite, another mother consumed by malnutrition. She gave birth

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just before we arrived at the hospital but she is grieving. Her

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son was buried an hour ago. Azumi clings to life. She is a source of

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pride for a father. Later, he took us to a village and explained how

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the drought had wrecked lives. All our animals are dead, there is no

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grazing pasture, he said, because there is no rain. We have nothing.

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A short walk away, rotting animal carcasses bake in the sun.

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This village is typical of so many communities of this part of rural,

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north-eastern Kenya, reliant on livestock for everything, for milk

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and fruit and if the animals are sold for an income. Normally, this

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area would be teeming with cattle and goats but it is completely

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empty. Dusty roads around here twist

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through a land that has not seen rain for close to three years. We

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found an outreach clinic in a village. This child is hot, tired

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and underfed. This card says he is severely malnourished? He is

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severely malnourished, yes. with the right food supplements, he

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and so many others can survive. Already, the generosity of the

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British public means we are saving children's lives but we can address

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the underlying causes. We can help the communities rebuild their lives,

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harvest and build reservoirs when it finally rains. Help came too

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late for baby Mohammed, buried at just 20 days old. The sharp twigs

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around his grave are to stop hyenas digging up his body. But it is not

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too late to save others, if the world acts now.

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You are watching BBC News. A couple from Falkirk have emerged as the

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winners of the record-breaking Euromillions jackpot. Tuesday's

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prize of more than �161 million was Europe's over -- biggest ever. This

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report contains flash photography. They say they are just a normal

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TV cameraman and a former nurse are now one of Britain's wealthiest

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couples. It was some hours after Tuesday's draw when Chris realised

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she had the winning ticket. They were still checking the numbers

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when the dawn broke. We could see the sun coming up and it was just

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magical but we could not sleep, we were absolutely full of adrenalin.

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We even opened a bottle of wine and I do not drink! Here, those you

:25:51.:25:56.

root millions results now! With morning came the confirmation that

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they had won the jackpot, after weeks of rollover as. The wind

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catapults the couple to 130th on the Sunday Times Rich List, still

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some way behind the combined wealth of David and Victoria Beckham. They

:26:11.:26:15.

would have preferred not to go public but did not think they could

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keep their massive win secret but they want to enjoy it. We are not

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scared of it. It will be fantastic and so much fun. They are

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determined to do some good with their windfall. They do not plan to

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move house but there is talk of foreign travel and maybe a new car.

:26:35.:26:38.

I do not think we will be immediately swapping cars. If you

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have got a reliable car, what is the point? I will be swapping cars!

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And one of the first things they intend to buy? Eight ticket for the

:26:49.:26:53.

next draw. And that is a round-up of the day's

:26:53.:26:59.

news here on BBC News. One more story to bring you. The

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Queen has paid tribute today to the code-breakers who worked at

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Bletchley Park, the top secret cypher station which broke the

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German Enigma codes in the Second World War. She unveiled a memorial

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to the men and women who worked there and made such an important

:27:15.:27:18.

contribution to the victory over Nazi Germany.

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They were some of the darkest days of the Second World War, when

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Britain's survival was in the balance. Out in the Atlantic, the

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shipping convoys bringing essential supplies, the food without which

:27:30.:27:34.

the population would staff, the munitions without which the war

:27:34.:27:38.

effort would collapse, were being sunk by German submarines. The U-

:27:38.:27:44.

boats which had a largely free rein to plunder convoys that will. Adolf

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Hitler's Nazi Germany was in danger of winning. Britain desperately-

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needed a breakthrough to survive. It happened here in the secluded

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countryside 40 miles north of London. This is Bletchley Park,

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quiet and rather overlooked now. 70 years ago, these prefabricated hut

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were part of Britain's most vital establishment. It was here people

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break the codes of the German military. The country's most

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brilliant mathematicians, crossword experts and linguist were brought

:28:16.:28:21.

together to solve the messages of this, the supposedly impenetrable

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German cypher machine known as enigma. A British-built this. It

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was called colossus and it is generally considered to be the

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world's first computer. With it, codes which had taken the code-

:28:36.:28:40.

breakers six days to crack by hand could now be broken in a matter of

:28:40.:28:50.
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Hello, if you had the sunshine, make the most of it. There will be

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spells of rain and showers and the temperatures will be coming down.

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This does not look like a chart we would expect in mid- July. Because

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of the low pressure, the wind will pick up. Tomorrow, the wettest

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weather will be in southern and eastern England. A band of heavy

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rain will move on three and elsewhere a rash of showers. By 4

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o'clock, we are into brighter, showery weather through North East

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England, the Midlands and East Anglia. The last of the rain will

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depart in the South East into Kent. Elsewhere along the south coast it

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is blustery. Showers will be hit and miss it nature. Dry and bright

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spells in between. Sunshine and between the showers in Wales and

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north-west England. They are driven along by a brisk wind. The range of

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not last too long. For Northern Ireland, the showers moved through

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