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Tonight at Ten: The scandal-ridden News of the World becomes a victim

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of its own misconduct. As the phone-hacking crisis reaches new

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levels, the Murdoch family decides to close Britain's best-selling

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newspaper. Certain individuals did not live up to the standards and

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quality of journalism that we believe in, that I believe in, and

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the company believes in. decision stunned the media world,

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but followed an exodus of big advertisers alarmed by the public

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and political response. I am not interested in closing down

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newspapers, I am interested in those who were responsible being

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brought to justice, and those who had responsibility for the running

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of that newspaper taking that responsibility, and I don't think

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those two things have happened today. As the alleged targets of

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the hackers became ever more shocking, the pressure on the paper

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intensified. And the police are, themselves, on the defensive

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because of payments taken by some officers. If proved it is corrupt

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practice, I will be determined to put them in front of the criminal

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courts. We'll be considering the impact on the Murdoch empire and

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its highly controversial plans for expansion in the British media.

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Also tonight: In the European Union, interest rates are up again despite

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the financial crisis in some member states. And a medical breakthrough

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as scientists perform the world's first transplant using a synthetic

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Good evening. The tide of public anger about the phone-hacking

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scandal has forced the closure of Britain's best-selling paper, the

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News of the World. This Sunday's edition will be the last. The

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Chairman of News International, James Murdoch, told staff that the

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paper had failed to get to the bottom of "repeated wrongdoing".

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But the company has refused to comment on rumours that another of

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its papers, the Sun, could now be extended to a Sunday edition. First

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tonight, our business editor Robert Peston reports on the News of the

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World's closure. Rupert Murdoch, 1969, shortly after he bought the

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News of the World, which was to become his very profitable pride

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and joy. I forgive the individuals by all means. 42 years later, it he

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might well have made the same remarks about the newsroom at the

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paper whose actions shocked the nation. In the last few days, the

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paper became indelibly linked with the worst practices in British

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journalism and James Murdoch concluded it could not be mended.

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Clearly, the practices of certain individuals did not live up to the

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standards and quality of journalism that we believe in, that I believe

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in, and this company believes in. This company has been a great

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investor in journalism, a great investor in media in general, and

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it is something we believe very strongly in. And clearly, certain

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activities did not live up to those standards and that is a matter of

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great regret for me personally and for the company. What did for the

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News of the World were revelations about the alleged hacking of the

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mobile phones of the murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, the

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parents of the Soham victims, and the families of those who died in

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the 7/7 atrocities, and the families of British soldiers killed

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in action. Here is 80 year-old Rupert Murdoch earlier today

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pursued by journalists at a media conference in Idaho, hours before

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the kind of humiliation rare for the quintessential mogul. One of

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his staff was less tight-lipped. have done a lot of good things on

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the News of the World, and because of what happened by some people,

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unscrupulous souls who worked here before, those people have been

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thrown out of the job today. Rebekah Brooks, now chief-executive

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of News International, some feel she should have gone. A lot of

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people are losing their jobs today, but one of the people who is

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remaining in her job is the chief executive of News International,

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who was the editor at the time the hacking of Milly Dowler's phone

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happened. I don't think this solves the real issues at News

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International. I am satisfied that her leadership of this business and

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her standard of ethics, and her standard of conduct throughout her

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career are very good. With big consumer company after big consumer

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company pulling their advertising from the News of the World for fear

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of being tainted by association, its commercial future was looking

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bleak. With its demise, will be company be damaged? There must be a

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public lead inquiry. Here is the other newspaper acquired by Rupert

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Murdoch, the Sun - could the song on Sunday be born? The Sunday

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without the Murdoch tabloid? Unthinkable, surely.

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As Robert noted, the News of the World title has been around for 168

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years, during which time it's emerged as a powerful media brand

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and the prime vehicle for celebrity scoops and sex scandals. It was

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bought by Rupert Murdoch in 1969, and it repaid the investment many

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times over. Nick Higham reports on the best-selling newspaper, set to

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disappear within days. It was as British as roast beef and in 1969 a

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brash young Australian called Rupert Murdoch bought it. The money

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it made helped him build a truly global media empire. The News of

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the World was already over a century old and claimed the world's

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biggest selling newspaper. Generations of Britons had subtle

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to read it after Sunday lunch. The paper was notorious for its

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sensational coverage of ghastly crimes and grisly murders, sex

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scandals and shocking revelations. Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York,

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was among the modern News of the World victims. The paper targeted

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celebrities and ordinary people, sometimes going too far. Max Mosley

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successfully sued the paper for invading his privacy. This man made

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a career out of hidden camera stings, this blue won the paper led

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award earlier this year. Thank you to every one of you. Lie call

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newspapers, the News of the World is a shadow of what it once was. 10

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years ago, it sold more than 4 million copies a week. That has

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plummeted today to 2.7 million, but 7.5 million still read the News of

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the World each week, and of those, too 0.9 million our beloved of the

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advertisers. Commercially it has remained a crucial part of the News

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International stable of four International titles. The decision

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to close the paper has shocked many, though some see it as a cynical

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ploy. It is a typical management stunt of Rupert Murdoch. He gets

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rid of problems, and in this case nobody in the senior management

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clearly involved in this matter, none of those go, Rebekah Brooks

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being a clear example. There is no doubt it will become the Sunday Sun.

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Whether it is replaced or not, today it is clear the News of the

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World had become an expensive liability.

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The Independent Police Complaints Commission is to oversee the

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inquiry into possible wrongdoing by officers alleged to have taken

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thousands of pounds from journalists in exchange for

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information. Investigators are trying to identify who received the

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cash and how much changed hands. With the latest on that, and the

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investigation into a long list of alleged phone-hacking cases, here's

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our home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds. This famous newspaper

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title may have been confined to history but the scrutiny of its

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methods goes on. Britain's most senior policemen now has officers

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investigating whether other officers were bribed by journalists.

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A small number of police officers may have engaged in corrupt

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practice, and that is what it is. If proved, I will be determined to

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put them in front of the criminal courts. The former News of the

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World editor Andy Coulson told a court last year as a witness he

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knew nothing about payments to the police, but e-mails have been

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provided by News International itself and the campaigning Labour

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MP Tom Watson today said that raised serious questions. Either

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Andy Coulson or News International are misleading us. If it is Andy

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Coulson, he has to answer perjury charge. Tonight it is reported that

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Andy Coulson will tomorrow be arrested, after submitting himself

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at a police station for questioning. Scotland Yard says it investigation

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into collusion with the press will be robust, where in the past

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insiders say it has fallen short. One former tabloid journalist says

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the paper itself should have been more restrained. Rebekah Brooks

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should have put the brakes on, and if she had done that we would not

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have got into the Milly Dowler scenario. She was the boss, she

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must have known where all of these exclusives were coming from. They

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didn't just come out of the ether. Today families of service personnel

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killed in action were contacting the police after claims their voice

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mail may have been accessed. No confirmed cases have come to light

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but the allegations forced the Royal British Legion to come out --

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pull out of its fund-raising with News of the World. Police are

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investing -- are investigating the case of James Philippson. According

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to his father, e-mails were read by hackers after his death. Wrongdoers

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need to be called into account and suffer whatever punishment is

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appropriate. I am sure that will happen and it will take time.

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Rebekah Brooks, pictured leaving News International tonight.

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Criminal investigations, public inquiries, the scrutiny of what

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went on at her newspaper could continue for years.

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In a moment to Westminster and our political editor Nick Robinson, but

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first to Robert Peston who's at News International headquarters in

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East London. Robert, where does this leave the Murdoch empire?

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more I think about today's events, the more extraordinary they seem.

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Last week the News of the World was more or less the best-selling

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newspaper in the UK, the next week it will not exist. I can't remember

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a big company taking a decision to close down what appeared to be a

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successful business, and incredibly well known brand, as rapidly as

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News International did today, as rapidly as James and Rupert Murdoch

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did. It shows how extraordinarily bad they felt, the damage that

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would be done to the business with these revelations about the

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newsroom which they described as totally out of control, and how

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much more damage they feared would come from further disclosures. The

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question is, where does it leave the takeover of BSkyB? They will

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say the water has been taken out of their business, but the critics

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will point to these scandals and say it proves they are not

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appropriate owners for what is after all the biggest broadcaster

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in the UK by revenues. They will say this shows they do not have the

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controls to manage a business. you have been talking about how

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tricky this issue has been for David Cameron - has that changed

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today? No, because he is no mere spectator as we watch this drama.

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Real politics he knows will resume soon. Those in Downing Street who

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were friends of Andy Coulson, colleagues of the man, hired after

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he resigned from News of the World to be director of communications,

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they are waiting with some dread for his likely arrest. No one knows

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for sure whether that report is right that he will be arrested

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tomorrow, but if it is confirmed we know there will be a new aspect for

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this story. Already the Prime Minister has announced inquiries

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into the ethics of the media and the behaviour of the police, but he

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knows this will shine a light on to the behaviour of the political

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classes as a whole. It too much ever since Rupert Murdoch bought

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the News of the World, politicians of all parties have sucked up to

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him in order to get his favours. Tony Blair flew to Australia when

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he was leader of the opposition, Gordon Brown went to the wedding of

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the current chief executive of News International, Rebekah Brooks. When

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he was there he bumped into David Cameron. David Cameron happens to

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be the leader who was in Downing Street when the music has stopped,

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but those close to him have told me they know he has to address that

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relationship. His mistakes, or the politicians' mistakes, not just

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Let's look at the day's other news for you now. The Bank of England

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has left interest rates unchanged at 0.5%. They have been at that

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level for 28 months. The European Central Bank has increased its

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rates for the second time since April because of worries about

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rising prices. That approach is worrying some experts, who warn

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countries like Greece will be under more pressure, as our Europe

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correspondent reports. This is the problem Europe's

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bankers have to address - a two- speed Europe w the sleek German

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machine powering ahead and the old Greek banker - this is a taxi

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drivers' strike, grinding to a halt. Europe's central bank dismissed

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fears that raising rates is good for Germany but grim for Greece.

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consider that maintaining stability for an entire continent for 331

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million citizens is essential for the prosperity of the entire

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continent. What is more Belgian than a waf

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fell? Here the interest rate makes sense, by helping to slow inflation

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in a vibrant economy. We are expanding in other countries in

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Europe and expanding in Asia, in other continents. Things are

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looking good at the moment? Things are looking good. Indeed Belgian

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growth is forecast to be close to.4%. Germany is higher. Finland

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around 3.7%. Contrast that with the strug lers.

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Ireland should grow this -- strugglers, Ireland should grow.

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Greece should shrink by 3.5%. Up the road, a reminder of more

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affluent Greek times. Higher rates will slow an already struggling

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economy there. This couple always planned to move

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back to Greece one day. Not now, I was told, it is miserable there.

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For critics, this is just the kind of two-speed eurozone they always

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warned would be unsustainable. years, Ireland and Greece had

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interest rates that were too low, that encouraged an artificial boom

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there. Now they have interest rates which are too high. This is the

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problem with the euro. Many disagree with that. Here in

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Belgium, for instance, hardly anyone questions remaining in the

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euro, nevertheless, there are huge economic differences across the

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eurozone which are going to keep policy makers on their toes for

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years to come. Coming up on tonight's programme:

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Preparing for that final countdown, Atlantis on the launch pad for the

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Surgeons in Sweden have carried out the world's first transplant using

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a synthetic organ. The artificial wind pipe was created by surgeons

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in London. The recipient is said to be recovering well.

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This is how the world's first synthetic organ was made, dipping a

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glass mould into a liquid polymer, which set to create an exact copy

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of the patient's windpipe. It was created in these labs at the Royal

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Free Hospital, in London, and then flown to Sweden. Once in Stockholm,

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the synthetic pipe was bathed in a solution of stem cells taken from

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the patient's bone marrow. After just two days, the millions of tiny

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holes in its surface were seeded by cells, a synthetic body part had

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become the patient's own. And here it is in the operating theatre,

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being cut to size moments before being transplanted.

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The ability to create a 3D synthetic organ is a significant

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moment in this field of surgery. This technique does not rely on a

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human donation. You can have it immediately. There is no delay.

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Most important, since this approach, you do not need any suppression.

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The patient was being discharged tomorrow, knows without the

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transplant he would have died. His voice is still recovering. I was

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very scared. Very scared. It is the difference between living and not

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living. What next? Look at this - it's a one-metre long synthetic

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artery, made in this machine in London in just 20 minutes. It is

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one of many body parts the scientists say they can now create

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at will. We make a heart valve. We make a bigger diameter for the

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aorta. We move to other parts of the body. We can make ear, nose,

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the skin and so on. This material does have limits. It can't be used

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to create complex organs like the heart, liver or kidney. Scientists

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hope it points the way to more transplants without the wait for a

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donor. A man has been jailed for 20 years

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by a court in London for trafficking two Nigerian teenagers

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into Britain and falsely imprisoning them. Anthony Harrison

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tried to traffic the two girls aged 14 and 16 into Greece and Spain as

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prostitutes. It took police two years to persuade them to talk

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about their ordeal. Anthony Harrison was a man who lived a

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double life. A caretaker for his local council, who was also a key

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player in a sophisticated network of people traffickers. A network

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that used fear and rituals to terrorise its victims. This was

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Harrison recorded on CCTV at a money exchange. The blurred figure

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with him is Kiram, a 16-year-old girl, smuggled into the UK from

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Nigeria. The plan to traffic her to the continent for a life of

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prostitution. I had to promise I would do prostitution to do the

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money. I promised I would not speak to anybody about what happened to

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me. They said I would die, I believe it. They obey, because in

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Nigeria they had undergone a juju magic ritual, similar to this one,

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which was shown to the jury. They believed they were being controlled

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by evil forces. They took them to a juju practitioner, a juju priest,

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to go through a ceremony to instil terror into them. So it meant when

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the young women were here, in this country, they still felt that the

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power of that curse could still reach them. Harrison kept his

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victims prisoner here at his home in East London. Two frightened

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girls from small Nigerian villages, with no previous experience of the

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outside world. But the plan was to move them on as quickly as possible.

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Detectives say they have never come across a case quite like it.

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have two young girls trafficked into and out of the UK. It is

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unusual. If you add to that the juju element, where they are

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convinced they will die and brainwashed around the juju, it is

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very unusual for us. Tonight, Harrison is beginning a 20-year

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jail sentence. His victims have been allowed to stay in Britain to

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re-build their lives. Half a million people are expected

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to gather along Florida's coast tomorrow to watch Atlantis take off

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for the last time. It's the final flight for America's shuttle

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programme which began 30 years ago. Weather-permitting, the four

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astronauts lift off tomorrow afternoon. Our science

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correspondent sent this report. Atlantis, on the launch pad - the

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last of its kind, poised for the final mission. It's taken weeks of

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effort, night and day, to get to this moment T space shuttles have

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been flying for 30 years. Now this launch will mark the end for a

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while of America's ability to send people into orbit. For everyone,

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the ground crews, astronauts and senior managers, it is bound to be

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an emotional time. REPORTER: Will you feel sad? I absolutely have

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shed tears at each of the landings of the last two orbiters. I will do

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the same as the orbiter lands. We have just put so much into this

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programme as a nation. But there will be tears of pride and joy.

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This massive building is where they have been assembling the space

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shuttles and before them the Apollo rocket that took men up to the moon.

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The shuttles just won't be remembered in the same way. Their

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job was to deliver people and cargo into orbit. They have had real

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successes. The shuttle has cleared the tower. You have two feet to go.

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The result - these spectacular images of the most distant reaches

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of the universe. The shuttles built the International Space Station, an

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orbiting laboratory, now the size of a football field. There has been

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a heavy cost. In 1986 the Challenger exploded, all seven

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people on board were killed, including a teacher. Her parents

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watched in horror. She had been invited to prove that space travel

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was safe. Then in 2003, the Columbia broke up. Another seven

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people were killed. A disastrous record for a caflt meant to reach -

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- craft meant to reaching orbit routine. They have come with a

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tremendous cost. Anything of this kind of value comes with tremendous

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costs. I think the greater the value, often the greater the cost.

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It is bringing a lot of cloud cover.... For now, all eyes are on

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the images from space of the storms crossing the site. Lightning struck

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