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Shareholders' revolt at Barclays in a protest against executive pay.

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Over a quarter send a powerful message to the boss as they vote

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against big bonuses. I think it is exorbitant, what Bob

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Diamond is getting. Too much bonuses, not enough going to be

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shareholders. We look at what impact it will have

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on the vexed question of Bankers peer might pay.

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Also, a massive manhunt under way in the north-east of England for

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James Allen, a suspected double murderer.

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People should take precautions, safety-first. Lock the doors and

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windows and a cheque who is knocking on your door.

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Did the officer found dead lock himself in a holdall? Officers --

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experts try to lock themselves into a similar holdall and fail.

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A Chinese dissident escapes from house arrest, is he under American

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protection? She visited after the tragedy that

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sold -- that stole a generation of children, today, the Queen keeps

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her promise to return. And coming up in Sportsday, Stephen

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Hendry rolls back the years at the Crucible, leading up John Higgins

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Good evening. Angry shareholders of Barclays Bank

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have staged a protest against executive pay at the annual general

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meeting. Nearly 27% of investors voted against the pay deals, in

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particular the pay package of the chief executive, Bob Diamond. The

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chairman apologised to shareholders for not sufficiently taking on

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board their views but said that paying zero bonuses is not an

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option. Berkeley's, profits and share price

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much lower than they were before the crash, the boss, Bob Diamond,

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paid �6.3 million last year and some of his colleagues even more.

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At the annual meeting, Berkeley's owners, some of them, were not

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happy. -- Barclays Bank's owners. They should give the shareholders

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more than 3p a share in dividends. It is exorbitant, what Bob Diamond

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is getting for the amount of dividend that we get. The man at

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the top is very important. If we were to lose him, we would all

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regret it. At its annual meeting, they make banking history. They

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suffered the biggest ever protest vote against the re-election of a

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director and it suffered the biggest ever protest vote against a

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banker's renumeration policy, what it pays its senior executives. Here

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is the big reason shareholders are not happy. For last year, they

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received dividends worth �728 million. A fraction of the �2.6

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billion they paid the bankers in bonuses and other incentives. The

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owners feel they are being short- changed by the managers. There is a

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reward here for effectively no performance whatsoever. The

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performance has gone backwards, it is a reward for failure. Another

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adviser to big shareholders warns it must listen to the protests.

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they did not, I would expect to see changes at the top table by this

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time next year. This movement against Bankers' pay is going

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global. Shareholders registering big votes against records in

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America and Switzerland. The government wants to give

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shareholders the formal power to block excessive deals. You are

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getting a real movement of people St, we want to take control of the

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companies we alone and stop excessive executive pay. They want

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to see good businesses properly rewarded, absolutely right, but

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where pay is excessive and unreasonable, shareholders have got

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to take responsibility and act. Diamond, at a charity fundraiser

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last night. His current pay will not be affected by the vote,

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although Barclays says it is paying attention to what shareholders want

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and hopes they will also have something to toast, bigger

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dividends, in years to come. A major manhunt is under way in

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north-east England tonight following the murders of two people.

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More than 100 officers are in it -- are involved in the search for

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James Allen. Been known drug-user with convictions for violence.

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Police patrolled empty streets. Tonight in Middlesbrough, people

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have been told to stay inside, close their windows and lock their

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doors. All because of this man, James Allen. Two people have been

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murdered and detectives say he is dangerous and violent. We are

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putting everything into finding him, tracking him down and bringing him

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to justice. Again, I appeal to people, if you see him, call 999,

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do not confront him. This is an investigation that covers most of

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the north-east of England. On Monday, Colin Dunford was found

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dead in his house. On Wednesday, 30 miles away, Julie Davison's body

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was discovered by her sister. Today, the police said James Avenue Colin

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Dunford. 12 months ago, he lived next door to him. Detectives still

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do not know why Colin Dunford was killed. They do not know if he had

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a problem with James alone. Or if anything has been taken from his

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house. It was here at his local working men's club where Colin

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Dunford would meet his friends. It was the same friends who called

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police when he stopped coming in. Until he is caught, you have got to

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be very wary, and the sooner he is caught, the better. Armed police

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have joined the search. They had it will end Comley and quickly. --

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they hope it will end calmly. The inquest into the death of an

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MI6 officer has heard it would have been almost impossible for him to

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lock himself inside a sport back. Gareth Williams's body was found in

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a holdall in his bath in second August years ago.

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Gareth Williams, the officer found in a back. The inquest has been

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tracing his final movements. A central question, did he get inside

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himself or was he put there? Today, evidence, including this video,

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from experts. One shows how hard it is to climb into a holdall in a

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The experts looked at whether it could be locked from the inside.

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One witness said he tried 100 times, another, 300 times. Neither managed.

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One said it might be theoretically possible, the other said even

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Houdini would struggle. The inquest heard the score from Gareth's

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employers, after he failed to turn up to work for a week. I wanted to

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report one of our members of staff as missing. When police entered his

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flat in Pimlico, they found a red sports bike. Gareth Williams's body

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was found curled up inside in a foetal position, with no sign of

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him having struggled to get out. Inside and underneath, a set of

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keys for a padlocked. It was padlocked on the outside in a way

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that experts found impossible to recreate from inside. The police

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have said that from early on, they thought someone else was involved

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in the death here at his flat. The evidence does seem to point to that,

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but it is still not clear who it might have been. When police

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examined phones and computers found in the flat, they found a large

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amount of material on women's designer clothing as well as traces

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of a small number of visits to websites looking at bondage and

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people tied up. The inquest is expected to finish hearing evidence

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next week. One of China's most prominent human

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rights activists has made a remarkable escape from house arrest.

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He had been confined to his home after years in prison for exposing

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forced abortions and sterilisations are. The BBC has been told his

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escape led to a car chase which ended at the American embassy in

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Beijing. Blind since he was two, Chung won

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Chong has become an icon in China. On the internet, hundreds copied

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his image, appalled that a sightless man had been locked up

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for the past seven years for exposing it uses light forced

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abortions. -- exposing abuses. He was under illegal house arrest. Up

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to 100 guards watching his every move. He smuggled out this video

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last year, so they beat his family savagely. Western nations had

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called for his release. Today, out of the blue, this. I have escaped,

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he announced, on the internet. He demanded that those who had

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imprisoned and assaulted his family, denied them food and medical

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treatment, be punished. He said he feared his wife and child left

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behind could face court retribution. When the BBC tried to visit him a

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few months ago, we could not get near, so how did a blind man escape

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all of these watches? We have been given this photograph of him

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meeting another activist in Beijing. He spoke to us tonight. First, he

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said, he tried to dig a tunnel, it failed. When a court was not

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looking at, he scaled the series of falls. He called a supporter, and

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was driven hundreds of miles to Beijing. The authorities giving

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chase to the American embassy. From American officials, no comment.

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Hillary Clinton is due here next week to meet with China's leaders.

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They are mired in their infighting and scandals ahead of a major --

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major league if it changed. This estate is a new embarrassment for

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them. He may be safe, but there are reports his relatives and those who

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might have helped him are being rounded up.

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The Liberal Democrat leader has defended the coalition government,

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which he says is doing very controversial and in some cases

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downright unpopular things. He has also insisted his party remains

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distinct from the Conservatives, despite being in coalition. He was

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speaking at two Nick Robinson in the third of his interviews with

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the main Westminster party leaders ahead of the English local

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elections. Getting in touch, it is what any

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political leader has to do. Not least when people feel Westminster

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is a million miles away from the world they live in. He learned a

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lot more than how to make bread on a visit to the Bradford HQ of the

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supermarket Morrisons. It is quite grim, it is not unusual for me to

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cry at the end of a focus group. The Deputy Prime Minister heard

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about the sacrifices some customers are making it just to be able to

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afford their weekly shopping. have had 20% of mothers telling us

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they are missing in meal a day in order to provide for the children.

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That stock fact was preying on his mind when he travelled to his next

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election stop. I spoke to him at Cardiff City's football ground. We

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Ewshot? Of course, you would have to be made of stone, not to be

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shocked about the pressures some families are under, it has a one of

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the reasons I have been so focal for making the tax system fairer,

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taking people out of income tax, giving it over 20 million basic

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rate taxpayers several hundred But direct she -- the rich are

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getting a tax cut? Let's not repeat some kind of fiction. We actually

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raising five times more money from the rich than they are getting back

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in any change of the upper rate of income tax. You know people, I

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certainly do, who will be thousands of pounds better off. I wonder why,

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in moral terms, you didn't say, no, I can't do this? I think it is very

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obvious to people that my priority has been there many, not the few.

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That is what we have delivered in his book -- budget. I don't believe

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that would have happened without the Liberal Democrats in government.

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Being in coalition means that the Lib Dems have to back the Blues, an

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uncomfortable position for Nick Clegg when the Tory Culture

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Secretary is facing allegations that he got much too close to the

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Murdoch family. Unless anyone has a better idea, I think having a judge

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where a Cabinet minister needs to give evidence under oath is about

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the best context to get down and find out what happened or did not

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happen. Is this a sleazy government? I don't believe it is.

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You know why people ask, though? course I accept that when you get

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controversy in politics you get a lot of people attaching labels to

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governments. I'm very proud of the fact that, unlike other parties,

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big parties in British politics, the Liberal Democrats have never

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and will never be in anybody's pockets. Are you not in the Tories'

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pockets, is that not why you're doing so badly in the polls? People

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need to make up their mind. People need to decide whether we are too

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conservative or not conservative enough, the dastardly Liberal

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Democrat are holding the Conservatives back. I'll tell you

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exactly what it is, we are a coalition government, exactly what

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it says on the tin. That is the Lib Dem dilemma. How to demonstrate

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that all of the coalition are aiming for the same goal, while, at

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the same time, convincing the electorate that the blues and

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The Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt says he will hand over to the

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Leveson Inquiry the text messages and e-mails that he sent his

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special adviser, who resigned over his conduct during News

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Corporation's bid for BSkyB. Mr Hunt insists he acted with total

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integrity. In a development tonight, Lord Leveson is refusing his

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request to bring forward the date he is due to appear before the

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inquiry. Let's go to Westminster and Iain Watson. This delay may be

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uncomfortable for the Culture Secretary. How difficult is it for

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the Prime Minister? Potentially bad news for the prime minister, for

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two reasons. First, there have been calls by Labour and buy some Lib

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Dems for a separate inquiry into whether Jeremy Hunt broke the

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ministerial code. Downing Street say, no need for that, let's wait

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for the Leveson Inquiry. Any delay will make those unwelcome calls for

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a second inquiry grow louder. More bad news, Lord Justice Leveson is

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making it clear he will not be the arbiter of Jeremy Hunt's political

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future. He says that is a job for the Government. He is handing that

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political hot potato back to them, because he does not want to be seen

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Coming up: House space travel could change from this, to this. The

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space plane, which can take off Almost a quarter of Spanish workers

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are now unemployed, the highest rate for nearly 20 years. It is the

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highest in the eurozone. The country's credit rating has also

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been downgraded. The Spanish foreign minister says that the

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country is facing a crisis of huge proportions. Gavin Stewart is with

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me now. This is very serious for Spain, isn't it? Well, the Spanish

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economy is in deep trouble. The Government is trying to slash the

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deficit with the country in recession. The markets doubt it can

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be done and have forced up the country's borrowing costs, raising

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fears that Spain could be heading for a bail out.

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More bad news today. The unemployment queues are getting

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longer. Unemployment reached 24.4%. Youth unemployment is at 51%. The

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Government expects the figures to go higher. TRANSLATION: I keep

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looking and looking, but there is hardly anything. I am living day to

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day. I am single, I have a daughter that is studying and I am almost on

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the streets. The economy has been devastated by the bursting of the

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property bubble. The banks are nursing billions in bad loans. The

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economy is expected to shrink by 1.7% this year, while the

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Government is having to cut its budget. TRANSLATION: At this time,

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we are living in one of the worst moments for the Spanish economy.

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Spain needs bailing out, it will be no easy task. Its economy is twice

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the size of the combined economies of those countries already bailed

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out. And Spain would severely test the EU's rescue fund. The risk is

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that the crisis could then spread to Italy. Across Europe, a

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political backlash against austerity has started. It led to

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the collapse of the Dutch government. Francois Hollande, the

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favourite to win the French election, says he will make wrote

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his priority, not austerity. After months of protests in Greece, it is

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anti austerity parties that looks set to do well in the forthcoming

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elections. There is a new focus on money to try to generate growth. A

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lot of the problems, not just for Spain but for others European Area

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countries, are that governments are trying to cut deficits at a time

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when economies are in recession. The debate is gathering pace in

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Europe as to whether countries... Are cutting too fast at a time when

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there was almost no growth, with the risk that countries like Spain

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are being trapped in a spiral of A British soldier has died in

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southern Afghanistan. The soldier, from 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards,

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were shot and killed while on patrol in the Nahr-e Saraj district

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of Helmand province. His family had been informed.

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A large part of central London wash it down today at Braemar and

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threatened to blow himself up. Armed police sealed off roads,

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evacuated buildings and closed tube stations for several hours. The

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security scare comes just three months before London plays host to

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the Olympics. Central London in broad daylight.

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Armed police rushed towards a reported hostage situation. From

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the 5th floor of this building, computers and office equipment,

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thrown onto the street below. It started at lunchtime when a man

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entered the offices of a company that offers courses for would-be

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HGV drivers. An employee there said he was a previous client, with a

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grievance. He appeared to have explosives strapped to him. He just

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turned up, strapped up in gasoline, gasoline cylinders, basically he

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threatened to blow up the office. He doesn't care about his life, he

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doesn't care about anything. As a large part of Tottenham Court Road

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was cordoned off, workers in neighbouring offices fled to safety.

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Then, suddenly, it was over. A man was led out of the building in

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handcuffs. So, a few hours after it began, this incident has been

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brought to a successful conclusion. But with the Olympics just three

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months away, the last thing the organisers will have wanted to see

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is a huge security alert in the central London. Tonight, police are

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still questioning the man arrested at the scene.

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It is known as the Skylon and it could one day revolutionise space

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travel. It is a space plane, which scientists believe could take off

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from a runway into orbit. Developed in Oxfordshire, it is now being put

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Main engines, start. We have main engine starter. For 16 years there

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has only been one way to reach space, on a rocket blasting

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straight up. And it is always expensive. Imagine taking off from

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a runway and flying in to orbit. Meet Skylon, a British design for a

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space plane. It has not yet been built, but the project has reached

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a crucial stage. The key is a completely new type of motor, an

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ingenious concept for a jet engine and rocket rolled into one. The

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engineers go through the tracks. This has to work if the space plane

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has a chance of flying. Because of a high pressures involved in this

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revolutionary jet engine, everybody has to wear protection. It is

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designed to go five times the speed of sound. When it is going that

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quickly, the flow of air becomes so intense it reaches 1000 degrees

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Celsius, which would normally melt everything inside. But this unique

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device called the heir to well below zero. -- court the air. It

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should make space travel easier. The tests are now under way. This

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is one of a series of experiments to check if the idea is viable.

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This small band of engineers has worked with very little funding. So

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far, so good. The designers are thinking big. It's like going to

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New York. You go to an airport, get on an aeroplane. It's all pretty

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invisible. Getting into space will be like that with this type of

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technology. The Skylon is a long way from wanting. But the European

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Space Agency checked it over and found nothing wrong. It might be

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something for the future, but looking at the technology today,

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this should work. So it could fly? It could fly, yes. But billions of

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pounds are needed. Clad Engineering is not enough to make this British

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space dream a reality. -- clever The Queen has visited Aberfan. Many

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children were killed there, when a slag heap collapsed on to their

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school. Many memories will be rekindled in

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this jubilee year. He will have the tragic resonance of this village in

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the valleys of South Wales. This was Aberfan on the morning of the

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21st October, 1956. A colliery waste tip had collapsed on to the

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village. A junior school was engulfed. Local people, many of

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them miners from local pits, dug frantically to try to rescue their

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children. But it was too late. 116 children and 28 adults had died.

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Britain was stunned. Initially, the Queen's response was hesitant.

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Aides urged her to visit, but it was nine days before she did so.

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She has been back several times since. Today, she spoke to some of

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those who, nearly 50 years ago, lost their sons and daughters. The

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Queen opened a new primary school, a place for today's children and a

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reminder of the generation which was lost. The Queen has never

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forgotten about fan. Mindful, perhaps, of that initial, slight

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hesitation, she particularly wanted her Diamond Jubilee tour to include

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the village. Geoff Edwards gave the Queen a book about the disaster. In

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1966, he was the last child to be rescued from the debris. It brings

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back poignant memories of what happened to me on that day. But it

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also, with the support of the Queen, it has helped us get through very

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