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in Cumbria and the alleged cover-up that went right to the top.

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The former head of the health watchdog and her deputy, along with

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seven others, accused of suppressing a report into its failings.

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A number of babies died here, but an internal review criticising the Care

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Quality Commission for not investigating properly was

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suppressed. There has to be accountability

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inside the NHS for people's actions. And people have to know where the

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buck stops when something goes wrong.

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We'll be asking where this leaves public trust in such watchdogs.

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Guilty of child abduction - the 30-year-old maths teacher who ran

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away to France with a 15-year-old pupil.

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The Taliban raise their flag in Qatar, upsetting the Afghan

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government and halting talks with the Americans before they have

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begun. The Sopranos star James Gandolfini

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dies suddenly in Italy at the age of And Estimate brings sheer delight

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for the Queen, as she becomes the first reigning monarch to win the

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will play England in the Champions Trophy final on Sunday after bidding

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should anchor by eight wickets in Good evening. Former managers

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involved in an alleged cover-up at England's health watchdog, the Care

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Quality Commission, have been named. This was a day after the CQC said

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they could not identify them for legal reasons. They include the top

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three individuals in charge of the organisation at the time. They have

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been accused of suppressing a report which revealed that it should not

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have given a hospital in Cumbria the all clear after a number of babies

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died. At the heart of this, failing at

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Furness General Hospital maternity unit. It was given a clean bill of

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health by the regulator at those failings led to the death of some

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babies, including Joshua Titcombe, dead at nine days old from it

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treatable infection. The report published yesterday found a decision

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was made to delete a report into what went wrong. It described a key

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meeting but what happened was disputed. The officials that

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attended were only given with initials, but today they have been

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revealed by Cynthia Bower, Jill Finney, her deputy. She is alleged

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to have added, " Read my lips". Anna Jefferson said she did not say that

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this could never be in the public domain. You weave in these simply

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attended the meeting. The new chief executive of the CQC told me despite

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these different versions, the report had found some evidence to support

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the claim that the review had been deleted. We are putting all the

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information in the public domain. One of my members of staff was that

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lyrically clear she was given an instruction to delete the report.

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She kept notes of that. That has now been published and it is right we

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bring that out into the open. the Health Secretary said publishing

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all the information was a welcome step towards openness. That is so

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important. There has to be accountability inside the NHS for

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people's actions and people have to know where the buck stops. Some who

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worked for the CQC are still angry. Heather was a senior inspector and

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she says the culture became secretive and defensive. In my view

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it was clear that CQC were in the business of suppressing bad news. I

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believe they were dancing to the tune of the Department of Health and

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that there was at least a tacit agreement that there would be no

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more exposures like that at Mid-Staffs. The CQC has a new

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management team running it. A chief inspector of hospitals is to lead a

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bigger team. At the last couple of days have not helped its efforts to

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move on. This has done further serious damage to an organisation

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that was already beneath the water. It has been through a torrid time

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recently and this will do nothing to re-establish its reputation. The CQC

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wants to leave behind its problems and focus on its job of making sure

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that all care meets minimum standards, and hardest of all, to

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win back public confidence. And Branwen is with me now. That is

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the key. Where does this leave public trust in the NHS and its

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watchdog? For the families who suffered losses

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at Furness General Hospital and those at Mid-Staffs, they may never

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recover their confidence in the regulatory system. There is clearly

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a big job to be done in convincing the public that the systems are in

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place to make sure minimum standards are being met. What has happened in

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the last couple of days is part of a wider picture in the last six

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months, where we have heard claims of gagging clauses, senior managers

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trying to raise concerns in the NHS, the failings at Stafford Hospital

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laid bare, the difficulties a whistleblower there had as well.

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What needs to happen now is a real sense that if something goes wrong

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in the NHS, that patients and their families are listened to

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straightaway, the regulator act immediately and is entirely open

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about what it does. A teacher who ran away to France

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with a 15-year-old pupil has been found guilty of child abduction.

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Jeremy Forrest, who is 30, was described as a paedophile by the

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prosecution. They said he had groomed the vulnerable teenager

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before starting a sexual relationship with her. The girl was

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in court and broke down in tears as the verdict was read out. Forrest

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mouthed "I love you" to her as he was led away.

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Jeremy Forrest, grinning on his way to prison tonight. The teacher who

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broke the first rule of teaching. There we even signs of his continued

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accession with the girl in the courtroom, because as he was found

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guilty of abducting her, she turned to her and said" I love you" . She

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mouthed" I'm sorry" . Outside the court, Sussex police read a

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statement on behalf of the girl's mother. The last nine months has

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been like living out your worst nightmare. Every aspect of our lives

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has been affected to some degree. The Crown Prosecution Service added

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that it brought disgrace to his profession. Jeremy Forrest's love

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affair deepened as his marriage disintegrated. Yards from the

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courtroom is one of the hotels where the teacher and the pupil met to

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carry out their Indesit sexual encounters. It was last September

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Jeremy Forrest agreed to go on the run when the girl had threatened to

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kill herself, first driving her to Dover and then porting a ferry to

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Calais. They headed to Paris where they dumped the car and her school

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uniform. They took a train to Bordeaux, where they died their head

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to escape capture. But this bar owner recognised them from

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television news bulletins and alerted the police. I looked for his

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photo online and when I saw that he was definitely the same person,

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there was no doubt. It was Jeremy Forrest's musical talent that also

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seemed to seduce the 15-year-old. But experts say, as the authority

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figure in the partnership, he should have rejected her. I think it has

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got to be wrong where the person concerned is a child and the man

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concerned is a teacher in school in a position of responsibility. It is

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different if we are talking students and university tutors, it may be,

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but here we have to say that this relationship of trust is absolute.

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Jeremy Forrest's school said it remained shocked by its actions. The

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teacher had crossed the line from propriety to betrayal and will be

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sentenced tomorrow. BBC News has been told that local

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councils in England are facing a 10% cut in the funding they receive from

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central government, as part of the coalition's spending plans for

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2015/16. Our deputy political editor James Landale has the story and

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joins us from Westminster. Another big slice of council budget.

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It is. The government wants to cut the deficit and has promised to take

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�11.5 billion out of its spending in 2015 and some of it will have to

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come out of the money it gives to local councils. It is a lot. More

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than �20 billion a year. I am told that Eric Pickles is willing in

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principle to accept a 10% cut to that funding but in return he is

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expecting to agree a deal that would see his department take

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responsibility for potentially as much as �3 billion worth of spending

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from other departments. No final deal has been agreed. But note

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this. The local government Association said a 10% cut means the

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average council having to find another �30 million. They say that

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would mean less for children centres, museums, sports centres and

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the like. Councils may be facing cuts already but there is clearly a

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lot more to come. Face to face talks between America

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and the Taliban over the future of Afghanistan have run into trouble

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before they have even begun. The controversial discussions involving

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US officials were supposed to have got under way in the Gulf state of

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Qatar today. But after the Taliban set up an office in Qatar and flew

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their own flag, the Afghan government was so incensed, it

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pulled out of talks with the Americans.

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The controversial Taliban flag, still flying this afternoon outside

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their new office in Qatar. It was supposed to be taken down following

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few reads complaints from the Afghan government. The Caliban plaque has

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been removed at Afghanistan remains deeply suspicious. US and Afghan

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governments have been scrambling to come up with a joint statement

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today. Raising the Taliban flag on Tuesday in Joe -- in Doha is a

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reminder of our bloody past from which the country still struggles.

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The office must not be treated as an embassy representing the Afghan

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Taliban as an emirate, government is sovereign. The argument is in stark

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contrast to the ceremonial opening this week. After two years of

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delicate diplomacy, the Taliban had a public address for negotiations.

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Hopes were high that peace talks could find a way to end the war in

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Afghanistan. The new Taliban office that opened here on Tuesday is

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already looking rather different. There was no sign of life here today

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and most importantly the plaque on the ward that read" the Islamic

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emirate of Afghanistan", that enraged the Afghan government, has

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been taken down. But this is a sign of how difficult the peace talks

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with the Caliban will be. In Afghanistan, the fighting goes on.

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America and the Afghan government will be negotiating with an enemy

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still hell-bent on killing them. think that they have not understood

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fully how sensitive the issue to do with talking to the Caliban in an

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official capacity is and how this undermines Hamid Karzai -- that live

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bands. The US Secretary of State has been scrambling to assure the Afghan

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government that they have not been sidelined. Here in tranquil Qatar,

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the Taliban has largely gone to ground. The peace talks are due to

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start soon but no one is expecting them to be easy.

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The UK and Europe risk being left behind as the rest of the world

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begins to accept genetically modified food. That was the warning

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from the Environment Secretary Owen Paterson today. He claims that GM

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products are even safer than conventional food, and says in

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motion rather than evidence is putting people off them. Last year,

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about 170 million hectares of GM crops were cultivated in 28

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countries. Apart from the US, the world's leading growers are Brazil,

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Argentina, Canada and India. But across the whole of the European

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Union, only one GM plant is grown commercially.

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Under lock and key, one of the most closely guarded fields in Britain.

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This is a research centre in Hertfordshire. Today, we were

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allowed in to film the trial crop of genetically modified wheat. The

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plants here look normal, but they have extra genes added to give the

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wheat a particular smell which is meant to scare tearaways greenfly.

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It is a sign of the controversy about GM that this small field needs

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so much security. But trials like this have attracted the hostility of

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a few and made a fair number of people uneasy. For that reason,

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ministers over the years have preferred not to speak up the GM,

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until now. Today, the Environment Secretary Owen Paterson came here to

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see the genetic research. Britain has pioneered major innovations in

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plant science, but progress is slow on GM full stop supermarkets will

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not stock GM food because there is no demand for it, and many European

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governments are posed as well. a safe, proven... Speaking to a

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selected audience of GM supporters, Mr Paterson said growing in a food

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was so important that there was a moral case to turn to genetic

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technology. Europe will just slip further behind. That will damage our

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farming industry, our environment and also, down the road, it will not

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help those millions who are hungry in developing countries. When GM was

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first introduced, protesters tried to destroy the crops. Since then, it

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has flourished in many other countries. But campaigners here say

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it is risky and not worth it. benefits that they claim to deliver

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like less pesticides and less chemical sprays, after a few years

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of doing that, things get worse, not better. You get super weeds and

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insects which are resistant to the crops, and you end up using more

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sprays. The government faces a battle on this. GM was once called

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Frankenstein food. The image stuck, so there is deadlock in Europe. Even

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though the European Commission's top scientist says GM food is safe,

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would she eat it? Yes. There is no difference between eating GM food

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and conventionally farmed food. I don't have a concern about that.

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Today the government launched its most concerted efforts so far to

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convince people that GM has a future. There is a long way to go.

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At least nine people including five children have been injured after a

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car overturned outside aid primary School in south Wales. The injured

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include a nine-year-old girl, who remains in intensive care. The

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driver, who is ex-D1, is thought to have lost control after suffering a

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coughing fit. Just yards from the school gate, a

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car lights flicked on its roof, surrounded by all the signs of a

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terrifying accident and those it harmed. It is believed the driver,

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named locally as Robert Bell, had a coughing fit, causing him to hit the

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accelerator pedal and mounted the curb. There was a hell of a bank,

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and then all the children were screaming and shouting. We just took

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the children into the classroom. I just know that three children were

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injured, and also the lollipop lady. The lollipop woman was Karen

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Williams, who patrolled the school for nearly 20 years. She is one of

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three women being treated for broken bones and fact is. The youngest of

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the children was a five-year-old. A nine-year-old girl is being treated

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in intensive care. The driver was also injured. He has been helping

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the police with their investigation, but they believe this was an

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accident. At this stage, it is important to emphasise that this is

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a rare, but distressing incident, and we are not treating it as a

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deliberate act. It is the end of the school day, but the feeling here is

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still far from normal. There are lots of extra staff and police to

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make sure everything passes off normally. Parents are anxious to get

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their children home. An educational psychologist has been helping the

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pupils and supporting families here. I have seen some mothers quite

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upset, crying. That sense of shock will take some time to fade as

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everyone here waits the news of friends and classmates who remain in

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hospital. Stock markets around the world fell

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sharply today after America's Federal reserve signalled that a key

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policy aimed at stimulating economic growth could be scaled back within

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months. The prospects of an end to quantitative easing in the US helped

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push down Wall Street's Dow Jones by more than 2%. In London, the FTSE

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100 closed down 3%. Now, it is bigger than eBay and

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Amazon combined, but you may never have heard of it. Ali Barber is

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Chinese and the world's largest e-commerce company. Now it is

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helping British companies break into the world's second-largest economy.

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Afternoon tea in Shanghai. With rising incomes, the new middle class

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in China is beginning to enjoy some of the luxuries of life, getting a

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taste of a truly British tradition. This team may have been grown in

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China, but it is blended and packaged by a UK company and then

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sold back to China. We create spoke lens using a range of hundreds of

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teas and spices. Because of the size of the economy there, we are set for

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a good future. One way for small businesses to access the Chinese

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market is online. You have probably heard of eBay and Amazon, but

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believe it or not, this company is bigger than both of those combined.

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This is the European headquarters of Chinese e-commerce company Ali

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Barber. Ali Barber operates in almost every country and region in

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the world. 240 markets. They have over 500 million registered users on

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their website, and there are 800 million products on offer. No wonder

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this company selling its shares on the stock market is the most

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anticipated event since faced. is Marks & Spencer's storefront.

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is not just small businesses. Each one like M&S and Mothercare are

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trying to get into China as well. The rise in Chinese consumption is

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incredible. Between 2015 and 2017, Chinese total retail online

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consumption will surpass the US and Europe combined. This is a

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tremendous shift, where the Chinese consumer probe provides a great

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opportunity for businesses around the world. But there are challenges,

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especially in selling online. not for the faint of heart, and it

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is not for everyone. I do not want to portray China as a dangerous

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jungle for foreign investment. If you do the deals happily, in

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accordance with Chinese law, with due diligence, you will eliminate a

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lot of trouble is, but not all of them. There are certainly obstacles

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in tapping the fastest growing consumer market in the world. But if

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a British company can sell Peter China, surely anything is possible

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-- if a British company can sell tea to China.

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The award-winning American actor James Gandolfini, best known for his

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role as a Mafia boss in the television drama The Sopranos, has

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died at the age of 51. He suffered a suspected heart attack while on

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holiday in Italy. This report contains flash photography.

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The Sopranos is recognised as one of the all-time great TV shows. James

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Gandolfini was its staff. He was known to millions as the New Jersey

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mob boss juggling his criminal empire with the demands of family

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life. I teach him love and respect and to appreciate his mother.

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about your mother? It ran for six seasons, won him three Emmys and

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made him world-famous. He had been on holiday in Italy, where he was

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due to attend a film festival, when he had a suspected heart attack at

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his hotel. The hotel notified the emergency crews, who responded and

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first aid was and ministered before James Gandolfini was taken to

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hospital, where he died of a heart attack. Our prayers and can --

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condolences go to his family and friends. James Gandolfini's

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popularity in The Sopranos did not just underline his status as a major

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star, the success of the series both on TV and especially in box set

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sales helped the show's network HBO, become one of the most powerful in

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broadcasting. He was more than a TV performer, though, enjoying a

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successful film career. His breakthrough role was in cult hit

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True Romance. This imposing physical presence meant he was often cast in

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authority roles. Earlier this year, he played the CIA director in the

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hunt for bin laden movie, zero Dark 30. Today, other Hollywood stars pay

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tribute. The beautiful thing about Jim is that he was a people person

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first, and then work. He was a consummate actor, but apart from

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that, a generous and good man. was only last October that his wife

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gave birth to his second child. He will be remembered as a larger than

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life figure who brought sympathy and humanity to even the most violent of

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characters. Now, the horse is called Estimate.

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It is owned by the Queen and this afternoon, they both made history as

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the horse turned the Queen and to the first reigning monarch to win

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the Gold cup at Royal Ascot, to the obvious delight of the royal party.

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Few punters arrived at Royal Ascot like this, but then Queen Elizabeth

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is not your average racegoer. Apart from anything, Her Majesty owned the

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favourite for the Gold cup, Estimate. The four-year-old filly

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was well backed, but in another sense, the odds were against the

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Royals did. No reigning monarch had won this race is its darted. George

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III was on the throne then. Racing pays no heed to history, though. It

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is a question of meticulous timing. Jockey Ryan Moore got everything

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set, now for the big finish. A Royal Winton! No matter who you are or how

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old you are, there is something about backing a winner that makes

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you forget everything else. The Queen wished the celebrations with

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her racing and adviser, John Warren, and went to meet her jockey. Vista

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more will not be racing again for a couple of days. He has been banned

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