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hospitals in England cannot be guaranteed, after days of bruising

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criticism of the health watchdog. The Care Quality Commission is

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facing accusations that its staff covered up their failings. The

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Health Secretary says it's "fundamentally flawed". I think we

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have to be honest with people. We do not have a regulatory structure fit

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for purpose, and we are changing that as fast as we can.

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With the reputation of the regulator badly hit, we'll be looking at how

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public trust might be restored. Also tonight: The teacher jailed for

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five-and-a-half years for sexual offences with an underage pupil.

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Jeremy Forrest is banned from working with children for life.

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Emergency talks in Brazil as anti-government unrest reaches a new

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peak. More than a million people joined the latest nationwide

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protests. And support for the British and

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Irish Lions, hours away from the In Sportsday, we'll be looking at

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what lies in wait for Andy Murray at Wimbledon when he begins his

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Good evening. The Health Secretary says he cannot

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guarantee the safety of hospitals in England, describing the Care Quality

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Commission watchdog as "fundamentally flawed". The

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organisation has been under considerable pressure after a report

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alleged it had covered up its own failings at one hospital in Cumbria.

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Today Jeremy Hunt called it "not fit for purpose". Here's Dominic Hughes.

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The regulator that is meant to provide assurance on the safety of

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hospitals in England is in trouble. First, the Care Quality Commission

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failed to spot opens at Morecambe Bay NHS Trust. Then managers

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allegedly attempted to cover up the mistake. Today, the Health Secretary

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could not guarantee that hospitals are now being properly inspected but

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he offered support for disciplinary action against anyone involved in a

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cover-up at the CQC. They are very serious allegations and they should

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have serious consequences if they are proved to be right. I will back

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the CQC to the hilt and try to make sure justice is done. Management of

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the CQC, led by chief executive Cynthia Bower, was severely

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criticised in the independent report that exposed failures at Morecambe

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Bay, but a former inspector turned whistleblower is not surprised.

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Management were very concerned about their reputations and keeping the

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reputation of the CQC squeakyclean. But in doing so, they lost sight of

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what they ought to be looking at and doing, and that was properly

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inspecting. We were all telling them how it should be done and they were

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not listening. The Care Quality Commission has carried out thousands

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of inspections at around 170 hospital trusts across England, but

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given the mistakes at the Morecambe Bay trust, the question is how

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reliable are those inspections and is the regulator still fit for

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purpose? The Care Quality Commission was formed in 2009 by the merger of

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three specialist regulators, the Health Care Commision, the

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Commission for Social Care and the Mental Health Act Commission. It was

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meant to be a single regulator for health and adult social care in

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England. It also oversees GPs, dentist and thousands of care homes,

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overwhelming the organisation, say critics. They are not fit for

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purpose. It does not matter about the platitudes, they are just not

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fit for purpose. We have run out of excuses and reasons why things went

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wrong. In the wake of the scandals at Stafford Hospital and now at

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Morecambe Bay, the government has signalled a move back to the old

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specialisms, with the creation of a new post, chief inspector of

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hospitals, and more recently the chief inspector of GPs and chief

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inspector of social care. But a question hangs over the future of

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the Care Quality Commission, at organisation that was already

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struggling for credibility. It now sees its reputation in tatters.

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Our health correspondent Branwen Jeffreys is here. Where does all

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this leave the watchdog? There is no doubt that it has been extremely

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messy and damaging for the CQC. This new team of leadership was put in to

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restore public confidence after the enquiry into Stafford Hospital.

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Instead, they found their judgement questioned, as first they refused to

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name officials, and then named them, only for the allegations to be

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disputed. Can confidence be restored? A large part of that job

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will rest on the post of the first chief inspector of hospitals. That

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is going to be Professor Sir Mike Richards, Doctor, cancer specialist,

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very well respected within the NHS, credited as the man who has

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transformed cancer care in England in the last decade. But he takes on

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the job at such a difficult time, after this mess, with 14 hospitals

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under review for their death rates. Although we know that patients

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experience good care by and large, public faith in the ability of the

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NHS to be open, honest and transparent when things go wrong has

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been very severely tested. A maths teacher who had an affair

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with a 15-year-old pupil before taking her to France has been jailed

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for five-and-a-half years. Yesterday, Jeremy Forrest was

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convicted of abducting the teenager. Today, he pleaded guilty to five

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further charges of sexual activity. The judge said he'd been "motivated

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by self interest" and hadn't shown any "genuine care" for the girl's

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welfare. Duncan Kennedy reports. Jeremy Forrest was brought to court,

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supposedly to be sentenced for abduction, but that soon changed

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once he was inside. Instead, in an extraordinary move, the Crown Court

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temporarily sat as a magistrates court, so five additional charges of

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sexual abuse could be added, which Forrest pleaded guilty to. The

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judge, Michael Lawson QC, told him, you chose to ignore the cardinal

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rule of teaching. Time and again your colleagues warned and advised

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you and offered support. You lied to them about the nature of your

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relationship. He was in a position of authority and trust over children

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in his care, something parents and the wider community expect to be

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upheld at all costs. The girl was not in court today but her mother

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was. Her witness impact statement revealed the extent of the family

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breakdown following the case. Last week, the 15-year-old told the court

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about her extensive sexual contact with Forrest. Today, mother said, I

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feel her childhood has been robbed from me. I feel like she has died

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and I am grieving for her. The pair went on the run last September,

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taking a ferry to France. They tried to hide in Bordeaux, acting like a

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couple in love. This was the fake CV Forrest used to try to find work. He

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changed his name, claimed to have a degree in journalism, and said he

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was living in France. Like his affair with a schoolgirl, it was all

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a dangerous fantasy. After today's sentencing, his family had a

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statement read, in which he offered an apology. This is a sorry episode

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for all concerned and Jeremy is sorry for his actions. Despite the

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verdict, there are many factors in the case which need to be examined

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and addressed. The case of the music loving teacher is now the subject of

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an investigation by a number of agencies, including the police and

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the school, asking how could he have carried on the relationship for so

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long. Tonight, Jeremy Forrest has been moved to Lewis prison, to start

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his sentence. The judge also banned him from ever working unsupervised

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with children again. His liberty and life in his chosen profession is now

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at an end. An emergency Cabinet meeting's been

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held in Brazil amid the worst unrest in the country for 20 years. The

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latest demonstrations have been the biggest so far, with anger over poor

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public services, corruption, and the money being spent on next year's

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World Cup. Most of the protests have been in Rio de Janeiro. From there,

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Alistair Leithead sent this report. Police acted firmly and decisively

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to break up the biggest demonstration since this crisis over

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bus fares escalated into violence a week ago. They are the worst

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protests in 30 years, since the end of the dictatorship, and still there

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has been no word from the president, who has been holding

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emergency meetings today. More than 1 million people took the streets

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across the country. In Rio, attempt to march on the City Hall were met

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with tear gas and rubber bullets. The protesters have set fires down

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the end of the road. The police are again moving forward. They have been

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steadily inching their way down, firing tear gas in front of them,

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firing rubber bullets and other explosives to try to keep the

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protesters at a. -- at bay. Today, there was a lot of cleaning up to

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do. There will be no World Cup, the graffiti reads, but FIFA says there

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are no plans to cancel this week was my Confederations Cup, let alone

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next year's main event. This man was injured last night as he tried to

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escape tear gas in what he said was a peaceful protest. The Brazilian

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people have been waiting for an opportunity for their voices to be

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heard for such a long time. There are many reasons. The protest has

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united Brazilians across the social spectrum. What started with anger at

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increased bus fares has become about so much more. We are trying to show

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them that we run this country, and they have to work for us. Roderigo

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is a university professor who agrees with the young activists. He does

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not think the government is spending money in the right way.

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TRANSLATION: The movement mixes the upper middle-class, the lower

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middle-class and the poor. We want our rights, our voices to be heard,

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fair and transparent government. This was not the image Brazil wanted

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the world to see. Even though some social media pages have been taken

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down, more demonstrations are being planned, as the government and the

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people decide where this mass movement goes next.

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More than 500 people have died in flooding and landslides caused by

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heavy monsoon rain across northern India. Roads and bridges have been

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washed away, stranding around 50,000 people. The worst affected area is

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in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, where thousands of

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Hindu pilgrims had been visiting local shrines. The Indian army is

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leading rescue efforts, though its soldiers are yet to reach some

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remote mountain areas. Official figures have shown that

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government borrowing increased slightly in the last financial year.

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Using new data, the Office for National Statistics revised the

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borrowing figures for the past two years. The Treasury insists the

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coalition is taking the right action on deficit reduction. Here's Hugh

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Pym. Today's figures show what the

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government has been borrowing, what is being run up on the nation's

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credit card, to add to all the unpaid debt from previous years. And

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the numbers are still big. The Chancellor has set great store by

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reducing the bills year by year. We discovered today that he actually

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borrowed a bit more in the latest financial year than in the previous

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12 month period. Deficit reduction is a thing of the past. He has

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failed to do it. It has stalled totally. He has failed on the

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economy and unless you get the economy moving, you will not deal

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with high levels of rowing. Annual government borrowing, stripping out

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special factors, had been estimated at just under �121 billion for

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2011-12. That has now been revised down to �118.5 billion. The latest

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estimate is nearly �119 billion, an increase on the previous year. The

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Treasury view is that this is not some sudden bad news. Far from it.

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The changes are because of a downward revision to borrowing in a

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previous year. They argue that the underlying trend is exactly as it

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was when set out in the budget. trend continues to be downward if

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you look at the deficit as a percentage of the overall economy.

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But it is right that the government remains focused on reducing the

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deficit, making sure we can live within our means. We have to remain

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focused on that, even when the economy has not grown as fast as we

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would have liked. Last month, a Swiss sweetener for the British

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government's finances. More than �3 billion handed over by Swiss

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authorities as part of a deal to get tax paid on bank accounts held by

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British citizens. That helped to bring borrowing below the figure in

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May for the previous year. But the fundamental issues remain the same,

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getting the annual credit card bill down. It has been a big challenge

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for the Chancellor and is likely to levels through a third day in

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Singapore, with the state bank did in smog caused by illegal forest

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fires in Indonesia. At quality is considered good if it lies between

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zero and 50 on the country's pollution index. It is unhealthy

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between 100 and 200 and considered hazardous at over 300. Today, the

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index in Singapore chiefly hit a new high of 401, which meant schools

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were closed and people were advised to stay indoors.

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A pale, grey cloud has descended on Singapore. Its skyscrapers are

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almost lost in the haze. The air is thick with tiny particles, carried

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on the wind from Indonesia. People working outdoors have been warned to

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take special care. Everyone is feeling the impact. I'm finding it

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difficult to breed. I am surprised the officers are still open. --

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breathe. With the environment, you don't feel motivated to step out

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unless you have to. The greatest risk is to anyone suffering from

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asthma. In this class, almost all of the children are wearing masks, even

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indoors. Such is the concern about the smoke. For these kids, there is

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no question of playing in the open. At one point today, what is called

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the pollution standard index, the PSI, reached a record level.

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Obviously with the PSI being at 400 right now, it is really not safe for

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them to be going out. My daughter has mild asthma. I don't want her to

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be exposed at all, if possible. satellite picture from NASA shows

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the scale of the cloud of smoke reaching from Indonesia, across to

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Singapore and Malaysia. By zooming in, the authorities can actually see

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the fires. They have already blamed eight companies that have been

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clearing forest to make way for plantations. The fires are designed

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to prepare the ground, to cultivate palm oil. This kind of burning is

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against the law, but it is rarely enforced. The result is that the

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fires, that may now be out of control, are generating a dense

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haze, drifting on the wind. They are likely to keep burning for weeks or

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even months. Indonesia is now under massive

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pressure. Its firefighters face an almost impossible challenge. They

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are up against powerful local interest is, clearing land for

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plantations is very big business. Burning happens when, after the

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major trees have been cleared for timber, there will be scrub forest,

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grassland or peatland remaining. The planters will literally pour petrol

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on the ground and set fire to it, with the hope of clearing that

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scrub. One view of the haze over Singapore. The pollution has raised

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tensions in the region. But the fires may go on until the rains come

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in several months time. The UKIP leader Nigel Farage has

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admitted he made a mistake by setting up a trust fund in an

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offshore tax haven seven years ago. He said he did it on the basis of

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advice from his former financial The UKIP leader has been enjoying

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the limelight recently, with his party soaring in the polls. Now,

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Nigel Farage's reputation as a man of the people has taken a hit. A

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Mirror newspaper investigation revealing he set up an offshore

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trust fund. All perfectly legal, but he said he soon realised it was

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inappropriate. It is something tens of thousands of people do. Having

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said that, really, I should never have bought the policy. I am not

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rich enough. I have to say, one side set it up and put the initial check

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in to get the thing started, I began to feel a bit uncomfortable,

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frankly. How did it operate? Well, in 2003 he set up a company called

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Farage Ltd. He transferred company shares into the trust, based on the

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Isle of Man. He says he did not personally benefit. Dividends were

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paid to his brother. The whole issue of tax avoidance has become a hot

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political topic, with big companies like Google and Starbucks accused of

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not paying their fair share. Last month, Nigel Farage said that

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officials at the European Commission were just as bad. They pay tax of

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12%. It is tax fraud on an absolutely massive scale. I would

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say to you, how can that be deemed to be fair? Part of Nigel Farage's

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appeal to voters is that he is different from other politicians at

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Westminster, that he is more in touch with the real world. The

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revelation he set about offshore trust to protect his children's

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inheritance tax is pretty damaging. His political opponents have accused

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him of saying one thing and doing another.

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The monitoring agency GCHQ is said to have secretly accessed

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fibre-optic cables carrying huge amount of Internet and

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communications data. According to the Guardian newspaper, the agency

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is able to tap into and store data from the cables for up to 30 days so

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that it can be analysed. GCHQ insists it is scrupulous in

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complying with the law. For the last decade, Sir Mervyn,

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soon-to-be Lord King, has been the governor of the Bank of England,

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throughout the financial crisis. Next week, he retires. Stephanie

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Flanders has this assessment of his economic legacy.

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Sir Mervyn has been a familiar face at the Bank of England for more than

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30 years, and its governor for ten. The sport loving economist would

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probably admit it has been a game of two halves. Few British policymakers

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such global respect. He took the Bank of England, effectively, into

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an independent monetary institution. People put down their blackberry and

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mobile phones and listen to him because he is Mervyn King.

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constant questioning of what was going on, how we should do things,

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what we should think about, that is an example of how to be a policy

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maker who can both be assertive and flexible. Central banks are all

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about stability. His regular press conferences on inflation after 1993

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helped pave the way for making the bank independent in 1997 and made

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him a natural choice for governor in 2003. He was instrumental in making

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it work on the new construction. That is very important. Around the

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world, we look to the Bank of England as a model of how central

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banking should be done. The early record on inflation was stellar.

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Prices rose 2% a year on average in his first five years as governor,

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bang on target. Since then, inflation has averaged more than 3%

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per year. And that wasn't all he had to deal with in the second half. In

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2007, things got a lot more complicated at the bank. Financial

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markets took fright, credit started to dry up. Critics said the governor

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was a bit slow to grasp how much the world had changed. The bank as a

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whole, perhaps, didn't see the financial crisis coming the way it

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should have. It took some time for the Bank of England to adjust. Once

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he realised what was happening, and that the next challenge was not

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going to come from the inflation side, but from the financial side,

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Mervyn King responded quickly and aggressively. The Chancellor at the

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time, Alistair Darling, has criticised the way the governor

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handled the rescue of northern rock. But when the bank cut rates, it put

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them quickly and made history, creating hundreds of billions of

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pounds with quantitive easing. It did not produce a strong recovery.

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But most economists say that things would be even worse without it. What

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Labour finds harder to forgive is the governor's public endorsement of

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the coalition's deficit strategy in 2010, only hours after the

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government was formed. Inside and outside the bank, many worried he

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had strayed too far into party politics. The Chancellor has a

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different view. I don't think anyone would question that Mervyn King is a

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completely independent figure. Independent not just as governor of

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the central bank, but also independent because he has the

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intellectual self-confidence to be independent. Everyone can agree he

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is a man that knows his own mind and loves his cricket. Also, art, tennis

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and Aston Villa. There is probably never a harder time to be governor

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of the Bank of England. Mervyn King says that historians will judge how

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he did. As we already know that the Bank of England would be a different

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place without him. The anticipation is building. In 12

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hours, the British and Irish Lions take on Australia in the first test.

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It is 12 years since the teams last met. That in 2001, it was the

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Aussies who emerged victorious. So, what are the Lions chances? Live in

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Brisbane is done in Rome. -- Dan Roan.

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Much day has finally arrived. Soon we will discover if British and

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Irish rugby is good enough to overcome Australia. Nothing stays

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the blood like a Lions tour. The team will not be lacking support.

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It has been 12 years in the making. It finally the Lions are ready to

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make themselves heard in Australia once again. Brisbane is brimming

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with British and Irish fans, all here to witness one of rugby's most

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cherished traditions. It means everything. You are part of one huge

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family. An understrength team lost their last warmup match last week.

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Now it is time for the real test. George North has emerged as their

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most potent attacking weapon. The Welsh winger told me that the squad

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are full of confidence. If you go into a battle thinking you are going

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to lose, there is no point playing it. I think the format we showed up

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until, unfortunately, Tuesday, I think we are an exceptional shape.

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We have to go in confident, attacking and keep the pressure on.

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The Lions may be intent on ending eight winless streak. But they have

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done their best to be good tourists, from climbing the Sydney Harford A*

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Harbour Bridge to serving. All a far cry from 1988, when the first Lions

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visited Australia. Since then, they have won 15 matches. But Australia

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claimed the last series in 2001. These games are very close. We will

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attack the team. But it will be very close. But I just see the Lions

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being a little bit more together than the Australian team at the

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moment. The first match in the test series will be pivotal. This is

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where it will take place, in Brisbane, where the tourists have an

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opportunity to become part of Lions legend. Having been cocooned in a

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training camp for weeks, Australia may not be as battle hardened as the

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Lions. But they insist they are braced for whatever the tourists

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throughout them. They have been very confrontational, that is the way

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they have played a lot of therapy. It is a big job for the guys are

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prone to make sure that we not only match that, but take the ascendancy.

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Meanwhile, the Lions have received a message of Obviously you English

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chaps will be leading from the front... From another team preparing

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to face Australia. Killed an!This is something that few expected to

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see, three lions using an open-air pool for a recovery session. The

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tourists have made a stir of the pitch. Now they must perform on it.

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After losing three successive series, the Lions need a win here,

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more than, perhaps, ever before. Australia will be strong, but there

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is a growing sense that the British and Irish Lions have the talent and

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