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At least 28 people are said to have been killed after an air strike hit

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a crowded refugee camp in rebel-held Northern Syria.

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Images of the aftermath show burning tents in the camp which is home

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to up to 2000 displaced Syrians - it's not clear who's responsible.

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These individuals are in the most desperate situation imaginable

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and there's no justification for carrying out military action

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A stark contrast in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra -

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where Russian musicians played to celebrate its liberation

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We'll have the latest developments from Syria.

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A possible breakthrough - talks may begin next week

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to try to resolve the bitter dispute over a new contract

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More than 300 square miles now ablaze in Western Canada -

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as one of the largest evacuations for decades continues.

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The Hillsborough disaster - a former press officer

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for South Yorkshire Police says she felt their strategy

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at the inquests was to blame others, including the fans.

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Liverpool make it through to the Europa League Final.

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And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News: An inspiration

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for the whole world - the vice chairman of Leicester City

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tells the BBC he never thought they would win the Premier League.

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Dozens of people are reported to have been killed in an air strike

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on a refugee camp in rebel-held northern Syria.

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Some reports say the attack was by Syrian or Russian warplanes,

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The air strike happened at Kamouna camp near Sarmada in Idlib province,

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Here's our chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet.

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The camp where Syrians took refuge from the war. Today, the war found

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them again. Firemen frantically tried to douse the flames. There is

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little left to save. Two air strikes obliterated this tented settlement.

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Shattered lives in this rebel held area close to the Turkish border.

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Women and children, who fled here for safety, now buried beneath their

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blackened tents. Anger burns here as well. Look, look, this man cries.

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All women and children here. What did the children do? Where is Islam?

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Where is the world? He curses resident Assad and his allies in

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Lebanon and Iran. In Washington, the White House said it was too early to

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say who did this, but was quick to condemn. There is no justifiable

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excuse for carrying out an air against innocent civilians, who have

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already once fled their homes to escape violence. These individuals

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are in the most desperate situation imaginable and there is no

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justification for carrying out military action that is targeting

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them. Today, in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo there was some hope,

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a ceasefire was slowly being re-established. People venture into

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the markets. In recent weeks, this divided city source of its worst

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fighting years. Nothing spared by warring sides. A market, a hospital

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and clinics hit. The violence was easing. But now it's shattered in a

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makeshift camp for displaced Syrians, another war crime in a

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country of monstrous violence. Lyse Doucet, BBC News.

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There was a stark contrast in the ancient Syrian

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Less than two months ago Syrian ground forces drove so-called

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Islamic State out of the city with the help of

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This afternoon in Palmyra's Roman amphitheatre - which until recently

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was used by so called for IS for executions -

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Russian musicians performed a concert in the ancient ruins

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Our world affairs editor John Simpson was there

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The centrepiece of this whole extraordinary business,

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kept secret until this morning, turned out to be a concert

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by the world-famous orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre from St

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They were performing in the equally famous

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world-famous Theatre of Palmyra, which avoided Islamic

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But it was stained with blood all the same.

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25 Syrian soldiers were executed here by a squad of young boys,

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On the stage was a picture of Khaled al-Asaad, the 81-year-old scholar

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who, despite IS torture, refused to tell them

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where the antiquities had been hidden.

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Thanks to Russia's powerful help for the Syrian army,

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those days are over in Palmyra and President Putin's milking

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He unexpectedly popped up live from Moscow, praising the Russian

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And in the orchestra, playing the cello, was his good

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friend Sergei Roldugin, mentioned prominently in the recent

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Panama papers, about money held outside the country.

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That was a pretty short concert, not surprising perhaps

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If it weren't for the Russians, this beautiful place would still be

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under the control of Islamic State and they might well be using it

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All the same, there's bound to be criticism that the Russians have

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been using this for their own propaganda purposes.

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It has been a small group of Syrian soldiers here, a larger group

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of Syrian civilians, but the largest number

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in the audience were Russian soldiers.

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So this was a Russian triumph in a Russian city,

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and afterwards it seemed clear why the whole thing had been

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From the early morning, when the orchestra and the foreign

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journalists made the five-hour journey by road from the coast,

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the escort of Russian armoured vehicles and Russian helicopters

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The extraordinary scenes there in Palmyra. There's an air strike on a

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refugee camp in northern Syria, surreal contrast, five years into

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this conflict? This is Syria five years on. It's truly surreal. This

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is emblematic of a country torn by conflict, Weibo have this moment of

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artistic and political triumph in Palmyra, and not so far away

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devastating attack on a refugee camp and tragically some of the people

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who had lived in that camp had fled Palmyra, had fled Aleppo, fleeing to

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safety only to be caught up again in this punishing war. It is also a war

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which has savagely divided the country into a dizzying array of

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groups, who are either fighting against each other or amongst each

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other and of course a war which draws in all of the original eye --

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allies and goes right up to the United States and Russia. What today

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also reminds us if this is a war which is being written with daily

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war crimes. Even war has rules and they are being violated day in, day

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out. It's a war crime to have targeted that camp. The hospital

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that was targeted recently in Aleppo, the markets, these are

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attacks on innocent civilians, on the infrastructure that is left and

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for this region that has been a major international effort going

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right up to Vladimir Putin is -- Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama to

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restore the ceasefire but this attack today will harden the

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suspicion of people that it simply won't hold. Lyse Doucet, thank you.

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Talks look set to resume next week to try to resolve a bitter dispute

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over a new contract for junior doctors in England.

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The government and the doctors' union, the British Medical

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Association, have agreed - in theory - to five days

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of negotiations, during which plans to impose the contract

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and the threat of industrial action will be put on hold.

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If the talks go ahead, it will be the first time the two sides

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It's been a long and bitter dispute with junior doctors

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staging strikes in England, and both sides far apart.

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Whatever their differences with me, whatever their differences

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with the Government, think about patients.

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But now, after a plan put forward by leaders

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of medical royal colleges, there is the prospect of talks.

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We are willing to do what it takes to settle this very,

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very difficult dispute but we are absolutely clear

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that we have a manifesto commitment to deliver a seven-day NHS.

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That was a very different tone from earlier in the day,

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when the Government said it was too late to change the process

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of bringing in a new employment contract.

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Ministers, it seems, looked again at the talks proposal

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Until now, the Government has said it is committed

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The BMA said that wasn't acceptable and was threatening more strikes.

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Under the new plan, both sides would pause their action for five

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The Government wants these to focus on unsocial hours payments

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The BMA wants to include wider working conditions and see

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There are so many issues in the contract that need resolving.

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The important thing is to try and get round the table and talk.

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The Government refused to talk since February and we have

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continually said solutions need to be found.

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After thousands of cancelled operations because of the strikes,

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NHS managers around England are highly relieved there is now

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the prospect of negotiations which could lead to a settlement.

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Junior doctors continuing their protest at the Department of Health

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We were all feeling very frustrated about the impasse.

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This is a really positive development.

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I think it creates a safe space for the right conversations

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to happen that might get us out of this dispute.

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How confident are you that it can be resolved over these five days?

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One source close to the process made clear it was not a done deal that

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talks would definitely begin on Monday.

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Work has to be done on the precise agenda and exactly what the scope

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That said, there is a feeling tonight that the chances of finding

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a way out of this dispute are better than they were.

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A former South Yorkshire Police press officer says she was asked

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to work as a spin doctor during the recent

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Hayley Court claims that she was expected to persuade

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journalists to put the force in a better light -

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and says the police strategy was to blame others,

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Our correspondent Judith Moritz reports.

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Hillsborough continues to haunt South Yorkshire Police.

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The force apologised publicly before the recent inquests

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into the disaster began but tonight there are new claims that it

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tried to twist the truth during the hearings,

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Hayley Court was paid a salary of more than ?50,000 to advise

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South Yorkshire Police on its communications,

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but she says she was expected to work as a spin doctor,

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After the fourth time of being told that I was to get the media together

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and effectively tell them what to write, I felt not only did

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I have a completely impossible job but it was so wholly unethical

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I couldn't be part of it any more and I just felt trapped.

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It seemed to me it was more about how we could share the blame.

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If South Yorkshire Police was going to be found partly

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responsible for what happened, then all the other interested

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parties should be found partly responsible as well,

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and if that meant perpetuating the comments about fans being drunk,

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if that meant perpetuating comments about fans forcing gates, then

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The conduct of South Yorkshire Police during the inquests has

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It led to the suspension of the Chief Constable,

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David Crompton, who was blamed for an erosion of trust.

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We asked South Yorkshire Police a series of questions

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about Hayley Court's claims, including whether she was employed

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to spin lines coming out of the inquests.

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They didn't specifically answer that point but they did say,

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when she'd raised concerns about suggested unethical

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practices, they hadn't been substantiated at the time.

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If you described a new fact every day about Hillsborough...

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Julie Fallon lost her brother, Andrew Sefton, at Hillsborough.

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She says she's unsurprised by the new claims.

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The police had apologised previously and that apology was supposed

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to underpin the further movement of the inquests.

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That was supposed to be how we were moving forward,

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and now, of course, this kind of explains a lot of the stance that

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actually was felt in the court by the families.

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There has also been criticism from within the police community.

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Perhaps now is a great opportunity for policing

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to step forward, to say, yes, people can talk out

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against the police, people can talk out about their organisation,

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they will be listened to and, as a consequence,

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Some of the Hillsborough families are going to meet the Home Secretary

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to talk about South Yorkshire Police.

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They say they want assurances that, in future, public bodies will act

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A brief look at some of the day's other news stories.

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A British registered car - driven by suspected people smugglers -

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crashed on a motorway in northern France this morning whilst

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Shots were fired and four people in the car were seriously injured.

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The Turkish prime minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, says he's

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resigning, after disagreeing with the country's powerful

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Mr Davutoglu had wavered in his support for the president's

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move to boost his powers by changing the constitution.

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BBC News understands the Ministry of Justice is to take over

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a troubled young offenders' unit in Kent, which has been

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at the centre of serious allegations that staff assaulted children.

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Ministers commissioned an independent investigation

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into the Medway centre, which is run by the private company,

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G4S, after undercover filming by the BBC's Panorama programme.

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Wildfires are continuing to spread in western Canada, where almost

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90,000 people have been forced to flee their homes.

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The fires, which have been burning for three days now,

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have engulfed an area of more than 300 square miles

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The city of Fort McMurray has been abandoned - a number

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of neighbourhoods have been razed to the ground.

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More than 1,000 fire fighters are desperately trying to get

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James Cook is following events just south of the city,

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In the car, a mother, father and child are

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The people of Fort McMurray had just minutes to abandon

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For most residents this was the only road out -

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When you consider what needed to be done to convince people to get

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in their vehicles and start driving south, and then of course

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the absolutely understandable stress that would occur when you get

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on the road and find that you can't move,

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I mean these are scary stories and everyone would be scared

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But I think the public officials and emergency responders have

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It was a sudden change in the wind which swept the huge

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I looked up and basically it's raining ash you know your eyes

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are burning, you know it's time to pack up and leave.

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As the city smoulders the full extent of the damage

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The fire started in the forest outside the city.

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How is not clear but it is still burning, spreading south,

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forcing the evacuation of more towns.

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You don't know what's burned and not burned,

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Now you're sitting here and all you see is red flames.

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As we headed south more helicopters flew in to join

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And this fire is still far from over.

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You can see just to the right of this white car here a black plume

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of smoke and an ambulance just moving up the road here,

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as police advise the media and everyone else in this area

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to get out, because the blaze is moving towards us.

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This fire is now covering more than 300 square miles and behind it

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James Cook, BBC News, outside Fort McMurray.

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Polls have just closed in elections across the UK,

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with voters taking part in the largest test of political

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opinion since Jeremy Corbyn became Labour leader.

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Elections have been held for the Scottish Parliament,

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the devolved assemblies in Wales and Northern Ireland, and more

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Police and Crime Commissioners are also being elected

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in England and Wales, and four cities have held mayoral

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Jeremy Vine is in the BBC's Election Night studio for us

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tonight, with this assessment of what to watch out

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Thank you. An absolute torrent of information coming our way. Some

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quite simple questions to ask. We start with the Welsh assembly. Can

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Labour continue their domination of Wales through these strongholds in

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the south areas around Swansea and Cardiff? Who comes second, the

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Conservatives or Plaid Cymru? Do Ukip get their first seat in the

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Welsh assembly? To Scotland, and the result in 2011. It was a storming

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victory for the SNP, 69 seats, an overall majority, covering the map

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in yellow. Labour a distant second. Now there is the question of whether

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they could be pushed into third place, and maybe the SNP's yellow

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starts to push back every bit of Labour red until there is nothing

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left. Their mayoral elections. Overnight, we think we will get a

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result from Liverpool. There is also an election for a mayor in Salford,

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Bristol and London. The London mayor is the person with the single

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biggest direct vote in British politics, so that is a crucial

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contest. Maybe if Labour win in London, it might offset losses

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elsewhere. There are 124 councils up for grabs. Councillors are being

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elected up and down the country. Let's look at yourself. Labour,

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places like Exeter, which they hold. This bit of red is Southampton, just

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next to Eastleigh on the south coast. Hastings and Stevenage and

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hollow. In order to have a hope in 2011 at the general election, Labour

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need to be spreading their influence in the south. -- a hope in 2020. And

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to see if the Conservatives start to be punished for their row over the

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European referendum. Let's go back to 2008 and see what happened. This

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gives some context. Gordon Brown was Labour leader. He came third behind

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the Liberal Democrats. It was a terrible result for them. In 2012,

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Ed Miliband got 38% of the vote, a good result for Labour, and it is

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important because 2012 was the last year in which the council seats we

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are looking at night were contested, so Labour have to do as well as that

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again. Come to the end of the graft and you will see the picture in the

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general election, the Conservatives leading Labour and Ukip in third. We

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wait to see if that was the lay of the land after these results. Lots

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of stories, lots of elections, but some simple questions.

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In a moment, we'll speak to our Political Editor, Laura Kuenssberg.

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First, we can hear from our teams in Glasgow, Cardiff and Belfast,

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starting with our Scotland Editor, Sarah Smith.

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I am at the stadium where they are about to start counting the Glasgow

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constituencies and where Labour are very nervous about what could be a

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very bad night for them across Scotland. They know they will lose

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some seats, but how many, and could they be pushed into third place by

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the Tories? That might be unlikely but the fact we are even talking

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about it shows how dire things are for Labour in Scotland. By contrast,

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the SNP are pretty confident they will be returned to government but

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they have been riding so high in the polls that they are a bit anxious

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their supporters might take a victory for granted and haven't

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voted or given their support to other yes parties like the Greens.

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Now to Cardiff. The expectation is that, by tomorrow, Labour will again

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be the largest party in the National Assembly at Cardiff. The real

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question is how low they will go. Five years ago, they took 30 of 60

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seats. This time, that could go down to 27, 26, which would mean they

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will have to start doing deals with their opponents to get policies

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through. Plaid Cymru are vying with the Welsh Tories to be the

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second-largest party. The Lib Dems are fighting for survival. Maybe

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just one or two seats. Ukip are insurgent party, going from zero to

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maybe as many as eight, giving them an official power within the UK

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electoral system. What about Northern Ireland? WAGs account here

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doesn't begin until tomorrow morning. The count here. It is

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likely to be until Saturday before we know what the count looks like.

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Most people are not predicting big changes. They expect the UUP to be

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the biggest party and Sinn Fein to be second. What is perhaps more

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intriguing is what happens after all 108 MLAs are elected. -- they expect

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the DUP to be the biggest party. At that point, they are expected to

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agree a programme of government in the next two weeks. That will be a

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challenge because in many cases they don't agree on key issues. It is

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only a matter of months since Stormont itself and the future of

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our shaking -- power-sharing looked shaky, so these parties have to work

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together to prove they can work together.

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Our Political Editor, Laura Kuenssberg, is in the BBC

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An interesting night the head and a lot at stake. Certainly, it is

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almost like an a to Z of elections, almost every kind you can think of.

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A complicated set of results, but they matter because we are all being

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asked one simple question, to give our verdicts on the big political

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parties and the government and to pass judgment on how they have been

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doing since the general election last year. Of course, voters in

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every corner of the country will have been choosing their decisions

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on all sorts of different local, regional and national factors, but

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the big picture matters. Tonight, the Conservatives are pretty relaxed

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about the effect of results we are expecting. Frankly, they are more

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focused on the European referendum that is coming in less than two

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months. The real nerves tonight are at the Labour Party headquarters.

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This is a huge moment for Jeremy Corbyn's leadership. The nine months

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of it which have seen such turmoil. It is the first time that the

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general public, rather than the Labour Party membership itself, is

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being asked to give their opinion on the party under his leadership. It

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has been difficult since he has been in charge. They are confident

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tonight they will be able to take London City Hall from the

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Conservatives, but elsewhere around the country, whether in Scotland or

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in the local elections in England, from talking to people who have been

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out on the stump, talking to voters on the doorstep, trying to get them

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to choose Labour, it sounds like it might be a great night for them, at

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a time when Mr Corbyn's leadership is already under real pressure.

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We'll have full coverage as the results come

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in from across the UK here on BBC News.

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have a special programme on BBC One as the votes are counted,

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and there'll be more reaction and analysis on the BBC News Channel

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The former boss of the department store BHS,

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a stinging letter to the chairs of two parliamentary committees,

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criticising them for public attacks on him and his reputation.

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-- he says he wants to correct misleading reports over what

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happened. BHS went into administration last

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Monday, with a black hole in its pension fund

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of over ?500 million. With me now is our Business

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Editor, Simon Jack. He made his comments in a letter to

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the chairs of two Parliamentary committees. You react very angrily

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to comments by Frank Field, who says he should be stripped of his

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knighthood unless he plugged the pension gap. Frank Field isn't just

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any old MP, he is the chair of the DWP select committee. They will be

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hearing evidence, along with another committee, from Sir Philip Green. In

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the letter, he says, these statements suggest you leaping to

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conclusions before any evidence has been heard. I spoke to Frank Field

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and he says he is voicing what public opinion is. Sir Philip says

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this makes it a kangaroo court. Neutrals say that the thing is is

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that this will create more heat than light when this comes to the

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Parliamentary committee and we need some cold, hard analytical answers

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to some questions. What was already going to be a box of this affair, it

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looks like the temperature is being turned up. -- a box office affair.

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Football, and Liverpool are through to the Europa League final.

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They beat the Spanish side Villarreal at Anfield.

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Would it be another one of those nights? Anfield have inspired some

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spine tingling comebacks over the years, and Liverpool needed another.

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1-0 down after the first leg and it will soon very nearly two, only

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Simon Mignolet's acrobatics denying Villarreal. That seemed to stir the

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hosts. Moments later, the breakthrough, not exactly a thing of

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beauty, an own goal by Bruno, but neither the Liverpool players nor

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their fans seemed to mind. 1-1 on aggregate and, come the second half,

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it got better, as Daniel Sturridge, with a bit of help from the

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woodwork, sent Anfield into euphoria. That is what it meant and,

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with ten minutes left, any lingering doubts were finished off by Adam

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Lallana. Liverpool into the final, where they will face champions

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Sevilla. A comeback kings have done it again on a night of emotion and

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elation. Now let's join Huw Edwards

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in the BBC Election Night studio with a look ahead

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to tonight's results programme. We will be here from 11:45pm and we

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will be carrying on through the night. After all, it is the biggest

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test of electoral opinion across the UK before the next general election.

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We will have results from the Scottish parliament, the assemblies

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in Wales and Northern Ireland, more than 100 local councils in England

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and city mayors including the London mayor. Viewers in Scotland and Wales

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will have their own coverage and we should get some early results before

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midnight. Election coverage for viewers

:30:29.:30:29.

in Scotland and Wales

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