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After weeks of delay, the Government has

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approved the building of a new nuclear power plant,

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At a cost of ?18 billion, supporters say it's vital

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It will provide 7% of the UK's energy needs, giving secure

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electricity to 6 million homes for 60 years.

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France, and controversially China, are providing the money

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for Hinkley C, with Beijing cleared to build another nuclear

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The Government has primary responsibility to safeguard

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our national security, but neither the Secretary of State,

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nor the Prime Minister have ever been clear about what they consider

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The Government says safeguards are in place to protect

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We'll be analysing whether the Hinkley deal is a good one

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Full downstairs with over a ward of patients.

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We need to get those patients moved as soon as possible.

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How the crisis in social care in England has led to a massive

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rise in those unable to leave hospital.

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We speak to one patient who's been waiting 72 days to go home.

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I have to say it's great to be back on the campaign trail.

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Hillary Clinton is back on the Presidential campaign

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trail, after collapsing with pneumonia last week..

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The Government says the BBC must reveal the names of any staff

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earning more than ?150,000, as part of the renewal

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And the journey of one Syrian refugee.

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How this 15-year-old is building a new life in Germany.

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And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News:

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Manchester United suffer their second defeat in a week

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- beaten in their first Europa League group stage appearance

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Britain is to get its first new nuclear power plant in 20 years.

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The Government has finalised a deal for the building

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of Hinkley C in Somerset, with the French company EDF,

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and billions of pounds of investment from China.

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The Prime Minister, Theresa May, was expected to agree the deal

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two months ago, but ordered a review on security

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The Government says it will now impose safeguards

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for future foreign investment in infrastructure projects.

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But Labour says the measures are 'window-dressing'.

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Here's our political editor Laura Kuenssberg.

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Were they really going to stop the engines?

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And give up on years of preparation, chuck away millions already spent?

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Statement, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy

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Ministers did pause, but are now pressing go.

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Hinkley unleashes a long overdue new wave of investment in nuclear

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engineering in the UK, creating 26,000 jobs

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and apprenticeships, providing a huge

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Under the ?18 billion deal, the new reactor should

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The Chinese plan to build another new nuclear plant

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The Government will take a special share in that and any future

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That will give them some more control over

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The deal was first signed last year, amid a welcome for the Chinese

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leader, that could hardly have been more lavish.

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There were nerves around Westminster about the huge cost,

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security and the environment, but Chinese involvement

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in new nuclear projects was applauded at the top.

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But with a change of the boss, a change of heart, and to Chinese

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fury, one of Theresa May's first acts was to delay the decision

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Mr Speaker, the Government created a commercial crisis,

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they sent shock waves through the industry and unions

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alike, they risked a diplomatic dispute with one of our key future

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trading partners, and in the end all they have done is pretend

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to give themselves powers which they already possessed.

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Ministers say there will be an important new framework to check

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up on all big projects - the hope Hinkley will help keep

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the lights on at Big Ben and everywhere else.

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The risk is controversial and expensive.

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When Theresa May moved into Number Ten, the National Security Council

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had already reviewed the deal, the terms had already been agreed.

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Those close at that stage tell me there is no fundamental difference

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But imagine she had gone ahead straightaway.

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The brand-new Prime Minister would have been waving through one

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of the most controversial deals in history, barely

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There is no difference, and one has to wonder that Britain's

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paid a very high diplomatic price and potentially a price

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Now there is official go ahead, the next stage

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But no project like this has been completed before.

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All the fuss, all the political hopes for Hinkley

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The boss of the French energy firm, EDF, which will build the new plant,

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says the deal is a big boost for the UK and "great news"

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Here's our business editor, Simon Jack.

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Off the drawing board and into reality.

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Today was heralded as the renaissance of UK nuclear

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but in truth it's been a protracted and difficult rebirth.

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But one to be celebrated, according to its proud French parent.

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It is a great boost for the UK industry and it is a great step

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It is not just good news for the French builders

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the benefits of this project will be felt in the economy

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We are really pleased about the jobs which were promised,

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over 25,000 over its lifetime, 500 new apprentices, and,

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We are really pleased about the jobs which were promised,

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over 25,000 over its lifetime, 500 new apprentices, and,

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of course, plenty of jobs within the supply chain.

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Similar projects in France and Finland have run billions over

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budget and years over schedule - risks the builders will bear

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We are really pleased about the jobs which were promised,

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Similar projects in France and Finland have run billions over

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budget and years over schedule - risks the builders will bear

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in return for potentially large rewards went built.

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The Government clearly feels the political and economic case

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But does that make it, in itself, a good idea?

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Now if it's delivered on budget, it'll cost that figure

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of ?18 billion you've heard, making it the most expensive

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The good news is that EDF and their Chinese partners

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are paying that cost upfront, but only because the Government has

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agreed to guarantee them a price of ?92.50 per unit of that

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That compared to the current price of just ?43.

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Now, depending on the electricity prices at any one time,

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that equates to a subsidy of between ?10 to ?20 per household

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When complete, it'll contribute to 7% of the UK's total electricity

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needs but that is not enough to convince

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Well what we need to be doing now is investing in the renewables,

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in wind, which is already available, off-shore wind is cheaper

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We need to invest in solar, so people can have this

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on the roofs of their houses, put that together with batteries

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and they could be getting revenues as well as bills.

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But when the wind doesn't blow and the sun doesn't shine

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you have a problem, which can lead to shortfalls like yesterday,

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when a sudden demand surge saw prices rocket to twice

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the price of electricity produced by Hinkley.

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The UK energy price spike has drawn attention to how narrow our supply

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That's the reason behind the Government's thinking

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If you thought Hinkley was controversial, wait

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China expects to be rewarded for its support of this project,

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with a contract to design, build and operate it's very

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It's thought the Chinese will submit plans to build that nuclear plant,

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But some have questioned whether Beijing should be able

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to play such a big role in a critical part of UK

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infrastructure, even with Government safeguards.

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Here's our China editor, Carrie Gracie.

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For China, today is less about Hinkley Point and more about Brad

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well. The go ahead for the Somerset plant embeds China in future UK

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energy plans and means that a state-owned Chinese company will be

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building critical national infrastructure, here in Essex. The

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Chinese side would say it's been a long time coming. Three years ago,

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an eager Chancellor was impressed by the scale and speed of China's

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nuclear roll-out and soon invited Beijing to invest and bid for

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contracts in the UK. They are going to use the deal as a stepping stone

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to achieve major foothold in the European market and you get into

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demand sectors like nuclear, it is a major success for the Chinese. China

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will now begin the long process of getting its nuclear reactor approved

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in the UK and then it'll build it here in Essex T wants Bradwell to be

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its nuclear showcase to the world and with this deal, the UK is

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forging closer ties with China, just at the moment when other major

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Western powers are becoming more cautious in their dealings with

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Beijing. The United States, for example, diplomatic niceties aside,

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Washington has accused the UK's new Chinese partner of stealing US

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nuclear technology and Australia's just rejected a Chinese extra bid on

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national security grounds. Britain is now committed to going much

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further than its Allies and neighbours, to secure Chinese

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investment. It brings up all kinds of questions when you are dealing

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with the Chinese. I know that a company here in the United States

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work with the Chinese and as a result every scrap of information,

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every iota of technical information on all of their designs went, gone,

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went to China. Bradwell, the symbol of mu actual

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trust between Beijing and London - mutual trust. They'll now want to

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put a bruising seven weeks behind them and get back to the language of

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win-win deals to come. Expect talk of a free trade deal for a

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post-Brexit British economy, and a Chinese role in other piece of key

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UK infrastructure, high speed rail. The Government took close to two

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months to review the deal. Was it ever really in doubt? I think it

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didn't feel it was inevitable when the Prime Minister slammed the

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brakes on at the end of July. It was a shock to a lot of people,

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especially after the really visible enthusiasm of the previous

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administration but when you talk to Theresa May's team they are deadly

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serious about this. They say they were quite surprised the checks and

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balances hadn't been more thorough on this deal, those that had been

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put in place. They were very clear - Theresa May was not going to be

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rushed, she very determinedly wanted tolike at this again and take her

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time over T when you look at the big picture, to back out two would been

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a serious two fingers up not just to the Chinese, but also to France, at

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a time when the UK needs friends because we are embarking on the

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process of leaving the EU. It would have been a real alarm for the

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business community from a new Government, not necessarily because

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there weren't alternatives but a question of trust, the deal had been

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agreed and politically, to tear up this part of David Cameron and

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George Osborne's legacy, would have been an enormous political statement

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for the new Prime Minister, who, afterall, sat around the same

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Cabinet table as them. So maybe it wasn't quite inevitable, but I do

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think that the Government was looking for a way it make this

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happen, rather than looking for a way out. OK, many thanks.

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The shocking impact on the health service in England, of a crisis

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in social care provision, has been laid bare today.

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New figures show a rapid rise in the numbers of people

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unable to leave hospital, because of problems

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It's costing the NHS ?820 million a year and putting

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hospitals under huge strain - as our social affairs correspondent

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found out in Liverpool and, a warning, there are some

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It's nine o'clock in the morning and the Royal Liverpool Hospital

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In accident and emergency, patients needing immediate treatment

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At the minute, the A department is full.

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Each of these red dots represent someone who has been waiting

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for more than four hours, breaching government targets.

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One patient has been here 18 hours, ready to be moved to a ward.

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There is no capacity, we are actually overflowing in A

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You must be really frustrated with that?

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We need to get those patients moved as soon as possible.

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Upstairs, senior staff are trying to free up beds

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for the new patients needing operations or emergency treatment.

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There is no trolley space in resuss and we have

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two patients waiting in the corridor at the moment.

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Have we got any patients identified who can be moved?

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Yes, there are about three or four, we have nowhere to move them out to.

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They have more than 100 patients who are ready to leave hospital,

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but can't because there are delays in getting home care, residential

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The surgery cannot start until we have identified a bed

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for someone to return to after theatre.

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86-year-old Derek Chin is one of the patients who will go

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He has been on the specialist stroke ward whilst waiting

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This was the only bed available for doctors,

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even though he had a fall, not a stroke.

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Essentially, it is a very expensive residential home bed.

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He isn't the problem, it is our system preventing us

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from discharging people appropriately, which means

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for the acute patients who have the need for these beds,

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are being delayed downstairs in the accident and emergency department.

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On another ward, Camille has been waiting 72 days to leave hospital,

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but the council is struggling to find a care provider who can support

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They should do more to get people back into the community.

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These are the pressures being felt in an increasing number of hospitals

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More and more cuts are expected from us...

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The man who runs social care in the city says

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they are struggling with budget cuts and staff shortages.

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We are seeing more people in high demand is because of their health.

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People are living longer which is great, we celebrate it,

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but we don't have the services out there to cope with the number.

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This sounds like a system at breaking point?

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Yes, and that is what keeps me awake at night.

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The government says it is making significantly more money available

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to social care to ensure affordable, dignified support.

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It is five o'clock and back at A at the Royal,

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there is no letup in patients needing help but for this time

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For a short period of time they had to divert ambulances

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They have nine people on trolleys in corridors and there

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are no resuscitation beds available at the moment.

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Upstairs in a meeting, the implications of that are clear.

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The emergency department is now on the highest level of alert.

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It means, as they head into the evening, they will begin

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the search for people who can be sent home safely all over again.

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And you can find out the cost of care in your area,

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wherever you live in the UK, by using the BBC's online guide.

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Enter your postcode, local council name,

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or Northern Ireland health board, and discover the cost

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of an hour of homecare and information about

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Let's take a brief look at some of the day's other top stories now.

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Police are investigating the deaths of a woman and her nephew in London,

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They died at a flat in East Finchley.

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The family of the victims, named locally as Anny Ekofo,

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who was 52, and her nephew, Bervil, may have been the victims

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Five police officers face possible dismissal over the way they dealt

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with a man who'd broken his neck following an incident

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Julian Cole who's 23, broke his neck outside a nightclub

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Prosecutors are deciding whether to go to court

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following an investigation by the police watchdog, the IPCC.

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The Bank of England says the short-term economic impact

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of Brexit isn't as bad as first feared.

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It's predicting growth for the third quarter of this year

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Our economics editor Kamal Ahmed is in the City for us tonight.

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This seems to mark a significant change in tone on the part of the

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Bank of England? I think you are absolutely right. The Bank of

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England, a definite change of tone from the rather gloomy assessment it

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made post the referendum vote in August. It is responding to a whole

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list of new figures which really show that the impact of the vote is

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not as bad as expected. Employment figures are strong. Consumer

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confidence is up. House prices haven't collapsed. Retail sales are

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strong. After the vote the Bank of England cut interest rates to a

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record low which boosted consumer confidence. We are still in the

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European Union, paradoxically with a weaker currency. It is very good for

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exports and that is another boost for the economy. There is a degree

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of political stability and certainly warmer noises from the UK Government

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about wanting a good trade deal with the European Union. That settled

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some business fears. If this confidence going to continue into

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2017? They're the bank is much more cautious. It says there is some

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evidence of importation costs growing. It is keeping in its back

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pocket, the opportunity or the decision to reduce interest rates

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again if the economic data takes a turn for the worst. Thank you.

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Hillary Clinton is back campaigning tonight in her run

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for the White House, after collapsing at a 9/11 memorial

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The Democratic candidate told supporters that it was great to be

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back. Meanwhile, her Republican rival,

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Donald Trump, has released details of his health, as our North America

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editor Jon Sopel reports. Hillary Clinton is up

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and running again - That's big progress from last

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Sunday when she collapsed It was later revealed

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she was suffering from pneumonia. First campaign stop,

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Greensboro, North Carolina. And to the strains of I Feel Good,

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she took to the stage. I have to say it's great to be back

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on the campaign trail! I recently had a cough that turned

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out to be pneumonia! I tried to power through it but even

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I had to admit a few days Her supporters, it seemed,

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couldn't have been less The only thing I worry about,

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she may have been working too hard! Are you concerned about

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her health? I think she's a great example

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for all women, especially young women who want to get

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into politics like me. Women push through and

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work through sickness. Today, Donald Trump's physician

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released a letter with some of his medical history,

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and most recent test results. And last night in Ohio,

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he appeared magnanimous In all fairness, she's lying in bed

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getting better and we want her better, we want

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her back on the trail. But as you might expect,

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limits to that magnanimity... You think Hillary would be

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able to stand up here Hillary Clinton has not been

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on stage for an hour but she's come through this unscathed,

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54 days till polling and next stop - The person with all the momentum

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at the moment is Donald Trump. The UN has made a fresh

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appeal to President Assad, to allow aid convoys

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into the northern city of Aleppo, where nearly 300,000 people are said

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to be in desperate need. Many more have fled the fighting

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there, which has been going on for four years,

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and among them, 15-year-old Nujeen Mustafa in a wheelchair,

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made the perilous journey to Europe. Our special correspondent,

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Fergal Keane met her exactly a year ago, at a border

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crossing in Hungary. She's now settled in Germany,

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and he's been back to meet her. 2000 miles from Aleppo and the war,

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Nujeen Mustafa has a new life. On her way to school,

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speaking fluent German, This is Nujeen a year

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after arriving on European shores. It was a journey made by thousands,

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but for a girl in a wheelchair, You should fight to get

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what you want in this world so, yes, Age 16 she taught herself English

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by watching soap operas I would love to be in

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astronaut and go out and see Nujeen's journey has crossed

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the borders of nations As I said, I am

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stronger than I look. The new Nujeen is just

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like any other person. She wakes up early,

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she goes to school, she is a hard-working pupil,

:25:14.:25:16.

I hope. But this is not a story

:25:17.:25:20.

with an uncomplicated happy ending. Resentment of migration

:25:21.:25:38.

is growing in Germany. In Cologne, young migrant men

:25:39.:25:41.

were blamed for a wave of With over a million migrants

:25:42.:25:44.

and refugees arriving in the last year, the far right

:25:45.:25:51.

has gained politically. It would refuse entry

:25:52.:25:54.

to people like Nujeen. The refugee policies

:25:55.:25:58.

of Angela Merkel were wrong I would have catered for let's say

:25:59.:26:00.

Syrians in the region, in Lebanon, That would have been cheaper

:26:01.:26:06.

and you would have been able But like many Syrians,

:26:07.:26:11.

Nujeen longs for home. Here she is in Aleppo

:26:12.:26:15.

before the war. She wanted to send

:26:16.:26:19.

a message to Syria. And don't worry, you are just

:26:20.:26:26.

really, really sick. But I am sure you are going to get

:26:27.:26:37.

better, and when you do, Fergal Keane, BBC News,

:26:38.:26:41.

Cologne. The BBC is being asked to name

:26:42.:26:56.

all its presenters and staff, It's part of the renewal

:26:57.:26:59.

of the corporation's Royal Charter, the document which sets out how it

:27:00.:27:05.

should be run, Our home editor Mark Easton's report

:27:06.:27:07.

contains some flashing images. Fascination with celebrities,

:27:08.:27:16.

what people earn and demand for accountability have

:27:17.:27:19.

combined to open the seal There are top names

:27:20.:27:21.

like Gary Lineker, chat show host Graham Norton,

:27:22.:27:27.

and Strictly stars like to pocket hundreds

:27:28.:27:29.

of thousands year. But now, after a change

:27:30.:27:35.

of government thinking, scores of journalists and presenters

:27:36.:27:38.

will have their salaries published. Theresa May, who has long

:27:39.:27:48.

had a reputation for transparency in public life,

:27:49.:27:50.

is insisting that everyone at the BBC who earns more

:27:51.:27:52.

than ?150,000 a year The new government says the public

:27:53.:27:54.

has a right to know. My concern is that these

:27:55.:27:59.

proposals won't help. They are not in the best interests

:28:00.:28:01.

of our audiences. We operate in a highly competitive

:28:02.:28:05.

market as was reinforced this week, Programmes like the Great British

:28:06.:28:08.

Bake Off, just acquired by Channel 4 which outbid the BBC,

:28:09.:28:15.

will be even more difficult for the Corporation to hold

:28:16.:28:18.

onto, it is suggested. The Government though

:28:19.:28:21.

says the new charter The BBC is one of this country's

:28:22.:28:23.

greatest achievements These reforms ensure it

:28:24.:28:28.

will continue to be cherished at home and abroad for many

:28:29.:28:34.

years to come. The licence fee, part of British

:28:35.:28:41.

life since the 1920s, will now The biggest change is to the way

:28:42.:28:45.

the BBC is governed. The independent BBC Trust

:28:46.:28:53.

is abolished, and replaced by a new BBC unitary

:28:54.:28:56.

board of 14 people - five including the chair,

:28:57.:28:59.

appointed by the Government. Five independent appointees

:29:00.:29:03.

and four BBC executives. The government don't want to be seen

:29:04.:29:08.

to be running the BBC, in control of the media,

:29:09.:29:11.

but they do want their hands around the BBC's neck every now and again,

:29:12.:29:14.

just because they can't resist it. There may be anxieties

:29:15.:29:17.

about independence and salaries, but many in broadcasting

:29:18.:29:19.

and would probably agree that the new charter is largely

:29:20.:29:21.

a BBC continuity announcement. Mark Easton, BBC News,

:29:22.:29:25.

Broadcasting House. It's been another triumphant day

:29:26.:29:30.

for Britain's Paralympians in Rio, with golds for canoeists

:29:31.:29:32.

Jeanette Chippington, There was also victory in equestrian

:29:33.:29:35.

events, as British athletes passed With all of today's action,

:29:36.:29:41.

here's our sports correspondent Proof that the best things really do

:29:42.:30:00.

come to those who wait. 20 years ago, Jeanette Chippington was

:30:01.:30:04.

winning Paralympic gold as a swimmer before she retired and became an

:30:05.:30:08.

instructor. Now in her 40s, a comeback as a canoeist produced a

:30:09.:30:16.

result. Afterwards she admitted she'd

:30:17.:30:20.

never set out to achieve I said right from the start, I don't

:30:21.:30:22.

want to get into elite sport again. Before I knew it, I was training

:30:23.:30:26.

twice a day, every day. Four years later, here I am

:30:27.:30:31.

with a gold medal. For the British fans at the lake,

:30:32.:30:33.

it was the start of a magical hour. Next, victory for an

:30:34.:30:37.

ecstatic Emma Wiggs. Before Anne Dickins completed

:30:38.:30:38.

a golden hat-trick. Dickins was a volunteer

:30:39.:30:40.

at London 2012. At the dressage, another

:30:41.:31:01.

celebration. Sophie Christiansen who has cerebral palsy won gold with a

:31:02.:31:08.

flawless display. And 67-year-old and done, Britain's oldest

:31:09.:31:12.

competitor took silver. There was also gold for Natasha Baker,

:31:13.:31:18.

performing for the final time on Cabral, the horse she calls her soul

:31:19.:31:27.

mate. It was highly emotional. Elsewhere, in the doubles final of

:31:28.:31:31.

the wheelchair tennis, Gordon Reed and Alfie Hewett are battling for

:31:32.:31:35.

gold, but they will have to do it the hard way, after losing the first

:31:36.:31:41.

set. Yes, that tennis final is still going on, but that has been

:31:42.:31:44.

disappointment in the athletics for wheelchair racer David Weir. He

:31:45.:31:51.

could only finish sixth in the 800 metres and afterwards he announced

:31:52.:31:55.

that he will retire after the London Marathon next year, Clive.

:31:56.:31:56.

Thank you. And before we go, while we've

:31:57.:32:00.

been on air, the winner of the 2016 Mercury Music Price

:32:01.:32:02.

has been announced. The judges chose Konnichawa -

:32:03.:32:10.

the fourth album by the London

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