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Tonight at Ten, after decades of debate, a Government decision

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to expand Heathrow Airport by building a third runway.

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The decision is highly controversial but ministers say it's right for the

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economy and proves that the UK is open for business.

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We believe a third runway for Heathrow is the best

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It's going to create better connectivity to the different

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regions of the United Kingdom and to provide the best

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But there's strong opposition to the plans, with some ministers

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declaring that the third runway will never happen.

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I think that Heathrow in the long-term is not in the right

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place and I'm afraid a third runway is undeliverable.

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For the people of Harmondsworth, near Heathrow, it's what they'd been

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dreading, but they say they'll fight the plans all the way.

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And one Conservative MP has resigned in protest,

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a special report with Iraqi troops on the verge of entering the city.

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Until today, the ground I'm standing on used to be

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part of a self-declared Islamic caliphate.

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This is now the front line in the battle against IS.

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In Calais, work starts on dismantling the migrant camp.

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4,000 people have now been moved out.

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Care providers are warning that councils are not paying enough

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towards the cost of caring for the elderly at home.

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The winner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize for fiction is...

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The Sellout. And for the first time an American author wins the Man

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Booker Prize for fiction. We round up the fourth

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round of the EFL Cup, including an all Premier League

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clash at Anfield where Daniel Sturridge gave Liverpool

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the lead against Spurs. After decades of debate,

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Government approval has finally been given for a third runway

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at London's Heathrow Airport. Ministers said the decision proved

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that the UK was open for business. But other ministers disagreed,

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including the Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, who said

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it was simply not deliverable. Business leaders have

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expressed strong support, saying that construction will create

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thousands of jobs. But, as our business editor

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Simon Jack reports, many in communities near Heathrow

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are determined to oppose the scheme because of concerns about noise

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levels and air pollution. Heathrow, full to bursting, is to

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have a controversial extension. After years of delay,

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the Government has decided The decision we've reached

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today is so important Not just to tackle the immediate

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shortage of airport capacity, but to set our country on a course

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to even greater prosperity It's estimated Heathrow expansion

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will eventually create 77,000 new jobs by 2030 and boost

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the economy by ?61 billion in 60 years' time, but Heathrow's biggest

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user is worried higher fares will be That's the worry of the man who runs

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the parent company The airport has a history

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of inflating investment so that it We can't allow that to happen

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going forward, so it If airport charges increase

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and fares rise as a result of that, the economic argument for Heathrow

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will be significantly undermined. And will the economic glow really

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spread to the rest of the UK? Politicians and business owners

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in Scotland are optimistic. Being able to bring more people

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to Scotland, to Glasgow Airport, to Edinburgh Airport from Heathrow,

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it makes so much sense. It's making it easier,

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making the journey easier. Making that itinerary planning

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easier for travel agents as well, so that the choice

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can become Scotland. Now a third runway here at Heathrow

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is a long way away from being what they call 'shovel ready' -

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political planning, legal, environmental opposition

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is inevitable in the coming months, but in arriving at today's decision

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they've achieved what previous And, of course, it's not

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the only mammoth project After an initial wobble,

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Hinkley Point got the green light, HS2 is coming fast down the track

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and we may get some more spending in Now all those projects

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will have their critics, but others will see it

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as the beginning of an overdue golden age for

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infrastructure spending. Business leaders say this

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announcement sends an important message at a particularly

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sensitive post-Brexit moment. This is a real game-changer

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for the economy, not just in terms of the jobs it will create

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in the short run, but in terms of what it says about what kind

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of country we want to be, open to the world, outward facing,

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a global trading nation. I think, particularly at the moment,

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it's very important in standing for something about the kind

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of nation we want Not all costs can be measured

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in billions of pounds. This project has been stopped

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in its tracks before by environmental concerns and it

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promises to be a key rallying point Air pollution across the UK

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is damaging the health It's known to cause over 40,000

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premature deaths across the UK and this is particularly serious

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in hotspots such as can be Each of these coloured traces

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represents a flight over It's already one of the busiest and

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most complex airspaces in the world. The journey to build a third runway

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will be will be every As we heard, the Government says

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the decision proves the UK But there's intense opposition among

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communities west of London, many represented by Conservative

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MPs, including the Prime Minister's The Conservative MP

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for Richmond Park, Zac Goldsmith, has resigned in protest

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and will stand as an independent candidate in a parliamentary

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by-election as our political editor, Morning, sir.

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Is it Heathrow or Gatwick? By this morning,

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there was little doubt. Even the Downing Street cat

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would have guessed Heathrow. But after years and years and years

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of delay, ministers were ready to plump for the third runway -

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one of the most controversial Mr Speaker, this is a momentous

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step for our country. The decisions taken earlier today,

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which I shall outline But as the Education

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Secretary's face suggests... Morning, if Heathrow is chosen

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will you continue? ...not even the whole Cabinet backs

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a new third runway at Heathrow. She and the Foreign Secretary will

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be allowed to protest, politely. Are you still going to

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oppose Heathrow, Boris? I think it very likely that it

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will be stopped and I just remind you that this is not the first time

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the UK Government has publicly decided in favour of a third

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runway at Heathrow. You will recall, it was

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the Blair Government that did A few dozen other Tories

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will oppose the plan. There is, right now,

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a majority for Heathrow A devastating decision, I think,

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for the national economic interest Just what have they been

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doing all these months, apart from worrying about splits

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in the Cabinet, and the Foreign Secretary throwing himself

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in front of the bulldozers? We welcome the decision

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after what has been world leading Finally, almost ending

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what the Chamber of Commerce called the economic illiteracy of failing

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to make a decision. The former Tory MP Zac Goldsmith has

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quit his party in protest. He won his seat vowing

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to block Heathrow. He'll try to keep it

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as an independent doing the same, The sheer complexity,

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the legal risks, the costs, means that Heathrow expansion is not

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going to get off the ground. Ministers want you to think

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the decision shows Britain's open But there is a year-long

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consultation, there are no diggers No planes on that new runway

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for almost a decade, Despite the political

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and practical complications, the man in charge

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claims it will happen. We have taken a decision

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that we believe is in the interests of the whole of the United Kingdom,

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that will send a message to the world that Britain

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is open for business in the post-Brexit world,

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that will create the regional connectivity that will demonstrate

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to the whole country that we are governing for the whole

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country and we are not - Can you guarantee this is actually

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going to be built? We are not going to shy away

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from doing what is best for Britain. Yes, there'll be challenges

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on the way, but this is a decision that's been taken

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after a lengthy process. But can you guarantee that one

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day our viewers might board a plane or will board a plane

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on a new runway at Heathrow? I'm absolutely clear that's

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what's going to happen. Interesting moves from protesters

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today will be the least There'll likely be challenges

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in the court from councils, green groups, maybe even

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from rival airports. Theresa May was 11 years

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old when the first But she may have plenty of birthdays

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before the final plan Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News,

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Westminster. The Government has insisted that

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if the plan goes ahead, a ?2.6 billion compensation scheme

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will be put in place There'd be a purchase scheme

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for those losing their homes and people affected by noise

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would be offered sound insulation. The expansion plans affect

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the areas to the north Business leaders say there'd be

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a clear economic boost but, as Elaine Dunkley reports,

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people in the village of Harmondsworth have

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more immediate concerns. The village of Harmondsworth has

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been a battleground for Heathrow Today, villagers arrived to hear

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the news they were dread - a large part of Harmondsworth

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will be demolished to make Expansion will not be at any

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cost to local people, Some residents fear it could be

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the end of village life. I mean, that would be

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the saddest thing. If they pulled my house down,

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I just think I'll cry buckets. We've no promise of actually getting

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anything like what we've got. I came here based on that there

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would be no third runway. We moved here in 2010

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and David Cameron said in 2010 - no ifs, no buts,

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there will be no third runway. So, I'd be surprised if I vote

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Conservative again. The Heer family own three

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homes on this road, More than 700 homes and the village

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primary school are due to go. Around 20 people, we are on the

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same street. If we moved out, if we can't find

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places like this, all together. The airport have said

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they will offer compensation. The compensation does not matter

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for us, the family matters for us, Over in neighbouring Hounslow some

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small businesses are delighted We need expansion and it's good

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for the area, more jobs, I think it's marvellous

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news for Heathrow. I work at Heathrow and it's good

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for, you know, the jobs round here. I understand the environment

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is going to be affected in some way, but it's the jobs that

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matter most, I think. And what about that environmental

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impact? Already this school playground

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in Hounslow has shelters to reduce As plans are drawn up,

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today's decision is likely to have a huge effect on the next

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generation living near Heathrow. Live to Heathrow Airport

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and our business editor, Simon Jack. Boris Johnson was confident today

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saying this plan was undeliverable. What is your assessment of it? Well,

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as is the exactly the right question to ask, will this ever be built? We

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heard the Transport Secretary there saying absolutely, but he faces very

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stiff political xi to say from within his own party. The

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vulnerability to this may be a legal one and whether this project can

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make clear the environmental hurdles it has to. They've made assumptions

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about that, that in the years to come the actual pollution from cars

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in this area will actually go down and they're making assumptions as

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that goes down the overall area will pass those hurdles. Some people

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think those assumptions are optimistic. I spoke to Willie Walsh,

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he famously told me once he never thought it would be built in his

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lifetime. I asked him how he was feeling today, whether he thought he

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was in good health. All I will say if this does get built after years

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of delay, it will prove a lot of sceptics and big doubters and

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enemies of this project very wrong. Thank you very much.

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In Iraq, on the ninth day of the offensive

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to retake the city of Mosul, most Iraqi government and Kurdish

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forces are still some distance from the city.

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But a group of special forces, advancing from the east,

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are now only three miles from the outskirts of the city,

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which has been a stronghold of so-called Islamic State.

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Our special correspondent, Ian Pannell, and cameraman,

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Fred Scott, are with the Golden Brigade, part of Iraq's

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elite counterterrorism service, and they sent this special report.

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For more than two years these dusty plains have been

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Welcome to the caliphate of so-called Islamic State.

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It's the job of elite counter-terrorism forces

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Experience and hardened as they may be, they know it's likely

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to be the toughest battle they've ever fought.

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This is the largest military operation in Iraq for years.

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An epic struggle for the future of the country.

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The troops face IEDs and mortar strikes, as they fight ever closer

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Mosul is ground zero for Islamic State and a fundamental

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No surprise, both are ready to fight to the death to control it.

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There are far more people here than the troops expected

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So many Iraqis have known nothing other than a state of war.

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Civilians have been constantly caught in the crossfire.

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A neighbour takes his hand, promising to help.

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But for some, the sight of men with guns on the horizon only

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And, as civilians get out of the way, the troops fan

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They may have overwhelming firepower, but the dangerous

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Searching for IS, street by street, home by home.

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This town was declared liberated days ago and yet troops

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from the counter-terrorism force are still having to clear house

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by house to make sure there are no remnants of Islamic State left.

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The battle for Mosul matters to Britain and America, to the people

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of Paris and Brussels, but, above all, this

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The message for Daesh is that they have to leave Mosul

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city and we will take the city, if they like that or not.

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And, by the end of day nine of this campaign,

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his troops were in control of all bar the last

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Until today, the ground I'm standing on used to be part of

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This is now the front line in the battle against IS.

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In truth, it's gone much better and much faster

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But this is now the front line and right down that road,

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just three miles away, is the city limits of Mosul

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and that's where the battle is going to be hardest fought.

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6,000 members of the Islamic extremists wait for the combined

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forces of Iraq to try and take over the city.

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Today, scores of family were told to leave town for their own safety.

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Because if this campaign's to succeed, it will have to work

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just as hard on bringing people together as it is on winning land.

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Ian Pannell, BBC News, outside Mosul.

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In Calais, workers have started to dismantle the migrant camp

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and officials say that 4,000 people have been taken to other parts

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But there are concerns that many migrants, who'd been living

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Some aid workers believe that they're in the surrounding area,

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hoping to make the journey to the UK at a later date.

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Our correspondent, Lucy Williamson, is in Calais tonight.

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Well, another 1,600 people have been processed today, most adult who have

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been transferred to reception centres across France. Inside the

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Jungle demolition has begun on the empty shelters, but there's concern

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that the problem is simply being moved elsewhere.

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The Jungle is emptying a little more each day.

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Empty shacks can be counted, information handed out,

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far harder to know for sure where everyone has gone.

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Mohamed isn't planning on leaving, even though you can clearly see

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police vans from the water tap near his tent.

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When police broke into my home, I still stay in the tree.

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You're going to go into the woods here?

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There's talk of new camps springing up around Calais even before

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Jungle is finished, where are you going?

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No problem, I'm going to another Jungle.

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Aid workers estimate that perhaps 2,000 migrants have slipped away

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to sleep rough around Calais or head towards other cities in France.

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We've seen people before they have, kind of, escaped into the forest

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So I think people will try and disappear, at least at first,

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and then maybe go on to other places like Normandy and other places

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As the first empty shelters were dismantled, social workers,

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backed by police, went door to door encouraging residents to leave.

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Aid workers have told us that lots of people have left this camp

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and melted into the fields around Calais.

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The government says thousands have got on the official buses to leave,

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but there are still many, many people living here in

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It's not clear how it started, but it's a reminder that,

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as the numbers dwindle, it'll only get harder from here.

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Lucy Williamson, BBC News, Calais.

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The Northern Ireland Executive has announced a 10-year plan

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Ministers say the current system is at breaking point.

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The proposals include more patients being treated in the community,

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Opposition politicians have questioned the lack of detail

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in the plan, which they say is not properly costed.

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In a fortnight's time, American voters will be visiting

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the polling stations to elect a new president.

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But in states where there is early voting, milllions have already taken

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part and cast their votes and there's evidence that turnout

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Our North America editor, Jon Sopel, is at a polling station

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Jon, to what extent should we be reading anything into these early he

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voting patterns? Well, so many people have voted already that the

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parties have pretty good records of who has voted. One statistic stands

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out here in Florida. It is that so far it's estimated that 150,000

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Latino voters have already cast their vote. That is double at the

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same time four years ago. That is seen as very good news for the

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Democratic Party. That is a similar story we are hearing in Nevada,

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Texas and Arizona and Colorado. Registered Democratic voters are way

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up on four years. The nervousness in the Clinton camp is being replaced

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by a confidence, but also a sense that they've got to win big if

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they're going to counter the charges that this election is rigged. That

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is the charge that is still being made by Donald Trump. One piece of

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good news for him today, if not for Americans, Obama Care, health

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insurance, went up 25%. That sort of issue plays straight into Donald

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Trump's Agenda. Jon thank you very much. Jon Sopel there with the

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latest at a polling station there in Florida.

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Militants have attacked a police training college in Pakistan,

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killing at least 60 people, another 100 were injured.

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The attackers burst into a hostel in Quetta where hundreds

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Both so-called Islamic State and a Taliban group have said

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they were responsible, as our correspondent,

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A night of horrors unfolded for the young recruits

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Three militants, wielding guns and wearing suicide bomber jackets,

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broke in and started a bloody rampage, shooting and

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Almost 500 police cadets and trainers were rescued

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after a military operation that lasted several hours.

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The local district hospital was filled with the survivors.

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Abdulla was among those who hid in a closet as the militants picked

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His cousin was among the dead, his were the last cries he heard.

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TRANSLATION: We were hiding in a room.

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My cousin shouted when he got shot in the eye, then

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When the commandos came inside, the suicide bomber blew himself up.

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There was a huge blast, it threw me almost 10 feet away.

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A strange, uneasy silence outside Quetta's Police Academy,

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This is the third time this very building has come under attack,

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located on a road where security forces are often targeted

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As the city once again buries its dead, questions are now

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being raised as to how well prepared the government is to deal

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The government admits there is a problem.

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You have to be more vigil and agility has to be shown.

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Having said all this, we're still all humans.

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If there are lapses, we will take them into account.

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We're not shifting the responsibility,

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we're not ignoring it, we're examining it.

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Quetta has seen many similar attacks by both separatists and various

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Islamist militant factions over the recent years.

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Meanwhile in the city, the people prepare, once more,

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The vast majority of local authorities are not paying realistic

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prices to support older and disabled people.

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That's according to the UK Home Care Association which says

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there's already evidence that home care providers are handing

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back council contracts because of a lack of funds.

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The Government insists that more money is going into providing people

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Our social affairs correspondent, Alison Holt, has the story.

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Kim Hassall can travel miles during her shift.

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She covers large parts of rural south England as a care

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worker, supporting people in their own homes.

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According to today's report, many councils simply don't cover

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the real costs of the time and training

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she and others need to provide that care.

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Hello. Hello, my love.

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How are you? Nice to see you.

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85-year-old Pat Carrington normally gets help with washing and dressing,

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it means she and her 92-year-old husband can cope at home.

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Many of the people Kim supports are council funded, often she finds

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Some people might need an extra half an hour, just so that you can put

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some washing on, change the bedding and change their clothes

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It is a bit of a worry that they can't live the life

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they used to lead before they needed care.

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Today's UK Home Care Association report estimates it costs

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?16.70 an hour to cover basic home care costs,

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but on average councils pay ?14.58, more than ?2 less.

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At the not-for-profit agency where Kim works,

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they've already pulled out of four local authority contracts.

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In one particular case, we were losing ?100,000 a month,

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Just things like recruitment, it costs a fortune.

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One month we spent ?28,000 just on recruitment advertising,

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At the moment, 80% of the home care they provide here is for local

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authorities, but they've decided to survive they will have to cater

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more for people who can afford to pay for themselves.

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Councils blame underfunding by central government

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for the problems that care companies face.

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If they cannot take local authority contracts and are solely relying

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on the private sector, then that means that local

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authorities are going to find it very difficult to support those

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who need their help, the most vulnerable people in our society.

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I'll help you make your bed for you, all right?

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The Government says it's up to councils to ensure care companies

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pay their staff properly and that it is putting significantly

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more money into providing dignified care for people who need it.

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At the Guildhall in the City of London, within the past hour,

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the winner of this year's Man Booker Literary Prize

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Paul Beatty is the first American author to win the prestigious award

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Our arts editor, Will Gompertz, is at Guildhall with the winner.

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Huw, this is the book, The Sellout, by Paul Beatty. It was described by

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Amanda Foreman, "an inventive modern satire that slays sacred cows and

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takes aims at racial and political taboos." You were crying when you

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were awarded the prize? Yeah. I've been crying a lot about this book

:28:44.:28:47.

for whatever reason. I put a lot into it. I'm deeply thankful that

:28:48.:28:51.

people get something from the book. That means a lot to me. It's been

:28:52.:28:58.

called a satire, it's been called a comic novel, an epic book that

:28:59.:29:04.

explores America's relations with race relations. All those you

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questioned. How would you describe your own book? Me questioning

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myself. What I think, how I see the world. What does history mean to me.

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What does progress mean to me. For me it's all funny because I never

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know what anything means. It's fun to try to figure it out. You have

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that young guy who lives in this suburb of Los Angeles who has no

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name, who is a young black guy, his father gets killed by the police,

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who decides to bring back slavery and segregation. Yeah. What are you

:29:36.:29:40.

exploring here, what are you going after here? It doesn't sound funny

:29:41.:29:45.

coming the ouf youth your mouth. Taking these things, not make fun of

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them, make light of how we look at these things and how we see

:29:50.:29:55.

ourselves currentlily and how we examine ourselves through the past.

:29:56.:29:58.

The guy in the book is trying to create some silent history. A

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history that only he knows about and only the people in his town know

:30:03.:30:06.

about and, but he can't keep it a secret, I think. He ends up in front

:30:07.:30:10.

of the state prosecutor, of course. Yes. It reminds me of Richard

:30:11.:30:22.

Pyrors's early comedy. There is a real anger. I don't know if it's

:30:23.:30:28.

anger, so much Assadness, anger is there, I guess. I mean America is an

:30:29.:30:33.

angry country, I think. It's an angry globe, I think. I don't think

:30:34.:30:37.

anger is the central thing. There is a lot of frustration and irony. Like

:30:38.:30:42.

this thing of... What hes a the American dream, what does it mean?

:30:43.:30:47.

When you get it, then what? It's... Yeah... Yeah, there's... There's

:30:48.:30:53.

just an anger. I don't know. I don't think it's an angry book.

:30:54.:30:56.

I understand why people say that. You know what, I think it's a great

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book. Thank you. Congratulations. Well done for being the first

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American winner of the prize. Thank you. Would any of your guys know

:31:04.:31:09.

what you won back home? Some will, some won't sfwlchlt we do. Thank

:31:10.:31:15.

you. Thank you. Huw. Thank you very much. Congratulations to Paul

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Beatty. You know what the West thinks

:31:18.:31:20.

of Putin and his country's actions in Syria and Ukraine,

:31:21.:31:27.

we're looking at what the Russians think and what they're being told,

:31:28.:31:29.

and it makes interesting viewing. Join me now on BBC Two,

:31:30.:31:32.

11.00pm in Scotland. Here, on BBC One, it's time

:31:33.:31:34.

for the news where you are.

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