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the last stronghold of self-styled Islamic State in the country.

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The elite troops faced fierce resistance as they drove

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In the distance, an IS militant in plain sight,

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our correspondent was with Iraqi special forces as they

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We've seen a number of Isis fighters moving around,

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There have been incoming attacks...

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We'll bring you the latest from inside Mosul

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and also hear from residents who've been living in the city under IS

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The families fearing eviction because of a new cap on benefits -

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brought in to encourage people to work.

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The US Presidential candidates on their final exhausting sprint around

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Manchester City mount a comeback against Barcelona

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And the female pioneers of a new frontier -

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Kevin De Bruyne gave Manchester City a 2-1 lead against Barcelona,

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find out if they could be on for three points

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Iraqi government forces today fought their way into Mosul,

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gaining a foothold in the city for the first time since

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it was taken by so-called Islamic State two years ago.

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The assault on the eastern outskirts of Iraq's second largest city

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They entered the eastern suburbs and encountered strong

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But they succeeded in taking control of the state television building.

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Our international correspondent, Ian Pannell, and cameraman

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Darren Conway, were the first broadcast journalists to enter

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the district of Gogjali with frontline troops -

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and they sent this report from inside Mosul.

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To the east, the warm glow of an autumn warning in Iraq. The dawn of

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a new day built on the hope of a brighter future. But to the west, a

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reminder of the bloodshed and madness that's cursed this country

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for years. The sky over Mosul. Well the troops as you can see - close to

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the city of Mosul, we've heard a sound overhead. The sound of sniper

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fire or certainly gunfire coming in from Islamic State. The troops have

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come down. They're now trying to respond and stop the shooting coming

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in. GUNFIRE

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Few expected they'd advance this far this fast. But the closer they get

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to Mosul, so the resistance only grows. Even so, the war machine

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roars on relentlessly. Thousands of soldiers and their guns, slowly

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taking back the land of the so-called caliphate. And in the face

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of an advancing army, with only a simple piece of white cloth to

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defend themselves, more than a million people, trapped between two

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warring sides. And this is the moment Iraqi troops finally entered

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Mosul. It's taken almost two-and-a-half years to get here and

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the so-called Islamic State was waiting for them. On the skyline we

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saw two suspected fighters. Barely aware that the troops are advancing.

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GUNFIRE And then this... . Four militants

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run across the alley. Armed and dangerous, ready to defend the city,

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and to fight to the death. And that's what happened. Nothing short

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of all-out war. It's hard to overstate how dangerous today was. A

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brutal, terrifying battle. It will shape the future of Iraq, and the

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threat of Islamic State to the world. The counter-terrorism forces

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have been moving through Mosul, the outskirts only, for the last few

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hours, and have met incredibly stiff resistance. We have seen a number of

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Isis fighters moving around, carrying rocket-propelled grenades.

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There have been incoming attacks... Skap

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gunfire - GUNFIRE... And a lot of gunfire. The

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ground is treacherous. It's laced with IEDs and it just illustrates

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how hard and difficult this final stage of the battle is going to be.

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This is just day 1 inside Mosul. This is the road the troops must now

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take. Straight to the city centre. A dark and dangerous journey into the

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heart of the caliphate of Islamic State.

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Ian Pannell, BBC News, Mosul. Mosul is home to more

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than a million people, who've been living under IS control

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for the last two years. IS has banned satellite

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dishes and mobile phones, making communication

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with the outside world difficult. But some residents have

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risked their lives to make contact with a radio station in Northern

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Iraq. Our correspondent, Orla Guerin,

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has been listening to their calls. A snapshot of Mosul - silent,

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besieged, braced for the assault. See how IS have hidden

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an anti-aircraft gun under a bridge. A resistance group, called

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the Mosul Brigades, secretly Others are resisting

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by daring to speak. The airwaves of Alghad radio

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station, meaning tomorrow, are open The jihadis have

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been killing people, We can't say where the station

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is located or identify the staff, they've received death

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threats from IS or Daesh. We join the presenter

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in studio as listeners phone Callers say they are in danger,

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not just from IS, but also from air Off-air, another caller told us many

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in the city were waiting for a chance to take revenge

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on the jihadis. He said life was unbearable

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and he had to speak out, And, God forbid, if they discovered

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you making this call, The station says these days it's

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getting more calls from Mosul, a sign that the captive city

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is recovering its voice. Orla Guerin, BBC

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News, Northern Iraq. Orla is back in Irbil

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in northern Iraq now. We were hearing Iraqi troops got

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into Mosul faster than expected. But what can they inspect from here on

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in? Well, I think the key question is the level of resistance they are

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going to face and probably what was experienced by our team inside the

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city today is just a taste of what's to come. There was resistance on the

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way in from small weapons, from snipers, from heavy weapons and

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indeed from anti-tank missiles but the deeper the Iraqi forces go

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inside Mosul, the more resistance they are likely to face and the more

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the advantage will pass to the jihadis. They have been in residence

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in Mosul for more than two years. They have had ample opportunity to

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construct an elaborate system of defences. We know that they have

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constructed tunnels stretching far under the city, under the ground. We

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know they have trenches with oil, ready to set alight. We know they

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have crude chemical weapons. We saw one of those ourselves about two

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weeks ago. All of these are likely to be deployed in some form, as the

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troops move forward. Now, the key test will be when they cross the

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Tigris River, which divides Mosul, when they pass from the east bank,

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which is where they now are, into the west side. That is the ancient

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part of the city, the streets are incredibly narrow, far too narrow to

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allow any kind of mechanised vehicles, tanks or heavy vehicles to

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be brought through. At that stage, the army will be facing

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street-by-street, urban warfare, house-by-house, that is when I think

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the real test is going to come. We have had Iraqi generals saying today

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that this is the beginning of the liberation of Mosul. I think the key

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phrase there is "the beginning." That enManx, Orla. -- - many thanks.

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Housing charities are warning that more than a 100,000 families will be

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affected by a new cap on benefits, with some at risk of being

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The maximum amount of benefits a household can receive is being cut

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from an annual ?26,000 to ?23,000 in London and ?20,000

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Ministers say it'll encourage people to get back into work,

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but charities are warning it'll make life harder for the

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Our home editor, Mark Easton, reports.

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Could single mum Emma and her family face eviction

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Unless she works at least 16-hours a week, her benefits

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will soon be capped, leaving her ?76 a week short

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on the rent, but Emma says with four kids,

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including a young baby to care for, getting a job is not an option

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I lose my kids because I haven't been able to pay my rent.

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Yeah, I am really worried because if they've got no

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roof over their heads, then they really...

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It's not like I can sleep with them on

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Sleep on the streets, is this something that really

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Yeah. Yeah, it does.

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The Government is desperate to reduce the housing benefit bill

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which has ballooned to ?27 billion a year as housing costs have risen,

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but ministers are being warned that when they reduce the overall

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household benefit cap next week, more than 100,000 families,

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including 300,000 children, could then struggle to pay their rent.

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You can't run up arrears indefinitely without your landlord,

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in the end, having to take measures to evict you and to take possession

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At that point you're a homeless household and homelessness is rising

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Getting a job is what the Government insists the cap encourages people

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to do, pointing out that 23,000 people, who lost money

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under the existing cap, are now exempt having found at least

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What's important to make sure is that we spend the money

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on welfare in the right way, in ways that incentivise people

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to move into work and cares for the most vulnerable,

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and this benefit cap absolutely does that.

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Outside London, the welfare cap equates to ?385 a week.

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Imagine the case of a widow, her widowed parents allowance

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So do the benefits she receives for the three children she's now

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bringing up on her own, which means there's only ?53.48

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a week left within the cap for housing benefit to cover her rent.

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The family's modest three bed private flat in Coventry costs ?128,

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Coventry based Housing Association, Orbit, has found hundreds of people

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They're already making hard choices about eating, heating,

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Capping benefits is justified because it encourages people

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The question is whether the lower cap is asking too much.

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

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Campaigners for a public inquiry into the clashes between police

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and striking miners at Orgreave in 1984 say the "gloves are off"

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They're now considering a legal challenge following yesterday's

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decision by the Home Secretary to rule out an inquiry.

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A man accused of strangling a police officer has admitted

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being "inspired" by the US TV series Breaking Bad when he tried to

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Stefano Brizzi denies murdering PC Gordon Semple at his flat in London,

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claiming he died during a sex game that went wrong.

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A consultation will be held into whether to go ahead

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with the second phase of the Leveson Inquiry

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The Government says it's considering whether it's

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Campaigners called today's announcement a "betrayal

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In a week's time, America will be electing a new President

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after what most people agree has been the most unconventional

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Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have been

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shuttling across the country, visiting key battleground states.

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As our North America editor Jon Sopel reports,

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the polls look much tighter than they have been for many weeks.

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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton both launched their campaigns

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They've been going at it non-stop ever since.

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This is where the marathon turns into a sprint as the candidates

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hurtle round the key swing states that will determine this election.

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They are Florida, North Carolina in the south and Ohio and Pennsylvania

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For Donald Trump to have a path to victory, he needs to win all four.

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But successive polls suggest Hillary Clinton has

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comfortable leads in both North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

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That is why, in the race to get the keys for this place,

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may have given Donald Trump momentum, it

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Someone like this becoming president, who insults more than

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half the population of the United States of America, and what about

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our boys? Is this is not someone we want them looking up to. No. Will

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the latest email scandal hurt her in those key swing states? Allardyce

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politicians have mixups and foul-ups. She's doing her best to be

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honest. I still trust her. I really think this is hurting her. So close

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to the election. I think there has been a lot of doubt. Really this

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whole season. This whole campaign season. This isn't helping anything.

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That's what Donald Trump is hoping for. He was in Pennsylvania today

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talking policy, in particular his plan to repeal and replace the

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health reforms introduced by Barack Obama. It will be such an honour for

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me, for you, and for everybody in this country because Obamacare has

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to be replaced and we will do it and we will do it very, very quickly. It

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is a catastrophe. But for some of the electorate these pledges may not

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make a difference. In many states early voting has already started.

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It's estimated that around 24 million Americans have already

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voted, that's about 20% of the likely turnout. The figures of

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registered Republicans and Democrats going to vote shows a slight edge

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for Hillary Clinton. In trying to explain this race, American

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political pundits have started using the phrase of a British Prime

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Minister from the 1960s. Harold Wilsonson's comment, "that a week is

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a long time in politics." In this helter-skelter, white knuckle ride,

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indeed it is and who knows what's going to happen next. Jon Sopel, BBC

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News, Washington. When Britain leaves

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the European Union its only land border with an EU state will be

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between Northern Ireland What sort of controls might there be

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and how could it affect trade? Tomorrow, the Irish Prime Minister,

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Enda Kenny, will host talks on the implications of Brexit

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for Ireland, north and south. Our special correspondent,

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Allan Little, has sent To understand Ireland's Brexit

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anxiety, go to the farms of its rich They sell more than half

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of what they produce to the United Kingdom,

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a trade worth 5 billion euros a year A falling pound has already

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made their milk and Now, there's the prospect

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of a new border separating them Like, we have a huge market, 50

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miles from where we stand here now, and if we can't supply that market

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without tariffs, it's not good, like, it's very

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worrying talk or prospect. Once there were Customs controls

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between the UK and Ireland, but those border posts disappeared

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when both countries joined the This is what that border crossing

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looks like now, you can drive down this road without even noticing that

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you've left one country and entered another, but soon this will be

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the edge of the European Union. Down there, migrants from 26 other

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countries will still be able to come and live

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and work and claim benefits, but not if they walk up there,

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into the United Kingdom. If you have no border controls here,

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how do you police that? Northern Ireland's biggest party,

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the Democratic Unionists, Their emphatic British unionism

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seems reinvigorated by their sense of having seized back

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a lost UK sovereignty. They believe that immigration

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can be controlled, even with an open border,

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but don't yet say how. With the political willingness

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from both the British and Irish governments privately

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that they would never see a return to borders of the past,

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we're actually quite But we're not ignoring the fact

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that there are issues that need to be worked through,

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but they are entirely surmountable, In the Republic they're not

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reassured by this sunny optimism. For one option is for Ireland to bow

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to the realities of geography and to allow the UK to place

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its Border and Customs controls You're asking for an independent

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state, the Republic of Ireland, to impose and work British migration

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law at its ports and airports. I mean, that's really

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what you're saying. Which you're kind of saying -

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well, we don't really think you're an independent country,

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you know, it's just a kind of figment of history

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that's been invented. I think, as an Irish person,

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you feel pretty angry about the fact that something really profound has

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been done to Ireland without Ireland having featured

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at all in the discussion. Ireland has forged its modern

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identity as an independent nation in Europe, but the powerful

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gravitational pull of its larger Allan Little, BBC News,

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Dublin. Britain faces a growing

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threat of cyber attack organised by hostile states,

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criminal gangs or hackers, according to the Chancellor,

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who has announced plans Philip Hammond said Britain needed

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the capacity to "strike back" Our technology correspondent,

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Rory Cellan-Jones, has the details. We know our computers are under

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threat, we're getting used to the idea that our phones

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might not be secure, now we may have to worry

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about the kettle being hacked. It might sound trivial,

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but internet connected devices, from domestic appliances to web

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cams, are giving new openings to global hackers bent

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on causing serious damage. It punches a hole

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through your fire wall. This very brand of home CCTV setup

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was hijacked in last month's major attack which took down sites

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like Twitter and Netflix, These things are so insecure,

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they're starting to be They're starting to be used

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to attack parts of the internet, to take down critical

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infrastructures. And today saw warnings that hostile

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governments could mount The boss of MI5 warned that that

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Russia was using cyber weapons to pursue its foreign policy aims

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and the Government said Britain needed to be able

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to retaliate against attackers. The Chancellor warned that rogue

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states, or criminal hackers, posed the threat of damaging

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industrial espionage and could bring down power networks

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or Air Traffic Control By having the ability to strike back

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in kind in cyberspace, to let the hackers and the attackers

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know that if they take down our networks, they risk

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having their networks taken down, we will make Britain safer and we'll

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make it an even more attractive place for people

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to do digital business. However much we spend on shoring

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up Britain's defences against the hackers,

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we're going to need a lot more people with cyber

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security skills and, right now, there's a shortage

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of that kind of know how. What we're basically looking

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at is we're looking for suspicion At BT Headquarters, cyber security

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apprentices are hearing about The Government wants more young

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people to see this There's a different attack every

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day, a different threat every day and it's always keeping

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you on your toes and you're Cyber security's an upcoming field,

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it's going to be very important pretty much forever as long

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as we use computers. More money will now be spent

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on cybercrime investigators, but keeping up with the threat

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from hackers, ranging from teenagers to nation states,

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will be a major challenge. The London Mayor, Sadiq Khan,

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has ordered an investigation into the spiralling cost

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of converting the London Olympic Stadium for use as a football

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ground by West Ham United. It was previously thought the cost

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of transforming it was ?272 million. The Mayor now says the real cost

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is ?50 million more. West Ham has contributed

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?15 million, the rest is being met Football and Manchester City fought

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back after going a goal down to Barcelona's Lionel Messi

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in their Champions League City suffered a 4-0 defeat

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to the Spanish side a fortnight ago. But tonight, at home in Manchester,

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it was a very different story - as our Sports Correspondent

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Katy Gornall reports. Bars lone are ya, they say, is a

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team with a perfect 10. The players around him aren't too bad either.

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Football fans know they may never see such attacking talent again. The

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problem for Pep Guardiola was how to stop them? The first of November is

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early for a Cup final in the Champions League, but that was how

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Manchester City's manager saw this match. Defeat would leave them in

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danger. For 20 minutes they were on top. There was always a feeling that

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at some point they could crack. Against Barcelona, they always do.

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The first goal was a display of brilliant efficiency, precision

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engineered by the master craftsman, Messi. It was all looking bleak for

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City until they were offered a way back. One mistake and it was

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punished. Gundogan showing that Barcelona are human after all. It

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was a goal that lifted City and after half time they turned the

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match in their favour, thanks to one swing of Kevin De Bruyne's boot.

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Barcelona was under pressure as their defence was overwhelmed by a

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swirl of blue and Gundogan confirmed the inevitable. For City fans this

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goal couldn't have felt more special. This was their European

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revival. Five times City had lost to Barcelona before tonight, this time

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they beat them and beat them at their own game. It was an

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exhilarating match. It means they need three points from their next

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two games to reach the knock-out stages. Let me tell you what

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happened elsewhere in City's Group tonight. Celtic came from a goal

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down against Borussia Monchengladbach to keep their slim

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hopes of staying in Europe alive. Moussa Dembele, who has been in

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fantastic form scoring the penalty. His 16th goal of the season. There

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was drama as well in Bulgaria. Arsenal came from 2-0 down to beat

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Ludogorets 3-2. They have Mesut Ozil to thank for that. A solo goal late

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on in that match to snatch all three points. That win means Arsenal are

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through to the knock-out stages. 14th season in a row they made it to

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that stage. So, all in all, a very positive night for British teams in

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the Champions League. Thank you very much, Katie.

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80 years ago tomorrow, the world's first television programmes

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were broadcast from Alexandra Palace in North London.

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The pictures looked a little bit like this,

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so don't adjust your set, and you might have

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But even in those pioneering days, women were a vital part

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of running the Service - on screen and behind the scenes.

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Jane Hill has been to meet some of the women involved in the early

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ARCHIVE: The controllers are ready on vision, and sound.

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Women played a key role in these early broadcasts

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And not only in front of the camera, nearly half the payroll was female,

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working in a new experimental medium.

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There were executive women, far more than one might

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think in those days, but then the Corporation was far

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Many women were employed as secretaries, but were asked

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ARCHIVE: I'm going to hand you over to the...

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..working as producers and technicians in entertainment

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and in news, which came from here, in Studio A.

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This is now being refurbished as part of a huge project

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to showcase the birthplace of television to the public.

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Lois Singer and Olive Trevett worked at Ally Pally,

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as it's affectionally known, in the late 1940s and 1950s.

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I had experience of that by being given a camera,

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The day before the programme went out, and to be told by the person

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who had handed it to me, "you can do the programme tomorrow."

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Olive operated the teleprompter for news bulletins and needed

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special permission to wear trousers at work.

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We weren't allowed to wear what we liked.

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We had to, you know, always wear skirts to work.

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You couldn't wear, you know, slacks, that was unheard of.

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But it's ridiculous now, when you think about it.

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The first female camera operator, Bimby Harris, spoke of being frozen

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out by male colleagues and, as TV became established,

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I think as television became more professionalised as well,

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perhaps there was a sense it was a more attractive

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career for men to take up and so those very early days,

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the almost gender parity of the early days here

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at Alexandra Palace, started to kind of slip

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away really I think in relation to that.

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But, 80 years ago, women played as important a role as men

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Jane Hill, BBC News, at Alexandra Palace.

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Gymnast Louis Smith has been punished for mocking Islam

:30:53.:31:03.

in a private video, so we're asking what is harmless fun and what's

:31:04.:31:06.

socially unacceptable and we'll test the rules by looking at some

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Join me now on BBC Two, 11.00pm in Scotland.

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Here, on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.

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