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Tonight at 10: Charlie Gard, the terminally-ill baby

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at the centre of a legal battle, has died -

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His family today released these early images of Charlie, before his

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Charlie's case became a campaigning issue as his parents tried

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to get him experimental treatment in the US.

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We'll be looking back at their fight in the courts and at how

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Charlie became the centre of a major ethical controversy.

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Third time unlucky - Donald Trump fails again

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at his attempts to repeal President Obama's health care laws.

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They should have approved health care last night,

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Boy-oh-boy, they've been working on that one for seven years,

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82 tower blocks are deemed to have failed a new government fire

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safety test following the Grenfell Tower tragedy.

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The Chancellor says Brexit in 2019 won't bring immediate changes -

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and it's likely to be 2022 before the full process takes place.

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And remembering one of the great battles of the Great War -

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And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News...

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It's a dream debut for bowler Toby Roland-Jones, as his four

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wickets helped England take a firm hold of the third Test

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It's been announced that Charlie Gard -

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the baby who was at the centre of a High Court battle

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The 11 month old was moved to a hospice where his life

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A statement from his family said: "Our beautiful little boy has gone.

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Our medical correspondent Fergus Walsh now looks back

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at the story of the child whose plight became an issue

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This is Charlie Gard without breathing or feeding tubes.

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Born apparently healthy, but soon a devastating genetic condition

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emerged which causes progressive muscle weakness.

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By his side throughout have been his parents,

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Charlie was transferred from intensive care

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at Great Ormond Street Hospital, where he spent ten months,

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to a hospice, where he died earlier today.

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They'd fought a lengthy battle to keep Charlie alive,

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refusing to accept he had suffered catastrophic brain damage.

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And they raised funds online for experimental treatment

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Great Ormond Street applied to court to end Charlie's life-support,

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At the UK Supreme Court, with Charlie's parents sitting

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behind, the hospital's barrister said his suffering should end.

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The reality is that Charlie can't see, he can't hear,

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he can't move, he can't cry, he can't swallow.

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Immensely sadly, his condition is one that affords him no benefit.

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An American doctor offering to treat Charlie with this experimental

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powder had not seen his full medical records and it took six

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months before he came to London to examine him.

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Finally, on Monday, at the High Court, Charlie's parents

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abandoned their legal fight to keep him alive, saying

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Our son is an absolute warrior and we could not be prouder of him

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His body, heart and soul may soon be gone, but his spirit will live

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on for eternity and he will make a difference to people's

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A private family tragedy was fought out in public.

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Even the location and timing of Charlie's death became

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Doctors and nurses at Great Ormond Street,

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one of the world's most renowned children's hospitals, received abuse

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and even death threats, which Charlie's parents condemned.

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Pro-life groups adopted the cause and Charlie's plight became

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an international issue when both the Pope and Donald Trump

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The judge said it was a pitfall of social media that people

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Charlie died a week before his first birthday.

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His parents said they were sorry they could not save him,

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but would set up a foundation in his name to help

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What have people been saying tonight, following this news of

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Charlie's death? Tributes led by Pope Francis, who said he was

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praying for Charlie's parents, Great Ormond Street Hospital, where staff

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have been caring for Charlie since October, sent heartfelt condolences.

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Theresa May said she was deeply saddened, as did the American Vice

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President, Mike Pence. Charlie had become an international symbol, a

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cause that was adopted by many groups, but very few knew the

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intricacies about his case, including the American doctor who

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offered help to him. Astonishingly, he had not read the court judgments

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in April which set out why Charlie should die with dignity. As you say,

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this little boy became the subject of a major ethical battle. How did

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that happen? It all began when trust broke down between Charlie's parents

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and his doctors. When they could not agree on what was best for Charlie,

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the courts had to intervene. They had to decide what was in Charlie's

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best interests. Many will say, well, surely the parents know best? Why

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not let them try this treatment? But the courts and neurologists said it

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was futile and in this country it is not ethical to give treatment which

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you know will not be of any benefit. Back in January, all of the

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neurologists who examined Charlie said he had irreversible brain

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damage. This is devastating for Charlie's parents. They went public

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with their fight, but now it must be hoped that they get the privacy to

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grieve for their son. Donald Trump has accused senators

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of letting Americans down after they voted for a third time

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against his flagship legislation to repeal the controversial health

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care system known as Obamacare. The decisive vote was cast by

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the senior Republican John McCain, who returned to the fray just days

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after being diagnosed The setback means the President has

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once again struggled to turn his key policies into law,

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despite the Republicans controlling the Senate,

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Congress and the White House. Our North America editor Jon Sopel

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reports from Washington. The ayes are 49, the nays are 51,

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the motion is not agreed to. The history books will record

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that at just before two o'clock this morning,

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Donald Trump's promise to repeal and replace Obamacare,

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that he said would be so easy, crashed and burned

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on the floor of the Senate. Outside, opponents who'd

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been waiting celebrated. The coup de grace was given

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by Senator John McCain, with a dramatic thumbs down,

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as if a Roman emperor To gasps, the person the President

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had hailed as a hero earlier in the week for returning

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from treatment for a brain tumour to vote, now

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the villain of the piece. It left the Senate leader ruing

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a humiliating defeat. Our friends over in the House,

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we thank them as well. I regret that our efforts

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were simply not enough this time. And speaking to police

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officers today, one thing was absolutely clear -

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Donald Trump wasn't going They should have approved

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health care last night, Boy-oh-boy, they've been working

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on that one for seven years. But that wasn't the only

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drama unfolding. Here at the White House,

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the most extraordinary bare knuckle cage fight has broken out among

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the three most senior people in the West Wing

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who aren't the President. The new communications director,

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Anthony Scaramucci, talking in abusive and obscene terms

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about the chief of staff, Reince Priebus, and the chief

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strategist, Steve Bannon. Mr Scaramucci has apologised

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for the language used, In his conversation

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with the New Yorker magazine, Mr Scaramucci said of

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the chief of staff... And that only touches the sides

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of some of the foul-mouthed In fairness, Mr Scaramucci had

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warned earlier in the week when he spoke to the BBC,

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that he would be more direct. One of the things I cannot

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stand about this town is the backstabbing that goes

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on here, OK? Where I grew up and the

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neighbourhood I'm from, We like to tell you exactly where

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we're from and what we're doing. Donald Trump left a storm-tossed

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Washington earlier today to fly to Long Island,

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New York, to look at efforts to curb Let me report a dramatic finale to a

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dramatic week. The chief of staff, it has just been announced he has

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gone from his post at the White House. Donald Trump tweeting, in the

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last few minutes, I am pleased to inform you I have just named general

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secretary John S Kelly as chief of White House staff. He is a great

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American and leader. He's done a fantastic job at Homeland Security

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and has been a true store of my administration. He says, I would

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like to thank Reince Priebus for his dedication to his country, we

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accomplished a lot together and I am proud of him. The purge of

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establishment Republicans from the White House is pretty much complete.

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It is now down to John Kelly to try to make the trains run on time and

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bring a smoothness of operation to the White House that has been

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missing in the first six months of Donald Trump's administration.

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As well as continuing problems for Donald Trump

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on his domestic agenda, another pressing

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The Pentagon announced tonight that Pyongyang has tested

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another ballistic missile, which landed in the sea

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Rupert Wingfield-Hayes is in Tokyo tonight.

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Rupert, what more do we know about what happened? We have a few more

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details. It looks like this was the same type of intercontinental

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ballistic missile that was launched by North Korea back on July the 4th.

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It flew for about 45 minutes and it splashed down in the Sea of Japan

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off the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, having flown about 700

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miles. What is significant is how Heidi missile went. The latest

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estimates are that it went up into space about 3000 kilometres, maybe

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2000 miles. That is very significant. It means that it could

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reach as far as mainland United States, perhaps as far as Los

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Angeles or Chicago. That means an ability to strike mainland United

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States. Japan's Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, has condemned the

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launch, saying that it clearly shows the threat to our nation's safety is

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real. This missile launchers clearly a challenge to President Trump. It

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shows a nuclear strike, an ability to strike the US with nuclear

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weapons by North Korea is not far off. President Trump has said he

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will not allow that to happen. 82 buildings have failed

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a new fire safety test, in which insulation and cladding

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similar to the type fitted at Grenfell Tower were tested

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for the first time. 47 of those buildings are owned

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or managed by local authorities The Government today also announced

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an independent review of building At least 80 people died in

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the Grenfell Tower fire last month. Our Home Affairs correspondent

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Tom Symonds reports. Inside the burn hall,

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this is where the tests have been taking place,

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upon which the fate of dozens So far, the Government's refused

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to release video of the tests, but like this, it involves setting

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light to cladding and insulation Test number one of a design

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identical to that at Grenfell Tower, was supposed to last 40 minutes -

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it was stopped before nine. The flames had reached

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the top of the test rig. The landlords of 82 buildings,

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47 of them social housing, In Salford, anticipating

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a test failure, cladding The thought of it not

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being safe and you're sleeping in bed of a night time,

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thinking that's not safe... They should take the lot

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off, I don't care how It's not money, it's peoples lives

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at the end of the day. The new full-scale tests

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are designed to replicate the way in which Grenfell Tower

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was refurbished, with a cladding system to improve the insulation

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and the look of the building. It's the bits that make up this

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system that are being tested together, to see how well

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they prevent fire spreading. The cladding itself is basically

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a sandwich, thin sheets of aluminium with plastic

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as the sandwich filling. And then there's an air gap,

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designed to improve ventilation, Behind that, thick blocks

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of foam insulation. How well did they

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withstand the flames? The tests involve using various

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brands of cladding and insulation, to examine how they perform

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in a fire. These new tests were ordered

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because when sections of the cladding were tested

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on their own, they The Government hasn't allowed us

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to film any of those tests, so we obtained piece of Reynobond

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PE, the same cladding used at Grenfell Tower,

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and asked a company specialising in plastics to show us

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how it reacts to fire. When the flame was applied

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to the aluminium sides... But when the sample is turned,

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so the flame hit the plastic filling in the aluminium sandwich,

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this is what happens. Several tests showed,

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in similar temperatures to the Grenfell fire,

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it drips burning plastic. If you clad a building in it,

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you've got a fuel main source If you do a small-scale fire test,

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it's not necessarily representative of what will happen

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on a full-scale building. Which is why the Government is now

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doing full-scale tests, but three separate sources

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with direct knowledge of the type of cladding used at Grenfell Tower,

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have told the BBC it has never been Investigators are examining

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what fire assessments were done. The regulations say when there

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is a proposal to use flammable material on a tall building,

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there should be an actual fire test or a desktop study,

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based on previous test results. Building control inspectors say

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the regulations are a mess. We've arrived at a situation

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where we have a series of different pieces of legislation,

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we have a series of different tests which can be applied

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to that legislation. We've created a system of cracks

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and shadows that people can either fall into inadvertently,

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or perhaps hide in Today, a new independent

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review of fire safety was announced, to look into those

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cracks and shadows. The Chancellor has said there's

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broad agreement in the Cabinet for a transition deal for up

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to three years after Brexit. Philip Hammond said that he hopes it

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will be "business as usual", and "life as normal" the day

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after Britain leaves Our Deputy Political Editor John

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Pienaar is at Westminster. Philip Hammond was seen as a prime

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candidate for the Sack of Theresa May had run a big victory in June,

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look at it now, a pivotal figure. While Theresa May is away on

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holiday, he is taking the lead in setting up government thinking on

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Brexit. We know and knew that ministers want free trade with

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Europe up to and beyond Brexit. Thanks to Philip Hammond, we know he

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sees this broad agreement between senior ministers, including

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hard-core Brexiteers, the British borders could remain open to all EU

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newcomers for up to five years ahead.

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The overriding concern as we leave the EU -

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and the job will be done on 29th of March, 2019 - the overriding

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concern is to make sure that we go through this process in a way that

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avoids disruptive cliff edges for business and for

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Well, it's not quite that simple. Ministers aren't agreed on what to

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do when the EU starts attaching strings. Brussels wants the European

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Court to settle trade disputes, that's a sticking point with

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Britain. Some, including the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, may be

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digging their heels in on that. Philip Hammond has recently idea of

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maybe a special court. Some in government believes Britain may in

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the end give away some sort of limited role to the European Court,

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but it all has to be thrashed out between ministers and with Brussels.

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Hardline Brexiteers once believed it could all be accomplished quite

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easily and simply. Well, they know better now. Thank you, John Pienaar

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there. A brief look at some of the day's

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other other news stories... Three contractors working

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on the Crossrail project - BAM, Ferrovial, and Kier -

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have been fined more than ?1 million over the death of a worker,

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and two other incidents. Rene Takachik died after being

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crushed by wet concrete in 2014, while two other men were injured

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in separate incidents Barclays bank is setting aside

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a further ?700 million to cover payouts for mis-sold

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Payment Protection It brings the total amount set aside

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by Barclays to over ?9 billion. More than ?27 billion has now been

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repaid by the banking industry A man who stalked his ex-partner,

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who then committed suicide, Nicholas Allen bombarded

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Justene Reece with abusive She was found hanged at her home

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in Stafford in February after leaving a note saying she had

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"run out of fight". The Prime Minister of

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Pakistan Nawaz Sharif has resigned, after the country's Supreme Court

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disqualified him from public office They stemmed from documents known

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as the Panama Papers, The papers linked Mr Sharif's

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children with offshore companies, and with the purchase of luxury

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apartments in Mayfair in London. This report from our Pakistan

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Correspondent Secunder Kermani They've been chanting

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"Go, Nawaz, go!" Nawaz Sharif resigned

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after Pakistan's highest court disqualified him

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from holding office. Judges decided he'd not

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been honest in dealing For his opponents, including

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cricketer turned leading politician Imran Khan,

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today's decision is an unprecedented TRANSLATION: For the first time,

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we're hopeful that we can also A powerful man has been brought down

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by the authority of law. This is not a personal issue

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between me and Nawaz Sharif, This case centres around four luxury

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flats in this building in Mayfair. It began when millions of secret

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documents from a law firm in Panama They revealed the flats

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were linked to a number The Supreme Court in Pakistan has

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been trying to establish where the money to buy

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them came from. The Prime Minister's daughter

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is alleged to have tried to cover Maryam Nawaz had been seen

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as her father's successor. Now they both face further

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inquiries by the national She was defiant on Twitter, though,

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posting this picture of the Prime Minister,

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promising he would return to power No Prime Minister in

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Pakistan has ever completed Nawaz Sharif himself was overthrown

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by a military coup in the 90s. Some of his supporters claim

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Pakistan's army is the driving force Sharif, his family and his allies

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have always denied any wrongdoing. We have history of such

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disqualifications in Pakistan and we have also seen that such

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disqualifications are later turned The ruling party will now have

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to nominate a new leader. Amongst the favourites

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is the Prime Minister's brother, currently Chief Minister

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of the Province of Punjab. But, for the moment, the country

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is facing real uncertainty. It's been a dramatic day

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at the Oval, where England's cricketers have taken control

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of the third Test A century from Ben Stokes,

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with the help of three consecutive sixes, saw England to a first

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innings total of 353. Then Toby Roland Jones,

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making his debut, took four quick At the close, the tourists

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had slumped to 126-8. This weekend commemorations will be

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held in the UK, and Belgium, to mark the 100th anniversary

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of the beginning of the Third Battle of Ypres - also known

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as the battle of Passchendaele. Three months of fighting

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killed or injured more When it was over, the Allies had

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gained 5 miles of German territory. Our Special Correspondent Allan

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Little reports from Flanders on a battle that has come

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to symbolise the horror Each ploughing season, even now,

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the earth here gives up Human remains, too, of men

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who disappeared a century ago. Just a metre beneath

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this fertile topsoil, there lies hidden a substratum

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of dense clay, through Passchendaele was the

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infantryman's graveyard. Even the most seasoned veteran,

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felt he'd be lucky if he went out If you're wounded and you slip

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off the duckboards, Not only that, but every pool you'd

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fall in with decomposed bodies The point was to break

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through and capture the Belgian Channel ports,

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to stop German U-boat attacks. But, like the Battle

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of the Somme a year earlier, The iconic images of the battle,

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the moonscape, the water-filled craters, "they died in hell

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and called it Passchendaele", has really sunk deep

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into our memory of the war. Mistakes were made, some incorrect

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approaches were taken. But, overall, the British Army gave

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a much better account of themselves. I think, crucially, they did real,

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lasting damage the German army. Near Passchendaele village

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there is a research centre. It collects the words the fighting

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men wrote to their families at home. This is a letter from

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Richard Harding, dated "My dear mother, just a line to let

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you know that I am quite well." Nine days later, he was

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killed in the battle. "My dear sister, just a few

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lines to let you know And this one, from an

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officer in the battle. "I'm sorry to tell you that

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Major Moorhouse has been killed We'd just brought his son

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in, mortally wounded." His son was a captain

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in the same regiment. "The major expressed his

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determination to go back and fetch a doctor for his son,

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but a Bosch machine gun was sniping So this Major Moorhouse was killed

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trying to find a doctor The public at home had a very

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distorted sense of what was Most of the newspaper reporting

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was highly partisan, In our own post-truth age,

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that has renewed resonance. Here, actors rehearse a play that

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will tour the country this autumn. Ypres, what the Belgians

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call Wipers. The Wipers Times was a satirical

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monthly newspaper produced by men in the trenches,

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a poignant and sometimes hilarious counterblast to the sanitised

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accounts of the national papers. The editors of The Wipers Times

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really hated the journalists who came out to cover the war,

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because they felt They felt the people

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at home were not being told And they were furious that this

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rubbish was being circulated. The other thing is, they were very

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keen on pricking the bubble of what they would have not called

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fake news, but obviously Just propaganda and nonsense,

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written by people a long way away who didn't know

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what they were talking about. Of the 12,000 men buried

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here at Tyne Cot, three A further 35,000 are named

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on the memorial wall. Their bodies were never recovered,

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lost to the mud that gave this Allan Little, BBC

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News, Passchendaele. Now on BBC One, its time

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