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Nick Clegg warns the coalition may legislate to limit executive pay.

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He pledges to tackle corporate excess so people feel everyone is

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in the economic crisis together. These are tough times for everybody,

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whether in the private or the public sector, whether you're a

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nurse or a factory worker, whether you're a taxi driver or whether

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you're a civil servant. I think we need to make sure people in the

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public sector don't feel that they're doing all the heavy lifting.

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New proposals for the NHS to share patient records with private

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companies, the Government says it'll drive innovation

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The opposition protestors arrested in Russia as elections take place

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amid accusations of vote rigging. And why bringing a little

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"Sunshine" to Edinburgh caused Good evening.

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The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has pledged to "get tough"

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on excessive boardroom pay, saying that "if necessary" the coalition

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will legislate to limit salary increases. Mr Clegg said it was

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important the private sector shared some of the economic pain, along

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with public sector employees facing pay caps and increased pension

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contributions. His comments came as the Labour peer Lord Hutton, who

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reviewed public sector pensions for the coalition, said the

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Government's proposals for the sector were "perfectly credible."

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Our political correspondent Gary O'Donoghue reports.

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Is this the moment when economic gloom starts to hit top earners

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too? With company directors' pay at top firms rising by 49% last year,

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Ministers are now stressing that pocketing bucket loads of cash for

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failure in difficult times is no longer acceptable, so today the

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Deputy First Minister signalled that the Government would consider

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changing the law to improve transparency on top pay. These are

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tough times for everybody, whether in the private or the public sector,

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whether you're a nurse or a factory worker, whether you're a taxi

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driver or whether you're a civil servant. I think we need to make

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sure that people in the public sector don't feel that they're

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doing all the heavy lifting. Ministers know they can't dictate

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pay rates, but they do know they want to open up community

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remuneration committees. Not everyone believes the

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Government is serious. On the one hand, when it comes to public

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sector pensions, they're willing to legislate. When it comes to public

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sector pay, they're willing to impose draconian pay restraint on

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people. When it comes to pay at theed on the end of the economy,

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which is absolute greed gone mad, Government does nothing at all but

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make a few statements of intent. The Government believes that

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curbing executive pay will go some way to prove its they claim we're

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all in this together and that, equally, reforming public sector

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pensions is fair to everyone. Despite the disruption of last

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Wednesday's strike, the Government knows they have to work hard to

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persuade the public that the lowest paid aren't getting the biggest

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bill for the economic situation, which is why they will welcome the

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intervention of a former Labour Minister who authored a report on

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pensions for the coalition. What the Government have tabled is a

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perfectly credible offer. I think it gives significant protection to

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those close to retirement and very generous accrual rate.

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Government is to publish high pay next month and pension details by

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the end of the year. Both are keen to ensure that everyone shares the

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pain. Patient records and other NHS data

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could be shared with private medical companies under plans being

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considered by the Government. In a speech tomorrow, the Prime Minister

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will say that in return for giving researchers such information, the

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NHS would receive access to new cutting-edge treatments. Our

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correspondent Helen Fawkes has been following the story.

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Why would they be going down this route? The NHS has the most

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comprehensive medical records in the world, so some of this

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information would be shared so test results and scans - and it's very

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important to stress that this information would be anonymous.

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It's expected that this proposal would apply to England only. Now,

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the information would be used by companies involved in medical

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research and drug development. This industry is already very big in

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Britain. It's hoped this could lead to it becoming a world leader and

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so boost the economy. Also, as part of the proposals it's hoped this

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would increase the number of clinical trials that are held here,

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held in some of the hospitals here, so that would lead, it's hoped to

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the NHS having faster access to some innovative treatment. Also,

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Cancer Research UK, one of the many health charities, say they welcome

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this move. Patients themselves? There is concern about these very

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private records - the possibility they could be made public. One

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patient group called Patient Concern have said this spells the

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end of patient confidentiality. Labour says it's not necessarily

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opposed to this, but that the proper regulation should be in

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place. The Government says that all necessary safeguards will be there

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and the system will be regulated. Thank you very much.

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Police on Merseyside are appealing for man to come forward following

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the death of two women at a house in Southport. The bodies - one of a

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woman in her 70s, the other in her 50s - were found yesterday

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afternoon. Police are treating the deaths as suspicious. They want to

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speak to a man who was lodging at the property. Barry Morrow is

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thought to have travelled to France or Spain. First indication from

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Russia's parliamentary elections suggest a win for Vladimir Putin's

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party. It has been seen as a popularity test for Mr Putin, who

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plans to run again next year. Today's results are pointing to a

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reduced majority for his United Russia Party. This report contains

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flash photography. Vladimir Putin, President for eight

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years, then Prime Minister for four, and unquestionably the most

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powerful politician in Russia. He was not up for re-election in this

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parliamentary poll, but his popularity and that of the party he

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created were on trial - just three months before he hopes to be

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elected President again. On the streets around the Kremlin,

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hundreds of troops parked up in giant trucks. It appeared to be a

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show of force. Exit polls suggest the ruling party will win, but with

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support dropping just below 50%. The country is unusually tense

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today because there are signs of change in the air. The United

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Russia Party has been in power for a decade, but for the first time,

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its popularity is sliding significantly. Even though parts of

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central Moscow had been sealed off, there were attempts at small

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demonstrations, but they were short lived. As this protestor spoke to

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the BBC, he was dragged away by police. Earlier, one of our

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cameramen was detained for an hour. Opposition parties complain that

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there has been widespread vote rigging today. The leaders of one

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party excluded from the election chose to spoil their ballots. They

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told me it was the only thing they could do. This is not an election.

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This is a special operation. This is manipulation, falsification and

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fraud. That's why of course we are against it. We came here not to

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warn, but to protest. But the opposition have to accept that many

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millions of people still support United Russia Party. This evening

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pro-Kremlin youth groups held this in front of the old headquarters of

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A small bomb has blown up a minibus in a public car park outside the

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British Embassy in Bahrain. Officials in the capital Manama

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said no-one was injured and the embassy wasn't damaged. The blast

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is being investigated. Two giant pandas, the first to live

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in the UK for almost 20 years, have arrived in Scotland. Tian Tian and

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Yang Guang - or Sunshine and Sweetie as they'll be known locally

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- arrived at Edinburgh Airport on a specially chartered flight from

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China. For the next ten years their home will be Edinburgh Zoo, and

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Lorna Gordon is there. Lorna. It's good pandas like the cold and

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the snow because that's the kind of conditions that have greeted them

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here today as well as, it has to be said, hundreds of people who are

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hoping for a glimpse of the prized animals. It's not quite been

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pandemonium, but certainly a lot of excitement as Edinburgh has become

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the 13th place outside of China to get pandas. A typically Scottish

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greeting and a VIP reception for two very special guests - two giant

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pandas, long anticipated, finally arriving in Edinburgh, their home

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for the next ten years. The first to emerge, Tien Tien, or Sweetie.

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Her crate slowly manoeuvred on to the ground - the aim to make the

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final part of her journey as gentle as possible. Then came Yang Guang

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or Sunshine, much more active after the non-stop flight from China.

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It's taken five years of negotiations to get Sweetie and

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Sunshine here to Edinburgh. We have had a very warm welcome here

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already, even if the weather has been snowy and bitterly cold. China

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takes its panda diplomacy very seriously. These animals are the

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first to be loaned to Britain in more than 17 years. The panda is a

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national treasure, and the friendship, you know, brought by

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pandas knows no border. The giant panda's habitat is shrinking. It's

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thought there are less than 2,000 left in the wild. They hope the two

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will breed in their special enclosure. They haven't bred

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together, but they have bred separately that gives us a lot of

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hope. They're eight years old, the perfect age for breeding. Pandas

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aren't cheap. They're costing the zoo a lot. It was fun. It was

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awesome. I was hoping we could see them, but they were just in big

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trucks. For now the pandas will remain out of sight until they have

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settled in and recovered from their journey. And they will be monitored

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around the clock for the next few days, but the big question everyone

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has is when will they be able to see them in their new home? The zoo

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is hopeful they'll be open to the public in terms of the panda

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enclosure within a couple of weeks. Lorna Gordon at Edinburgh Zoo.

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A giant World War Two bomb which lay unexploded in the waters of the

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River Rhine for more than 60 years has been safely defused. Nearly

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half the population of the German city of Koblenz - more than 45,000

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people - had to be evacuated ahead of the operation, as our

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correspondent Stephen Evans reports. At the centre of a mile-wide circle

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emptied of its usual residents, the two-tonne unexploded bomb which had

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lane there for more than six decades. The task, simply to go up

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to it and make it safe. The bomb disposal expert said it was a

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British detonator which was submerged in water. The explosives,

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he said, react with water over time, so it's a high risk when the

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detonator is removed. The bomb was known as a Blockbuster, designed to

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destroy buildings. It was dropped by the RAF during the Second World

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War, but many failed to detonate and now remain hidden, but deadly.

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For this one, the city of kob own was left deserted. 45,000 people

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were evacuated, including the elderly, those in hospital and in

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prison. People here live with the knowledge that there could be more

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unexploded bombs. TRANSLATION: You know that the

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River Rhine is full of bombs - at least I assume it is. With the

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falling water levels, who knows how many bombs are still in there?

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TRANSLATION: I'm a bit of an anxious person, so I'm glad when

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it's over. You have to try and get through the day. Last year, three

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bomb disposal experts died. It is a job for the brave, not for

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trembling hands or faint hearts. As Koblenz gets back to normal, the

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question is when and where will the next one be found?

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Now to the day's sport with Celina Hinchcliffe. Thank you. Hello. Good

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evening. Sitting in the stands, he was

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enjoying his team's 1-0 lead, then Seb Larsen's penalty didn't go as

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planned and Wolves equalised. They won 2-1, Steve Fletcher with both

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Wolves' goals. And in the day's other Premier

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League match, Stoke beat Everton 1- 0 at Goodison Park. Robert Huth

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scored his first goal of the season. What were the chances of Manchester

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City drawing Manchester United in the third round of the FA Cup? Well,

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it's happened. Both came out of the hat together this afternoon. It's

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the stand-out tie of the round, one Here are a pick of the others.

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Everton host non-league Tamworth. Arsenal are at home to Leeds,

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Tottenham face Cheltenham. The winner of the Chelmsford

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Macclesfield replay will be rewarded with a visit from Premier

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League Bolton. The games will be played on the weekend of the 7th

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and 8th, January. Celtic have trimmed Rangers' lead

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at the top of the Scottish Premier League to four points once again

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after a 1-0 win at Dundee United. An excellent solo effort from Gary

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Hooper in the 12th minute was enough for Celtic to secure the

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points. The flamboyant former captain of

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the Brazil football team, Socrates, has died in hospital at the age of

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57. He led Brazil at the 1982 World Cup and won 60 caps for his country.

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His laid-back attitude to life and effortless style of play endeared

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him to millions of fans, not just in Brazil but around the world. Tim

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Even among Brazil's pantheon of footballing Gods, Socrates stood

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out. He delayed his international career to finish qualifying as a

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doctor. He scored this goal against Italy in 1982 as captain of one of

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the world's greatest teams never to win the World Cup. He described

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himself as an anti-ate leet, as much as anything for his heavy

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drinking and smoking. Tell that to Russia's defence as

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they follow his shoulders rather than his feet.

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He had beautiful technique. He covered an immense amount of ground

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at samba rhythm, and he had a pulverising right-footed shot.

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his beard to his penalties, this in the 1986 World Cup - the key word

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was cool. Football, he insisted, was an art. But it was also a

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powerful political tool. At his Brazil club Corinthians he led

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everyone in the club to have an equal vote. At a time of

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dictatorship in the country, it was a brave move. Once retired from the

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game, he practised medicine and explored the arts, directing a play,

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writing a novel. There was also a bizarre interlude, aged 50, as a

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substitute for Garforth in West Yorkshire. In the end, his alcohol-

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fuel-led lifestyle caught up with him. He was hospitalised several

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times this year. Footballer, intellectual, lecturer and Democrat.

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