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The Liberal Democrats distance themselves from a key coalition

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policy in England, calling for changes to free schools.

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After saying free schools should use only qualified teachers and follow

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the National Curriculum, Nick Clegg's now at odds with the

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Education Secretary, Michael Gove Britain's nuclear future - the

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Government is set to give the go ahead to for a new plant in

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Somerset. In Syria, government troops are

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targeted in a suicide attack as the Arab League prepares for an

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international conference to try to end the conflict.

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A state of emergency in the Australian state of New South Wales

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as it battles its worst bush fires for a decade.

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And after dazzling for England, Andros Townsend's on target again as

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Tottenham beat Aston Villa. -- Andros Townsend is on target

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again for Tottenham. Good evening. The Deputy Prime

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Minister Nick Clegg has accused his Conservative coalition partners of

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failing to enforce basic standards of education in free schools in

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England. He wants the schools to employ qualified teachers and follow

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the National Curriculum. Downing Street's expressed surprise at the

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comments. Here's our political correspondent, Iain Watson.

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A lesson from political history is that education policy is often

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controversial, but now some Cabinet ministers appear to be throwing the

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book at each other. The Lib Dem leader says the Conservative

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Education Secretary, Michael Gove, could do better with the free

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schools policy. Nick Clegg says these schools need to be, well, a

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bit less free. The first of a new generation of schools in England

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opened in 2011, state funded but free from council control. Following

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a week of bad publicity when a school in Derby was found inadequate

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and two unqualified headteachers resigned from free schools, the

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deputy PM is calling for changes. Yes, give schools more freedom and

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time, good bit -- but with parents the reassurance that their school,

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whether it be a free school, an academy or another school, that the

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children are taught by qualified teachers to the same standards as in

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the rest of the country. In practice, that would mean free

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schools teaching the National Curriculum, employing only qualified

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teachers or those close to qualification and meeting certain

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nutritional standards for school meals. This teacher is braving the

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weather to tell parents and children about how she wants to change the

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climate in English education. She is setting up a free school in Wembley

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and says Nick Clegg should give state schools the same freedom as

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the private school he attended - including employing experts without

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formal teaching qualifications. When I talk about a private school ethos,

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Nick Clegg speaks five languages, partly because of the school he went

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to. We want to provide the same for inner-city children. The

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Conservatives claimed that most of the 174 free schools in England are

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successful and there is no chance of the changes being introduced before

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the next election. Academies and free schools are one of the great

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successes of this government, a success proving itself on the

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ground, incredibly popular with parents and students. The Lib Dems

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say they promised to make changes to free schools in the next manifesto,

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and in the run-up to the next election, expect the coalition

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parties to mark out further differences in order to appeal to

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their own voters. And Iain is with me now. You said

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there would be divisions, how much of an issue will free schools be?

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Nick Clegg is saying that he wants a grown-up debate about education. I'd

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frankly, talking to Conservatives and Lib Dems, they are more less

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saying boo sucks to reach the behind-the-scenes! Downing Street

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say they were caught by surprise by his comments. Those around the

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Education Secretary are saying clearly that they don't think that

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Nick Clegg understands the policy, because only a few days ago the Lib

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Dem Education Minister, David Laws, defended free schools to the hilt in

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the Commons, including the right to employ teachers without proper

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qualifications. Nick Clegg is saying, I have to reassure teachers

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that free schools will match certain minimum standards, this is very

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important politically. He denies he is moving closer to Labour but I

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think it is the beginning of a process when the coalition parties

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begin to divert John education and other issues in the run-up to the

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election. In Syria, at least 30 people have

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been killed in a suicide bomb attack in the city of Hama. The explosion

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happened at a checkpoint and it's thought most of those killed were

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government troops. The Arab League says an international conference

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will be held next month to discuss ways of ending the two and a half

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year civil war. The fiery aftermath of a huge

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suicide truck bomb on the outskirts of Hama. At least a tonne of

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explosives laid waste to a government checkpoint. It is thought

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a petrol tanker may have exploded, adding to the chaos. Hama has been

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under strict government control since security forces stormed the

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city two years ago, ending months of resistance. It is thought this

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attack was the work of militants linked to Al-Qaeda.

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Continued efforts for some kind of peace process to get off the ground.

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The head of the Arab league in Cairo said that talks will take place in

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Geneva on November 23. The UN special for Syria sounded a note of

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caution. TRANSLATION: Of course, the

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conference cannot take place without the presence of an opposition which

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represents a considerable part of the Syrian people who oppose the

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regime. Whether Tehran will be there is another big question. After last

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week's positive nuclear talks in Geneva, diplomats are consciously

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optimistic. Iran supports the Assad regime and rejected the last round

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of talks in Geneva in 2012. It could play an important role. Foreign

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Secretary William Hague hosts a meeting of the so-called Friends Of

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Syria at Lancaster house during the week.

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Members of the moderate Syrian opposition will be there. They are

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divided on the wisdom of sitting down with the Assad regime. The

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message she will be that this is not an opportunity to miss. But the

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suicide bombers have a different agenda, hostile to the Assad regime

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and opposed to negotiated settlements as well.

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The American investment bank JP Morgan Chase is expected to pay a

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record $13 billion - around ?8 billion - to settle claims over the

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selling of financial products that helped bring about the financial

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crisis. Some of the money could be set aside for homeowners who lost

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their homes during the crisis. The brother of a British man killed

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along with his wife, his mother-in-law and a passing cyclist

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in the French Alps last year has denied arranging their murder.

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Zaid-al-Hilli, who's on bail after being arrested on suspicion of

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conspiracy to murder, has been speaking to the BBC's Panorama

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programme. He also rejected claims of a feud with his brother Saad.

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Jane Corbin reports. A father, mother and grandmother

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shot at point-blank range in my car by what is thought to be a

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professional hit man. A French cyclist is also killed. The

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daughters of Saad al-Hilli and his wife are the only survivors. The

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four year-old hid under her dead mother's scourge. Seven year-old

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Zainab, shot and left for dead, can only remember one bad man.

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Investigators in France have worked on a number of theories involving

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the al-Hilli family. Was it a disputed inheritance, or something

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involving their background in Iraq? Or could it be espionage because of

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Saad's work as a satellite engineer? Over one year later and nobody has

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been charged with the murder. Only one suspect has been arrested, older

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brother Zaid al-Hilli, who remains on bail under suspicion of

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conspiracy to murder. He spoke to Panorama about the allegations in

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his first-ever television interview. Did you kill your brother? Of course

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not. Did you arrange for anyone else to kill your brother and relatives?

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No, the people who killed my brother the French. Weights-macro Zaid says

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French police shut down their investigation into Sylvain Mollier,

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the murdered cyclist, too soon. They are covering up for someone in

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France, in that region, and they know it. Sylvain Mollier was

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involved in family disputes and he was an outsider to this rich family.

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There is something more to it, locally. Most crime has local roots.

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The French prosecutor says he is sure the cyclist was there by

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accident and is convinced there was a feud between the al-Hilli

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brothers. TRANSLATION: Zaid tried to steal

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from his father, one way or another, and there was a very serious feud

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between the two brothers. So serious that Saad was afraid of his brother

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Zaid. As you know, you change the locks on the house and fitted a new

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alarm. Zaid denies there was a feud, but

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French investigators think he had a motive for the murder. They are

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mid-they have no evidence as to who the hit man and his accomplices

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were. Despite involving more than a dozen international forces in the

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investigation, police don't seem any closer to finding who is responsible

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for the killings. And you can see that Panorama

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investigation in full tomorrow night at 9pm, here on BBC One.

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The government is set to give the go-ahead tomorrow for Britain's

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first new nuclear power plant for a generation at Hinkley Point in

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Somerset. French owned energy giant EDF is leading the consortium

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building the plant with the help of significant financial investment

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from China. Joe Lynam reports. The expansion of this nuclear power

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plant in Somerset is already under way, and the focus for one of the

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Government pits biggest ever investment in energy. Hinkley Point

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currently produces one present of British energy need, but soon it

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could account for 7%. That would allow very reliable and low carbon

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energy until the second half of the century, but at a price. The

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Government could be about to promise to pay EDF a fixed fee of between

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?90 and ?93 per megawatt per hour, almost twice the current wholesale

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market price for electricity at around ?50. The government will pay

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that for 30 to 40 years, irrespective of whether market

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prices soar or collapse. Negotiations were a delicate

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balancing act. If the government paid too much they would be

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subsidising EDF for four decades, too little and EDF could not afford

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to build it. Who is the money going to? The French owned EDF leads a

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consortium including two Chinese energy companies, some of whom will

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be wooed by the Chancellor that -- were wooed by the Chancellor last

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week. Of the big six suppliers here, only two suppliers are British.

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Non-wish to invest in the next generation of nuclear energy. All

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the British firms have pulled out. One by one x one, largely be worth

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of the horrendous cost of nuclear energy and the very real concerns

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about construction costs. -- largely because of the horrendous cost.

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These deals may mean little to ordinary households, who are about

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to see their bills rise by up to 10%. SSE and British Gas have put up

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prices and the remaining four big players are expected to follow suit,

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possibly as soon as the end of this week. The deal has been haggled over

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for the past two years. Much of the detail will be announced tomorrow by

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Energy Secretary Ed Davey, but the reality for householders they will

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be sharing in some of this ?14 billion nuclear deal in future

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energy bills. A state of emergency has been

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declared in the Australian state of New South Wales, where firefighters

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are battling the worst bushfires for decades. The most severely affected

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area is in the Blue Mountains to the west of Sydney. Rising temperatures

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and strong winds are now set to make things worse. From Sydney, Jon

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Donnison reports. New South Wales is still burning.

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One of the most devastating bushfires in a decade could be about

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to get worse. The cooler weather of the last few days has come to an

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end. The forecast for this week is hot, windy and with little prospect

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for rain. It has led the authorities to declare a state of emergency,

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giving them new powers. These include the right to order the

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public to leave all to enter an area, the right to shore up or

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demolish a building and, of course, it prevents people from disobeying

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an order given under these powers. The biggest fires raging in the Blue

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Mountains, to the west of Sydney. Firefighters are battling on the

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ground, and also from the air. Hundreds of people have lost their

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homes already. Today, many more have been told to flee, taking with them

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what they can. There are even reports of people looting some of

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the empty homes. How can people do this, when we are going through

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enough without that? They are just a waste of oxygen, they really are. In

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the Blue Mountains, these sorts of small spot fires are flaring up all

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the time. After months with little rain, the Bush is tender dry --

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tinder dry. Most of the communities around here have evacuated. The

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fires have come unusually early in the season and follow Australia's

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hottest year on record. As for this week, as one senior firefighters

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said today, even the best case scenario is bad.

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A clear-up is under way after a mini-tornado hit Hayling Island in

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Hampshire. Dozens of homes were damaged by high winds that uprooted

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trees and ripped tiles off roofs. Vehicles, power lines and beach huts

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have also been damaged. Police say there are no reports of injuries.

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And now had time for the sports news with Olly Foster.

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It's been quite a week for Andros Townsend. After helping England

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qualify for the World Cup next year, he was back on duty for Tottenham

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today. He scored in their 2-0 wind at Aston Villa. Tim Hague reports.

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If you didn't know who Andros Townsend was a week ago, you

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probably do now. A star for England before a purely joke overshadowed

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it. Playing today for Tottenham, guess who scored the opener against

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Aston Villa? Is cross evaded everyone. He would have cared more

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about the shocking sight that followed as a fan launched a flyer

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from the away section, straight up the linesman. He was OK, thankfully.

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The game continued, so did its theme, as Townsend was part of the

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action again. While the goalkeeper foil bat, his save from Paulinho was

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perhaps even better. But he was to be beaten again, Roberto Soldado has

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made a seamless transition into Premier League football and ended

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any hopes of an Aston Villa comeback. Spurs and their man of the

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moment on form and back within sight of the top four.

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The England manager Roy Hodgson was angered this week after it was

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reported that is half-time Wembley joke involving Andros Townsend had

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racially offended some players. Today he and Rio Ferdinand

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Manchester United have joined the FA commission set up by chairman Greg

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Dyke to find a way of delivering long-term success for the England

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team. Dyke had been criticized for the all-male, all-white composition

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of the commission so far. Of Ferdinand, Dyke says, as a current

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player with forthright views and opinions on the game, we can look

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forward to Rio providing significant insight and experience.

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second-placed Inverness lost ground on the leaders Celtic after their

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first home defeat of this season, Partick Thistle the 2-1 winners at

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the Caledonian Stadium. Kris Doohlan scored twice for the visitors, the

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the Caledonian Stadium. Kris Doohlan time thanks to a fumble from

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Inverness keeper Dean Brill. There were four more games in Rugby

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Inverness keeper Dean Brill. Union's Heineken Cup today,

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including an important fixture at Franklin,s Gardens. -- Franklins

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Gardens. Northampton Saints and Ospreys had lost their opening pool

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matches, so both sides were desperate for the win. Saints

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outscored the Welsh side by three tries to one, Christian Day with

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their second in the 27-16 win. The worry for Ospreys, no side has lost

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their opening two matches and managed to qualify for the

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quarterfinals. Elsewhere, Glasgow beat Exeter, but there were defeats

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for Harlequins and Edinburgh. That's all the sport.

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