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The mother of the missing three-year-old boy Mikaeel Kular

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will appear in court tomorrow after being charged in connection with his

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death. Police are continuing to examine the woodland in Fife where

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the boy's body was found. Two men are questioned over the murder of a

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British man in the Caribbean. His wife is in hospital. And after the

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agony of the Ashes, England lose to Australia in the One Day series.

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Good afternoon. The mother of the missing three-year-old boy Mikaael

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Kular will appear in court in Edinburgh tomorrow to face charges

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in connection with his death. Rosdeep Kular was questioned after

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Mikaeel body's was found nearly 30 miles away, in woods, in the town of

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Kirkcaldy. Lorna Gordon is there. Yes, the little boy's body was found

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in woods just behind that house which belongs to a relative late on

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Friday night. Today, the number of tributes and flowers being laid

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outside that has continued to grow in number and the police's search of

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this area of Kirkcaldy continues. A quiet residential area, Kirkcaldy,

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shocked by the discovery of Mikaeel Kular's body behind their houses and

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united in their grief at his death. This is been a fast moving

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investigation. The search for the three road began on Thursday

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morning. Late last night, came the announcement his mother Rosdeep

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Kular been charged in connection with his death. Following formal

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identification, I can now confirm that a 33-year-old woman has been

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arrested and charged in connection with Mikaeel's death. The family

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moved from Fife to Edinburgh less than two years ago. The community

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they galvanised to help in the surge coming together once again yesterday

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evening to pay tribute to the little boy. Forensic experts continued to

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surge of both the Edinburgh home where Mikaeel lived and the area in

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Kirkcaldy where his body was discovered, trying to find more

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clues to explain how and when he died. These are among the many

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questions people mourning his death are hoping will be answered.

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Everybody is just distraught and devastated that this kind of thing

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could have happened. Why did it happen? I don't think anybody can

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understand and never will understand it. The frantic search to find

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Mikaeel alive and his death, touched many. His mother Rosdeep makes her

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first appearance in court in Edinburgh tomorrow. And it is up at

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court appearance in Edinburgh that the charges Rosdeep Kular will phase

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in connection with her son's death will become known. Lorna, thank you

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very much. Police on the Caribbean island of St Lucia say a 62-year-old

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man from Warwickshire died protecting his wife from a gang who

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had boarded their yacht. They are questioning two men about the attack

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on Roger and Margaret Pratt. The couple were on a trip sailing round

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the world. Sophie Hutchinson reports. Roger and Margaret Pratt

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photographed on their round the world adventure, it was, she wrote

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in his online blog, all a bit of a leap into the unknown. The couple

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had sailed out of Lowestoft in June and were in the Caribbean in time to

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celebrate her 60th birthday this month. But on Friday, while they

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were moored in Vieux Fort, the adventure ended. Reports suggesting

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three armed men boarded their yacht and attacked them. It is believed

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62-year-old Roger Pratt was murdered trying to defend his wife. After the

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attack, she found him floating in nearby waters. The Minister for

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tourism on the island said: she is being treated in hospital for

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her injuries. A postmortem examination of a husband will be

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carried out here on St Lucia tomorrow. The Chief Secretary to the

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Treasury, Danny Alexander, has joined the Liberal Democrat leader

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Nick Clegg in calling on Lord Rennard to apologise to women who

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claim he sexually harassed them. An internal investigation concluded

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that claims against the Lib Dem peer were credible but could not be

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proved beyond doubt. He denies the allegations. Our Political

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Correspondent, Alex Forsyth, reports. Lord Rennard is at the

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centre of a growing divide within the Liberal Democrats. An enquiry

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found allegations that he sexually harassed female activists were

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broadly credible, but could not be proved, so no action should be

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taken. But there is growing pressure for him to apologise. The failure to

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follow up a simple human demand for an apology for the distress which

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has been caused here, is totally unacceptable. Nick Clegg has said if

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Lord Rennard doesn't say sorry, he shouldn't be allowed to rejoin Lib

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Dem peers in the House of Lords. But Lord Rennard's supporters say that

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could break party rules and are threatening legal action. Here we

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have a situation in which there has been no case against Lord Rennard,

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but he is being lined up against the wall by people who are trying to

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force him to apologise in a way no law you would advise and with which

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you should not apologise for all kinds of reasons. So why can't Nick

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Clegg, as party leader, decide what happens to Lord Rennard? And the

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party rules, the Chief Whip in the House of Lords control Parliamentary

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membership. They may decide to let Lord Rennard back into the party.

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But, if not, you can challenge that position. If he does, party rules

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state peers can stage a vote over whether an individual regains the

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Lib Dem Whip. Those who made the allegations against Lord Rennard say

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they are increasingly frustrated with the process. What is at fault

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here is not the interpretation of the evidence but the fact that the

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Lib Dem membership rules state that you need to have a criminal burden

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of proof before you can be rejected out of party, so the question is has

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Lord Rennard wrote the party into disrepute? I think everybody accepts

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the Lib Dems are in an absolute mess about this and, what ever the

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acceptable definition of disrepute is, I think we achieved it. Tomorrow

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Lord Rennard will return to his seat in the Lords. Whether he will is not

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yet clear. But what is becoming increasingly apparent, is that some

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see this as a test of Nick Clegg's and leadership. Ed Miliband says a

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future Labour Government will work with consumer groups to ensure

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there's competition in the energy and banking sectors. The Labour

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leader said he would legislate so that groups such as Which and

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Citizens Advice would be given a say in setting the agenda of the

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competition authorities. We will work with these bodies on the agenda

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for the future. Unless you bring the consumer into the heart of these

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things, we won't get the change we need. Labour leader Ed Miliband. The

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press offices of the Queen and the Prince of Wales are being merged.

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The new operation will be run by Prince Charles's spokeswoman, but

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will be based at Buckingham Palace. The move is being seen as a further

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sign of the work being done to prepare for the day when the Prince

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of Wales becomes King. Western powers have welcomed a vote by

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Syria's main opposition group in exile to attend peace talks in

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Geneva, due to start on Wednesday. Officials from President Assad's

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regime will be attending the summit. The Foreign Secretary, William

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Hague, said the Syrian National Coalition had taken a difficult but

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welcome decision. Cricket, and Alastair Cook has indicated he may

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step down as England's one-day captain after admitting English

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cricket may need a change. It comes after England lost the one-day

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series against Australia with a seven-wicket defeat in Sydney,

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adding to a 5-0 whitewash in the Ashes. Patrick Gearey reports. Murky

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in Sydney but the clouds gathering over the SEG stadium seemed to have

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been following England for weeks. The fog extends to their minds, gain

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a positive start wasn't built upon. Ian Bell was run out. David Warner,

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the 15th man to do it to him in one-day international cricket. While

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England have been thinking for some time, Owen Morgan has been paddling

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with distinction, making 54. Christian caught and bowled. Morgan

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didn't feel it had carried. Australia told him where to go. A

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target of 244 never looked like it would test the Australians. Warner

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seemed to want to get the runs alone. They can hardly have been

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further away this time. The last of Marsh's 71 runs consigned England a

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tour one-day series defeat to go with a test one. Eight games of

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cricket on this tour. Eight Australian wins, five matches to

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come. When will this end? The middle distance runner Sir Christopher

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Chataway has died at the age of 82. He ran in two Olympics and set the

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pace for Roger Bannister to break the four-minute mile for the first

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time. Sir Christopher worked as a journalist for ITN and the BBC, and

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later became a Conservative MP and minister.

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You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel. The

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next news on BBC One is at 5.30pm. Goodbye.

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Good afternoon. For once this winters the weather for the week

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ahead isn't dominated by wind and heavy rain. Other weather elements

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are getting a look-in. Tonight and tomorrow morning fog and frost.

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There'll be rain around midweek. It will feel cold this week and ITMA

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get colder still come the end of the week.

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Let's concentrate on what's

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