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Three British soldiers, serving in Afghanistan have been killed by an

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Afghan policeman. They were attacked after visiting a

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checkpoint in the Helmand province. Their loss will be felt deeply

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across the task force. However, this will be nothing compared to

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the grief experienced by their families at home. The outgoing

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chairman of Barclays, Marcus Agius, says he's sorry for the rate-fixing

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scandal. The bank will undergo an independent review. Three police

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forces will not be able to provide a proper service because of budget

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cuts. Calls for loser ties with the European Union. The former Defence

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Secretary says Britain needs a new relationship with the EU. This is

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about a national debate. There are millions of our fellow

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citizens, who feel their view is not listened to. Stopping the cold

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callers - the service set up to block them is being ignored by some

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marketing companies. And the reign of Spain continues,

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as the country prepares to welcome Later on BBC London. Roadworks are

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suspended around London as the Olympic preparations get underway.

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And the growing influence of London's so-called Silicon

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Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at 1pm. An Afghan

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policeman has shot and killed three British soldiers in Helmand

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province T attacks happened yesterday as the soldiers left a

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checkpoint. Their families have been informed. So far 26 NATO

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troops, including seven from Britain have been killed in so

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called green on blue attacks, when Afghan forces turn on their foreign

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colleagues. David Cameron called the deaths "appalling" and said the

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Government would do everything possible to learn lessons for the

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future. Our correspondent is in Lashkar Gah now.

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There is a feeling of immense loss for the British task force here. Of

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course it is devastating for the unit involved who have lost close

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comrades. It is not close whether the policeman was a Taliban

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infiltrator or a policeman with a personal grudge. Those details are

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still sketchy. The three soldiers were killed at a

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police checkpoint on the southern most part of this route, route 601,

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which snakes through the Afghan desert. They didn't die at the

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hands of the enemy, but at the hands of a man they believed was an

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ally, an Afghan policeman. On Sunday, the soldiers were at a

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local meeting, similar to one we filmed that same afternoon, some

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40kms away. It is clear how closely British forces have to work with

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the Afghans and have to trust them, even though all are armed.

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Yesterday, for reasons which are not clear, one policeman turned his

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weapon on two soldiers from the Welsh Guards and one from the Royal

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Corps of Signals. For those serving here there was shock and sadness

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today, but also a determination to continue their task. The task force

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cares deeply about all our soldiers. We are utterly determined to

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complete this mission. We believe in advising. We take all measures

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to protect our soldiers. What makes this all the more devastating is

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the Welsh guards have seen one comrades killed by an Afghan

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policeman this May. In March an Afghan serviceman shot dead two

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British troops. These latest deaths come, despite the extra measures

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taken earlier this year to protect British forces from just such

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attacks. Those working here say they have to work side by side with

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their Afghan colleagues, to help and advice them, as NATO begins its

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gradual withdrawal. Today, three more names will be added to the

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memorials here in Helmand. British soldiers trust in the Afghans they

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are helping will be shake and there will be an impact on morale. But

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above all, there is sadness here for these three deaths, but little

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time to mourn. This means that around a quarter of all British

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forces killed this year have been killed at the hands of their Afghan

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allies. It is clear NATO will be looking at whether there is

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anything at all that can be done to protect their forces as they work

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closely with their Afghan counter parts. What is being said by

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commanders here is there is no other option that working side by

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side is an essential part as NATO begins its gradual withdrawal.

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Thank you. Let's talk now to our correspondent,

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who joins us from the capital, Kabul. As Caroline was saying,

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there have been far more of those green on blue incidents this year.

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Why is that? Well, simply put because there are more Afghan

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forces than ever before. They are working more intimately with

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British and American troops than ever before. That's why we've seen,

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that is part of the reason why we've seen 26 deaths this year. Now,

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the international mission here in Afghanistan will say this is a tiny

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number when you have over 300,000 Afghan security forces, over

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100,000 foreign troops. This is a tiny number of such deaths. But

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they have a disproportionate effect and they are incredibly bad for

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morale and that morale and that trust is vital when these soldiers

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have to go out and face the Taliban. The outgoing chairman of Barclays

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says he sorry for the rate-fixing scandal. Mr Agius is stepping down

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from his post at Barclays and is chairman of the British Bankers'

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Association. Less than a week after the bank was fined almost �300

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million for fixing the LIBOR. Today the chairman Marcus Agius

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took his share of responsibility. He's confirmed he has resigned, but

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will stay until a replacement is appointed. That announcement comes

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after intense criticism of the bank, following news last week it was

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paying fines of nearly �300 million. The traders had been manipulating

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the interest rate. In a statement Barclays said it would carry out a

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root and branch review of past practises. The chief executive, Bob

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Diamond, is still under heavy scrutiny. There have been calls for

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him to quit, include from the Labour leader, who has demanded a

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wider investigation. There needs to be a more general change of

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leadership,. I don't think it is enough generally, because people

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going, just resigning, is not really getting to the bottom of

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what happened, who is responsible and punishing those who did wrong.

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Mr Diamond, seen here at a previous hearing is due to be questioned

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again by MPs on Wednesday. Some say that's the key test, because while

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he may attract controversy he has a proven track record at Barclays.

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He's good at his job. Whether he stays or goes depends on what comes

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out in terms of what he knew, when he knew it and the degree to which

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he can be held responsible for what went wrong. The rigging of the

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LIBOR was not restricted to Barclays. Several other leading

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international banks are under investigation. While those

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inquiries are on going, there'll be a continuing shadow over the City

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of London and the banking industry. This afternoon, the Government will

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announce an inquiry into banking standards. Not a full public

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inquiry like the Leveson review into the media, but something which

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would result in swift legislation if required. Let's pick that up

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with our business editor who is here. Robert, if it is not a full

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public inquiry that the Government are announcing, what are they

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likely to be saying? They are looking at two issues. One is how

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to make fixing interest rates a criminal offence. Let's be clear,

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there are those who believe that what some of these traders did may

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turn out to be a prosecutable offence and the Serious Fraud

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Office is looking at it. We heard the head of the Financial Services

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Authority say there are, in his view, deficiencys in the law here.

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That is one thing they will look at. Then there is this absolutely

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gripping, resson napbt issue, the inve -- the investigation into

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standards. That must look at how they are remunerated, the degree of

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regulation of their activities. Although George Osborne, I am told

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wants a quick and dirty probe that will allow law changes quickly. It

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is difficult to see how it can be that quick. Looking at Barclays, as

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we heard Bob Diamond appearing before MPs on Thursday, what will

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the key issue be for them? There are key issues. One, he'll have to

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demonstrate, to their satisfaction, that he genuinely did know nothing,

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at the relevant time, about this manipulation of interest rates. He

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claims this was going on without his knowledge.

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But one of the things that I learned yesterday was that there

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was a fascinating conversation with the deputy Bank of England in

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autumn of 2008, between Mr Diamond and Mr Paul Tucker, the deputy

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governor. Barclays managers got the view that the Bank of England was

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instructing them to rig rates. If Mr Diamond knew nothing about their

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activities, how was it that they found out about his interesting

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conversation with the Bank of England? So, big questions for him

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to answer, which will have an impact on his reputation and I have

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to say the Bank of England's reputation. Thank you. The former

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Defence Secretary, Liam Fox, has called for Britain to have a loser

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relationship with the European Union. In a speech in London he

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said millions of people felt they weren't being listened to and they

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Nottingham given consent to the current relation with the EU.

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Yesterday the Prime Minister suggested there could be a

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referendum on the relationship with Europe, but not yet.

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It's almost four decades since Britain had a vote on staying in

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Europe. Now it a club of 27 countries, over half share a

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currency. So, some thing it is time for another referendum. Enter a

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big-hitter to stir up the debate. Liam Fox wants Britain to

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renegotiate its relationship with Brussels and then put it to a vote.

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There are millions of fellow citizens who feel their view is not

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listened to. That changes have been made in our relationship with the

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European Union, that they have never given their consent to. They

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agreed to a Common Market, but they been delivered an intrusive

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relationship. They would like to have a say. The Conservatives have

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a long history of fractious relationships with Europe. Liam Fox

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compared the euro to the Titanic. Just a few days ago, Europe's

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leaders agreed they need to move closer together to save their

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currency. At that summit David Cameron said he does not want a

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straight in or out referendum. He said a vote may be needed to get

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people's full-hearted backing. Supporters say it is about a new

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relationship. The majority of people in this country don't want

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to leave the EU all together. They don't want to join the euro and

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sign up to further integration. If we're going to have a referendum we

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have to give people the choice they want - that is to say in EU but

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under new terms. That is to trade with Europe, but take powers away

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from the EU and oh range of other areas. What is clear is that Europe

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is changing and lots of questions are being asked about Britain's

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position in it. The real pressure on Cameron is not from within the

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party. The real pressure is from within. The pressure is UKIP. Since

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the last general election 1.4 million Tory voters have switched

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and said they will vote UKIP. If it gets stronger from here then I

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think the pressure will become impossible. Liam Fox and his former

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boss agree Britain needs to change its relationship with the people in

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here. The key difference though is that the Prime Minister does not

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envisage the UK outside of the European Union. For Liam Fox,

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leaving might be the answer. Nearly 6,000 police officers are

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being cut from front-line roles, as forces reduce spending. A report by

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the chief inspector for police for England and Wales says for now the

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cuts are being made without the public noticing, but there may be

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challenges ahead. This is where we want to see our

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police officers - on the beat, on the frontline. Today's report

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concludes that police forces are working hard to keep them there. It

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could be a challenge in the future. In total, they are cutting spending

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by �749 million. Mainly through cutting staff.

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The result - an overall number of frontline officers will fall by

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5,800. That is down 6%. The police themselves have protested against

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cuts. Today's carefully-phrased report agreed the Government was so

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far meeting its pledge of protecting the frontline, although

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it's not preserving frontline police numbers. Question - can cuts

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be made without the public noticing? It is proving so far, but

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we're only, as it were, approaching halfway through it, in terms of

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numbers. It will be interesting to see if

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that is maintained as we go forward. Cuts meant three forces may not be

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able to provide effective services in future. Two rural ones - Devon

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and Cornwall and Lincolnshire and one that's very much on the

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frontline, Britain's biggest, the Metropolitan Police. The force that

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gets extra funding because it looks like that is not ready for the

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storm that is brewing. We have known it is coming for two or three

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years now. It is worrying. The Met said it will be ready. It is

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developing a plan to deliver the cuts. The Government insists good

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Most police forces continue to cut crime, continuing to improve

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services to the public and showing that they can deal with the

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necessary budget reductions. One noticeable change, nearly a

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quarter of police station counters are being closed, some are replaced

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by access points in supermarkets and libraries.

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Now a quick look at the top story: Three British soldiers are serving

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in Afghanistan, they have been killed by an Afghan policeman. They

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were attacked after visiting a checkpoint in the Helmand province.

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Coming up, I am live at Wimbledon, where it is not a great day for

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watching tennis. It is chilly and rain is forecast, so will Andy

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Murray get to play at all? On BBC London: Less than a month to go, a

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comprehensive guide on where to watch and what to do during the

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Olympics. And we meet some of the London

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athletes as they make final preparations for the biggest event

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of their lives. The tactic of cold calling has been

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used for years by companies who want to talk to potential customers

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at home. The calls are not always welcome. If you signed up to the

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Telephone Preference Services, you should not receive them, but a BBC

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Panorama investigation found that companies are by-passing a database,

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so far not a single one has been found for doing so.

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Tony Clark has an ex-director phone number and is signed up to the

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Telephone Preference Services, a scheme that is supposed to prevent

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UK-based companies from making unwanted cold calls. Yet he is

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still getting up to five of them a day. He found one firm was

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especially persistent. I'd like to know how they know

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about me? How they got my details? Panorama went under cover to find

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out. In fact, the company calling Tony

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and others like him is called Central Claims Group, based outside

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of Manchester. In a statement, the Central Claims

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Group said it takes legal obligations very seriously. It does

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not condone the lapses that we filmed. They said they have

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informed all employees that introducing themselves anything

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other than the Central Claims Group will be regarded as grows

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misconduct, warranting dismissal, but what of the scheme that is

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supposed to block cold callers? The Direct Marketing Association runs

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the scheme, but the enforcement is the job of the Information

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Commissioner's kst office and they have not imposed fines in the last

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18 months. At the moment we are definitely

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trying to take action against the individuals. We have only had the

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power to fine since early January, so it is early days yet. There is a

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lot of money to be made, however, in this sphere.

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So for now, companies across the country are getting away with

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breaking the rules. There is more on that story in

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tonight's Panorama, it is called Panorama: Call Centres Uncovered at

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8.30pm on BBC One. The cost to the taxpayer of

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supporting the Royal Family rose during the past financial year.

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Buckingham Palace accounts show that the Queen's official

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expenditure went up by �200,000 to �32 .3 million.En increase of 0.26%.

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The Queen is to be offered the keys to the city of Edinburgh in an

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ancient ceremony today. She marks her Diamond Jubilee with a visit to

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Scotland. She and the Duke of Edinburgh are then to visit the

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Scottish National Portrait Gallery. Our correspondent joins us from the

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Palace of Holyrood House in Edinburgh. Lorna, what are we

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expecting in the ancient Ceremony of the Keys? The Queen comes to the

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Palace of Holyrood House erweek of the year towards the beginning of

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July. Then the palace turn noose the main working Royal headquarters,

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but this year they have the Royal Week timed to coincide with her

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Jubilee visit to Scotland. So the Ceremony of the Keys is an annual

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event. It is when the Queen is handed a set of keys and welcomed

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to her ancient and hereditary kingdom of Scotland. That is the

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start of a packed five-day visit. In addition to that, she will be

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visiting the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, tomorrow there

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will be a garden party here at the Palace. They are hoping that the

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rain holds off for that then on Wednesday she heads across to

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Glasgow for a service of Thanksgiving. On Thursday another

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significant day when Prince William, who is known in Scotland at the

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Earl of Strathern is made a Knight of the Thistle and on Friday she is

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to visit Perth. A place that was awarded city status, because of the

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Diamond Jubilee. The Queen is no stranger to Scotland. She spends a

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lot of time up at Balmoral in the north-east of Scotland every summer

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and spends that week here at the Palace of Holyrood House every year,

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but this particular visit is very special, a part of the Diamond

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Jubilee celebrations. Lorna, thank you very much.

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In Mexico, the Institutional Revolutionary Party which could've

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earned the party for 71 years until the end of the 21st century has

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returned to power. Enrique Pena Nieto won 27% of the vote in the

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election. Spain is reigning in Europe, at

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least in the football after winning the Euro 2012 final last night.

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Does that make this Spain's side the best football tem ever?

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Supporters in Madrid think so, as we have been finding out.

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It was one celebration after another.

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As the goals kept on going in... Soon, the capital's main avenues

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were awash with red and yellow. As people celebrated the team's

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third title in as many tournaments. There is an incredible atmosphere

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on the streets of Madrid tonight. A sea of red and yellow. People are

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going to party hard all night. It is crazy. I'm going to get drinks

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spill the on me. Spain have won in style, they will celebrate in style,

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they have made history tonight. COMMENTATOR: It is four! Juan Mata.

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On the pitch the numbers were simple. At 4-0, not even the

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Italians could argue that Spain were not the best. Spain's economy

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may be faltering... But its football team are the envy of

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Europe and the world. With their new record come the

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comparisons to some of history's greatest sides.

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COMMENTATOR: It is four! Like Brazil in the 1970 World Cup.

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So, is the Spain of today the best football team of all time? When all

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of this, the boys have retired after ten, 15 years, we can look

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back and say we were really good, maybe the best in history, maybe

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not, but we enjoy it a lot, winning these titles.

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This morning the European and the world champions left their hotel in

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Ukraine. There will be a victory later on today in Madrid, but bad

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economic news is now also the norm here. Many told us that this makes

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the victory even more sweet. Andy Murray takes to the grass at

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Wimbledon this afternoon, weather permitting. Bidding for a place in

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the quarter-finals. He is facing Marin Cilic.

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Our correspondent Katherine Downes joins us from Wimbledon now.

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Well, despite the gloomy weather play is underway on all courts.

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Andy Murray is due out on Court One later on today. Judy Murray is in

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charge of British women's tennis, earlier on I caught up to ask her

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what it is like to watch your little boy take on the hopes of

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nation. This is the moment that Judy Murray

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tells her protege, Elena Baltacha, that she is going to compete at the

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Olympics. Smiles and hugs, it is a new approach for Britain's women,

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led by the matriarch of women's British tennis.

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The girls are playing with confidence and belief in themselves

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and we have created a good team spirit. They are all supporting

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each other. There is much more of a family feel around the side at the

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moment. Judy Murray has not missed a game

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at Wimbledon. Overseeing from the courtside, the best performance

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from the British women. Her son has had to do without her

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at times, but for today, it is all about Andy Murray. He place Marin

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Cilic at Queen's, he was handed the title there after David Nalbandian

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lost his temper, but it has been no easy ride for Marin Cilic. His

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match on Saturday was the second longest in Wimbledon history, but

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watching her son play any opponent, even a tired one, should be a

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strain for his mum. I should be used to it by now, but

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it is still a mixture of newsa and a heart attack.

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It helps to keep the weight down! Can you -- he do it today, do you

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think? I hope so. At least today there should be no

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sabotage by his shorts. Andy Murray will be wearing a different style

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after Saturday's spillages. Yes, that happened to him three

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times on Saturday. It cost him points. So longer shorts and deeper

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pockets, though imagine that the main concern is the weather. He is

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out on Court One, the roof on the court is a consideration for the

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future. That would be small comfort for Andy Murray and the family if

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they see him today before it rains. Usain Bolt has been beaten by his

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training partner Yohan Blake for the second time in 48 hours. Yohan

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Blake won in a time of 19.8 seconds. He beat him in the 100m at the

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Jamaican trials on Friday. Millions of people are without

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power in America after storms hit the eastern coast over the weekend.

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The region is in the grip of a heatwave with temperatures reaching

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100 degrees Fahrenheit. There have been 17 weather-related deaths so

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far. It is slow progress to restore the

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spaghetti of fallen power lines as millions are waking up to another

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day without electricity. Storms have ripped through four

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states on the east coast on Friday night. With little or no warning.

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Hurricane force winds of up to 90 miles an hour have been uprooting

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trees and taking down power lines. In Virginia, an elderly coup until

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their 90s were killed after the house caught fire. It is thought

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that it was caused by sparking power lines. In Ohio a faulty

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generator caught fire, but this couple managed to escape.

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I heard a boom and then I heard him screaming that the house was on

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fire. Many are using public places to

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escape the heat. We are here to cool off. The kids

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have a movie. They are watching it on the laptop. So we will hang out

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here for a council of hours and try to find a neighbour with airb.

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Our house has no power. So we have come to the movies.

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Now, even the generators are running low. As they are used to

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power the airbing. -- air conditioning.

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Others are getting creative in order to stay cool.

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The record-breaking wave of the extreme weather. Violent storms

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blamed for at least 17 deaths. While the heatwaves and the

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blackouts continue, many are powerless to keep cool. The elderly

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are warned to take extra care. Well, a very different sort of

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weather here. Peter Gibbs has the weather here. Peter Gibbs has the

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forecast here. Well, there is more rain around

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this week for all of us, that is for sure.

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I am looking hard to find a glimmer of hope. There will be a little bit

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of sunshine, when the sun breaks out in the middle of the week it

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will feel like the early part of July, but not today for most of us.

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The rain has been the main story. Wimbledon is leading a charmed life

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so far, but see how the rain is sweeping in over Wales, the south-

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west of England and edging north wards. The far west coast of

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Scotland is holding out. Northern Ireland watch out for sharp showers.

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That could lead to localised flooding and the odd shower in the

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north of Wales and the Midlands as well. For much of rain and Wales --

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England and Wales, it is rain. Outbreaks of rain in Southampton or

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Oxford, there, expect it to get pretty wet. The rain moving into

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the London area, Kent just hanging on to the drier weather, but the

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weather temperatures are struggling. The midto high teens at the best.

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The north-east of England a drier slot, but here there could be

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showers turning up. Drifting to the north in the evening. As we get rid

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of one lot of rain from England and Wales overnight, there is the next

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lot beginning to push in to the south-west later on in the early

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hours. A mild night. We had midto high teens in the day, but not much

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lower than this tonight. On to Tuesday morning. Some brightness

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for the Midlands and eastern England, but the next batch of rain

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is marching in, to Wales, up into the north of England. Cloudier in

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Northern Ireland. Brightness in the north of Scotland, that is on the

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cool side. With the potential, with the sun, in Newcastle and Glasgow,

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it is 21 Celsius, but high teens if you are lucky at Wimbledon. The

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next couple of days will be tricky for the organisers. There will be

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interruptions. There is a big area of low pressure

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sitting over the UK. This is the sirp, but that is what we need to

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move in. -- this is the summer here. That is

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what we need to move in. This is the jet stream, we need it to move

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to the north but all of the charts suggesting that will not happen in

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at least the next couple of weeks at least the next couple of weeks

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and possibly beyond as well. Thank you.

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Before we go, the top story: Three British soldiers serving in

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