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It's gold number 19 at London 2012 and Team GB equals its tally from

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the Beijing Olympics. Alastair Brownlee win's the men's triathlon

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and there are hopes of yet more golds this afternoon. Now golden

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hopes turn to the velodrome - Sir Chris Hoy, Victoria Pendleton and

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Laura Trott are all tipped to win this afternoon. But one of

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Britain's big medal hopes, the triple jumper Philips Idowu,

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crashes out after failing to make the final. It wasn't me out there

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today. I've competed for 12 years and I can't remember a time when

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I've performed that badly. Shares in the British bank Standard

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Chartered slump by 25% as it denies allegations it illegally schemed

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with Iran to launder money. Calls for fundamental changes in the way

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vulnerable adults are cared for and monitored, following abuse at the

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Winterbourne Care Home. It has identified all of the crimes and

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abusive acts that took place at this hospital, because typically,

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with this kind of abuse, the full scale of crimes are unknown.

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creator of Jodrell Bank, one of Britain's greatest astronomers, Sir

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Bernard Lovell, has died at the age of 98. Later on BBC London - one

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year on, City Hall still hasn't handed out �70 million earmarked

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for regenerating riot-hit areas. And, why one east Londoner's

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support for boxing has propelled him to become an Olympic master of

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ceremonies. Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.

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Alistair Brownlee has just won gold in the triathlon, bringing the

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total number of golds to 19. Thousands of people lined the

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streets to watch him and his brother, Jonny Brownlee, who

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claimed a bronze medal. Later this afternoon there could be even more

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golden success in cycling and dressage. Two brothers, one goal.

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Could this spur them to Olympic glory? 55 of the world's finest

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athletes prepared to do battle. Above grey skies threatened rain.

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Around them grassy banks were imvisible among the crowds, whose

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voices echoed around Westminster. Across the 28-acre lake, a shoal of

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come petors already spreading into groups as they headed for the

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jostle of the first tight turn. It's a much-repeated statistic that

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the favourite has never won this race. Dating back to the first time

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the sport featured in the Sydney Games. The Brownlees believed their

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commitment would break that trend. They completed the swim and they

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were still in contention and the crowds loved it. Out of Hyde Park

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and the applause rows like a -- rose like a wave. The tight curve

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here and the supporters from every corner of the UK willing the

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brothers to victory. It's brilliant. I really hope they come first and

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second. I know they're world champions with this crowd they can

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do anything, so we hope for the best. Brilliant. Gold and silver

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all day long. There's an extra vein of excitement running through the

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crowds. Over the past week, the people of Yorkshire has watched

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their county's medal tally rise day by day. Success for the lads from

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Leeds will be the icing on the cake. By the closing stages, a blow for

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Jonny, news he had been penalised for failing to mount his bike

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properly after the swim. A 15- second penalty, but he didn't

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faulter. The brothers can the 10k run and Jonny was still at his

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brother's shoulder. Alistair forced a pace to test all the leaders.

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Gomez of Spain pushing hard beside them. Deep into the third lad,

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Jonny was struggling, wondering whether his penalty could take him

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out of medal contention and watching his brother move ahead of

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the Spaniard. Tens of thousands were now watching the drama play

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out. Ten metres now between the two leaders. Jonny Brownlee watching

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the seconds tick away in the penalty box, but still in the

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bronze position. His older brother, out of sight, was holding his lead.

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Gomez heading for a comfortable silver, Alistair approaching the

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end as strongly as ever. The supporters were confident of a GB

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victory and then it was over. Another triumph and gold to be

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taken back to the White Rose County. Our sports correspondent, Andy

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Swiss, is at the finishing line in Hyde Park. Fantastic achievement

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for the brothers and Team GB? That's right. What a day for the

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thousands of fans here in Hyde Park and what a day for the Brownlee

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family. Gold and bronze. A particular special day for Alistair

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Brownlee, who secured the gold medal, the world champion, now the

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Olympic champion. It was really the perfect tactical race from him. He

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was tucked away during the swimming and cycling and then in the run he

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strode away from the rest of the field. He had time to pretty much

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stop by the side, take a Union Flag off one of the people and walk over

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the line with it. It was some performance by him. As far as his

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brother goes, perhaps he'll be a little disappointed, that 15-second

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penalty he picked up for getting on his bike too early might have cost

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him a medal, but gold and bronze in one family, what an extraordinary

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day for them. Thank you very much. It's the final day at the velodrome

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and there's a big afternoon ahead for Britain's cyclists. Victoria

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Pendleton is tipped for another gold in the women's sprint. If she

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winsit'll make her Britain's most successful female Olympian. Sir

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Chris Hoy is also going for gold. If he succeeds in the men's keirin,

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he would overtake Sir Steve Redgrave to become Britain's most

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successful male Olympian. And Laura Trott will also try to win her

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second gold on the track. James Pearce is at the velodrome now. An

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afternoon of drama? Of course. Saturday will go down in history,

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but today it could be the same. Already, having equalled that tally

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from Beijing, there's every chance that Team GB can push ahead to get

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the record tally for more than a century and breaking other records

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too. Victoria Pendleton is going in the semi-finals of the individual

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sprint. She is on course to beat her big rival in the final. If she

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can win, she'll have three golds and be the most decorated British

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female Olympian of all time. If that's not enough, Sir Chris Hoy

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has a chance to become the most decorated British male Olympian of

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all time. He's going in the semi- finals. He won the heat very easily

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this morning. He's already the current world champion. It's an

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event that can be a little unpredictable, but he'll go in as

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favourite and create his own history, overtaking Sir Steve

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Redgrave's tally of five golds. Laura trot, much younger than

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Pendleton and hoi, who will be retiring after these Games. She

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will be around for many years and she could be around as another

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winner with another gold around her neck. She has already won the team

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purr site. She's in second place in her trial, so there could be three

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more British golds here tonight, if everything goes accord to plan.

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Thank you very much. There was disappointment for Team GB in the

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athletics as one of the big medal hopes, the triple jumper Phillips

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Idowu, failed to qualify for the final. There had already been

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speculation over whether Idowu was fit enough to take part in the

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games. But there was no such trouble for Jamaica's Usain Bolt.

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He won his heat in the 200m comfortably. Our correspondent, Dan

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Roan, reports. In the build-up he can come to be known as The

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Invisible Man, but no sooner had Philips Idowu finally appeared, he

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was gone again. Speculation over his fitness and whereabouts had

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applied a certain intrigue to the competition, but today there was no

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mystery. Philips Idowu simply wasn't himself. The Beijing silver

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medalist had been regarded as a contender, but fell well short of

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the automatic qualifying mark of 17.10 and nine weeks after his last

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competitive jump he was out. That wasn't me out there today. I've

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competed for 12 years and I can't remember a time when I've performed

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that badly. So, his Games were open almost before they had begun, but

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still plenty more for the crowd to enjoy. Two days after his lit up

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the Games and wowed the world, Usain Bolt is back and how he

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begins his bid for a second gold. This time, in the 200 metres. The

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Olympic champion restricted himself to a gentle jog. The fastest man on

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the planet cruising into tomorrow's semi-finals. His rival Blake and

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Britain's Christian Malcolm also through. But the Games can be cruel

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at time. Lui, the iconic Chinese poster boys carried the hopes of a

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nation, but his first hurdle was also his last. His Achilles injury

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ruled him out. He was forced to withdraw four years ago and he had

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the sympathy of both competitors and spectators alike. There are

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high hopes of success for Great Britain in the dressage which is

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currently under way. Team GB rides this afternoon and they are also

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going for Gold. Joe Wilson is at Greenwich. A feeling they can

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perhaps do it? I think so. You might say it's a once-in-a-century

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opportunity. This is the first time really there's been a real list

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tiing hope for Britain to win any kind of medal and they -- realistic

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hope for Britain to win any kind of medal. They demand total silence

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from the crowd whilst the tests are going on. That's why we have come

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outside. The last thing we want to do is disturb any of the horses.

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It's a happy coincidence. This is a team event that Britain if 2012

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have three excellent -- in 2015 have three excellent riders and

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horses. We have seen one excellent test in qualifying from one of our

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riders. It's marked by the judges. A total score of 80% is excellent.

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83.6% is what we managed in qualifying. It's very technical.

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Very disciplined. You are supposed to demonstrate total harmony

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between horse and rider. Maybe it's not the most thrilling spectacle

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for all people, but we shouldn't jund estimate the high level of

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skill -- underestimate the high level of skill. Germany have won

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the last seven golds. Final thought, I'm intrigued why individuals do

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certain sports, well Karl Hester grew up on the island of Sark and

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he had to ride from an early age simply because on that island there

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are no cars. Thank you very much. There was more success in the last

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few minutes. Nick Dempsey took silver in the wind surfing. He only

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needed to come in the top six and he came third to secure his silver

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medal. Well, let's see how this morning's action has influenced the

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The shares in Britain's third- largest bank, Standard Chartered,

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fell by 21 points after the US regulators accused of hiding

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billions of pounds in transactions with Iranian banks. Standard

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Chartered has denied the allegations made by their New York

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financial services department and says it has complied overwhelmingly

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with sanctions in Iran. Just explain exactly what the banks are

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being accused of. Since the Iranian revolution the US has had strict

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economic sanctions with Iran but is it alleged Standard Chartered

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helped to launder up to $250 billion through the New York branch

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for Iranian institutions covered by the sanctions. It is perfectly

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legal for individuals and companies to undertake business in Europe,

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but when it is in dollars, the transactions have to be procured

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through the United States and it can raise the suspicions of the

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authorities. It is alleged to Standard Chartered hid details and

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cloaked their dollar dealing activities of Iranian clients from

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the regulators. It has to be said that Standard Chartered have been

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robust about this this morning and say they strongly reject the

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position as set out by the US financial regulator and say the US

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authorities have misinterpreted the law and that 99.9% of their Iranian

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transactions complied with regulations. You have to say this

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is still a very serious allegations against one of the most important

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financial institutions in the world. They have denied the allegations

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but a big impact on their shares. Yes, a big knock when they opened

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in London. They fell by 24%. The company also faces the prospect of

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a large fine should the allegations be proven, and perhaps more serious

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is that it could have its licence to operate in New York revoked.

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Something like 30 or 40% of its entire operations around the world

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are undertaken in US dollars so that could have a serious hit on

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the back -- on the bank, as well as to its reputation. More on that

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story and a question and answer Alastair Brown Lee wins a 19th goal

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for Team GB in the men's triathlon, equalling the gold medal tally from

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the g -- Beijing Olympics. And coming up, a new way to fill your

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fridge before you get back from holiday. Later on BBC London:

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Closing in on a possible medal. The capital's Andy Turner sprints into

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the semi-finals of the Olympic 110m Hurdles. And with today's busy

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sporting schedule we'll have a full travel update on the roads and

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An official inquiry into abuse at the Winterborne private hospital

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near Bristol has called for fundamental changes in the way

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vulnerable adults are looked after. 11 former staff members have

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admitted neglecting and ill- treating patients with learning

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difficulties. The serious case review says the hospital's owners

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put profit before standards. Alison Behind the locked doors of

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Winterborne Vu, Hospital for people with learning disabilities. A

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hidden Panorama camera revealed what today's serious case review

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called the arbitrary violence against the vulnerable patients. It

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describes a place where restraint was commonplace. Stephen was a

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shock when he discovered a number of times his son was restrained and

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he has asked us not to show his photograph. 45 times in the space

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of five months. It is not right, considering he has been at the new

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place for nearly two years, and in two years they have had to restrain

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him twice. The report says Castle back, the company that ran

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Winterborne, took financial reward without accountability. Staff were

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under-trained and not properly supervised. If we cannot put people

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together in hospitals and leave them without any credible

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monitoring in the naive belief that the hospital can deliver both

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assessment and treatment. And there were warnings. The report details

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nearly 40 safeguarding alerts to the local council. The police and

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the regulator, the care quality commission, were told of problems

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but little was done. I would like to take the opportunity today to

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purvey our deep regret and the events that took place in

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Winterborne private hospital. I would like to express our profound

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regret to family, friends and carers and the patients. In a

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statement, Castle Beck said there would be changes to make sure there

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was not a repeat of Winterborne. Terry Brian was the nurse who blew

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the whistle on what was happening at the hospital and now acts as an

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independent inspector but says this sort of abuse remains difficult to

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detect. People can hurt people if they want to. And if they want to,

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they will, because they do it behind closed doors when no one is

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looking. No inspection will pick that up. No police investigation

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will pick that up. The only people who pick that up will be the people

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in that room. Or on the shift who know it was in the room.

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Winterborne was closed more than a year ago, but for many it leaves

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the question of how such a place which was large, locked and cut off

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from the community could ever have been the right place for people

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Anne Milton is Minister for Public Health, and she's in Westminster.

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Good afternoon. It is a highly critical report published today.

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How do you ensure there is never a repeat of the abuse we saw at

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Winterborne? I think what this report clearly demonstrates is that

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this was a failure at every level. Serious, shocking, appalling abuse

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which has led to criminal proceedings, but also a failure at

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ward level, insufficient management and the failure of other services

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to pick up the early warning signs of what was going on. And also a

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complete failure up on the part of the commissioners, those people who

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were paying for the care in his home. Clearly they did not have any

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kind of monitoring in place, as your piece rightly pointed out. It

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is quite tricky, even with unannounced inspections, to be sure

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about what is going on. So you need action at every level. This is a

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real shock and a real wake-up call. One exactly will you do? What

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action can be taken to make sure it will not be repeated? The number of

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actions. On a one to-one basis, we are bringing in new training

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standards. It is about leadership at ward level and we need to work

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with the commission's to make sure. They are very clear about their

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duties are response -- and responsibilities. When they are

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paying for high quality care they should be doing that. There are

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other questions about why other agencies did not pick up the early

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warning signs and there are other issues around restraint. The

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gentleman interviewed talked about how little restraint had been used

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since his relative had moved on, and we need to look at that. It is

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action at every single level. This is really shocking and very

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distressing for those involved and we are determined to make sure this

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Almost 160,000 secondary school pupils in Scotland get their exam

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results today, and there's been a record pass rate among those

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studying Highers. The latest figures show almost 77% of Highers

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candidates have passed this year - a rise of 1.8% on last year. Lorna

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Hundreds of phone calls already to this helpline this morning, and

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about a third of them from worried parents. We are told they are

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getting far more phone calls than they got at the same point last

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year, but help and advice is available to all of those who have

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been left disappointed with their It has been a some of waiting.

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After all hard work. -- a summer of waiting. And today almost 160,000

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candidates who sat Scottish exams have been finding out how they

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fared. I did a little bit better than they expected. I wasn't

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inspecting to pass the high English. I have passed the more, so I am

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quite happy. Last year those who receive their results by a text

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found that grades a day early. This time around there were no such

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problems. I got some good results but I can sit this one again and

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get a better grade. Scottish Highers, the exams the pupils have

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completed are the benchmark exams for those hoping to go on to

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university or college. And yet again, across Scotland, a record

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number of candidates have passed. Advice is available for those who

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have been left disappointed, but what of that record pass rate? And

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there are also claims that grates are being inflated. The exams are

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definitely not getting media -- easier. Things are changing, but

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young people are working harder and are more convinced of the

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importance of good results and our teaching is getting better.

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this year colleges and universities can start charging fees of up to

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�9,000, but tuition in Scotland will remain free for Scottish

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students. I am going to university and sticking in Scotland because

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the fees in England a ridiculous. Who can afford that? Definitely not

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me. 40s school pupils, these decisions are for the future -- for

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these school pupils. Today is all about celebrating their

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achievements. As with previous years, places in clearing are going

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to prove extremely limited, but the Scottish government has promised a

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place in training or education for every 16 to 19-year-old in Scotland,

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so with a bit of advice and help there are still plenty of options

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Now you may be familiar with the problem: you get back from your

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holidays to find an empty fridge. Well Britain's biggest retailer,

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Tesco, thinks it has the solution. It will trial what it says is the

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country's first virtual interactive shop at Gatwick Airport. But is it

:23:47.:23:57.

the future of shopping? Here's our It is never a nice feeling when the

:23:57.:24:01.

holiday comes to an end, and you start thinking about having no food

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at home. So what is the answer? Before you have even left the

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departure lounge, Tesco would like you to use this virtual supermarket

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scream. You use your smart phone to scan the code and you can Popper

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all of these items in your basket and supposedly get them delivered

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to your home in time for when you get back. But is this just a

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gimmick, or will it really take off? I met up with the shepherd

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family, off to Majorca. Personally, myself, I actually like to go

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shopping and pick out what we have cell I know that the fruit is not

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bruised, but it is a good idea. Technology is changing the way we

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shop, and it is being driven by smartphones, which allow you to

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access the internet. Other retailers will be watching Tesco's

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experiment. A I think it is significant because it starts to

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show the way retailers changing and the fact that a lot more of us

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these days are shopping on our mobile phones. We are shopping on

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the move, effectively. I think this latest initiative is a recognition

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that there has been great growth in that area and there will continue

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to be growth of the next few years. And now to this, which the

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inventors claim will revolutionise shopping. 25 years ago this was the

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prediction for the high street. can order up to 3,000 products to

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purchase directly. In turn is that they weren't far off. -- it turns

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out. These days Retail is all about convenience and it may not be long

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before something like this is coming to a location near you.

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creator of Jodrell Bank, the pioneer of radio astronomy in

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Britain, Sir Bernard Lovell has died at the age of 98. For 30 years

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he was the director of Jodrell Bank in Cheshire, the site of the radio

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telescope which became famous around the world and set the

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pattern for the many observatories that followed. Nick Higham reports.

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Even today, the radio telescope at Jodrell Bank is impressive. The

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vast white parabola gathering signals from the corners of the

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universe. When it was built in the 1950s it was an object of wonder,

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something out of science fiction. Bernard Lovell, seen on the right,

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came up with the idea while developing radar during World War

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II. It made him a scientific celebrity. The signals making holes

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in this tape have been processed by computer and they are an account of

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signals which have been carried through space for around 8 billion

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years. In other words we believe this quasar is a distance of at

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least a million light years. Bernard Lovell made this programme

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about his career and his beliefs in the 1980s. He disliked the way

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governments tried to appropriate scientific research, although it

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did not stop him letting the military use Jodrell Bank as a

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tracking station for a time. He had a strict religious upbringing and

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remained a believer all his life, despite his scientific

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investigations. Late in life, he reflected on the telescope's

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success. This telescope at Jodrell Bank is working marvellously at the

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moment. Obviously it has a limited life. I think it's life will not be

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limited by the structure, but by its ability to cope with that the

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new demands in astronomy. I thought 20 years ago, for example, that we

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knew all we wanted to know about the structure and evolution of the

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universe, and now we know almost nothing. Sir Bernard Lovell, who

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died at the age of 98. And finally, just imagine the scene. Dozens of

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students at Usain Bolt's old school in Jamaica had gathered to watch

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their hero run in the 100 metres final on Sunday when this happened.

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A power blackout plunged the school into darkness and meant they lost

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live coverage of the race. Luckily someone managed to get hold of a

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radio, which they all huddled round to listen. And the rest, as they

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Thank goodness they found the radio. A cloudy morning so far, but the

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rain has held up just about. Be on the skyline of London we have some

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thick layers of cloud and that is bearing rein. We will see it

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turning up across southern Wales, south-west England were has been

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patchy and it will continue to extend through the east this

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afternoon. For the sailors at Portland and Weymouth, good

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visibility but as the cloud and rain arrives the visibility will

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deteriorate for the races this afternoon. Through the rest of the

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afternoon across the country we will see patchy rain sliding across

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the southern parts of England said we will see patches of rain

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arriving in the south-east before too long. The Southway -- the South

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West prone to rain. North of Wales should stay dry and bright. For

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Northern Ireland, dry and bright, but the showers will fade later

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this afternoon and we will see increasing amounts of sunshine. Not

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a bad day for western Scotland. Generally dry and bright, and

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eastern areas prone to one or two sharp showers and some pretty heavy

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ones forecast for more than England, especially around the Pennines

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where there are thunderstorms and through the afternoon the

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thunderstorms will push towards the east, reaching the coastal areas of

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Yorkshire. One or two showers or East Anglia and the patchy rain

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edging into the London area and through the Olympic Park. The

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riverbank arena where the men's hockey team are playing Spain later

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on, one or two spots of rain probably arriving and also over the

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evening. We will keep a weather front in the south, so quite cloudy

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and great, but on the mild side. Further north, clear spells across

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the north-east of Scotland and eastern England as well. Tomorrow

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morning we start cloudy in the south with spots of rain but things

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will improve quickly and there could be a bit more in the way of

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brightness across the south. Because of that, temperatures have

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bit higher, creeping into the low twenties, so maybe a bit more

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pleasant. For many of us, a dry afternoon. That sets the scene for

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Thursday with high pressure building across the British Isles

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and most places will have a dry and bright conditions with hazy

:30:41.:30:44.

sunshine. No heat wave across the north-east of Scotland where

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temperatures will be stuck in the high teens but elsewhere across

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England and Wales we will see the temperatures building and we could

:30:51.:30:56.

be looking at highs of around 25 Celsius, 77 degrees Fahrenheit and

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it will feel a bit humid. We will see if that fine spell of weather

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A reminder of our top story: Great Britain wins then 19th gold-medal

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meaning that they have equalled their medal tally from the Beijing

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