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The Prime Minister says more lives could have been saved in the

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Hillsborough disaster but safety was compromised at every level. 96

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people lost their lives in the tragedy 23 years ago. Official

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documents show the authorities tried to deflect the blame onto

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fans. In the last half hour, the Prime

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Minister issued a profound apology to the families and revealed the

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full extent of the failings of the authorities. It was wrong that the

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families have had to wait for so long and fight so hard just to get

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to the truth. It was wrong quite profoundly wrong, that the police

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changed the records of what happened and tried to blame the

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fans. The American Ambassador to Libya,

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Christopher Stevens, has been killed in disturbances linked to an

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anti-Islamic video. Nearly 250 people are killed in a

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fire at a clothing factory in Pakistan, which had no emergency

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exits. The number of people in work sees

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its biggest increase in two years. Was a drop in unemployment partly

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down to the Olympics? And not in the "deep bosom of the

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ocean buried" after all - is this car park the last resting place of

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King Richard III? Later on BBC London: Unemployment is down in

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London, we will be talking to the people setting up their own

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businesses. And the former detective who

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fallsified crime records relating to 13 cases of rape and sexual

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Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One. A report into the

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Hillsborough disaster 23 years ago, has criticised the authorities for

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compromising safety at every level and said lives could have been

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saved. 96 football fans died following a crush on the terraces

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of Sheffield Wednesday, in April 1989. The Hillsborough Independent

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Panel scrutinised nearly half a million pages of official documents

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which had not been disclosed to the public. In the past half hour, the

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Prime Minister described its findings as deeply distressing. He

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said he was profoundly sorry for what he described as a double

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injustice - both in the way the disaster was handled and the way it

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was subsequently reported in some parts of the media, where blame was

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put on Liverpool fans. From Liverpool, here's Ed Thomas.

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There were cheers inside the cathedral from the families of the

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96 people who died at Hillsborough when they heard this independent

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report. They were told police tried to blame fans, police altered 164

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statements, the inquests were flawed, the ambulance service could

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have done more and the source of the Sun's the truth article was the

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police and a local MP, all words from an independent panel. But

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words that people here on Merseyside have been saying for 23

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years. It's the days of families of fans

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who died at Hillsborough will finally see a report... Many in

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Liverpool have long waited for this. The day the families of those who

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died at Hillsborough hope the truth will be heard.

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23 years after 96 fans died, their families came here and told us they

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wanted answers. A long journey. A long and painful journey. Obviously,

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child bereavement is something that's very difficult to deal with

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and effectively we lost both, all our children. What do you want from

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today? Very simple, we want the truth, not the truth as written in

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the Sun newspaper but the real truth. Today that search for truth

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has taken the Hillsborough families to Liverpool's Anglican cathedral.

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Inside, they were given an independent report written from

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thousands of unseen documents. It found police tried to cover up

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their mistakes. The inquests were flawed. And the ambulance service

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could have done more. In parliament, the Prime Minister

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said sorry. It is right for me today as Prime Minister to make a

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proper apology to the families of the 96 for all they have suffered

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over the past 23 years. Indeed, the new evidence that we are presented

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with today makes clear in my view that these families have suffered a

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double injustice. The injustice of the appalling events, the failure

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of the state to protect their loved ones and the indefensible wait to

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get to the truth and then the injustice of the denigration of the

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deceased that they were somehow at fault for their own deaths. On

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behalf of the Government and our own country I am profoundly sorry

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this double injustice has been left uncorrected for so long.

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96 Liverpool fans died because of what happened here. These pictures

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showed the chaos after police opened an exit gate to allow people

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into the ground. Days later, some newspapers blamed fans. The

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official inquiry showed a lack of police control was to blame. Some

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who represent the families believe those responsible now need to be

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held to account. Accountability is absolutely vital. And it applies as

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I say, to every single occupation, whatever decisions you take, the

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BBC takes, I take, I have to be accountable. I can't say I am sorry,

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I can't do my job if I have to explain what I have done. They

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absolutely do. Every year Liverpool supporters

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remember Hillsborough. At Anfield they call for justice for the 96.

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The families of those who died now need to decide if they are closer

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to that call than ever before. Families have been fighting for

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justice for 23 years, do they feel they're finally getting the full

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extent of the truth? Well, this apology from the Prime Minister is

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significant. For so long the families of those who died at

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Hillsborough have been calling for the wider establishment, to open up

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and admit what went wrong at Hillsborough. The next issue now is

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accountability. Many of the families here want these original

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inquest verdicts of accidental deaths to be wiped, a new inquest

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to go ahead. If those inquests find that some of the fans were

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unlawfully killed, then many families want someone to be held

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responsible for what happened at Hillsborough. But for now there is

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a certain sense of relief around the cathedral coming from some

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people here, that the sense that the true story of Hillsborough

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after so long, after 23 years, is finally being heard.

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Thank you. Let's cross to Westminster and talk

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to our political correspondent Norman Smith. We heard the gasps in

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the Commons as the Prime Minister revealed the extent of this report.

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And the coverup which was widespread, wasn't it? Yes, this

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was I think a deeply significant moment of parliament. It wasn't

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just an apology from the Prime Minister, it was really a moment of

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contrition, perhaps Atonement on behalf of the entire British

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establishment, those who are most trusted, most accountable, those

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who are meant to protect people, meant to provide vehicles for

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addressing grievances, namely the police, the media, the judiciary

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and politicians. The police, who Mr Cameron said had falsified

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statements, the media who ran with stories about supporters stealing

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from the dead, the judiciary who tried to draw too close a link

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between the dead and their blood alcohol levels, including those of

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young children and the politicians who failed to sufficiently

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challenge the police version of events. Mr Cameron said Mrs

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Thatcher was told that the police version of events was defensive,

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bordering on deceitful and the hope will be that national apology, the

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apology on behalf of the establishment will go some way to

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offer the families closure. Thank you.

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We will be getting reaction from Sheffield later. And you can see

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the report by the Hillsborough Independent Panel, which includes

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the documents, in full on the bbc website at bbc.co.uk//news.

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The American Ambassador to Libya has been killed in an attack on the

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country's consulate in Benghazi. Three other officials were killed.

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It's thought gunmen stormed the building as part of protests

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against a film about the prophet Mohammed. In the last hour,

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President Obama called the attack outrageous. Our diplomatic

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correspondent James Robbins reports. Armed attackers overwhelmed those

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guarding the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya's second city.

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Throwing grenades and with powerful weapons they set fire to large

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parts of the compound and killed American officials. The United

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States ambassador, Christopher Stevens, is wrong the dead. Some

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reports suggest they may have been killed by a rocket-propelled

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grenade. Christopher Stevens was promoted to the role of American

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ambassador four months ago but had spent much of the last two years in

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the country, first as envoy to the anti-Colonel Gaddafi rebels.

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Outside the burning consulate a local resident said the attack was

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in response to an anti-Islam video posted on the internet from the

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United States which attacks the prophet Mohammed. He is our prophet.

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So, we have to have to stop this film, stopping film is our hope, is

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our relationship with the Americans. After extracts of the video were

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shown on TV in Egypt, thousands of people protested outside the

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American Embassy in Cairo. Protesters were angered by the

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video's crude denouncation of the prophet Mohammed, some tore down

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the stars and stripes and replaced it with an Islamist banner.

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There is a collision here of cultures and value systems with

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echoes of similar protests in much of the Muslim world five years ago

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after cartoons of the prophet Mohammed were published in Denmark.

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As well as the death threats against the author Salmam Rushdie.

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In Benghazi, the consulate was still burning this morning. Hillary

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Clinton said there was never any justification for such a vicious

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and violent attack. She praised the four who died and said the

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ambassador was committed to advancing America's values and

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interests, even when that meant putting himself in danger.

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Let's speak to our Washington correspondent Adam Brookes.

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We heard that President Obama within the past hour has called

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this attack outrageous. What other reaction has there been in America?

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Well, America's just waking up as I am speaking to you, to this awful

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news, the death of the ambassador Christopher Stevens. President

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Obama issued a statement, he said, yes, indeed this attack was

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outrageous, that he's taking all necessary steps to support security

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at American Embassies all over the world. He said that the United

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States rejects efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs to others.

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And he said that we must unequiffibly oppose the kind of

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senseless violence that took the lives of these public servants.

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America will be waiting for a much clearer notion of what actually

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took place in Benghazi, until it considers any further response. We

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don't know yet exactly what the ambassador was doing, what the

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circumstances of this attack were. Crucially, we don't know if this

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was an organised, planned and targeted attack against the

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ambassador, or whether it was just something that took place on the

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spur of the moment in the middle of a chaotic situation. Until those

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details come clear, I think America will be waiting to consider its

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options. Thank you.

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There's been a small drop in the number of people out of work in the

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UK. Unemployment fell by 7,000 in the three months to July and now

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stands at 2.59 million. It's thought some of the fall could be

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attributed to the Olympics. Hugh Pym has been examining the new

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figures. It's more positive news from the

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jobs market, the number of people in work is up, the highest in four

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years, and the total of those looking for work fell between May

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and July. What's happening? Here in Kent a

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scheme run partly by the Medway kwrous trust -- youth trust helps

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people find jobs. Kim Kim now works as a waitress, her break came after

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she impressed bosses during work experience. Having been signed on

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at the Jobcentre and not really getting anywhere with the job

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applications I was doing since I left school at 18, two years I have

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a been searching and not getting anywhere and to get a phone call

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saying I have made a good impression on my work experience

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and that they were willing to offer me a job, it just - I was over the

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moon really. The public sector is still cutting back, employment fell

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by 39,000 between April and June. But private sector growth more than

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covered that with a 275,000 employment increase.

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Total unemployment has fallen in England, it was up in Scotland,

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Wales and Northern Ireland. Looking at the overall economic

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landscape there's one thing that's really puzzling for policy-makers,

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even though the economy is in recession with output contracting,

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jobs have been created with total employment numbers rising and that

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doesn't there appear to be a simple explanation.

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Some experts think the growth picture is brighter than the

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official figures suggest and that the economy wasn't really

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contracting in the second quarter of this year. If I strip out what I

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think is noise, I think actual underlining economic growth was

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positive. Even so, these employment gains are still too good to be true.

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At some point I think we will have bit of payback. Now we are doing

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well. Caitlin doesn't see it that way. She graduated with first class

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honours this year but even after 100 applications she hasn't landed

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a job. After being encouraged to work hard for her degree, she feels

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let down. I feel quite lied to almost, I mean from when I was at

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school you are constantly being told, if you do a degree you will

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be able to walk - almost like a middle management job and get get

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paid loads of money and you come out of university to find you are

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having to apply for jobs right at the bottom with a rubbish pay like

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everyone else. Youth unemployment is up slightly as is the number of

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jobless out of work for more than a year. For some the jobs market

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Germany's highest court has decided that the country's constitution

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does allow it to contribute to a bail-out fund for struggling

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Eurozone countries. Members of the public had called for a referendum

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and a block on the fund. Many people said the judges dressed

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in red held the fate of the Eurozone in their hands. The German

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constitutional court had to decide whether it was legal for Germany to

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take part in the single currency's new permanent bail-out fund. In the

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end, they said it was, as long as German taxpayers faced no unlimited

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financial liability. In the name of the People, said the court's

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President, the complaints against the European stability mechanism

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and the fiscal pact are rejected. He went on to say that nothing in

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the treaty should be interpreted to mean higher payment obligations by

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Germany without German consent. Opponents will be dismayed, but

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there will have been sighs of relief in many capitals across the

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Continent. Among many here of the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

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The president of the European Commission, due Jose Manuel Barroso,

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giving his annual State of the Union speech, spoke of the deep

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sense of crisis, and unashamedly federalist in tone, he said it was

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time for new thinking. In Europe, we need now more walls dividing us.

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The European Union is stronger as a whole in keeping the integrity of

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its single market, its membership and its interests. No one will be

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forced to come along, and no one will be forced to stay out. But the

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speed will not be detected by the - - it will not be dictated by the

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slowest. He unveiled plans for a banking supervisor for the Eurozone

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and other countries which want to join, for the first step towards

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banking union. He called for further economic and political

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union, a federation of nation states, and said that before the

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next European elections in 2014, the commission would put forward

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ideas for changing the EU treaties. Just because the president of the

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European Commission suggests something, it doesn't mean it will

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happen. There are huge disagreements among Eurozone

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countries about the best way forward. But there is an

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understanding that if the currency is to survive, they do need to pool

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more sovereignty. The countries that don't want to be involved,

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like the UK, need to work out how to protect their interests as well.

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European politicians still need to persuade their people that they are

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heading in the right direction. The Netherlands is going to the polls

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today in unease about a decisions made in Europe has been a dominant

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theme in the campaign there. Pushing through radical change from

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the top down will not work any more. Our top story this lunchtime: The

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Prime Minister says more lives could have been saved in the

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Hillsborough disaster, but safety was compromised at every level.

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Coming up: the Royal site beneath a Leicester car park which could be

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the last resting place of King Richard III.

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On BBC London: The biggest change in policing for

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50 years - how the Home Counties will vote for a police commissioner.

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And up for sale - memorabilia from the Olympic opening ceremony is up

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for auction. Nearly 250 people have died in a

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huge fire at a clothing factory in Pakistan. Officials in Karachi say

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the building's windows had metal grilles fitted and there were no

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alarms, sprinklers or emergency exits.

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For the hundreds of people trapped inside this building became a thing

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of nightmares. For hour upon hour, bodies have been pulled from its

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burnt-out shell. Some relatives are still waiting for news.

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TRANSLATION: they are finding bodies all the time. They are all

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lying there. But they still haven't found the body of my son. Where is

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he? Where Is My Boy? He was my youngest son. The fire broke out in

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the evening and quickly engulfed the entire building. Large

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quantities of cotton and chemical dyes fuelled the flames. There are

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reports of factory workers calling relatives to say they couldn't get

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out. For a staggering number of people, there was simply no escape.

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No safety measures were taken in the design of the building. There

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were no safety exits, and all the people got trapped. There was only

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one way out, which they could not reach. That is why they tried to

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jump from the windows, but the windows were also blocked by a

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grill. Many women and children got trapped inside. In terms of the

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number of dead, this the worst fire in Pakistan for many years. There

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are renewed calls for the authorities to finally do what they

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have promised and make sure factory owners abide by safety regulations,

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before more people lose their lives in such horrific circumstances.

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The Education Secretary, Michael Gove, has strongly criticised the

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decision of the Welsh Government to order the re-marking of some GCSE

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English exams. It follows the admission by the regulator Ofqual

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that papers marked in January were marked more leniently than those

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taken in June. But Mr Gove said the Welsh Education Secretary, Leighton

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Andrews, had made a "regrettable political intervention" that will

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disadvantage children in Wales. Our education correspondent is with me.

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How has this row intensified? Michael Gove was giving evidence to

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a committee of MPs today, and he used the occasion to launch this

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outspoken attack on Leighton Andrews. We have been reporting for

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weeks about the anger that head teachers have felt over the grades

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that some pupils have got in the June exams. They were furious

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because they have said many pupils have missed out on college places

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or sixth-form places. Despite that, the exams watchdog in England,

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Ofqual, has said it will not reach grade for those exams, in contrast

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to Wales, where the Welsh Education Minister is himself the regulator.

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Yesterday, he ordered the Welsh exam board to reach grade papers.

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That true this stinging response today from Michael Gove.

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decision by the Welsh Education Minister is irresponsible and

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mistaken. I think he has undermined confidence in Welsh children's

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GCSEs, and he should think again after having made what I regard to

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be a regrettable political intervention.

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In the past few minutes, there has been a response from the Welsh

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Education Minister? Yes, Leighton Andrews was angry enough to defend

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himself promptly. He said Michael Gove has been talking down GCSEs

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for the past 18 months, and accused him of trying to turn a deepening

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crisis in England into a political spat with Labour in Wales. In

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response to the accusation from Mr Gove that he should not have

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regraded or ordered to regrading of these exams in Wales, he said this.

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Michael Gove got a number of things wrong today. This is about fairness

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to students. Michael Gove has said these results are unfair. My

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officials produced a report demonstrating that the results are

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unfair. The difference between Michael Gove and is that he will

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not act. I have. So we are still in this strange situation of having

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pupils in Wales who will be regraded, and pupils in England who

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did exactly the same exam who will not be regraded. And we had an

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almighty row going on between the education ministers in Westminster

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and Cardiff. He famously promised his kingdom

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for a horse, but what happened to the body of King Richard III after

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his defeat at the Battle of Bosworth has remained a mystery for

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more than 500 years. Until now, maybe. Archaeologists in Leicester

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have been digging in a car park in the city centre, and this morning

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announced that they had made a discovery that could solve the

:23:39.:23:48.
:23:49.:23:49.

mystery. In a quiet Leicester Street, crowds

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gather to hear a word of the King. The search for Richard III's final

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resting place appears to be on firmer foundations today. Beneath a

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city-centre car park, these trenches have revealed the medieval

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Grey Friars church, and from there, more evidence has led them to human

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remains. We have a man with what appear to be battle injuries, who

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suffered from severe scoliosis, curvature of the spine.

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Respectfully, but modestly buried in a place of honour in the church.

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The team behind this did say it has been mind-blowing. In just three

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weeks, they have uncovered part of the nation's history, which has

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been parked here for centuries. So far, the pieces fit with some

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historical accounts of Richard's death and burial. After his defeat

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at the Battle of Bosworth, and they could we write some of our history

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books. It does potentially change everything in terms of study of the

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real Richard III, not the Tudor myth. A 17thth generation

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descendant of the king's sister has given DNA samples to experts, and

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they hope to match them with the remains. 527 years after Richard's

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death, we must now wait at least another three months to answer the

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big question. Now we return to our top story. The

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Prime Minister has apologised to relatives of the 96 victims of the

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Hillsborough stadium disaster for their suffering of the past 23

:25:27.:25:31.

years. Mr Cameron said the safety of the crowds had been compromised

:25:31.:25:38.

at every level, and lives could have been saved. Let's talk to our

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correspondent outside the headquarters of South Yorkshire

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police. The authorities were severely criticised in Sheffield

:25:46.:25:52.

for their cover up. Remind us what was said? It would have made very

:25:52.:25:56.

uncomfortable hearing for various public organisations here,

:25:56.:25:59.

particularly the ambulance service, the coroner at the time and above

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all, south you go police. The Prime Minister said today that South

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Yorkshire police gave briefings to the media in an attempt by the

:26:07.:26:11.

police to change the account of events that day. He said the source

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of those despicable untruths was a news agency in Sheffield that was

:26:14.:26:19.

talking to the police as well. Hundreds of statements were changed

:26:19.:26:24.

to put the police in a more favourable light and to push the

:26:24.:26:29.

blame on to the Liverpool fans. Various documents relating to South

:26:29.:26:33.

Yorkshire's Ambulance organisation were also changed. And the

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coroner's inquest was criticised. There is now considerable doubt

:26:36.:26:42.

over the adequacy of those inquests. There were accidental deaths which

:26:42.:26:47.

were ruled at the time, and there is now about over that.

:26:47.:26:50.

families will be expecting justice and will expect the authorities to

:26:50.:26:54.

come up with a reaction to what has been said. Have we had any response

:26:54.:26:59.

so far? South Yorkshire police will give a statement at 3pm this

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afternoon, although the Prime Minister has said this is a very

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different organisation to what it was 23 years ago. These documents

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will now be passed on to the Attorney-General, who will decide

:27:09.:27:13.

whether there are to be new inquests and maybe criminal charges

:27:13.:27:19.

against those involved. For example, for perverting the course of

:27:19.:27:22.

justice. Let's see what the Attorney-General says, but there

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could well be inquests happening again into the deaths of the 96

:27:26.:27:36.
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We have our first autumnal gales of the season on their way, courtesy

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of this area of low pressure. There are some trouble cold air mixed in,

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hence the risk of severe gales. Ahead of that, we have this lump of

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cloud across the country, giving us some potent rain. We have had a wet

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morning in Northern Ireland. It is currently raining heavily in parts

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of north-west England, and that rain is expected to drift eastwards

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in the next few hours. There is a lot of cloud moving further south

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as well. There are overcast skies in southern areas. Not raining for

:28:13.:28:19.

everyone, but it is a lot cooler, with cloudier conditions due in the

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afternoon compared with recent days. We will see a few showers across

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the south-west of England and Wales. In contrast, after a wet morning in

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Northern Ireland, it brightens up, with good spells of sunshine. It

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should be a lovely and to the day for most. A similar scenario for

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Scotland. The showers will ease off dramatically as we head through the

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afternoon. Eventually, the drier and brighter weather in the north

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will filter southwards for some evening sunshine in northern

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England and North Wales. It was chilly first thing this morning in

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a few localities. It will be chilly in many more localities overnight,

:28:59.:29:06.

except the far north. Temperatures recover here. Out in the suburbs

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and the countryside, temperatures will mean potential ice gripping

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first thing tomorrow morning, even possibly the odd pocket of foggy

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lingering into the rush-hour. There will be increased cloud around

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western coasts, but the cloud and rain piles in. It will not be a day

:29:25.:29:34.

for the mountains. A bit warmer in the South, with more sunshine than

:29:34.:29:39.

today. Tomorrow night, the winds escalate further. We are talking 50

:29:39.:29:44.

mph gusts through the day and severe gale territory overnight

:29:44.:29:51.

across Scotland. The winds will gradually ease on Friday. It is

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looking quieter. More cloud has introduced to the south, but it

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