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suddenly at the age of 52. Tributes pour in from shocked friends and

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adversaries after Bob Crow who led the Rail, Maritime and Transport

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Union passed away in the early hours. This was a guy who really

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fought for his members and stuck up for his point of view. Obviously I

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didn't always agree with what he had to say, but I think that together

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with other union members, Bob Crow unquestionably helped to drive

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forward huge progress. You have got to be shocked. Even his enemies,

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people who never agreed with him when they were alive, Bob would be

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laughing his head off that they are finding these great words about him.

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Also this lunchtime: No apparent terrorist links - Interpol says two

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Iranians who boarded the missing Air Malaysia plane using stolen

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passports were probably asylum seekers.

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The chief executive of the Co-operative Group offers his

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resignation claiming that the business has become ungovernable.

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The first alleged victim in the sexual assault trial against the

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former deputy speaker Nigel Evans begins giving evidence.

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And they're off - as the Cheltenham Festival gets under way, almost a

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quarter of million people expected at a packed week of racing. On BBC

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London, more on the death of Bob Crow, described as a fighter. Boris

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Johnson has been criticised for trying to attract more foreign

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investors to London. Good afternoon and welcome to the

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BBC news at one. Bob Crow, one of Britain's best known union leaders,

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has died suddenly at the age of 52. He had been general secretary of the

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Rail, Maritime and Transport Union since 2002 and was involved in a

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number of high profile industrial disputes, including the recent

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strike by London Underground workers. Tributes to him have been

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pouring in from both sides of the political spectrum, as our Industry

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Correspondent John Moylan reports. All we want is the opportunity to

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express a point of view... This was Bob Crow last month, at the height

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of the strike in London underground's tube, he hijacked a

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phone in with Boris Johnson. There is a table to be sat round. The men

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hadn't spoken in years, today the London mellowed the tributes.

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Obviously I didn't always agree with what he had to say but I will say

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this - together with other union members, Bob Crow unquestionably

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helped to drive forward progress on London Underground and he leads a

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massive legacy behind. Bob Crow spent his working life in the rail

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industry, often on the picket line. He described himself as a Communist

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Socialist and as leader of the RMT he was instrumental in ending its

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affiliation with the Labour Party. Regarded as an effective and

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pragmatic union boss, for years he campaigned against privatisation of

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the rail industry. The Government should be saying to these

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companies, give back some of the profits they have been making over

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the last seven years and give that back to the workers. News of his

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death came in this short statement from his union:

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Even his enemies, the people who never agreed with him when he was

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alive, Bob would be laughing his head off that they are now finding

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these great words about him. Everybody knows he was incredibly

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good at his job. Today there were tributes to Bob Crow from across the

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political spectrum. The Labour leader Ed Miliband said that while

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he didn't always agree with him politically, he respected his

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tireless commitment for fighting for the men and women in his union. When

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Bob would go around the streets and you would see him on trains, people

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gave him a warm reception. They liked the fact that he said what he

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thought, and they recognised, even when they were inconvenienced by a

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strike, that he had done rather well for his members. A lot of people at

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work were thinking, why isn't someone standing up for me? Bob Crow

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was 52, he will be remembered for his hardline brand of trade unionism

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that often lead to the pay deals that were the envy of other workers.

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Let's talk to our chief political correspondent, Norman Smith. Just 52

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years old, the news is a big shock but it is notable how many tributes

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have been pouring in. Bob Crow was arguably Britain's most successful

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modern-day union leader, and in many ways he was unique because at a time

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when trade union influence was waning, when their leaders are

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relative unknowns, Bob Crow booked every one of those trends. He was a

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household name, probably better known than half the Cabinet.

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Everyone knew Bob Crow with his flat cap, East End, Millwall supporter,

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gruff demeanour and he was hugely successful. He nearly doubled the

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membership of his union, he repeatedly won better pay and

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conditions for his members, and he was an unashamed socialist at a time

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when trade unions by and large have become more managerial and

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professional and consensual, Bob Crow described himself as a

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communist socialist. It was prepared to fight for working people. -- he

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was. It would be a mistake to view him either as his critics do as some

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sort of pantomime villain, or as his supporters do as some latter-day

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working-class hero. He was an incredibly widely, astute, media

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savvy operator. He was a deal-maker and that probably explains why he

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was such a successful trade union leader. Thank you.

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Two men who boarded the missing Air Malaysia flight using stolen

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passports have been identified as Iranians who were probably asylum

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seekers not terrorists. The mystery surrounding the passenger plane

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continues and the search area has been widened again amid reports from

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the Malaysian military that the plane may have turned back during

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the flight. Jonathan Head is in Kuala Lumpur.

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Ever since that airliner went missing, much of the focus has been

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on the two men who passed through passport control behind me using

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stolen passports, as to whether they played a role in the downfall of the

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plane. Today I have been to meet a man in Kuala Lumpur who knew one of

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them well, and according to him they were simply people seeking a better

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life in Europe. For four days, these Vietnamese aircraft had been going

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through the same ritual, scanning and empty seats, finding nothing. So

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the search has been expanded, right over to the other side of the Malay

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Peninsula. At least one mystery has been solved, the identity of two

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passengers travelling on stolen passports. Mohammed is a young

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Iranian living in Kuala Lumpur. He has asked to keep his identity

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hidden. The men came to stay, he said, the night before they left. Be

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found me on Facebook, he found that I live in Malaysia. He said, I am

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coming to Malaysia tomorrow. He said he was here for three or four days.

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After that, he is going to Frankfurt in Germany, he wanted to go to his

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mother. He told me they flew in from Iran to Malaysia and booked their

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tickets through an agent. They received them by e-mail. Muhammad

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printed them out three hours before the flight. We went together to the

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print shop and we printed the ticket. After that, I saw the ticket

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and I said, this is not your name. Then he said, I have another

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passport. After that I don't want to continue the story, I just said OK.

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Is there any possibility in his mind that his friend could have had

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anything to do with the disappearance of the plane? They

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work the same as my age. The other guy was so nice, so quiet. I saw

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there are back and suitcase, it was open. So when Pouria said he was

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seeking asylum, that seemed normal to you? He wanted a better life. One

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of the questions in this extraordinary case has more or less

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been answered but that leaves many others unanswered, in particular,

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where was the plane when it went down? It disappeared over the South

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China Sea from the radar but sources say they believe the plane may have

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switched off its signalling equipment, and comebacks. That is

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why they have moved the surge over to the other side of the Malay

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balance you'll. Still no sign of the plane anywhere.

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The chief executive of the Co-operative Group, Euan Sutherland,

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has offered his resignation, saying the business is ungovernable. He is

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said to have offered to go on a point of principle, warning that he

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would only return to his post if sweeping changes to the Co-op's

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structure were approved. Our personal finance correspondent,

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Simon Gompertz, reports. One day he is thrust into the limelight for a

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new pay package worth more than ?3.5 million a year, then Euan Sutherland

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is threatening to resign, the latest act in a pantomime which is the

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Co-op. First the banking arm was brought to the brink of failure

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after a ?1.5 billion black hole was found in its finances. It was

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rescued by the rest of the Co-op and big investors but then the banks's

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former chairman was arrested for alleged offences over drugs. Once

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the CEO has threatened or in a sense offered his resignation, it creates

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a question about whether the board could continue to challenge that CEO

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going forward, and we want them to challenge so it is a very difficult

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situation to see going forward. Listen to make Hillyer on the left,

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a Labour MP backed by the cooperative movement. He is jumping

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the gun, ignoring this. The bank is owned by its members and that is a

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fundamental part of what the cooperative movement is about. In

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Rochdale, shoppers were disappointed. I don't think you

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should abandon ship, and put things right for the future. They have

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given millions of pounds to top dogs and that is defeating the purpose of

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the Co-op. Is this just a case of a frustrated boss throwing his toys

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out of the pram, or is it something that could jeopardise the future of

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the Co-op? He has backing from within the cooperative movement but

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there is a question over whether the changes he wants can easily be

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made. The shake-up would probably need to be approved by the annual

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members meeting which isn't due for another two months.

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The ousted Ukrainian president has criticised the west for supporting

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what he called the bandits who seized power in a coup last month

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and said he will return to Kiev soon. His warning comes as American

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and EU officials meet in London to discuss possible sanctions in

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response to the crisis in Ukraine. Pro-Russian forces consolidated

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their grip on Ukraine's Crimean and insular. This convoy, presumably

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Russian, was outside the port city of Sevastopol. Pro-Russian Cossacks

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are among the self-defence forces manning checkpoints. There are also

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patrols at the main Crimean airport in the capital, Simferopol, where it

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seems flights from Kiev have all been cancelled. The only planes

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landing now come from Russia. And they are getting ready for the

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referendum on Sunday, hastily arranged to endorse a plan to break

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away from Ukraine and join Rocher, a step that has been welcomed in

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Moscow but loudly condemned as illegal in Western capitals. Today a

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copy of the ballot paper was on display, giving two choices, join

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Rocher today or possibly later. In southern Russia the ousted Ukrainian

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President Viktor you can bitch has made another appearance to scotch

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rumours that he had suffered a heart attack and had announced fascists he

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claims have seized power with the backing of Western leaders. I would

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like to ask the western masters of these dark forces, have you gone

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blind? Have you lost your memory? Have you forgotten what fascism is?

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As for Ukraine's new authorities in Kiev, they are continuing to brace

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themselves, calling for veterans to help the reserves to defend the

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country. Perhaps the most worrying is the ratcheting up of tensions

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between Russia and the west. So, as Ukrainian troops dig in on their

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side of the Crimean border, the scene is set for further escalation

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with the west is now debating targeted sanctions against Russia to

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be imposed within days if nothing changes. The jury in the trial of

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former Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Nigel Evans has been

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hearing evidence from an alleged victim who said Mr Evans assaulted

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him whilst on a night out in Soho. The MP for Ribble Valley in

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Lancashire, denies one count of rape, two of indecent assault and

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six of sexual assault. Our Correspondent Danny Savage is at

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Preston Crown Court. Sophie, yesterday the jury in this trial

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ahead the overview of the case but today the evidence began. And what

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they heard is coming, logical order, evidence about Cantone, alleged to

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have been an indecent assault carried out by Nigel on a younger

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man in a bar in Soho in central London more than a decade ago --

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Cantone. Day two of the trial of Nigel Evans MP. Today he heard

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first-hand from one of his alleged victims. The former Deputy Speaker

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sat making notes as he listened to the evidence from a 38-year-old man

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who, exclaimed, he indecently assaulted in a London bar about 11

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years ago. The alleged victim said Mr Evans had a reputation. Facing

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the jury, the Westminster worker said:

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Adding that the attention was unwelcome, he thought:

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But under cross-examination, the alleged victim admitted that he and

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Mr Evans had later treated the incident like a bit of a joke,

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referring to it as life in crazy, crazy Westminster. The man added,

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not in a million years did he think the incident would end up in court

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and told the jury, "I regard Nigel Evans as being a friend, but one who

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overstepped the mark that night. It's something I forgave him for".

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Nigel Evans, a lifelong Conservative, has been an

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independent MP since the allegations came to light. And he stepped down

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from his role as Deputy Speaker. His trial could last for up to five

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weeks. The victim in this case that we've heard from today basically

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says Nigel Evans sidled up to reminisce bar and deliberately

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touched, but you're so sad, when I heard he had been arrested for

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rape, I couldn't believe it and he also said the jury today, he didn't

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consider himself to be a victim of crime as a result of the allegations

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being talked about in court today. Nigel Evans denies one count of

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rape, two of indecent assault and six of sexual assault and the trial

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continues here, safety. Thank you. Our top story this lunchtime.

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Tributes pour in for one of Britain's best known union leaders.

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Bob Crow has died suddenly at the age of 52. And coming up, fancy

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risking life and limb for around ?20,000 a year? That's the job of

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horse racing's jump jockeys. I will reflect on the risk and reward as

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the famous festival begins here at Cheltenham. Later on BBC London,

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researchers find children and teenagers in the capital are

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exceeding adult sized portions of salt. And we are at the Centre for

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excellence for the big top way you can study a degree in circus and

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learn the art of trapeze. It's three years since Japan was hit

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by a massive earthquake and tsunami, which triggered a nuclear leak. Now

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doctors are warning that a second silent disaster is unfolding. In the

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area around Fukushima, the number of evacuees who have died since the

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disaster has exceeded the number killed in the initial earthquake and

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tsunami. Many of the deaths have been linked to suicide, depression,

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and illness as Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports. This is the

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dead zone. In the little towns around the Fukushima nuclear plant,

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time stands still. The destruction wrought by the earthquake lies

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unrepaired. But what has happened to the people who once lived here,

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forced to flee the radiation? Forced to abandon all they owned? Three

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years after the disaster, there are now some very serious questions

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about its aftermath that need to be answered. Firstly, has the threat of

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radiation to people's health here actually been greatly overstated by,

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for example, the media and by anti-nuclear campaigners? And

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secondly, is the fear of radiation now actually turning out to be much

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more lethal than the radiation itself?

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At a private clinic 60 kilometres from the plant, a little boy is

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having his thyroid gland examined. His mother is scared.

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TRANSLATION: At Chernobyl, children were diagnosed many years after the

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disaster. Children here may be fine now, but if there is any risk, I

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want to find out as soon as possible. But child cancer experts

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say Fukushima cannot be compared with Chernobyl. The 33 cases

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discovered so far are not connected to the nuclear disaster.

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The radiation released from Fukushima was much less than at

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Chernobyl, he says. Children here got a much smaller dose. But once

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you start using sensitive equipment to check for thyroid cancer, you

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will find more cases. That is why we are seeing an increase. Not because

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of the disaster. But the Fukushima disaster is taking

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lives. This woman has come to pray at her father's grave. She says his

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health collapsed after he was forced to abandon his farm and his animals.

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Within two years, he was dead. TRANSLATION: I blame the power

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company for his death. They took his dreams, his hope. They took his land

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and scattered his family far from home. Nothing will ever bring those

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back. No one has died from radiation in Fukushima. But, unable to return

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home and rebuild their lives, a growing number of evacuees are dying

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from anxiety, from suicide and from losing the will to live.

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The Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, has been questioned by

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MPs this morning. He was asked by the Treasury Select Committee about

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allegations that officials at the bank turned a blind eye to warnings

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of price rigging in the foreign exchange market. Last week the bank

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revealed it was conducting its own internal inquiry. Our Chief

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Economics Correspondent Hugh Pym reports. The Bank of England

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governor was questioned over how much his officials knew about

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allegations the currency markets were being rigged. Mark Carney was

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asked when he and the bank 's ruling body found out last year that their

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staff are known from while about problems in the markets. A member of

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the bank first became aware of allegations relating to the issue we

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are disgusting on the 16th of October. I was informed them. I

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informed the chair on that day. We convened governors and launched an

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investigation within 48 hours and began a very thorough systematic

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relentless investigation. Allegations that foreign exchange

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markets were being rigged emerged in the middle of last year. More than

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20 traders and the number of global banks had been suspended as my guide

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has examined records of online conversations. Investigations are

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focusing on the setting of key currency and marks known as the

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London fix, as each day, at 4pm, average currency rate over a

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one-minute period are calculated. It is possible banks could secretly

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agreed to trade at certain levels over that time to manipulate the

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rates of the aim being to boost bank profits. So what do the Bank of

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England no minutes published last week revealed that the issue was

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known about eight years ago. One official at the bank has been

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suspended while an enquiry is underway. The subcommittee used to

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meet at upmarket restaurants like this one in the city of London. The

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Bank of England staff joined senior players in the foreign-exchange

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markets to discuss the latest of elements. At one meeting at this

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restaurant in July 2006, the minutes say it was noted there was evidence

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of attempts to move the market around popular fixing times. The

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governor and his colleagues faced further questions about those

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minutes and Mark Carney suggested an independent review of the banks

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conduct would be appropriate. There is continued speculation that the

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foreign-exchange rigging allegations could be as serious as the Libor

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four London as a financial centre. A friend of the South African athlete,

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Oscar Pistorius, has been telling the jury at his murder trial about

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an occasion when the Olympian fired his gun from a car without any

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warning. He told the court that Oscar Pistorius had a big love for

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weapons. The athlete denies murdering his girlfriend at his home

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last year. Andrew Harding is outside the court in Pretoria. Tell us more

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about what was said in court. Yes, it was another awkward day for Oscar

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Pistorius though he kept his calm, his composure, unlike yesterday. I

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close friend of hers gave evidence and talked about two specific

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incidents, one where Oscar Pistorius allegedly shot a gun in the through

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the roof of the car, right next to his ear, causing to lose hearing

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here for some time. And then, separately, in a restaurant, where

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apparently, according to him, there was a mishandling of a gun under a

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table, and Oscar Pistorius fired that gun accidentally. The defence

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tried to pick Cole in his evidence didn't succeed. Earlier, it was the

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same with the State pathologist who spoke yesterday about how Reeva

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Steenkamp had certainly got up and eaten a meal about two hours before

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she died at about 1am. That contradicts what we have heard

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earlier from Oscar Pistorius. Today, his defence tried to find

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some room in there, suggesting she had got up earlier than that. The

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state pathologist stuck to his ground and insisted that Reeva

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Steenkamp must've eaten about two hours before she was killed. So, in

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the middle of the night, so not a good day all in all, for Oscar

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Pistorius. Andrew, thank you. Now, the event they call the world

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championship of jump racing begins today. It's the first day of the

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Cheltenham Festival and the big race, the Champion Hurdle, carries

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almost half a million pounds in prize money. There will be a frenzy

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of excitement but some moments of reflection too. Our Sports

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Correspondent Joe Wilson is there. Yes, in just a few minutes, we'll

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hear the huge draw which signifies the resumption of the Cheltenham

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Festival. A great many people it's a key part of the sporting landscape,

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essentially, because it's so exciting. But this little more than

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ever before. The horses will attract over 200,000 people to Cheltenham

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this week. The festival is expanding. A ?45 million

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redevelopment will soon begin. However sophisticated facilities,

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the spectacle still depends on the simple bravery of horse and jockey.

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Jason Maguire was supposed to be riding here today but instead is in

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hospital after major surgery following a fall yesterday. Last,

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John Thomas McNamara suffered a terrible fall at Cheltenham. He

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remains in hospital severely paralysed for the absent but

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admired. This is his cousin, Brian Fulton once they against each other.

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He still recovering after his own fall last year, when he was in a

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coma. He would give anything to be riding in Cheltenham this week. It's

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unbelievable to walk out into the paddock and get onto your horse.

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Hopefully we will remember John Thomas and will be nice to stop from

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42 and think about him. For most jockeys, the reward which comes with

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the risk is still modest. One faith made their expensive, on average a

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document in around ?22,000. A year. I think that compares with an

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average 10 million players weekly salary. And they are followed around

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by any number of ambulances when they are racing. And they will fall

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once in roughly every ten rides. For jockeys, Cheltenham is vital. Barry

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Geraghty won three races last and earned ?50,000 in a matter of

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minutes, all jump jockeys know their sport lies can change very quickly.

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Barry Geraghty has a reasonable chance this year but most eyes will

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be on hurricane fly, who is trying to win the race for the third time

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but is under pressure from younger contenders including appropriately

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enough, the new one. Jo, thank you. Time now for a look at the weather.

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Fine and dry weather for the rest of this week. Some sunshine but for

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others, little bit more cloud around. If we do get the brightness,

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, temperatures around 12 degrees, but it does mean, by night, it will

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turn pretty chilly. We started at -3 across north-east England. The

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sunshine is getting to work, clearing the mist and fog away.

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Further south, however, more cloud around and through the rest of this

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afternoon, the overcast skies will held for southern counties. When the

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ad on the chilly north-easterly breeze, it will feel fairly cooler.

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As we had further west, a few breaks across parts of West Cornwall, and

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Wales. The best of the brightness across North Wales. Temperatures

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around 12 - 13. North-west England, a bright and sunny afternoon after a

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misty foggy start. Things are brightening up nicely throughout the

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afternoon in Northern Ireland. 10 degrees. I the bulk of Scotland,

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fine and dry but as we head up towards Stornoway and the Northern

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Isles, breezy and more overcast. Through the central lowlands,

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temperatures, 8-9. Yet again, glorious blue skies sitting across

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much of Yorkshire. But it will lead to a chilly night tonight where we

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have breaks in the cloud. At high pressure system is shifting around

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slightly so the cloud will move, too. It's becoming more extensive

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across southern areas with mist and fog. Still a risk of fog further

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north by dawn where temperatures will start just above freezing. Not

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as chilly further south, but we have a great start to the day. Quite a

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bit of cloud across England and Wales tomorrow morning. That a

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better chance of some of the breaking cloud by the afternoon.

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Certain across southern counties, get more sunshine. The exception

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around coastal areas where it could be cold and cloudy for much of the

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day and more cloud tomorrow moving into the north-west corner, as well

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with temperatures into double figures but we could see highs of 15

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in the south. Brightness for Cheltenham in the next couple of

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days but fair amounts of cloud here. At least compared to last year. A

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big improvement. We will keep the high pressure for many places for

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the end of the week, but there was a weather front moving into the

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Northwest thickening up the cloud and a bit of rain to come on

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Thursday. Still some brightness in the South. 15 degrees. Now a

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reminder of our top story this lunchtime. Friends and adversaries

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have paid tribute to one of Britain's best known union leaders,

:31:55.:31:58.

Bob Crow who's died suddenly at the age of 52. That's all from us.

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