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South Korea's President strongly criticises the captain and crew in

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the country's ferry disaster. As pictures emerge of the captain

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receiving treatment after the vessel went down, she says his actions in

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abandoning ship were tantamount to murder. Russia accuses Ukraine of

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violating the Geneva accord after at least three people were killed at a

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checkpoint in the East of Ukraine. CHANTING: Gove must go! Gove must

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go! Gove must go! Teachers vote for strike action in a row with the

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Government over pay and working conditions. Shining a light on the

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darker side of capitalism. Government plans for a new companies

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register to clamp down on tax evasion. And Two's company.

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Celebrating 50 years of the BBC's second channel.

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Good afternoon. South Korea's President has strongly criticised

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the captain of the ferry that sank and some of his crew, saying their

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actions in abandoning ship were tantamount to murder. Park

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Geun-hye's comments came as four more crew members were arrested

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following yesterday's release of the last audio conversations with the

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coastguard before the ferry listed and sank. Divers have now removed 64

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bodies from the vessel but 240 people, mainly teenagers, are still

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missing. Martin Patience has been to the site of the wreck off Jindo

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Island. Beneath the surface lies at the scene of this national disaster.

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The Amado boat shows the scale of the recovery operation. They are

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still battling strong currents but as conditions improve, the operation

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is likely to speed up. The two buoys there and that marks the exact spot

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where the ferry sank. Teams of divers and small lifeboats, they are

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going down into the murky waters to try and recover the bodies from the

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sunken ferry. Staff say the captain presented himself as an ordinary

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survivor. As the man responsible for the safety of the ship, he appears

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to have abandoned his duties. South Korea's president, has now accused

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the captain and some of his crew of murder.

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TRANSLATION: The conduct of the captain and some crew members it

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unfathomable from the viewpoint of common sense. It was like an act of

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murder that cannot and should not be tolerated. Right after the

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accident, the captain did not immediately follow the evacuation

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orders. While tying the passengers to stay where they were, they left

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the passengers and escaped first. This is legally and ethically

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something that is unimaginable. Back at the port, parents know strong

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words won't bring back their children.

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TRANSLATION: I feel like she is gone but I should be the one who has

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gone. This is a 100% man-made disaster. If the government acted

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quicker, all of the children would have been saved. Details about the

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victim are being posted on this board as they identification process

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continues. The parents now want their children's bodies back to

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start their funerals. Russia has accused the Ukrainian government of

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breaking the terms of an agreement forged in Geneva last week, aimed at

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resolving the crisis in Ukraine. Sergei Lavrov said authorities had

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failed to disarm illegal groups despite agreeing to do so. His

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comments follow a shoot out at a checkpoint over the weekend near the

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eastern town of Sloviansk. Russia blamed Ukrainian nationalists for

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the incident in which three people were reportedly killed. Our

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Correspondent Tom Esslemont is in Moscow. Tom, what's Mr Lavrov been

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saying this morning? Strong words from the Sergei Lavrov. He has

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basically accused the Kiev authorities are failing to keep

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their side of the bargain. In those Geneva talks last Thursday. He has

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blamed them for failing to rein in groups, radical groups, in the

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Ukraine, groups like the Right Sector, the Moscow blames for the

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shoot out yesterday morning in the town of Sloviansk. That attack has

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undermined what slim prospect there was the Geneva agreement actually

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turning into anything concrete on the ground. And, more than that,

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there is a fundamental disagreement in this crisis about who is to blame

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and which groups should actually pull back in order for the agreement

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to work out. Moscow says it's the radicals in Kiev, whereas the West

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and Kiev says it's the masked men in the east, so there is absolute

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deadlock as this crisis continues. Thanks, Tom. A new register making

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it clearer who owns and controls companies in the UK will be set up

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by the Government to help fight fraud, tax evasion and money

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laundering. The Business Secretary, Vince Cable, says the register,

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which will be available to the public, aims to target the darker

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side of capitalism. Our Business Correspondent Joe Lynam has the

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details. By publishing a register of exactly who the main person is

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controlling any company registered in the UK it is hoped to remove the

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Vale of what Vince Cable calls the darker side of capitalism. The 3

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million companies in this country, it will be possible to establish who

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has the controlling interest, who pulls the strings, and we're doing

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this because although the vast majority of businesses in the UK are

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completely straight and indeed a very productive, we do get people

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who are trying to hide, who are engaged in tax evasion, in

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money-laundering. Financing terrorism. Under the planned new

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rules, UK bettered companies must publish the name of anyone who has

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at least a quarter of a company shares or voting rights when

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releasing company results. If they fail to do so, could be made into a

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criminal matter and the government wants to also scrap so-called their

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shares, whoever physically owns them owns the company without needing to

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register anywhere. But this new thing would apply to trusts who can

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remain opaque for now. We need complete transparency. We should not

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allow corporations to be directors of other corporations. Only human

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beings should be allowed to be directors, only they can be called

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to account and punished and sent to prison. Whatever the retribution may

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be. And we should demand complete transparency about all shared

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ownership. The other concern is these new plans haven't yet got the

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blessing of Britain's Crown dependencies and overseas

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dependencies. The Bahamas, Cayman Islands and Channel Islands are

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consulting the companies that bank there. This matter has cross-party

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support which will be needed to make it to the statute books but whether

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that light can now be shone on UK companies before the general

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election is as OPEC as many of Britain's secretive companies. One

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of Britain's biggest teaching unions, the NUT, has voted for a day

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of strike action in its ongoing dispute with Government over pay,

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pensions and working conditions. Let's speak to our Education

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Correspondent Reeta Chakrabarti who's at the union's annual

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conference in Brighton. Reeta, so they've voted for a one-day strike

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in June. Does that mean it will go ahead? The strikes aren't

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inevitable. It depends on what happens in talks but you have to say

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they are looking likely given that this is an ongoing dispute and there

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has been very little progress so far. It's also the case that any

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strike which happens could be longer than one day and there's talk of

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potentially further strikes in the autumn term and beyond. This weekend

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we've heard a lot of very fiery rhetoric about the Education

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Secretary Michael Gove who has been compared to a Dalek, a sick joke, so

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strong words and we have heard the regular chance of going must go. He

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appears in movable. It does not imply statement today sticking to

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its guns on policy and saying any further strikes would only distract

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children and damage the reputation of the profession. Thank you. David

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Cameron's comments about Christianity and Britain's status as

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a Christian country have come under attack from a group of more than 50

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prominent figures. In a letter to the Daily Telegraph, organised by

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the British Humanist Association, they accuse the Prime Minister of

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fostering division in society. I should warn you this report from our

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Religious Affairs correspondent Robert Pigott contains some flash

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photography. As Christians celebrated Easter, the

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most important moment in the church's calendar, David Cameron

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spoke several times about his own Christian faith. He said

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Christianity really mattered to him and said Easter was a time to

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reflect on the countless acts of kindness carried out by those who

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followed Christ. He said he found moments of peace in his own church

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in Kensington and said Britain should be confident of its status as

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a Christian country. But the letter from 50 leading secularists claimed

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characterising Britain as Christians harmful to society.

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The idea we were together for the common good, that is not an

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exclusively Christian idea but shared by all faiths, and of course

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by people of no faith and in particular by socialists and people

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have always argued for a society where people work for each other to

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help each other, to strengthen their communities. Some have seen David

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Cameron's repeated endorsements of Christianity as being aimed at a

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Conservative heartland bruised by his support for same-sex marriage.

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But Downing Street insists that David Cameron has seven many

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different occasions that Britain is strengthened by being at home to

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many different faiths but shouldn't be afraid to identify as a Christian

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country. In a speech to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the King

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James Bible, Mr Cameron said the Bible had given Britain a set of

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morals and values that have made the country what it is today.

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Historically and culturally written has been Christians are many

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hundreds of years. And I'm glad he is confident and I think it's

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absolutely right that he can express his confident and the faith he

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howls. Although the most recent census show us sharp fall in the

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number of Christians in Britain, 59% identify with the religion. But

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today's letter is further confirmation that far from taking

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Christian teaching for granted, many see it as actively harmful. The

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funeral of Peaches Geldof has taken place this afternoon in Kent. Sir

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Bob Geldof led the tributes to his daughter at a private service.

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Mourners gathered at the same church where the funeral of her mother

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Paula Yates was also held to remember the 25-year-old, who died

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earlier this month. The cause of her death remains unexplained. The

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Boston marathon is due to begin shortly amid the tightest security

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the race has ever seen. During last year's marathon, three people were

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killed and hundreds of others injured in bomb explosions. Our

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Correspondent Laura Trevelyan is there. Laura. After the murder and

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mayhem at the finish line last year, security is very tight and are

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also an enormous number of people running. 36,000 people are running,

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9000 more than last year. The organisers want to give the 5000

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people who couldn't finish the race because of the bombings last year a

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chance to take part so it's a very emotional day. There are police

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everywhere. 3500 officers along the route but that doesn't include

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undercover officers. Members of the National Guard, cameras everywhere.

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At the finish line, alone, there are 50 different observation points so

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the police are trying to make this a family friendly affair as it's

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always been in Boston but they are trying to strike a balance between

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tight security and not turning the race into a run through of a

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militarised zone and the mood is one of resilience and remembrance. Today

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is the Queen's birthday. She's 88 and will be spending the day at

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Windsor Castle. There were gun salutes to mark the

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occasion including at the Tower of London. And in Green Park in central

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London by the Royal Horse Artillery and there were separate

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commemorations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. 50 years ago,

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BBC Two was born. But its launch was a unmitigated disaster. A massive

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power cut wiped out much of the schedule and many of the programmes

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had to be run the following day. It's gone on to be the home of some

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of the most influential programmes. Good evening. This is BBC Two. This

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is how it all started 50 years ago. Sort of. Because this was, in

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reality, day two of BBC Two. The problem was, on the real launch

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night, a power cut meant the only thing anyone saw was this.

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PHONE RINGS. Excuse me. Hello. Unlike Channel

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one, there's nobody there. Like the bewildered Gerald Priestland reading

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the news and then nothing, not even the channel's mascot, a live

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kangaroo. He was stuck in a lift. Here is a house. Here is a door. The

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first programme arrived without fanfare the next day. Play School.

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Hello. I'm Virginia. Hello, I'm Gordon. From the beginning, BBC Two

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was considered the serious channel. It was also the something completely

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different channel. The opening night line-up promised this.

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ANNOUNCER: At 9.35, Russia's top comedian. And at 10.20, Off With A

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Bang. It was quirky, not too bothered if things overran and it

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would try anything. ANNOUNCER: In Conversations For

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Tomorrow, JB Priestley entertains... From philosophy to snooker. From

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David Attenborough and Jacob Panofsky. Whispering Bob and Jeremy

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Clarkson. Was that really his hair? It was the beginning of all this.

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The line-up this evening. Pamela Donald promises viewers... The

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agenda that first day 50 years ago, they were just glad something had

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gone out. Well, that's all from us tonight. We've certainly had

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ourselves a ball here. Can we come again tomorrow night round about

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7.20?

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