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Rolf Harris arrives in court to face 12 counts of indecent assault

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against four young girls. Will be live at the court as the trial

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begins. Also this lunchtime... Worldwide demonstrations call for

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the immediate release of the 200 schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria.

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Here in the East. RAF Marham could become a pan-European engineering

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hub to service a new generation of fighter jets. And a donation of ?8

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million to Cambridge University for a brand new technology centre.

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The bank is where your money is. That is why tax officers want the

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power to get their hands on it without getting a court order. It is

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a big change of principle being consulted on after the Chancellor

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said that is what he wanted. HMR SeaWorld get powers to retrieve

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debts from people 's bank accounts. -- HMRC. They could freeze your

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accounts for a fortnight to give you another chance to pay. Surplus funds

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in your accounts would have to exceed ?5,000. There is serious

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concern from an influential committee of MPs. HMRC must have the

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powers they need to get the money in all we will all pay more tax. That

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does not mean their powers will be limitless. Tax offices are targeting

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a hard-core of 17,000 non-payers. Accountants worry they already get

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it wrong too frequently. Berry is always the danger that a power like

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that might be abused. If it is abuse just once, it is once too often. It

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might not necessarily be abused, it may just be wrongly targeted by

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mistake. Normally, you are the only person who has the right to remove

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money from your account unless it is all child maintenance. It means tax

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officers will be able to take out cash which they say you owe and they

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will want access to joint accounts as well, which means your partner

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could be affected as well. Revenue and Customs said most people pay on

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time but a minority do not and some refutes -- refused to engage at

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all. MPs want extra safeguards, controlled by an independent body

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and damages for taxpayers if revenue and Customs takes many in error. A

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second alleged rape victim in the trial against Stuart Hall has denied

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coming forward will stop she has said she never considered asking for

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money. Our correspondent is at Preston Crown Court with more. In

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this case, there are two women who both claim they were raped by Stuart

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Hall when they were teenagers in the late 1970s, early 1980s. Yesterday,

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the first of those women told the jury they had sought compensation

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from the broadcaster. She was also asked about how she had

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been made to feel by Stuart Hall during the alleged rapes, which she

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said happened at the BBC. She asked if she was frightened and she said,

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no, quite the contrary. She was asked if she liked that and she

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said, no. It was hideous. The case continues. Our main story this

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lunchtime: The jury has heard that the TV presenter, Rolf Harris, is a

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Jekyll Hyde character who groomed and molested the friend of his own

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daughter. Still to come, the search of a medical breakthrough in a

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rather unusual place. The Neath the ways lies an incredibly rich and

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diverse way of life. It is here where scientists hope to find the

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next generation of life-saving drugs. After a 15 year break, David

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the bit -- David Baddiel tells us about the highs and lows of failing.

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Vladimir Putin has arrived in Crimea, which Russia annexed two

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months ago, Worldwide demonstrations call for the immediate release of

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the 200 schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria. 11,000 servicemen took

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part, projecting an image of Russia as a military heavyweight. Our

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correspondent Steve Rosenberg was there. On Red Square today, there

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was pomp and pat treaties. Russia marked victory Day with a massive

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military parade. Victory day is a sacred date in this country. More

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than a million Soviet citizens were killed in World War II. The guests

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of honour were those who had fought Nazi Germany and survived. They've

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brought their families along to share their glory. Addressing the

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veterans, President Putin said it had been the Soviet people 's iron

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Will which had saved Europe from slavery. It was our country, he

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said, that had chased the Nazis to their lair. After the troops rolled

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the tanks, Moscow parading some of its most modern military hardware, a

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warning to the West to take Russia seriously and to avoid

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confrontation. This display of military might and patriotic fervour

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is not just about honouring their heroes of the past, it sends a very

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clear message about today 's Russia, which sees itself once again as a

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superpower. There were victory Day parades away from Moscow as well.

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This is Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsular which Russia annexed

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early this year. President Putin has learned there this afternoon. A

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visit was likely to spark an angry reaction to the West. In eastern

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Ukraine, instead of celebration, confrontation. There were reports of

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clashes between Ukrainian security forces and pro-Russia activists.

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A criticism is not denting Russian pride. There is a way that Patrick

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is sweeping this country, making President Putin more popular than

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ever before. -- a wave of patriotism. Let's return to the

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issue of the visit to Crimea with Daniel Sandford. How is that there

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is it being viewed? For those people out on the streets, there are tens

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of thousands of them, the visit is greatly welcomed. He is regarded as

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the man who has reunified them. They have seen 70 warplanes flying

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overhead. It has been part of the celebrations of years ago. More

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bomber jets have been flying overhead. There is a boat in the

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harbour which is overlooking the ships. Tens of thousands of people

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are here Russian flags. The interim government in Kiev will be utterly

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horrified to see him landing in Sevastopol in a city that he now

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regards as Russia, and which the rest of the world regards as this

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part of Ukraine. It is very controversial. Thank you very much.

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Apologies for the slight technology issue on the line. You can find out

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more if you visit the website, including an in depth investigation

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of the crisis. There are a series of maps as well. The music and movie

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industries have reached a deal with internet service providers to tackle

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the problem of illegal downloading of music and films. A letter will be

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sent to customers accused of not paying for their downloads, which

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will suggest legal ways of buying material online. Our Techonology

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Correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones is with me. How will this work? Way

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back in 2010, the Digital Economy Act said that warning letters would

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be sent out. The act has never been put into action for years later. The

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Government has negotiated these long and tortuous talks between the

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internets server is provided on the one hand and the music and movie

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industries on the other. There will be millions of letters sent to

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people accused of illegally downloading. They will be quite soft

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intent. They will be educational. As far as one can see, at the end of

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the process, there is no sanction. It appears the internets servicemen

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riders, who have been very dubious about sending threatening letters to

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customers anyway, have really come out with a better deal than the

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music and movie industries who, at the end of it, have no sanctions.

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They will hope that this kind of message, you may tell your children

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to stop. Not quite a heavy sanctions they were hoping for. The Trade

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Unionist and Socialist Coalition has launched its local election

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campaign. The party is fielding 560 local election candidates around the

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country and is contesting three mayoral elections. They oppose all

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cuts to council jobs and services and the Government's austerity

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programme. Not enough is being done to ensure public money is being used

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appropriately by free schools. That is according to a group of MPs who

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say the Government is too reliant on whistle-blowers to reveal financial

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mismanagement at the schools. Our education correspondent, Gillian

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Hargreaves, reports. There has been a proliferation of free schools in

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England. MPs say the Government does not have proper oversight of how

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they are run. The department focused on speed. They wanted to open the

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schools and open them quickly. They fail to think about putting in place

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due processes and systems that make sure that money is properly spent.

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This free school in Derby is one of two schools being investigated

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following allegations of financial irregularities. MPs warned this

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management of public money should be covered by the Department of

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Education 's own monitoring process. How did you measure the distance?

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There are two free schools in Birmingham which are hugely popular.

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The head thinks the MPs warnings were misplaced. The report refers to

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2011 and 2012. Those systems were early and beginning to embed a whole

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new school system. It is completely different now in 2014. Those systems

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are in place and I absolutely believe we are grossly monitored.

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MPs have said the location of free schools also need a rethink. Larger

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schools are being built in expensive areas in the arm meeting demand for

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extra places. There are not enough good school places and not enough

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places. In areas of particularly acute need, they are being set up

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where there are not enough places. They are in the main part in men see

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popular with parents. -- immensely. The search for new and much needed

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life saving medicines has moved to unchartered waters. Scientists are

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looking deep beneath the ocean in the hope that a closer study of

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marine life will help them develop the next generation of drugs to

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treat anything from common infections to cancer. But there's a

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warning that their research could be hampered by a lack of international

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regulation. Our science correspondent, Rebecca Morelle, has

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been to Oban to find out more. Around the beautiful coastline of

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Scotland, a hunt is under way. This scenic spot might not look like it

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is at the centre of cutting-edge medical research but beneath the

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waves lies an incredibly rich and diverse array of life. It is here

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where scientists are pinning their hopes on finding the next generation

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of life-saving drugs. By studying creatures like this starfish,

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scientists hope to identify new chemicals and gene sequences which

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could lead to treatments for anything from infections to cancer.

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Researchers say we are in desperate need of new drugs and the potential

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of the ocean could spark a medical gold rush. Historically, this isn't

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a place that people have looked. So, they haven't exploited it. There is

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a whole raft of new technologies that are allowing one to screen more

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methodically, more scientifically, and of course a political will. We

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are looking... How can we exploit other parts of the planet? How can

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we produce new industries, new technologies? There is a lot of

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energy and resources going into this new area and that is partly because

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in coastal areas like this there are clearly defined laws about how

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scientists can exploit the riches of the sea. Out there in deeper waters

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it is a different story. Home to an extraordinary array of creatures and

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plants, international waters are governed by the UN's law of the sea.

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This regulates activities such as mineral extraction but it does not

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cover the hunt for new medicines. The worry is that without regulation

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these fragile habitats could be damaged beyond repair. Experts say

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the lack of clear laws could cause other problems too. It is

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particularly important for companies to have legal clarity when they are

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working in open waters because they are making a huge investment. If

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they don't have legal certainty, then they will potentially lose the

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right to produce that drug and that just is not acceptable to them. In

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my opinion, it would potentially put a lot of companies off investing.

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For now at least, back on the shore, the research continues, harvesting

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seaweed for its wound-healing properties. However, it is early

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days. Bringing a new drug to market can take 15 years and cost more than

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?1 billion. This though would be a drop in the ocean if this new

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frontier in medical research lives up to its promise.

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Belfast is awash with bicycles and the colour pink today as it plays

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host to one of cycling's biggest sporting events. It's an Italian

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event but Belfast beat off a rival bid from Venice to host the start

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and, after 14 months' preparation, it is certainly in celebration mood

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today. Chris Buckler has been watching the action. Italy 's

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biggest cycling race has taken a detour and ended up on the streets

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of Belfast. The roads around the city have been closed the practice

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and tonight they become a race track for the Giro d'Italia. It is a

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fierce competition with riders battling against each other. The

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clock... And the elements. Stephen Roach knows just how demanding the

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race can be. He won the event in 1987. It goes from hard to harder.

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After the three weeks, you have to take a week, ten days. The race will

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snake around the coastline and the tourist board says that will show

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off the spectacular scenery to hundreds of millions of television

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viewers around the world. You see the landscape. It is a bit like

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golf. That will showcase Northern Ireland. Pink is the colour of the

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competition and towns on the bridges have been specially decorated to

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welcome the riders. The Lord Mayor of Belfast has even dyed his hair

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the colour of the Gyro. For the sports fans, what is important is

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their chance to see some cycling superstar. To be the equivalent of a

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Madrid football is coming to Belfast. Over the next few days the

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riders will race across Ireland. That is only the beginning. Then it

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is on to Italy. The race itself lasts a gruelling three weeks and

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the Long Road begins here. Cricket, and rain has delayed the start of

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head coach Peter Moore's first match in charge of England. They are due

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to play Scotland in a one day international in Aberdeen but

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persistent rain has meant no play has taken place. Joe Wilson reports.

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International cricket does not come further north than theirs. The

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Aberdeen coast on Friday with the kind of gloomy beauty. Nobody minds

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water here. Spectators arrived with nothing but rain to see. You can

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just make out the Scotland captain. Hugely frustrating. It is nice to

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see the crowds coming in. You can also see the support up here. It

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will be a same if -- a shame if they missed out. From programme sellers

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to caterers, there has been a huge effort to get the ground ready for

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the match. There have been temporary structures around the ground. They

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were hoping for a crowd of 2000 but what is the biggest cricketing

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occasion in years. They came to watch Sir Don Bradman play his last

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innings on British soil. He made a century. The Australian spent some

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time at Balmoral, he being Australian royalty. For English

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cricket right now reputations must be rebuilt. The new coach and

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captain are trying to prove they can beat, welcome anybody. From the

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winter we have had and there are a lot of new faces in the side, it

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gives the opportunity to stake their claim for places. We have a big

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series in India and Sri Lanka. It is a game in its own right... The

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longer that covers remain the more distant the prospect of play remains

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-- varies. The TV presenter, Cilla Black, is to be honoured with an

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award at the TV Baftas in recognition of her outstanding

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contribution to entertainment. In over 50 years in the industry, she

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has hosted a series of hugely popular shows including Surprise

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Surprise and Blind Date, and was the first woman to have her own chat

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show on BBC One as well as of course enjoying a pop career. She says she

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is thrilled, and has been very fortunate to have a long and full

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career in television. Time for a look at the weather.

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A few surprises with the weather this weekend in fact. Last weekend

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we were gearing up for the bank holiday weekend at high pressure was

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in control. In Aberdeen we saw 18 Celsius in all the sunshine at the

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weekend. This weekend, low pressure is taking control and a different

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feel to things. There will be outbreaks of rain at times followed

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by showers. It will be windy and no showers will be blustery. A few

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blustery showers as well as we have headed through this morning,

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particularly in the northern half of the UK. Some of them will be fairly

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heavy. In the south, more in the way of sunshine and we have seen of

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showers. A better day than yesterday. Into the afternoon, some

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of the heaviest of the showers will be in Scotland. Some of the heavy,

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thundery and slow-moving as well. -- some of them. Also a few showers and

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sunny spells for Northern Ireland, central and southern Scotland and

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into northern England. For most of England and Wales, as we head into

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the afternoon, it will turn drier and more places will see sunshine

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rather than showers. Still quite a brief but top temperatures 18

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degrees. It is quiet for a while as we head towards the evening. In the

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south-west, this area of low pressure will bring in heavy and

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persistent rain with strong winds to all parts by the end of the night.

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With all the winds, the cloud and the rain, it will be a mild night to

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come nationwide. Temperatures ten, 11 in the south. Saturday morning

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will start off on a very cold note. It will be bright by the afternoon

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with sunshine and blustery showers. The showers will be slow-moving in

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the north. In the south-west corner of England, we could see gusts up to

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50, 60 miles an hour. There will be sunshine in the south. Temperatures

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17, 18 and a bit cooler in Scotland. The area of low pressure will move

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eastwards. By Sunday it will be out across the North Sea and that will

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be doing. -- that will feed in northerly winds. The northern half

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of the country will see more frequent showers at times and it

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will feel cooler. Still brisk, westerly winds with sunshine and

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showers on the cards. Into the weekend, the rain on Saturday

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morning will clear away, followed by blustery showers, some of them

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heavy, particularly in the South. Now a reminder of our top story this

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lunchtime. A jury has heard that Rolf Harris is a Jekyll and Hyde

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character who groomed and molested a friend of his own jewelled --

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daughter. That's all from us.

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