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AstraZeneca rejects a final takeover attempt by the American drug's

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company Pfizer. Billions are wiped off the share prize. The company

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says the deal would threaten the development of new drugs. We've

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rejected it because we think the value in itself is less than we can

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do as an independent company in quickly delivering drugs to the

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market. A Premier League committee discusses

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the future of Richard Scudamore as Chief Executive as the row about

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sexism continues. Ben Ainslie is among thousands of

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people urging the US Coastguard to continue its search for four British

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sail errs missing since Friday. A woman tells the Rolf Harris trial

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he assaulted her when she was just 11.

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Sir Jack Brabham, one of the greatest ever racing drivers, has

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died. He won three Formula One championships. One in a car he

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designed himself. On BBC London, detectives launch a

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murder investigation after a man found dead at a flat fire suffered

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multiple stab wounds. House building in London is at its lowest level for

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more than six years. Hello. Welcome to the BBC News at

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one. There have been more dramatic

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developments in Pfizer's attempt to takeover the UK pharmaceutical

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company AstraZeneca. Pfizer said it was making its fourth and final bid

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offering ?55 a share valuing the company at ?69 million. But

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AstraZeneca rejected the offer saying the deal would threaten the

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production of new drugs. That caused shares in AstraZeneca to plunge by

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14% in early trading. Pfizer's plan to take over AstraZeneca could

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create the world's biggest drug company. But last night, Pfizer

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raised its offer but AstraZeneca said no. We've rejected it because

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we think the value in itself a less than we can do as an independent

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company in quickly delivering drugs to the market.

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To sweeten the deal, Pfizer committed to maintaining a

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significant presence at this plant in Macclesfield and keeping 20% of

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research jobs in Britain. That didn't satisfy MPs who grilled the

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companies last week. Pfizer's boss admitted overall research funding

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would be cut and jobs would go. I'm not sitting here saying we can

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become more efficient without some reduction in jobs. I cannot tell you

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how much, how many or where. The saying Ga began on January 5th

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Pfizer met AstraZeneca bosses in New York for secret talks and proposed a

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bid of ?46.62 per share. On May 2nd, Pfizer said it would offer ?50 per

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share. On may 16th the company said it would go to ?53.50 but

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AstraZeneca said this underwool Ood the company. Jed, it upped the bid

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proposal to ?55 per share but it was rejected by as sister Zeneca's

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board. The offer's never been put to AstraZeneca's shareholders. They saw

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the value in their company fall as its share price plummeted. Pfizer

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needed to go further. The offer from Pfizer this time round is an

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improved offer but not been improved enough to really make anybody who

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was waiverering before change their minds. -- wavering.

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The row has raised questions about foreign takeovers of strategically

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important UK firms. Labour says it woulden rules but the Government

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insisted any takeover matters is for the company themselves.

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Our Business Editor is with me. Is the deal dead? I think it is on life

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support. These are drugs company, if nothing else.

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Pfizer said it will not go hostile. It will not put an aggressive bid

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straight to the shareholders, owners of AstraZeneca who would then force

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the board to the negotiating table. That's too politically difficult.

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Pfizer is the big American firm. It would find that very, very

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difficult. So, today, the only thing that could

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happen would be AstraZeneca shareholders decide ?55 is a lot

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better than they would get if they stuck with as sfra Zeneca as a

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company. They would force the board to start negotiations. I think

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that's unlikely. They would have to wait six months for another chance

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to bid under takeover panel rules. At that stage, the tax advantages

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they get at the moment may have been closed off by the US Government. So,

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on life support to the point of the life support being turned off.

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What now for AstraZeneca itself? It is talking a lot about new drug

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development? The big test for them is let us stay independent, we'll do

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very well on drugs on diabetes, on cancer, cardiovascular. The proof

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with now be can they actually deliver on those drugs as an

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independent company. Thank you.

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A Premier League committee is discussing the future of its Chief

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Executive Richard Scudamore. He's under pressure to resign for making

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sexist comments in emails sent from his work accounts. Dan ran is

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outside the league's headquarters in London.

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This has meant more scrutiny on how the committee handle proceed usual.

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Some say Richard Scudamore's future is being decided by four men who

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approved a 2 million salary. Others say the issue isover lone. Scudamore

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should be judged on the fact he's supported and promoted women's

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football in the past. This is a con trophy very uncomfortable for those

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on top of the game. Richard Scudamore transformed

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football. Today, the game's most powerful figure faces his greatest

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challenge to date. He faces mounting pressure over sexist emails he sent

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to a friend. Bruise Burke, Dave gill and Stoke City chairman Peter coats

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are meeting this morning to decide what action to take. Meanwhile, the

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personal assistant who leaked the emails has gone public. I felt

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humiliated demeaned, I felt I didn't want to Rae them. They were sexist,

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very degrading to women. I feel he should resign. Scudamore's

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apologised. But FA board member Heather Rab at said he should

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resign. A Super League match yesterday between Arsenal and

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Manchester City at a time when women's football has never been more

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popular, it is clear the scandal's sparked a wide ranging debate. He

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said some strong statements. He should be given a chance to answer

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for himself. If his answer is not satisfactory or if he's not showing

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any willingness to satisfactory or if he's not showing

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behaviour, there's a decision to be made. It is a poor show. I agree he

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has to consider his position. Scudamore's one of football's great

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survivors. His reputation is under scrutiny over a case which raises

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questions about the game's commitment to equality.

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Tomorrow, the FA Inclusion Advisory Board will respond to whatever the

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Premier League committee decide to do. Richard Scudamore is there in

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person. One of the members of the committee said he'd be surprised if

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Scudamore host his job but they have to bare in mind the concerns of

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sport's minister, FA and others. Thank you.

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The Olympic yachts man Sir Ben Ainslie's joined calls for the US

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Coastguard to resume the search for four British sailors. Contact with

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the boat was lost after it reported running into difficulties off the

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coast of Cape Cod. On online call for the search to rest has more than

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13,000 signatures. Andrew Bridge, 22, but an

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experienced yachts skipper. One friend who sailed with him you was

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captaining the cheek yes Rafiky as it set out from home for Antiga.

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He's been sailing small boats since the age of nine. Ian an accident in

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mid-Atlantic would not dampen his enthusiasm. If he comes back to us

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I'm sure he'll resume sailing. I would imagine. He's not easily down.

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Quite spirited. But Cheeki Rafiki had been taking part in the sailing

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week before setting outs for Southampton. Boats like these are

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well equipped with rife laugheds. Contact with the boat was last on

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Friday. One personal radio beacon was act vetted. When its battery ran

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out a second beacon switched on. They are four strong, physically

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strong and mentally strong men. They would have had provisions in the

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life raft to keep them going for a few days. We believe they are still

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out there. We've no evidence to show they are not out there.

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A passing container ship spotted what's thought to be the Cheeki

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Rafiki's upturned hull but there was no sign of anyone aboard. Planes

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from the US and Canada spent two days searching off Cape Cod. But the

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search was called off yesterday. The families want the research started

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convinced there's a strong likelihood the men are still afloat

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and alive. The trial of Rolf Harris has been

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hearing from a girl who alleges she was assaulted by the entertainer

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when she was 11. Rolf Harris denies 12 counts of indecent assault. This

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incident does not form part of the charges against him.

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Let's go to Southwark Crown Court. As you say, we've heard this morning

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from three so-called bad character witnesses. These are all women who

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claimed Rolf Harris assaulted them when they were young women abroad.

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As a result, he cannot be prosecuted for those alleged crimes. What the

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prosecution is saying today, if you take all of those stories in total,

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they paint a picture of a man who used his fame to assault young

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girls. By the late 19600s. Rolf Harris was

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a fixture on TV screens in Britain and Australia. Today, the

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prosecution claim the entertainer used his fame to assault girls here

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and abroad. He arrived at court supporteds by his doctor Bindi and

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wife Alwen to hear evidence of alleged crimes for which he is not

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being prosecuted but which, it is claimed show a pattern of behaviour.

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Inside court, the 84-year-old listened via headphones to a witness

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who claimed she was assaulted in the home of a mutual family friend in

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1969 69. She told the court she was 11 years old, off sick from school

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when she was confront the entertainer. When I came downstairs

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he asked hold I was. He said good, I want to be the first to intro deuce

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to to a tong kiss. I just stood there, froze. The inquest was told

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the incident took place in the basement of the house. She

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continued, he came up around the side of my body holding me. He put

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his tong in my mouth. How did that feel ask the prosecutor? I was

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repulsed by it, absolutely repulsed. Rolf Harris was so well known, said

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the within, when she told schoolfriends they didn't believe

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her. It was only in 2013 following press reports of Ore ledged assaults

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that she contacted the police. Rolf Harris is charged with 12 counts of

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indecent assaults against women he denies the charges.

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In the last hour, the court heard from a a woman who claims he met her

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in 1970. She says she was around 16 years of age at the time. This

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restaurant had dancing. He asked her to dance. She says at that point he

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assaulted her in the fuel view of other people on the dance floor. She

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said I saw the dark side of a man I thought could be trusted. I was in a

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public place. He slid his hand down by back, against my bottom. He put

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his hand up my skirt. Rolf Harris denies the charges.

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In the last few minutes, police have said they have found a convicted

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murderer who disappeared while on day release from an open prison.

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Arnold Pickering went on the run from a prison in Merseyside. What

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are the In the past 15 minutes, Arnold Pickering was found in Oldham

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just before day-to-day. Older was the place where he killed a 15 --

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59-year-old man in 1990. We do not know what he was trying to do in

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Oldham this time, but he has been found. This comes just weeks after

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the disappearance of another man, in London, known as the skull crusher.

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And we have heard from the Justice Secretary today that they will be

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changes to the day release system. Prisoners will be vetted, there will

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be tighter rules on who can be released and who cannot, and also,

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some prisoners will have to wear tags if they go out on day release.

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The latest from Merseyside Police is that Arnold Pickering has been found

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and is now in police custody. AstraZeneca rejects the fourth and

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final takeover bid by the American The roses of no-man's land come to

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this year's Chelsea Flower Show. We'll have a special preview from

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the grounds of the Royal Hospital. Later on BBC London News, we will be

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looking at the Hertfordshire district which could see a dramatic

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change in the upcoming European elections.

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One of the greatest ever racing drivers, Sir Jack Brabham,

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He died peacefully at home after a long battle with liver disease.

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The Australian driver won the Formula 1 Championship three times -

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He died peacefully at home after a long battle with liver disease.

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The Australian driver won the Formula 1 Championship three times -

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once in a car that he'd designed and built himself, something no

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Australian prime minister Tony Abbott said

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Our sports correspondent Andy Swiss looks back at his life.

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Sir Jack Brabham, the man who built his own car and raised it to a world

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title. He began his career on dirt tracks in Australia, before moving

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to Britain to pursue his racing ambitions. He began with the

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Cupertino and won his first Grand Prix in Monaco in 1959. Now

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challenging for the Championship, on the final lap of the final race, his

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car ran out of fuel, but Brabham got out, pushed it across the line and

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clinched the title. I am very, very pleased to I owe a lot to John

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Cooper and the Cooper car company and all of my mechanics. it has been

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a great effort. After retaining his title in 1960, Brabham embarked on a

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new challenge, setting up his own team. He had once been a flight

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mechanic for the Australian air force and his passion for design was

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clear. Success, however, was not immediate. Brabham even considered

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retiring. But in 1966, driving his own car for his own team, he was

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once again champion -1 motorsport's most remarkable achievements. I

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think he will be remembered as the man that built his own car and won a

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World Championship in it. Nobody has done it before or since and I do not

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think it will ever happen again. Rab eventually retired in 1970 and

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became the first rider to receive a knighthood. His team continued to

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flourish. Nelson Piquet won two world titles for the team in the

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1980s. Brabham's appetite for motorsport was undimmed. At the age

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of 73, he drove at the festival in Sussex. He remained a revered figure

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throughout the racing world. In a statement today, his son saved he

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had lived an incredible life. The racing driver Jack Brabham,

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who has died, aged 88. Local council and European

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parliamentary elections take place And in the latest

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of our leader profiles, our chief political correspondent,

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Norman Smith, has been travelling Welcome to a sun-kissed Harlow,

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where the Prime Minister has been visiting the local college.

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Politically it should really be raining heavily, because

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conventional wisdom is that Mr Cameron is heading towards doom and

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disaster at these elections are to be pushed into a humiliating third

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place behind UKIP in the European elections. But having been out and

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about with Mr Cameron today, I detect the very slightest lift in

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his step, a sense that maybe it is not going to be so bloody,, the

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night, and if it is, it will be eminently survivable. And that is

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not just for my benefit, it is because there is a view that the

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economy is recovering fast, which is putting political wind in his

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sales. What he does not know is how damaged he is going to be by UKIP.

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But UKIP do not know how damaged they are going to be by the spate of

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stories about racist remarks. This morning, I asked Mr Cameron if he

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believed Nigel Farage was a racist. I will leave others to judge, but

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what I have heard from some of the candidates, some of the donors to

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the party, is a succession of pretty appalling things. I would say to

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people, what we need in Britain is not the politics of anger, we need

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the politics of the answer, how do we get migration under control,

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reform welfare, get the relationship right with Europe? I am offering

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solutions, I'll offering a plan which is working. People should

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steer away from some of these statements. Do you think that UKIP

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are a protest phase, or a fundamental change in the political

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landscape? I think what they reflect is that we have had a very difficult

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time in Britain with a very long and deep recession, and it is taking

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time to recover. And people want answers. And people want answers

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just people want action. I share their frustration. One other thing I

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learned from the Prime Minister this morning, which is that he will not

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resign if Scots vote for independence. There has been a lot

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of Westminster chitchat that that would be such a shattering blow to

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his authority, that no, he says, he will carry on.

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Ed Miliband has been setting out plans to tackle low pay.

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He said a future Labour government would establish a

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"clear link" between the minimum wage and average hourly earnings.

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Both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats have

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already said they want a rise in the minimum wage.

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A massive international aid operation is under way in Bosnia

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and Serbia to help thousands of people hit by the region's worst

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Rescue helicopters from the EU, America and Russia have been

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lifting people to safety, but Serbia says it needs more assistance.

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Three months' worth of rain fell in the area in just a few days -

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causing massive floods and killing at least 35 people.

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The western Balkans under water. These are the worst floods the

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region has seen in living memory. The deluge has forced tens of

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thousands of people from their homes. Three months' worth of rain

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fell in just three days last week, and this is the result.

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International aid is coming in for people without power and freshwater.

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TRANSLATION: My house has been flooded up to the roof. It is an old

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house, we will really need help. In Serbia, at least the floodwater has

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been receding, as fears of a surge in the river have eased. But it is

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too late for the towns which have already been swamped. Many people

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are still cut off and food and water supplies are scarce. Just like the

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rest of the town, the hotel here is underwater. Going by boat is really

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the only sensible way of getting around. There are some people

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remaining, his rescue workers are bringing in emergency supplies.

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There are hundreds and hundreds of people trying to help the situation

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here. Agriculture has been hit badly. Officials say it might take

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five years to recover. Livestock have been left to fend for

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themselves. For the many uninsured farmers, it is a disaster. The aid

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effort flies a multitude of flags. There are rescue helicopters from

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the European Union, the United States and Russia. The sandbags

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remain in place, with concerns that river levels may yet rise later in

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the week. At least the rain has stopped, but there will be fresh

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challenges once the water recedes. It is 300 years since the British

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government challenged the scientific world to work out how

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to pinpoint a ship's precise John Harrison won that competition

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with his now famous time pieces. Three centuries later,

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members of the public are being asked to vote on what is

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the major scientific challenge of our times in areas ranging

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from healthcare to the environment. Once that's decided,

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scientists will be asked to come up with the solution,

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as our science correspondent What is the biggest scientific

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challenge of the 21st century? To cure paralysis, provide clean

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drinking water, help dementia sufferers, feed the world, or create

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pollution free air travel? It is up to the public to decide which one of

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these areas will be the focus of a new ?10 million prize. The answer to

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these questions is extremely important, and the journey to the

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prize itself is important, because it should engage people in a

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conversation and allow them to learn. That is in a way, I do not

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care who wins, but the romantic in me... Can you imagine if somebody

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sold the world's food problems from a shared? This prize is inspired by

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another great challenge, 300 years ago. Back then, the most pressing

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problem was for sailors to calculate their longitudinal a Yorkshire

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clockmaker came up with the solution, a timepiece which allowed

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mariners to accurately pinpoint their position at tea. It

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revolutionised navigation and saved countless lives. The hope is that

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this new prize will have the same impact. One method of solving a

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scientific problem is to go to universities and top scientists, but

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over the years, and this was something pioneered by the original

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price, we have learned that it is often better to open up to anyone to

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come up with a solution. The challenge which wins the public's

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vote will be after that, anyone can submit their ideas with an

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innovation which could potentially change the world.

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The annual Chelsea Flower Show is getting under way,

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and fittingly for the home of the Chelsea Pensioners, the centenary of

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the Great War means that conflicts from the Somme to Afghanistan figure

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Some of the displays have been designed by veterans of recent

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In this centenary year of the First World War, Chelsea is remembering

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the fallen, with a reading from the actor whose role as Blackadder

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reminded audiences of the senseless losses on the battlefield.

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What passing bells for these who die as cattle... ? This garden was

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designed by a lady whose grandmother received a medal for bravery in the

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war. The landscape is reminiscent of the Somme. All I am trying to do in

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show that after conflict, when the landscape gets completely churned

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up, it can heal. That is the metaphor for the human body and the

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human spirit. This is another garden which evokes memories of the First

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World War. It has been built by Birmingham City Council. But this

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year the show is not just about commemorating the past. It is about

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looking forward to the future as well. Harry and David are among a

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crop of young designers bringing in original ideas. Their night sky

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garden, with stars and symbolic black holes, has impressed one

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judge. I think it is great that young designers are having a go.

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They have fresh ideas, new ideas, and this one is a great example.

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Watts of places to rest your weary legs! One big theme this year is

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Britain in Bloom, and one person has designed his first garden here for

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30 years. This is the Paris catwalk, everybody comes here. There are

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other shows, very good ones, Malvern, Hampton Court, but this is

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the apex of perfection. On the catwalk this year, a new type of

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daffodil. It has been named in honour of Prince George. His

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great-grandmother will be here to see it later today.

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Let's have a look at the weather. The record breaking temperatures of

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the last few days have been remarkable, but none of them

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occurred in Northern Ireland or Scotland. Over the next couple of

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days, you can see the warm and cold air. Come the end of the week, we

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can see the two mixing. So, the first part of the week,

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can see the two mixing. So, the first part of the yes, very warm,

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but things will be turning very much more unsettled. The reason for that

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is that we will have a low pressure close by for a good part of the

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week, just churning those air masses. Once you mix warm and cool,

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well, we have already seen the result of that. Out towards the west

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we have already had thunderstorms today. Out towards the east, dry and

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fine and very warm indeed. But there could be some showers here as well.

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We have already made 25, 20 six Celsius, easily the warmest day of

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the year. -- 26. A lot cooler across parts of

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Scotland and Northern Ireland. Out towards the eastern side of

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Scotland, dry, fine and sunny. Overnight, there are warnings for

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potential very heavy downpours. Some of those might get down to the

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south-west of England as well. It will be a mild night to come. Then,

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we are off and running. Dry enough out towards the east, but those

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hefty showers getting going through the course of the day. Come the end

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of the day, the northern parts of England could see some torrential

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downpours. Not quite as warm. If you are heading towards Chelsea, Tuesday

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and Wednesday, it could be quite cloudy, quite wet as well.

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Wednesday, it could be that a good portion of the southeastern quarter

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of the British Isles sees something cooler, with the prospect of some

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torrential downpours. Our main headline... The British

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pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has rejected a fourth and final takeover

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offer from the US firm Pfizer. That is

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