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A prominent Liberal Democrat peer resigns, claiming Nick Clegg is

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Lord Oakeshott said the party had lost their roots,

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He called for a change in leadership. We will be assessing how

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damaging this is for the party leader.

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We'll be analysing the figures coming from both sides in

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Both sides present the figures which they say back their case

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We have put forward the benefit over the period of 15 years. We calculate

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that as each individual being ?1000 better off. By staying within the

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UK, it's worth ?1400 to each person in Scotland, each year for the next

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20 years. Stoned to death by her father

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and brothers - the Pakistani woman killed

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for marrying against their wishes. At his trial on indecency charges,

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entertainer Rolf Harris admits he was good at disguising his dark

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side. In California, trials begin

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of the new car that drives itself. Getting rid of rogue landlords -

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the new scheme promising better standards

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in private rented properties. Critics describe it

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as a meaningless gimmick. Good afternoon

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and welcome to the BBC News At One. In the last hour,

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a senior Liberal Democrat peer accused of trying to undermine Nick

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Clegg as party leader has resigned. Lord Oakeshott had commissioned

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and leaked a poll suggesting Mr Clegg would lose his Commons seat

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at the general election next year. Mr Clegg said his actions were

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"totally unacceptable" and had warned that the peer would face

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disciplinary action when Parliament Our chief political correspondent is

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in East London for us, where the Deputy Prime

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Minister was speaking earlier. Norman, how much trouble does this

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cause him? Simon, the entrails of the plot to unseat Nick Clegg have

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this morning been laid bare after the man behind the attempt, Lord

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Oakeshott, Matthew Oakeshott, one of the most long-standing Liberal

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Democrats, conceded he was the man behind four opinion polls

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deliberately commissioned to show that Nick Clegg was, in his words,

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leading the party to disaster, in an attempt to provide local party

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activists with the evidence he hoped would galvanise them into moving

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against Nick Clegg. This matters not just because it shows the level of

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disquiet within the party, not just because Matthew Oakeshott is a man

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who helped establish the party way back in the 1980s, not just because

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he is a key ally of Vince cable, one of his closest confidants and often

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regarded as his key political left and it at Westminster, but because

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in his resignation statement Matthew Oakeshott through a political hand

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grenade over his shoulder in the direction of Nick Clegg by

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suggesting that Vince Cable new about these four polls at the centre

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of the plot. Not that he commissioned them, not that he

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intended to destabilise Nick Clegg, but that he was aware that Matthew

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Oakeshott was commissioning these four plots which were intended to

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unseat Nick Clegg. Now, that is a huge, huge problem for Mr Clegg

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because if true, it would suggest that Mr Cable had some knowledge of

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Lord Oakeshott's actions and would suggest that Vince Cable, Mr

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Clegg's number two, might have been implicated in this plot, albeit up

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to now he has vehemently denied any knowledge and yesterday denounced

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his former friend Matthew Oakeshott for conducting those polls. What do

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you think Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrat party will do now? I think

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Clegg will want an absolute categorical assurance from Vince

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Cable that he was not manoeuvring, that he had not sanctioned or given

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a green light to Matthew Oakeshott to behave in this way. This morning,

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they insisted they were 100% convinced that Mr Cable was not

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involved but there is a separate problem for Nick Clegg. We learned

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this morning that two local parties in Liverpool and Cambridge are to

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hold emergency meetings to consider Mr Clegg's position. These two

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constituencies are significant because they are two areas where the

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Liberal Democrats suffered a drubbing in the local elections.

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There is a twin threat to Mr Clegg's position. There is on one

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hand the manoeuvring is of the likes of Lord Oakeshott and on the other

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hand, the evident disquiet of party members. It isn't just these two

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parties. We learned yesterday in a poll of ordinary Lib Dem members

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that some 40 this unwanted Nick Clegg to quit. -- some 40 but

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wanted. It's a big day in the run-up to

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Scotland's independence referendum in September -

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with voters being given conflicting information about whether they will

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be better or worse off. The Scottish Government is arguing

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that independence could mean an extra ?1,000 for each person -

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but the UK Government says voters would have more if they stay

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in the United Kingdom. Our Scotland correspondent

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Lorna Gordon is in Edinburgh. Yes, Simon, it really felt as if the

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argument stepped up a gear today, with the UK government and the

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Scottish Government clashing, publishing two rival documents which

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are pretty weighty, heavy and complicated and heavily contested.

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They contain economic facts, statistics and arguments.

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Edinburgh, early morning and Scotland's capital wakes up to a

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conundrum - and economic bonus or a UK dividend. Some Scots have already

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decided which way they will vote. For them, the economic arguments

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aren't important. I've never considered the economic issue but I

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am personally very much against it. The economic argument isn't the most

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important thing to me. It's important not to be run by people in

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London who don't have much to do with Scotland, and to be run by a

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government that we can vote for. For others, the economy is key. I want

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to know how much it is going to affect you and your family as an

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individual. In amongst all of the figures, oil features heavily but

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there is more to the arguments than that. The Scottish Government claim

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that the benefits of independence far outweigh the costs and will

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eventually lead to an extra ?1000 for every man, woman and child. We

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say that by working together, by improving productivity in the

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Scottish economy, by enhancing our working age population and by

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increasing employment, we can grow the Scottish economy to give us an

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additional tax - not by increasing individual taxes but by growing the

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economy - of ?5 million a year by 2030. That amounts to ?1000 for

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every man, woman and child in the country. Both sides are disputing

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the other's analysis. The Scottish Government accuses the Treasury of

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cooking the books, the Treasury argument that the Scottish

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Government's statistics are not credible. With declining oil

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revenues and an ageing population, it is all easily avoided by staying

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within the UK. It is worth ?1400 for each person in Scotland each year

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for the next 20 years. That's the UK dividend and the further ahead you

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look, the more the pressures build. Today has seen a blizzard of

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statistics from both sides - those who want the union to continue and

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those who seek independence and agree on one thing, that Scots face

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their most important decision for more than 300 years. But there the

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consensus ends. The alternate visions for Scotland's future are

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wildly different, hotly contested and share little common ground.

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This is pretty heavy stuff and quite difficult to digester but it is

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ultimately extremely important. The figures - people have been mulling

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over them but I think it will come down to one simple thing for the

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voters. They will have to decide who they believe there is a long now

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until they vote. The vote on a referendum takes place 16 weeks

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tomorrow on September the 18th. For more on the arguments

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and the issues, head to our dedicated website -

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that's bbc.co.uk/scotlanddecides Rolf Harris has been questioned

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by the prosecution barrister on the second day of

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his giving evidence at his trial. He accepted that complimenting one

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of his alleged victims when she was wearing a bikini

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at the age of 13 could suggest that He denies 12 counts of indecent

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assault, relating to four girls. Sangita Myska was in court

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and sent this report. Rolf Harris today arrived at court

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as he has throughout this trial holding the hand of his daughter

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Bindi and with an arm around his wife of 50 years, all win. -- all

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when Harris. He faced tough questions from the prosecution about

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his account of his relationship with his daughter's friend, his first

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alleged victim. As he sat in the witness box, the entertainer claimed

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it was she who had instigated the affair when she was 18 and he was

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53. The prosecution attacked his story. The prosecutor said:

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The prosecution put it to the entertainer that far from having

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consensual relationship with his alleged victim, he had groomed her,

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thereby psychologically dominating her into womanhood and it was this

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that later drove her to alcoholism. The entertainer was also asked about

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a letter he had sent the alleged victim's father. The prosecutor

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said: Rolf Harris is expected to continue

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giving evidence into tomorrow. He is charged with 12 counts of indecent

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assault. He denies the charges. Hundreds of migrants are being

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evicted by riot police from several illegal camps outside

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the French port of Calais. Many have been there for months -

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some trying to smuggle themselves French authorities say

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an outbreak of scabies and a lack of running water pose a health risk

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- and the sites need to be cleared. Paul Adams in Calais has

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just sent this report. Dawn came and the migrants were

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ready. In the camp they call Syria, some had already packed their bags.

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They don't have much and it didn't take long. These people have known

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dreadful pride patients. This would simply be another bad day. --

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Private nation. A symbolic line was drawn between the migrants and the

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port which draws them here. Not knowing what to expect, they beat a

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retreat. You can go, she says. Take your belongings with you, we'll

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destroy what remains, but you're free to go. The police moved in

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slowly, inspecting every makeshift tent to make sure no one was left

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inside. This place has grown hugely in recent months and is filthy.

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Authorities say there is an outbreak of scabies. This whole operation,

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which people have been expecting for 48 hours, is proceeding pretty

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smoothly. Tent by tent, the camp is being cleared. It's fairly calm but

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over the process looms the question, where are these people supposed to

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go? We thought France was a European country and that we would be safe

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here in this country because we ran away from war. I am from Syria. But

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we see the opposite. Belatedly, and in vain, the authorities tried to

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explain their plans, offering the prospect of a shower, clean clothes

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and better accommodation for anybody willing to move. But the migrants

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don't trust the authorities. Egged on by local activists, they

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barricaded themselves into a nearby shelter. They suspect a trap and

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fear they will be arrested, even deported. While the stand-off

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continued, bulldozers moved in. The Syrian camp has gone. The problem

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that created it has not. A woman has been stoned to death

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by her father and brothers outside the High Court

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building in the Pakistan's second The woman was reportedly killed

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for marrying a man She's believed to have been

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three months pregnant. Murder on the streets of Lahore, in

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broad daylight. A woman in love and pregnant was stoned to death and no

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one intervene tent. Farzana Bibi was only 25. Herbert Read husband will

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now have to bury her and her unborn child. -- her bereaved husband.

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Women were morning in front of the victim's shrouded body and they were

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in shock this could happen to any of them. The couple were on their way

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to court, having married against the wishes of the victim's parents,

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unacceptable in a deeply conservative country. Her family

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filed for -- filed a case for abduction and the couple were coming

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to contest it. 20 members of her family were waiting here. They tried

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to snatch away from her husband and when she resisted, they pelted her

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with stones until she collapsed dead. Her father surrendered after

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the attack but the others got away. In the aftermath of the stoning,

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condemnation and indignation. So-called honour killings are common

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in Pakistan but stoning in public is another level of horror. It's called

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an honour killing and I always put that in quotation marks because the

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concept that the honour of the family resides in the woman's body,

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the woman is the repository of honour of the family and the

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community, is not necessarily the case. She has a right to make her

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own decisions about her own life. Many here in Pakistan are calling

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this case already premeditated murder. Unfortunately in past cases

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of so-called honour killings, the attackers got off very lightly. The

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question now is, will the revolting aspect of this public stoning make a

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difference, a positive difference, to the way justice is delivered

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forward in here? -- for women. A senior Liberal Democrat,

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Lord Oakeshott, has resigned from the party,

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saying it was "heading for disaster" The internet giant Google is to

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build self-driving cars - some The Old Street mural -

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in memory of a murdered young man. His family hope it will make people

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think twice before carrying a knife. And we talk to Tom Cruise and

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Emily Blunt Obese people who lose just 3% of

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their body weight can significantly improve their health - but only if

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the weight stays off. New guidelines from NICE add that stigmatising

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overweight people does not work, and can actually put them off seeking

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help. If some overweight people were sent to slimming classes, it says,

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the cost would be easily covered by the benefits to the NHS. Here's our

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health correspondent Dominic Hughes. Losing that excess

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weight is hard work. Now, experts believe the losing a

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few pounds and keeping them off can make a real difference to our

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health. Many people at this exercise class

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have been referred by their GP. The National Institute

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for Health and Care Excellence says more exercise is only part

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of the solution. The guidelines being produced are

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not about quick fixes and they most certainly don't

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contain any magic bullets. They contain a series

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of recommendations related to the kinds of things individuals can

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do, the sorts of programmes people can go along to all be prescribed

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by their GP which will help them to lose relatively small

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but important amounts of weight. This matters because the number

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of people who are overweight or More than a quarter

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of adults are now classed as obese and a further 42% of men

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and a third of women are overweight. Dealing with the long-term

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consequences of obesity costs the Eventually, this woman turned to the

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support offered by a diet club, which may help. You have an issue

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with weight and once you realise that is a problem and admit to it,

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help is out there and you can do it. You cannot do it by yourself, it is

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not a matter of eating less, but you can do it with the right support

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group. But some people believe this advice lacks ambition.

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I think as a piece of advice it is not bad for a beginning.

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But if you are obese or morbidly obese, losing 3%

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of your body weight, you are still going to be obese at the end.

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NICE says sensible, sustainable weight loss is the key

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and that the weight must stay off for life if the benefits to

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The Church of England is attempting to give

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people in debt an alternative to using pay-day lenders by promoting

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The Church has announced pilot schemes in Liverpool,

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London and the diocese of Southwark almost a year after the Archbishop

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of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said he would try to force pay-day

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So all the money has been done and that is your receipt. In London's

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East End, church members offer advice on matters financial as well

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as spiritual. For two years, Stapp had been steering their congregation

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towards more responsible borrowing. Look at your expenditure and your

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income and then work out how much you can actually afford. There is no

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rollover. Credit unions and mutuals are not for profit and they are run

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for members by members. They provide services including savings and

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loans. Money deposited by savers is then used to fund low-interest

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rent. The interest rates are much lower. The church scheme is being

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supported by a former city regulator. We could end up with a

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vibrant financial industry. In the short-term, the issue for payday

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lenders is not about competitors, but educating the public to

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understand they can get finance from alternative providers, more ethical

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providers. But at best the church scheme could provide just 10% of the

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small loans made to borrowers. That leaves a big gap in the market. The

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archbishop needs to be realistic about what can be delivered as a

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result of this. The payday industry has been going for quite some time

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now and the regulation has had massive breath of occasions. --

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ramifications. The government is to introduce a new law to cap the cost

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of payday loans. We will find out what that cabbies is an ex-month.

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In Thailand, the army says it's now released 124

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leading politicians, activists and academics who were taken into

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76 people are still detained, most from the Red Shirt movement

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Those who have been released were told to avoid political activity,

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and to notify the military of any travel.

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Jonathan Head's report from Bangkok contains some flash photography.

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Thailand's military rulers have been losing the propaganda war.

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So, for the first time, they've been showing video evidence

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These are leaders of the pro-government Red Shirt

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movement in captivity saying they are being well treated.

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These are the activists with the ability to mobilise elements

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None has been able to speak publicly about their detention,

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nor is it clear what conditions the military imposed for their release.

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Some detainees are refusing to accept any conditions.

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The former education minister was arrested yesterday and is one.

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He's been prosecuted for failing to hand himself

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And the military is tightening its censorship.

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Hundreds of websites have disappeared from Thai screens.

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The ministry in charge of regulating the Internet says much

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The military wants us to monitor two issues.

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One, anything which portrays the monarchy in a bad light.

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And second, anything which threatens unity and stability.

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We don't want the country to break apart,

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There are Thais who have welcomed the military's intervention.

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The army will be grateful for these supportive images.

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But in reality, they've thrown this country into uncertainty.

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The cost of their coup is hard to gauge, but it could be high.

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Would you consider looking after a vulnerable stranger or

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Thousands of people already do, and local authorities would

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The BBC's Graham Satchell has been finding out more...

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It's lunchtime at Pauline and Dave's house in Liverpool.

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They both have severe learning difficulties.

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They live with Pauline and Dave, who cook and care for them.

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Pauline used to be a care worker in a residential home.

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Both her and Dave have been trained and CRB checked.

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So they all live together, but Alma and Keith also have some

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When you work in a big industry like a nursing home or a hospital,

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of course you help people and you give them the best you can, but you

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For Alma and Keith, after years in out of hospital

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and residential care, they are very much part of a family.

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If it weren't for Dave and Pauline, I'd be on the streets now.

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The average cost of looking after someone in the community like

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this is just over ?30,000 a year, half the cost of residential care.

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Just one of the reasons authorities now want to

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North London, and Jennifer is buying food, an evening meal for two.

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Jennifer is 26, and like many her age has struggled

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So, in something of a reverse of the scheme in Liverpool,

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Jennifer has moved in with the redoubtable 98-year-old Anne.

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Were you happy to have someone come and live with you?

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Jennifer keeps Anne company, keeps an eye on her,

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cooks the evening meal and pays just ?100 a month in rent.

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Some of my friends have been horrified of the idea,

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so it just depends on the person, I think, and the lifestyle they lead.

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You wouldn't like to go into any kind of care home?

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I know I am, but I try to be young inside.

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This home share scheme is called Care To Stay.

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Along with Shared Lives, it is a successful,

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economical model of care, and maybe a blueprint for the future

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Now, how safe would you feel being taken in a car driven by...

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Just a computer controlling things - a car with no steering wheel,

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The US giant Google has announced plans to build 100 self-driving

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vehicles, and has started trying them out in California.

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Supporters claim their use could reduce the number

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of accidents, but some researchers say they could make traffic worse.

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Our technology correspondent Rory Cellan Jones reports.

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Could this be the future of motoring? Knows steering wheel,

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accelerator or break. Just strap yourself in, programme your

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destination and off you go. The maximum speed is 25 miles an hour.

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Sensors and software detect other vehicles and softer materials should

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make it safer if the car did hit a pedestrian. Google is to build 100

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of these vehicles in the next stage of a hugely ambitious project which

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has so far involved adapting existing cars. The firm believes the

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years from now this car will bring increased mobility to all sorts of

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people. A car without a driver could cut congestion and reduce

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accidents, 90% of which are caused by human error. To make this work

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would need is huge transformation both in the way we regulate our

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transport system and in our attitude to motoring. Google's existing self

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driving car has driven 100 miles without an accident. It can detect a

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cyclist pulling out. Our software detects the hand signal as the

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cyclist pulls out and moves accordingly. This may be an idea

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whose time has come. This is a natural progression of technology.

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Modern cars have more and more automatic technology built into

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them. Adaptive cruise control, automatic parking. I don't think

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everyone will want them, but for elderly drivers, it could be an

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option. Google plans to run a pilot scheme near its Californian

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headquarters in the next couple of years. But it will be a long time

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before most city streets are ready for motoring without motorists.

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Now, a look at the weather. Grey, leaden skies with outbreaks of rain

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for most of the UK. The cloud continues to pile in in the hours

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ahead. Plenty of drizzle in just about all areas but I'm a glass half

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full kind of chap, so it has been a lovely morning in western Scotland,

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Northern Ireland. We will see more cloud build and an outside chance of

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one of two showers. Contrast that with the East of Scotland, a cool

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breeze of the North Sea. Outbreaks of rain will get heavier. Also

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heavier after a brief respite this afternoon in the North of England.

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Hazy sunshine in Cornwall, temperatures in the high teens.

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Further bursts of heavy rain across central parts of England. At least

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in East Anglia it is a better day than yesterday. Tonight, a fairly

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damp night with cloud dominating. The wettest conditions tend to be in

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the North of England and southern Scotland. The main exception is the

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far north of Scotland and western parts of Northern Ireland.

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Temperatures similar to last night, around nine to 13 degrees. On

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Thursday, low pressure is firmly in charge. Winds ease for the southern

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half of the UK, but this area of high pressure becomes our friend

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later in the week. It starts to exert its influence across the

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northern part of Scotland and England by Thursday. Still outbreaks

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of rain for a good part of the day in southern Scotland, northern

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England and Northern Ireland. But more sunshine in Wales, the

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Midlands, the Southeast and East Anglia. Temperatures higher than

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they have been. That could be enough to set off a couple of heavy local

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showers into the evening. Then the better news you been waiting for. It

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looks like things will turn much drier by the end of the week as that

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area of high pressure pushes towards us. Still some showers across

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southern parts of England and Wales on Friday. But most will have a

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drier, brighter, less breezy day, so it should feel a bit warmer. Warmer

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still as we go into the weekend. It won't be completely dry, but most of

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us will have a predominantly dry weekend with breaks in the cloud

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allowing sunshine at times. Our top story: a senior Liberal

:31:41.:31:54.

Democrat peer resigned claiming Nick Clegg is leading the party towards

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