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The leaders of the main Westminster parties abandon today's

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Prime Ministers questions and fly to Scotland to campaign

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The SNP leader Alex Salmond says it's a panic move that will backfire

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David Cameron begs Scottish voters not to 'rip apart' the United

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We'll have the very latest on the referendum campaign with just

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And the other headlines this lunchtime:

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American Secretary of State John Kerry is in Iraq to build support

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for a wide and military campaign. Claims that dementia sufferers in

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the UK are being forced to pay a so Prince Harry launches his Invictus

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games for injured servicemen and women from around the world.

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And was just part of a vast network

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of religious shrines. Scotland Yard warns children

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from London are being used to run And two hospital A units close

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as part of a re-organisation Good afternoon

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and welcome to the BBC News at One. It is a blazingly hot September

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day. Edinburgh slightly lost in the heat haze, a phrase you don't hear

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often. With eight days to go before people go to the polls, and the

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three main Westminster leaders are here to back the no vote. Opinion

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polls are currently neck and neck and David Cameron says he will be

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heartbroken if Scotland were to leave the United Kingdom. Alex

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Salmond has responded saying that this is Team Westminster against

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Team Scotland, and Westminster is Palace -- panicking. Political

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careers may be on the line, but this is now about something much bigger,

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a vote which could redefine Scotland and the UK. These campaigners for

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independence say their country could soon control its own affairs, and

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they are not impressed by flying visits from Westminster party

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leaders. It is far too late. We still have no guarantees of what

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they can give us, and you can see the excitement in the people. It is

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too late for them. Or is it? Today several big firms in Scotland like

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standard life and BB voiced concerns about independence, but Alex Salmond

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was not impressed. -- BT. We are at the stage in Scotland where people

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will look at scaremongering, shake their heads and wonder if these

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people have nothing else to say but this negative doom mongering when

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the people of Scotland are looking forward to a more prosperous and

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fairer society, the ability to have a powerhouse parliament to create

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jobs. The campaign about independence is now attracting very

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significant media attention from all over the world. And today has seen a

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bit of a battle for the attention of all of these journalists between the

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yes campaign and their opponents. David Cameron's trip north was more

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sedate. In a tightly controlled event, the Prime Minister addressed

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Scottish Widows staff in the Edinburgh financial district,

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insisting he has put party politics aside to urge Scotland to stay in

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the UK. IK hugely about this extraordinary country, this United

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Kingdom we have built together, and that is what I want to talk about

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today -- ie care hugely. I would be heartbroken if this family of

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nations we have put together and on such amazing things together, if his

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family invasions was torn apart. His message was backed up by the former

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Conservative Prime Minister John Major. This country is within a few

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days perhaps splitting up a union that has existed for three times as

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long as the longest person today. The impact of that on everyone in

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the United Kingdom, not just Scotland, the impact on everyone in

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the United Kingdom would be absolutely profound. And from

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observing the debate that has gone on, I am not at all convinced that

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people have not fully understood what all the applications of this

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art. Very soon this country will make its choice, and one way or the

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other, it will be a big, big decision. Not everyone is impressed

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with the visit of the three Westminster leaders, asking after

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the three Stooges and the three Amigos. Norman Smith has been with

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David Cameron. What is David Cameron hoping to achieve from this, and the

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other leaders, given that they are not entirely popular here in

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Scotland? Gavin, what was striking was that David Cameron's speech this

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lunch time was unlike any I have heard from him on Scottish

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independence. There was scant reference to the issue of the

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economy, the single currency on whether an independent Scotland

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would be able to join the European Union. Instead, this was an attempt

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to appeal to the emotional case for the union. It was an appeal to the

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hearts rather than their heads, and the reason for that is because there

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is an awareness on the no campaign side that they have been unable to

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match the emotional appeal of the Nationalists, so today we had David

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Cameron making a very direct and very personal and at times

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passionate appeal to Scottish voters, saying he would be

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heartbroken if the Scottish voted to go it alone. He went out of his way

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to cite common heritage and history, defeating Hitler, defeating slavery,

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building the NHS. And he acknowledge that he and the Conservatives were

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unpopular in Scotland, but he said he cared more about this country

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than he did about his party. What we had was an attempt to change the

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tone of the no campaign in the hope that that might galvanise support

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behind the union. Norman, thank you. Let's find out how this is going

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with the yes campaign. Alex Salmond was campaigning in Portobello in

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Edinburgh and James Cook was with him. How is Alex Salmond handling

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the United front from the three leaders which divides them at

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Westminster even though they are united on this issue? It is funny

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that Norman should use the word galvanise, because that is the word

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Alex Salmond use but in a different context. He said, in fact, the visit

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of the three party leaders north from Westminster to Scotland today

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would galvanise support for Scotland becoming independent. And it has

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been an exciting few days for the yes campaigners. They are buoyed by

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the opinion polls showing how tight the race is. This does have the feel

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of the last days of a very big, very serious, very important campaign. It

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is frenetic, dramatic as well, and it may just be decisive for the

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future of Scotland and the UK as well. These are very, very

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interesting days. Indeed they are, James. Interesting in terms of the

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politics and very interesting in terms of the economics and finance

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which is so important, particularly in the city of Edinburgh. We have

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heard rumblings on the stock market and Robert Preston joins me now.

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What has been going on with Standard Life and BP? Standard Life have put

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out a letter from their chief executive, broadly saying that the

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interest of customers will be protected in the event of Scotland

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voting per independence. Because some customers are getting a little

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bit anxious about what will happen to the value of their savings if,

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for example, Scotland didn't keep the British pound and adopted a

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currency that was weaker, that could reduce the value of people's

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savings. Tax rates in Scotland might be different, maybe higher from tax

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rates in England and Wales and Northern Ireland, so what Standard

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Life have said to their customers is that it is in the process of setting

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up new companies in England, new, regulated companies, and were

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Scotland to vote for independence the savings, the investment, the

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pensions of customers outside of Scotland would be transferred to

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those new English companies to protect their value to make sure

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that they are subject to English tax regulation and therefore preserved

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in value. I suppose the thing in Scotland is it does not say what it

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would do for Scottish customers, it said it would keep the situation

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under review. There might be the odd jitter in Scotland about all this.

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Indeed, Robert, thanks very much. There are a lot of what ifs, and

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here is Christian Fraser looking at that part of the story.

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We have put together a timetable of the events ahead if Scotland

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votes yes next week - or indeed should they vote no.

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And you'll see that if it is a yes there are one or two

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Let's start here with the vote itself.

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Alex Salmond has confirmed he will reveal the identity

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of his 'Team Scotland' negotiators within a week of the referendum.

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Right now his preferred date for independence is here, 24th March

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2016 - the anniversary of the Act of Union.

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That would be two months before the Scottish elections.

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It's a very tight deadline, and already there are questions

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over whether that is realistic given the challenges ahead.

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How will the UK's national debt be shared out?

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If Scotland wants to borrow more money, who will act as guarantor?

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Will it still be the Bank of England?

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Or will it have to use the Euro if if joins the EU?

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What will happen to the RAF, to the Navy, to the UK's Trident nuclear

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Well, yes, it does, but Alex Salmond will be in a hurry.

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Imagine for a moment the SNP were not returned to government

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in the elections in 2016, and the negotiations were still ongoing.

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A different Scottish government, perhaps Labour, might want very

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Can it be David Cameron's Government given that in eight months' time

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And what about those Westminster elections set for 7th May 2015?

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Currently there are 650 constituencies -

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If those constituencies did take part, their MPs would be ejected

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in 2016 once Scotland gains its independence,

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Some would be calling for David Cameron to postpone

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it for 12 months but of course he would face a huge fight with Labour.

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And now we will put up a timeline for the No vote on September 18th.

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Much less complicated of course, but still some fundamental questions

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and some sizable concerns ahead for the UK.

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We know the three main parties at Westminster are committed to

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more devolution, particularly in areas of tax and welfare.

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It seems then, a white paper would be put forward

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Draft legislation appearing here, somewhere near the end of January.

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And they would hope to vote through those changes before the end of this

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Can such huge constitutional changes be agreed and refined in six months?

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Some say, no, they can't, and to finish let's ponder the last

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date, all the way down here at the end - whether it's a yes or

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a no - the Conservative's proposed referendum in 2017 on the EU.

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If next week Scotland votes to stay in the UK - but down the line the UK

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votes to leave the EU - the pro-Europe movement in Scotland

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is saying that would be grounds for another referendum on Scottish

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If Scotland votes yes next week, depriving Labour of its

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Scottish MPs, then the entire political system in the rest of the

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And in that scenario we could have the UK opting to pull out of the EU

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A lot ahead whether they vote yes or no. We will have updates throughout

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the day on the BBC News Channel and we will be pursuing the theme of

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what if? If you've got questions you

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want answered, you can text The American Secretary of

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State John Kerry is in Iraq to try to win support

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for an intensified campaign against It's the first leg of a tour

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of the Middle East and Mr Kerry will meet members

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of Iraq's new 'unity' government. Tonight President Obama is expected

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to announce plans to widen American attacks on Islamic State,

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which recently beheaded two Our correspondent Quentin

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Sommerville reports from Baghdad. Back in Iraq and ready to take on

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the Islamic State. The US Secretary of State is drumming up Arab support

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for a counteroffensive. Iraq has been asking for help since last year

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but the government was divided and the country split on ethnic and

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sectarian lines. Secretary Kerry met the new Prime Minister who promised

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greater unity. That needs a precondition for American support.

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The Islamic State last year took over the Lodz in Iraq, and their

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control spread across the Syrian border, and then those all fell, a

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self-declared Islamic State created across Iraq and Syria -- Mosul fell.

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The Iraqi politicians warned that the war would spread here, and

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sectarian divisions widened in Iraq and Islamic State moved in to

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exploit the gap. Healing the divisions will take a long time,

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even with US support a fight to take back Iraq from Islamic State would

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be a long one. In the north-east, the Iraqi Kurdish forces have

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struggled with outdated weaponry and limited supplies in their fight

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against Islamic State. Britain has given more than half ?1 million in

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aid to buy new guns and more ammunition. US air strikes are

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already making a difference here will stop on the ground, they are

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helping Iraq and Kurdish forces win back territory from the Islamic

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State, and a broadening of the air campaign is expected. It's very

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useful, and we are very thankful for everything that the US is doing so

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far. But I don't think it's enough. We believe that the strikes should

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target the nerve centre and the leadership of Islamic State, where

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ever they may be, even in Syria. The details of how much bought these

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Kurdish and Iraqi troops will receive in their fight will come

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with President Obama's beach later today. But Iraq's support will be

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vital -- President Obama's speech. If they can afford internal

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confusion, fightback can begin in this will stop -- in earnest bots

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The education watchdog Ofsted is warning that too many courses

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for school leavers in England are not up to scratch - and that's

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stopping teenagers finding work or going on to university.

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The school leaving age rises to 18 from next year.

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Ofsted argues that could delay an "inevitable fall" for young

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people becoming NEET - "not in education, employment or training".

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Our education correspondent Alex Forsyth reports.

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These college students are firmly focused on their future, learning

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skills they hope will lead to work. Since September, pupils aged 16 and

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older, should be offered tailored courses to help them get the jobs

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they want. I want to be a doctor so medical science will help me in the

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future. I am thinking of working with old people or children and head

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lamps -- health and social care is all about that. This college in

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London focuses on vocational qualifications. Today, the education

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watchdog Ofsted said too many courses are failing to do that so

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children are leaving without the skills they need to do a job. The

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numbers of young people not in education, training or work has

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fallen to 1.2 million. From next year teenagers will have to stay in

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education until they are 18. Ofsted says unless careers advice or

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courses are good, it will not help them in the long-term. We are being

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told that young people do not have the English or mathematics skills to

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be in work. They also tell us they have not had the work experience

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they need. This college does focus on those skills and says the

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government must ensure there is funding. The further education

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sector has done fantastic work in developing our young people.

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Government policy into the future has to make sure it invests

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appropriately into the long-term future of our students. The

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government says more older teenagers are taking English and maths and it

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has changed college funding to focus on hype quality courses which

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employers value. David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick

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Clegg have all travelled to Scotland The SNP leader Alex Salmond says the

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visit will backfire. Claims that dementia sufferers in

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the UK are being forced to pay a so What lies beneath -

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we go under London to chart the progress of Crossrail -

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Europe's biggest building project. And the ?5 million gift to the

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Science Museum - and how it adds up Hundreds of injured servicemen

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and women from around the world are in London today

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for the first Invictus Games, Some of

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the competitors have lost limbs, or Others are struggling with

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the mental scars of Our disability affairs correspondent

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Nikki Fox is there for is now. Hello, I am outside the velodrome

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and we have been here since very early this morning. It is quiet now

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but it got very busy around eight o'clock and nine o'clock with a lot

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of competitors training on their hand bikes in preparation for the

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games starting tomorrow. I spent the morning finding out from the

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athletes what the games really mean to them.

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This morning at the velodrome, members of the 100 strong British

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Armed Forces teamwork training hard. Among the team is Josh who lost both

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his legs and right arm when he stood on an IED in Afghanistan back in

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2010. I would not say at any point I felt down on myself. The minute you

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accept this happened, you can move on. What gave you this attitude?

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When you are in the army you are always put in situations where you

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are tested. The driving force for the games came from Prince Harry. He

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got the idea after seeing a similar competition in America. He saw what

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a positive affect the games had on rehabilitating injured servicemen

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and women. The banter, the camaraderie. Whatever country you

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are from, you get peoples sharing their stories. For me it is very

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special to sit back and watch it. 1400 athletes from 13 different

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nations will compete in nine adapted sports. It is not just about the

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competition. The Invictus Games gives those affected by conflict a

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new focus. When you find it again, you get something physical which you

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can be engaged in, it starts to heal you mentally as well as physically.

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The process of recovery for many has begun. The games are not only a

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celebration, they are also a chance for some people to come to terms

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with their new disability. When you get injured, it is not the end. As

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long as you have life, you have hoped. That is why we have Invictus

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Games, to let the public know, to let the people know that our lives

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have begun and all we ask for is your continued support and

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assistance to help us live our new lives now. Prince Harry hopes the

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Invictus Games will continue for as long as they are needed, and the

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inaugural event here in London will be a success.

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So Prince Harry threw a surprise party last night for the

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competitors. We also have the opening ceremony which is coming

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live on the BBC tonight. And then there is the four-day sporting

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action which kicks off tomorrow and the closing ceremony on Sunday. Many

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thanks indeed, thank you. The new

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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has announced

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his team of EU commissioners. He's given an important financial

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portfolio to the British In a moment we'll get reaction

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from Westminster but first our Europe correspondent

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Chris Morris is in Brussels. Chris, how significant you think

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this announcement is? I think it is an important sign that the EU is

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prepared to give a top financial post to an official from a country

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outside the euro zone. That has always been a big concern. Mr

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Junker, said he always intended to give Lord Hill a major portfolio, in

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part because he wanted to avoid any impression that he held a grudge

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against David Cameron's very open opposition to his appointment. He

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said he wanted Britain to remain a construct constructive at live

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member of the European Union. What is the reaction in Westminster? I

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must say, expectations around here were pretty low. Lord Hill was not a

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prominent name around here, even less so in Brussels. In the run-up

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to this, it David Cameron had a bust up with Jean-Claude Juncker as the

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tried to stop him getting the job of European Commission president.

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Britain now has this important economic portfolio which is snapped

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bank in the middle of where Britain's economic interest is,

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financial services. The symbolism of this is a clear. It enables David

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Cameron to say to his sceptical backbenchers, the renegotiation that

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I have promised, that I can put to a referendum in 2017, I can deliver

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and Europe will help. Thank you very much indeed.

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Families caring for people with dementia are paying

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a so-called "care tax" according the Alzheimer's Society.

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New research says most care is provided - unpaid -

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The Alzheimer's Society say it can cost the equivalent

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Our health correspondent Adam Brimelow reports.

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Dementia imposes a cruel human cost. This research reveals the financial

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burden, much of it falling on those who need support and the family and

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friends who often provided. It is a burden campaigners say is unfair and

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unsustainable. Researchers say the number of people with dementia is

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rising in line with the ageing population and will reach 850,000

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next year. The overall cost they say has reached more than ?26 billion,

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two thirds of it met by family and friends and charges for social care.

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They say it is much more than people with cancer and heart disease. The

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difference between dementia and cancer is a much higher proportion

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of the cost is borne by the individual. Cancer patients do not

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pay for their NHS care. They would not have much in social care needs.

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People with dementia have to pay for it themselves. The Health Secretary

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for England says the government has responded to unfair care costs. For

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example, by capping the amount people have to pay. He says he has

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also doubled funding for research and focus on dementia is greater

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than ever before. Scientists have discovered

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a hidden complex of archaeological monuments at Stonehenge, which

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challenges the long-held view that New evidence suggests that in fact

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Stonehenge was originally part of a huge network of religious shrines,

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including a mile-wide "super henge". Think you know it? Well, think

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again. The history of this iconic landscape with Stonehenge at its

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centre, has now been rewritten. These are clearly man-made, they are

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not natural. From the remains of pristine circular henge is, two

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giant hit channels and monuments, 17 new structures that nobody knew

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existed have been found. This wouldn't long barrow is among the

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most spectacular, a burial site previously hidden to history. It is

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extraordinary to think there have been so many investigations of this

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landscape and the land we are standing on now and nobody before

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has previously suspected all this. Ten square kilometres was mapped

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around Stonehenge using radar which looks into the ground, to chart the

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evolution of ever more spectacular monuments dating from 10,000 years

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ago. Even here at the well-known, well researched Arrington Walls site

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near Stonehenge, they found something new. Beneath my feet, the

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radar discovered 60 holes two metres wide, all part of a new unknown

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structure they are calling the super henge -- Dorrington walls. We have a

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complete feature... It all shows Stonehenge is not alone and never

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was. New monuments from changing societies who became more organised.

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This is the place memories and traditions started in Britain, where

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human beings began collective endeavours and cultural ambition,

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all leading up to the most spectacular creation of all, its

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origins once hidden, it secrets now seen.

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Time for a look at the weather. Here's Louise Lear.

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Hello. This is a photograph of a very atmospheric misty start in

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Kettering. And this is new key. I know this shot very well. Hardly a

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cloud in the sky for many of us. A little bit of fair weather cloud

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starting to develop. I suspect that will become more of a story into the

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afternoon. There is a good deal of dry weather into the forecast. A

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good afternoon in prospect for western and central Scotland.

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Temperatures will respond. After a chilly start in Northern Ireland,

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into the high teens with some sunshine coming through. To the west

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of the Pennines and across the South West and Wales, we could get up to

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22 degrees. If you are heading off to the Invictus Games, it looks like

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perfect weather conditions for the opening ceremony this evening.

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Cloudy bit dry. More of a breeze develops through this evening and

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overnight into the south-east corner. That will keep more cloud

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here, I suspect. A little bit of mist and shallow fog forming. In

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rural parts we could see low single figures. Thursday will start off

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again on a cloudy and briefly note across the south-east corner. It

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will make it feel a bit fresher. Maybe the odd spot of rain. The best

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of the sunshine further west. I suspect for Thursday, more cloud

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than we have seen in recent days. Though is an area of low pressure.

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It just love into Scandinavia but it will influence our weather for some

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time. -- it drifts off into Scandinavia. We could pick up some

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dry air in the south-east corner. Temperatures above average for the

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time of year. The outlook, it stays predominantly dry. There will be

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some sunshine around but from time to time, a little more cloud than we

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have seen in recent days. Thank you. A reminder of our top

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story this lunch time: The leaders of all three main Westminster

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parties travelled to Scotland to campaign for a no vote in the

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referendum. The SNP leader Alex Salmond

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