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A retired Appeal Court judge is appointed to lead the public inquiry

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Sir Martin Moore-Bick met residents this morning and promised to get

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But his appointment has already been criticised by some survivors.

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As the deadline for a deal looms, the Northern Ireland Secretary says

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restoring power-sharing remains "possible and achievable".

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A senior member of the Vatican, Cardinal George Pell,

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is charged with sexual abuse offences in his home

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MPs are due to vote on the Queen's Speech with

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Labour seeking amendments on public spending and Brexit.

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And the Cornish village whose chapel is being saved by the Emir of Dubai.

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And coming up in the sport on BBC News: Sam Warburton,

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Jonny Sexton and Maro Itoje all come into the starting 15 for the British

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and Irish Lions' second test against New Zealand.

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Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.

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Theresa May has confirmed that a retired High Court judge,

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Sir Martin Moore-Bick, has been chosen to lead

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the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire.

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Sir Martin this morning promised a "vigorous inquiry that gets

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to the truth" and said he understood the "desire of local

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The Prime Minister told MPs that she expects he will produce

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an interim report as early as possible into the tragedy,

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in which 80 people are now presumed to have died.

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Sir Martin Moore-Bick spent 20 years as a judge and is said

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to be highly respected, but his appointment has

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Here's our correspondent Richard Lister.

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The family and friends of Tony dissident gathered for his funeral

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today, a short distance from Grenfell Tower where he died. With

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an estimated 80 dead, there will be many more such funerals. Looming

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over them, questions about why they died, who was to blame, how can

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others be protected. And this is the man now appointed to find the

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answers, Sir Martin Moore-Bick. A judge for 20 years before he died

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from the Court of appeals, a focused on complex technical cases in the

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commercial courts. He's promised to consult Grenfell survives about how

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to proceed. In a statement after his appointment, he said:

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We need and demand to be part of every single decision made in that

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public inquiry... But those who escaped Grenfell Tower

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that might have demanded more input into shaping this process. They

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appear not to have been consulted about this appointment. I understand

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this has to be fair and impartial but I believe the victims of this,

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you know the Tower victims first, evacuees second and local residents

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Birtley should be the ones leading this and deciding what direction

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this inquiry takes and what readmit it has. And a decision by Sir Martin

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Moore-Bick involving Westminster City Council is also causing

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Grenfell survivors concern. He backed the decision to move a single

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mother of five to social housing 50 miles away. If I was speaking to

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families, I would be saying that on its own to -- tells you nothing. The

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problem is we don't know what the broader record is. Setting up the

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public inquiry was always going to be a delicate process. Grenfell

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survivors are being asked to work with the establishment they feel let

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them down the decades. The aim is for an interim report this summer.

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Our legal Correspondent Clive Coleman joins me now.

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How would you assess this appointment?

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Sir Martin Moore-Bick has the classic CB of a highly successful

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Court of Appeal judge. His intellect is beyond question and his

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experience both as a lawyer, mainly in shipping but also his experience

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as a judge in the commercial court, and gives him experience of heavy

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engineering technical issues, and having to get on top of those nobody

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doubts his ability to do that. But in addition to that, to chair

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something as big, where passions are running so high in an inquiry such

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as this, you need emotional intelligence on the high level of

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communication skills. We have seen that already this morning. If you

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take for example the 7/7 inquiry, the chair of that was given plaudits

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for communicating with the families and continuing to command their

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confidence. This morning we have heard from Joe Delaney, one of the

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residence, that he wasn't clear about the focus of the inquiry and

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it should, he said, be more criminally focused. Whoever runs the

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inquiry has to explain there is a criminal investigation that is

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running alongside it. Just a little indication I think of how the

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chairman of this inquiry has to really think hard about how he

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communicates the purpose of the inquiry, the way it will be run, and

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how he continues to command the confidence of the people at the

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heart of it, the families. Let's go over to Norman Smith in Westminster,

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and how is this appointment and be inquiry itself going down with

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people in Westminster? I think there is a desire on all sides of

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Westminster for this inquiry to succeed. Everybody wants it to get

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answers and get them quickly, maybe even with an interim report by this

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summer. But I think everyone also knows it cannot succeed without the

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backing of the families and the reason for that is the experience of

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the child abuse inquiry, another very high-profile inquiry, again set

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up by Theresa May but which has been beset by difficulties. We have seen

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the resignations of three successive chairmen. Why? Because it lacked the

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confidence and support of victims groups, and the real fear I guess is

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of history repeating itself with already some residents saying they

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weren't consulted about Saint Martin's appointment, and others

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saying they want to focus on the criminal aspects of the

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investigation, also questioning why Kensington council had been given a

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say in the readmit of this inquiry. The residents so far are not saying

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we won't work with Sir Martin, but you do get the sense there is only a

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relatively narrow window of opportunity for Sir Martin to win

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the confidence of those families of this inquiry is to get up and

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running and to be a success. Norman, many thanks. Norman Smith there.

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137 high-rise buildings have now failed safety tests on cladding

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in 41 local authority areas, according to the latest

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Four of those tower blocks are in the London borough of Camden,

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where residents from 700 flats have been told to leave

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Our correspondent Tom Burridge has been meeting some of the people

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still living in the Chalcots estate, despite being told

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Michelle's family are facing a difficult dilemma.

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They've been told to leave their flat in North London.

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Because their tower block has suspect cladding

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and after the fire at Grenfell, failed an inspection

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But Camden Council has still not found Michelle suitable alternative

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accommodation and so she has reluctantly been

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I mean, last night, my husband refused to stay in it.

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And at two o'clock I woke up having a panic attack

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I thought, I know they're starting works.

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There are people still here trying to find somewhere to stay.

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I can't tell you the emotional impact it's having on everyone,

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I've never been in this terrible state like this before.

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Michelle, like others we met, doesn't blame the council.

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It says it is doing all it can to rehouse the most vulnerable

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people first in appropriate accommodation as close

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But Sean Henry was offered a flat with nothing in it and that simply

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Well, at this point I don't have an option.

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I need to make sure my family is safe.

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And until I get the appropriate or suitable accommodation,

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Because right now this is the safest place.

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Even though it has been deemed unsafe.

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This man has a four-year-old daughter with a serious blood

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disease and a seven-year-old son with severe autism.

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The hotel they were in wasn't appropriate for his children.

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Looking for somewhere to cook, clean, you know, clean

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So, like others, he spent the day at the local leisure centre.

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Well, it's roughly five hours since we met him earlier,

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and he's been inside chatting to council officials and it

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still seems they haven't been able to find him and his family anywhere

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Later, though, he was told that they had been

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I can bring his PlayStation, his toys.

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So, it's a struggle for a semblance of normal life, when you're suddenly

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told your home is not safe, amidst a national scandal

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about how so many buildings in Britain have been built.

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As politicians in Stormont continue talks to restore power-sharing

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the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland says

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Speaking in the last hour James Brokenshire said significance

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progress has been made but several issues remain outstanding.

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Sinn Fein said there is still no agreement over nationalist demands

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Our Ireland Correspondent Chris Buckler is in Stormont.

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The Democratic Unionist Party have made it clear they are prepared to

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go back into government, the power -- problem with power-sharing is

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unique parties who are prepared to share power and Sinn Fein have said

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they are not willing to go back into power-sharing with the DUP. Whilst

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political negotiations are sometimes treated as fun and games, despite

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appearances things have got serious. The DUP and Sinn Fein have spent

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months clashing, and now the negotiations to try to get

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power-sharing back up and running are set to come to a shuddering halt

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and an uncomfortable stalemate. The future of devolved government in

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Ireland now hangs in the balance, to the frustration of many at this

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funfair in Belfast. I just think they need now to put their

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differences aside. We have voted for them, we put them in, it is now time

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for them to do their jobs. The DUP's deal to prop up the Conservatives at

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Westminster has brought the promise of ?1 billion from Northern Ireland

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and much of that money will be used to help an economy that has suffered

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badly since the days long ago when shipbuilding was a major industry in

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Belfast, but will there be a government to spend the cash? I

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believe the resolution will be found and I am urging the parties to

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continue focusing all of their efforts on achieving this. The last

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few days have seen intensive negotiations take place at Stormont

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Castle to try to find a deal that will resolve a whole range of

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disagreements, but so far the DUP are refusing to give in to Sinn

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Fein's demands for an Irish language act. We want these institutions back

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up and running again but it has to be on the basis of equality and

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respect at their core and institutions that command public

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confidence sale in our view it is make up your mind time for the DUP.

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Neither unionists nor Republicans want to be seen as losers in this

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negotiation, and the demands for legislation to give official status

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to the Irish language have proved particularly divisive. Sinn Fein

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wants too much. They treat it as a joke, the DUP. But there's a danger

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no one walks away from these talks with anything and that is very risky

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for the parties politics here. There is a stripped four o'clock deadline

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for an agreement, if not it could be the case Westminster has to step in

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and take over some of the responsibilities of Northern

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Ireland. As it is, the DUP are just coming out to speak to the cameras.

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We might get a sense of whether the deadline might be met or

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alternatively running into another deepening crisis.

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Labour will try to get elements of its general election manifesto

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into the government's programme when MPs vote on the Queen's

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They'll call on the government to end austerity in public services,

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and to negotiate a Brexit deal that "delivers the exact same benefits"

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as membership of the single market and the customs union.

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Let's go over to our Political Correspondent Alex Forsyth,

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who's in the Palace of Westminster for us now.

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A piece of parchment setting out the government's policy plans.

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Written by ministers, read by the Queen at the formal

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My ministers are committed to working with Parliament,

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the devolved administrations, business and others,

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to build the widest possible consensus on the country's future

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But now there's a hung parliament that consensus

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will be hard to achieve, not just on Brexit,

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The one vote the government is confident of winning, today's,

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when MPs will be asked to approve the Queen's Speech.

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We set out a programme in the national interest,

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delivering on Brexit and other important domestic matters

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and I think that is important to deliver that said the government

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can get on governing as the people of Britain would expect us to do.

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Yesterday the government saw off the challenge by Labour.

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They tried to amend the Queen's Speech, to get more

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investment in public services and the scrapping of the cap

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But whilst some Tories hinted at their concerns over austerity...

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It's time for us to think again about the impact

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None were willing to undermine the Prime Minister

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Today, Labour will try again with another amendment.

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We are putting forward fundamentally what was in our

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A Brexit that guarantees trade relations with Europe.

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A government that ends the public sector pay cap.

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And a government that invests in the education future

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of all of our children from nursery through to university.

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Despite Labour's efforts to tease open any divisions

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within the Conservative Party over austerity, it's highly likely that

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Theresa May's Queen's Speech will get through the Commons today.

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Tory MPs won't risk challenging her authority on this.

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And she has the support of ten Democratic Unionist MPs

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with whom she did a deal to get their backing on key votes.

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But even with that, the prime minister's majority is slim

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and Labour will seek to exploit that at every opportunity.

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Parliament's likely to see some brutal battles over

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Backbenchers will be emboldened, every vote will count

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in getting anything through, and it won't be plain sailing.

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Today we had some indication of the power backbenchers wheeled, there

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were suggestions some Tory MPs had sympathy for another Labour

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amendment to the Queen's speech, this one calling for free access to

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abortion services in England for women from Northern Ireland, where

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abortion rules are strict. I understand the Government is looking

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at putting together a package of measures so that women across the UK

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can access abortion services, in part it seems to stave off potential

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rebellion from its own backbenchers. What we are seeing now is that

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without a majority of her own, Theresa May will have to cajole and

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make concessions and some compromises in order to get things

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done. Even in these very early days of this new parliament.

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One of the Pope's closest advisors, Cardinal George Pell,

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has been charged in his native Australia with historical sexual

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At a press conference this morning the Cardinal insisted

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he was innocent of the charges, and said he looked forward

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Our correspondent James Reynolds reports from Rome.

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This morning St Peter's Square, the cardinals of the Catholic Church

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turned out for a celebration led by the Pope, but one

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Cardinal George Pell appeared instead in a Vatican press room

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to respond to the charges made the Australian police.

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The whole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent to me.

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So I'm very grateful to the Holy Father for

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giving me this leave to return to Australia.

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Today, Victoria police have charged Cardinal George...

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Earlier in Australia, the police outlined the charges

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Cardinal Pell is facing multiple charges in respect

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of historic sexual offences, and there are multiple complainants

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For more than 40 years, George Pell worked as a priest, then

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In 2014, Pope Francis called him to work in Rome.

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In February last year the cardinal testified via video link

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to an Australian commission investigating official

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Victims flew in to watch his testimony.

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Now the Cardinal will have to defend himself in court.

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The charges leave the Church and the Pope in an uncomfortable position.

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After his election, Francis created a commission to deal

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with allegations of sexual abuse by clerics.

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Now he finds that one of his closest advisers faces charges of his own.

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The Pope will now face questions about his ally.

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George Pell will appear in court in Australia next month.

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Sir Martin Moore-Bick is appointed to lead the public inquiry

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He met residents this morning and promised to get to the truth

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And still to come: It's all in the name.

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How the Emir who owns the world's most famous stables helped a Cornish

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Coming up in sport: Can Novak Djokovic turn

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around his form this season on grass?

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He's warming up for next week's Wimbledon with a third round match

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against American Donald Young at the Aegon Classic in Eastbourne.

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It's three years since the self-proclaimed Islamic State

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declared the creation of a caliphate.

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Now, under extreme attack from a US-led international

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coalition, they are clinging on to their last major strongholds

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Britain has carried out the second largest number of air strikes

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Now, for the first time, RAF crews have been talking

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to the BBC about the challenges they face in avoiding

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Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports.

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The RAF prepares for another bombing mission against the group calling

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They've been flying these sorties from their base

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in Cyprus round the clock, in what's become another long war.

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What you're looking at a densely packed urban area with buildings

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For the first time the RAF's allowed their crews to talk

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They want to show the care they take to protect civilian life.

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The priority is to make sure our missile hits...

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Dave - not his real name - operates a Reaper remotely piloted drone.

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He shows me video of one targeting an IS, or Daesh, mortar position,

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Can you honestly say to me you can guarantee you won't cause

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What we can demonstrate through rigour and the use of these

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videos is we do absolutely everything within our power.

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Every member of the crew wants to go home with a battle damage assessment

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The RAF has been carrying out these bombing missions

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against IS for coming up to three years now.

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And in that time they've carried out more than 1000 air strikes,

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dropping more than 3000 bombs and missiles.

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And yet, they say, they've seen no evidence so far that

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they've been responsible for any civilian casualties.

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What I can say right now is that the evidence that we have

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It's human activity and we're not perfect, and even with our best

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efforts I cannot hand on heart say that wouldn't happen.

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But there are those who already believe Britain's paying

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a price for this war, with some linking this kind

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of military intervention to the recent terrorist attacks

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I do struggle a bit to link that to modern foreign policy.

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We have an opponent who just hates us and everything we stand

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for and all of our values, and we have to deal with that.

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We have to defeat them militarily and that's why we're here.

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They're fighting a brutal enemy that unlike them isn't worried

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Jonathan Beale, BBC News, RAF Akrotiri.

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The Chinese President Xi Jinping has promised to maintain the one country

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two Systems system ends Hong Kong. He's in Hong Kong for the 20th

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anniversary of the hand-out. A large security operation is under way, as

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protests are planned throughout the visit. Yesterday, democracy

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activists were arrested after chaining themselves to a monument to

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symbolise the handover. The Culture Secretary,

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Karen Bradley, says she is "minded" to refer Rupert Murdoch's 21st

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Century Fox bid to take control of Ms Bradley pointed to concerns

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about media plurality - but has yet to make her final

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decision. Mr Murdoch already owns 39% of Sky

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and opponents believe the deal would give him too much power

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in the UK media. Our entertainment correspondent

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David Sillito reports. It was set up by Rupert Murdoch

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but he owns only 39% of the shares. However, his media empire also owns

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The Sun and The Times and produces Should this be a matter

:24:17.:24:21.

for the competition authority? The Culture Secretary

:24:22.:24:27.

asked the watchdog Ofcom It concludes, "The transaction

:24:28.:24:29.

raises public interest concerns as a result of the risk of increased

:24:30.:24:37.

influence by members of the Murdoch family trust over the UK news agenda

:24:38.:24:40.

and the political process. With its unique presence on radio,

:24:41.:24:42.

television and in print and online. We consider that these concerns may

:24:43.:24:50.

justify reference by the Secretary of State to the Competition

:24:51.:24:55.

and Markets Authority". On the basis of Ofcom's report,

:24:56.:24:58.

I confirm that I am minded to refer to a phase two investigation

:24:59.:25:02.

on the grounds of media plurality. Plurality essentially means,

:25:03.:25:08.

does one media owner have too Opponents of the Murdoch empire

:25:09.:25:10.

were today protesting, But they also fear that other

:25:11.:25:16.

concerns about past misdeeds We feel Rupert Murdoch has too much

:25:17.:25:33.

power over our politics. He's a very dangerous man and we need a full

:25:34.:25:36.

investigation of everything to do with the Murdochs, before we hand

:25:37.:25:38.

him any more of media. And so a takeover bid that was first

:25:39.:25:43.

proposed seven years ago But for the Murdoch family,

:25:44.:25:46.

Sky was their creation. It almost bankrupted them

:25:47.:25:49.

in the '90s, before they turned it The battle is still very much

:25:50.:25:51.

on to finally make it theirs. Britain's household energy bills -

:25:52.:25:55.

and carbon emissions - have been kept in check by EU rules

:25:56.:26:02.

on energy efficiency, but a new report warns that both

:26:03.:26:05.

could rise unless ministers implement new policies

:26:06.:26:09.

to save power. The Committee on Climate Change says

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the UK needs to move quickly towards developing plans

:26:12.:26:15.

to keep emissions down. Ministers say they will come forward

:26:16.:26:17.

with a new policy in the autumn. Here's our environment

:26:18.:26:21.

analyst, Roger Harrabin. We have more and more

:26:22.:26:25.

gadgets all the time. Yet the average home is paying less

:26:26.:26:27.

for energy than we were before, It's because appliances like this

:26:28.:26:39.

are being forced to be ever more That means they do the same amount

:26:40.:26:45.

of work but for less power. It cuts our bills and it

:26:46.:26:52.

reduces carbon emissions. The biggest saving has been thanks

:26:53.:26:55.

to insulation and gas boilers. Gas demand is down 23%

:26:56.:27:01.

since 2008, the report says. It is exciting that we have

:27:02.:27:08.

managed to keep bills down The reason for that,

:27:09.:27:12.

the reason we are spending ?20 a month less on our bills,

:27:13.:27:17.

is because of the tough This government will have to make

:27:18.:27:21.

sure that we replicate those Greater home insulation

:27:22.:27:29.

is the big challenge ahead. The committee says the government

:27:30.:27:38.

has to find some way of persuading people to invest

:27:39.:27:40.

in making their homes warmer. Without that, the UK's target

:27:41.:27:44.

on emissions and affordable Electric vehicles are the other big

:27:45.:27:47.

issue raised in the report. Emissions from transport have been

:27:48.:27:53.

going up, when they should That's bad for local air pollution

:27:54.:27:57.

as well as for the climate. The government will bring forward

:27:58.:28:02.

its own plans for a low carbon, Not an idea most people would have,

:28:03.:28:05.

but it's paid off for the people of Godolphin Cross,

:28:06.:28:19.

near Helston in Cornwall. The village shares its name

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with one of the most famous stables in the world -

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owned by the Emir of Dubai. People were so desperate for funds

:28:25.:28:27.

for their local church that one contacted Sheikh Mohammed bin

:28:28.:28:30.

Rashid Al Maktoum for help. Godolphin Cross, a quiet village

:28:31.:28:34.

in Cornwall where the pace of life is gentle and the Methodist Chapel

:28:35.:28:42.

looks set to stand empty forever. The villagers were giving up hope

:28:43.:28:47.

of finding enough funds to buy it, and convert it

:28:48.:28:49.

to a community centre. But a bright spark thought

:28:50.:28:54.

of the ruler of Dubai. Sheikh Mohammed bin

:28:55.:28:57.

Rashid Al Maktoum. Their village shares its name

:28:58.:29:00.

with the world-famous Godolphin Stables in Newmarket

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which he founded. He's rubbed shoulders with

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the establishment and the powerful. Residents sent him a letter,

:29:11.:29:13.

more in hope than expectation, and were amazed when he offered

:29:14.:29:15.

help. It's not the only

:29:16.:29:19.

giving that they do. They give to other projects around

:29:20.:29:26.

the world and in the UK, but it was fantastic

:29:27.:29:29.

because as I say we were We were in trouble,

:29:30.:29:31.

we were going to lose our last space So the sheik, who has

:29:32.:29:35.

a passion for horses, has become the village's

:29:36.:29:47.

unlikely knight in shining armour. No one will say how much he's

:29:48.:29:50.

given but it is thought And Godolphin residents say any time

:29:51.:29:53.

he wants to take a break, from his champagne lifestyle,

:29:54.:29:56.

there's a warm welcome awaiting him. If ever he comes down this way,

:29:57.:29:59.

there's a pasty with his name on it, It's been really wet across Scotland

:30:00.:30:18.

so far today. Here's a picture from Edinburgh, huge puddles. The rain

:30:19.:30:22.

stretches down into parts of Wales and the south-west of England as

:30:23.:30:25.

well. It's not all doom and gloom, there is some brighter weather. This

:30:26.:30:30.

is Surrey, sunshine breaking through the cloud. This radar picture

:30:31.:30:33.

confirms it's been wet across Scotland. The rain is more patchy

:30:34.:30:37.

and northern England, Wales and the south-west. The rain is toppling

:30:38.:30:42.

westwards, getting into the western side of Northern Ireland over the

:30:43.:30:47.

next few hours. Not just wet, also really windy. The wind is quite

:30:48.:30:52.

chilly, not very summery. Into the afternoon across the south-west of

:30:53.:30:54.

England there will be some patchy rain around. As temperatures get

:30:55.:30:59.

around 19-20 in the south-east, it might spark off one or two showers,

:31:00.:31:04.

but few and far between. Patchy rain in North Wales and northern England.

:31:05.:31:09.

It spreads westwards across Northern Ireland and the rate will get pretty

:31:10.:31:15.

close to the Western Isles over the next few hours. The temperatures in

:31:16.:31:19.

the wind on the east coast, 11-12, not much better in the Glasgow area.

:31:20.:31:22.

Actually feel the things here. In the evening it stays pretty wet

:31:23.:31:26.

across Scotland. The rain across Western England and where is becomes

:31:27.:31:29.

lighter and more patchy, but it's still there overnight. It should be

:31:30.:31:34.

drier in the south-east. A fair bit of cloud, temperatures about 14 in

:31:35.:31:38.

the south-east and 10 degrees in the north-west. Not a cold night, quite

:31:39.:31:42.

mild for most, but still wet through the morning across Scotland and the

:31:43.:31:46.

western side of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The rain is

:31:47.:31:49.

gradually slipping southwards and eastwards, getting towards the

:31:50.:31:55.

south-east later on. Temperatures around 22 here, pressure north and

:31:56.:31:58.

west. The rain pushes through the south-east on Friday evening for the

:31:59.:32:02.

start of the weekend we have this range of high pressure that will

:32:03.:32:04.

settle things down for the most part. There's a weak front coming

:32:05.:32:13.

into the Northwest, a bit of a breeze and some rain, but most

:32:14.:32:18.

places dry, bright, a bit of sunshine will stop breezy, but

:32:19.:32:20.

reasonable in most places. Rain will sink South all parts on Saturday

:32:21.:32:24.

night. It's gone on Sunday. Sunday is pretty similar, the Saturday,

:32:25.:32:30.

most places are dry, variable cloud, some sunshine. Temperatures up by a

:32:31.:32:42.

notch or two. In summary it is wet, but the prospects through the

:32:43.:32:44.

weekend are looking that bit better. Drier, brighter, maybe a bit warmer.

:32:45.:32:47.

A reminder of our main story this lunchtime.

:32:48.:32:52.

Sir Martin Moore-Bick is appointed to lead the public enquiry into the

:32:53.:32:57.

Grenfell Tower fire. He met residents this morning and promised

:32:58.:33:01.

to get the truth as as possible. It's goodbye from me and on BBC One

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we join the BBC's

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