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Impeachment proceedings are under

way against Zimbabwe's

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leader, Robert Mugabe.

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Crowds are gathering

on the streets of Harare.

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Mr Mugabe's former Vice-President

tells him to heed the call

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of his people and stand down.

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I will be reporting live from Harare

at the start of an impeachment

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process that could finally see the

end of Robert Mugabe's 37 year rule

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in Zimbabwe.

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Also this lunchtime...

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Thousands of criminal cases may have

been affected by alleged

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manipulation of data at a forensics

laboratory in Manchester.

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More money on offer for the EU -

Theresa May agrees to increase

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the Brexit divorce bill,

if trade talks begin next month.

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We are ready to move on to phase

two, to see those talks about a

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deep and special partnership

with the EU for future.

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A drug company providing medicine

for a thyroid condition is accused

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of overcharging the NHS by tens

of millions of pounds.

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And less than 48 hours

until the start of the Ashes,

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and so the sledging begins,

with the Aussie's delivering

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their first round of pom-bashing.

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And coming up in the sport on BBC

News, Australia may have retained

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the women's Ashes but England level

the series with a record

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run chase in Canberra.

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Good afternoon and welcome

to the BBC News at One.

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Zimbabwe's governing party, Zanu-PF,

has started impeachment proceedings

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against Robert Mugabe.

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The motion accuses Mr Mugabe of

failing to uphold the constitution

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and of giving his wife,

Grace, too much power.

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Zimbabwe's former vice president,

who was sacked by President Mugabe,

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has warned him to resign immediately

or face humiliation.

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Ben Brown is in the capital,

Harare, this lunchtime.

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Can you hear us? We will try to come

back to Ben Brown... He is there.

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President Mugabe has so far

stubbornly resisted... No, I cannot

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hear anything.

We have to apologise,

he has lost his communications.

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Let's move to our next story. An

investigation now into... Tom

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Burridge's package now from

Zimbabwe.

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They gathered near Zimbabwe's

parliament, where a move to impeach

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their leader of nearly four decades

is under way. The Army, overseeing

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the process, but still no sign from

Robert Mugabe himself that he's

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ready to resign.

The thing in a way

it is a very painful process.

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Zimbabwe was Mugabe, Mugabe was

Zimbabwe.

Now a remarkable claim

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from the man once his deputy, the

former vice president here being

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sworn in but sacked two weeks ago, a

move that precipitated the current

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crisis. In a statement sent from an

undisclosed location, Emmerson

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Mnangagwa accused Mugabe of planning

to have him killed. He said he would

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not return until Mugabe was out of

power because he did not trust his

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life in President Mugabe's hands. In

rural Zimbabwe where Robert Mugabe's

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controversial land reform is hit

productivity, there also seems to be

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a consensus that it is time for the

president to step down. That call,

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mirrored by veterans. Once his

allies in war against colonial rule.

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We are saying to Mugabe smell the

coffee, your time is gone. Use your

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dignity, you have ruled long enough.

Throw in the towel, let the country

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be given a clear signal that it can

start on a new page. You are the

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biggest hindrance to the country

moving on.

Inside the parliament

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motion now under way to unseat the

president. Outside and across this

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country people wait. They have the

Army and all main political groups

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on their side. Robert Mugabe's days

feel numbered but for now at least

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still no recognition from the man

himself that his time is up.

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As you rejoin us live now in Harare,

Parliament sitting to consider that

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the motion of impeachment. Some MPs

say it could be voted on quickly,

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maybe as soon as tomorrow. Others

are saying MPs need to take their

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time and give this process due care

and legitimacy and it might take

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several weeks. Meantime there are

activists demonstrating outside

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Parliament with a carnival

atmosphere there. Let's talk to one

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of those protesters who has come up

here to talk to me. Do you think you

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will be impeached now, and how

important is that?

I think he will

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be impeached, a motion has been

approved by parliament and we are

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here protesting and demanding our

members of Parliament to impeach

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Mugabe because there is no other

option.

And really amazing that you

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have the freedom now to demonstrate

like this. In the past you would

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have been arrested or even beaten.

Yes, we are actually calling it an

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impeachment party today. It has

turned into freedom square today.

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For the past few days, President

Mugabe has been stubbornly resisting

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increasing pressure on him to resign

from the people, from his own party,

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Zanu-PF, and from the Army. He is

refusing to resign, now Parliament

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is going to try to push him out of

office constitutionally with the

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impeachment process. It needs a two

thirds vote from both houses, that

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could come soon in the next couple

of days. We will bring you the

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latest as it happens on BBC News.

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An investigation into alleged data

manipulation at a forensics

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laboratory used by police

across the country has

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uncovered 10,000 cases

which may have been affected.

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The problem has already led

to about 50 prosecutions

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being ended, but there are fears

there could be many more.

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The suspected manipulation

by employees emerged earlier this

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year when a data anomaly in a drug

driving case was reported.

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Let's speak to our home affairs

correspondent Daniel Sandford.

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Tell us more.

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As many people know, forensic

science is at the heart of the

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criminal justice system. Many cases

rely on the decisions made by

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forensic scientists in order to

decide whether somebody is guilty or

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innocent of crime and this is

perhaps the most damaging example of

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that system being undermined,

certainly in terms of the number of

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cases that have been affected.

Around 10,000 cases of drug testing

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are now regarded as unreliable. The

good news is that as the system has

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worked through those cases and tried

to work out where there may be the

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most serious incidences of

miscarriages of justice, they're

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actually haven't been many cases

that have come to light. Around 50

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live cases which were due to come to

the courts have now been

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discontinued. The Crown Prosecution

Service has decided not to continue

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with those and there are two cases

where people have been convicted of

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death by careless driving which are

now going back to the Court of

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Appeal, but certainly this has been

something that has severely

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undermined confidence in the system

and that will take some rebuilding.

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Daniel, thank you.

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Senior Cabinet ministers have

agreed that Britain should

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increase its financial offer

to the EU the so-called

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Brexit divorce bill,

but the offer will stand

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only if member states

agree next month to move

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on to talks about trade

and an implementation period.

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This morning, the Brexit Secretary

repeated his intention to reach

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a deal but said ministers were also

prepared for no deal.

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Our Political Correspondent Alex

Forsyth reports from Westminster.

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How much is what you want worth? The

UK is preparing to increase the

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amount it will pay to the EU to

settle its accounts but only if in

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return Brexit talks move on to

trade.

We are ready to move on phase

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two, to see those talks about a deep

and special partnership with the EU

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for the future, a comprehensive

trade agreement with the EU for the

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future which is in the interests of

the UK and the remaining EU 27.

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While there is no official figure,

it is thought senior ministers

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agreed to increase the offer last

night, including some Brexiteers in

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the Cabinet although some on the

backbenchers warned agreeing too

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much too early would give the EU an

advantage.

It's as if they want us

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to pay the ransom money but still be

hostage to the European Union.

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Michel Barnier must recognise we are

leaving the European Union and will

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only pay what we are Jukes.

For

others, the priority is getting

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things moving.

You don't go into a

pub, order a round of drinks, decide

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you don't want them, walk out and

not pay for it so it's important we

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accept that as a principal,

hopefully get a formula to express

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that but then move on.

EU leaders

wanted sufficient progress in three

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areas before agreeing to talk trade.

The so-called divorce Bill, the

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question of the Irish border, and

citizen 's rights. It remains to be

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seen whether any offer Number Ten

has on payment will be enough but

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the Government is clear - it is

prepared to move but only if the EU

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does too. The Brexit Secretary said

today it is not possible to agree

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all aspects of the so-called

separation without discussing future

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relations.

The Northern Irish border

cannot be addressed if we cannot

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take into account the shape of our

future partnership with the European

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Union. Financial settlement depends

on it because nothing is agreed

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until everything is agreed.

The way

forward is still uncertain and today

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there was a warning to some not to

use the delicate issue of the Irish

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border as a negotiating tool.

You

don't play around with Northern

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Ireland to effect change in other

places, and actually I would like to

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see the Irish government working

with Northern Ireland and the

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Westminster government to bring

about a Brexit that works for

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Northern Ireland but also for the

Republic of Ireland.

Getting a deal

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is what all sides want. It seems

someone is going to have to give a

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little but no one is prepared to pay

any price.

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Let's speak to our our Assistant

Political Editor Norman Smith.

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Norman, how is all of

this being received?

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So far, there have been no cries of

betrayal or treachery directed at

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Boris Johnson and Michael Gove, the

Brexiteers in the cabinet, but there

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is a clear contrast between their

stance and the views of Brexiteers

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on backbenchers where many are up in

arms at the idea of paying billions

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more to the EU as part of these

divorce negotiations. Won this

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morning saying we need to be able to

look our constituents in the eye at

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the time of tight public spending

constraints. Others take the view of

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the EU is in turmoil because of the

uncertainty surrounding the German

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Chancellor's position and she is

central to agreeing any progress in

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talks so better to sit back and let

the EU sweat it out. Boris Johnson

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and Michael Gove however have

decided more cash has to be put on

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the table if we are to press on to

trade talks, even though no figure

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is likely to be unveiled until the

very last moment. As for Mrs May, I

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think she can probably talk this one

down as a bit of a win because she

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has bounced the Brexiteers in the

Cabinet into backing her, when they

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could have sided with their

backbenchers and torpedoed any deal.

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Whether the EU negotiators will be

similarly accommodating, we will

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find out soon enough.

Norman, thank

you.

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A drugs company has been accused

of overcharging the NHS

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by millions of pounds a year

for a key thyroid treatment.

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The Competition and Markets

Authority claims that Concordia

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abused its position.

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It says the NHS spent £34 million

on a thyroid drug last year,

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up from around £600,000 in 2006.

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Concordia says it "does not believe

competition law has been infringed".

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Our Health Editor Hugh Pym is here.

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That's an enormous leap

in price for the same drug.

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How's that happened?

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The way the drugs industry works is

that if you have the patent to a

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drug it is your exclusive product

and you can set the price although

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patent it drugs, the price is capped

in an agreement with the Government

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here in the UK. When it goes generic

as it's known, in other words anyone

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can make that drug, it's assumed the

price will fall. What seems to have

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happened in a number of cases for

niche drugs like this one is a

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company comes in, buys

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the right to market it, no one else

bothers to compete so it pushes up

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the price and but allegedly is

what's happened here. The views of

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the regulator are that Concordia

abused its position, and a 6000%

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increase over ten years to the NHS.

One consultant I spoke to earlier

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explained the big difference in

prices when he went elsewhere in the

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European Union.

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Historically liothyronine

was probably a cost to the NHS

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of about £20 to £30 a month.

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The new cost was over £300 a month.

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The patients were telling me

they could go to a foreign capital

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and buy it for £5 a month,

so there was a massive difference

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in what the NHS was being charged

versus what people were accessing

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at a European level.

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What Concordia, the company involved

says, is it doesn't believe there

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was any breach of competition law,

that it's been open in its

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transactions with the Department of

Health and points out it only bought

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the rights to this drug two years

ago. There were other companies

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involved before. The Competition and

Markets Authority says it's looking

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at a number of cases like this the

sector.

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The time is 13:16.

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Our top story this lunchtime:

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Impeachment proceedings are under

way against Zimbabwe's leader,

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Robert Mugabe, who's still refusing

to stand down.

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And coming up...

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A voyage to a new life -

a dance company dramatises

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the journey of the SS Windrush,

nearly 70 years ago.

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And coming up in the sport in

the next 15 minutes on BBC News...

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One of Great Britain's best female

divers, Tonia Couch, calls it a day.

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The former European champion

is going to move into coaching.

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For the first time in 12 years,

BBC News has been granted permission

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to report from inside Uzbekistan.

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The country has been

in the spotlight after several

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terror acts around the world

were committed by its citizens.

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Sayfullo Saipov, who killed eight

people in New York last month,

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is the most recent Uzbek thought

to be behind an attack.

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In January, a shooting

at a nightclub in Istanbul

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left 39 people dead.

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The gunman was from Uzbekistan.

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In April, a vehicle was driven

into shoppers at a department

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store in Stockholm.

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Four people were killed.

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Uzbek national Rakhmat Akilov

confessed to the attack.

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The former Soviet state,

in Central Asia, tightly

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controls the media.

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But now the BBC has been able

to visit the neighbourhood

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the New York attacker came from.

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Will Vernon reports.

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It's one of the most secretive

nations in the world.

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Uzbekistan, famous for its ancient

Islamic architecture.

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But this country is also the home

of several men involved in terrorist

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attacks in the West in recent years.

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It was the deadliest attack

targeting New York since 9/11.

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Eight people died when a truck

was driven into a crowd

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on a cycle path in Manhattan.

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US authorities say that 29-year-old

Sayfullo Saipov, from Uzbekistan,

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carried out the attack in the name

of the Islamic State group.

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We travelled to Uzbekistan and

tracked down those who knew Saipov.

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We found his mother at the family

home in a middle-class neighbourhood

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in the capital, Tashkent.

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She didn't want to be filmed.

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But away from the camera,

she told me Saipov was a kind young

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man who loved his family.

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Saipov's mother can't accept her son

is a terrorist and says she wants

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to believe that what happened

was an accident.

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TRANSLATION:

We were shocked

and anxious when we heard

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that he was involved in this

business because, before

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he left Uzbekistan, he was

a completely different person.

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So I can't imagine what could have

influenced him so much.

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At the local school,

Saipov is remembered fondly.

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He stayed after classes

and he had extra lessons,

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maybe sometimes English lessons,

but never he spoke about

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the religious things,

that he's trying to go to some place

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because of religious purposes,

I have never heard about it.

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The BBC was given permission

to report from Uzbekistan

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for the first time in 12 years.

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After decades of repressive rule,

the country appears

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to be opening up.

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The vast majority

of Uzbeks are Muslim.

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The government tightly controls

religious life and all clerics must

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be registered with the authorities.

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Terrorist attacks committed within

Uzbekistan are almost unheard of.

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But thousands of Uzbeks

are in prison for extremism.

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Human rights groups say many

are simply political opponents.

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But Uzbek migrants have been

responsible for several deadly

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terrorist attacks in the West

in the last few years.

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Officials in Tashkent tell us

the men involved in these killings

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were all radicalised abroad.

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TRANSLATION:

Uzbek migrants

living abroad still feel

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like strangers in a foreign land.

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Here, we have strong

traditions of community.

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In the case of Saipov,

someone must have approached him

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and told him what to do.

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The authorities say that they're

working with Uzbeks abroad

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in order to combat those

feelings of alienation.

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In the hope that others will not

succumb to extremism.

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With often tragic consequences.

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Will Vernon, BBC News, Uzbekistan.

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President Trump has declared

North Korea a state

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sponsor of terrorism,

nine years after it was

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removed from the list.

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Mr Trump said the move would trigger

"very large" additional sanctions,

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and blamed the country's nuclear

programme, and support

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for what he called 'international

acts of terrorism'.

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Today, the United States

is designating North Korea

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as a state sponsor of terrorism.

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Should have happened

a long time ago.

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Should have happened years ago.

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In addition to threatening the world

by nuclear devastation,

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North Korea has repeatedly supported

acts of international

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terrorism, including

assassinations on foreign soil.

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Paul Adams is in Seoul.

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China, Japan and South Korea have

all given their reactions.

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What have they said in response?

0:21:030:21:07

The first thing to say is this is

not a great surprise. Donald Trump

0:21:070:21:11

said he would do it and he put it

off a couple of times so people were

0:21:110:21:14

ready for this move. And his allies

in the region, Shinzo Abe was very

0:21:140:21:22

supportive. The Government in South

Korea was more nuanced and they said

0:21:220:21:27

it what hope to promote the

denuclearisation of the peninsular

0:21:270:21:30

and was clinging to the idea of

dialogue with North Korea, hinting

0:21:300:21:33

at the tensions that exist between

the implacable approach of Donald

0:21:330:21:36

Trump and slightly more softly

softly approach of the South Korean

0:21:360:21:42

government. China, it sounded a bit

of a warning, saying the country

0:21:420:21:46

should avoid doing things that raise

tensions in the region. And from

0:21:460:21:50

North Korea, we had colourful

rhetoric. Those who working to

0:21:500:21:55

thwart North Korean progress, it

said, was simply making North Korea

0:21:550:21:59

stronger. And the result would be a

great miracle that would the world.

0:21:590:22:03

It has been a couple of months and

the world was last startled by a

0:22:030:22:08

North Korean missile test and people

have begun to wonder whether we

0:22:080:22:11

might be moving into a phase of

dialogue. And all eyes over the

0:22:110:22:15

weekend were on a Chinese envoy who

went to North Korea for four days of

0:22:150:22:20

talks and he seems to have left

yesterday without meeting a North

0:22:200:22:25

Korean leader Kim Jong-un and most

people in the region took that to be

0:22:250:22:28

a rather negative sign.

OK, thank

you.

0:22:280:22:37

Well, Donald Trump will later speak

with the Russian President

0:22:370:22:40

on the issue of Syria,

after Vladimir Putin said the defeat

0:22:400:22:42

of the so-called Islamic State

group there is close.

0:22:420:22:46

The Russian President was speaking

in Sochi, where he met

0:22:460:22:49

Syria's President Assad,

who was on an unannounced visit.

0:22:490:22:53

Mr Putin said he wanted to hear

the Syrian leader's views

0:22:530:22:55

on the peace process.

0:22:550:23:00

Workers at the University of London,

including porters and receptionists,

0:23:000:23:03

The first Ashes Test starts

in Australia on Thursday and,

0:23:050:23:07

already, there's some tough sporting

talk from the players.

0:23:070:23:10

England will be without their

all-rounder Ben Stokes for the first

0:23:100:23:16

Test, following his arrest

in September after an incident

0:23:160:23:18

outside a Bristol nightclub.

0:23:180:23:19

Our sports correspondent,

Andy Swiss, is in Brisbane.

0:23:190:23:25

Yes, welcome to Brisbane, where

thousands of England fans are

0:23:250:23:27

currently descending on the city.

Just 36 hours now until the start of

0:23:270:23:33

the Ashes and already, no shortage

of fighting talk. Especially from

0:23:330:23:38

Australia. Their spin bowler make

them lie they want to end the

0:23:380:23:43

careers of some good players. He is

also accusing England of being

0:23:430:23:48

scared last time they played in

Australia four years ago. Alastair

0:23:480:23:52

Cook was the England captain back

then and he is playing again in this

0:23:520:23:56

series and he saw the funny side.

0:23:560:24:00

It's really strange, you know.

0:24:000:24:03

I had a nice ten-minute chat

with Nathan, as he was the first

0:24:030:24:07

person I saw when I got

to the ground.

0:24:070:24:09

He asked me how my kids were,

how his kids were and stuff,

0:24:090:24:12

so it's quite funny, isn't it?

0:24:120:24:13

It just makes me chuckle, I suppose.

0:24:130:24:15

It makes everyone chuckle.

0:24:150:24:16

Do you think it is out

of character, then?

0:24:160:24:18

Is it put on?

0:24:180:24:19

I don't know, you're

going to have to ask him.

0:24:190:24:22

It's not that, it is

what it is, isn't it?

0:24:220:24:24

All the talking stops very quickly

and the series becomes a normal

0:24:240:24:27

series after the first two hours,

I think, you know.

0:24:270:24:29

It's all the...

0:24:290:24:30

Suddenly, you talk

about the cricket again,

0:24:300:24:32

rather than the off-field stuff.

0:24:320:24:33

Yes, England hoping to do rather

better than the last time they were

0:24:330:24:36

in Australia, when they were beaten

5-0. But they have not had an easy

0:24:360:24:40

build-up with the controversy

surrounding their star all-rounder

0:24:400:24:43

Ben Stokes who is back in the UK

under police investigation after an

0:24:430:24:47

incident outside a nightclub act in

September. His absence here had been

0:24:470:24:52

very much the big talking point.

Australia's Vice-captain is David

0:24:520:24:56

Warner and he says he would like to

see Ben Stokes play some part in

0:24:560:25:00

this series, but he was critical of

his behaviour.

0:25:000:25:03

I think it's probably

disappointing for the England

0:25:030:25:05

team and the country,

I think.

0:25:050:25:06

You know, he's let

a lot of people down.

0:25:060:25:12

I would have loved for him to be

out here because I know

0:25:120:25:16

what a competitor he is on the field

and he's a world-class player.

0:25:160:25:19

But at the end of the day,

we've got, you know,

0:25:190:25:22

another 11 guys that will take

the field on Thursday.

0:25:220:25:24

And we're excited.

0:25:240:25:25

We obviously respect our opposition.

0:25:250:25:26

They've picked the best team

that they feel is going to be

0:25:260:25:29

here to try and beat us.

0:25:290:25:33

Yes, David Warner is a key player

for Australia, although there is a

0:25:330:25:37

question over his fitness after he

injured his neck during training

0:25:370:25:41

this morning. But whoever plays, it

is a daunting prospect for England.

0:25:410:25:46

Australia have an incredible record

here in Brisbane. In fact, they have

0:25:460:25:51

not lost a Test match here in nearly

30 years. They will be the red-hot

0:25:510:25:55

favourites when the first migratory

gets under way here on Thursday

0:25:550:25:59

morning.

We shall look forward to that, thank

0:25:590:26:01

you very much.

0:26:010:26:03

And an exciting finish

for England's women Down Under,

0:26:030:26:07

as they chased down a record 179

to beat Australia in the final T20

0:26:070:26:11

match in the Ashes series.

0:26:110:26:16

It is in the air! It is through! A

win for England, the highest ever...

0:26:160:26:21

Danni Wyatt scored a century.

0:26:210:26:29

It means the teams ended

with eight points each,

0:26:290:26:31

but Australia keep the Ashes

as they're the holders.

0:26:310:26:34

The security company G4S has

commissioned an independent inquiry

0:26:340:26:36

into the "attitude and behaviour"

of staff at one of its

0:26:360:26:38

immigration removal centres.

0:26:380:26:39

Detainees at Brook House,

near Gatwick Airport,

0:26:390:26:41

were filmed by the BBC's Panorama

programme apparently being mocked,

0:26:410:26:44

abused and assaulted.

0:26:440:26:46

Railcards offering discounted train

travel are to be extended

0:26:460:26:48

to people up to 30 years old.

0:26:480:26:50

The Chancellor, Philip Hammond,

is expected to announce

0:26:500:26:52

the extension in tomorrow's Budget.

0:26:520:26:54

At the moment, the Young Persons'

Railcard is only available to people

0:26:540:26:57

between the ages of 16 and 25.

0:26:570:27:00

It's thought the so-called

'millennials' card' will be

0:27:000:27:02

available in the spring next year.

0:27:020:27:09

Next year marks the 70th anniversary

of the SS Empire Windrush,

0:27:090:27:12

which brought the first major wave

of post-war Caribbean

0:27:120:27:15

immigrants to the UK.

0:27:150:27:17

To mark the occasion,

a dance company in Leeds is turning

0:27:170:27:20

the voyage into a show.

0:27:200:27:26

They've enlisted the help

of someone who was on the ship

0:27:260:27:28

in 1948, to help to tell the story.

0:27:280:27:30

Our entertainment correspondent,

Colin Paterson, has been

0:27:300:27:32

to rehearsals to find out more.

0:27:320:27:33

The Empire Windrush brings

to Britain 500 Jamaicans.

0:27:330:27:35

Many are ex-servicemen

who know England.

0:27:350:27:37

They served this country well.

0:27:370:27:39

History being turned into dance.

0:27:390:27:47

Next year is the 70th anniversary

of the Empire Windrush bringing

0:27:470:27:50

the first large group of post-war

Caribbean immigrants to the UK.

0:27:500:27:53

Swing, swing.

0:27:530:27:55

Don't go too soon.

0:27:550:27:58

Sharon Watson is the

Artistic Director of

0:27:580:27:59

Phoenix Dance Company, in Leeds.

0:27:590:28:02

She was inspired by her own mother's

journey from Jamaica in the '60s

0:28:020:28:06

and decided to create a piece

all about Windrush.

0:28:060:28:10

It really does resonate

with our family, in terms

0:28:100:28:20

of having to leave a home,

a place, where you've

0:28:250:28:27

got all your family.

0:28:270:28:28

Relocating somewhere new,

somewhere different.

0:28:280:28:29

So I've picked her

brain considerably.

0:28:290:28:31

Her mum had come along to see

the work in progress,

0:28:310:28:33

and it was bringing back memories

of her own arrival in the UK.

0:28:330:28:37

You could see icicles hanging

down from the windows,

0:28:370:28:39

which you don't see now.

0:28:390:28:40

I didn't think I could manage

the big coat and the big boots.

0:28:400:28:43

We'd never seen them before.

0:28:430:28:44

So it was a bit unusual for me.

0:28:440:28:46

Members of Leeds' Caribbean

community had also been invited,

0:28:460:28:48

so they could give feedback based

on their own voyages.

0:28:480:28:53

That Windrush there,

it reminds me so much.

0:28:530:28:55

Like sardines packed in that boat!

0:28:550:29:00

And they are thrilled the story

will be on stage next February.

0:29:000:29:05

When the younger people come

and see what's going on,

0:29:050:29:14

they understand what we,

the old ladies and old gentlemen,

0:29:140:29:17

had to go through.

0:29:170:29:18

So this is Leeds, 1940...

0:29:180:29:19

1948.

0:29:190:29:20

Phoenix Dance Company has

also made a discovery

0:29:200:29:22

they hope will help the show.

0:29:220:29:25

Alford Gardiner is 91,

lives in Leeds, and actually

0:29:250:29:27

came over on Windrush.

0:29:270:29:29

He's agreed to share his memories,

to help shape the production.

0:29:290:29:32

He was a mechanic in the RAF in

Britain during the Second World War

0:29:320:29:36

and a lack of work at home made him

want to come back.

0:29:360:29:42

The thing is, in Jamaica

at the time, if you haven't got

0:29:420:29:45

a job, you're a nobody.

0:29:450:29:47

What was it like on Windrush?

0:29:470:29:52

We had six ex-Army boys who wanted

to commandeer our money.

0:29:520:29:57

Between us, we got them on the boat.

0:29:570:30:00

So, we were busy hiding them

when they're checking up.

0:30:000:30:05

So, three men in a toilet hiding!

0:30:050:30:08

Well, that's it, it's

part of history now.

0:30:080:30:10

It is history.

0:30:100:30:12

And 70 years on, Alford,

who worked in factories

0:30:120:30:14

and had nine children,

thinks getting on Windrush

0:30:140:30:16

was a great decision.

0:30:160:30:20

You strike me as a man

who has enjoyed life.

0:30:200:30:22

And I'm still enjoying it.

0:30:220:30:24

And I will always enjoy it.

0:30:240:30:27

Colin Paterson, BBC News, Leeds.

0:30:270:30:35

Beautiful.

0:30:350:30:35

Beautiful.

0:30:350:30:36

Time for a look at the weather.

0:30:360:30:38

Thank you, good afternoon.

Changeable weather over the next few

0:30:410:30:47

days and we started with mild

temperatures as well. Yesterday, we

0:30:470:30:52

recorded 17 degrees Celsius in

Nantwich, Cheshire. The average is

0:30:520:30:57

nine Celsius. We have cloud with

that, that is feeding in from the

0:30:570:31:01

Atlantic. Outbreaks of rain and

windy conditions. Firmly in this

0:31:010:31:07

mild air from the South, with mild

temperatures. This afternoon, we

0:31:070:31:13

have got rain in the North and rain

feeding into Wales and North West

0:31:130:31:17

England. Temperatures today at a

maximum of 14, perhaps 15 Celsius,

0:31:170:31:22

where we see breaks in the cloud.

This evening and overnight, Cody

0:31:220:31:25

outbreaks of rain, across Scotland

and Wales into the Midlands and East

0:31:250:31:31

Anglia, more rain pushing into the

West into Northern Ireland and Wales

0:31:310:31:35

and North West England into the

early hours. A mild night in the

0:31:350:31:40

South, temperatures in double

figures. Cooler in the North. And

0:31:400:31:43

into the early hours, for England

and Wales, the wind picks up. So

0:31:430:31:48

tomorrow morning at rush hour, some

outbreaks of rain in the far North,

0:31:480:31:52

but largely dry across much of

Northern and Central Scotland.

0:31:520:31:56

Starting to see rain pushing into

Southern Scotland, Northern Ireland,

0:31:560:32:01

North West England and the North of

Wales, that could be heavy at

0:32:010:32:04

points. Elsewhere across England and

Wales, cloud around, temperatures

0:32:040:32:08

quite mild already, a maximum of 14

Celsius. Windy, the wind having

0:32:080:32:14

picked up. Weather cloud is thick,

light rain and drizzle possible. A

0:32:140:32:19

windy day tomorrow across England

and Wales, possibly costs of 60 mph

0:32:190:32:24

and exposed coasts, outbreaks of

rain across four North West England

0:32:240:32:27

and Southern Scotland, and heavy

rain. Bright intervals in the South

0:32:270:32:32

and East and more rain into the West

in the afternoon, highs of 15

0:32:320:32:38

Celsius. Overnight into the early

hours of Thursday, some colder air

0:32:380:32:43

so the return of something a bit

cooler from the North which means by

0:32:430:32:47

the time we start Thursday, there is

the possibility of snow over the

0:32:470:32:51

hills in Scotland and also perhaps

down to low levels in the North.

0:32:510:32:55

Stay tuned to the forecast and we

will keep you up-to-date. Bright

0:32:550:32:59

intervals across England and Wales,

rain in the south-west later, highs

0:32:590:33:04

of around 14, 15 Celsius. Friday,

cooler temperatures into the North,

0:33:040:33:08

perhaps holding on to double figures

in the South. But by Saturday,

0:33:080:33:13

everybody is firmly in the cooler

air.

0:33:130:33:16

Thank you very much indeed.

0:33:160:33:17

A reminder of our main

story this lunchtime:

0:33:170:33:20

Impeachment proceedings are underway

against Zimbabwe's leader,

0:33:200:33:22

Robert Mugabe, who's still refusing

to stand down.

0:33:220:33:26

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