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A day of disruption this Thursday. High-level talks are not enough to

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stop hundreds of thousands of public sector workers striking.

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Many schools in England and Wales could fall silent as teachers

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prepare to walk out over pension changes. As a teacher, I certainly

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don't want to go on strike. It is not my first choice, it is a last

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resort. I feel sympathy for them but it does not help me because I

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will not get paid on Thursday Riga. For also on the programme: A

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radical overhaul of the Ministry of Defence, thinning out the top brass

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and overhauling the budget. How do they get your mobile phone

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number? Car insurance companies are accused of being involved in a

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racket. Andy Murray ploughs into the

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quarter-finals. A standing ovation from Kate and William.

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The Serena Williams is out of the tournament, followed later by big

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sister Venus. And at 6:45pm on the BBC News

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Channel, more on a day of shocks at Wimbledon as the women's top seed

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Hello and welcome to the News At Six. Hundreds of thousands of

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public sector workers including teachers looks set to strike on

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Thursday. There was not enough progress during high-level talks

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between the Government and union representatives over pension

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proposals. Teachers could be asking parents to help keep the schools

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are open. In thousands of schools across England and Wales, normally

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busy and noisy classrooms will fall silent. From Thursday, teachers

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will walk out in protest over changes to their pensions. Rachel

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Williams will be among them. A young teacher, she is worried she

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will have to pay more and work longer, only to receive less in the

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end. As a teacher, it's I certainly don't want to go on strike. It is

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not my first choice, it is a last resort. We feel that the Government

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do not appear to be listening to us. That last resort will mean

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disruption to hundreds of thousands of families. It will mean that I

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have to get childcare so I can go to work. I think that the teachers

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have got a point. Public sector workers in general are getting a

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hard deal at the minute. I feel sympathy for them but it does not

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help me because I will not get paid on Thursday. There was much at

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stake this afternoon as trade union leaders arrived at Whitehall to

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discuss proposals on pension reform that they had tabled a couple of

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weeks ago. These talks at the Cabinet Office will not affect the

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widespread walk out planned for Thursday. Both the unions and the

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Government know that the issue of pension reform could result in

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widespread industrial action come the autumn. That is something that

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both sides say they want to avoid. The Government say they want people

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to work for longer and pay more into pensions, but a leaked TUC

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document says that while pension age will be considered, there

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should be no presumption of increases. They warn there is no

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case for increased contribution rates except where agreed. After

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two hours of talks, the union delegation emerged, to say that

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progress had been made, but warning of a gap between both sides.

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public service unions are desperately concerned about the

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implications of the Government's current proposals. If the

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Government don't really we consider, take a step back, then other unions

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may be balloting their members and we could see further industrial

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action later in the year. Government knows that the pension

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issue will affect millions of public sector workers, who are

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struggling to make ends meet already. They insist that the

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changes are necessary. There have to be reforms of public sector

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pensions. We want these to be among the very best available, with a

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guaranteed level of pension, index- linked. Very few people in the

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private sector can now look forward to that. The strikes on Thursday

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looks set to be the biggest in years. Both sides will be back to

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try to reach a deal in further talks in July.

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Laura Kuenssberg is outside the Cabinet Office. Those talks have

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been taking place there. We heard John say it then that there has

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been some progress but clearly not enough. The Government and the

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unions are still at loggerheads over how to Pavel fact that all

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workers are living longer. -- How ought to pay for the fact. They

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cannot agree on how public sector workers should pay towards their

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pension and how much longer they should work for before they get

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their pension. One union negotiator said to me this morning that the

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talks have been good natured but they are going nowhere. When they

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stood on the steps this afternoon, it appeared progress had been made.

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The Government has given some ground by agreeing to look at

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council pensions separately. It's a gigantic health union Unison have

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said they will not ballot for industrial action now. There is a

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big gap between the two sides in these negotiations. And as we

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expected, this will not make much difference to the strikes planned

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for Thursday. It does appear that a tiny step has been made towards a

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deal. A little bit of progress is surely better than none at all.

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Thank you. There will be a radical overhaul of the way the Ministry of

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Defence and Britain's armed forces will be run. Liam Fox has promised

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an end to waste and a slimmed-down management structure which almost

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certainly means few admirals, generals and air marshals. Recent

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years have seen massive overspending at the Defence

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Ministry, as we report. The defence of the realm is the first duty of

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any Government. Defence itself has often caused Government its biggest

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political headaches. British forces are fighting our two friends again.

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The aim of the reforms today is to stop the infighting at the Ministry

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of Defence. We need to change. Can we bring all of the armed forces

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and so was servants along with us? I think we can if they see that the

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reforms have a clear direction and if they believe that they are fair.

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The hope is to avoid the procurement disasters of the past

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and the problems of equipment or did for which there is no budget.

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Last year, these were cut up for scrap, aeroplanes which were

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delivered several years late and billions over budget. In the past,

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few would have been held to account, in theory that should now change.

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What are the measures as recommended by Lord Levene, who

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headed up the review? The key committee at the top of the MoD

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will be smaller and chaired by the Secretary of State. The chief of

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the defence staff will speak for all three services. A new joint

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command will bring together cyber warfare and military intelligence.

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There will also be cut at the top two the number of senior officers,

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perhaps also ending the complaint that UK has more admirals than

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ships. Much of this reform has given by the need to make better

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use of what money the MoD does have. The budget has seen a reduction of

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8% and the Strategic Defence Review is cutting 17,000 service personnel

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to balance the books, as well as 25,000 civilian jobs at the MoD.

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What this report is doing is streamlining the structure of the

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Ministry of Defence, which it very much needs. It is pretty by Fantine

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at the moment. If we can get that and better procurement, which is

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always the Achilles heel, then I think it is absolutely going in the

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right direction. The idea is for the heads of the Army, Royal Navy

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and RAF to get more control over their own organisations and budgets.

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Today Labour gave the reforms are mixed review. These big cuts in

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military capability of permanent but the deficit is temporary. They

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are not coming back and that is what the Government should be

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addressing, not who sits at which table on which chair. Much will

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depend on how the reforms are implemented and whether they really

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will cut bureaucracy. Some warned that insuring UK's ambitions

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globally will mean matching that financially.

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Deals have been signed worth more than �1 billion with China at the

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summit in Downing Street when Wen Jiabao met David Cameron. Wen

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Jiabao told David Cameron that Britain should not involve

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themselves in finger-pointing at China's political record.

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Marching bands, soldiers on parade, at the Foreign Office this morning

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the Chinese premier was given all of the ceremony that Britain can

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lay on for a visiting foreign leader. After a sunny welcome

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outside, hard diplomacy inside. A warning from David Cameron that

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China must do more to respect human rights to insure its stability and

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prosperity. We are different countries with different histories

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and at different stages of development. We should show each

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other respect but we are very clear that political and economic

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development should go hand in hand. One supports the other. Downing

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Street said that Mr Cameron raised to specific cases of human rights

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concerns over lunchtime, but Wen Jiabao was equally robust, saying

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the state should not lecture one another. On Human Rights, China and

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the United Kingdom should respect each other, respect the fact, it

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treat each other as equals, engage in more co-operation than finger-

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pointing, and resolve properly our differences through dialogue.

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Sometimes diplomacy needs to be decoded, but not today. Diplomats

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said that the premier gave out some stern words about not

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fingerprinting, which reflected a genuine irritation about being

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pressed over his country's record. -- finger-pointing. The question is

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whether that affected the trade deals. It appears not for now. They

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agreed �1.4 billion of new deals for British businesses, lifting a

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ban on selling chickens to China, and agreeing a swathe of trade

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commitments, all to address Britain's poor record of exporting

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goods to China. And that is more, a couple of pandas were promised for

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Edinburgh's so as well. Diplomats had hoped that the release of Ai

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Weiwei would smooth the Wen Jiabao's tour of the capital cities

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of Europe. But outside Downing Street as well as inside, he could

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not escape concern over his Government's record on human rights.

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The stern response today suggests that he has got the message.

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Police in the Irish Republic have found a large store of bomb-making

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material in a farm shed in County Louth. They believe a car bomb was

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being prepared for an attack in Northern Ireland. Officers are

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linking the find to the dissident republican group. Two men arrested

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at the shed on Saturday are being questioned.

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Jon Venables, one of the killers of James Bulger, has lost his bid to

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be released on parole. He have done to the toddler from a shopping

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centre on Merseyside in 1993. -- he abducted the toddler. He was given

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a two-year sentence recently after downloading and distributing

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indecent images of children. Jane Norman has gone into

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administration. A High Street retailer closed its 90 stores on

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Saturday, putting 1600 jobs at risk. Administrators are now looking for

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a potential buyer. How would you feel if you were

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involved in a car accident and then discovered your details have been

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sold by the insurance company to a personal injury claims firm? The

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former Justice Secretary Jack Straw has attacked the practice which he

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calls a racket. He has called for tighter regulation.

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Had a crash? One some compensation? Get in touch. In the industry, they

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call it claims farming. By text message, phone call, it is big

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difference. Where other companies getting information? From the

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insurers that are selling it to them. Thousands of pounds a go. It

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is a rotten merry-go-round in which law-abiding motorists are the

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victims. Of course, when you have had a crash, it is important to get

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compensation, but personal injury claims have gone up by 70% in the

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last six years. One injury in particular, whiplash, very easy to

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fake, 1200 claims every day. Increasingly, the business of

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finding people to claim has become the real money spinner. Your

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contact details have become valuable. If you have an accident,

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they may be passed on by insurance companies and hospitals, police or

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repair garages, it is being claimed. If not, small direct-marketing

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operators ran do redial thousands of numbers in the hope of finding

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potential clients. -- randomly dial. There are claims management company

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will make their money in fees, �600 per case for referring you to a

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solicitor. Peter Bennett's experience is typical. Following a

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minor accident, his family has been plagued by calls offering

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compensation. You wonder how many people are tempted into taking this

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kind of action when there has been no injury. We are just one family,

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so you can imagine what is happening across the country.

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Insurers then have to pay out more for claims, and then they make

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their money back by selling their own data, which leads to more

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claims. They blame the referral fees. We have been arguing for

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abolition for a long time. You have to abolish the cost of the entire

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system, because otherwise people take insurance referral fees even

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if the insurance industry itself has stopped. Road safety is

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improving, cars can now stop themselves to prevent crashes. But

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insurance premiums are still going Our top story...

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A day of disruption this Thursday as public sector workers go on

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strike. Thousands of schools across England and Wales will fall silent

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as teachers walkout. Coming up, the hottest place in the

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On BBC News, market wobbles, particularly for bank stocks ahead

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of a crucial budget vote in Greece on Wednesday.

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Arrest warrants have been issued for the Libyan leader, Colonel

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Gaddafi, and two of his closest allies for alleged crimes against

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humanity. The decision was made by the International Criminal Court at

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the Hague. It comes as rebel forces claim they're making advances in

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the west of the country with the help of NATO air strikes which

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began 100 days ago. Rebels claim to be within 50 miles of the capital

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Tripoli but is there a realistic chance they can defeat Gaddafi?

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Here's our Middle East editor, Jeremy Bowen. His piece contains

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This is the tale of two cities. The Tripoli the regime likes the world

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to see and the one that does not. Official Tripoli organises regular

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rallies against need Tote in Green Square. -- NATO. The heart of the

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capital. The colonel would not be able to stay in power without

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genuine supporters, some are brought up to believe in him. Why

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do you like Kim? Because he teaches us what we don't know and he saves

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us from people that are hurting us. The hidden Tripoli starts with

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petrol queues, days long, a sign of strain. The regime's bus troops for

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journalists do not stopped to talk to disgruntled motorists. We get

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hints of the city that doesn't support Colonel Gaddafi. At night

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there is often unexplained gunfire. Act on sites, at San speak up. Here

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are some woman's words revoiced. don't like him, we don't need him.

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We hate him and we don't want him here. Leave us. Aren't you scared

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to be talking to us like this? The BBC's opposition sources claim

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they are hitting back. Face a home- made firebombs destroyed these

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police vehicles. -- they say. There was a note with the pictures.

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You'll find nobody on the streets after sunset. It is like a ghost

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town at night. Only the security forces hang around the town. They

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often fire at random, they call us rats. This video was made by people

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who call themselves the rebels. We don't know how big or how small the

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group is. They circulated a leaflet threatening to kill all those who

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work with the Gaddafi regime. And for 100 days the NATO raids have

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been coming. But Colonel Gaddafi remains. History tends to show that

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you don't just removed a regime by aerial bombing. I have spoken to

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people involved in the Western campaign against Libya and they

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admit they are looking for some kind of X Factor that might get

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people back on the streets of Tripoli protesting against Colonel

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Gaddafi. But they admit they haven't found one. Tripoli is

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controlled by the Gaddafis despite rebels, NATO and the International

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Criminal Court. Walk through the old town and usually it is quiet

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but not normal. Watchful, a little tense. The capital of a regime that

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is weakened but not collapsing. A BBC investigation has found that

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hospital patients may be left vulnerable to life-threatening

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injury or infection by poor quality surgical instruments being imported

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from abroad. Panorama discovered dangerous instruments which can

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puncture surgeons' gloves or break off during operations being used in

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the NHS. Samantha Poling travelled to Sialkot in Pakistan's Punjab

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The surgical instruments used in UK hospitals on nearly all

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manufactured here, Sialkot in Pakistan. While some are produced

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in large professional factories, there is a more ramshackle site --

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side to the industry. I can't believe the heat and the conditions

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and the dust and dirt. Everything is just awful. All companies making

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surgical instruments must be registered with the medicines and

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healthcare products regulatory agency, the MHRA re. But neither

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they nor the NHS requires a book -- suppliers to inspect manufacturers'.

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That was a 50 mm Burke along the blade. It was like a needle. If we

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hadn't stopped that, that could have been used on a very young baby.

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In surgery, microscopic defects like these can be devastating.

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Metal fragments can puncture a surgeon's glove or break off inside

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the body, causing infection. Tom rejects nearly 20% of the

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instruments sent to his trust. The same companies which supply Barnes

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can also supply other UK hospitals. While most do carry out some visual

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checks of instruments, Bart's is the only trust or board to employ a

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technologist to inspect the new instruments to British standards. I

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showed our footage to a leading patient safety adviser. Procurement

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officers, if they knew this was happening in Pakistan, and those

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instruments were coming from that room into the hospital, they would

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faint at the thought of it. MHRA told us it has no evidence

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that non-compliant instruments are being supplied to the NHS. Health

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Secretary Andrew Lansley has said he will investigate Panorama's

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findings. Meanwhile, defective instrument will continue their

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journey to the UK. And you can see the full Panorama

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report, "Surgery's Dirty Secrets",' It was a day of high drama at

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Wimbledon, with baking hot temperatures, Royal visitors and a

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major win for Andy Murray. He dominated his fourth round match

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against Richard Gasquet, taking him into the men's quarter-finals, in

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three straight sets. But it was a different story for Serena and

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Venus Williams. Tim Franks was If the first week of Wimbledon was

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a warm-up, the second week began at full burn. As the temperature past

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30 degrees, hot dogs and Englishmen came out in the midday sun. Andy

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Murray and his French opponent Richard Gasquet were playing under

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the gaze of the future monarchs, one of whom, we are told, turned

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out for her own school tennis team. To begin with, task produced shots

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of panache and verve and other French words - Gasquet produced.

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Gasquet had not lost a set on route to this, the fourth round. That was

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about to change. In the first set tie-break Murray broke loose. Come

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the second set, Murray ripped up the stereotypes. The man from

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Scotland growing stronger and the beating sun. The man from the south

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of France will sing. -- wilting. At two sets up, Murray did not relent.

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This was a display of strength and touch. Gasquet was broken twice.

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His face as telling as the Andy Murray is often modest to the

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point of downbeat. After today, he was positively twinkling. It is

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great for tennis, any time you can get a royalty to come along, it

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doesn't captain -- happen that often. History may be urging

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caution, but there is a different feel about Wimbledon now. The first

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week, it was mild enthusiasm for Murray. The second week, a sense of

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expectation is growing. There will be a fresh look to the women's

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final this year. Marion Bartoli overcame defending champion Serena

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Williams in straight sets. Her sister Venus also felt, the

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Williams sisters had contested 10 of the last 11 finals. And defeat

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the top seed Caroline Wozniacki means the world No. 1 still has yet

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to win a Grand Slam event. For Andy Murray, in contrast, today was

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anything but a farewell bow. I probably don't need to tell you

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this, but today was the hottest day of the year so far, with

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temperatures soaring above 30 degrees for many of us. Cambridge

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was one of the real hotspots today Yes, a remarkably hot and sticky

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day here. Let's check the latest. 28.8 degrees. Still in the evening.

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People have been taking the offer - - opportunity of getting on the

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river and in the river. They have also been sitting in the shade

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enjoying a cold drink. Perhaps one of the best ways to deal with a

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mini heatwave. In central London it has been officially a scorcher. The

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temperature started high, 20 degrees at 6am, and the Mercury

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kept creeping up for much of the day. For some, great fun, for

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12 noon in Cambridge and still it is getting warmer. 30.5 degrees in

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the shade, Caribbean hot. Messing about on the river is the pastime

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of choice. Offices and classrooms abandoned for an escape into the

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fresh air. It is nice work if you can get it, but if you have been on

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the work -- motorway or catching a train, chances are you have had a

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different kind of day. On the London to Norwich line, for example,

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the wrong kind of heat knocked out the overhead power lines. Walked

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tracks brought services to a standstill. -- warped. I have been

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stuck on the train for two hours outside Liverpool Street. The track

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was kinked because of the hot weather. They struggle with leaves

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and snow and vandals. By late afternoon, temperatures were Peking.

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The hottest place was East Kent at 33 deep -- degrees. When it gets

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this hot, cooling off can be great fun. But also potentially serious

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business for the elderly and vulnerable. Best medical advice

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will be the simple things, practical, staying indoors in the

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hottest part of the day, pulling the curtains, letting in draft go

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through the house, making sure your fluid intake is good, make sure

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that fluid is not beer and alcohol. It looks like this heat wave will

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burn brightly and briefly, but for many of us around the country, it

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has been a welcome taste of summer. If you were watching in places like

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Scotland, where temperatures have been average, this might seem a

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little distant and irrelevant. Even here you might take comfort if I

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tell you this guy's a looking pretty dark. It is beginning to

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feel like rain. -- the skies. feel like rain. -- the skies.

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Let's find out if he is right, it will there be rain?

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The heat is on its way out and it was not the same everywhere today.

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We got to 33 degrees this afternoon to the east of London, but in

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Aberdeenshire, under the clouds, just 13 Celsius. The fresher

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weather pushing its way East tonight and brings with it the risk

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of some thundery showers. In the short term, this evening, across

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parts of Wales and the south-west you could get the odd rumble of

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thunder. Still heavy rain in Aberdeenshire clearing away. Across

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the Midlands, south-east and East Anglia, you could hear a few

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distant rumbles of thunder and later in the night you could get

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quite a bit of rain. The risk of some hail and strong winds. Still

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humid in the south-east corner. Significantly cooler further north

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and west. A chill in the air for some tomorrow. Dry and sunny start

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across northern and western areas, a bit more cloud in the Midlands,

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and the risk of thunderstorms in East Anglia and Kent. Later we will

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see the sunshine replaced by a few shower clouds rumbling across

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Northern Ireland. Many will still stayed dry, though. A brighter day

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in Scotland. It will feel warm. Fine and brighter the far north of

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England, but through parts of South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, into

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the Midlands, significantly cooler, cloudier and with some outbreaks of

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rain. Wales and the south-west, more sunshine than we saw this

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afternoon. It will feel fresher, but still pleasant enough. Across

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much of eastern England, still the threat of showers, particularly to

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the East, some sunshine in between them. But for many, a drop in

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