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History in the making - the Queen shakes hands with Martin McGuinness.

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The monarch and the man who once fought the British - one simple

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gesture - a symbol of reconciliation. Good. It is a

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milestone in Northern Ireland's peace process.

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And it comes as thousands of well- wishers gather at Stormont to mark

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the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Also on tonight's programme:

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Barclays is caught rigging lending rates. It is fined nearly �300

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million. Two-year-old Jamie Heaton, the

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victim of the Oldham gas explosion. His death could become a murder

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enquiry. The most radical shake-up of

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Parliament in a generation. Controversy as the Lords Reform

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Bill is published. One month to go to the Games. High

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hopes for British medals as Tower Bridge gets the Olympic treatment.

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Coming up on the BBC News Channel: British success continues at

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Wimbledon. Heather Watson is the first British woman to reach the

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Good evening. Welcome to the BBC News at Six. The Queen has shaken

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hands with Martin McGuinness, Northern Ireland's Deputy First

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Minister, in what is being seen as a powerful symbol of reconciliation.

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Mr McGuinness was a former commander of the IRA. The Queen,

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who is in Belfast on a two-day trip to mark her Diamond Jubilee, was

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later greeted by thousands of well- wishers as she visited Stormont. In

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the first of tonight's reports, Nicholas Witchell looks at the

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handshake that's made history. Departing from Hillsborough Castle,

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a monarch who is the ultimate symbol of Britain's authority over

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the six counties which formed Northern Ireland when Ireland was

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partitioned way back in 1921. At the same time, arriving at a

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theatre in Belfast, a man who, for years, waged what the IRA called

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the armed struggle against the British Crown. But today, Martin

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McGuinness, formerly of the IRA and now Northern Ireland's Deputy First

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Minister, and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, came through

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the security cordons and all the injuries of the past for an

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unprecedented meeting. The first- hand shake had taken place in

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private. But then, from behind closed doors, the Queen emerged and

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there a few steps behind her was Martin McGuinness. She wore green,

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a colour appropriate to Ireland. He looked comfortable and made no

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attempt to avoid being seen in close proximity to the Queen. Quite

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the reverse, in fact. Microphones had been banned, so conversations

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couldn't be recorded. But the small-talk was all about art. The

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event was to view Irish portraits and pottery. At one point, Mr

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McGuinness seemed to want to talk to Prince Philip but Philip moved

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away. It shouldn't be forgotten that his uncle, Lord Mountbatten,

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was killed by an IRA bomb in 1979. Then, the departure and a farewell

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handshake in full view of the cameras. The Queen smiled warmly as

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she and Martin McGuinness held out their hands to each other. It was

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all over in moments and yet how much time has passed and how much

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pain has been endured to get to this point? Once the Queen had left,

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Martin McGuinness emerged. He had greeted the Queen initially in

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Irish. It had all apparently been cordial. Good. It went really well.

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I'm still a Republican. REPORTER: How was it to meet the

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Queen? Very nice. Just as the Republican Deputy First Minister

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was happy, so too was the Unionist First Minister. We have cast aside

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one of the taboos and it indicates the normality that's been created

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in Northern Ireland. Moments later, there was another reminder of how

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far Northern Ireland has come. The Queen met an elderly Ian Paisley,

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the hard-line Unionist who used to say "never" but then led the way to

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what the Province has become. nice to meet you. So finally to

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Stormont, once regarded as a symbol of Unionist supremacy, but a place

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where the Queen was greeted by crowds from both of Northern

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Ireland's communities. This visit will inevitably be remembered for

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the meeting with Martin McGuinness. But at every point over the past

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two days the Queen has seen a Northern Ireland in which it really

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can be said that the hatreds of the past have finally receded. What a

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journey it has been. For the Queen, whose Silver Jubilee visit in 1977,

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could only be done safely with the most massive security. A journey

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for Martin McGuinness, who fought against the British and who, today,

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shook hands with the Queen in a place where symbols matter. This is

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a substantial one. Today's historic encounter between the former IRA

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commander and the Queen would have been unthinkable a decade ago. But

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the Good Friday Agreement paved the way. Mark Simpson looks now at this

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latest milestone in the peace process.

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The changing face of Belfast. A paramilitary mural which has been

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here for decades is now going, a sign of the new era in the new

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Northern Ireland. There are still deep divisions in parts of the city.

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There are 40 walls which keep people apart like this one in East

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Belfast. On the largely Catholic side of the fence, people gave

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their views on Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness meeting the Queen.

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glad he met the Queen, really. There's a lot of people,

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Republicans, that really want to move forward, you know, and not

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carry going back in history. It is a good thing. I think he will be

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hated for doing it, like. Somebody has to do it. On the other side,

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most people are Unionist. Strong supporters of the Royal Family and

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big fans of the Queen. It is nice to see that he's interested in

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shaking her hand. You could get the better ones who wouldn't shake her

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hand at all. It's a good thing. It is good to see people moving

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forward. Everyone has to forget the past and move forward. Our country,

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our Queen, he shouldn't be here. The path to peace has been long and

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painful. More than 3,000 people were killed during 30 years of

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violence. An agreement has been reached... After the IRA and

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Loyalists called ceasefires, the politicians signed the Good Friday

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Agreement. Former enemies agreed to share power. They not only worked

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together, they even started to like each other. But not everyone signed

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up for peace. Dissident republicans have tried to reck the process. How

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big a threat do they really pose to peace? I don't think we are going

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back. I think we will probably have to deal with this type of activity

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for some time yet. What will be really important is how the

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community responds and reacts around all of this. Belfast used to

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be known as "bomb city". Not any more. It's full of new buildings

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and community relations are also being rebuilt. For most people, the

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future is much more important than the past. Evidence of that can be

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found by just looking around the city. Instead of a gunman on this

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wall, they are painting a sportsman. Step by step, Northern Ireland is

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edging towards a brighter future. Let's go live to Stormont and join

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Nicholas Witchell. What does all this say about the peace process

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now, today? I think, George, potentially this is significant as

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Peter Robinson said. It is another of the taboos cast aside. Ian

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Paisley sitting down working with Martin McGuinness, the Queen's

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transformative visit to the Republic of Ireland and now today,

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Martin McGuinness happily shaking hands with the Queen here in

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Northern Ireland. Of course, it will only be genuinely important

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for the peace process if Sinn Fein in particular can take its

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constituency with it. It's recognised that this meeting was

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inevitable. I was struck this morning, going up on to the Falls

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Road, speaking to a number of bystanders, I was struck by the

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level of support there was for this meeting to take place. Some people

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said, as you heard in that report, that Martin McGuinness will be

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hated for it. People recognise that it is the right thing to do. That

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is a sentiment that was echoed by a Catholic priest who has been

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involved in all of this. He said, "Emotionally, people may not like

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it but it is the right time to do it." So important and also

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significant in taking the reduction of distrust further. Thank you.

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Barclays has been fined nearly �300 million by British and American

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authorities after some of its traders were caught rigging the

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lending rate banks use to borrow money from each other.

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Robert Peston has the details. It's a scandal engulfing huge

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global banks. Many of them operating in the City of London.

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Today Barclays became the first to be punished paying �290 million in

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penalties, the largest-ever imposed by American and British Regulators.

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We view this conduct as extremely serious, as reflected in the level

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of the penalty which we have imposed on Barclays which is the

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highest penalty we have imposed on a firm for misconduct in the past.

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Barclays attempted to manipulate interest rates called lie bror.

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They are supposed to show the average -- LIBOR. They are supposed

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to show the average rates when banks are lending to each other.

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And the manipulation of these rates may also mean that the mortgage

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rates paid by millions of us weren't right. It is the basis that

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sets the rate on which we all borrow money. When we are borrowing

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money on anything we borrow, for our car, for our mortgage, the

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basis of that, the foundation rate on it is this LIBOR rate. One bit

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of the market influenced by these interest rates is worth �360

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trillion every year. So, a tiny change in these rates

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can be the difference between big profits or losses on huge deals for

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a bank like Barclays. That is why Barclays' traders had a powerful

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incentive to manipulate rates. Here is what Barclays' traders said in

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e-mails when their counter-parts at other banks asked them to rig the

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market. "Always happy to help" said one. "For you, anything." And "Done

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for you, big boy." Barclays is disciplining traders, but its top

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directors, led by Bob Diamond, weren't accused of wrongdoing

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although he and three others announced they won't be taking

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millions in bonuses this year. Mr A crumb of comfort for Barclays is

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that it won't be the last bank to face massive fines in this case.

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The regulator's statement makes clear that other banks were

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involved in this unprecedented attempt to rig a giant global

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market. Police have named the two-year-old

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boy who was killed in yesterday's gas explosion in Oldham. Jamie

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Heaton was watching television while his mother hung out the

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washing when the blast happened. Ed Thomas is at the scene now. Police

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say this could end up as a murder enquiry? Yes, George, this is

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because police believe Jamie Heaton's death is suspicious. They

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still want to speak to his next door neighbour about what happened

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before the explosion. Tonight, the family have spoken about the two-

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year-old. They said his life was full of laughter and that he

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touched the hearts of all who knew him. This whole area is now a crime

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scene. The explosion didn't just devastate the homes, it took the

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life of two-year-old Jamie Heaton. At the time of the blast, he was

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watching TV as his mother hung the washing up outside. Today, police

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told us the reason why his death is suspicious. We have had some

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reports, like yourselves, that there was a domestic disturbance.

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That domestic disturbance was not reported to the police so we didn't

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have officers who attended. That forms part of the investigation. We

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are treating it as a suspicious death and therefore homicide

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investigation has been undertaken. Police now want to speak to this

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man, Anthony Partington. He suffered serious burns and is

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unconscious in hospital. Before the blast, he lived here in the house

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on the right with his partner and five children. What I have heard

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is... This neighbour of the family didn't want to be identified but

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told us what happened the night before the explosion. They were

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shouting. Were police called? The police weren't called. The

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argument was round about 11.15pm. Then the explosion was the

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following morning 11.15am. When could people smell gas? Half an

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hour before. Jamie Heaton lived next door to Anthony Partington.

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The families weren't related. His death has devastated those who knew

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We can't imagine what they are going through. I spent sometime

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with them yesterday, being with them, praying with them and they

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have a lot of family support so our love and our prayers are with them.

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80 families are still wait to go return home here.

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REPORTER: Which is your house? This couple can see their house, but

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they are not allowed until police say it is safe.

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Nothing at all. I am standing in the clothes I wore yesterday

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morning to go to work m. Tonight flowers and toys have been

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left for Jamie Heaton, by people wanting to know what caused the

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explosion that killed him. And that investigation is moving on.

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Those in charge of the gas supply here, the National Grid says there

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was no leak from its main pipes while the people who have been left

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homeless in the explosion, the council says it will be weeks,

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rather than days, before they are Thank you very much.

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The time has gone 6.16pm. Our top story tonight:

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The Queen has shaken hands with Martin McGuiness, a former

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commander of the IRA. Coming up:

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She has done it. Victory for Heather Watson. She

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becomes the first British woman to make the third round of Wimbledon

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Barclays is fined �290 million. Google is set to launch its own

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computer to compete against Apple One of Britain's top sports

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officials has said for the first time that she believes Team GB will

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finish fourth at the London 2012 Olympics. It is one month until the

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start of the Games and the athletes are making their final preparations.

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So where will the medals come from? James Pearce is at the Olympic Park

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now. James. Gorge George, the Olympic Park is

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looking good. All we are lacking is a bill sunshine. Thousands are

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people are rehearsing for the opening ceremony. As for the bigger

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picture, these are upbeat predictions. If she is right, Team

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GB is on course to exceed what was an exceptional total of 47 medals

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won in Beijing. We don't have long to wait to find out, just one month

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to go and today, the Olympics came to the heart of London.

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The Olympic Rings hidden away underneath Tower Bridge ready to be

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unveiled to the world. So all aboard as we waited for the London

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mayor to signal them to be lowered. This is likely to be one of the

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iconic images of the Olympics, a must have photo for tourists in

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London. Elsewhere, most of the venues are finished, but what about

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Team GB's chances inside them? Tonight the most optimistic

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assessment from the woman in charge of funding our athletes.

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We have completed a review and having reflected on that and I am

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relieved to say that we are on track for that top four in the

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Olympic medal table and more medals across more sports than in Beijing.

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Mark Cavendish competes on the opening morning of the Games,

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hoping to win the first of many British cycling golds in London.

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I think road cycling and the Olympics, World Championships, for

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sure it is the, well, it is no longer a minor sport, it is a

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mainstream sport and we're dominating the world at it.

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Cycling is going to be key to Team GB's gold medal success, but the

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tally of eight in Beijing is unlikely to be matched. Rule

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changes limit British entrants make five a realistic target. Our

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sailors won four golds in Beijing, they would settle for a similar

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tally in London. Britain's rowers left China with two golds, they are

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aiming for more in 2012 and should win at least three.

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So other sports like triathlon, boxing and tae kwon do will be

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expected to step up to improve Team GB's tally and don't forget Rebecca

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Adlington. I want big British moments that

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inspire in the way that Daley Thompson and Steve Redgrave

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inspired the next generation, just give me big British moments that

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young people take into their formative years and I will be

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satisfied. One month to go and there is no

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mistaking that the Olympic Rings Behind me arriving now are the late

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arrivals, participants in the opening ceremony, going to

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tonight's rehearsal. You can be sure they won't be wearing the same

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clothes when you see them in a month's time, George.

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Thank you. Plans for the biggest shake up of

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the House of Lords in a generation have been unveiled by the coalition.

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It could mean that 80% of the Upper House is elected and a sharp

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reduction in the number of members. But as James Landale reports, the

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proposals face strong opposition Has the time come for the people

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who make law from these benches to be elected and not appointed? Will

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attempts to reform this House of Lords unleash a Parliamentary

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battedle that could divide and even break-up the coalition?

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David Cameron used to say "this was an issue for the future" today

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after a century of failed reform, the Prime Minister told MPs, it was

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time to make progress. There is a majority in this House

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for an elected House of Lords and I believe there is a majority for

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that in the country. But if those who support Lords reform don't get

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out there and back it, it won't happen.

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What are Mr Cameron and Nick Clegg proposing? A smaller House of Lords,

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cutting the 800 members down to just 450. 80% would be elected, 20%

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appointed and they would get a salary up to �45,000. And serve non

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renewable 15 year terms. Opinion polls suggest voters don't care,

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but as I discovered in Lordship Lane in South London, that's not

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true. It is about 100 years too late. I

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don't see why we can't be like any other democracy.

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I couldn't care a less. We don't need anymore elected

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politicians. We have a deficit and an EU and we

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are messing around with the House of Lords, it is ridiculous.

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There is cross party support for the principle of reform, the

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Cabinet is united, but there is huge opposition to this on all

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sides from those who think it is the wrong priority to those who

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fear an elected House of Lords here would threaten the power of the

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House of Commons down there. We brought together the

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Conservative minister who through up the reforms and a colleague who

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opposes them. The House of Lords has over 800

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members, 70% are party political appint yos -- appointees, if you

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are a party political person, it should be the public that decide if

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you get elected and make laws, not the leaders of your political

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partys. -- political parties.

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If you have 450 elected politician who have stood for election and

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have a mandate from the people they represent, they will want to flex

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their muscles in Parliament and that will completely change the

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balance between the two Houses. Labour supports reform, but it will

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join up with Tory rebels to delay the Bill's progress and push for a

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referendum. This is unfinished business. We

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want to seeted House of Lords properly reformed. The ball is in

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the Government's court. They have got to work with us to make sure we

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discuss the important things and ensure we have a better House of

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Lords than the one we have got. The Commons is in for a long haul,

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the only question is whether David Cameron is prepared to go as far as

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Nick Clegg wants him to. A man found guilty of posting a

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comment on Twitter in which he threatened to blow up Robin Hood.

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Daniel bircher joins us. Paul Chambers was convicted in 2010.

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An appeal failed. He appeared at court today flanked which celebrity

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supporters, Stephen Fry and Al Murray Who believe there are issues

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of freedom. His barrister said this joke was meant as a joke. It wasn't

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considered menacing and the law that was used was not intended when

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it was drafted to deal with platforms such as Twitter. The

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Crown Prosecution Service argued the charge should stand, a

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judgement has been reserved, but, the case can have ksh could have

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wider implications. Thank you.

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Tennis and Heather Watson will be the first British woman in the

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third round of Wimbledon for a decade following her straight sets

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win over American, Jamie Lee Hampton. Prince Charles paid a

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visit to the tournament and saw Roger Federer cruise past his

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americano American opponent. The home-grown treats can come

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rarely at Wimbledon so the crowds make the most of it, when the sun

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appears and even less common when a British woman makes it through to

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the third round. Heather Watson would be that woman. 20 years old,

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head phones in, but surely only hearing the warm roar of

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acclamation. Which she would repay on the opening point against her

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opponent. This was en route to winning the

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first set, 6-1. APPLAUSE

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Her second set was for of a match. But not that much more.

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Superb play. She is the first British woman

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through to the third round in ten years, that's a shocking gap, isn't

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it? Well, I didn't know it was that big. I can't speak right now, sorry.

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I'm just so pleased to get through that match. It wasn't easy.

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As Heather Watson was winning, so England's sporting establishment

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was hosting the country's ruling establishment, The Prince of Wales

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and the Duchess of Cornwall gliding into Wimbledon's heart.

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Switzerland, they say, doesn't have a monarchy, wrong. Roger Federer's

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reigned here six times so far. Today, he brushed aside Fabio

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Fognini like a non-existent fleck from his immaculate whites.

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APPLAUSE In the end, it got embarrassing.

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No one on the circuit has won more matches on grass than Roger Federer.

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What you can see behind me is grass and not covers. We had a three hour

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rain break this afternoon, everywhere, but the Centre Court.

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We are waiting to see whether the British number three Jamie Baker

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can claw his way back and when the Croatian is going to win through to

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face Andy Murray in round two Tim, thank you.

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It is time for the weather now with It is brightening up up nicy at

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Wimbledon. It will be another one of those warm and humid nights

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across the country. There will be some rain too as well. Some intense

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downpours later in the night. Let's look at the temperatures. These are

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the values we have been struggling to reach throughout June. It will

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be an uncomfortable night. We will continue to see outbreaks of rain.

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Elsewhere, there will be long, dry spells. In western areas in

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particular, we will see further pulses of rain. That could get

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heavy over Wales and Northern Ireland by morning. It doesn't stop

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there either. It will be a wet day for some tomorrow. Rain through

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much of the morning in Northern Ireland as this band spreads across

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Northern England and into Southern Scotland. Expect intense downpours

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during the afternoon. Further south, we should see things getting bright

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he were. Far from bright across Scotland. Dull and damp. Heavy rain

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across the central belt. It brightens up a touch in Northern

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Ireland. The rain across Northern England

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will be torrential in places. Again, the likelihood of flashes of

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lightening and rumbles of thunder. Brightening up iland. Some hazy

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sunshine, but one or two isolated downpours across central and

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Eastern England and it will be warm and humid here, 26 Celsius, but all

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change for Friday. The humid air has gone. A fresher feel. Strong

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winds blowing showers across all parts of the country. There will be

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some sunny spells and temperatures will reach 18 to 20 Celsius. That's

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how we go into the weekend. A cooler, fresher feel. Strong winds

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