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The business tycoon found guilty of stealing millions from his own

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company. Asil Nadir finally faces justice, the jury delivers verdicts

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on three charges of theft, nine more to go. A fall from grace. His

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London-based business empire collapsed and he fled the country

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19 years ago. Prince Philip believes hospital with a joke and a

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smile. Doctors tell him to rest -- leaves hospital.

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The search for the 4-year-old boy who fell into the water at Burnham-

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on-Sea yesterday is called off. is the worst possible thing. You

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just think about it. It is a terrible tragedy. Tributes to the

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top gun director, Tony Scott, after South Africa have won. No longer

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top of the world, England's cricketers lose the first Test to

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South Africa, and then number-one Coming up at 6:30pm, Manchester

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City are waiting to find out how long they will be without Sergio

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Aguero after injury against Asil Nadir, the businessman who ran

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the high profile Polly Peck empire in the 80s and early 90s, has been

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found guilty of theft. A jury at the Old Bailey has reached verdicts

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on three counts of stealing millions from his own companies,

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and has yet to make up its mind on a further nine counts. Asil Nadir

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was accused of fraud after the company collapsed 20 years ago. He

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fled the country but returned two years ago to face justice. Our

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Legal Correspondent is at the Old Bailey for us now. After a seven-

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month trial, as in the D-lock -- Asil Nadir stood motionless in the

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dock. A man who had extraordinary business success during the 1980s,

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has become a convicted criminal. Arriving at court this morning, at

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the end of an investigation and prosecution that has taken over 20

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years. Asil Nadir has been found guilty of stealing millions from

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the company he built. Polly Peck became Polly Peck International plc.

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In 1980 he paid nearly �300,000 for a stake in a small textiles company

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called Polly Peck. 10 years later, it had 200 subsidiaries worldwide,

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By 1990, Polly Peck was worth �2 billion. Things started to go wrong

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for Asil Nadir that year. The Serious Fraud Office raided both

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his and Polly Peck's offices in Mayfair. It was investigating

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allegations of insider trading. After the first raid, the share

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price collapsed. The company went into administration and in December

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1990, Asil Nadir was arrested. He was eventually charged with 13

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counts of theft, amounting to �34 million, from Polly Peck

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International. Today, the jury found him not guilty on one count,

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of stealing �2.5 million. But so far, it has found him guilty of the

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theft of �1.3 million used to support the Polly Peck's share

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price. �1 million used to buy antiques. And 3.2 5 million which

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went to multiple destinations and companies. The man who had

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everything, and epitomise the growth and success of a decade, has

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lost it all. Nine account still to go, what has

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been his defence? -- nine accounts. He never denied that he took after

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amount of cash from Polly Peck business accounts in London, but

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his defence was a simple one, but before any money went from London,

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he had put a similar amount of money into Polly Peck's bank

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accounts in northern Cyprus. So they could never have been any

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theft. He was saying, don't accuse me of taking �10 from the cash till

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when I have just put �10 in. In relation to those three counts on

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which she was found guilty, the jury simply didn't believe that.

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Tomorrow they continue their deliberations into the remaining

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nine counts. Thank you. The Duke of Edinburgh has left

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Aberdeen Royal Infirmary after spending five nights there. Prince

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Philip, who is 91, has been treated for the recurrence of a bladder

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infection. Doctors have said he should rest.

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This report contains some flash photography.

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Wondering, perhaps, why they had been quite such a fuss over a non-

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life-threatening condition, and with a spot of advice of his own.

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Behave yourselves, if you missed it. The Duke of Edinburgh thank some of

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the staff at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary who have looked after him

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since his admission last week, before heading off with a wave for

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the 50 mile drive to the Royal family's estate at Balmoral. It was

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during a short visit to Cowes on the Isle of Wight that doctors

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diagnosed a recurrence of the bladder infection that had

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hospitalised him in June. The Duke had appeared in good health at a

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garden party in Balmoral. He was told to rest while doctors at

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Aberdeen Royal Infirmary treated the affection with antibiotics.

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This was not a critical health scare. The rest of the Royal Family

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carried on with their holiday routine as normal, attending church

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yesterday. But it is the third time in eight months that the Duke has

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had to receive hospital treatment. The incident that was life

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threatening was two days before Christmas last year, when he was

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taken by helicopter to a hospital near Cambridge to be treated for a

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blocked coronary artery. On that occasion, the Queen and the

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couple's children were at his bedside within 24 hours. Today, the

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Duke has emerged after a short stay in hospital, returning this time to

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the one place where the Royal Family really can rest and

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recuperate, their estate at Balmoral. It will be there, amid

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the tranquillity of Royal Deeside, that the Duke will have a chance to

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rest. The last time he was hospitalised, engine, it was in the

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middle of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. -- in June. This time

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there will be a better opportunity A boy who slipped off the end of --

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the search for a boy who set off the end of a jetty in Somerset has

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been called off. His parents try to rescue him when he fell into the

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water yesterday but they could not reach him and they had to be pulled

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from the see themselves. Even as the dozens of rescue

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workers set off from here at 4 o'clock am this morning, they did

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so with heavy hearts, knowing the chances of finding the 4-year-old

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alive were already wrote. -- remote. Sure enough, the change was turned

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into a search for his body -- the search was turned into. The day at

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the seaside ended in tragedy, the little boys were put out to sea,

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now missing presumed drowned. Today, his family could only watch

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helplessly. Hovercrafts scoured the mud flaps. More than 50 personnel

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have been involved in this increasingly desperate operation.

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Because God, the police, and everybody involved in this,

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including the public, absolutely fantastic. My heart goes out to

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them, they have done a thoroughly recommended job and the couldn't

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wish for any more. The search began yesterday evening after Dylan's

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slip of the end of this jetty, he was immediately subject -- Dylan

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slipped off this jetty and was immediately submerged. They were

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frantically trying to swim but the current was really bad and they

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were drifting either way. The life ring was thrown into both of them

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and used to pull them out. The father was pulled onto the beach.

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The mother was pulled back on to the jetty. The waters in this area

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are notoriously treacherous. There are warning signs. Dylan's family

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were visiting from the Midlands and wouldn't have local knowledge.

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current that runs across this jetty is quite strong, up to four or five

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knots. The water is turbulent, it is impossible to see through it --

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the water is turgid. One of those involved probably rescue workers

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had been deeply affected. It is the worst possible thing. It is a

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terrible tragedy and it is in everyone's minds. Emotion shared by

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many who had been watching the search from the seafront. A search

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that appears to have ended in failure. The final search team

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returned about an hour and a half ago. Dylan's family are still here,

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A police in Leeds investigating a hit and run which left two children

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fighting for their lives have relieved -- released an image of

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the car they believed to have been involved. Sabah Saleem and her

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brother, Raham, were knocked down as they returned from a local shop.

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Police have appealed for anyone who recognises the Vauxhall Astra to

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come forward. A shop worker has been jailed for

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falsely trying to claim a million pound lottery prize which belonged

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to an elderly customer. Farrakh Nizzar told macs she had won

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nothing when she tried to claim the prize -- told macs -- told Maureen

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It is the stuff dreams are made of and the numbers came good for a

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great-grandmother in Oldham. But Maureen Holt and her husband Fred

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had no idea, and asked a shop worker to check their tickets. He

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lied and said it was worthless. am hurt because I thought he was

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our friend. He was so pleasant. To do that, it is unbelievable.

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were very disappointed. Farrakh Nizzar worked here. Inside he

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scanned the winning ticket and offered to put it in the bin. The

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truth is that the ticket was worth �1 million. Farrakh Nizzar wanted

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the jackpot all to himself. But Camelot became suspicious and

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discovered the ticket was actually bought here, using Maureen hold's

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loyalty card. But can't get it through my head, I can't believe it.

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But you have won? That is right. I wake up in the morning and think I

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am dreaming. It is a dream, isn't it? Today, Farrakh Nizzar, whose

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nickname was lucky, was jailed for 2 1/2 years. Maureen and Fred have

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finally got their cheques and say they will spend money on their

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children, grandchildren and great- grandchildren.

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Tributes to Tony Scott have been pouring in after the British

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Orritor was found dead last night. He had jumped off a bridge in Los

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Angeles -- the British director. Police are treating his death as

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suicide. Gradually from North Shields, he shot to fame with a

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string of blockbusters including Top Gun, Days Of Thunder and True

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Romance. Tony Scott was born in North

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Shields but made his name in Hollywood as one of the most

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You two characters are going to Top Gun. Directing and producing some

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of the household names, he had big blockbusting commercial hits. The

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biggest was Top Gun, in 1986, starring Tom Cruise. A classic film,

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which launched Tony Scott's career as a big money action movie

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director. He there was talk of a Top Gun II, bringing actor and

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director together again many years later. It was 1230 in the afternoon

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when Tony Scott came here, to the port of Los Angeles. A long way

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from his home in Beverly Hills. He drove on to the highest point of

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the bridge, stopped his car and climbed over the fence. Witnesses

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say he did not hesitate before throwing himself into the harbour

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below. It took police divers more than two-and-a-half hours to find

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his body. A note had been left in his car, another at his office. The

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coroner said there was nothing to suggest this wasn't a suicide. This

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was a teenage Tony Scott in his native north-east, starring in boy

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on a bicycle, one of the first movies filmed by his older brother,

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Ridley Scott, and even more well known Oscar-nominated director.

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Newcastle's historic Tyneside Cinema was built by the Scots'' s

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great uncle. They have a great association and a trained here

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before they went to London and Hollywood. Big connections with the

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north-east and the legacy for Tony is he is one of the great action

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directors of the last 30 years. well as directing blockbusters,

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reproduced prime-time American TV dramas and movies, -- he produced.

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Often in collaboration with his brother. Keira Knightley, who

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worked with him on Domino, said he was one of the most extraordinarily

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There were many tributes. He was at the top of his game, the master of

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his craft and it is very sad that the Academy Awards and the BAFTA

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awards don't really give awards to somebody who's a bit of a genius in

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his own lifetime. Tony Scott had twin sons with his third wife. The

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The time has just gone 6.15pm. Our top story tonight:

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Asil Nadir, the businessman who ran the high-profile Polly Peck empire

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in the '80s and early '90s, has been found guilty of theft.

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Coming up: It's back. Dallas, the show that

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gripped audiences around the world, returns to TV, but what brought JR

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out of retirement? Uh, money - always good to change your mind.

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Later on BBC London News, new rules to control street fundraisers, but

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will regulation make so-called chugers less persistent.

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And a look back on the birth of the Paralympics and how the Games have

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grown, all to come in 15 minutes. The wife of a high-ranking Chinese

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politician has been given a suspended death sentence for the

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murder of the British businessman Neil Heywood.

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Gu Kailai admitted poisoning him in a hotel room in Chongqing last

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November. Revelations of her role in the murder led to the downfall

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of her husband, who was once seen as a leading figure in the

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Communist Party. Our China correspondent Damian Grammaticus

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reports. The lawyers ran the gauntlet today. This has been

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China's most sensational case in decades - the murder of a British

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man by one of China's most powerful women. Gu Kailai's crime has

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already cost her husband, one of the Communist Party's most senior

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figures, his job and plunged the party into crisis. She's confessed

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to poisoning Neil Heywood. Today the judges confirmed her guilt.

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Usually that would mean execution, but she's powerful and well

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connected. The death penalty was suspended. The judges said she'd

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suffered a breakdown and wasn't in control of her actions.

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TRANSLATION: This verdict is just. It shows special respect for the

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law, reality and life. British Embassy officials looked on as an

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element of theatre tulle of this. The Communist Party controls the

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courts, decides the outcomes. The embassy gave the result a guarded

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welcome. Then, the lawyer representing Neil

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Heywood's family emerged. Excuse me. Is this a result that'll

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please the Neil Heywood family? "I don't know," he said. Neil Heywood

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was lives in China doing business trading on his connection to the

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powerful politician Bo Xilai making deals for Gu Kailai. The two fell

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out over a property venture. Neil Heywood demanded millions he'd been

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promised. She lured him here, got him drunk and poured cyanide

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hydrochloride into his mouth. What the trial didn't address were the

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most sensitive questions of the death. It triggered China's biggest

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political scandal in years because of the light it's thrown on

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corruption and abuse of power at the top of the Communist Party.

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Did her husband, Bo Xilai, have any link to the crime or the attempted

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cover-up? He's vanished, detained by the Party, held in secret while

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it decides what to do with him. He was hoping to join the ranks of

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these men, the top of the polit bureau who run China when new

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leaders are selected in the autumn, but they've cast him aside. Some

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here are outraged that Gu Kailai has escaped the death penalty. What

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the Communist Party wants is a tidy, quick end to this crisis to ensure

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nothing disrupts the coming leadership change.

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Striking workers at a mine in South Africa where 34 employees were shot

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dead last week have been given a further day to return to their jobs.

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Their employer, the British company LonMin, had said it would dismiss

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all those who failed to show up today, but has now extended the

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deadline after talks with unions. The owners of dangerous dogs which

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attack people will face tougher penalties from today. The new

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guidelines will mean the maximum prison sentence will be raised from

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12 to 18 months in England and Wales, and there could also be a

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lifetime ban on keeping dogs. Our UK affairs correspondent Chris

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Buckler reports. Dogs can be dangerous, and the

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responsibility is an owner's to ensure that people are kept safe.

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That's a message that judges are being told to reinforce from today

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through tougher sentences for people who keep banned breeds or

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let their pets injure or maim. John Paul Massey was just four years old

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when he was mauled to death by his uncle's pit bull terrier. Your life

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is one way. Within seconds you have lost everything. John Paul's mother

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believes more needs to be done to change the attitude of those who

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see these dogs as some sort of status symbol. A lot of people who

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have pets like we did don't want to recognise the danger because you

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don't think it's going to happen to you when it does. $people who have

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dangerous dogs, so therefore I don't think the tougher jail

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sentence is going to matter that much. According to the Government

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in England, there are over 200,000 attacks by dogs every year. The new

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sentencing guidance recommends up to 18 months in prison for anyone

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who allows their dog to injure someone in public. That's about a

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six-month increase on practising. The guidelines in England and Wales

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says owners who have banned dogs should be given up to six months in

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jail. With the vast increase in the numbers of offences coming before

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the court and more serious ones, there was an appetite for more

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serious sentence to be imposed. Dogs can be brutal. This police

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officer was one of five injured earlier this year as they tried to

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search a house in East London, and many owners say the way an animal

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is trained and treated will decide how it behaves. It depends on the

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dog, and mostly because of the - depends on the owner.

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He's amazing with the kids. There are people who would say, listen,

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you shouldn't have a dog unsupervised with kids. I don't

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have it unsupervised. I am there. Most pets will remain on their best

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behaviour, but their owners face a greater threat of jail if they

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don't. Cricket, and England have lost

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their ranking as the world's number one Test side after losing by 51

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runs in the third Test to South Africa. Andrew Strauss' side missed

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their target of 346 to win despite a valiant effort by Matt Prior,

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Jonathan Trott and Jonny Bairstow. Our sports correspondent James

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Pearce is at Lords for us. In the end, was it close, James?

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It was much closer than South Africa would have liked. It was a

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thrilling finish to what has been a truly outstanding series with the

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world's best two teams. No-one paid more than �20 to come in here today.

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They all had a bargain. For cricket fans, the Lord's bell provides one

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of the sounds of summer, but just as the season is drawing to a close,

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so, it seemed, was England's reigns a the world's best team. Two

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wickets down before the start of play, the hosts were always up

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against it. Edged - oh, he's got it on the second grab. Bell's early

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departure made the job even more difficult. Defeat, then, looked

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inevitable when some chaotic running cost England another wicket

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before they'd even reached 50. Taylor and Trott had already taken

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three. Taylor wanted a fourth. The result: a long walk back to the

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pavilion. That wasn't in the batting coaching's manual, but this

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was. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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That's gone a long way. England by this stage six Wecht wickets down

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took the only option available - they hit out. Even then, it looked

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to be a forlorn run chase when Stuart Broad was caught on a

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boundary and England still needed another 138 to win. Graeme Swann,

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though, had other ideas. The ball was being dispatched all over the

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ground, but England couldn't quite reach their target. Prior's was the

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ninth wicket to fall. Agony and ecstasy captured together in the

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stands. Moments later the South African celebrations could begin in

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earnest. They'd beaten England by 51 runs and won the series 2-0. A

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disappointing end for England. Couple of hours this afternoon, it

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really looked as though they could make history with the highest ever

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run chase here at Lord's, but now having lost that number one Test

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ranking they head to Sri Lanka next month hoping to hold on to

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something else - that's the Twenty/20 World Cup.

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Thank you very much. It was the hit of the '80s, the

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must-watch TV series with unforgettable characters like JR

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and his wife Sue Ellen. Now after 21 years, the all American soap

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Dallas is making a comeback. Many of the orginal cast - including

:24:50.:24:53.

Larry Hagman and Linda Gray - are returning for the new show. But can

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it win over a new generation of fans? Lizo Mzimba has been finding

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It was probably the biggest show of the 1980s. Now Dallas, together

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with its most famous star, is back. Larry Hagman's reasons - not unlike

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those that motivated J using himself... Money - always good to

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change your mind. Also, what made you think their

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approach with this was right for you so you wanted to be involved?

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Well, the thing was to integrate the children and make them

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acceptable and interesting, and that will be the main focus of it,

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I'm sure, eventually. It's part of TV history. The "Who shot JR" story

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line attracted an worldwide audience in excess of a hundred

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million. So for its new main star, the expectation to deliver is

:25:52.:25:56.

considerable. How much pressure do you feel? When I got the show, it

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was a - it was - I was excited, but I was also very intimidated knowing

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we're bringing back a show that was such a big deal and so well

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perceived, so I knew there was probably also a lot of expectation

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as to who was JR and Sue Ellen's son now? John Ross, I know I had

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made mistakes. Some are sceptical about the wisdom of bringing back

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such a well-loved show. The new version will inevitably be

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forensically compared with its former self and I am afraid will

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almost certainly be found wanting. That's the problem. It won't be as

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good as it used to be. Of course, ultimately, it will be the viewers

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who decide whether it really can attract a new audience of 21st

:26:46.:26:50.

century fans. I am sick to death of this family devouring itself over

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Time for the weather now. Not a bad day for most parts of the

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UK, but there have been one or two exceptions. Sunshine breaking over

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nicely across England and Wales, but clear spells mean it will turn

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misty overnight. We have had showers developing recently

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particularly across Scotland, where they're going to be thundery for a

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time. They should ease overnight, so most places ending up dry for

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the early hour of the morning. It's not autumn yet. Don't worry.

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Temperatures ending up in the mid teens most places. Muggy in the

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south-east. Tomorrow, showers get going across Scotland and Northern

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Ireland, western England and Wales as well. Further east, a better

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chance of staying dry, but disappointingly cloudy for a good

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part of the day. A good sharp shower across many parts of Wales,

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but you could manage to stay dry. You could catch a downpour across

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Northern Ireland and Scotland for the afternoon - enough to cause one

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or two problems. As we come further south we lose the heaviest of the

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showers. The odd sharp shower across north-west England. Come

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further south-east, you're back into the dry conditions again -

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almost dry. I can't rule out a spot or two of rain from the cloud in

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East Anglia - annoying rather than anything else. Temperatures

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struggling a bit under the cloud. One or two heavy showers in the

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north-west. Wednesday, the further north and west you are, a shower,

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the further north and east, more sunshine. Into Thursday, again,

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it's southern and eastern glears get the best of the deal in terms

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of sunshine, but notice rain beginning to gather in the west.

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