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Politicians take action over the biggest ever proposed foreign

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takeover of a British. Can. The bosses of US pharmaceutical giant,

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Pfizer, and the UK firm, AstraZeneca, will appear before MPs

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amid concerns that a takeover may not be in British interests. One of

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our options, as the Government, would be to consider using our

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public interest test powers. This would be a serious step, and not one

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that should be taken lightly. We will look at what the proposed

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takeover could mean for the future of scientific research in Britain

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and for jobs. Also tonight: Back in court. Stuart Hall pleads guilty to

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indecently asalting an under age girl, but denies 20 other charges. A

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new report suggests half of all deaths from asthma in the UK could

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be avoided. Missing Madeleine McCann, now the British police ask

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to dig up a number of sites in Portugal. At this point it becomes

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quite painful. Roger Bannister relives breaking the four-minute

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mile, 60 years on from historic race. On BBC London. An

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investigation reveals Met officers and staff breached data protection

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law hundreds of times over the last five years. And, with the Tube

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strike suspended, is the row over ticket office closures resolved?

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Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six. The biggest ever

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proposed foreign takeover of a British firm is to be scrutinised by

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parliament. American pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer, has offered ?63

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billion for the British company, AstraZeneca, and so far has been

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rebuffed. Now the bosses of both companies have been summoned to

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appear before MPs amid fears the deal could cost British jobs and

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jeopardise scientific research here. Our political editor, Nick Robinson,

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has more. It's asthmaive experiment. Take thousands of British jobs and

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add a plan of an American takeover of the company that provides them.

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What have you got? Either a bigger, better pharmaceuticals company or a

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disaster for a key British industry. The bid by Pfizer to buy UK-based

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AstraZeneca just got political. The head of Pfizer is saying that

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company might be split up. Indeed, possibly sold off after, if the

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takeover goes ahead. This just reinforces my view of you coming

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from experts on science and industry that the Government can't be cheer

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leading for this takeover. Our sole interest here is in securing good

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jobs in Britain, good manufacturing jobs, good science jobs. That is

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what I'm interested in. We'll support any arrangement that

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delivers that for Britain. If goes ahead, this will be the largest

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acquisition of a British company by a foreign business. The American

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multinational Pfizer has offered ?63 billion for AstraZeneca. Which

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currently employs nearly 7,000 here. That is just a fraction of the

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50,000 it employs globally. Pfizer employs 2,500 in the UK out of a

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total 78,000 worldwide. What is fuelling the row is fresh and

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painful memories of this. The US-takeover of Cadbury's by the food

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giant Kraft which made promises to protect Britishle factories and jobs

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only to abandon them later. Pfizer have run down three companies they

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have bought in the past. Or so claims the former boss of

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AstraZeneca. We will see that research and development has been

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significantly reduced and that over 50,000 jobs have been lost. In other

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words, Pfizer have been acting, in my language, like a preying mantis.

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They have been sucking the life blood out of those three units in

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order to sustain themselves. The US firm has written to the Prime

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Minister to insist they will protect jobs here in Cambridge and

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elsewhere. Their backers point out that AstraZeneca recently announced

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the close sure of their Cheshire HQ, which unfortunately for them is in

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the Chancellor's constituency. Just one reason, ministers say, they

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won't and shouldn't take sides. The Government must and will approach it

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from the position of even handed neutrality and recognise that this

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is ultimately a matter for the shareholders of both companies. The

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bottom line is this. The assurances the Government extracted from Pfizer

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are simply not worth the paper they are written on. We often talk of

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ministers here in parliament being in power. This story of what could

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be the biggest takeover in British company history, reveals how little

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power any politician has to tell the Board or the shareholders of

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companies what they should and shouldn't do. This argument is

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putting to the test what impact politicians can have on the

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decisions of vast multinational companies. Nick Robinson, BBC News,

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Westminster. Our Business Editor, Kamal Ahmed, is here. Other than the

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sheer sums involved in this proposed takeover, it also matters in terms

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of the future of British scientific research, doesn't it? It absolutely

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does. Today AstraZeneca put out their their response, their defence

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about why they are important to Britain. They talked about all these

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new drugs that could come for patients from cancer to heart

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treatments, to diabetes treatments. As you say, as Nick has been saying

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in his report, there is a bit of business in this. There is an awful

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lot of pollics it. The issue will be on the politics, we go right back to

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the financial crisis of 2008. That really flipped the relationship

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between politicians and businesses. Politicians, I think, feel really

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emboldened to say, we can say what you should be doing as a business in

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the UK. And they have invited the two Heads of Pfizer and AstraZeneca

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to parliament next week. I think that invite has a whiff of the MAFF

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Yeo I about it, please do come, or else... The Chief Executive of Kraft

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refused to come to parliament when Kraft took over Cadbury. That was

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about chocolate bars and this is about drugs. They know the

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Government can make their life very tricky. Thank you very much. The

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broadcaster, Stuart Hall, has pleaded guilty to one charge of

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indecently assaulting a girl under the age of 16. The offence took

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place between 1978 and 1979. He denies 15 charges of rape and five

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of indecent assault and will now stand trial at Preston Crown Court.

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He is serving time in prison for sexually abusing under age girls

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over a 20 year period. Our correspondent, Judity Moritz,

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reports. Stuart Hall has spent nearly a year in prison for child

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sex offences. Today, the cameras were waiting as he was brought back

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to court to face new charges. The former broadcaster, who is 84,

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listened to proceedings through head phones. He admitted indecently

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asalting a girl who was under 16 between 1978 and 79. He denies 20

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other charges, including 15 of rape, some involving the same child and

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others alleged by a different girl. Charged under his full name of James

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Stuart Hall, the former TV presenter stood behind the glass walled dock

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of court room number one and watched as the jury of eight women and four

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men were sworn in. They were told that his trial will begin tomorrow.

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The jury will hear that Stuart Hall was convicted last year of

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indecently assaulting 13 girls between 1967 and 86. The youngest

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was nine. His original prison sentence of 15 months was doubled

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when the Court of Appeal ruled that it it had been unduly lenient.

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Stuart Hall was once the popular presenter of the game show It's A

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Knock Out he was well-known as the face of BBC regional news in the

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north-west. The jury were told they may recognise the defendant, but

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they should decide the case based only on evidence heard in this

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trial. Judith Moritz, BBC us in, Preston. The comedian, Freddie

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Starr, will not face sexual abuse charges because of "insufficient

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evidence" in most cases, according to the Crown Prosecution Service.

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The 71-year-old was arrested in 2012 over claims by 13 individuals as

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part of Operation Yewtree, set up to investigate claims of historical

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sexual crimes following the Jimmy Savile scandal. Mr Starr has always

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denied any wrong-doing. Half of deaths from asthma in the UK could

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be avoided, according to the first national study of asthma deaths in

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the UK. Three people die from the condition every day, one of the

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highest death rates from asthma in Europe. The report criticises

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medical staff for complacency and for not giving patients adequate

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information. Here's our health correspondent, Branwen Jeffreys.

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Holly was like any 12-year-old, full of energy, but she was struggling

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with her asthma, even though she loved gymnastics. Her mum's plea for

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a hospital checkup was turned down, just weeks later Holly collapsed and

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died after a month in intensive care, leaving her mum bereft and

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bewildered. I never thought you could die of it. I suffer with

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asthma, so does my sister. You know, if you go about your daily life. You

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don't ever think you are going to die of it. It's quite shocking

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really. This asthma study is the largest of its kind worldwide. 195

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deaths of asthma patients were examined in detail. It found 46% of

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the deaths could have been avoided by better care. 21% had visited A

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in the previous year. The doctor who led this review says asthma can be

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successfully treated, very simply, better care could save lives.

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Patients with poorly controlled asthmas are six times more likely to

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have an asthma attack than people who have well controlled asthma. If

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we can encourage people to take medication regularly, if we can

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encourage doctors and nurses to identify those people who are not

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taking medication regularly, then we can reduce the deaths. An asthma

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attack can happen anywhere. That is why it's really important to know

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when you are struggling and recognise the warning signs. Such as

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using your reliever inhaler several times a week. Waking up in the night

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or coughing or wheezing getting in the way of your every day life. All

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reasons to go and see a doctor or a nurse to get your asthma under

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control. Many asthma deaths are needless, many preventable. A

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message Holly's family now hopes will get through. Branwen Jeffreys,

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BBC News. The bodies of five British servicemen, who were killed when

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their helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan last months, have

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arrived back in the UK. The Ministry of Defence says the crash was an

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accident, and not due to enemy action. It's the worst incident

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involving a British military helicopter in Afghanistan since the

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war began in 2001. Jon Kay reports. They died together and they flew

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home together. Arriving back at RAF Brize Norton, the bodies of five

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fallen servicemen. Waiting for them, five grieving families. Alongside

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friends, colleagues and strangers. Jim was 30 and from Cowbridge in the

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Vale of Glamorgan. Mates from his rugby club travelled here to pay

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their respects. Dedicated to the army. He would talk about it

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nonstop. The fact he has been highly regarded in the press over the last

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couple of weeks is a fitting testament to a wonderful guy.

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Warrant Officer Spencer Faulkner was of the Army Air Corps, he was 38 and

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a father of two. Corporal James Walters, who was 36 years old, and

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from Cornwall. Flight Lieutenant Rakesh Chauhan was on his third tour

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of duty in Afghanistan. He was 29. University friends from Birmingham

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were here to say goodbye. He used to talk about the camaraderie and he

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was working in intelligence, the late nights. How he was looking

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forward to coming home and having beers with friends, and things like

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that. The fifth servicemen to die was also with the intelligence

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corpse, Lance Corporal Oliver Thomas from Breacon in Powys. The sky

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suddenly darkened as the cortege arrived. This one of the largest

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turnouts ever seen here. Some of these families had been expecting

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their loved ones to return from Afghanistan this week. But their

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tours of duty were not meant to end like this. John Kay, BBC News, Brize

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Norton. The time is coming up to 6. 6.15pm. Our top story this evening.

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MPs are to scrutinise the proposed takeover of the British

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pharmaceutical firm, AstraZeneca, by it is American rival, Pfizer. Still

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to come: Have you seen him? One of Britain's most notorious armed

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robbers is still on-the-run despite being spotted in London. Coming up

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at 6. 30pm. . Can a pair of pyjamas really reduce the risk of MRSA? The

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latest trial at a south London hospital. Essex welcomes the Queen,

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as Her Majesty joins the congregation at Chelmsford

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The Islamist militant group Boko Haram claims to have taken them and

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is threatening to sell them into slavery. Britain has now joined the

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United States with an offer to help the Nigerian government find the

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girls. Our security correspondent Gordon Corera reports.

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The men came to this remote school three weeks ago. At first, the

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teenage girls thought they were soldiers who had come to rescue them

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from an attack, but then the men said the school alight and abducted

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more than 200 of the girls, driving them off into the forest.

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TRANSLATION: We said goodbye, she promised to come back soon and help

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me with my work on selling things on the street, but then I was told she

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has been abducted. Yesterday, the violent Islamist group Boko Haram

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issued this video, saying it had the girls and was going to sell them. We

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are offering tactical help. What has happened here is that the actions of

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Boko Haram in using girls as the spoils of war is disgusting. It is

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immoral. The Nigerian government has been struggling to respond. Their

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efforts look amateurish to many. I'm told that after some of the girls

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escaped, it took days the security forces to talk to them to find out

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what they knew about the kidnappers. The pressure is growing. The BBC's

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reporter explains. The Nigerian government is doing its best and

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even claiming to be winning the war against the Islamists. But despite

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the rhetoric, this year is turning out to be the bloodiest in the

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conflict began. With horrifying events like the abduction of the

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schoolgirls, there is increasing anger among the public. People are

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asking why the government cannot stop the insecurity. Britain and

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America have been offering help to Nigeria. Foreign help will not be

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welcome, but intelligence like satellite imagery and aerial

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reconnaissance might help, since the problem is now finding the girls.

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There were taken from a town in the north-east, but the terrain makes

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locating them extremely challenging. The search area is vast. The forest

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is impenetrable and 40 times the size of London, making it hard to

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spot anyone, even from the air. And the girls may well have been

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disbursed into smaller groups or taken over the border to Cameroon. A

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list of the names of those taken. Some may already have been sold to

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become wives. With eight more girls just abducted, their names are now

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added to the list of those whose fate is unknown. Gordon Corera, BBC

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News. One of Britain's most notorious

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armed robbers, who escaped while on day release from an open prison in

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Kent, is said to have been spotted in south-west London. Police say

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Michael Wheatley, nicknamed "the Skull-Cracker", was seen by a member

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of the public last night, but officers have failed to find him.

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Robert Hall reports. Michael Wheatley, a man who carried

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out one series of robberies whilst on parole for another. A man who

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routinely used violence to terrify staff and customers. Wheatley

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admitted 13 charges of robbery, during which he pistol-whipped a

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manager and a 73-year-old woman. On another occasion, he threatened to

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kill Claire Townsend. She recalls the day he attacked a bank in South

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London. He whirled round to me, put his hand round my neck, a gun to my

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temple, and started screaming and shouting, not at me, but at the

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cashiers. Michael Wheatley was being held here at Standford Hill open

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prison on the Isle of Sheppey. He had been moved to Kent as part of

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the process which leads to eventual release. On Saturday morning, he

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left the prison on temporary licence. At 9.20, he boarded a train

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at Sittingbourne, headed for East London. And last night, after police

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appealed for help, he was spotted in southwest London. The Metropolitan

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Police said officers based here in Twickenham went to the address. They

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searched the surrounding area, but there was no sign of Michael

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Wheatley. It is just one line of enquiry. Wheatley's robberies

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stretched from Royston in Hertfordshire to Southampton, and he

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is known to have links throughout south-east England. Ministry of

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Justice figures show that 120 people absconded from open prisons last

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year. The Government, who were considering the wider use of tagging

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for temporary releases, say questions must be asked about this

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incident. He was clearly in that prison after a decision by the

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independent parole board, but I want to be sure that proper risk

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assessments were carried out. It is obviously important that people who

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are a threat to the public are kept behind bars where it is possible to

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do so. The search for Michael Wheatley has spread throughout the

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UK. Tonight, Kent police have repeated their warning that he

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should not be approached. Robert Hall, BBC News.

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The British police have requested permission from the Portuguese

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authorities to excavate a number of sites as part of the investigation

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into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. The sites are thought to be

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in Praia da Luz, where Madeleine went missing in 2007 when she was

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three years old. Our correspondent Richard Bilton reports from there.

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Once again, the spotlight falls on this little town. Seven years since

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Madeleine McCann disappeared, Praia da Luz is at the heart of the

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investigation. A Portuguese prosecutor has approved a series of

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requests from the British police for investigative work here in Portugal.

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This evening, the British police team themselves confirmed that

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activity is to begin soon. In an open letter, the force said:

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but there was more. This letter urged the media to avoid

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speculation. That is because here in Portugal and in the UK, Madeleine

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McCann's case is back in the news. It has been reported that one of the

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requests from the British police is to start digging at sites in the

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town . Here in Portugal, there has been no official confirmation that

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digging will take place. Indeed, the officers we have spoken to no work

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is scheduled. But if it did happen, it would be the Portuguese police

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that were in charge. Any British investigators would be here only as

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observers. Seven years since Madeleine McCann disappeared from

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this flat, an upsurge in police activity seems about to start.

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Maintaining a relationship between the separate and ongoing British and

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Portuguese investigations will be crucial. Richard Bilton, BBC News,

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Praia da Luz. The Liberal Democrats have launched

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their English council elections by admitting they are no longer the

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party of the protest vote - instead, they're going to UKIP. But the party

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leader, Nick Clegg, accused UKIP of peddling dangerous fantasies and

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scaring everybody witless, while the Lib Dems could be trusted with the

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things that matter most to people. Our political correspondent Vicky

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Young reports. Not a murder on the dance floor, but

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it could be bloodbath at the ballot box for the Liberal Democrats. Took

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over a London night up for their election log, but it is hard to be

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upbeat when everyone is predicting failure. But Nick Clegg did his

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best. Bluntly, we are not the protest party any more. We are not

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the none of the above party any more. We are not just against

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things, we are four things. UKIP is now the protest party in British

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politics. The Lib Dems depend on their grassroots supporters, so how

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are they feeling? Where we have successful local councillors, we

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win. We will probably take a hit at the next election, but we will

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bounce back because people will realise that without our party, we

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would not have had the economic recovery. Nick Clegg moved from a

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nightclub to a daycare centre. He admits that being in a coalition

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with the Conservatives has dented the party's traditional support, but

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Mr Clegg told me he is proud of their achievements in government.

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Yes, we have courted short-term popularity by entering into

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coalition, but in doing so, we have the joint economic recovery for

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millions of people. That is important, and if we tell our side

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of the story, there will does that support. If the polls are right,

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Nick Clegg could be facing a nightmare scenario where his party

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comes to hand the Greens. But the Lib Dems insist that in places like

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this in north London where they already have dozens of councillors

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and a local MP, support is holding up. But more and more, his campaign

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is looking like a damage limitation exercise. Vicki Young, BBC News,

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Haringey. 60 years ago today, the world of

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athletics was stunned when a 25-year-old medical student achieved

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a feat many thought impossible. On a cold, windy day in Oxford, Roger

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Bannister became the first person to break the four minute mile. He later

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went on to become an eminent neurologist, and recently revealed

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he's suffering from Parkinson's disease. Sir Roger has been reliving

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the moment he made history with our correspondent Duncan Kennedy.

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May the 6th, 1954. Roger Bannister is less than four minutes from

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immortality. Now 85, we asked Sir Roger to relive that remarkable

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race, 60 years on. At this point, it becomes quite painful. I overtake

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Chris chat away and begin the finish. That is it. Did you do it

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for yourself or for your country? I think I did it for both. I don't

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think I could distinguish. But there was certainly a feeling of it being

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a national event and something of a landmark for the country. Standing

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behind Roger Bannister that day was a 15-year-old schoolboy, Robin

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Winstone. He was also ready for post-war British success. It was a

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formal in those days. Here is the result of the one mile. First, Roger

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Bannister, in a time of... And nothing was heard after that. There

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was bedlam. The record that Roger Bannister said here in 1954 did not

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last long. In fact, it was beaten just 46 days later by his great

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Australian rival. But like Everest before him and the moon landings

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after, Roger Bannister was one of those greats who did it first. And

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because of that, he will always be room in third. Roger Bannister, the

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man who created a brief time in history.

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Time for a look at the weather. Here's Nick Miller.

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Still some warm sunshine around today, but increasing chance is

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forgetting wet for the rest of the week, and here is why. Low pressure

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is getting ready to push hands of wet weather across us and showers.

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For the past few hours, we have seen heavy showers through south-west

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England and the South Midlands. A few rumbles of thunder. Heavier

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downpours are poised to move across Northern Ireland. And the wind is

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picking up, but it will not be a cold night. Tomorrow, there will

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still be a bit of sun around. A stronger wind as well, adding to a

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cooler field to the weather. There are three zones of whether to talk

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about tomorrow. Showers in Scotland. No longer spell of rain in Northern

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Ireland. To the south of that, plenty of sunshine, but a scattering

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of showers. It will feel cooler in the breeze, although some places in

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south-east England may still see 17 or 18 degrees. The northern half of

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Scotland will have sunshine, but scattered, heavy showers. The wind

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is lighter here in bed with elsewhere. On Thursday, further

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outbreaks of rain in Northern Ireland. Sunshine and showers again

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in Scotland. On Friday, we are all in the same vote. It will be breezy,

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with showers building again. Dry weather in between. If you are

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begging me to show you the start of next week and, low pressure means

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rain, although Scotland may escape the showers.

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