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Shock and outrage at a video showing the beheading of an

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American journalist by an Islamist extremist who may be British.

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James Foley spent many years reporting from war zones.

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He was kidnapped in Syria in 2012. David Cameron cut short his holiday

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to hold emergency meetings. This is deeply shocking but we know

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that far too many British citizens have travelled to Iraq and travelled

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to Syria to take part in extremism and violence.

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We'll be looking at the threat from British jihadis

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as police say they are examining the contents of the video.

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Also tonight: Funerals for the wife and child of a

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Hamas leader killed in an error strike.

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Also tonight: A rise in the number of deaths

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from blood-poisoning could be due to bacteria becoming resistant to

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antibiotics, warn doctors. A European champion at just 14.

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Para-athlete Maria Lyle wins on her debut in Swansea.

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Tonight on BBC London: Safety on the Thames 25 years on.

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Remembering those who died in the Marchioness disaster.

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Unsatisfactory care. The health watchdog criticises

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Northwick Park Hospital. Good evening and welcome to the

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BBC News at Six. Western countries have expressed

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shock and disgust at a video showing the beheading

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of an American journalist by an extremist from the Islamic State.

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James Foley, 40, had been missing since he was

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abducted in Syria two years ago. The killing,

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which was filmed and posted online, appears to have been carried out

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by a man with a British accent. It's led David Cameron to break

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off his holiday to hold emergency meetings on the situation.

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This report now is from our International Correspondent

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Ian Pannell in Washington. It does not show the full video,

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but you may find some images from it distressing.

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He was a son, a brother and a reporter. James Foley had worked in

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Iraq and Afghanistan. A friend said he was adventurous, kind and tough.

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He eventually turned his lanes to the crisis in Syria, a country that

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has taken the lives of more journalists than any other in the

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last to my ears. In late 2012 he was kidnapped by militants. -- two

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years. Last night the Islamic State released a video appearing to show

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his beheading. The film is addressed to President Obama with the threat

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that a second American captive will be killed if US air strikes

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continue. Iraqi and Kurdish troops are taking back some territory but

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the group formerly known as Isis is still advancing across Syria.

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American intelligence officials still advancing across Syria.

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American intelligence have said they have verified this video. His life

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stands in stark contrast to his colours.

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have verified this video. His life stands Let us be clear. They have

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rampaged across cities and villages, killing innocent unarmed civilians

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in cowardly acts of violence. James Foley, seen here working, is one of

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tens of thousands of people to have died at the hands of militants,

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rebels and government forces. He was aware of the dangers, having been

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held captive in Libya. No matter what romantic ideal you have, no

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matter what ethic you think you have, it is never worth that. In a

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statement, his mother said... Friends of James Foley said they can

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only imagine what it must have been like for him.

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Friends of James Foley said they can only imagine He was a lovely guy, a

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professional, he knew what he wanted and how to get it. He was not a

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chance, he was very professional. He went to Syria to draw the world's

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attention to a tragedy that has been largely ignored. President Obama

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tried to keep America out of this conflict. That no longer tenable as

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US officials say fighter jets have conducted more air strikes. This is

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the Islamic State's first attack against America, it will not be the

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last. We have just heard from the family of James Foley. I pray that

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it will challenge our government to look deeply within and find a way to

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protect courageous Americans, humanitarian workers, journalists

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who dared to go where they now there is a chance they can be killed or

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captured. David Cameron has described

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the murder of James Foley as "shocking and depraved".

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He returned to Downing Street to hold meetings with the

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Foreign Secretary and senior intelligence officials.

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The Metropolitan Police have said they're investigating

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the contents of the video and have warned the public that viewing,

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downloading or disseminating it might constitute an offence.

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Our Political Correspondent Ben Wright reports.

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The crisis in Iraq has come closer to home.

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The beheading of an American by a man believed to be British brought

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the Prime Minister back to Downing Street, shortening his holiday to

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lead the government's response. Ministers and officials from

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across Whitehall met in Number 10 and in the last few minutes

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David Cameron gave his reaction. It is an act of murder and murder

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without any justification. We have not identified

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the individual responsible on the video but from what we have

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seen it looks increasingly likely that it is a British citizen.

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What we must do is redouble our efforts to stop people going,

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to take away the passports of those contemplating travel,

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to arrest and prosecute those taking part

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in extremism and to do everything we can to keep people safe.

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We have brothers from Cambodia, UK. British jihadists in Syria.

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The government says around 400 British citizens have left

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the UK to fight for Islamic State. One think tank says

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the government must do more. It is increasing.

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We know that a significant number of British Muslims are fighting

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and this government does not have a strategy to combat nonviolent

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extremism and prevent them from becoming violent in the first place.

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This murder confirms that the security services and ministers have

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known for many months, the conflict in Syria and Iraq are magnets to

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some radicalised British Muslims. The questions now begin.

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Did the intelligence services know about this man?

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How can the flow of British jihadists be stopped and

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what more can Britain do to tackle Islamic State forces in Iraq?

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There is work that needs to be done with communities across the

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United Kingdom to support families and parents in trying to stop the

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recruitment of youngsters first of all to a radical ideology here in

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the UK or travelling to be trained by Isis or other jihadi forces.

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In Iraq RAF planes are already being used in the surveillance

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of Islamic State forces. The UK is transporting arms

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from other countries to Kurdish fighters.

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The UK might decide to carry out air strikes on Islamic State forces.

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The United States already is. The government has ruled out putting

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British troops on the ground in Iraq.

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UK soldiers might help train the country's army.

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One of the problems of the Syria and now the Iraq crisis is

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this is a war for the soul of With me now is our security

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correspondent Frank Gardner. The police are trying to identify

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the man behind this killing. It is also the FBI. He is the subject of

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an intensive trawl through all the databases, the record they have,

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almost certainly he will be someone they know about, he will have an

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assumed name, he probably left the UK in the last few years. The accent

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this man has seems to be from London or the south east so he is one of

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around 500 estimated Britons who have gone to Syria, most of them

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joining Isis. What can be done? It is very difficult because where they

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can they take away that passports, but this is easy for people to jump

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on a flight to Turkey and get across the border. This has been described

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as a war crime. That is probably a lot more pressure on the security

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services than there has been on any other one. Our political editor is

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in Downing Street. It does not sound as if this is going to lead to any

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change in policy. He made it clear to me that he was not unveiling a

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change in foreign policy or to unveil a new strategy designed to

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combat extremism at home and the exporting of British jihad --

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jihadis but I am told that he put one question, are there any other

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powers you need? For now apparently the answer is no. The government had

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promised to tighten up rules to make it possible to take passports away

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from these people wanting to fight abroad and will take another look at

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whether those powers will be adequate. The rhetoric has changed.

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If you believe Iraq was in effect in Britain's past, the Prime Minister

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is talking about deploying every power, including military, but not

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combat, to take the fight to those who call themselves the Islamic

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State. What makes this different from all of the acts we have seen is

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a British man has beheaded an American citizen, a journalist who

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tried to highlight the barbarity of what was happening in the Middle

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East. correspondent Frank Gardner.

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Now the rest of today's news. Doctors specialising

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in intensive care are warning that the growing resistance

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of bacteria to antibiotics could be leading to a rise in the number

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of people who die from sepsis, the result of blood poisoning.

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37,000 people in the UK die each year

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from sepsis and doctors say things could get much worse without new

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treatments and better prevention. Our Health Editor Hugh Pym reports.

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Julie knows too well the reality of sepsis. What she thought was flu

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turned into a nightmare. She was found to have pneumonia and sepsis

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and nearly died. They took me up to intensive care and I was in the

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States before cardiac arrest. -- the state before. When I got to hospital

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the sepsis was their biggest concern. Heavy doses of antibiotics

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helped Julie recover from sepsis, the severe condition which follows

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blood poisoning. Some are not so lucky. There has been a warning from

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a leading expert that because of increasing resistance to antibiotics

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treating sepsis patients in intensive care is becoming more

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difficult. For the first time in recent months I have seen in my own

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intensive care unit patients coming along who have infections which are

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pretty much resistant to all of the antibiotics. Sepsis claims the lives

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of nearly 30 is thousand people a year in the UK, that is above the

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number of lung cancer deaths, just over 35,000, and more than twice the

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number of people dying from bowel cancer, nearly 16,000. Initiatives

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like this have been launched to ensure better recording of and

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monitoring of patient data, like this one at Nottingham University

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Hospital. NHS chiefs act knowledge sepsis is a major challenge. We know

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we can save many lives if we get this right and there are many

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preventable deaths due to sepsis every year and our top priority has

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to be to try to save those lives we can save and have as big and might

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impact as we can on those preventable deaths. When Julie went

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to her GP her symptoms, including high-temperature, were not properly

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identified. She wants greater awareness amongst doctors and

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patients of the dangers of sepsis. A second man has been arrested

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in connection with the death of an immigrant found in a shipping

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container at Tilbury Docks. Essex Police have also released

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pictures of the container, in which the Afghan

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and 34 other immigrants were found. The suspect, aged 33 and

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from Londonderry, will be questioned by detectives later on suspicion

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of manslaughter and facilitating illegal entry in to the UK.

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Hamas, the Islamist group which runs Gaza, says the wife and child

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of its military commander have been killed in an Israeli air strike.

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There have been further air strikes today, after Israel accused

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the Palestinians of more rocket-fire leading to the

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collapse of a cease-fire yesterday. Talks in Egypt aimed at achieving

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a long-term truce also broke down yesterday, once the violence

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resumed. Our correspondent Yolande Knell reports.

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A huge turnout for the funeral of the wife and infant son of the top

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Hamas military leader. Many carried the green flags of his Islamic

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group. This was a show of support and defiance. Earlier, medics

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directed bulldozers, as Hamas policeman kept watch at the sight of

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Israel's deadly attack. This pile of dusty rubble is all that is left of

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a house where relatives of the head of the Hamas military wing, Mohammed

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Deif, used to live. It was hit by Israeli air strikes overnight. Hamas

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says this was an assassination attempt. Today, Palestinian

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militants fired more rockets into southern Israel. The iron Dome

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defence system was back in action. But still, some properties were

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damaged. Meanwhile, the Israeli military said it had hit dozens of

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sites across Gaza, used to launch and store missiles. Hardliners in

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the Israeli cabinet now want a wider operation against Hamas. We have two

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fight it. It takes patience. The Second World War went on to six

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years. We have to persevere. We have to beat this group of evil

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terrorists. About 2000 Israeli reserve soldiers, who had been sent

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home, are being recalled. All of this has thrown Egypt's efforts to

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broker a longer term cease-fire deal into jeopardy. The refusal of the

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Israelis to give us, the Palestinians, their rights and their

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freedom and open the borders and lift the siege and implement the

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agreements will make the Palestinians continue to stand in

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front of the Israelis and defend their people. In Gaza, tens of

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thousands have been left homeless, after the recent fighting. Some are

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camping out in these hospital grounds. They face greater

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uncertainty, with the renewed violence.

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Our top story this evening. Shock and outrage at

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a video showing the beheading of an American journalist by an Islamist

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extremist - who may be British. And still to come...

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The para-athlete wonder-kid now winning gold -

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and she's still just 14. Later on BBC London.

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Detectives appeal for a key witness, after

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a man was left in a coma following a brutal attack in Wood Green.

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And, music on the Meridian - four nights of world-class concerts

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in Greenwich. With the referendum on Scottish

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independence less than a month away, a major new poll suggests a majority

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of people in England support the idea of an English Parliament.

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The survey, conducted by Edinburgh and Cardiff Universities, found 54%

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wanted powers devolved from Westminster, to a new parliament

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dealing only with English matters. With the Scottish Parliament likely

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to get greater powers whichever way the referendum goes, only 18% of

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English adults surveyed thought the status quo was best for England.

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As part of the BBC's Who Do We Think We Are project, our home editor

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Mark Easton asks if Scotland has exposed underlying issues in England

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about the state of the union. In the middle of Middle England,

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Tamworth in Staffordshire, is a pub named St George. But it has not

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always been called that. Until a few years ago, it was the Scotsman. The

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new name reflects the regulars' Patrick is but also perhaps a

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growing sense that compared with Scotland, with free prescriptions

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and university tuition, England is getting a raw deal. I do it -- don't

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think England get a fair deal but I think should Scotland should stay.

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We'll work hard, why should they get more money when we are doing the

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same thing? A major survey of English attitudes today finds that

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61% of those who expressed a view thought Scotland was getting more

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than its fair share of public spending. 62% thought it was wrong

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that Scottish MPs can vote on laws that apply only to England. Just up

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the road from Tamworth, the ancient city of Lichfield. The cathedral

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commemorates the Anglo-Saxon kings of Murcia. This was once a major

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power in the heart of old England. Some say Lichfield should be so once

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again, as the seat of an English parliament. We are campaigning for a

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parliament for England. The English Democrats may be a small party but

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their campaign for England to have its own lawmaking body, to match the

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Scottish Parliament and the assemblies in Wales and Northern

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Ireland appears to have struck a chord. People in England are fed up

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with the current arrangement. They are becoming more conscious of the

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unfair treatment of England. Today's survey suggests a majority,

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54% of people in England, think it is time England had its own

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parliament, four times as many as disagreed with the idea. What comes

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through in this survey is that while people are reluctant to throw away

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centuries of political tradition, there is a clear majority who think

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the current arrangement is unfair. Whatever happens in the referendum,

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it is likely there will be demands the change south of the border. At

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the same time as Scotland are looking at themselves, so are the

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English and thinking that they should show the English and S.

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England should have their own voice and their own opinions are based on

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us. Anything related to England should be voted for by the English

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MPs. It is a good idea but the trouble is, we don't want any more

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politicians. We want to cut down on them! Today's survey finds little

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appetite for an independent England, but the English, it seems, want a

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good idea but the trouble is, we don't want any more politicians. We

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want to cut down on them! Today's survey finds little appetite for an

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independent England, but the English, it seems, want to reject

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the -- rejig the balance of power. about the state of the union.

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A new offence of domestic abuse could be created in England

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and Wales, to protect people who suffer psychological and emotional

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abuse from their partners. It would effectively extend

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the law around domestic violence. The Home Secretary is launching

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a consultation on the issue. But there are questions over how

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the new law would be enforced. Our home affairs correspondent

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Matt Prodger reports. Every year, police in England and

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Wales receive 1 million reports of domestic abuse. It is not just

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violence. In some of its most terrifying forms, it leaves no

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physical scars at all. Carol, not her real name, says her former

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partner's bullying destroyed the confident and assertive young woman

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she once was. He told me that if I was even thinking of leaving with

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the children, he would have me put away, have me sectioned, were the

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words he used. He said he knew people who could kill me and they

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would make it look like an accident. He scared me so much. There are

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already laws which cover non-violent abuse, like stalking or harassment.

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But the Home Office is suggesting legislation which refers explicitly

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to domestic abuse within relationships, whether it is violent

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or non-violent. The minister responsible once the law to give

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police a better understanding of what is required of them. A report

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this year found their response to domestic abuse was ineffective. This

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is going to protect people who are perhaps being abused in a way the

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public don't understand because they are not physically being attacked.

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If you are in a relationship where your partner is controlling your

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bank account, where you can't spend money, choose the closing want to

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wear, you are prevented from seeing your friends or ostracised from your

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family. -- choose the clothes. It is all abuse. Can't you do anything

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right? You are useless! This dark police video illustrates the

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shouting and threats that can characterise non-violent abuse. But

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some professionals believe it is not a change in the law which is

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required but a change in police attitudes. If the government are

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concerned about domestic abuse, then they should really put resources

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into training police and prosecutors. Next month, every

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police force in England and Wales will have to prove it has an action

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plan in place to combat domestic abuse. At its most violent, it

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claims the lives of two women every week.

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Now imagine being a world-record breaking sprinter at just 12.

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Well remarkably, two years ago, para-athlete Maria Lyle achieved

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precisely that. But she wasn't old enough to compete

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for Britain - until today when, on her debut,

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she became the European champion. Andy Swiss reports from Swansea.

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She is the world's fastest at just 14. Maria Lyle, poised for her

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British debut, the latest landmark in her remarkable story. Born with

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cerebral palsy, her sporting rise has been as fast as her feet. By 12,

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she was the world record holder in her class. She would have won gold

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at the London Paralympics but under the rules, was too young to compete.

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But now, two years later, finally she can run for Great Britain. Her

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parents, Raymond and Susan, arrived in Swansea for the moment for which

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they have waited so long. I am quite nervous about it. You know, I

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probably did not sleep that well last night. But I know she will go

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out there and give her best. I would say she is beyond her years in terms

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of her ability to deal with it. I knew that at 14, now, she is ready

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for this. And indeed she was. The 100 metres is not even her favourite

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event. The 14-year-old showed the Madeira de of a seasoned veteran,

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winning by more than a second of an -- showed the majority of the season

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veteran, winning by more than 1.5 seconds. Next week it is back to

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school in Dunbar but for now she can celebrate being European champion. I

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made up because I have been training all summer holidays for it. It is

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good to hear that the hard work has paid off. It was really good. The

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home crowd spurred me on. It was a good day for teenage prodigies as

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Erin McBride also won gold at the grand old age of 16. Britain's

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Paralympic prospects are looking faster and younger than ever.

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Erin McBride will be hoping for another good day tomorrow. She picks

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up her GCSE results. It has been an impressive start to the

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championships by the British team with seven gold medals so far. They

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will be expecting plenty more in next few days.

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Time for a look at the weather. Here's Alex Deakin.

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A cold start to today but there was some sunshine over the UK and

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showers. The cool thing continues tomorrow and we will see more

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showers and not quite so much sunshine. We have still got some

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pretty lively showers across eastern England but they are fading fast. We

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will see more persistent rain trickling across Scotland and into

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parts of Northern Ireland, with the breeze picking up. With the cloud

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and rain across northern Britain, it will not be as cold as last night,

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whereas further south, ten and 11 in towns and cities but in rural areas,

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it could be as low as three or four. A chilly start across the East

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Midlands, East Anglia and the south-east but a sunny one.

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Elsewhere, more clout and showers, some poor south Wales and south-west

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England, particularly early. And showers trickling southwards from

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Scotland into northern England. It should cheer up in the afternoon,

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Scotland, with some sunshine. Some heavy showers later and temperatures

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may not reach the teams. Elsewhere, only 1415 with more clout across

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northern England as the showers push south into parts of Wales,

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especially in the afternoon. Not too many showers in southern areas this

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afternoon and the most of the day, East Anglia and the south-east Ryan

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Bright but temperatures only 18 or 19. Rain in the south-east scooting

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through early on Friday and again, northerly winds bringing sunny

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spells but also a scattering of showers and still meaning the

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temperatures are below average for the time of year, 15, to maybe as

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high as 20. That is how we go into the weekend, a cool day on Saturday

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with sunny spells, not so many showers. The best bet for a dry day

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this weekend is Sunday. Eight. But sunny for many, turning cloudy in

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the west later and it looks as though on Monday, we will see

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increasing amount of cloud and rain pushing across the country.

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