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Extra armed police begin patrolling the streets of London

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after the recent terror attacks in Europe.

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The first of 600 additional armed police are being deployed

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in the capital to reassure the public and act as a deterrent.

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We are seeing people that are determined to attack us.

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We've got to deal with that seriously, this is a deadly

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In all more than 1500 extra armed police will eventually be

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deployed across the UK - it could take up to two

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New measures to reduce household gas and electricity bills as the energy

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regulator attempts to create more competition in the market.

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Crash landing in Dubai - an extraordinary escape for more

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than 300 passengers and crew after their Emirates

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Guilty - the funeral director who took mourners' money

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And the family who've been landed with ?61 million -

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all because of a mother's lucky feeling.

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And coming up in the sport on BBC News:

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We'll have the best of the action for you from the opening day

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of the third test between England and Pakistan at Edgbaston.

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Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

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The first of 600 additional armed police officers have begun

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patrolling the streets of London in response to the recent terror

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The Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said

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there was no intelligence of an imminent attack,

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but it would be foolish to ignore what had happened

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In all more than 1500 additional police marksmen

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will eventually be deployed across the UK - though it could take

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Our Home Affairs correspondent June Kelly reports.

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This is what the front line would look like in the face of an attack.

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These Scotland Yard marksmen have been trained to confront armed

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terrorists. They will keep moving forward even if one of their

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colleagues has been shot. They would be kitted up like this only if the

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capital was under attack. To get to a scene quickly they travel in pairs

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on these bikes. We've been looking at the attack methodology of

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terrorists in mainland Europe in Paris and Brussels and an essential

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part of our tactic is to respond as fast as possible. These bikes give

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us the best opportunity along with an array of other tactics we have.

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From today the first of 600 more armed officers will be patrolling

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London. The Met police won't say exactly how many. The threat level

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in the UK remains at severe, which means that an attack is highly

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likely. It's been like this for two years and hasn't changed. This is a

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reasonable response. This is not giving every police officer in

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Britain a gun, not even everybody on the net a gun, this is increasing to

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some extent, still less than 10% of our whole workforce will have a

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firearm. This is one of the innovations, vehicle checkpoints

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with armed officers in support. They will be set up in different places

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on different days. So these are the sort of measures

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that will now be seen in place around the capital. The Met hopes

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that they will reassure rather than alarm the public. I feel more

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protected with police with guns than just walking with their hands in

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their pocket, see what I mean? I guess, save and I think it might be

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a little unsettling because it's something we are not used to seeing.

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Sad, but that's the world we live in, isn't it? The latest European

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attack was the murder of a priest in his church in Rouen. He was killed

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with a knife in what the intelligence agencies term a

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low-tech attack. It illustrated the terrorist range of tactics and how

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their targets might not be in the centre of a major city. In all,

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there will eventually be more than 1500 extra firearms officers in

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Britain but the bulk of these will be in the big cities and there is

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concern that smaller forces are being ignored. It could happen

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anywhere, whether it be at a military base, a small market town

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or major city. We've got to make sure that as an emergency service

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the police service has the resilience and resources where it's

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going to be needed when it happens. I'm not convinced we are there yet.

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Is being claimed that it could take at least two years to get all the

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extra officers in place. The lessons learned from other parts of Europe

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mean a change in police priorities in the UK. Jim Kelly, BBC News.

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With me now is our home editor Mark Easton.

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This is the first time we will see this kind of police in this kind of

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numbers. And it's a risk as we saw in the report. When we see those

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kind of officers, with helmets, tooled up, armed on our streets,

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will people feel reassured or alarmed? The dividing line for

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Scotland Yard to reassure the public they are ready to deal with the kind

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of terrorist incidents we have seen so tragically in other European

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cities recently that without frightening people. The terrorist

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threat level is severe, but hasn't changed in a couple of years. There

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will be more armed cops, but police in London and beyond, they remain

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overwhelmingly unarmed and extreme force must be an option. But the

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principle of what we call police on by consent remains. Officers need to

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be trusted, they need to be seen as approachable and friendly, that is

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our way and that is why Scotland Yard is encouraging people, if you

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see some of these guys, go and say hello, they want the public to greet

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them. The public want the police to be able to respond to an act of

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terrorism but don't want the bobby on the beat to look like Robocop.

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Mark Easton, thank you. Gas and electricity companies

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are to be forced by the energy regulator to introduce measures

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to reduce household bills. Ofgem says it includes a cap

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on pre-payment meters that'll save many customers

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around ?75 a year. They're also asking for clearer

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information on bills, a wider range of tariffs and moves

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to encourage more people Our correspondent

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Simon Gompertz reports. Two thirds of us are paying too much

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for gas and electricity and the worst affected are four million

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people like Jay Winter with a prepayment

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meter. Meters with less choice

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of tariffs and higher rates. Ever since I've been on a prepayment

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meter, costs have soared on gas

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and electric quite dramatically. I would say in a month,

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I am topping it up Whereas opposed to a direct debit

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scheme, you would be To spur competition,

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limits on the number of There will be a cap

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on prepayment prices, saving customers ?75

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a year, then 10 million people will be put

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on a database to be sent

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mailshots from suppliers What we've got to do as an industry

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is really help people engage in it and I think that is beholden

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on an energy supplier, on an Internet switching site

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and actually on the But there is worry about being

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on a database, plus many can't be bothered to switch,

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even for a possible ?300 saving. Too lazy to get on the Internet

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and get it changed. I can't be bothered to go

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through all the hassle. I don't want people

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getting my information. If they can get hold

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of it, who else can? There's hundreds of pounds to be

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shaved off families' That is the expectation

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that Ofgem has now raised, so there will be huge

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pressure to deliver, or they will face calls for wider controls

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to put the lid on prices. The part of this we will be watching

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really closely are these measures to get

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more people switching not clear whether those

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will work or not, but The question that will come back

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in a few years' time if they don't work is whether there should

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be a broader price cap to protect more people in the

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market, essentially. Success could depend on these -

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smart meters to help save energy and open the way to special

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deals and faster switching, but it will be several years

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before we all have them. 300 passengers and crew had a very

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lucky escape this morning when their plane crash landed

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at Dubai Airport and The Emirates Boeing 777

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was arriving from India Everyone on board survived

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but a firefighter who was tackling 14 others were taken

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to hospital - mostly Here's our transport correspondent

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Richard Westcott. You can only imagine what it must

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have been like for everyone on board. A normal landing turns to

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chaos as the aircraft skips along on its belly, smoke pouring from the

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cabin. Then it gets even worse. An explosion, probably fuel,

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centrepiece of the aircraft spinning through the air, although we don't

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know if everyone was off by that stage. 300 people escaped down these

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inflatable slides. They say they got no warning anything was wrong. We

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had not heard any announcement or anything, it was a big noise. The

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smoke was coming inside and they asked us to evacuate so we escape

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through the emergency exits. So we were jumping down. All of the people

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were shouting, the children and women, people were shouting and

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crying. This is what it looked like from another aircraft sitting

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nearby. I turned and we saw this plane on its side, the wing coming

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off, on fire, it was horrific, we saw the whole thing, it was crazy.

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The chairman of Emirates said everything seemed fine as the

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aircraft approached Dubai. Yet the plane doesn't seem to have had its

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wheels down when it hit the ground. We don't yet know if it was down to

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a mechanical problem, a mistake by the pilot, or a bit of both. Still,

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it's incredible all of the passengers walked away from this

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alive. Richard Westcott, BBC News. You leave it to the charities who

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could do with it. She asked her to send donations to a

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local doctor's surgery, but no money was received. What's more, she is

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one of her valour tips. Who can you trust if you cannot trust a funeral

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director? To think that she was also a member of your family, how much

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worse does that make it for you? A hell of a lot worse. It could not

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get any worse. That is the lowest of the low. It will always be with me

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forever more, until I go. She even sent fake letters to some families,

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pretending that money had been received. Some charities feel what

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she did may affect future donations. But they stress it appears to be an

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isolated case. A judge has ruled that

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a woman from South Wales who claims her father has

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kept her locked up against her will in Saudi Arabia must be allowed

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to return to Britain. 21-year-old Amina Al-Jeffrey

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grew up in Swansea - but was taken to Saudi

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four years ago. Her father said he did

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it to "save her life". The judge described it as an

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important and difficult case. The 21-year-old at the centre of it not

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able to tell her side of the story in person, but three snatched

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conversations and e-mails her case proved compelling. The judge agreed

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she had been imprisoned when she was taken to Saudi Arabia at 16 by her

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father. He had said she was living a toxic lifestyle in Swansea on that

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she was taking drugs and drinking and that by taking her away, he

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saved her life. She was locked in his flat four hours a day while he

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was at work, sometimes she claimed without food, water and toilet

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facilities. The judge ruled the father must pay for her flight back

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to Britain by September the 11th. The ruling will not have any legal

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authority, not recognised by the Saudi legal system, her dual

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nationality is not recognised there either. If he chooses to ignore the

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order, he will be in contempt of court, but that is only punishable

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if he chooses to come back to Britain. Despite this, the judge

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said to do nothing would amount to a dereliction of duty to her, in

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effect giving up on her. The first of 600 extra armed

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officers start patrols in London after the recent terror attacks

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in Europe. How one woman's hunch landed her

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family with a ?61 million win. A huge night for Celtic,

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who face Kazakhstan side Astana in the second leg

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of their Champions League qualifier, Brendan Rodgers could hand

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Kolo Toure his debut. After being carried more than 12,000

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miles around Brazil, the Olympic torch has finally

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arrived in Rio ahead of Friday's And the movie will be Great

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Britain's flag bearer. -- Andy Murray.

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It's an important moment at any Games, and of course a particularly

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In a year where sport in general has been embroiled in controversy,

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our Sports Editor Dan Roan looks at the difficulties faced

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by the Olympic movement and considers how it can move

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After a journey across Brazil, this morning's arrival

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of the Olympic torch was a symbolic moment.

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In two days it will be the focal point of the Opening Ceremony,

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but the build-up has been a troubled one, dominated by the

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Under severe pressure, the IOC is meeting here

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this week amid a crisis of faith in its leadership,

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and Britain's most successful Olympian says the start of the sport

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I hope that there will be some amazing performances

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across the board from all of the countries, not

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just Great Britain, something we can celebrate,

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and remind us what the point of the Olympic Games is,

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about bringing the world together, celebrating humanity

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and sport and not focusing on the negative issues.

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London 2012 helped transform East London, and most

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of the venues are in use, but failed to make Britain

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The Sochi Winter Games were the most expensive ever and arguably the most

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damaging, given the revelations of state-sponsored doping.

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The setting is hard to beat, but it has struggled

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with opposition, recession and concerns over Zika,

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Come here to the Olympic Park, you are struck by the scale of local

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For many, they are worth every penny, but for the critics,

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they question the cost and the legacy of the Olympics,

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and with more countries thinking twice before bidding to stage them,

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the very future of the Olympic Games could be at stake.

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IOC president Thomas Bach has pledged to reduce the cost

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But some want other values prioritised.

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Campaigners here insisting that mega events like this are too often

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linked to human-rights abuses and corruption.

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If the IOC and the international federations don't react,

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if they continue as they do and say, "We don't care," it might be the end

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of the Olympic Games, at least as a message to the world,

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It is evident the Games remain big business,

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with billions generated in sponsorship and broadcasting

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There are some western cities that still want to play host.

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Los Angeles one of those bidding to secure the Games for 2024.

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There is sustainability, infrastructure.

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Los Angeles has 97% of our permanent venues already built,

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We have the facilities, we are a sporting town.

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88% of our residents want to bring the Games back to Los Angeles.

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This afternoon, the sport began, the women's football tournament

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getting under way in front of a few hundred spectators.

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Organisers hope the atmosphere will build and provides

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Police in Pakistan have confirmed that a 28-year-old woman

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from Bradford found dead in the Punjab last

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Samia Shahid's father initially said she had died of a heart attack

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But her husband claims she was the victim of a so-called

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honour killing because her family disapproved of their marriage.

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This is the quiet village where Samia Shahid came

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to visit her family, and this is where she was killed.

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We came to the house to speak to her relatives

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and get their reaction on the latest police report.

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Her aunt refused to address anything linked to the case.

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She did mention that she saw her the morning before she died.

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Initially her father said she had died of a heart attack.

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He and her local MP in Bradford demanded further investigation.

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This is the hospital where her body was taken after she died.

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For the first week, the police said that there were no marks

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It was only after her husband obtained a copy of the postmortem

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that we learned there were marks around her neck.

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The police tell us that she died from strangulation.

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Her husband said he was not sure how to feel when he got the latest

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I don't know whether to be happy or sad about it.

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I lost her, but then I am happy that I am trying to find justice,

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She did not deserve to die like this.

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She was once married to her cousin in Pakistan,

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before she returned to the UK and filed for divorce.

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He claims her parents and cousins never forgave her because she

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married outside the family against their wishes.

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No arrests have been made, but police are investigating her

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father and are looking to interrogate her ex-husband, who

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The police have not yet revealed the motive behind the murder.

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But the tragic turn of events for the 28-year-old Bradford-born

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The contest to replace Nigel Farage as leader of Ukip has thrown

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the party into disarray after one of the favourite candidates

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The MEP Stephen Woolfe missed the deadline to submit his papers

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Three members of Ukip's executive committee have now

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This contest begins with quite a row?

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Ukip IDs to blasts of internal turbulence, and today has been a

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stormy one. They say a week is a long time in politics, just over a

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quarter of an hour was a long time for Steven Woolfe. He said the

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computer said no when he tried to submit his application. The

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executive committee has said he cannot stand to be leader because

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the application was late. He was seen as the frontrunner, but it is

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not exactly a good few months for a little front runners, just ask Boris

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Johnson. Amongst those who have resigned from the committee, there

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is a sense of anger, they say there is escalating megalomania and

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cronyism in the party. So now, an assembly of the unknown tried to

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replace one of the most recognisable faces in British politics, and

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whoever wins faces a huge task and a huge question. Given that the we are

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leaving the EU, what now is the point of Ukip?

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Now, if you have a fear of heights, this is not for you.

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It's a glass walkway along a cliff in China called the Coiling Dragon.

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Those brave enough to try it get a clear view

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through the glass beneath their feet of the kilometre-and-a-half drop

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down the side of Tianmen mountain in Hunan Province.

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The 100-metre walkway has 99 turns around the side

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A woman from Monmouthshire who flew to America to have a tumour removed

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has landed her family with more than ?61 million, all

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Her surgery went so well that she rang her daughter back home

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and insisted that she buy a lottery ticket for the family.

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It's a good job her daughter did what she was told,

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This report contains some flash photography.

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For the Davies family, life really can't get any better.

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They won ?61 million in the Euro lottery in the same week that mum

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Sonia found out that life-saving surgery on a tumour had

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I just felt I had cheated death, I felt so lucky.

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I was on a roll, I thought, "I will buy a lottery ticket."

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I did not for a moment think we would win, but you feel so lucky,

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It is tears of joy now for Stephanie, but it had taken

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a long phone call from Mum to convince her to go out

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She finally relented, and what a result.

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We ran around the house, locked the doors and

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windows, as if there was somebody watching us!

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And then we were, "Well, what if the ticket disappears?"

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So we took a few selfies with the ticket, to prove

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I said I would buy an electric toothbrush because I have never

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The family have decided to split the winnings equally,

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which gets them just over ?12 million each.

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All because that mum managed to get her daughter to listen

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Mum has been cured, we can move forward and enjoy life.

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The lottery on top of it is an added bonus.

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The lesson is always listen to your mum?

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The family now say they will sit back and let the good news sink

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in before deciding how to invest their winnings.

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The weather is always a lottery. The Western Highlands yesterday, you

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were the winners, but today the losers. It has been wet and windy at

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times. Some of the showers in tents, with thunder mixed in. Unseasonably

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windy, with the strongest wind on exposed coasts across North Wales.

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Further south, a different story. It has been warm with the wind, and

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lovely sunshine. You see the best of the weather today. What is going on?

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This low pressure to the north-west is circulating around these isobars.

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The low pressure is yet to clear and it will bring some intense showers

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over the next few hours, especially across the far north of Scotland.

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The wind is gusty across the Scottish Borders, Northern Ireland

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and close towards the Lake District. The wind will start to ease at the

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low-pressure drifts away. It will push eastwards, off into the North

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Sea overnight. It will allow the showers to move further south into

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the North of England, the North Midlands and perhaps North Wales as

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well. It stays mild through the night. We start tomorrow on a

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quieter note

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