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MPs demand a right to vote on the strategy

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Both Labour and Conservative MPs call for parliamentary scrutiny

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We still have got no offer of a vote, and we need some

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clarity about the policy, the Government's going to pursue,

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because the Government is accountable to this House.

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The Government is resisting, saying only that MPs

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will have the chance to debate the deal.

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Russia attacks as russophobic hysteria calls by Boris Johnson

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for protests outside their London embassy.

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Exclusive access to a camp in Syria where so-called IS defectors

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Teenager Paige Doherty - her killer is jailed

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for what a judge calls "a frenzied murder".

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Let's ask a quick question about the delivery you took in June, 2011.

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And trying to get answers to the growing controversy

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And coming up in the sport on BBC News:

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England or Bangladesh - who'd win the one-day series decider?

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England have had a target of 278 to win.

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Good evening, and welcome to the BBC News at 6.

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MPs have called for the right to debate and vote

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on the Government's negotiating strategy for the UK's departure

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The demand was made repeatedly in the commons by both senior Labour

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and Conservative MPs this afternoon, who want

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parliamentary scrutiny of the Government's terms for Brexit.

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So far Theresa May is resisting and says only that parliament

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will have every opportunity to debate the issue.

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Our deputy political editor John Pienaar was watching.

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Should MPs have the final say, Prime Minister? Theresa May wasn't saying

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that she knew the answer. She's in charge and no one will block

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Britain's path out of the EU if she's got any say in it. That Prime

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Minister and her team are the one speaking for Britain, government and

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MPs don't always face the same way but MPs who say they except the EU

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referendum have been told in the Commons they have no choice by the

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most Eurosceptic Minister in the Cabinet. What I won't allow is any

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party the opportunity to have a veto to leave Europe. Opposition MPs and

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some Tories want a say in a vote in deciding Britain's negotiating

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position as it leads the EU. They were told ministers won't show their

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hand and they had their orders from the voters. Security terms and

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controls of our borders terms, in democratic terms and in terms of

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access to markets across the whole world, the European union and all

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the opportunities we have outside, and the British people did vote for

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that, 17.5 million of them. At question time to Prime Minister

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again made clear trading with Europe may mean give and take but EU

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migration would be controlled as part of an ambitious deal. That will

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include the maximum possible access to the European market for firms to

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trade with and operate within the European market, but I'm also clear

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that the vote of the British people said we should control the movement

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of people from the EU into the UK. The Labour leader mocked the absence

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of detail. This is a government leg drop no plans for Brexit, that now

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has no strategy for negotiating Brexit and offers no clarity or

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transparency and no chance of scrutiny of the process for

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developing a strategy. The government is to working out its

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negotiating position and ministers are still divided but most MPs never

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wanted Britain to leave and many feel Brexit could harm the economy.

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There'll be many chances to vote before Brexit becomes reality but by

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ruling out any formal opportunity for parliament to approve or vetoed

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the deal, the government is taking just Britain's in Europe or by its

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own authority. Those that oppose Brexit via leave voters will regret

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their choice. Nobody voted on the 23rd of June to take an axe to the

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economy or destroy jobs and livelihood. Many people in the

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country don't think that there is a policy that puts national interest

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us, they think there is a policy to put people's ideological interest.

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You have to take the country on this new journey with you. This cannot be

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the political equivalent of the country being put to sleep for two

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years under anaesthetic and waking up in a new land. But the victorious

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Leave side insist it's time to have faith. The British people got it

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right and it's our job to respect it. Members op. Cit. Want to split

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us up by saying everything has to go wrong. If you wish to negotiate and

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successfully, show confidence, show optimism. MPs are still negotiating

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their role in Britain's future, they will have more chance to have their

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say and Brexit will take time but negotiation are for ministers and

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they will stand by the best deal they can get to take Britain out.

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So, the Government says that there won't be

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a vote in Parliament on the Government's Brexit strategy

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before the formal negotiations are started at the end of March.

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That's when Britain invokes Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.

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There will be a vote on the Great Repeal Bill,

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to be announced in the Queen's Speech.

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When MPs will vote on whether to end the supremacy of EU law in the UK.

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And it's expected that there will be a vote on the final

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outcome of the negotiations with the EU in 2019.

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That's the eventual take or leave it deal on Britain's exit.

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Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg is at Westminster.

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Many MPs today calling for the right to vote on the Government's

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strategy for Brexit, like should we try to stay in or out

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Is the Government going to be able to resist the pressure

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They are pretty intent on not being pushed around by Parliament. They

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believe that they don't have to consult them before they push the

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button on negotiations and for now they are absolutely sticking to it.

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There is a limit to how much MPs can actually do. But what's become

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absolutely clear in the last 48 hours is that Parliament is not

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going to roll over like an obedient lap dog and have its belly tickled

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as the government makes its merry way taking us out of the European

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Union. What we've seen is the Labour Party, the Liberal Democrats, the

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SNP and some conservatives with an element of collaboration, together

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to really ask some quest tough questions of the government with

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passion and conviction on to say to ministers, it's not good enough they

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have yet been so unclear about what they really want to do. That is, I

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think, a renewed sense of determination in Parliament as MPs

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have returned from the summer break and from some of the party

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conferences. It feels, right now, that this is a matter of huge

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political urgency. What I would say, and it's worth remembering, is that

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the really big power plays in all of this are not just months off but

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maybe years. The deadline for getting all of Distin is the end of

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March 2019 and the mood in the Commons, around the country and

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right around the continent might well be very different by then.

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Laura Kuenssberg at Westminster, thank you.

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Russia has condemned as 'russophobic hysteria' a call

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by the Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson for protests

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He said yesterday he would like to see "a protest

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against bombings of the Syrian city of Aleppo", which are being blamed

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by western governments on Vladimir Putin's forces.

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Our diplomatic correspondent James Robbins has more.

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Russian television has been full of the story.

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News of Boris Johnson's verbal assault in the Commons on

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Russia's bombing, including the destruction

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of a UN aid convoy, as well as his call for demonstrations outside

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Moscow denounced his words as Russo-phobic hysteria and used

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images from the archive to ridicule the Foreign Secretary.

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Apart from a lone protester, there's no sign of demonstrators answering

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Boris Johnson's call and massing here outside any of Russia's embassy

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But behind the exchange of harsh words between London

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and Moscow, there lies a brutal, political reality.

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Western governments are all but impotent in

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the face of Russian military action in Syria.

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Humanitarian appeals to stop the bombing of Aleppo

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The UN predicts a rebel-held areas in the eastern part of the city

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will be totally destroyed by the end of the year.

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But calls for a no-fly zone to prevent the bombing

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Critics stress that risks direct confrontation between Russia

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In Aleppo itself, these are some of the latest pictures,

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an estimated 250,000 civilians face death and starvation.

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He does not see how Nato forces can impose a no-fly zone.

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You cannot pursue humanitarian goals in Syria and in the process risk

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confrontation between the United States and Russia.

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That is just a gamble which we cannot afford to take.

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Which leaves President Putin calling the shots in Syria.

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Today he blamed President Obama for dictating terms to Russia.

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TRANSLATION: It is very difficult to engage

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in dialogue with the current American administration.

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The administration formulates its needs and insists that they be met.

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Tonight there is news that Russia and the United States will talk

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The first attempt to repair total breakdown,

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but their opposing positions look very hard to reconcile.

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The BBC has had exclusive access to a secret internment camp

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for former so-called Islamic State militants and their

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Some 300 defectors and captured fighters are being held at the camp

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operated by a rebel group, which claims it's trying

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to rehabilitate the former IS supporters and in some

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Among those captured are French, Dutch and Polish nationals.

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Our middle east correspondent Quentin Somerville reports.

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Where do jihadists go when their beloved Islamic State

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Some are being held here at a secret camp in northern Syria.

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The men are from Europe, across the Middle East and Central Asia.

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They're defectors and prisoners of war, so few want

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In retreat, many have brought their families with them.

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He joined the so-called Islamic State from Holland.

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Now a captive, he renounces the group.

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You give your life to them so they're going to start taking

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I know I will get in trouble, but this is what I choose

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I hope I can get out soon and live my life normally.

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These are Egyptians, Tunisians, Holland...

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The camp is run by the rebel group Jaysh al Tahrir.

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Its commander showedme the details of

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Some will be returned to Europe, if the authorities promise

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to jail them, but others will face Syrian justice.

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TRANSLATION: We refer them to courts and they roll according

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If they had committed murder then they might be executed.

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Some are jailed just because they still hold

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The Islamic State's court is collapsing.

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They're losing territory and an increasing number of people

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Joining IS was relatively easy, but leaving is difficult.

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"It was hard, really hard," says this defector who was

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We've also learned that European intelligence agencies

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are on a mission in northern Syria to find, capture

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They're working alongside some rebel groups to create a kind

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of underground railroad, which will bring IS group supporters

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For now they're held in Syria, but these European jihadists

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Quentin Sommerville, BBC News, Istanbul.

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Three West Midlands Police officers have been charged with perjury

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and perverting the course of justice following an investigation

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into the death of a man in custody in 2011.

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Kingsley Burrell, who was 29, died four days after being

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detained by officers under the Mental Health Act.

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A sandwich shop owner has been jailed for at least 27 years

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for what the judge called the savage and frenzied murder of a teenage

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John Leathem stabbed 15-year-old Paige Doherty after she stopped

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at his shop in Clydebank, on the way to her Saturday job

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Paige's mother said outside court that a monster had now

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Arriving to open his sandwich shop in March this year,

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just over an hour later John Leathem would become a brutal killer.

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His victim, 15-year-old Paige Doherty.

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When she called into the shop he launched a savage

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and frenzied knife attack, inflicting more than 140 injuries.

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There is a huge piece missing in our family that can

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I am thankful for the 15 years we had with Paige,

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from the kind and generous wee soul she was, to the mature young

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She may not be with us any more, but she will live on through her

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brothers and sister, and all the memories that we share.

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Trying to cover his tracks, Leathem ran to buy bleach and drove

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The judge ordered that he serve at least 27 years behind bars.

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What you did was truly reprehensible.

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It is impossible to comprehend how an apparently happily married man,

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with a young child, who's running a successful business,

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is capable of such an horrific level of violence.

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But what turned the shopkeeper into a violent killer?

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He claimed Paige had asked him for a job,

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and when he said no, she said she'd tell

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John Leathem was, said his lawyer, an unexceptional individual.

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Psychiatric reports found no evidence of a personality disorder

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In short, he said, this murder was so out of character it defied

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A member of her family tearfully asked Leathem as he was led

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It's a question he now has 27 years to consider.

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MPs demand a right to vote on the strategy

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Northern Ireland, fabled land of the giants -

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could there be some truth in the legend?

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He's already picked up one title in China this week -

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now Andy Murray has cruised through to the third

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For the first time in over 30 years, Britain is to host cycling's

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prestigious Road World Championships.

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They'll be held in 2019 in Yorkshire which - two years ago -

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hosted the start of the Tour de France to widespread acclaim.

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But it coincides with growing controversy over the use

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of prescription drugs by Britain's most famous road cyclist

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Our sports editor Dan Roan is in Leeds, good news story

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for British cycling but in danger of being overshadowed by questions

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That's right, Fiona. Now we know Britain's great decade of hosting

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global sports events will be completed here in Yorkshire in 2019

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when it hosts Road cycling's World Championships. It's about more than

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just prestige, also this bid including a ?50 million package of

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investment into grassroots cycling facilities. Britain's cycling

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revolution though is also about the performance of Team Sky, who have

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become a global force in the professional sport. They have always

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claimed that they can help cycling to move on and recover from its

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doping past, but suddenly they find themselves, along with the governing

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body British Cycling, amid unprecedented scrutiny.

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It's a sight that's becoming more familiar, just some of Otley's

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cycling club's 500 members out on their daily ride this morning.

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The club has doubled in size in the last two

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years, evidence that Britain's now a cycling nation.

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And today more good news, as the country was chosen to

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host the sport's flagship event, the World Championships, for the first

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I'm absolutely delighted that we've been

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I think it's a huge coup for Yorkshire, but also

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And I think it will go on and provide a long-lasting legacy

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Having successfully hosted the start of the

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Tour de France in 2014, Yorkshire will now be the centre of the

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cycling world again in three years' time.

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But today's announcement comes amid a sense of crisis in the sport.

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First came scrutiny over Sir Bradley Wiggins and his

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therapeutic use exemptions for a banned steroid

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shortly before races to treat his asthma.

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Then came claims from former rider Jonathan Tiernan-Locke that a

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powerful painkiller was freely offered when he competed for Britain

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And finally it emerged a mystery medical package had been delivered

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to Team Sky in June 2011 in France on the day Wiggins won a race.

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Team Sky, Wiggins and governing body British Cycling all say that no

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But a UK anti-doping investigation has now

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been launched into allegations of wrongdoing.

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The man at the centre of the controversy

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cycling doctor, Richard Freeman, formerly at Team Sky.

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At the weekend he was withdrawn from travelling to this

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year's World Championships but I caught up with him in Manchester.

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Can I just ask a quick question about the delivery you took in 2011,

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Can I ask you about Jonathan Tiernan-Locke's claims that

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questions but I'm on the phone.

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I know, but can I just quickly ask you about that delivery.

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The use of tramadol that Jonathan Tiernan-Locke says

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Another medal haul in Rio this summer reinforced cycling

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status as Britain's most successful Olympic sport.

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But some senior figures now want change.

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It's out of control how it's been handled.

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Sir Dave Brailsford and British Cycling,

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I don't think they've handled it as well as they could.

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I mean, this year we've had one saga after another.

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So you've got to look at the governance,

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and hopefully it's all going to get itself sorted out.

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But it's going to take some time and it's going to leave some

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After a turbulent few weeks Britain's cyclists tonight

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have something to celebrate but for those at the top

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of the sport the questions are set to continue.

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One of Britain's most senior police officers has said he believes

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at least 100,000 men in the UK regularly look at obscene

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images of children online - and that's a conservative estimate.

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to be accesssing such images three years ago.

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The Chief Constable of Norfolk says the police alone can

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His comments come on the day a paedophile exposed by a BBC News

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This report from our correspondent Angus Crawford.

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We're going to go to his address and arrest him...

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A specialist police team have identified a target,

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He's continued to look at indecent images of children, with some really

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concerning search terms on his Internet search history.

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He's taken to a police station in Northamptonshire for questioning.

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Other detectives seize his mobile phones and memory cards.

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On them, hundreds of indecent images of children.

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We've arrested you to protect children and vulnerable people...

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Farey was arrested as a result of an investigation by BBC News.

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We discovered paedophiles were using secret groups on Facebook

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Farey had set up one called Schoolgirls.

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It's clear he's taken the picture from his own jacket,

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After his previous conviction, he wasn't even meant to have

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Today, Farey was given a four year extended sentence.

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The judge said he was a dangerous man, but the truth is there

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are tens of thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands,

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of other men just like him across the UK, who view images

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of child abuse online and the police say they're overwhelmed

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It's significantly in excess of the 50,000 figure that

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I believe was probably accurately assessed in 2013.

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I think it now goes significantly beyond that.

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So is it possible that are as many as 100,000 men in the UK,

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regularly viewing obscene images of children?

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Yes, I think that's a conservative estimate.

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So how can society best protect children from this kind of threat?

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Recent figures suggest one in five new obscene images found

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online have been made by young people themselves.

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Anybody can take your photographs, anybody can find out

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That's why at this school in West Yorkshire,

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safety lessons from the age of eight and nine - driving home the message

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that what they do online, can have serious consequences

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Nigel Farey, convicted for a second time of downloading obscene images,

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A symptom of a problem threatening to overwhelm a system

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A film production company has been fined ?1.6 million for an accident

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in which the Hollywood star Harrison Ford was crushed by a metal

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door on the set of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

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The incident happened two years ago during rehearsals at

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Live now to Aylesbury Crown Court and our correspondent

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This is a massive fine. Absolutely, the accident happened at Pinewood

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Studios but responsibility for safety onset was down to the

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production company making Star Wars: The Force Awakens whose ultimate

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parent company is Disney. Due to a miscommunication onset Harrison Ford

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was not expecting this steel edged hydraulically powered door to be

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activated while he was rehearsing a scene on this set of the Lenny

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falcon set and pinned him to the ground above his pubic bone causing

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serious injuries. The court heard it was only an emergency stop operated

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by the crew that prevented worse damage happening. In fact, the court

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heard the force of the door was stronger than the strength of

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Harrison Ford's body. Judge Francis Sheridan at Aylesbury Crown Court

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described what had happened as staggering and lamentable. The

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company has 28 days to pay the ?1.6 million fine. Thank you for joining

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us. Those tall tales of giants

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in Irish mythology may have Scientists have discovered that

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what they call the giant gene is more commonly carried by people

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in a particular area The gene can cause people to grow

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much taller and larger than normal - but it can also cause

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serious health problems. Our Ireland correspondent

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Chris Buckler has more. These stone circles aren't the only

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link to history here in Mid Ulster This is a land of giants,

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and that's a title that comes not just from myths and legends -

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in this area it's in the blood. That's me when I was seven,

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eight years old. At his height Brendan Holland

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stood almost 6'11" tall, and it's likely he would

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have grown to well over seven feet tall if he hadn't been

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treated for a genetic disorder that Do you object to

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being called a giant? No, not at all, people

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can call me what they It would have bothered me

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when I was a teenager, because no one wants to stand out

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from the crowd. The cause of that

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gigantism which can affect health as well as

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height is in the genes. to me and she never knew

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that. And many people still to this day

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are passing the gene on without DNA evidence has shown that Brendan

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is a descendant of Charles Byrne, In the 1700s he became

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famous as the Irish giant and his

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seven-and-a-half-foot-tall skeleton

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is still part of a medical museum. There are, of course,

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many tales of giants in Irish folklore, not least Finn MacCool,

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who was said to have built But it's away from the coast

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in the centre of Northern Ireland that the giant gene

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is still present within some of the For some that gene can lead

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to headaches, eyesight or more serious problems and that's why

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scientists have been working to identify people

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with it in their DNA. It's OK being may be 6-foot

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but you don't want to be It's a miserable life

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for a giant, actually. And most giants just wish

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that they were normal. There was probably at least some

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truth in the centuries of But it's likely that

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at their heart was a gene that caused considerable

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pain and problems. That's why many want the idea

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of generations of giants to My great grandparents come from near

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there but I didn't get the gene. High pressure has dominated weather

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so far this month and for some there has been barely a drop of rain. Look

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at the weather charts, high pressure across Scandinavia but muscling into

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the scene, this low pressure bringing something wetter by the end

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of the week but also a little less chilly. You will notice the blue

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colours, the colder air pushing to the north-west, southerly winds by

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the weekend and some sunshine between the showers will feel that

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bit more pleasant. Easterly winds still dominate, one or two showers

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in the west this evening, most will fade, like recent nights with

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occasional rain, down eastern parts of Scotland and eastern England,

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temperatures will stay around this area but with a touch of mist there

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could be some frost in some areas. Into Thursday in eastern areas they

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will start with the risk of rain, the Western areas driest and

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brightest, a few more showers tomorrow drifting into the Midlands,

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North west England, North west Scotland and Northern Ireland in the

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afternoon but East Anglia will dry out and the southernmost counties of

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England and Wales will stay driest. 14 Celsius is the high, low for the

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time of year, further north colder still, the wind will add to the

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chill, more in northern areas. The stronger twins in northern Scotland,

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touching gale force at times and in the north and east of Scotland

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persistent rain to take us through Friday particularly Aberdeenshire.

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Lots of dry weather around on Friday, glimpses of sunshine but a

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few showers will develop later. On Saturday we will see heavy bursts of

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rain working northwards. Throughout the weekend while between those

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heavy bursts of rain it should feel warmer.

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