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A van is driven into a crowded tourist area in Barcelona. Police

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treating it as a terror attack. A number of people have been killed

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and several injured - People ran in panic,

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there are reports of gunfire in the area and two gunmen

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entering a restaurant. We're still getting information

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on this and we'll bring A level results are out -

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the number of top grades goes up for the first time in six years

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and now boys come out on top The cyclist accused of killing

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a woman when he crashed into her - a court hears he had

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no front brakes. The school in the shadow

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of a disaster - we speak to the head teacher who lost four pupils

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in the Grenfell Tower fire. They supported each

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other through it. So you should assume

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the best about children and in a challenge like this,

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we saw they could rise to it. What difference does

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the colour of a ball make? England's first day-night Test match

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- they take on the West Indies. And coming up in

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Sportsday on BBC News: England's women have

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booked their place in the semi finals of the rugby World Cup

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with a comprehensive 47-26 victory Good evening and welcome

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to the BBC News at Six. Police in Barcelona,

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Spain's second largest city, have confirmed that they are dealing

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with a terror attack. About two hours ago a van was driven

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on to the pavement in a popular Police have confirmed

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there are a number of fatalities Around the same time two gunmen

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are reported to have barricaded The fan attack happened in an area

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popular with tourists known as Las Ramblas. Police have shut down Metro

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and trains stations. This report contains distressing images.

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Terror on the streets of one of Spain's busiest cities. A white van,

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now motionless, but earlier, according to witnesses, was driven

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into crowds of people, leaving dozens injured. Lawyer and

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University of Glasgow witness, Aamer Anwar was there. Five or six people

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were seriously injured. The emergency services were on the scene

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with machine guns and guns and people were very jittery and we were

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pushed back again. We keep getting pushed back and the police are

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absolutely everywhere. On a sunny afternoon, Las Ramblas would have

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been packed with people. This is where tourists flock to, where

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families would have been enjoying a day out. The pictures in the

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aftermath are all too familiar, reminiscent of recent terrorist

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attacks in other cities. People running in terror and people being

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tended to on the streets. The police were telling everybody just to run

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and there was a loud crashing noise, but I did not stop to look back.

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There was an immediate stampede in every direction down the narrow

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streets by Las Ramblas. What is not yet clear is where the attacker or

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the attackers might be. Catalan police are searching for the driver

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of the van, who witnesses say fled on foot. The Metro and train

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stations in the area have been closed. This evening, the centre of

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Barcelona remains cordoned off, and the city and its people under

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attack. Sarah Campbell, BBC News. Our security correspondent

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Gordon Corera is here. We are getting confirmation the

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authorities are treating this as a terror attack, so what are the

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priorities now for the police? From very early on it looked like a

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terrorist incident because of where it took place. Las Ramblas is a

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densely populated tourist area where tourists congregate in Barcelona. It

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was likely to be the kind of place where attackers might target,

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especially with a vehicle like this. Quickly the police sealed off the

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area. The priority then and now is to identify the perpetrator and find

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them. It does appear from witnesses, the individual driving the van

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mounted the pavement that went into people, fled on foot. There were

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some reports they had gone into a bar and will holed up there, but

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that hasn't been confirmed. Lisa played down the suggestion there was

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gunfire, but a manhunt is under way and some said there might be a

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second suspect that large. And that, as well as treating the injured will

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be the priority for the police in terms of making sure the threat

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isn't ongoing. We don't want to get ahead of ourselves, but there is a

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pattern here, the use of vehicles to attack people? We have seen it in

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the last couple of years being something used by people who can see

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the potential impact of what this, what people call, low-tech

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terrorism. It was used in Nice, in Berlin at a Christmas market and in

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the UK, London Bridge, Westminster Bridge, Finsbury Park and in two of

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those attacks, London Bridge and Westminster Bridge, he had

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individuals continuing an attack with knives and that is why the

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authorities will be prioritising this issue of finding the attacker

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as fast as they can. OK, there is actually a press conference going on

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now in Barcelona. We can see the pictures. We will bring you the

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latest and we will have the team listening to what is being said and

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bring Gordon back if necessary to check on those latest developments.

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As I say, that is happening right now in Barcelona. The rest of the

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news now... Hundreds of thousands

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of teenagers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland now

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have their A level grades. This year's overall results show

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a slight increase in top grades And after trailing the girls for 17

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years boys have now pulled ahead. In England - this was the first year

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students were taking new-style Their results were based purely

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on the exam, with no Here's our Education Editor Branwen

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Jeffreys with all the detail. I am at Hull University in the city

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of culture. Today has seen the beginning of a series of massive

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changes to the exam systems. Changes which will ultimately alter every

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A-level and every GCSE. But of course, today is also a story of

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individual families and their children. We have been hearing from

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young people about their experiences.

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So, I'm on the way to a level results now and I'm

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Yeah, I'm starting to feel nervous, I'm not going to lie.

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It's all going to be over in literally like ten

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For Sarah, Alex and George, a day of reckoning.

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Two years of hard work, results riding on one set of exams.

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So how do they feel about the new A-levels,

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where AS exams no longer count in some subjects?

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I personally found it really stressful.

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The idea that everything all of a sudden is at the end of two

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years is very intimidating, I think, for many of us.

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It really is like you've got to remember things from two years

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ago, and you sit there in the exam room going, "Is this right?"

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You still doubt yourself a little bit.

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Just the old system, you did bad in the AS results

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and you have to reset that, but this gives you a chance to

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Despite the stress, exam results have held up,

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And for boys, the best top grades for decades,

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getting more A and A stars than the girls.

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All their hopes and fears compressed into a few hours

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and a piece of paper, and in England this year the stakes

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have felt particularly high with students road testing

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With more new style A-levels next year, head teachers say

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We know what we want from our students but we haven't had a map,

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we haven't had directions, and when we have had these, they've

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been wrong or incorrect, so we have had to muddle

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through that and use our experience to get to the destination now.

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That's an incredibly stressful situation.

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For those who missed out on grades, places are still on offer at Hull

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Hello, this is the University of Hull clearing centre.

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Thousands will still get to uni through clearing.

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Tuition fees, now more than 9,000 a year.

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No sign yet it's putting young people off.

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But at the top of universities, they know the debate has shifted.

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It has opened up, and I think the key issue for universities

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is that the funding we have for higher education

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must have the confidence and trust of young people.

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It's important that young people are not deterred

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This campus will be full come October.

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Students focused on their future, not on a debt most

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University isn't for everyone, but overall, George, the evidence is

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still clear. If you get a degree you will learn more throughout your

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lifetime. The economics haven't shifted, what has? The politics are

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around tuition fees were altered by the general election and we can

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expect this debate to heat up, not cool down, over the next year.

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And one of the most high profile students who got their results today

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was Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.

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Pictured here getting her grades this morning, the 20-year-old has

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gained a place at Oxford University to study philosophy,

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Malala was campaigning on girls' rights to education in her native

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Pakistan in 2012 when she was almost killed by the Taliban.

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We want to go back to the terror attack in Barcelona. The latest is a

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Barcelona City Council says he can confirm at least one person is dead

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and 32 people are injured, in the van attack when it drove onto the

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pavement in an area popular with tourists in Barcelona, the country's

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second largest city. We will bring you more of course, when we have it.

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A jury at the Old Bailey has heard that a cyclist who's accused

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of killing a mother of two when he crashed into her was riding

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Charlie Alliston hit Kim Briggs in east London

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He denies manslaughter and another charge.

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Kim Briggs was killed when crossing the road in her lunch break.

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She was knocked down by a man on his bicycle.

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In what's thought to be illegal first, the cyclist,

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In what's thought to be a legal first, the cyclist,

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Charlie Alliston, is charged with manslaughter.

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Moments before the crash, he was travelling at

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In the final metres, he slowed to between ten

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Charlie Alliston told the court he shouted out to Kim Briggs

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to warn her before he reached this yellow crisscross area on the road.

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A few metres later, he shouted again.

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He then said he swerved to the left to try and pass her on the inside.

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Kim Briggs was already out in the road.

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He told the court that at the last moment, she stepped

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Illegal on the road and according to the prosecution, why

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But in court today, Mr Alliston claimed he couldn't

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have avoided Mrs Briggs, even with a front brake.

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Comments written by Mr Alliston online in the hours and days

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following the crash have been read out in court.

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On the evening of the crash he wrote...

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The charge of manslaughter is unusual in the case of a cyclist.

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Mr Alliston denies that charge and a separate charge brought under

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a very old law of intent to cause bodily harm by wonton

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Tom Burridge, BBC News at the Old Bailey.

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In the heat of the row about President Trump's response

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to last weekend's violence in Virginia we might have

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forgotten that it all started with an argument over a statue.

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Far right nationalists are against proposals to remove

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symbols celebrating those who fought to defend slavery in

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Now, in more comments that might prove controversial,

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President Trump says removing the statues is tantamount to ripping

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Here's our North America Correspondent Nick Bryant.

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Wall Street, not just the spiritual home of US commerce,

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but where America inaugurated its first president,

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He is regarded as a national hero, the general who

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But he was also a slave owner and Donald Trump suggested today

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these kinds of statues could be in jeopardy if monument

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celebrating the Confederacy, which fought during the civil war

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Sad to see the history and culture of our great

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country being ripped apart, he wrote on Twitter.

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With the removal of beautiful statues and monuments.

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You cannot change history, but you can learn from it.

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The debate has been reignited by these torch carrying,

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They gathered around a statue of the Confederate General Robert E Lee

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in Charlottesville last week to protest the city's

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Donald Trump was slow to single them out for criticism and then said

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there was some very fine people on both sides, during last

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Anti-racist protesters in North Carolina this week,

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pulled down the monument to Confederate soldiers.

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Other cities like Baltimore have decided to remove statues

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There are more than 700 Confederate monuments,

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symbols of hate to many African-Americans, symbols

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But does it distort that debate, to liken Confederate generals such

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as Robert E Lee with more unifying figures like George Washington?

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People who have tried, including the president,

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people who have tried to suggest an equation between Thomas Jefferson

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and George Washington on the one hand and Robert E Lee

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and Stonewall Jackson on the other, are people who are either ignorant

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of history or willing to distort it in an incredibly cynical way.

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In Charlottesville last night, the light came

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There is still anger here that Donald Trump says

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both sides were to blame for the weekend's violence.

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This has been a moment of soul-searching in America, but that

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process hasn't been led by the president, as would ordinarily be

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the case. Quite the opposite. Donald Trump is the prime cause of this

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national reckoning. It is his presidential stature but is also in

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question. At least one person has died and 32

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others injured after a van drove into pedestrians on one of

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Barcelona's busiest streets. Police are treating the incident as a

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terrorist attack. I will have news of the pink ball experiment in Test

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cricket. Double Olympic medallist and former

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World Champion Becky James has announced her retirement

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from cycling at the age of just 25. She now intends to set

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up a baking business. Pupils at the Kensington

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Aldridge Academy, the school which sits in the shadow

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of the Grenfell Tower, received Four students and one former

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pupil died in the fire. Others lost their homes

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as they were preparing The headteacher of the school,

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David Benson, has been telling our education correspondent,

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Gillian Hargreaves, about how proud Their school lies at the foot

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of the burned out tower. They haven't been able to use

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it for three months. 50 pupils had to flee their homes,

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five children died. This is the first time

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the headteacher has spoken It was very, very difficult

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and very, very challenging. There was the emotion

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of the situation and the deep for members of our school community,

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but there was also a whole load You know, children have one chance

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in life at an education. Today, at least, there

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were results to celebrate at their temporary school mile

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away from the tower. I think that the fact

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that we can walk in here and get our results

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and have smiles on our faces,

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I think it's part of remembering, and it's part of celebrating

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the people who lived in Grenfell. Our strength brings strength

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to the community, and strength in the community I think

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is everything we can hope for. We're sticking together,

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rather than getting angry. We are still trying to,

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like, obviously move on, but we will never move

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on from what happened. And although we don't

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want to mention it, Although barely touched by the fire,

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the school remains shut until next Easter, as it's

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within the police cordon. To lose five pupils,

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four all at once, two in one year group, that is immense

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for a school to ensure. I'm incredibly proud of my staff

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and what they've done. What I saw after Grenfell

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was incredible because, you know, they had the bravery and the courage

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to come back in, feeling very confused and uneasy

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about what had happened. And they had the maturity to listen

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to us about what we were saying was important, and then

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they supported each So, you know, you should assume

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the best about children and in a challenge like this we saw

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that they could rise to it. After all of that, today's

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a good day for you. Mm, today is a really

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good day for us. The headteacher of the

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Kensington Aldridge Academy, David Benson, speaking

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to our Education Correspondent A massive fire at a fruit

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market in Glasgow has been Firefighters were called

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to the Blochairn Fruit Market in the north east of the city

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in the early hours of the morning. and there were no reports

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of injuries. The education watchdog Ofsted has

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published a damning report into Learndirect Limited -

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the UK's largest adult training Ofsted rated the company,

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which has received hundreds of millions of pounds of public

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money, as inadequate. Now the Department for Education has

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said it will withdraw On its website, Learndirect Limited

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promises to kick-start careers and inspire potential,

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but some on apprentice schemes and learning programmes have

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complained on social media. "A huge waste of time",

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"undertrained", "no And now Ofsted has rated

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the company inadequate. Some of the findings in today's

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report raise concerns about the standards of teaching

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and not enough people Ofsted found multiple evidence of no

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new skills being delivered. Around a third of apprentices

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were not receiving the required training they would expect,

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which is therefore not a great surprise that many

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were failing their courses. Learndirect Limited was given

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the lowest possible grade Back in the spring, the company came

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here to the High Court to try and block the publication of this

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critical Ofsted report. They argued the publication

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could lead to a catastrophic withdrawal of funding,

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but the people who wanted the report We have an extensive library

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of courses and qualifications... The Government has now announced

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the contract with Learndirect will be wound down gradually,

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ending in July next year It's very clear that the senior

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leaders and directors just haven't really paid the attention they need

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to the quality. Because quality doesn't

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just happen by chance. You have to work at it all the time,

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and unfortunately it's the learners and apprentices

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who will be losing out. In a statement, Learndirect Limited

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said they were continuously improving services and outcomes

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for learners, and went on to say the process behind Ofsted's report

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did not provide an accurate reflection of the current quality

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of Learndirect Limited's training, due to the unrepresentative sample

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size and use of legacy data. Around 73,000 people

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are in Learndirect training or on a qualification course,

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and there have been But after today's damning reports,

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the provider will now be hoping England are taking on the West

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Indies in the first day/night And all eyes are on the pink ball,

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which is being used for the first time in a Test match

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in this country. England went into bat first

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and there were half centuries Our sports correspondent

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Joe Wilson reports. If you came to Birmingham this week

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coming new about the cricket. I shoot towards the ground

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in afternoon sun, spectators were not expecting

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to leave until 9:00pm. I think we'd be coming anyway,

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but it's exciting to be We are more excited

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than we would have been. You are in lovely green shorts,

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short sleeves, also a rucksack, is there another couple

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of layers in there? Some waterproofs, some layers,

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along with the provisions, yeah. The pink ball novelty may have

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attracted some extra fans. Must remember though,

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this is a Test match. So the first pink ball delivery

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was met with about the most familiar Cook had yet another

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new opening partner, Mark Stoneman on debut,

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lasted six balls. But Cook seemed to be seeing

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it as clearly as ever. His first Test 50 with

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a pink ball, 56 in total. And there was Joe Root,

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batting serenely. It could be that the ball wasn't

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helping the bowlers, it could be that the bowlers

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weren't especially good. And it could be that England had

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two exceptional Test Well, if entertainment

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is what the masses want, it's what this Test match

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is supposed to give. And from an England perspective,

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especially if you are the captain, a pink ball looks pretty good

:25:14.:25:16.

on its way to the boundary. Let's remember the whole point about

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the pink ball as it is visible under floodlights and they will be turned

:25:37.:25:41.

on soon. Play Test matches at a time when people can come and watch,

:25:42.:25:44.

that's the whole point but the feel of the game might be about to change

:25:45.:25:48.

in the next few hours because the Twilight zone is the time the

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batsmen tend to fear. It has been another day of sunshine

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and showers today. The showers have been frequent across Northern

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Ireland and Scotland and during the afternoon bubbling up across

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south-west England too. But there's been more sunshine to go around as

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well, and in that sunshine it felt warmer. But when the heavy downpours

:26:16.:26:21.

came down, some of them were heavy as well. Overnight tonight there

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will be further showers coming and going but more particularly across

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Northern Ireland, Scotland and England were some of those showers

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have been heavy, there's even a chance of rumbles of thunder during

:26:32.:26:36.

the night. It will be cooler for north-western parts of the UK and

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that takes us into Friday. Another day of sunshine and showers but with

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a difference. The showers will clump together, and it will be a blustery

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day everywhere. A swathe of fairly strong winds going across Northern

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Ireland, potentially reaching 50 mph around coastal fringes. Enough to

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bring down some tree branches so we could see localised disruption from

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that. They will also be knocking the temperatures down, highs up to 21.

:27:07.:27:14.

Still feeling OK in the sunshine on Saturday but the bluster is winds

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still with us in the north-west. You have a better chance of dodging the

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downpours and staying dry. That's the first half of the weekend but

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for the second half we have to look out in the Atlantic, where hurricane

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Gert will combine with an area of low pressure. This area of tropical

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moisture will bring heavy rain to the western side of the UK as we go

:27:40.:27:41.

into Sunday. Back now to our main story,

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the van attack in Barcelona. Well we have been on air,

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authorities have confirmed one person is dead and 32 have been

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injured, ten of them seriously. Police say they are treating the

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incident as a terror attack. This wasn't just a city centre area,

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it is popular with tourists? That's right, it is one of the most famous

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streets in Barcelona, Las Ramblas, and that's why the suspicion was

:28:19.:28:21.

this was a terrorist attack, something the police have now

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confirmed. It fits into a pattern of other terror attacks we have seen in

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the past, for example using vehicles in Nice on Bastille Day, and in

:28:31.:28:38.

Germany at the Christmas market using a lorry so it fits into that

:28:39.:28:41.

pattern. The Foreign Office have said they are in contact with the

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Spanish authorities and if there are any Britons there, they should

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follow the advice of the emergency services. As we have seen, a van

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driven into a crowd. It presents all sorts of challenges when you are

:28:56.:29:00.

talking about prevention. That's right, this low-tech attack is

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something the authorities have been struggling to prevent. We have seen

:29:04.:29:17.

it in the UK. It is harder to spot the preparations, it just

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potentially takes one person renting a van with the intent to do it. Some

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people have been talking here about the ability to restrict the renting

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of these vans. Thank you. There will be more on the BBC News channel.

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