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Tonight at Six, British law and British courts

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Theresa May's promise for life after Brexit.

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Under new proposals the European Court of Justice

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will not have a direct say over our affairs.

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When we leave the European Union we will be leaving the jurisdiction of

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But what happens if there's a dispute with the EU after Brexit?

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Cleared of manslaughter, the cyclist who knocked down

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a mother of two who died of her injuries.

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They'd lost a mother, Harry and William speak

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It will either make or break you and I wouldn't let it break me

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and I wanted it to make me, and I wanted her to be proud.

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And Rooney retires - Wayne calls time on his

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international career with England after 14 years.

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And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News: Liverpool will be hoping to

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book their place in the Champions League main draw.

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They lead Hoffenheim 2-1 ahead of tonight's

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Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

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In the latest of its proposals for life after Brexit the government

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has published its plans on how it wants to end the legal authority

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of the European Court of Justice in UK affairs.

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At the moment the Court can influence everything from workers'

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But Theresa May says it will no longer have what she calls a direct

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But, in what critics see as a climbdown,

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the new plan appears to allow the European Court to have some

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role in future disputes between the EU and Britain.

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Here's our political correspondent Ben Wright.

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It is about bringing power back to Britain.

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We will take back control of our laws and bring

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an end to the jurisdiction of the European Court

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And for many Leave campaigners that is what Brexit was all about.

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Take back democracy, take back control for our country.

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As it reveals its ideas for how disputes between the EU and the UK

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might be hammered out in the future, the Prime Minister

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denied the government was ditching its big red line.

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We are very clear we will not have the jurisdiction

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We will put in place arrangements to ensure that businesses

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have the confidence of knowing they can continue to trade

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So what is the European Court of Justice and why does it matter?

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It is because this Luxembourg court is the EU's ultimate legal

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authority, refereeing disputes between EU institutions

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Its judgments have shaped everything from our food

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For many people it has become a totemic representation of our lack

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of control of our own laws because basically ministers can find

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themselves being forced to change UK law because the ECJ says

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what we are trying to do here, rules that Parliament has passed,

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are incompatible with European law and we have to change things.

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But going forward we will have some sort of relationship with the EU

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and and that means we will not be able to divorce ourselves from

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And that is the dilemma for the government.

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So what does today's paper tell us about its aims?

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Ministers today accepted they would have to keep half

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an eye on rulings by EU judges after Brexit.

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New arbitration bodies will have to be created to ensure the EU

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and the UK are playing by the same rules when a trade deal is done.

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Although the ECJ would not have direct jurisdiction over the UK,

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its judges may have a role interpreting EU law.

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And opposition parties here see the government's position shifting.

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The government is clearly backtracking on its earlier red

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lines and saying there has to be some form of dispute resolution

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and some form of judicial process and that obviously is the case

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and we have indeed said that all along.

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What the Prime Minister is now recognising is there will be a role

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for the European Court, whether it is in relation

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to the withdrawal agreement, the transition period,

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or even post Brexit in terms of the ECJ law, European court law,

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that we have incorporated into UK law.

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And the SNP urged the government to rub out its red line

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It is revealing too that most pro-Brexit Tory MPs seem pretty

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comfortable with the direction the government is going on this.

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And it is the fact once Britain leaves the European Union,

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judgments about the European Court of Justice will no longer be

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One of the big questions for negotiations is the extent

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Britain chooses to follow EU law and judgments in return

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for close cooperation on trade, security and more.

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The chief negotiators from Britain and the EU will resume the talks

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in Brussels next week and there have already been disagreements

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between the two sides on the role the ECJ should have in the future.

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Today's paper from the UK may smooth things over a bit.

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It shows they are accepting there are painful trade-offs to be

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made and the fact they are now saying that they will not

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accept the direct effects of the European Court of Justice,

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they will just accept it indirectly affecting the UK post Brexit,

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is quite constructive from an EU point of view.

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Centuries of law is piled high in Westminster and restoring

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Parliament's sovereignty is fundamental to Brexit,

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but the UK is not about to leap into legal isolation and EU law,

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as shaped by the ECJ, will still be relevant

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Clive Coleman is here. Is this the end of the influence of the ECJ? The

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court judgment will no longer be binding on our courts, and in that

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sense it will be gone, however the government's paper centres around

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the trade and that will involve a lot of EU law and if you want to

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sell cars into Germany, it will involve those standards and its

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influence will remain. How does this affect people like you and me? The

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ECJ has developed law across many areas like disability rights,

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consumers' writes and workers' writes. For example, over time is

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calculated as part of holiday pay. If there is another ruling extending

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those rights, we will not get the benefits of that. Also, for example,

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zero rate VAT on female sanitary products. What about trading? That

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is when it becomes more complicated and the government is throwing at

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the series of different options. This is resolving disputes, a joint

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committee, a panel of arbitration. If there is a dispute, there could

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be for the ECJ, for it says to have a post Brexit reference, and that

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could resolve the dispute. Thank you very much. Adam Fleming is at the

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European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. We know what Britain was

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out of all of this, but let's not forget this is a negotiation. Yes,

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and we can split this into the short-term, medium term and long

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term. In the short term the first test will come next week when David

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Davies and his opposite number, Michel Barnier, will sit down for a

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further round of talks. At the top of the agenda are the rights of EU

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citizens living in the UK after Brexit, which Europe wants to be

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guaranteed by the ECJ. In the medium-term Michel Barnier has

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proposed the issues that come out of the Brexit agreement could be sold

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by a joint committee of officials from each side and if they cannot

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reach agreement, that would go to the ECJ for the final say. You can

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imagine the UK signing up to the first part of that, but not the

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second. As for the long term, the final, permanent deal between the EU

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and the UK, that is an issue for phase two of the talks which will

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not start until the end of this year at the very earliest. A long way to

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go. Adam, thank you very much. The Home Office has apologised

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after around a hundred letters were wrongly sent to EU nationals

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warning them they face detention The error emerged after a Finnish

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academic tweeted about correspondence she received

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from the department. Eva Johanna Holmberg,

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who is married to a Briton, A cyclist who knocked down a mother

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of two who later died of her injuries has been

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cleared of manslaughter. Charlie Alliston was, however,

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found guilty of the charge of causing bodily harm by wanton

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and furious driving. Kim Briggs suffered catastrophic

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head injuries and died a week later. Alliston was riding a bike

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without front brakes, designed for the cycling track

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and not the high street. It was a split second encounter with

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a bike that ended Kim Briggs' life. She was crossing a busy London

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street in her lunch break when she was hit. Charlie Alston in the

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middle was the cyclist, eating at the time and a former courier who

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said he tried to swerve. But the bike he was riding should never have

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been on the road, it was designed for the velodrome without gears and

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with no front brake. Alliston claimed he did not know he needed

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one to ride on the road and said he still would not have been able to

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stop in time. Outside the court Kim Brix' family welcome to the verdict.

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I would like to ask you to remember came not through the lens of this

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trial, but for being the beautiful, fun loving women who adored her

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children and who lived her life to the full and by the mantra make

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every day count. Charlie Alistair was doing about 80 miles an hour as

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he approached this junction. The lights are green. He said he saw Kim

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Brix stepping out into the road just beyond the crossing looking at her

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phone. He called out and slowed down to less than 40 miles an hour,

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called again and swerved to avoid her. He told the court she stepped

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back into his path. On the evening of the crash Charlie Alston wrote

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online, yes, it is her fault, but no, she did not

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deserve it. Hopefully it is a lesson load on her

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behalf. He later deleted those words and other comments and told the

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court it was stupid and not thought through. This has been a complex

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case with difficult questions about safety and responsibility and how

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cyclists and pedestrians shared the road. Kim Brix' family now wants

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tougher as cycling laws. The judge remarked Charlie Alston has shown no

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remorse. He will be sentenced next month and has been warned to expect

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Prince William has been describing how he didn't want the death

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of his mother to "break him" for fear of damaging her legacy.

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He and Prince Harry have been speaking for a BBC

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documentary marking 20 years since Diana, Princess

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Our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports.

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It does contain some flash photography.

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20 years ago they were children, doing their best to cope

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with their own grief amid the close attention of a grieving nation.

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It had been their father who had had to break the news

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to William and Harry that their mother was dead.

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They had been at Balmoral and in the documentary they say how

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relieved they were that the Queen had kept them there for a few days.

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They were grateful too to their father.

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But the solitude of Balmoral had given way

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They had come out to meet people outside Kensington palace.

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And it is clear that they found the whole experience bewildering.

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I couldn't understand then, says William, why people

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were so upset over someone they didn't know.

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The public grieving reached its height on the day

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And they start walking down the road...

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William and Harry were determined not to show their emotions.

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The decision for them to walk behind their mother's

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often was a collective, family decision, says William.

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More than anything else they wanted to honour their mother's memory.

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When you have something so traumatic as the death

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of your mother when you are 15, as very sadly many people have

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experienced, and no one wants to experience,

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You know, it will either make or break you.

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I wanted her to be proud of the person I would become.

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I didn't want her worried or her legacy to be that you know,

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William and or Harry were completely and utterly devastated by it.

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And that all the hard work and all the love and all the energy

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that she put into us when we were younger

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In the years since Diana's death her sons have taken

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up many of the causes that she championed.

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The pain may have softened, but in Harry's case there

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is still anger towards the French photographers who pursued

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Diana's speeding car into the Alma tunnel in Paris.

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I think one of the hardest things to come to terms with is the fact

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that the people that chased her through, into the tunnel,

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were the same people that were taking photographs

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of her while she was still dying on the back seat of the car.

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And those people that caused the accident, instead of helping,

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were taking photographs of her dying on the back seat.

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And then those photographs made their way back to news

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20 years have passed, there is a generation now with no

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But for many it remains a week in Britain's recent

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history which retains its emotional resonance.

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And you can see that documentary "Diana: 7 days",

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President Donald Trump has launched a ferocious attack on the media,

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calling journalists "dishonest" and "sick" people.

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Speaking at a rally of supporters in Phoenix, Arizona, Mr Trump said

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the media had failed to report accurately his comments

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about the violent behaviour of far right nationalists

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It is how he won the presidency, railing against elites in

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government, on Wall Street and in the media. But the campaign ended

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nine months ago. Not that you would know it. The red lights, they are

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turning them off fast. For half an hour in Phoenix, the President

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lambasted the news media. He was animated, even angry, as he blamed

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the intense criticism of his erratic response to white supremacist

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violence on treacherous reporters. These are really, really dishonest

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people and they are bad people. I really think they don't like our

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country. I really believe that. President Trump took his war with

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the media to a new level tonight, attacking journalists again and

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again. He clearly regards his best defence from criticism as a full

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throated attack on the messenger. But the audience were delighted, and

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they also loved his promise to secure the border with Mexico. The

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obstructionists Democrats would like as not to do it. Believe me, if we

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have to close down our government, we are building that wall. Designs

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for the wall are slowly taking shape. One idea, favoured in the

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interval by the President, is for it to be covered in solar panels. But

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it would only stretch for about a quarter of the frontier. The initial

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outlay would be huge and he would need Congress to approve the

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spending. It seems like the initial outlay will be quite high? We are

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using a number, it has gone up, but it is 7.5 billion. That is within

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their budget. To cover how much of a distance? 7.5 million per mile. Back

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in the border state of Arizona, the anger is frothing. After the rally,

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it bubbled over on the streets. Police, using tear gas to disperse a

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hard-core of protesters. The trouble didn't last long. The controversy

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surrounding the President, by contrast, goes on and on.

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Our top story this evening... The Government sets out its plans to

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leave the European Court of Justice and put British law first when we

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leave the EU. Birmingham's gang culture -

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police ban more than a dozen men from the city in a crackdown

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on guns and violence. Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News,

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it's the end of an era for England as record goal scorer

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Wayne Rooney retires from international football,

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despite being set for a recall. Rooney says it's the

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right time to bow out. We reported recently that learner

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drivers are to have lessons Now a road safety charity wants

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driving on rural roads to be made Figures, calculated per billion

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miles of each type of road show, that on rural roads,

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there were 943 deaths in 2015. That's compared to 577 on urban

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routes, and down to 96 deaths on motorways -

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that's about a tenth A word of warning,

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Claire Marshall's report starts with pictures of an accident

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which you might find upsetting. No-one in the incident,

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nor the animals, were badly hurt. Watch what can happen

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on a quiet rural road. Incredibly, the horses and riders

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have now fully recovered. It wasn't caught on camera,

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but her last horse was killed. She'd been riding with her son

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and a friend in a village Despite all wearing high

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visibility gear, a car slammed The early days were very

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difficult for everybody. It was a lot of flashbacks,

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a lot of fear, a lot of grieving. But, also, not knowing

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if I would ride again. I live in the countryside and I know

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that the roads get to the busy Now, a charity says all drivers

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should be made to learn 80% of young driver fatalities

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occurred on rural roads. That's why Brake's calling

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for a radical overhaul We took her out with

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a specialist instructor. What's going to happen if you see

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a tractor coming towards you? I definitely get mainly nervous that

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I'm not doing it right, because they all know the roads very

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well and they shoot round them. Just reassuring me that going slower

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so you don't crash is a good thing. The Department for Transport says

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our roads are some of the safest in the world. But farmers feel the

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driving test does need to be modernised.

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Agricultural machinery is getting bigger, roads aren't getting any

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wider and they're not building any more of them.

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So the issues that we're having every year, you're getting more

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The message is that for everyone's safety, including passengers,

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the challenges of rural driving need to be understood.

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Claire Marshall, BBC News, Leicestershire.

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Our less than impressive summer has led to some significant flooding

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Derry Airport in Northern Ireland was closed today and more than 100

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people had to be rescued from their homes after a heavy

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There's also been flooding in parts of England,

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The emergency services in Scarborough say they have struggled

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to cope with the flash floods. Looking at these pictures, it's not

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hard to see why. This is the town centre, the main street is more of a

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river. This is still peak holiday season, but for these unlucky

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campers and a litre at home to dry off is probably now on the cards. In

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England there have been reports of flooding in Leeds and York. This,

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the scene in Londonderry. An overnight storm has also caused

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flooding across Northern Ireland and the North West of Ireland. Several

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people are reported to have had a lucky escape when a main road

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collapsed, as did the local bridge, leaving some areas and accessible.

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Yesterday evening, there were 60 separate reports of flooding in

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Northern Ireland following heavy rain, with 120 people requiring

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rescue overnight. According to The Met Office, two thirds of August's

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total rainfall fell in just a few hours. The rain has now gone, but

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the clean-up will take time. Sarah Campbell, BBC News.

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Two rival gangs in Birmingham have been served with the largest ever

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injunction to stop them mixing with each other and banning them

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The gangs are thought to be involved in gun and drugs offences.

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18 men must register their phones and vehicles with police.

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But critics say it'll simply move problems elsewhere.

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Early morning and police in Birmingham are getting ready

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to issue several men with gang injunctions.

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The judge granted the final order on the 15th of July, I think it was,

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and we are just on our way to serve that order as we speak.

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For the next two years, the men won't be able to go

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to certain parts of the city, they won't be able to meet one

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another and they won't be allowed to post material online.

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Well, we are driving in Handsworth, one of the areas where the men

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And it's in what's called the exclusion zone.

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That stretches from the centre of the city to its outskirts.

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Here are the 18 men, 12 of whom are already in prison.

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They are all suspected of having links with two

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prominent Birmingham gangs, the Burger Bar Boys

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Back in 2003, two teenage girls, Letisha Shakespeare

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and Charlene Ellis, were the innocent victims

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They were killed by members of the Burger Bar Boys in a revenge

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My name's PC Evans. We're after Jerome.

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The injunctions come after a spate of gun and knife

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It enables police officers to challenge them if they're

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in particular areas where they're not allowed to be,

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If they're in company with people they are not allowed to be,

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it enables them to be challenged and taken back to court.

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It actually disrupts their lifestyle, and that's the one

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thing that they don't want to happen.

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But former gang members have told us injunctions don't work.

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I think it's very stupid, because if a gang person's

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from a certain area, you tell him now, you can't go

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to that area, what's stopping the person who he used to roll with,

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the friends he used to keep, from going to another area to meet

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So, in reality, all you're doing is making a problem there,

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and putting the same person in another area.

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But there is an argument that at least something is being done

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I would just say engage a little bit more brain and just think about it.

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If the injunctions are breached, the men could face time in jail.

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With very few of these orders issued, it is unclear how

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England's all-time top goal scorer Wayne Rooney is retiring

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Rooney appeared 119 times for England, scoring

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boyhood club Everton - is back to scoring form but he says

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He will go down as one of England's's greats. Rooney's shot!

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Fabulous! Today, Wayne Rooney resisted the temptation to prolong

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an international career that earned him a place in footballing history.

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In a statement that took the sport by surprise, he said...

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Already England's's youngest ever player, he was the team's star

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performer at his first major tournament. Rooney is the big

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discovery of Euro 2004. In an international career that spanned 14

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years and six managers, he became captain and record goal-scorer. This

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is how much it meant to him. A huge honour to myself and all my family,

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and my career. Hopefully for the team and myself, a lot more to come.

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For a player that won everything for Manchester United, injuries and ill

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discipline ensured that his England career was not without controversy

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and, at times, the frustration boiled over. Nice to see the home

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fans booing you! He said one of his few regrets in football was retiring

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having never been part of a successful England side at a major

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tournament, but he insists the time has come to put club before country

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and focus his energies on Edison here at Goodison. -- Everton. A

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return to form, and a recall beckoned, but the offer was rejected

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by a player that some believe deserves more credit. It's important

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to remember that the vast majority of his career, he has only really

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been the one England world-class player. It is a time when we have

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struggled, we have had bad sides in the last few competitions and

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haven't had enough world-class players alongside him. He was the

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last of England's feted but ultimately unfulfilled golden

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generation. But his records and commitment to the cause may never be

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matched. We saw that flooding earlier, let's

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get the latest on the weather. Some dramatic and in places

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disruptive weather. That was a picture from Scarborough. Something

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a little bit calmer in their wake, some sunny spells and karma is the

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story over the next few days. Some sunshine and showers, yes, but

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particularly in the south, not many showers. It will be largely dry. On

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the radar picture, this band of heavy downpours that pushed through

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early on. Most places have seen the back of that weather now, although

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some rain will hold on in the Northern Isles of Scotland as we go

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through this some showers beginning to feed in across Northern Ireland

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and western Scotland, some into north-west England. Further south,

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largely dry, the odd patch of mist, perhaps, and a cooler and fresher

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feel. That mixture of sunshine and showers, but depending on where you

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are you will see more showers in the north and not as many in the South.

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Southern parts should stay largely dry with spells of sunshine. A

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greater chance of showers across northern England, greater still

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across Northern Ireland and western Scotland, 18 in Glasgow, 22 in

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London. Fresher feeling, but not bad in the sunshine. Fresher conditions

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across Northern Ireland, some showers on the heavy side. Further

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south and east you are, dry and sunny. Although Glasgow and Belfast

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will only get to 17 degrees, it could be 21 in Cardiff, in the

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sunshine in the south-east, 24 degrees is possible. Through the

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weekend, any sunshine will feel pleasantly warm. One or two showers

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in the south-east on Saturday night. Further north, some dry weather,

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some showers.

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