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The family of the four children

who died in a house fire in Salford

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this week say the children

were the best of friends.

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The children were aged

between three and 15.

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Their mother, who survived,

remains in a coma and knows

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nothing of what happened.

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How can I turn round

and say they've gone?

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I can't even turn round

and say one's gone.

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All her young 'uns,

all her babies have gone.

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The police say the fire

was a targeted attack.

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Three people have been

charged with murder.

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The family say the mother had called

the police before and that

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night claiming the family

was being harrassed.

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Also tonight:

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EU leaders give the official

go-ahead for the Brexit talks

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to proceed to the next stage.

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A judge calls for an inquiry

after a student is acquitted of rape

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because police failed

to disclose evidence

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which could have cleared him.

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How an appearance on BBC News meant

this man with learning difficulties,

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who'd been sent home to die,

is now responding well to treatment.

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And the date is set for Prince Harry

and Meghan Markle's wedding.

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Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News,

Captain Steve Smith nears a ton

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as he leads the Australian fightback

on the second day of the vital third

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Ashes Test in Perth.

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Good evening and welcome

to the BBC News at Six.

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Relatives of the four children

who died in a house fire in Salford

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have said they don't know how

they will be able to tell

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the children's mother,

who is in a medically-induced coma

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and likely to remain that

way for several weeks.

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15-year-old Demi Pearson, Brandon,

aged eight, Lacey, aged seven,

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and three-year-old Lia died

following the fire on Monday,

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which police are calling

a targeted attack.

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The children's grandfather says

the family had been harrassed before

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and the police had been called

on Sunday night but left.

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The house was set alight

a few hours later.

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Three people have been

charged with murder.

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Judith Moritz has been

speaking to the family.

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This is the most harrowing of cases.

Yes. It's impossible to some it up.

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I spent an hour this afternoon with

the Pearson family, with Mike

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Pearson, whose grandchildren have

died, and whose daughter, Michelle,

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is badly burned and fighting for her

life in a coma, and with Michelle's

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brother and sister, Chris and Clare.

The pain was obvious, looking at

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them, talking to them, but they said

they wanted to do this interview

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because they want the public to

understand the scale of what they

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have lost.

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They were running up and down the

street, so happy that it was

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snowing.

Brother and sister playing in the

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snow last week, Brandon and Lacey

Pearson were inseparable. Leo was

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the baby of the family. Everyone

doted on her.

She melted your heart.

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You could not have a serious face

with that child. She brought so much

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happiness.

Their teenage sister

looked out for them all.

She

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mothered them like they were her

own. They were best friends.

Four

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young lives, take. Their mother,

Michelle, is badly burned and in a

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coma. She does not know her children

have died.

How can I turn round and

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say they have gone? All her young

ones, all her babies have gone. She

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will say, why have you brought me

back? Wide into you just let me go?

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-- why didn't you just let me go?

This is the first time the family

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have spoken of their pain, their

loss and the night they saw fire

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engulfing the house where the

children and their mother were

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asleep.

There are not words to

describe what you see.

You can't

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describe what you see. I remember

going down the street and being

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surrounded by police officers, and

screaming at them, screaming at

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them, calling them all sorts of

names.

You just wanted to go in and

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help, and you couldn't.

Little Lia's

life hung in the balance for two

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days. Her auntie comforted her. Did

you speak to her?

I spoke to her, I

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sang to her.

That must have been so

difficult.

It broke me, it did. I

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did not want that little girl gone.

The police say the house was

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targeted. The family say that

Michelle complained of being unsafe.

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She said she had actually been to

the housing that week and begged

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them to move her to a safe house, or

get her out of the area.

Michelle

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has been unsafe in that property for

months, and the police were aware of

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this, the council were aware of

this. I'm sorry to say this, but

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they have let her down and my sister

and her kids would have a chance of

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survival if they did their jobs

properly.

The family is broken,

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their pain is raw, and the loss is

immeasurable. Judith Moritz, BBC

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News, Manchester.

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EU leaders have agreed to move

Brexit talks on to the next phase,

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which will deal with the future

relationship between Britain

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and the EU once Britain leaves.

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Theresa May has called it

an important step on the road

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to a "smooth and orderly" Brexit.

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But the President of

the European Council, Donald Tusk,

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has warned it will be "dramatically

difficult" to reach a final

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deal by March 2019.

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Here's our political

editor, Laura Kuenssberg.

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The men with the message.

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Part one is done.

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The European Union is ready to grant

the Prime Minister's

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wish and move on.

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She was a tough, smart,

polite and friendly negotiator.

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And so we were able to conclude that

sufficient progress has been made.

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To get this far on Brexit,

there has been some conflict

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and a lot of compromise.

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What is needed to get

to the end of the next phase,

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and is Theresa May's goal of a full

agreement by March 2019 realistic?

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Still realistic and, of course,

dramatically difficult.

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The real negotiations on the second

phase will start in March next year.

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I cannot say when these

negotiations will be concluded.

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But I don't hope that I will have

to have as early morning meeting

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with the British Prime Minister

than the one I had last week.

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Hopefully, with fewer

last-minute trips to Brussels

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in the middle of the night,

the negotiations step up.

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It has been a slog to get this far,

but their words this morning

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are part of our history now,

the official end of the beginning

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of our departure from

the European Union.

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It's taken time, but at last

the government's negotiating team

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can crack on with initial talks

about how we do business in future,

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and vitally the transition a couple

of years after Brexit itself.

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The UK and the EU have shown

what can be achieved by commitment

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and perseverance on both sides.

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I'm pleased that it's been agreed

we should make rapid progress

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on an implementation period,

which will give certainty

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to businesses and individuals.

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The EU's brokers believe

the Cabinet at home must

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bury their differences,

though, to give a clearer picture

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of how they want the future to look,

before getting a decent hearing.

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The divide within the Conservative

Party is going to make it very

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difficult for us to negotiate a way

through as a country.

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And Theresa May, ultimately,

has to be able to deliver

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for business here.

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Business need that certainty now.

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The 27 we are leaving behind don't

agree with much of what the UK has

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already put on the table,

especially during

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the transition period.

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They want the European Court to be

in charge during that whole time,

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for the UK to accept any changes

without a say, and for

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immigration to stay the same.

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This is a big junction.

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Phase two will be even

tougher, she warned.

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We would like it to look

as much like the current

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relationship as possible,

but that wouldn't necessarily be

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the view of everyone.

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It's a marathon race.

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We have just finished

the first mile.

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Given how far apart the two sides

were, and the distance

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between the different wings

of the Tory party,

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the Prime Minister might feel

entitled tonight to take a pause

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for breath, a moment to savour

having reached this junction.

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But with clashes in the Commons

to come, in the Cabinet,

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and contradictions between

the European Union and the UK,

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still, she has little time or energy

to waste on celebration.

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And to reach this point,

not even halfway, she's already

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had to yield so much.

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Indeed, at times it felt

like the Prime Minister simply

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might not make it even this far.

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It is a very long way still

until the end of this whole journey.

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Laura Kuenssberg,

BBC News, Brussels.

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So with the first phase

of Brexit talks finished -

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what's on the table for the second

round of negotiations?

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Chris Morris from the BBC's

Reality Check team looks ahead

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to what the next phase of talks

will be about.

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Nearly 18 months after

the referendum, the EU and the UK

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are finally going to start talking

about the future.

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Negotiations will focus initially

on a transition period of roughly

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two years after Brexit,

with the aim of giving

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businesses extra certainty.

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This transition will take

place under existing EU

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rules and regulations,

where things mostly stay the same,

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except the UK no longer has a seat

at the decision making table.

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For example, the EU says the UK

will have to follow all EU

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rules and regulations,

including new ones approved

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during the transition.

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The jurisdiction of

the European Court of Justice

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will still apply in full,

and free movement of people

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will continue, too.

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The EU says that means the UK

staying in the single

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market and customs union.

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The British government doesn't agree

and says we will leave both

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of these on the 29th

of March, 2019.

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It could become a dispute

over a form of words,

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but politically it is important.

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So lots to negotiate,

but time is short.

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If all goes to plan,

more EU guidelines will be issued

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next March, allowing talks

on the future relationship to start,

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on things like security, foreign

policy, and of course, trade.

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The EU says formal trade

negotiations cannot begin, legally,

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until after the UK has left in 2019.

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But by October next year

there could be a paper setting out

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broad political ambitions for future

trade, perhaps 50 pages long.

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Contrast that with the EU's free

trade agreement with Canada,

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a potential future model,

which is more than 1500 pages.

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The government wants to be more

ambitious and finish trade talks

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as quickly as possible,

but realistically, says the EU,

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they will continue long after Brexit

has actually happened.

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Chris Morris, BBC News.

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The date of Prince Harry

and Meghan Markle's wedding

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has been announced.

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It will be on Saturday

19th of May next year.

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The couple confirmed

their engagement last month and said

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the ceremony will take place

at Windsor Castle.

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Our royal correspondent

Nicholas Witchell is

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at Buckingham Palace.

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So now we have a date.

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Yes, and it is a Saturday, which is

unusual but not unprecedented. There

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was a royal wedding on Saturday in

1999. Part of the calculation will

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have been that because there is no

bank holiday for the wedding, having

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it on a Saturday will give people an

opportunity to go to Windsor and be

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part of the celebration. The other

interesting thing about Saturday the

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19th of May is that it is the date

of the FA Cup final. William is

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President of the FA and would

normally be at Wembley. If he

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chooses to, he could still make it.

Best man, or supporter to his

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brother at Windsor in the morning,

for a late kick-off at Wembley in

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the afternoon. Somehow, I think they

will be too busy celebrating.

I

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think so. Thank you.

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A judge has called for an inquiry

after a university student

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was cleared of rape because police

failed to disclose evidence

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casting doubt on the case.

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22-year-old Liam Allan spent two

years on bail, before his trial

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at Croydon Crown Court was halted,

when it was revealed his accuser had

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sent him thousands of text messages.

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Clive Coleman has the story.

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The day after the case

against him was dropped,

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Liam Allan is coming to terms

with the end of

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a two-year nightmare.

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I was relieved, not just for myself,

but for everyone who's been with me

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for every step of the way.

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And everyone it has impacted.

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It was just a huge, huge relief.

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You sort of get your life back.

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You don't realise that you've

lost parts of your life

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until you have it completely done.

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The trial may be over, but

the strain it caused remains vivid.

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I'll be honest, I did start

to suffer from panic attacks,

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a couple of weeks before court,

which is why I said

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it was probably my worst time.

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Because you just, you have

to have your own reaction,

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panic attacks are an internal

reaction that you

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can't help yourself.

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But it is to be expected,

you can't not go through this

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and not panic and not fear

and remain strong

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through the whole thing.

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It could bring the strongest person

in the world to their knees.

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Liam went on trial charged with six

rapes and six sexual assaults.

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His lawyers were repeatedly refused

access to his alleged

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victim's phone records.

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They were finally handed over

at the start of the trial.

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40,000 phone messages,

included details which clearly

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suggested he was innocent.

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His trial at Croydon Crown Court

collapsed yesterday.

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She said she didn't

like sex with him.

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Text messages to say

she loves sex with him.

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There were rape fantasies,

there was sex in the open air.

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This was a 12 count indictment.

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If the defence hadn't got that,

that man would have been convicted,

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that man would have got 12 years,

that man would have had his life

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trashed and on the sexual

offences register for ever.

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It is a fundamental principle

of our system that the prosecution

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must hand over any evidence that it

holds that could help

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the person on trial.

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Lawyers tell me that Liam Allan's

experience is far from a one

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off and that there's

a widespread problem.

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The Metropolitan Police are carrying

out an urgent assessment the case.

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But for Liam, sorry

just won't do it.

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An apology just doesn't

feel like enough.

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The length of time I faced,

the fact that the person remains

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anonymous and I am everywhere

and got dragged through hell

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for the last two years,

apology doesn't even slightly cut

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it at all.

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Liam's case adds to mounting

concerns that the system

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for ensuring that those on trial

receive all of the evidence that

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could help their defence,

is failing far too often.

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Clive Coleman, BBC News.

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The time is 6:16 pm.

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Our top story this evening:

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The family of four children killed

in a house fire speak

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of the pain of losing them.

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And still to come, will Ryanair's

offer to its pilots avert strike

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action in the run up to Christmas?

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Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News:

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British number two Aljaz Bedene

decides to switche his allegiance

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back to his native Slovenia,

finally admitting defeat

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in his battle with the

International Tennis Federation.

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Six months ago we brought

you the story of Ian Shaw,

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who has learning disabilities,

autism and epilepsy.

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He was diagnosed with testicular

cancer and in January

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was sent home to die.

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But after watching our report,

a psychiatrist got in touch

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suggesting Ian's case should be

looked at again.

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It was and Ian is now

responding well to treatment.

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Charities say it raises questions

about the care given to some people

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with learning disabilities,

as our social affairs

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correspondent Alison Holt reports.

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September, and it's an important

moment in the Shaw household.

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34-year-old Ian will soon be

on his way to hospital.

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Going out for a drive,

Ian, in the ambulance?

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Yeah, please.

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Ian has learning disabilities,

autism, epilepsy and can't

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speak for himself.

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Morning, everyone.

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Hello.

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He also has testicular cancer.

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He's being taken for his second

round of chemotherapy,

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and that's a major change.

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In January, his family was told

he was terminally ill and had

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three months to live.

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He spent a long time in bed,

especially when I thought

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there was no treatment and no cure,

I just thought...

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Just a waiting game, but now,

it's like there is hope.

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I first met Ian back in April,

because his family wanted others

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to understand how people

with learning disabilities

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are too often failed by the system.

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None of us realised

then the full extent

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of what that meant in his case.

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Turn the clock back to our report,

broadcast in July,

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and Ian was clearly ill.

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Difficult for his parents,

who believed his cancer should have

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been spotted sooner.

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He'd spent nine years

in secure health units

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because of his challenging

behaviour, and they felt

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he'd been overmedicated

and his health neglected.

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I was told there was no treatment.

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Because he'd been there a long time

and they couldn't treat it

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because it would be too much.

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It just wouldn't work,

it's gone too far.

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Watching that report

was Dr Justin Wilson,

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a psychiatrist who had researched

cancer treatments in people

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with learning disabilities.

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Knowing that testicular cancer

is one of the most treatable

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cancers that there is,

I was surprised that a decision had

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been made not to provide treatment.

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I wanted to understand

what that was about.

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We put him in touch with the family.

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He suggested getting a second

opinion, which led to Ian having

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chemo at the Royal Marsden Hospital.

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My concern was that

perhaps judgments are made

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about the quality-of-life

that he has, because of his severe

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learning disabilities

and because of the physical impact

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of how the cancer had spread.

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I'm also clearly aware that

providing cancer treatment

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for somebody with the problems that

Ian has is a real challenge,

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but my view is that those

challenges can be overcome.

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Give me your hands...

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It is now November and

another big day for Ian.

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He's being moved to a wheelchair

because the doctors

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want him up and about.

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The cancer has affected his

spine, so he can't walk,

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but he's doing really well.

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Do you like it, Ian?

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After ten months stuck in a bed,

he's had enough of people talking.

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He's desperate to have

a chair, isn't he?

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Once moving, he doesn't

want to stop.

0:19:510:19:54

The look on his face...

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There's still a long way to go

for Ian, but the change

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is staggering since I first met him,

and since his family was told

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there was no hope at the Luton

and Dunstable Hospital in January.

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In a statement the hospital says,

"A number of experts

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were consulted about Ian's case.

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It was agreed that Mr Shaw was too

ill to undergo chemotherapy.

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It concludes his learning

difficulties were not a factor

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in the decision to move

to a palliative care pathway".

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First time in the chair?

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For ages.

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He's over moon.

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Dr Wilson and Bernadette Adams,

the family's advocate, haven't seen

0:20:330:20:36

Ian for a couple of months.

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Hello, how are you?

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I think we need to know that people

with autism and learning

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disabilities have the same right

as anyone else, and there

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and there doesn't need to be

a barrier, we can make

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adjustments so that they get

the right treatment,

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at the right time.

0:20:570:20:58

NHS England says it's working

to reduce the health inequalities

0:20:580:21:00

faced by people with learning

disabilities, but it didn't

0:21:000:21:02

want to comment on Ian's case.

0:21:020:21:04

The latest scan has shown

that his is shrinking.

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-- his cancer is shrinking.

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Give us a kiss!

0:21:140:21:15

Alison Holt, BBC News.

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In California 8,000 firefighters

are still battling a huge wildfire -

0:21:210:21:23

which has been burning for 11 days.

0:21:230:21:25

The blaze has now destroyed an area

larger than New York City and Paris

0:21:250:21:28

combined, and is on track to become

the largest wildfire

0:21:280:21:31

in the state's history.

0:21:310:21:32

A mounted police officer

and a farrier working for the police

0:21:320:21:34

who claimed Liverpool fans burned

a horse with cigarettes

0:21:340:21:37

during the Hillsborough disaster,

will not face criminal charges.

0:21:370:21:41

The former South Yorkshire Police

policeman and the civilian farrier

0:21:410:21:43

were accused of making up the story.

0:21:430:21:45

Both men were referred

to the Crown Prosecution Service

0:21:450:21:47

by the police watchdog.

0:21:470:21:49

Ryanair has agreed to recognise

pilots unions for the first time,

0:21:500:21:52

to try to avert strike action

in the run-up to Christmas.

0:21:520:21:56

It's urging its staff to call

off industrial action

0:21:560:21:59

which is planned for next Wednesday.

0:21:590:22:02

Our Transport Correspondent Richard

Westcott is at Stansted Airport,

0:22:020:22:09

and Richard, the head of Ryanair,

Michael O'Leary reportedly once said

0:22:090:22:12

he'd rather cut off his own hand

than recognise unions so this

0:22:120:22:15

is a bit of a turnaround.

0:22:150:22:17

Yes, he doesn't mince his words, the

boss of Ryanair, Michael O'Leary. I

0:22:170:22:22

think it is a staggering turnaround,

for someone who is always known as

0:22:220:22:26

one of the real tough guys of the

business world. For years, Michael

0:22:260:22:30

O'Leary said he would not basically

recognise unions, won't let pilots

0:22:300:22:35

negotiate through unions. He was

saying it only on Tuesday when a

0:22:350:22:38

press release came out from the

company saying, we will not

0:22:380:22:41

recognise unions. This morning out

of the blue they basically did an

0:22:410:22:44

about turn and

0:22:440:22:55

said we have changed our mind, we

will recognise unions under some

0:22:550:22:57

circumstances. Why have they

dot-mac? They are facing industrial

0:22:570:22:59

action from pilots, a strike in

Ireland and Portugal next week. You

0:22:590:23:02

may remember they have had problems

with pilots before, Ryanair. It

0:23:020:23:04

wasn't long ago when I was standing

right here telling you about the

0:23:040:23:06

20,000 flights they had to cancel

all across the winter because they

0:23:060:23:09

messed up their pilot roster. That

affected 700,000 passengers, people

0:23:090:23:15

who had to rebook flights or make

other plans. So what about that

0:23:150:23:19

strike next week on Wednesday

question that there is a bit of a

0:23:190:23:23

twist tonight with that. The union

has said that they are happy to call

0:23:230:23:26

off the strike but they want to meet

Ryanair first. They are not going to

0:23:260:23:31

call off the strike until they can

meet Ryanair face to face. Ryanair

0:23:310:23:35

says it can only meet on Wednesday,

strike date, too late. At the moment

0:23:350:23:40

neither side is moving. We will have

to see how it plays out. As it

0:23:400:23:44

stands at the moment, that strike in

Ireland next Wednesday still going

0:23:440:23:48

ahead.

We shall see, Richard at

Stansted, thank you.

0:23:480:23:53

Cricket, and England failed

to capitalise on centuries

0:23:530:23:55

from Jonny Bairstow and Davvid Malan

on the second day of the third

0:23:550:23:58

Ashes Test against Australia.

0:23:580:24:00

They were bowled out for 403,

after losing their last six

0:24:000:24:03

wickets for just 35 runs.

0:24:030:24:04

Australia, in reply, are 203-3.

0:24:040:24:06

England need at least a draw

to avoid losing the series,

0:24:060:24:08

as Andy Swiss reports.

0:24:080:24:12

The WACA is traditionally

where Australian heroes are made,

0:24:150:24:19

but would this be another day

for English ones?

0:24:190:24:22

Well, it seemed so at first,

as Dawid Malan and Jonny Bairstow

0:24:220:24:25

picked up their marathon partnership

where they'd left.

0:24:250:24:27

Bairstow completing

a superb century.

0:24:270:24:31

After his now infamous incident

in a Perth bar, he celebrated

0:24:310:24:34

by head-butting his helmet.

0:24:340:24:35

England were enjoying themselves.

0:24:350:24:38

But out of nowhere, guess what?

0:24:380:24:42

Malan went to a brilliant catch

by Peter Handscomb for 140,

0:24:420:24:45

and the rest crumbled in all too

familiar fashion, losing

0:24:450:24:49

their last six wickets in 48

mind-boggling minutes.

0:24:490:24:54

They just made it to the 400

mark, but it should have

0:24:540:24:57

been so much better.

0:24:570:24:59

To be all out by lunchtime

here wasn't exactly

0:24:590:25:02

part of England's plan.

0:25:020:25:04

That was some batting collapse,

even by their standards,

0:25:040:25:06

and Australia are suddenly right

back in this.

0:25:060:25:08

So could England's bowlers

repair the damage?

0:25:080:25:12

Well, they made a decent start -

Craig Overton removing both openers,

0:25:120:25:15

but further chances slipped

through their fingers.

0:25:150:25:19

They were difficult ones,

but they proved damaging.

0:25:190:25:22

Usman Khawaja made a half-century

by the time he was eventually

0:25:220:25:25

trapped leg before, and there was no

budging his skipper.

0:25:250:25:28

Steve Smith still there on 92.

0:25:280:25:32

If only some of England's earlier

batting had shown such stickability.

0:25:320:25:39

You can look at it and say we let

the position slip that our job on

0:25:440:25:47

the comeback in the morning is a

case of right, we've got the

0:25:470:25:51

capabilities of taking five, six

wickets in a session. We've shown

0:25:510:25:53

that previously so there's no reason

why can't now.

0:25:530:25:58

A day which belonged to Australia,

then, but a Test which England

0:25:580:26:01

can't afford to lose

is still tantalisingly poised.

0:26:010:26:03

Andy Swiss, BBC News, Perth.

0:26:030:26:05

Time for a look at the weather...

0:26:060:26:08

Here's Darren Bett.

0:26:080:26:10

You said it will get a bit warmer

but clearly nothing like Australia?

0:26:100:26:14

Goodness me, no.

That would be nice.

0:26:140:26:19

It would be unusual. It is going to

take a while to lift as temperatures

0:26:190:26:23

this weekend. It is a cold winter

sky we have across many areas at the

0:26:230:26:28

moment. It will be colder

0:26:280:26:30

sky we have across many areas at the

moment. It will be colder tonight

0:26:300:26:30

than it was last night. Still the

northerly winds, they will ease

0:26:300:26:35

down. Showers in eastern England

will retreat back to the coast. A

0:26:350:26:38

few showers in Wales on the

south-west, and some wetter weather

0:26:380:26:42

coming into Northern Ireland later.

For many away from these areas it

0:26:420:26:46

will be dry, clear, frost developing

widely in rural areas, down 2-50 -6

0:26:460:26:51

in the North. Cold air to start the

weekend but ushering in some warmer

0:26:510:26:58

air as we change direction from a

northerly to south-westerly. But it

0:26:580:27:01

takes time. A cold start on Saturday

to stop showers and cloud across

0:27:010:27:05

Northern Ireland and spilling over

the Irish Sea into England and

0:27:050:27:08

Wales. Further east and north

probably largely dry with some

0:27:080:27:11

sunshine. Another cold day to come

across Scotland after that frosty

0:27:110:27:16

start. Northern Ireland a little bit

mild but certainly more cloud around

0:27:160:27:19

here. Some showers especially in the

morning. Northern England, eastern

0:27:190:27:23

England, all the way to East Anglia

will be cold. It will be bright but

0:27:230:27:27

it will be cold. The mild air

doesn't reach here just yet.

0:27:270:27:31

Somewhat milder in Wales, perhaps

north-west England, south-western

0:27:310:27:34

parts of England but there will be

cloud and some showers. Before it

0:27:340:27:38

gets milder, it will get cold again

tomorrow night across eastern areas

0:27:380:27:45

but the more significant change

probably comes during the second

0:27:450:27:47

half of the weekend. The weather

system moving from the north-west,

0:27:470:27:49

bringing a stronger south-westerly

wind for the rest of the day,

0:27:490:27:53

bringing cloud and outbreaks of rain

pushing across the UK but lifting

0:27:530:27:56

temperatures to 9-10. Next the first

half of next week at least we won't

0:27:560:28:00

see much rain at all. It will be

mild but that mildness comes with a

0:28:000:28:04

good deal of cloud.

0:28:040:28:05

mild but that mildness comes with a

good deal of cloud.

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