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The UK will get its first three proton beam therapy centres from next year in what experts say is a significant breakthrough for cancer treatment.
The first centre will be opened in Cardiff by local company Proton Partners International Ltd, with two others to follow in London and Northumberland by 2017.
The centres will be available for NHS patients from England, Scotland and Wales, as well as self-paying patients and those with private medical insurance.
Currently patients must head overseas for this type of treatment.
Life sciences entrepreneur Professor Sir Chris Evans says there are more than 150,000 people treated for cancer each year and that demand for treatment is growing.
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Health insurer Bupa has estimated that by 2021 the UK's ageing population is likely to see a 20% rise in the number of new cancers and a 62% rise in the cost of treatment - to £15.3bn.
Proton beam therapy is a targeted type of radiotherapy that can treat hard-to-reach cancers, such as spinal tumours, with a lower risk of damaging the surrounding tissue or causing side effects.
The announcement comes just weeks after the parents of brain cancer survivor Ashya King told how the five-year-old made a "miracle" recovery after receiving proton beam therapy in Prague in the Czech Republic.
Video:Sept: Inside The Proton Beam Centre
The treatment was not available for him on the NHS, although the health service later agreed to fund it.
Professor Gordon McVie, senior consultant at the European Institute of Oncology, who has been appointed chairman of Proton Partners International, says the development is "exciting and important".
He added: "As things stand, patients who can benefit from this treatment have to go abroad for treatment, often at great expense to the NHS.
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"The creation of these centres will go a long way to ensuring the very best of treatment is available in the UK."
There were reportedly concerns about the behaviour of a British man in the months before he was arrested for allegedly trying to cross illegally into Syria.
Waheed Ahmed, 21, was among nine members of the same family who were detained in Turkey on Wednesday and are set to be deported.
British police have been searching the home of his father Shakil Ahmed, who is a Labour councillor in Rochdale.
They have also searched four other properties - two in Heywood and two in Rochdale. Two of the searches are ongoing.
Mohammed Shafiq, who is a friend of Shakil Ahmed, said of Waheed: "There were concerns in the last six months to a year about a change in his behaviour.
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"And a change in his attitude towards various different issues."
He also told Sky News: "That was causing concern for people in the community and his family."
Waheed Ahmed was with his aunt, two cousins and the wife of one of his cousins when they were stopped by authorities in southern Turkey, near the Syrian border. They had also taken four children with them.
The 21-year-old is due to be sent back to the UK along with Zareeda Bi, 47, Maboob Yasin, 22, Habib Yasin, 24, and Samia Bi, 22, and the youngsters aged one, three, eight and 11.
A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said: "It remains the case that we are not aware of any time scale for the potential return of the nine individuals."
Most of the group flew from Manchester on 27 March and Waheed Ahmed joined them three days later on a flight from Birmingham.
Shakil Ahmed, who represents the Kingsway ward on Rochdale Borough Council, said the group were on holiday but he had thought his son was on a work placement in Birmingham.
"My son is a good Muslim and his loyalties belong to Britain, so I don't understand what he's doing there.
"If I thought for a second that he was in danger of being radicalised, I would have reported him to the authorities.
"I just want to speak to my son and get him home as soon as possible so I can find out what's going on."
Usman Nawaz, who went to the same school as Waheed Ahmed in Rochdale, said mosques and his school in Rochdale were not to blame for Waheed's actions.
Video:Manchester Police Statement
The 25-year-old, a former member of the Young Muslims' Advisory Group and mentor to young Muslims through Rochdale's Youth Council, said: "For some it's an adventure but for some they think that they are doing something noble.
"The ideology which is peddled, this very hardcore understanding of the faith, one which is state sponsored by Saudi Arabia, that has to be challenged and it's quite difficult to challenge it in a coherent manner when the Saudi ideology has the backing of petrodollars."
A friend of Waheed Ahmed believes he could have travelled for humanitarian reasons.
Bassat Yussu said: "We used to talk about Palestine and Syria and what was going on around there and sometimes he used to collect charity money."
Neighbour Mohammed Sharif said he "never had suspicion about the family" and remembered Waheed as a "nice quiet young lad" who would "speak to you with respect".
Officers are trying to establish their reason for travelling to the Syrian border.
Assistant Chief Constable Ian Wiggett said: "What is obviously concerning is why a family were seemingly attempting to take very young and vulnerable children into a war zone.
"Such a volatile and dangerous environment is no place for them whatsoever."
The group is understood to have been kept in a police station in Turkey on Thursday night and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office was unable to confirm when they were expected back in the UK.
The Metropolitan Police believe around 600 Britons have travelled to Syria and Iraq since the conflict began, while around half are thought to have returned to the UK.
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon wants an inquiry into how a controversial memo about a meeting with the French ambassador was leaked.
A Daily Telegraph report claims a leaked UK government memorandum - likely from the Foreign Office - sets out an account of a meeting between Ms Sturgeon and the French ambassador to the UK Sylvie Bermann.
It claims she told the ambassador she would rather see David Cameron than Ed Miliband as PM after the election, a claim she denies.
She has now asked for Cabinet Secretary Jeremy Heywood to investigate how the memo was released.
She said: "The bigger question and one I am raising with the head of the civil service is who wrote this memo since the foreign office seem to be denying all knowledge of it.
Video:French Official: No Sturgeon Leak
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"How did it come to contain such an inaccuracy and how did it get into the hands of the Tory-supporting Daily Telegraph?"
The memo was written by a British civil servant after a conversation with France's consul general in Edinburgh, Pierre-Alain Coffinier, who was present.
But speaking to Sky News on Saturday, Mr Coffinier said that no preference for Prime Minister was discussed at the meeting in February.
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"At no stage did anyone comment on their preference regarding the elections."
The memo reportedly said: "Discussion appears to have focused mainly on the political situation, with the (First Minister) stating that she wouldn't want a formal coalition with Labour; that the SNP would almost certainly have a large number of seats ... that she'd rather see David Cameron remain as PM."
It added that Ms Sturgeon said the Labour leader was not "prime minister material".
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The final line of the memo, however, read: "I have to admit that I'm not sure that the FM's tongue would be quite so loose on that kind of thing in a meeting like that, so it might well be a case of something being lost in translation."
Mr Miliband said: "I think these are damning revelations.
"What it shows is that while in public the SNP are saying they don't want to see a Conservative government in private they're actually saying they do want a Conservative government.
"It shows that the answer at this General Election is that if you want the Conservatives out the only answer is to vote Labour for a Labour government."
Sky's political correspondent Anushka Asthana said: "The fact that Nicola Sturgeon has 'categorically' denied that she expressed a Prime Ministerial preference during a private conversation with the French ambassador will do little to stem the political fallout from this story.
"After all, the very suggestion of a conversation could be political gold-dust for Labour, whose national electoral hopes hinge on how well the SNP perform in Scotland."
Meanwhile, campaigning continues into Easter with Labour unveiling a plan to build 125,000 homes by creating a £5bn housebuilding fund.
The Tories, meanwhile, are unveiling a pledge to force pornography websites to use effective age-verification tools to keep out under-18s.
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Ms Sturgeon is due to join the annual Scrap Trident group march in Glasgow, only a short distance from the Faslane home of nuclear-armed submarines.
The latest Survation/Mirror poll puts Mr Miliband ahead of Mr Cameron, with 33% and 31% of the vote respectively.
UKIP polled at 18%, the Liberal Democrats 9%, the SNP 5% and Greens 3%.
These results are markedly different from a YouGov/The Sun poll which was published on Thursday night.
It suggested that the Conservative Party had hit a three-year high - with 37% of those questioned stating they would vote Tory if the General Election was tomorrow.
Labour was on 35%, the Lib Dems on 7%, UKIP on 12% and the Greens on 5%.
One of the nine Britons detained in Turkey for allegedly trying to cross into Syria is the son of a Labour councillor.
In a statement, Rochdale councillor Shakil Ahmed said he was "shocked, worried and extremely upset" to find out his 21-year-old son Waheed was one of those held by Turkish authorities.
Officers from Greater Manchester Police and North West Counter Terrorism are working with Rochdale Council, local partners and faith leaders to establish why the family were found at the border.
The five adults, aged 21, 22, 22, 24 and 47, as well as four children aged one, three, eight and 11, are believed to be related and currently live in Rochdale.
The Britons are expected to be deported from Turkey on Thursday.
Video:Manchester Police Statement
Mr Ahmed, who represents the Kingsway ward on the council, said he thought his son was in Birmingham on a work placement.
He added: "My son is a good Muslim and his loyalties belong to Britain, so I don't understand what he's doing there.
"If I thought for a second that he was in danger of being radicalised I would have reported him to the authorities.
"He's studying a degree in politics and sociology at Manchester University and has a good future ahead of him."
The nine were held by Turkish officials at a military outpost at Ogulpinar, in the south of the country.
Footage released earlier showed them arriving at a police station in Southern Hatay province.
Assistant Chief Constable Ian Wiggett said: "What is obviously concerning is why a family were seemingly attempting to take very young and vulnerable children into a warzone; such a volatile and dangerous environment is no place for them whatsoever.
"We have commenced an investigation to try and establish their reasons for travel and as this is a live investigation - which is very much in its infancy - we are not in a position to comment further."
Police say they have found "no evidence whatsoever" of any imminent threat to the community in Rochdale or anywhere else in the UK.
Simon Danczuk, who is defending the Rochdale seat for Labour at the election, said: "I am in the process of trying to find out more information on this case from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, though I would like to thank the authorities for stopping this family entering what is effectively a war zone.
"I am particularly disturbed that children were involved.
"I have also been in touch with the father of one of the young men who was there and he is shocked and confused as to why his son would be trying to enter Syria."
A doctor has been suspended from practising after an investigation was launched into the deaths of four patients.
The inquiry is focused on the Eagle Medical Practice on Alderney in the Channel Islands and is being led by Guernsey Police.
On Thursday they confirmed 10 officers used a search warrant to raid a surgery run by Dr Rory Lyons and a private residential address.
A police spokesman said nobody has been arrested.
"The circumstances which led to this action are that concerns were raised with the Health and Social Services Department (HSSD) following the death of a patient who had been under the care of the Eagle Medical Practice," he said.
"HSSD carried out a preliminary internal investigation, where three further deaths of concern were identified, before referring the matter to Guernsey police. Based on this information we have launched an investigation."
The spokesman added: "This decisive early action was necessary in order to ensure the protection of the public, which is always our primary concern."
The HSSD said the General Medical Council (GMC) was aware of the developments.
HSSD chief officer Carol Tozer said: "Following our initial investigation, a doctor was excluded from treating patients at the Mignot Memorial Hospital and the General Medical Council was informed.
"The GMC was also notified that the matter is now the subject of a police investigation.
"The GMC has confirmed that the doctor's practice is already restricted and he is being investigated."
The Eagle Medical Practice on Ollivier Street in St Anne's serves around 500 patients on Guernsey, which has a total population of approximately 1,900.
A patient who did not wish to be named told Sky News: "I'm surprised and shocked by all this, I have been treated by Dr Lyons for years as have my relatives.
"He is by far and away one of the most skilled GPs I have experience of."
Families have been warned that using bleach to clean the home could be to blame for higher rates of infection in children.
A study led by the University of Leuven - KU Leuven - in Belgium found the chance of flu was 20% higher and recurrent tonsillitis 35% greater amongst children whose parents used bleach to clean their home.
Also, the risk of recurrent infection was 18% higher amongst children of regular bleach users.
The results were calculated by looking at the effects of bleach in the homes of more than 9,000 children aged between six and 12 in the Netherlands, Finland and Spain.
Parents were asked to complete a questionnaire on their bleach use and the number of times their children had tonsillitis, sinusitis, flu, bronchitis, otitis (ear infection) and pneumonia in the previous 12 months.
The results found that use of bleach was common in Spain - 72% of respondents - but rare in Finland where only 7% of people used it.
The study, published in the British Medical Journal, also noted that all Spanish schools were cleaned with bleach, while Finnish schools were not.
Researchers said after taking into account a number of influential factors, such as passive smoking at home, the presence of household mould, and whether bleach was used in the children's schools, the prevalence of infections was higher in children of bleach users.
The study said: "Domestic cleaning involves exposure to a large variety of irritants and sensitising chemicals that are used following certain cleaning patterns.
"Unfortunately, we did not have information on the use of other cleaning products and we cannot exclude the possibility that the observed results are due to the use of other irritants or to their combinations."
Researchers said "the high frequency of use of disinfecting cleaning products - caused by erroneous belief, reinforced by advertising, that our homes should be free of microbes - makes the modest effects reported in our study of public health concern".
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Nine Britons arrested for trying to cross illegally from Turkey into Syria are expected to be deported today.
The Britons - including two women and four children - were held by Turkish officers at a military outpost at Ogulpinar in the south of the country.
Footage released this morning shows the Britons arriving at a police station in the Southern Hatay province.
Two children - a boy and a girl - could be seen inside the military vehicle. The Britons were then escorted inside the police station.
Detained British citizens leaving hospital after medical checks
Turkish MP Mehmet Ali Ediboglu said late on Wednesday: "They are being held at a paramilitary outpost. Probably, they will be deported to their country tomorrow (Thursday)."
It was not clear why the nine Britons were trying to cross the border.
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Thousands of foreigners have joined the ranks of Islamic State and other radical groups in Syria and Iraq, many of them crossing through Turkey.
UK security services alone estimate 600 Britons have gone to Syria or Iraq to join militant groups.
Turkey has faced criticism for not doing enough to control its southeastern borders.
The country has in turn accused European nations of failing to prevent would-be jihadists from travelling in the first place.
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The planned deportation comes as a new UN report says more than 25,000 foreign fighters have travelled to join al Qaeda, IS and other splinter groups.
The fighters, from more than 100 countries, have travelled to areas including Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Libya and the Philippines.
The report said its analysis indicates that the number of foreign terrorist fighters worldwide increased by 71% between mid-2014 and March 2015.
It added that the increased flow of foreign fighters "is higher than it has ever been historically".
Video:British Medical Students In Syria
Fighters "pose an immediate and long-term threat" and are "an urgent global security problem" that needs to be tackled on many fronts, the UN insisted.
Among Britons who have previously travelled to Syria are thought to be three teenage girls from east London.
Bethnal Green Academy pupils Shamima Begum, Amira Abase and Kadiza Sultana are now thought to be in the Syrian city of Raqqa, an IS stronghold.
The girls were last seen on CCTV at a bus station in Istanbul on 17 February.
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It is understood they were following another 15-year-old girl who travelled there in December.
The number of teachers being abused online by parents and children has risen sharply.
Some 40% of teachers say they have been attacked by parents on social media in the past year - up from 27% from the 2014 figures.
School staff are facing sexist, racist and homophobic comments, as well as offensive remarks about their appearance and competence, according to the NASUWT union.
The number of teachers who have suffered abuse from either pupils or teachers in the past 12 months is 60% - a huge rise from 21% last year.
One post about a teacher read: "I hope she gets cancer."
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A heavily pregnant teacher was called an "ugly f*****g b***h", while others have had photos posted alongside words such as "b***h" and "t**t".
One teacher said they were harassed for nine months by children who sent sexually explicit messages and set up a fake social media account in their name.
In another example, a teacher was described as a "bitch" for making her child do PE without her inhaler.
The most common age of pupils dishing out abuse was 14-16 (57%). Five percent were aged 7-11.
NASUWT general secretary Chris Keates said: "It is deeply worrying to see that the abuse of teachers has risen by such a huge margin this year.
"Equally concerning is that it appears that more parents are the perpetrators of the abuse.
"The vile, insulting and personal comments are taking their toll on teachers' health and wellbeing and undermining their confidence to do their job.
"Many teachers tell us that they suspect they are being abused online but dare not look, for fear they could never walk into their school again to have to face their abusers.
"While there has been some improvement in action taken on reported abuse, there are still too many cases where no appropriate action is taken and teachers are being left devastated, humiliated and traumatised."
A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a five-month-old girl in Perry Barr, Birmingham.
West Midlands Police said officers were called to an address in Perry Barr shortly before 1am on Wednesday after reports of a baby struggling to breathe.
The girl was taken to hospital but died that afternoon.
Police say her death is being treated as suspicious. A post-mortem examination was due to be carried out.
A man aged 25 and a 22-year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of the girl's murder.
The man who mugged disabled pensioner Alan Barnes, sparking a charity campaign that raised £330,000, has been jailed.
Richard Gatiss was sentenced to four years in prison by a judge at Newcastle Crown Court.
The 25-year-old drug addict pushed Mr Barnes over as he put his bins out in Gateshead, breaking his collar bone. He was trying to get money to buy legal highs when he carried out the mugging, but ran off empty handed.
Judge Paul Sloan QC said: "I have no doubt he was picked on by you because of his vulnerability.
"It was on any view a despicable offence."
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Gatiss, from Gateshead, was caught after analysis of DNA evidence from the pocket of Mr Barnes's jacket.
Mr Barnes was too scared to return to his home in Low Fell, Gateshead, and has said he will buy a new house with the money raised online.
The fund was started by beautician Katie Cutler, 21, who initially set a target of £500 to buy new carpets and curtains.
Mr Barnes' disabilities were caused when his mother contracted German measles while she was pregnant.
After he was arrested, Gatiss denied being involved in the mugging, saying he had been brought up better than that, but then later claimed a knifeman made him do it.
When he was challenged, he confessed. Prosecutor Nick Dry said: "He said he wanted money to buy legal highs to which he had become addicted, then breaking down, he was distressed at what he had done."
Jamie Adams, defending, said that Gatiss had recently been diagnosed with epilepsy and that his medication when mixed with legal highs would have a "deleterious effect".
He added that publicity surrounding the case had made Gatiss "the subject of some pretty awful double-standard behaviour" from other inmates.
He said: "Life is not easy for him. He is going to be in the public glare for a long time to come and he knows that.
"There is a lot for him to deal with."
After the sentencing, Mr Barnes said he hoped Gatiss would "do some thinking" while he was in prison.
He said: "I'm pleased he's been sentenced and I think the sentence of four years is just about the right length.
"I hope while he's in prison he'll do some thinking and when he comes out he'll do something useful. Maybe he might decide to help people, which I think would be a good idea for him.
"It's sad that he was brought to the stage of doing something like this - not necessarily just me, it could have been anybody and they might not have got over the incident."
Mr Barnes added that his injuries have now virtually healed and he has found a new house in Low Fell that he hopes to buy.
It's the kind of advertisement that money can't buy.
The front page of the Daily Telegraph is devoted to a letter, signed by more than 100 business leaders, backing Conservative Party policies and warning "a change in course" would "put the recovery at risk".
Remember that when Labour took out an advert in the Financial Times quoting business bosses supporting their policies on the EU, they had to pay for the privilege.
The 103 names includes nine women
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It's a long way from the "prawn cocktail offensive" of New Labour, who expended huge efforts in wooing big business and the city.
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Some of the signatories are former Labour Party supporters, including Dragons' Den star Duncan Bannatyne, theatre director Sir Cameron Mackintosh and Sir Charles Dunstone of the Carphone Warehouse.
Economic competence will be crucial to getting the keys to the door of Number 10 - so the voice of UK PLC matters.
However, I suspect that Labour will be less concerned about this letter in comparison to a similar missive in the Telegraph during the 2010 campaign.
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Firstly, I understand that it was organised by the Conservative Party, with co-chairman Andrew Feldman reaching out to his contacts in his little black book. It was not organised independently by the business community, and is deeply political.
Secondly, and most importantly, Labour is happy to try to draw a contrast between the Conservatives standing up for big business and Ed Miliband on the side of the little man.
As one key ally of the leader of the Labour Party put it to me: "We want the election choice to be about whether you want a country run for the wealthy few or the less well-off many. Today's match up between the letter on their side and zero hours contracts for 1.8 million poorer workers on our side captures that pretty well."
Video:'Don't Tamper With What Is Working'
The Telegraph letter merely highlights dividing lines that have already been drawn.
With the polls virtually neck and neck, it's still unclear which argument will win the election.
A Labour government would threaten jobs, deter investment and put Britain's economic recovery at risk, according to a letter signed by more than 100 leading business figures.
Senior executives from some of Britain's best-known businesses hailed the Government's economic policies, which they claim show that "the UK is open for business".
The move was orchestrated by Conservative party co-chairman Lord Feldman, who is continuing to email business leaders asking them to "consider adding your name as a signatory to this letter".
The top executives - including BP's CEO Bob Dudley and vice-chairman of West Ham United, the Conservative Peer, Baroness Brady - argue that keeping the Conservatives in power is the best way to ensure continued growth.
In an open letter to The Daily Telegraph, the signatories, who had been approached by the party to add their names to the letter, said the Conservatives' economic policies have supported investment and the creation of jobs.
Video:'Don't Tamper With What Is Working'
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The letter has been signed by at least five former Labour backers including the chairman of Dixons Carphone and Talk Talk plc, Sir Charles Dunstone and former Dragons' Den star Duncan Bannatyne.
The business figures write: "We believe this Conservative-led Government has been good for business and has pursued policies which have supported investment and job creation.
"David Cameron and George Osborne's flagship policy of progressively lowering Corporation Tax to 20% has been very important in showing the UK is open for business. It has been a key part of their economic plan.
"The result is that Britain grew faster than any other major economy last year and businesses like ours have created over 1.85m new jobs.
Video:'Letter Does Not Mention Labour'
"We believe a change in course will threaten jobs and deter investment. This would send a negative message about Britain and put the recovery at risk."
Mr Cameron was quick to welcome the letter tweeting: "Today's #businessletter in the @Telegraph shows job creators support our long term economic plan. Labour's taxes will cost jobs."
Mr Osborne told Sky News: "This is an unprecedented intervention in a British General Election. A hundred business people, employing over half a million people and leading some of Britain's best-known companies, from Primark to the Prudential and from BP to Britvic and Mothercare have spoken out.
"Their message could not be clearer. We have a Conservative economic plan that is working and is creating jobs and if we change course those jobs will be threatened and the recovery will be put at risk."
Other business leaders to put their names to the letter were Prudential CEO Tidjane Thiam, former head of Marks & Spencer Lord Rose, chairman of the Arcadia Group Sir Philip Green, and chairman of Bloomberg Peter Grauer.
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Bloomberg was the venue Labour used for its business manifesto launch on Monday, which was overshadowed by a backlash against an advert the party had place in the Financial Times, which used quotes from business leaders about the EU.
A number of the firms quoted were quick to distance themselves from political allegiance to the party.
Lord Rose told Sky News it was an "implicit warning: don't tamper with what is working well."
Shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves said: "The letter to the Telegraph does not mention the Labour party at all and it's just about one policy: corporation tax.
"It does not mention membership of the EU, which is of course such a big deal to many large businesses or investment in infrastructure or skills but also it does not talk about the small businesses who are going to benefit from Labour's freeze, or cut, in business rates."
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On Tuesday Labour pledged to reverse the Government's final cut in corporation tax to pay for a reduction in rates for 1.5 million small businesses.
Mr Miliband, whose relationship with the city has been questioned, today announced plans to take a tougher stance on zero-hours contracts and improve employees' rights.
Under the proposal workers will be able to demand a regular contract after 12 weeks.
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Winds of up to 70mph battered parts of England and Wales overnight, causing widespread travel disruption and flooding in some regions.
In the northwest, firefighters spent three hours removing a 20ft tree which had fallen onto a house in Leigh - ruining a family's plans to go on holiday.
And at an Esso refinery in Hampshire, a crewman was rescued from a sinking tug by a heroic employee who jumped into the water to save him.
In Worsley, a 20ft tree fell onto a house. Pic: @manchesterfire
Without hesitation, he swam to the capsized vessel and smashed a window to help the trapped crew member, who only had access to a small pocket of air inside.
All of the employees have been accounted for, according to the coastguard - although one person had to be treated for hypothermia following the incident.
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Earlier, journeys on the West Coast Main Line between Warrington and the Lake District were delayed by up to an hour - while trees on the line caused considerable disruption between Exeter and Taunton, Salisbury and Romsey, and Aylesbury and London.
Several bridges on the motorways were closed as a precaution, including the Dartford Crossing on the M25, the Severn Bridge on the M48, and the Ouse Bridge on the M62.
There was also bad news for fans of the Thunderbirds, as an event to promote the new series on the River Thames was cancelled.
Although it will "gradually quieten down" as the Easter weekend approaches, the Met Office predicts the strongest winds are yet to be seen in northwest England.
And, even though it is the first day of April on Wednesday, wintry showers are expected over higher ground in Scotland, spreading into northern England and parts of north Wales.
Sky News weather producer Becky Yussuf said: "The unsettled, wet and windy weather will continue through until Good Friday.
"High pressure will build across the UK and Ireland over the Easter weekend, bringing largely dry and settled conditions.
"There is expected to be a lot of cloud around, and so brightness might be at a bit of a premium.
"Temperatures will be around average for the time of year, with highs of 14C (57F)."
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The inquests into the 96 deaths started 25 years after the event
By Nick Martin, North Of England Correspondent
Survivors of the Hillsborough tragedy have given moving accounts of what happened to them that day.
They were called as witnesses to the inquests into the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans who died at the semi-final on 15 April, 1989.
Ian McDermott, who paid £6 for his ticket to attend the match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, told the jury that he was one of the fans who entered the stadium through a side gate which had been opened by police to allow fans into the ground.
He told the inquest he went through a tunnel at the Lepping's Lane end and arrived at a crowded pen three.
"I just describe it was a swirl. It was completely rotating all the time, never stayed still," he said.
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"I was completely compressed from all sides, I just couldn't move at all. I wasn't in control of my own movement.
"I knew instantly that there was a problem. The match was very quickly erased from my mind. I wasn't interested in anything that was happening on the pitch."
Shortly after kick-off Mr McDermott said he lost consciousness and woke up on the floor of the terraces.
He said: "There was a lot of people standing on my legs and there was someone holding my head. I could hear people shouting into my ear."
He told the inquest that he believed someone had given him "the kiss of life" and placed him face down on the pitch in the recovery position.
He told the inquest that in the days after the disaster he had suffered chest pains and panic attacks.
Gillian Edwards had attended the semi-final the year before with her friend Fiona and had stood in the same pen with a fence between them and the pitch, she told the inquest.
"We both said to ourselves we had to make sure we never had a barrier in front of us because we got crushed that year. It was uncomfortable which made us scared," she said.
She said on the day of the tragedy they had both returned to the stadium and also stood in pen three.
"It was fine. We were just having a laugh, banter with people I remember a beach ball going over head," the jury heard.
Shaking and tearful giving evidence, she said: "Two specific memories I have is one of the push forward and then another push, which scared me.
"I was used to football crowds and movement because of going to the various matches. That scared me but then it eased off. But then there was a second surge forward.
"There was no police. I knew there was something really wrong happening.
"I was making sure that I was breathing. I was making sure, just thinking 'What the hell is going on here?'.
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This gallery contains images of the Hillsborough disaster, in which 96 people died. Here, people try to help those caught up in the crush
Policemen aid football fans at Hillsborough stadium
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"And there was a man who was shouting 'There's girls here, there's girls here. Get the girls out. Stop pushing!'.
"I could hear more panic in his voice, which was making me even more aware then how bad the situation really was."
Christina Lambert QC, on behalf of the coroner, asked: "You lost consciousness in the crowd that day?"
"Yes. I did yes," Ms Edwards replied.
The jury heard that Gillian Edwards suffered a "severe brain injury" during the crush and woke up in hospital having been in a coma for five days.
She was "totally blind" when she woke up and had since regained some sight since, the inquest heard.
John McCarthy told the inquest that his younger brother Ian was one of the 96 who died.
He recalled the crush and being told that his brother had died. He said he went to a gymnasium which had been set up as a temporary morgue.
"There was a pile of bodies on the floor, all over the place, laid out in lines. We had to step over them all to get to Ian because he was on the far side. Once we got there we wouldn't leave him alone.
"When we first got to Ian we knelt down beside him. He had his eyes open. I put him on my knee I said 'wake up'.
"I just couldn't believe he was gone. I sat there cradling him."
He told the inquest that several months ago police showed him video footage of the gymnasium and that he had identified his brother.
"The video zoomed in and I saw Ian. His face was covered and I couldn't work out what it was. Then I could see it was a bin liner. They put a bin liner over his face."
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The inquests into the 96 deaths started 25 years after the event
By Nick Martin, North Of England Correspondent
Survivors of the Hillsborough tragedy have given moving accounts of what happened to them that day.
They were called as witnesses to the inquests into the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans who died at the semi-final on 15 April, 1989.
Ian McDermott, who paid £6 for his ticket to attend the match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, told the jury that he was one of the fans who entered the stadium through a side gate which had been opened by police to allow fans into the ground.
He told the inquest he went through a tunnel at the Lepping's Lane end and arrived at a crowded pen three.
"I just describe it was a swirl. It was completely rotating all the time, never stayed still," he said.
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Sir Norman Bettison was involved in the original internal inquiry for South Yorkshire Police and is now chief constable of the West Yorkshire force. Insists he has "nothing to hide"
David Duckenfield was chief supt of South Yorkshire Police and in charge of policing on the day of the disaster
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Former South Yorkshire Police superintendent Bernard Murray was Duckenfield's deputy at the game. Was acquitted of manslaughter charges brought in a private prosecution in 2000. Died in 2006
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Former South Yorkshire Police chief constable Peter Wright gave his backing to police version of events blaming fans. Died in 2011
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The former Police Federation spokesman Paul Middup was among those who sought to place blame on Liverpool fans and his version of events contributed to the now notorious Sun front page
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"I was completely compressed from all sides, I just couldn't move at all. I wasn't in control of my own movement.
"I knew instantly that there was a problem. The match was very quickly erased from my mind. I wasn't interested in anything that was happening on the pitch."
Shortly after kick-off Mr McDermott said he lost consciousness and woke up on the floor of the terraces.
He said: "There was a lot of people standing on my legs and there was someone holding my head. I could hear people shouting into my ear."
He told the inquest that he believed someone had given him "the kiss of life" and placed him face down on the pitch in the recovery position.
He told the inquest that in the days after the disaster he had suffered chest pains and panic attacks.
Gillian Edwards had attended the semi-final the year before with her friend Fiona and had stood in the same pen with a fence between them and the pitch, she told the inquest.
"We both said to ourselves we had to make sure we never had a barrier in front of us because we got crushed that year. It was uncomfortable which made us scared," she said.
She said on the day of the tragedy they had both returned to the stadium and also stood in pen three.
"It was fine. We were just having a laugh, banter with people I remember a beach ball going over head," the jury heard.
Shaking and tearful giving evidence, she said: "Two specific memories I have is one of the push forward and then another push, which scared me.
"I was used to football crowds and movement because of going to the various matches. That scared me but then it eased off. But then there was a second surge forward.
"There was no police. I knew there was something really wrong happening.
"I was making sure that I was breathing. I was making sure, just thinking 'What the hell is going on here?'.
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Gallery: Day Of Tragedy
This gallery contains images of the Hillsborough disaster, in which 96 people died. Here, people try to help those caught up in the crush
Policemen aid football fans at Hillsborough stadium
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"And there was a man who was shouting 'There's girls here, there's girls here. Get the girls out. Stop pushing!'.
"I could hear more panic in his voice, which was making me even more aware then how bad the situation really was."
Christina Lambert QC, on behalf of the coroner, asked: "You lost consciousness in the crowd that day?"
"Yes. I did yes," Ms Edwards replied.
The jury heard that Gillian Edwards suffered a "severe brain injury" during the crush and woke up in hospital having been in a coma for five days.
She was "totally blind" when she woke up and had since regained some sight since, the inquest heard.
John McCarthy told the inquest that his younger brother Ian was one of the 96 who died.
He recalled the crush and being told that his brother had died. He said he went to a gymnasium which had been set up as a temporary morgue.
"There was a pile of bodies on the floor, all over the place, laid out in lines. We had to step over them all to get to Ian because he was on the far side. Once we got there we wouldn't leave him alone.
"When we first got to Ian we knelt down beside him. He had his eyes open. I put him on my knee I said 'wake up'.
"I just couldn't believe he was gone. I sat there cradling him."
He told the inquest that several months ago police showed him video footage of the gymnasium and that he had identified his brother.
"The video zoomed in and I saw Ian. His face was covered and I couldn't work out what it was. Then I could see it was a bin liner. They put a bin liner over his face."
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By Mark Stone in Beijing and King Chai Woon in Kuala Lumpur
A 24-year-old man has been sentenced to death for the killing of two British medical students on the island of Borneo last August.
Fishmonger Zulkipli Abdullah faces death by hanging once his appeals has been exhausted.
Newcastle University students Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger, both 22, were found lying in a road in Kuching, the capital of Malaysia's Sarawak state, on 6 August.
An inquest heard how they were stabbed to death following an incident at a bar or cafe in the early hours of the morning.
Prosecutor Muhamad Iskandar Ahmad said Zulkipli admitted to the court that he was involved in a fight with the two Britons, along with two of his friends, but claimed he punched one of them rather than stabbing either of them.
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The two men with him on the night testified for the prosecution and said Zulkipli told them he wanted to "test his power" against bigger and taller foreigners.
After the killing, he sniffed the blood on his hands and told his friends that "the blood of white men smells nice," the prosecutor said.
But speaking to Sky News, Zulkipli's defence counsel Anthony Tai said he believes there are "material, fundamental contradictions" by one of the witnesses, who changed her story and testimony.
According to Mr Tai, the unnamed witness initially told the police that she saw three people getting out of a car to attack one foreigner, but during cross-examination, she said she was "mistaken" and claimed that only one person got out of the car and attacked two foreigners.
Mr Tai described the contradictions by the witness as "lies" and expressed surprise that the court still found her to be credible. He said the contradictions will be an important issue during the appeal process.
The fourth-year students were in the Malaysian part of the island on attachment to a hospital in Kuching and were due to finish their placements two days after they were killed.
In a joint statement, their parents said they were "pleased" with the verdict but added it would not bring their sons back.
"They were two exceptional young men with such promise - kind, funny and full of life," Phil and Jan Dalton and Paul Brunger and Sue Hidson said.
"Their deaths have left their families and many good friends utterly devastated.
"Our sons would soon have qualified as doctors. Their unprovoked and senseless murders as they were walking home after a night out with other medical students mean that Aidan and Neil will never have the chance to spend their lives caring for and helping others.
"They would have given so much to the world. We are so very proud of both of them and in what they achieved in their all too short lives.
"Although we are pleased that the man responsible for their murders has been held accountable, the guilty verdict does not bring our sons back."
Zayn Malik may have left One Direction on good terms - but all that could be about to change.
Just days after announcing his departure from the band so he could be a "normal" 22-year-old, a demo recording of Malik performing on his own has been posted online by a renowned producer.
Louis Tomlinson, one of his former bandmates, went crazy, crazy, crazy when he heard the song.
In a tweet to the producer behind the leak, Naughty Boy, he wrote: "Wow @NaughtyBoyMusic you're so inconsiderate pal, seriously how f****** old are you? Grow up!"
Tomlinson accused the British DJ of trying to wind up One Direction fans, who are still nursing broken hearts after the five-piece band became four – prompting fears a split was imminent.
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Labour has pledged to reverse the Government's final cut in corporation tax to pay for a reduction in rates for small businesses.
Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls has also promised smaller firms they will be the first to benefit from future tax cuts if Labour takes power in the General Election.
Mr Balls said that reversing the corporation tax cut would allow Labour to slash business rates on 1.5 million small business premises.
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Labour argues that 17 small firms would benefit from the cut for every large business helped by the reduction in corporation tax.
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The party claims the coalition spent £7bn over the last parliament cutting the main rate of corporation tax to the benefit of larger firms, while revenues from business rates rose by £3bn.
Speaking as he visited a small business, Mr Balls said: "Unleashing the potential of smaller businesses to grow, create more good jobs and raise living standards is a vital part of Labour's better plan.
"This is part of our plan to deliver a simpler and fairer tax system for small businesses. This is the right priority when money is tight.
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"And it will mean that the tax burden on small businesses will be lower with Labour than under the Tories."
The announcement comes a day after the launch of Ed Miliband's business manifesto was overshadowed by a row over Labour's use of business leaders' quotes in an advert for the party's stance on the EU.
Mr Miliband faced a backlash over the advertisement in the Financial Times, published as Mr Miliband warned voters that leaving the European Union was a "clear and present danger" to British business.
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The Conservatives have argued that abandoning the cut in corporation tax would jeopardise economic security.
Treasury Minister David Gauke said: "This would be the first time corporation tax has risen in over 40 years and Labour's plans could cost 96,400 jobs - it would put people's economic security at risk.
"The Conservative Party is helping businesses small and large as part of our long-term economic plan - we don't divide them up for the sake of making a political point."
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David Cameron said reversing the corporation tax cut was a "crazy thing to do when the economy is growing".
The Conservative leader today pledged a Conservative government will help business create two million new jobs over the course of the next parliament.
Nick Clegg was speaking earlier to promised an additional £3.5bn over the next parliament, with the aim of "revolutionising" adult and child mental health care.
The Conservative leader has refused to say where welfare cuts will fall but insisted that British families still needed to take "the medicine" to help put the country back on track.
In a round of interviews setting out a pledge to create two million extra jobs over the course of the next parliament, David Cameron admitted there were more cuts to be made but would not say where they would fall.
The Conservatives have said they will find £12bn of welfare cuts over the next parliament if they are returned to power on 7 May but have indicated they will not tell voters of the details before the vote.
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Tackled on where the cuts would fall on Sky News Mr Cameron said: "The medicine is that we need to - for two more years - do what we have done for the last five, which is find £1 out of every £100 the Government spends and save it.
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"So the choice at this election, if you simplify it, really is: do you want to find that £1 saving out of every £100, which families and businesses up and down the country have had to do or do you want to scrap that plan and put up taxes and borrow more."
Mr Cameron said that they had managed to find £20bn of welfare savings in the last five years.
Answering claims he would go down as the "biggest Scrooge prime minister", Mr Cameron said he didn't come into office to make cuts but when he came to power Britain had a budget deficit forecast to be bigger than that of Greece and he had to do the job.
He also dismissed criticism over using his outgoing address at Number 10, at which he officially announces the General Election, to attack his opponent Ed Miliband.
He was the first prime minister to use the platform to speak against the opposition leader but when asked if it was "not cricket", Mr Cameron told Sky's Eamonn Holmes: "In cricket there are two opposing teams".
Video:Cameron's Election Pledge
And after reports of meetings between Tory MPs and UKIP members he denied he had been in "secret talks" over a coalition and intended to spend the next 37 days working for a majority.
He also said that his wife, Samantha, had not been behind his decision to announce he would only serve two terms as Prime Minister.
Mr Cameron believes the Tories can match the job creation of the past five years, during which the Coalition created an average of 1,000 new jobs every day. Although he got his figures mixed up during the interview on Sky News and claimed it had been 10,000 a day.
As the second day of campaigning gets under way, the Prime Minister said: "We are the jobs party - and over the next month, we will be fighting for every man and woman who wants to work and earn a wage."
The pledge comes exactly a year after Chancellor George Osborne set a goal of full employment for Britain.
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Mr Cameron argues an additional two million jobs is a feasible target thanks to government assistance for business, competitive tax rates, a parliament-long campaign against red tape, plus investment in infrastructure.
He said Labour's plan to reverse corporation tax cuts - as a way of paying for a reduction in rates for small businesses - was a "crazy thing to do when the economy is growing".
The Prime Minister's first outing of the election campaign proper was to address a rally of supporters at a school in Chippenham - a marginal constituency they need to take if they are to stand any chance of winning a majority.
Speaking at the event, Mr Cameron admitted he is not the "perfect" Prime Minister - but insisted he has a record to be "proud" of.
It came figures from the Office for National Statistics showed that the UK economy grew faster than had been expected - 2.8% in 2014, which was 0.2% higher than earlier estimates.
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Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats sought to distinguish themselves from the Conservatives, and other parties, by focusing on mental health with a pledge of extra funding.
He accused the Tories of trying to "pull the wool over people's eyes" on NHS funding by refusing to set out clearly for voters how it would pay for its pledges on the health service.
The Lib Dems were the first party to commit to meeting the extra £8bn the NHS chief Simon Stevens said was needed for the health service to survive by 2020.
Mr Clegg also criticised Mr Cameron's refusal to say where welfare cuts will fall and said: "The Conservatives are trying to treat people like fools. They say they are going to take £12 billion away from the poorest families in the country but they won't spell out how or where. They are promising everybody lashings of tax cuts but won't tell people how they are going to pay for it."
On the first day of Labour's campaign, Mr Miliband tried to win over business with the launch of the party's first "mini manifesto".
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Written By Unknown on Senin, 30 Maret 2015 | 18.54
The body of a British man, believed to be in his 50s and from Liverpool, has washed up on the Cote d'Azur, French authorities say.
The man's bike was found nearby, along with papers confirming he was a British national.
The cause of his death is not known and a post-mortem examination is expected to be performed today.
According to officials, he was discovered on Saturday near the coastal village of Eze, and was wearing a sports kit.
At present, prosecutors are not pursuing any particular theory as to his cause of death.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We're looking into reports that a British national has died in France. We stand ready to provide consular assistance."
David Cameron said in five years he had put Britain "back on her feet again" as he formally fired the starting gun on the election race after a meeting with the Queen.
Speaking on the steps of Number 10 after returning from Buckingham Palace where he asked the Queen to dissolve Parliament, Mr Cameron said voters face a "stark choice" between him and Ed Miliband.
With 38 days to go until the election, the Conservatives would offer strong leadership and a country that was safe and secure but Mr Miliband would offer a country mired in "economic chaos".
He said: "Britain is on the right track. This election is about moving forward, and that is what, as Prime Minister here at Downing Street, I will deliver."
And he warned that if voters put Mr Miliband in Number 10 working families would face a £3,000 tax hike.
Video:Cameron Heads For The Palace
In a YouTube video released by the Conservatives before Mr Cameron's journey to Buckingham Palace, the Conservative leader said May 7 was "the most important General Election in a generation".
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg also made the trip to Buckingham Palace for a meeting with the Queen in his role as President of the Privy Council.
Speaking ahead of the meeting Mr Clegg predicted another coalition government come May 7 and said: "It is my view that the era of single-party government is now over in British politics."
Video:'Election Is About Moving Forward'
He said: "About the very last thing the country now needs is a lurch to the left or the right and yet that is exactly what the Conservative and Labour parties are now threatening."
He added: "I think what the vast majority of people in this country want is that we keep this country and our government anchored in the centre ground, which is where the Liberal Democrats have anchored the government over the last five years."
The final act of pomp and ceremony of the coalition government fires the starting gun on the General Election campaign.
Video:Miliband: 'Two Futures On Offer'
As the formalities played out at Buckingham Palace, Ed Miliband was attempting to win over business with the launch of its first "mini manifestos" in which the Labour leader warned of the "clear and present danger" of leaving the EU.
He said: "There could be nothing worse for our country or for our great exporting businesses than playing political games with our membership of the EU. David Cameron used to understand that. But in the past five years our place in the European Union has become less and less secure."
UKIP leader Nigel Farage was due to launch his party's five election pledges this afternoon along with a new poster.
Video:Clegg: Don't Lurch Left Or Right
The pledges are: "1. Say No to EU 2. Control our borders 3. Extra £3bn for the NHS 4. Cut foreign aid spending 5. No tax on the minimum wage."
With Parliament dissolved, MPs immediately lose their title and are asked to remove references to it, or place disclaimers on any email or social media account which names them as an MP.
It has already prompted a Twitter squabble with the Conservative parliamentary candidate fro Worsley and Eccles South posting: "I'm sure it's an oversight that my Labour opponent's Twitter name now breaches Parliamentary rules after dissolution."
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A British couple have been found shot dead locked in each other's arms in a villa near Benidorm, according to sources.
Sky News Correspondent Martin Brunt said the couple, aged 77 and named by Spanish police as Peter and Jean Tarsey, were found dead in the villa in Xalo at around 4pm on Sunday.
He said: "Yesterday they were expecting dinner guests. Last night the guests got into the villa and found them, it's been described to me locked in each other's arms on the sofa.
"Both of them had been shot dead by a small calibre gun. Police say that various gunshots had been fired."
The Guardia Civil said post-mortem examinations have not yet been completed, but they are believed to have been killed in the last few days.
The couple, who have been residents in Spain for 18 years, had no known criminal history and "had not been doing anything strange", according to police.
Officers said there was no sign of forced entry and the case is being treated as homicide. A TV was found to be missing in the property and a computer was found in the swimming pool.
Written By Unknown on Minggu, 29 Maret 2015 | 18.54
Clarkson Row: BBC Boss 'Sent Death Threats'
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Tony Hall (L) decided not to renew Clarkson's Top Gear contract
Police are investigating allegations of threats to kill BBC director general Tony Hall, reportedly linked to his decision to drop presenter Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear.
Lord Hall, 64, and his wife Cynthia have been under 24-hour guard at their Oxfordshire home since the threats were made on Wednesday, according to reports.
"Police in Westminster are investigating an allegation of threats to kill. The allegation was reported to police on Wednesday, 25 March.
Oisin Tymon has said he will not pursue charges against Clarkson
"The threat was made by email.
"Enquiries continue to establish from where the email was sent, although the content of the message suggests from outside the UK."
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Model and TV presenter Jodie Kidd is a well-known car expert and amateur racing driver. She currently presents The Classic Car Show on Channel 5
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Chris Evans has repeatedly denied that he is interested in the job but bookies still seem to think he's a hot contender
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Comedian Steve Coogan has appeared on Top Gear several times, but since then has been critical of the show's brand of humour
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Former racing driver Eddie Irvine would certainly tick the boxes in terms of car knowledge, but his lack of TV experience could count against him
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A BBC spokeswoman said: "We wouldn't comment on security matters."
Lord Hall, former chief executive of the Royal Opera House, took over the £450,000 BBC post in April 2013, replacing George Entwistle, who left the corporation in the wake of the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal.
He announced on Wednesday that Clarkson would not be retained on the motoring show, saying "a line has been crossed" after the unprovoked attack on producer Oisin Tymon.
He added that "there cannot be one rule for one and one rule for another".
Video:Clarkson 'Crossed A Line'
Mr Tymon had his lip split by Clarkson in a 30-second-long assault on 4 March and took himself to hospital with his injuries.
He was also shouted at by the former Top Gear presenter in a torrent of verbal abuse over food at a hotel in North Yorkshire.
Clarkson reported the incident to the BBC five days later and was suspended by the broadcaster on 10 March.
On Friday, Mr Tymon, who has himself received death threats and abuse from trolls on Twitter, said he did not want to press charges against his former colleague.
Video:Jeremy Clarkson Quiet On His Bike
North Yorkshire Police said the force is still investigating the incident.
Police could yet bring a charge against 54-year-old Clarkson, although it appears any prosecution would be without the support of the victim himself.
Meanwhile, it remains unclear as to who will take over at Top Gear.
Chris Evans leads the betting as favourite to take over the show, even though he has ruled himself out on more than one occasion.
Video:James May: Sacking Is A Tragedy
Top Gear co-hosts James May, 52, and Richard Hammond, 45, have not announced if they will stay at the show or not, but have heavily hinted that they will follow Clarkson out of the corporation.
Asked earlier in the week if he will continue on the BBC2 show, May said the trio came "as a package" and his future requires "a lot of careful thought".
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Clarkson Row: BBC Boss 'Sent Death Threats'
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Tony Hall (L) decided not to renew Clarkson's Top Gear contract
Police are investigating allegations of threats to kill BBC director general Tony Hall, reportedly linked to his decision to drop presenter Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear.
Lord Hall, 64, and his wife Cynthia have been under 24-hour guard at their Oxfordshire home since the threats were made on Wednesday, according to reports.
"Police in Westminster are investigating an allegation of threats to kill. The allegation was reported to police on Wednesday, 25 March.
Oisin Tymon has said he will not pursue charges against Clarkson
"The threat was made by email.
"Enquiries continue to establish from where the email was sent, although the content of the message suggests from outside the UK."
1/11
Gallery: Who Could Replace Jeremy Clarkson?
Model and TV presenter Jodie Kidd is a well-known car expert and amateur racing driver. She currently presents The Classic Car Show on Channel 5
Actor and comedian Stephen Fry famously drives a black cab around London and would be a popular choice for many
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Chris Evans has repeatedly denied that he is interested in the job but bookies still seem to think he's a hot contender
]]>
Comedian Steve Coogan has appeared on Top Gear several times, but since then has been critical of the show's brand of humour
]]>
Former racing driver Eddie Irvine would certainly tick the boxes in terms of car knowledge, but his lack of TV experience could count against him
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A BBC spokeswoman said: "We wouldn't comment on security matters."
Lord Hall, former chief executive of the Royal Opera House, took over the £450,000 BBC post in April 2013, replacing George Entwistle, who left the corporation in the wake of the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal.
He announced on Wednesday that Clarkson would not be retained on the motoring show, saying "a line has been crossed" after the unprovoked attack on producer Oisin Tymon.
He added that "there cannot be one rule for one and one rule for another".
Video:Clarkson 'Crossed A Line'
Mr Tymon had his lip split by Clarkson in a 30-second-long assault on 4 March and took himself to hospital with his injuries.
He was also shouted at by the former Top Gear presenter in a torrent of verbal abuse over food at a hotel in North Yorkshire.
Clarkson reported the incident to the BBC five days later and was suspended by the broadcaster on 10 March.
On Friday, Mr Tymon, who has himself received death threats and abuse from trolls on Twitter, said he did not want to press charges against his former colleague.
Video:Jeremy Clarkson Quiet On His Bike
North Yorkshire Police said the force is still investigating the incident.
Police could yet bring a charge against 54-year-old Clarkson, although it appears any prosecution would be without the support of the victim himself.
Meanwhile, it remains unclear as to who will take over at Top Gear.
Chris Evans leads the betting as favourite to take over the show, even though he has ruled himself out on more than one occasion.
Video:James May: Sacking Is A Tragedy
Top Gear co-hosts James May, 52, and Richard Hammond, 45, have not announced if they will stay at the show or not, but have heavily hinted that they will follow Clarkson out of the corporation.
Asked earlier in the week if he will continue on the BBC2 show, May said the trio came "as a package" and his future requires "a lot of careful thought".
