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<span style="font-size: 1.125rem; font-weight: 700;">n film producer Harvey Weinstein is on indefinite leave from the company he co-founded while an internal investigation into numerous sexual harassment claims against him is completed.</span></div>
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The Weinstein Company's board of directors said in a statement: "We strongly endorse Harvey Weinstein's already announced decision to take an indefinite leave of absence from the Company, commencing today.</div>
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"As Harvey has said, it is important for him to get the professional help for the problems he has acknowledged.</div>
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"Next steps will depend on Harvey's therapeutic process, the outcome of the board's independent investigation and Harvey's own personal decisions."</div>
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The announcement came a day after The New York Times reported that the co-chairman of the Weinstein Co has over the years reached at least eight legal settlements with women over alleged harassment.</div>
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Weinstein, 65, has previously denied many of the allegations and has not been charged with any crimes.</div>
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In a statement on Thursday, he said: "I came of age in the 60s and 70', when all the rules about behaviour and workplaces were different. That was the culture then.</div>
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"I have since learned it's not an excuse, in the office - or out of it. To anyone.</div>
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"I realised some time ago that I needed to be a better person and my interactions with the people I work with have changed.</div>
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"I appreciate the way I've behaved with colleagues in the past has caused a lot of pain, and I sincerely apologise for it.</div>
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"Though I'm trying to do better, I know I have a long way to go. That is my commitment. My journey now will be to learn about myself and conquer my demons."</div>
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He continued: "I've brought on therapists and I plan to take a leave of absence from my company and to deal with this issue head on. I so respect all women and regret what happened.</div>
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"I hope that my actions will speak louder than words and that one day we will all be able to earn their trust and sit down together with Lisa (lawyer Lisa Bloom) to learn more."</div>
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Academy Award winner Weinstein and his brother Bob formed independent movie studio Miramax in 1979, selling it in 1993 and setting up The Weinstein Company in 2005.</div>
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His Oscar-winning films include Shakespeare in Love and Chicago.</div>
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In 2004, he was made an honorary CBE for his contribution to the British film industry.</div>
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The twice-married father of five is a high-profile Democrat supporter, with gun control and universal healthcare among his causes.</div>
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Weinstein and his family have given more than $1.4m (£1.1m) in political contributions since the 1992 election cycle, according to the nonpartisan Centre for Responsive Politics.</div>
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Nearly all of it went to Democratic politicians, candidates and their allies.</div>
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<b>Source: <a href="http://news.sky.com/story/movie-mogul-harvey-weinstein-apologises-after-sexual-harassment-claims-11068842" target="_blank">Skynews.com</a></b></div>
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The two should comfortably go about their business, never needing to interact, so when they do it is somewhat concerning. Such alarm was felt this week when <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/04/raf-fighter-jets-scrambled-escortryanair-plane-stansted/" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(118, 118, 118); border-left-color: rgb(118, 118, 118); border-right-color: rgb(118, 118, 118); border-top-color: rgb(118, 118, 118); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">two RAF Typhoon jets were scrambled to intercept a Ryanair passenger plane</a> after a suspected bomb hoax.</div>
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The aircraft - carrying passengers from Kaunas in Lithuania - was met by the military jets in the skies off the coast of East Anglia, before being escorted to London Stansted, one of the <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/lists/key-emergency-diversion-airports-around-the-world/" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(118, 118, 118); border-left-color: rgb(118, 118, 118); border-right-color: rgb(118, 118, 118); border-top-color: rgb(118, 118, 118); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">UK’s designated emergency airports</a>, rather than the intended destination of Luton.</div>
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The dramatic scenario came to a peaceful conclusion and all was well - but what might the RAF jets have done had things taken a turn for the worse?</div>
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With origins dating back to the Battle of Britain, scrambling - known today in military terms as Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) - is when RAF pilots respond to an alarm and are able to take to the air in fuelled and armed fighter jets in a matter of minutes.</div>
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The RAF see it as a routine part of its defence role to protect UK airspace. Aircraft at bases around the UK, and even in the Falkland Islands, under the guidance of Air Battlespace Controllers at RAF Boulmer in Northumberland and RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, are ready to take off in minutes.</div>
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There are a number of reasons RAF jets are called upon to meet other aircraft above Britain, though it is always with the goal of protecting our airspace.</div>
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The RAF said, among other reasons, aircraft are “launched to intercept unidentified aircraft because the aircraft cannot be identified, i.e the aircraft is not talking to civilian or military Air Traffic Control, has not filed a flight plan and/or is not transmitting a recognisable secondary surveillance radar code”.</div>
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This includes light and commercial aircraft, as well as military jets of other nations. In 2015 RAF Typhoons were scrambled to meet two Russian military aircraft “disrupting” civil aviation near UK airspace.</div>
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In March a private plane from Bucharest <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/07/raf-fighter-jets-escortplane-birmingham-airport-loses-communication/" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(118, 118, 118); border-left-color: rgb(118, 118, 118); border-right-color: rgb(118, 118, 118); border-top-color: rgb(118, 118, 118); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration-line: none;">was escorted into Birmingham Airport by RAF fighter jets</a> after it experienced communication difficulties. The aircraft was met by two Typhoon jets scrambled from RAF Coningsby, and a Voyager aircraft, from Brize Norton.</div>
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In 2014, an RAF Typhoon jet escorted a Qatar Airways aircraft into Manchester Airport after a pilot requested assistance when a passenger on board made a bomb threat.</div>
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In a worst case scenario, shoot down another plane. A 2015 documentary on RAF’s Quick Reaction Alerts showed a fighter jet pilot telling the pilot of a commercial jet in a training exercise that if he did not respond to repeated attempts to communicate the aircraft would be shot down.</div>
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Every scrambled jet is armed and ready if need be to fire on another aircraft. Such a decision would have to be taken at the highest political level, however.</div>
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Of course, the first job of the fighter pilot would be more sedate, and would usually be to establish contact and continue to flank the target aircraft. In a more serious situation, jets might be deployed to force an aircraft to take a certain route. London Stansted and Manchester Airport are the UK’s two designated emergency airports and the most likely target airports if the RAFs needed to lead a plane to land.</div>
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The RAF says that fighter aircraft are available at each base all day every day allowing a rapid response to any possible incident or threat, but there have only been five such scramblings this year - two against Russian military aircraft and three for other reasons.</div>
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The year with the most QRAs was 2007, when there 24 incidents that required military scrambling. Of those, 19 were for Russian aircraft. Last year the number was 12, with five for the Russians.</div>
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font-weight: bold; text-outline: 1px contrast;" x="5" y="16"><tspan class="highcharts-text-outline" fill="#FFFFFF" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2px" stroke="#FFFFFF" x="5" y="16">19</tspan><tspan x="5" y="16">19</tspan></text></g><g class="highcharts-label highcharts-data-label highcharts-data-label-color-0 " transform="translate(169,61)"><text aria-hidden="true" style="color: black; fill: #000000; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-outline: 1px contrast;" x="5" y="16"><tspan class="highcharts-text-outline" fill="#FFFFFF" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2px" stroke="#FFFFFF" x="5" y="16">11</tspan><tspan x="5" y="16">11</tspan></text></g><g class="highcharts-label highcharts-data-label highcharts-data-label-color-0 " transform="translate(135,81)"><text aria-hidden="true" style="color: black; fill: #000000; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-outline: 1px contrast;" x="5" y="16"><tspan class="highcharts-text-outline" fill="#FFFFFF" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2px" stroke="#FFFFFF" x="5" y="16">11</tspan><tspan x="5" y="16">11</tspan></text></g><g class="highcharts-label highcharts-data-label highcharts-data-label-color-0 " transform="translate(121,102)"><text aria-hidden="true" style="color: black; fill: #000000; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-outline: 1px contrast;" x="5" y="16"><tspan class="highcharts-text-outline" fill="#FFFFFF" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2px" stroke="#FFFFFF" x="5" y="16">7</tspan><tspan x="5" y="16">7</tspan></text></g><g class="highcharts-label highcharts-data-label highcharts-data-label-color-0 " transform="translate(247,122)"><text aria-hidden="true" style="color: black; fill: #000000; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-outline: 1px contrast;" x="5" y="16"><tspan class="highcharts-text-outline" fill="#FFFFFF" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2px" stroke="#FFFFFF" x="5" y="16">10</tspan><tspan x="5" y="16">10</tspan></text></g><g class="highcharts-label 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font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-outline: 1px contrast;" x="5" y="16"><tspan class="highcharts-text-outline" fill="#FFFFFF" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2px" stroke="#FFFFFF" x="5" y="16">8</tspan><tspan x="5" y="16">8</tspan></text></g><g class="highcharts-label highcharts-data-label highcharts-data-label-color-0 " transform="translate(129,204)"><text aria-hidden="true" style="color: black; fill: #000000; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-outline: 1px contrast;" x="5" y="16"><tspan class="highcharts-text-outline" fill="#FFFFFF" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2px" stroke="#FFFFFF" x="5" y="16">8</tspan><tspan x="5" y="16">8</tspan></text></g><g class="highcharts-label highcharts-data-label highcharts-data-label-color-0 " transform="translate(155,225)"><text aria-hidden="true" style="color: black; fill: #000000; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-outline: 1px contrast;" x="5" y="16"><tspan class="highcharts-text-outline" fill="#FFFFFF" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2px" stroke="#FFFFFF" x="5" y="16">5</tspan><tspan x="5" y="16">5</tspan></text></g></g><g class="highcharts-data-labels highcharts-series-1 highcharts-column-series highcharts-color-1 highcharts-tracker" opacity="1" transform="translate(53,53) scale(1 1)"><g class="highcharts-label highcharts-data-label highcharts-data-label-color-1 " transform="translate(52,-1)"><text aria-hidden="true" style="color: white; fill: #FFFFFF; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-outline: 1px contrast;" x="5" y="16"><tspan class="highcharts-text-outline" fill="#000000" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2px" stroke="#000000" x="5" y="16">7</tspan><tspan x="5" y="16">7</tspan></text></g><g class="highcharts-label highcharts-data-label highcharts-data-label-color-1 " transform="translate(52,20)"><text aria-hidden="true" style="color: white; fill: #FFFFFF; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-outline: 1px contrast;" x="5" y="16"><tspan class="highcharts-text-outline" fill="#000000" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2px" stroke="#000000" x="5" y="16">7</tspan><tspan x="5" y="16">7</tspan></text></g><g class="highcharts-label highcharts-data-label highcharts-data-label-color-1 " transform="translate(34,40)"><text aria-hidden="true" style="color: white; fill: #FFFFFF; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-outline: 1px contrast;" x="5" y="16"><tspan class="highcharts-text-outline" fill="#000000" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2px" stroke="#000000" x="5" y="16">5</tspan><tspan x="5" y="16">5</tspan></text></g><g class="highcharts-label highcharts-data-label highcharts-data-label-color-1 " transform="translate(34,61)"><text aria-hidden="true" style="color: white; fill: #FFFFFF; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-outline: 1px contrast;" x="5" y="16"><tspan class="highcharts-text-outline" fill="#000000" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2px" stroke="#000000" x="5" y="16">5</tspan><tspan x="5" y="16">5</tspan></text></g><g class="highcharts-label highcharts-data-label highcharts-data-label-color-1 " transform="translate(17,81)"><text aria-hidden="true" style="color: white; fill: #FFFFFF; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-outline: 1px contrast;" x="5" y="16"><tspan class="highcharts-text-outline" fill="#000000" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2px" stroke="#000000" x="5" y="16">3</tspan><tspan x="5" y="16">3</tspan></text></g><g class="highcharts-label highcharts-data-label highcharts-data-label-color-1 " transform="translate(26,102)"><text aria-hidden="true" style="color: white; fill: #FFFFFF; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-outline: 1px contrast;" x="5" y="16"><tspan class="highcharts-text-outline" fill="#000000" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2px" stroke="#000000" x="5" y="16">4</tspan><tspan x="5" y="16">4</tspan></text></g><g class="highcharts-label highcharts-data-label highcharts-data-label-color-1 " transform="translate(74,122)"><text aria-hidden="true" style="color: white; fill: #FFFFFF; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-outline: 1px contrast;" x="5" y="16"><tspan class="highcharts-text-outline" fill="#000000" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2px" stroke="#000000" x="5" y="16">10</tspan><tspan x="5" y="16">10</tspan></text></g><g class="highcharts-label highcharts-data-label highcharts-data-label-color-1 " transform="translate(91,143)"><text aria-hidden="true" style="color: white; fill: #FFFFFF; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-outline: 1px contrast;" x="5" y="16"><tspan class="highcharts-text-outline" fill="#000000" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2px" stroke="#000000" x="5" y="16">12</tspan><tspan x="5" y="16">12</tspan></text></g><g class="highcharts-label highcharts-data-label highcharts-data-label-color-1 " transform="translate(69,163)"><text aria-hidden="true" style="color: white; fill: #FFFFFF; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-outline: 1px contrast;" x="5" y="16"><tspan class="highcharts-text-outline" fill="#000000" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2px" stroke="#000000" x="5" y="16">9</tspan><tspan x="5" y="16">9</tspan></text></g><g class="highcharts-label highcharts-data-label highcharts-data-label-color-1 " transform="translate(100,184)"><text aria-hidden="true" style="color: white; fill: #FFFFFF; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-outline: 1px contrast;" x="5" y="16"><tspan class="highcharts-text-outline" fill="#000000" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2px" stroke="#000000" x="5" y="16">13</tspan><tspan x="5" y="16">13</tspan></text></g><g class="highcharts-label highcharts-data-label highcharts-data-label-color-1 " transform="translate(26,204)"><text aria-hidden="true" style="color: white; fill: #FFFFFF; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-outline: 1px contrast;" x="5" y="16"><tspan class="highcharts-text-outline" fill="#000000" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2px" stroke="#000000" x="5" y="16">4</tspan><tspan x="5" y="16">4</tspan></text></g><g class="highcharts-label highcharts-data-label highcharts-data-label-color-1 " transform="translate(52,225)"><text aria-hidden="true" style="color: white; fill: #FFFFFF; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-outline: 1px contrast;" x="5" y="16"><tspan class="highcharts-text-outline" fill="#000000" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2px" stroke="#000000" x="5" y="16">7</tspan><tspan x="5" y="16">7</tspan></text></g></g><g class="highcharts-legend" transform="translate(73,356)"><rect class="highcharts-legend-box" fill="none" height="29" rx="0" ry="0" visibility="visible" width="392" x="0" y="0"></rect><g><g><g class="highcharts-legend-item highcharts-column-series highcharts-color-0 highcharts-series-0" transform="translate(8,3)"><text aria-hidden="true" style="cursor: pointer; fill: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;" text-anchor="start" x="21" y="15"><tspan>In response to Russian aircraft</tspan></text><rect class="highcharts-point" fill="#7cb5ec" height="12" rx="6" ry="6" width="12" x="2" y="4"></rect></g><g class="highcharts-legend-item highcharts-column-series highcharts-color-1 highcharts-series-1" transform="translate(233.984375,3)"><text aria-hidden="true" style="cursor: pointer; fill: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;" text-anchor="start" x="21" y="15"><tspan>In response to others</tspan></text><rect class="highcharts-point" fill="#434348" height="12" rx="6" ry="6" width="12" x="2" y="4"></rect></g></g></g></g><g class="highcharts-axis-labels highcharts-xaxis-labels "><text aria-hidden="true" opacity="1" style="color: #666666; cursor: default; fill: #666666; font-size: 11px;" text-anchor="end" transform="translate(0,0)" x="38" y="67"><tspan>2005</tspan></text><text aria-hidden="true" opacity="1" style="color: #666666; cursor: default; fill: #666666; font-size: 11px;" text-anchor="end" transform="translate(0,0)" x="38" y="88"><tspan>2006</tspan></text><text aria-hidden="true" opacity="1" style="color: #666666; cursor: 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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">Goalkeeper Jack Butland will start for England in their final 2018 World Cup qualifier in Lithuania on Sunday.</span></div>
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England secured their place at the tournament in Russia with a game to spare and manager Gareth Southgate has opted to replace Joe Hart with Butland.</div>
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The Stoke keeper, 24, will win his sixth cap and get the chance to impress with Hart's form being questioned.</div>
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"He has been patient, his form has been good. It's a good opportunity for Jack," said Southgate.</div>
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Manchester City's Hart, on a season-long loan at West Ham, started the <a href="http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/41423558" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #121212; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1-0 Wembley win over Slovenia</a> on Thursday which sealed qualification.</div>
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But the 30-year-old's place has come under increasing scrutiny following errors at Euro 2016 and conceding two Leigh Griffiths free-kicks in the 2-2 draw with Scotland at Hampden Park in June.</div>
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Butland is one of Hart's rivals for the number one spot, along with Fraser Forster of Southampton, Everton's Jordan Pickford and the injured Tom Heaton of Burnley.</div>
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"I've said all along there's great competition for places," added Southgate.</div>
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"I think Joe's performance against Slovenia was excellent, not only did he make important saves but also his decision-making and distribution. His management of the game was excellent."</div>
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Butland's last England appearance was in a friendly defeat by France in June.</div>
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That came after missing almost all of last season with an ankle injury sustained in England's 3-2 friendly win over Germany in March 2016.</div>
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"We're all after the same shirt but we're keen to push each other to a high standard because that means success for us as a nation," he said.</div>
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"We have brilliant rivalry but a great friendship too. It's been a long process getting back fit and I finally feel like I'm back where I was, playing consistently and back in the England set-up."</div>
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England travel to Vilnius looking to conclude a fourth successive qualifying campaign with an unbeaten record - their last defeat in a qualifier was a 1-0 loss in Ukraine on their way to the 2010 World Cup.</div>
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But their recent tournament record is poor, with the Euro 2016 exit to Iceland following a 2014 World Cup where they failed to get out of their group.</div>
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And after the dreary win against Slovenia at Wembley on Thursday, Southgate conceded that his side were some distance behind the world's leading footballing nations.</div>
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As a result, he said the introduction of Butland will not be the only change he makes for the Lithuania game.</div>
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"Everyone was disappointed with the performance, none more so than me. We want to learn things from the game and don't want to waste that opportunity," said Southgate.</div>
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"We'll make changes but want to get the balance right. It is a results business - but the way I want to play is to entertain as well.</div>
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"We were very clear in our mind how we wanted to evolve and we've got an extra game to do that now, which is a great opportunity to look at a couple of things."</div>
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'They need support and backing'</h3>
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Even though he gave a frank assessment of England's performance against Slovenia, Southgate asked for supporters to "get behind" his team.</div>
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Last week, analysis by BBC Sport revealed that England's under-21 players have played less top-flight football this season than their Spanish, German and Italian counterparts.</div>
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And the boss of the senior side said that the lack of English players featuring regularly in the Premier League is having a detrimental effect on the quality at his disposal.</div>
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"We have a league where every week 70 English players play. When I was playing it was probably best part of 150," said the former Aston Villa and Middlesbrough defender.</div>
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"We have a problem in terms of opportunities for young players. The players we're selecting we believe are the best in the country.</div>
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"The desire is for the country to get behind them. They're not where everybody wants them to be, but they need support and backing."</div>
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My England starting XI</h1>
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Gareth Southgate's England have booked their place at the World Cup in 2018. Choose who you would pick in their starting XI in Russia - and then share it with your friends using our team selector.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271723849199891273noreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.71289100000001337.09024 -95.712891000000013 37.09024 -95.712891000000013tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-738043728947537243.post-61034391245324494752017-10-07T11:30:00.000-07:002017-10-07T11:30:00.662-07:00Ivory trade to be banned in UK 'to protect elephants'<figure class="media-landscape has-caption full-width lead" style="background-color: #111111; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 32px -54.2188px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="image-and-copyright-container" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="ivory" class="js-image-replace" data-highest-encountered-width="660" height="549" src="https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/15C61/production/_98158198_gettyimages-124754995.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #bdbdbd; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; user-select: none; vertical-align: baseline; width: 645.781px;" width="976" /><span class="off-screen" style="border: 0px !important; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 1px !important; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute !important; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1px !important;">Image copyright</span><span class="story-image-copyright" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: #ececec; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.75rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 1.33333; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 8px 1px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: justify; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">GETTY IMAGES</span></span><figcaption class="media-caption" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible;"><span class="off-screen" style="border: 0px !important; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 1px !important; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute !important; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1px !important;">Image caption</span><span class="media-caption__text" style="border: 0px; color: #ececec; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.8125rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.23077; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">Tiny elephants carved from ivory are the type of product that would be banned under the proposals</span></figcaption></figure><div class="story-body__introduction" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
The sale and export of almost all ivory items would be banned in the UK under plans set out by the government.</div>
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Environment Secretary Michael Gove has announced a consultation to end the trade in ivory of all ages - previous attempts at a ban would have excluded antique ivory produced before 1947.</div>
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The government says there will be some exemptions, for musical instruments and items of cultural importance.</div>
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Conservation groups have given a guarded welcome to the plan.</div>
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While the UK has had a ban on the trade in raw ivory tusks, it has become the world's leading exporter of legal ivory carvings and antiques in recent years.</div>
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According to an <a class="story-body__link-external" href="https://eia-international.org/uk-largest-supplier-worlds-ivory-markets" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Environmental Investigation Agency report</a>, there were more than 36,000 items exported from the UK between 2010 and 2015, more than three times that of the next biggest exporter, the US.</div>
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Conservationists argue that these sales stimulate the demand for the product, and are linked to increased elephant poaching across Africa.</div>
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Prince William has long been a campaigner against against ivory trade and in 2016 <a class="story-body__link" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38009539" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">urged the UK to pass a total ban</a> on domestic sales.</div>
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At a wildlife conference in Vietnam, he said: "Ivory is not something to be desired and when removed from an elephant it is not beautiful.</div>
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"So, the question is: why are we still trading it? We need governments to send a clear signal that trading in ivory is abhorrent."</div>
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Previous attempts in the UK by the Conservative Party to limit sales of ivory have failed to get off the ground.</div>
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A ban on sales of ivory produced after 1947 was announced by then Environment Secretary Andrea Leadsom in 2016 but a follow-up consultation never materialised.</div>
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However, a 12-week consultation on Mr Gove's proposals is due to start immediately, and draft legislation covering a ban on sales and exports is likely in the new year.</div>
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The government says that the proposals are being driven by concern for the 20,000 elephants that are killed by poachers every year.</div>
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"The decline in the elephant population fuelled by poaching for ivory shames our generation," said Mr Gove in a statement.</div>
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"The need for radical and robust action to protect one of the world's most iconic and treasured species is beyond dispute."</div>
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He said the proposals will put the "UK front and centre of global efforts to end the insidious trade in ivory".</div>
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While the government says the plans are driven by concerns over elephants, there are other factors at play.</div>
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Britain will host a major illegal wildlife conference in 2018 and it would be embarrassing if the UK was continuing to allow a domestic market in ivory while countries like China were moving to close theirs as they have promised to do by the end of this year.</div>
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"The key thing is, we hope, they will have committed to the ban before this conference," said Heather Sohl from WWF UK.</div>
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She said it would allow the UK to have a greater standing in how China enforces its own ban and also strengthen its hand in dealing with countries with legal markets.</div>
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While environmental groups have welcomed the government's new stand, there are concerns over the size and scale of exemptions to the ban.</div>
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Mr Gove says there should be four categories of ivory items allowed for sale:</div>
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Some conservationists are worried that if these exemptions are too broad, they could become loopholes and undermine attempts at a ban.</div>
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Others, though, believe that clear and strong restrictions can be put in place.</div>
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But those involved in the antiques business are not happy about the proposed ban.</div>
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Noelle McElhatton from the Antiques Trade Gazette said those involved in the trade abhor poaching and are disgusted by what is happening to the African elephant.</div>
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However, she said she expected art and antique sellers to argue that a ban on trade in objects made pre-1947 - which she said could include Georgian chests of drawers, Victorian pianos or Art Deco figures - "will not save a single living elephant".</div>
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"We feel strongly that an outright ban would be an over-reaction and would be very detrimental to the honest and legitimate trade of pre-1947 ivory."</div>
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The consultation will run until 29 December.</div>
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<b>Source: <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41512796" target="_blank">BBC News</a></b></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271723849199891273noreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.712891000000013-36.4162205 99.052733999999987 90 69.521483999999987tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-738043728947537243.post-87507093498561975982017-10-07T11:00:00.000-07:002017-10-07T11:00:13.876-07:00Baby sleep positioners dropped by shops after deaths warning<br />
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Some UK retailers have stopped selling baby sleep positioners amid concerns over their safety.</div>
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A US health regulator said they "can cause suffocation that can lead to death" and have been linked to 12 infant deaths in the US.</div>
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The positioners, aimed at infants under six months, are intended to keep a baby in a specific position while sleeping.</div>
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Mothercare, John Lewis, eBay, Boots and Tesco have stopped sales, but they are still available from other retailers.</div>
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The Lullaby Trust, a cot death charity which advises the NHS, told BBC News that there are hundreds of baby sleep products on the market - and "parents assume that if something is for sale, it is safe to use".</div>
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Lullaby's Jenny Ward added: "The age-old question that hasn't really changed is: how do I get my baby to sleep?</div>
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"And if there's a product that says: 'This will help your baby to sleep', it's obviously something that some parents will want to find out more about."</div>
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But she said the Trust recommends a firm, flat, waterproof mattress, in a clear cot free of pillows, toys, bumpers and sleep positioners, because the evidence shows that this reduces the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).</div>
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The Trust does not recommend wedges or sleep positioners - regardless of other potential benefits.</div>
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If, for example, parents are worried about "flat head syndrome" from babies sleeping on their backs, there are techniques that can be used - such as supervised tummy time while they are awake - that will not increase the risk of SIDS.</div>
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The Food and Drug Administration in the US <a class="story-body__link-external" href="https://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm227575.htm" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">released a statement</a> on Wednesday explaining that the items - often called "nests" or "anti-roll" products - have caused some babies to suffocate after rolling from their sides to their stomachs.</div>
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It said the two most common types of sleep positioners feature raised supports or pillows (called "bolsters") that are attached to each side of a mat, or a wedge to raise a baby's head.</div>
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The FDA first issued a safety warning seven years ago, saying "in light of the suffocation risk and the lack of evidence of any benefits, we are warning consumers to stop using these products".</div>
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There is no FDA equivalent in the UK, though the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is responsible for product safety policy, which is enforced by Trading Standards.</div>
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A BEIS spokesman told the BBC: "Manufacturers, distributors and retailers must ensure products meet the relevant safety requirements and be able to prove this is the case if asked, before the product is placed on the market."</div>
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Products pulled</h2>
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Mothercare had been selling a sleep positioner for £39.99 but has told the BBC it is no longer for sale.</div>
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It came with a warning that it should not be used once a baby was able to turn around on their own.</div>
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Tesco, which sold sleep positioners on its website through a third party, said: "We have removed these products from our website as a precautionary measure."</div>
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John Lewis, which had one sleep positioner for sale, the Cocoonababy Sleep Positioner, also said it was removing it as a "precautionary measure".</div>
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The retailer said it was also removing the Cocoonababy Nest, a sleep pod, while it awaits "further advice and reassurance from the supplier".</div>
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A spokesman for eBay said the website would be banning the sale of the products, adding: "Our team will be informing sellers and removing any listings that contravene our policies."</div>
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Boots said it is removing the sale of all sleep positioner products "whilst we investigate further with our suppliers".</div>
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Sleep positioners are however still available on other websites, including Amazon, which said it would not be commenting on the issue.</div>
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A spokeswoman for Jo Jo Maman Bebe said it was still selling the products but was "investigating the issue as a matter of urgency with our suppliers".</div>
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'Don't take chances'</h2>
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The Lullaby Trust said there is no need to use any type of equipment or rolled up blankets to keep a baby in one position, unless parents have been advised to do so by a health professional for a specific medical condition.</div>
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It added: "Babies are at higher risk of SIDS if they have their heads covered, and some items added to a cot may increase the risk of head-covering and can also increase the risk of accidents.</div>
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"We recommend that while evidence on individual products is not widely available, parents do not take any chances and stick to scientifically proven safer sleep guidelines".</div>
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An incident outside a London museum that left 11 people injured was not terror-related, police say.</div>
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A car hit several people outside the Natural History Museum in Exhibition Road, South Kensington, at 14:20 BST.</div>
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The Metropolitan Police said one person had been detained and video footage that emerged on Twitter showed a man being restrained on the ground.</div>
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An update from the force said the incident was now being treated as "a road traffic collision".</div>
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London Ambulance said the people it treated had mostly sustained head and leg injuries. Nine were taken to hospital.</div>
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Labour leader <a class="story-body__link-external" href="tweeted:" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Jeremy Corbyn tweeted:</a> "Very concerning reports from outside the Natural History Museum. My thoughts are with those injured and our thanks to the emergency services."</div>
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London Mayor <a class="story-body__link-external" href="https://twitter.com/SadiqKhan/status/916694867388059648/photo/1" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sadiq Khan tweeted</a> that details were "still emerging" and he was in close contact with Assistant Metropolitan Commissioner Mark Rowley - the head of UK counter-terrorism policing.</div>
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"Police have asked people to avoid the area while their inquiries continue," he added.</div>
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The current terror threat level in the UK is "severe" - the second highest - meaning an attack is highly likely.</div>
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BBC reporter Chloe Hayward, who was leaving the Natural History Museum as the incident happened, said she saw a car "diagonally across the road", looking like it had hit a bollard.</div>
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"I could see a crowd of people around what was clearly one or two people on the pavement," she said.</div>
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She then saw armed police arrive within minutes.</div>
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"We have had lots of police coming onto the scene, helicopters above, and I can see an ambulance which is definitely having someone put in, but it isn't clear how bad that injury is."</div>
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We have been to the south end of Exhibition Road nearest the Tube and the area, normally a busy destination for Saturday afternoon dining by locals and tourists, is deserted.</div>
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Eyewitnesses told us that police came rushing into each bar and restaurant and told people to get out.</div>
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We can see coats on chairs - some knocked over - half-eaten meals and half-drunk glasses of wine.</div>
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Police helped one restaurant owner to recover staff belongings, like house keys, because it's unclear when the area will reopen.</div>
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Exhibition Road is an area popular with tourists as it is home to the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum.</div>
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An eyewitness who was walking to the Science Museum said: "When waiting for the light, we heard what I thought was gunshots and saw a car drive over the pavement. We just ran. My friend dived on the floor and cut her hands."</div>
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The woman, who asked to remain anonymous, said: "When it calmed down we walked back to where we'd been and saw a gentleman on the floor being restrained by police."</div>
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Connor Honeyman, from Essex, who was in the queue for the museum, said: "We heard a horrible thudding noise and a car engine. Everyone started running and screaming inside.</div>
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"We ran in, everyone was following us, and then all the security guards ran out and they closed the main entrance. There was much confusion before the police got there."</div>
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Joseph Degraff, 23, who is on holiday from Washington DC, was in a cafe on Exhibition Road and said: "We saw a large stampede of people running and thought, 'what's going on?'.</div>
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"Someone who works in the cafe said 'get on the ground'. We hit the floor. We were there for a few seconds, then they told everyone to get in the basement.</div>
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"At that point I thought it was a shooting or a bomb or something. We just didn't know.</div>
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An spokeswoman from the Natural History Museum said: "The Museum's visitors and staff are always our first priority.</div>
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"We are working with emergency services to assess the incident and we are doing all we can."</div>
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<b>Source : <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41538762" target="_blank">BBC News</a> </b></div>
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