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Of different locations before is then handed on to france. So, it is going to be 11 days that it will be on greek soil. 6000 torchbearers will be carrying the flame. Lets have a listen into the ceremony. She speaks greek Applause Studio so, that is the Olympic Flame, being held by the high priestess, which is the greek actress mary mina. She has been part of this ceremony which has been taking place. Now we are expecting her to hand over the flame to the first torch bearer. There we go. So, the ...

To the string of low Inflation Readings that we had in the second half of last year. The recent data have clearly not given us greater confidence and instead indicate that its likely to take longer than expected to achieve that confidence. Todays remarks highlight the different paths being taken by Central Banks around the world, with the european Central Banks Christine Lagarde reaffirming that the ecb was still on track to cut rates. Many people expect the ecb will cut rates injune. Now, the t...

Borussia dortmund are 2 1 down after losing to Atletico Madrid in the first leg. For this second meeting, dortmund will be without forward sebastien haller, who has has been ruled out with a recurrence of his left ankle injury. Lets take a look at all the second leg fixtures for the quarterfinals. Later on tuesday, barcelona host Paris Saint Germain at the nou camp, while Atletico Madrid are in germany to play borussia dortmund. On wednesday, Manchester City and real madrid will meet at the etih...

Will finish without a bundesliga trophy after Bayer Leverkusen won the title at the weekend, ending an 11 year dominance by bayern munich. For me personally it is about trying to help the team in every situation, whether it is the bundesliga or the champions league, we have a great opportunity tomorrow night in front of our supporters to keep the season alive and to keep some hope amongst the supporters that we can achieve something special, even though it has not been the greatest season. With ...

Mps will debate legislation shortly which would give the uk some of the strictest anti tobacco laws in the world. The new laws would raise the minimum age for smoking by one year every year. That means it would be illegal for anyone currently 15 or younger born afterjanuary 1st 2009 to ever buy tobacco products. The department for health says smoking kills about 80,000 people a year and costs £17 billion a year in treating smoking related illnesses and through lost productivity. The tobacco and...

Just take us through what shed been hearing at the inquiry this morning. Its building on a theme that started last week from senior managers at the post office. Today it was david miller He Were Benchley became the Chief Operating Officer of the post office. He started his officer in 1970 as a trainee. He was a Project Director of the Horizon It System and its implementation. He was in charge of how it was tested, how it was implemented in the late 19905. How it was implemented in the late 1990s...

A reminder of those fixtures later. Barcelona host Paris Saint Germain at the nou camp, while Atletico Madrid are in germany to play borussia dortmund. In the English Premier League where chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino has said he was upset after his players argued over who would take a penalty in their 6 0 win over everton. Palmer scored the fastest hat trick for chelsea in the Premier League three goals inside the first 30 minutes. But then a penalty was awarded in the second half and the...

However, its worth noting that there is no mention of an Israeli Military response, even though israeli officials have promised to retaliate against iran, after it launched a wave of missiles against israeli targets late on saturday. Only a handful of more than 300 missiles and drones got through the israeli air defences. Iran says it was responding to an air strike at the start of this month on the iranian consulate in the syrian capital, damascus which it blamed on israel, although israel has ...

Its thougt around 100,000 11 to 15 year olds in england currently smoke. The bill also aims to make vapes less appealing to children, with new restrictions on flavours and packaging. Heres our political editor, chris mason. Smoke hanging everywhere, in bars, beer and smelly clothes. Bi; smoke hanging everywhere, in bars, beer and smelly clothes. Smoke hanging everywhere, in bars, beer and smelly clothes. By the time the reach beer and smelly clothes. By the time they reach the beer and smelly cl...

the charity save the children has warned that planned reductions in british aid to syria could lead to hundreds of thousands of children losing their access to education. since the start of the conflict a decade ago, thousands of schools have been destroyed in what the un says is a deliberate ploy by president bashar al assad and his allies to terrorise communities — a charge the regime denies. the foreign office says no final decisions have been made, but it is warning there are tou...