Minister, and to rose hudson wilkins, our wonderful chaplain, for accompanying me to the vigil for jo last friday. At the priestly statute in the center of that lovely town. We, all of us, were moved by the energy and warmth of the crowd brought together in grief and solidarity. Ive been very moved when the public outpourings since her death. The hundreds of letters and emails weve all received in solidarity with joes family in their hour of grief. And by the outpouring of charitable donations to causes close to her heart, hope not hate, and the royal voluntary services. Last night my honorable friend the member for south and myself held a vigil outside our townhall. One of hundreds of vigils attended by tens of thousands of people the right across our land who are so shocked i what happened, and what to express that shock and grief. Also what you think of the parties in this house who offered their sympathy and support at this very difficult time. We united in grief at her loss, and w
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England says he will take whatever action is necessary to prop up the sagging british economy. The first step, cut the benchmark Interest Rate to the lowest level in its 300 year history. And a german winemaking region crowns its new queen, a refugee from syria becomes the local goodwill ambassador. Im brent goff. Its good to have you with us. One day to go until the biggest event in the world of sports, the Olympic Games in rio de janeiro. The excitement is mounting but the russian doping scandal just wont go away. Now the president of the ioc says a final ruling will be announced soon on how many russian athletes will be allowed to compete. Meanwhile some sporting fans have already been enjoying olympic competition. The Olympic Party has started early. The first competition kicked off on wednesday, two days before the Opening Ceremony. A good start after so much uncertainty about the venues being ready in time. Its great to see all the changes and the organization thats gone into thi