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Foreign Secretary William Hague says the UK will work with the Afghan people “for many years to come”.
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Mr Hague, in Afghanistan for a three-day visit, was speaking as US President Barack Obama is expected to announce troop withdrawals this year.

All UK troops will have been withdrawn from combat roles by 2015.

Mr Hague said there was more to do in security and reconciliation, as well as making economic progress and fighting corruption.
‘Difficulties ahead’

He said he had seen “positive changes” in Lashkar Gah, which he visited during a joint trip with the Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan.
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“Undoubtedly there will be difficulties ahead, but the confident Afghan security leadership I was able to witness is greatly encouraging, not only for Afghanistan’s security but

also for our own,” he said.

“The [Operational Command and Co-ordination Centre] leads on security in central Lashkar Gah with UK and international partners’ support, this role will continue to develop

throughout transition,” he said.

Meanwhile, President Obama is due to make make a nationwide TV address to unveil plans to pull a reported 10,000 troops out of Afghanistan this year.
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President Obama spoke to Prime Minister David Cameron on the phone beforehand to discuss the situation in Afghanistan and Libya.
‘Good progress’

A Downing Street spokesman said: “The president briefed the prime minister on his latest thinking on the situation on the ground, the implications for the timing of the

withdrawal of the US surge and progress on the political track.

“The prime minister fully agreed the president’s assessment, noting the good progress being made on security transition.”

The spokesman added: “On Libya, the president and the prime minister agreed that the operation was progressing well and that pressure on [Libyan leader] Gaddafi was building.”
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Speaking from the White House at 2000 local time (0100 BST Thursday), Mr Obama is expected to say 30,000 US “surge” troops will leave by 2013.

The US currently has about 100,000 troops in Afghanistan overall.

Divisions remain within the Obama administration over the size and speed of the pullout.

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after making jokes about the party’s White House contenders and the real president’s mixed-race heritage.

Reggie Brown mocked the Mormon faith of Republican hopeful Mitt Romney.

He also said President Obama, who had a black father and white mother, celebrated half of Black History Month.

Mr Brown’s microphone at the Republican Leadership Conference was cut off when he made a joke about the Tea Party.

Initially the audience applauded when Mr Brown made jokes about Anthony Weiner, the disgraced Democratic Congressman who resigned after sending lewd photographs of himself to

women.
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But then Mr Brown began ridiculing Republican presidential candidates.

He said if former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney were to become president, he would have his “first lady, second lady, third lady”. The Mormon church outlawed polygamy in

the 19th Century.

Mr Brown said former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty missed the conference because he was having his foot removed from his mouth.
He said if former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney were to become president, he would have his “first lady, second lady, third lady”. The Mormon church outlawed polygamy in

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Mr Brown said former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty missed the conference because he was having his foot removed from his mouth.

He added that the operation would be covered under President Obama and Mr Romney’s respective healthcare reforms, along with spinal transplants.

Mr Pawlenty had criticised Mr Romney’s healthcare initiatives in Massachusetts, but failed to challenge him directly when the two took part in a candidates’ debate last week.

Mr Brown then turned his attention to President Obama, saying the president was born in Hawaii, “or, as the Tea Partyers call it, Kenya”.
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The ultra-conservative Tea Party wing of the Republican Party had questioned the legitimacy of Mr Obama’s presidency, claiming he had been born outside the US and was thus

ineligible to hold the highest office in the land, as mandated under the constitution.

Mr Obama produced his long-form birth certificate in May, silencing all but a hard core of doubters.

When Mr Brown launched into a gag about Tea Party stalwart Michele Bachmann, his microphone was cut off, the music swelled and the comedian was ushered from the stage.

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The BBC must say sorry to Primark over a scene in a Panorama documentary showing boys in a Bangalore clothing workshop, the BBC Trust says.
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The trust said it was “more likely than not” that a scene, which showed the boys “testing the stitching” on Primark clothes, was “not genuine”.

It also apologised to Primark and the audience for a “rare lapse in quality”.

Journalist Dan McDougall, who filmed the footage, said the finding was “unjust” and “flawed”.

‘Serious failings’

The trust stressed that Panorama found evidence that Primark was “contravening its own ethical guidelines”.
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Primark fired three Indian suppliers for unauthorised subcontracting after a six-month Panorama investigation found work being carried out by smaller firms and home workers, some of which used children to finish goods.

The Panorama documentary, shown on BBC One on 23 June 2008, included undercover footage of three boys in a Bangalore workshop “testing” Primark brown vest tops to make sure that sequins would not fall off.

The trust, investigating a complaint by the clothing firm that the scene was not genuine, examined original tapes and witness evidence.

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It also found inconsistencies in evidence, including emails from a journalist in India to the UK production team.

Alison Hastings, chair of the trust’s editorial standards committee, said the BBC’s investigative journalism was “rightly held in very high regard” adding, “for more than 50 years Panorama has made a very significant contribution to that”.

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Primark welcomed the ruling saying millions of people had been “deceived by Panorama”.

“Viewers who watched the programme, shoppers who were then fed the lie, sourcing experts who believed the lie, teachers and pupils who viewed the programme in lessons, have all been badly let down,” a spokesman said.

But Mr McDougall said he “vigorously” rejected the ruling saying it was “deeply damaging to independent investigative journalism”.

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Tom Heap, the reporter on the Panorama programme, said he did not believe that a “single frame” of the programme “was not authentic” and that he was disappointed the trust chose “not to trust a Panorama team of such calibre”.

And media commentator Roy Greenslade, writing on his blog on the Guardian website, said the trust had “got this wholly wrong”.

It said the garments in question accounted for 0.04% of its worldwide sourcing.

An earlier investigation by the BBC’s editorial complaints unit cleared Panorama of faking the footage but criticised Panorama for “inaccuracies in the scene”.
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But it said other evidence in the programme that Primark had broken its own ethical guidelines had been “fully authenticated”.

Primark prohibits the use of child labour in its code of practice for suppliers.

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Syrian troops trying to quash three months of protests are committing “alleged breaches of the most fundamental rights”, says a UN report.

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The use of live ammunition against mostly unarmed civilians has killed around 1,100 people, says the report.

It also documents arrests on a massive scale. Investigators believe as many as 10,000 people have been detained.

Investigators used evidence from rights groups and people who had fled Syria, but were denied entry to the country.

President Bashar al-Assad is facing the gravest threat to his family’s 40-year ruling dynasty, as unrest that first erupted in the south of the country has now engulfed the north – near the border with Turkey – and is threatening to spread eastwards towards its border with Iraq.

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As anti-regime demonstrations continued in many parts of the country, the government on Wednesday mobilised its own demonstration of popular support as thousands of people turned out in a Damascus suburb to wave a giant Syrian flag 2.4 km (1.4 miles) long.

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has repeatedly appealed to Syria to let in a humanitarian team make a proper assessment, but the Syrian authorities have refused.

But despite being denied access by the Syrian government, the new UN report documents reliable evidence of widespread violations, says the BBC’s Imogen Foulkes in Geneva.

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“The most egregious reports concern the use of live ammunition against unarmed civilians, including from snipers positioned on rooftops of public buildings and the deployment of tanks in areas densely populated by civilians,” says the report.

It cites “the excessive use of force in quelling demonstrators, arbitrary detentions, summary executions, torture”.

The authorities appear to have denied civilians the right to food and medical care by laying siege to towns and preventing supply deliveries, it adds.

The preliminary report was commissioned by the UN human rights council in April, adds our correspondent. A more definitive account will have to wait until the Syrian government allows UN investigators in to see the situation for themselves.

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More than 8,000 Syrians have fled from the north-western town into Turkey in the past week to escape military operations, which the government says are aimed at tackling “terrorist organisations”.

Syrian rights groups put the overall death toll in Syria at 1,297 civilians and 340 security force members.

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European powers are campaigning for a draft UN Security Council resolution condemning the crackdown, but they face opposition from Russia and China, both of whom wield veto powers and object to UN action against President Assad.

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Syrian tanks have fanned out around towns and villages near the Turkish border, widening a crackdown on 12 weeks of anti-government protests.
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Damascus said its forces were pursuing rebels through the countryside around Jisr al-Shughour, after consolidating control over the northern town.

Witnesses say troops are pursuing a “scorched earth” strategy, destroying houses and crops as residents flee.

The US, meanwhile, renewed calls on Syria to halt its crackdown.

Damascus insists it is tackling armed groups which it says have been targeting security forces and looting villages.

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“When they find deserted homes, they knock down the doors or gates, enter the houses and steal what they find. If they can’t steal it, they burn it.”

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“We met the [provincial] governor today and he assured us that the army will go in only to arrest 360 people it has on a list,” said the man, named as Othman al-Bedeiwi.

“The people of Maarat, however, are sceptical. My name is on the list to be arrested as being a gunman. I never carried a weapon in my life.”

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Soldiers are also reported to have been deployed at Deir al-Zour, near Iraq’s border in the east, and in some suburbs of Damascus, where protests continue.
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Condemning the crackdown, White House spokesman Jay Carney said: “President [Bashar al-]Assad needs to engage in political dialogue. A transition needs to take place. If President Assad does not lead that transition, then he should step aside,” he told reporters.

On Sunday, troops were confronted by other soldiers trying to defend people in Jisr al-Shughour, according to Syrian refugees who have crossed into Turkey.

Elements from one tank division had even taken up positions by bridges leading into the town in a bid to defend it, they said.
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The government says it has been trying to restore order after 120 security personnel were killed in Jisr al-Shughour last week. Residents say they died after a mutiny and fighting between security forces.

Syria has prevented foreign journalists, including those from the BBC, from entering the country, making it difficult to independently verify reports from there.

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Lebanon has announced a new cabinet led by Prime Minister Najib Mikati, nearly five months after he was nominated.
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The country has been without a functioning government since January, when Hezbollah and its allies toppled the coalition of then-PM Saad Hariri.

The new cabinet gives the powerful Shia group and its allies 16 of 30 seats, up from 10 previously, reports say.

Mr Hariri’s pro-Western bloc has dismissed the new cabinet as a “Hezbollah government”.

But Mr Mikati says his cabinet will represent all Lebanese. “Do not judge intentions and people, but rather actions,” the prime minister told a news conference.

There was much wrangling over key portfolios, with Hezbollah’s main Christian ally, the maverick former army general, Michel Aoun, fighting hard to maximise his influence, says

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Hezbollah itself has only two ministers in the 30-member cabinet. But most of the others are from allied factions across the sectarian spectrum, though there are some neutral

figures, mainly loyal to President Michel Suleiman, our correspondent says.
Early trouble

The Hezbollah alliance pulled their ministers from the national unity government in January, bringing down the government of the US- and Saudi-backed Saad Hariri.

At issue was a UN-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the father of Saad Hariri.

Hezbollah has vowed to retaliate if its members are indicted, as is widely expected. The group denies any links to the killing of the Sunni Muslim prime minister and calls the

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The Shia Muslim movement has built itself, with the help of Iran and Syria, into the most powerful military formation in Lebanon, as well as a highly successful political and

social organisation.

Correspondents say events in Lebanon matter because it is an important theatre in the face-off between the US and its allies, especially Saudi Arabia – and Iran, Syria and their

allies.

The 30-member cabinet must still be formally presented before parliament to win a vote of confidence.

In an early sign of tension, Talal Arslan, named to the post of state minister without portfolio, resigned in protest hours after the new government was announced.
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He said Mr Mikati should have given the representative of the Druze community a higher-profile post.

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Jenson Button took a stunning victory in a dramatic, rain-affected Canadian Grand Prix by passing Sebastian Vettel on the last lap of an absorbing race.
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Vettel’s Red Bull ran wide under pressure to gift the win to Button, who recovered after a collision with McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton.

Red Bull’s Mark Webber was third to deprive Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher of a podium place.

Vettel now leads the championship by 60 points from Button.

An incident-packed race saw the safety car used five times and included a two-hour stoppage for heavy rain. Button himself made five pit stops on his way to

victory as well as an enforced visit to the pits for a drive-through penalty for speeding under the safety car.
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An emotional Button described the win as possibly the best of his career.

He said: “I really don’t know what to say, it’s been a very emotional race. The incident with Lewis – I couldn’t see anything and I’ve apologised to him.

“It was really a fight from then on, but I kept on pushing and I managed to get past Seb at the end. Another great win for me and possibly my best.”

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh said: “What a race. He is driving fantastically and we know he deserves it and hope everyone else does too.

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Vettel conceded ruefully: “If you have it in your hands and give it away it is not the sweetest feeling.”

BBC F1 commentator Martin Brundle said: “At one point we were wondering if Button would catch the Hispanias before the race restarted under the safety car

and now he’s won the race! That is one of the races of his life and the best grand prix of a spectacular career.”

Co-commentator David Coulthard added: “What a fantastic drive from Jenson Button – it looked like it was all lost and he’s well aware you count the winners

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While Button celebrated, Hamilton left the track after an ignominious race that saw him drop from second to fourth in the championship.

Persistent rain through the morning left the track drenched and the race was started under the safety car.

The drama in one of the most sensational races for years began almost as soon as the drivers were released on lap five, and Hamilton was at the centre of it.

Vettel said: “Of course I’m disappointed. It was a very difficult race from start to finish. We led every single lap apart from the last one.
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Four Britons held in Eritrea on spying and terrorism charges since December have been released, the Foreign Office (FCO) has said.
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The four men – who all worked for the same security firm – are believed to be on their way back to the UK.

The FCO said it was very grateful to the government of Qatar “for helping facilitate their return”.

But it said it remained concerned that the Eritreans had not responded to requests for consular access.

The four men had been on board a merchant vessel that stopped at a port in the east African country to pick up supplies when they were detained in December

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The Eritrean government said the men were detained as they tried to leave Eritrean waters without permission and searches then uncovered a weapons cache.

But private security firm Protection Vessels International (PVI) said they were en route to provide security for ships in the region.
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A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: “We are pleased that the four British nationals have now been able to leave Eritrea and can be reunited with family and

friends. We are very grateful to the Government of the State of Qatar for helping facilitate their return.
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“We remain concerned however that at no time did the Eritreans respond to our requests for consular access and will continue to raise this matter with them.”

As part of efforts to secure the men’s release, Foreign Secretary William Hague had ordered UK ambassadors around the world to raise concerns with their

Eritrean counterparts.

In response to the lack of consular access to the four Britons, the Foreign Office had also imposed sanctions on Eritrean diplomats in the UK.

On 4 May the Eritrean ambassador was informed that, with immediate effect, Eritrean diplomats and visiting officials would be required to obtain the FCO’s

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unlawful and in breach of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.

The ambassador was told that, until it was demonstrated otherwise, the embassy should immediately suspend all activities relating to the collection of the

tax.

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After months of squabbling that angered donors and jeopardised gains from Islamist militants, the rival leaders of Somalia’s government have agreed to delay elections.
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Both President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed and speaker of parliament Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden will remain in office.

They also agreed to sack the prime minister, sparking large protests on the streets of Mogadishu.

Despite the row, pro-government forces have been gaining ground in the city.

African Union troops have seized territory from the al-Qaeda linked group, al-Shabab.

However, al-Shabab still controls much of southern and central areas of the country.
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Islamist militants on Thursday attacked Mogadishu’s port, reportedly leaving one person dead.
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Under the deal signed in Uganda, the mandates of the president, the speaker and their deputies have been extended until 20 August 2012, when new elections will be organised.

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The BBC’s Mohamed Mwalimu in Mogadishu says the demonstration in support of Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo was one of the biggest in the city for several years.

Some of the protesters said the prime minister was the only senior government official trying to improve social services such as health and education.

Hundreds of people marched and some set fire to tyres to make roadblocks.

A new prime minister is to be named within 30 days.

Earlier this year, the government voted to extend its mandate by a year, but some MPs objected, saying only parliament had the authority to postpone elections.
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The current parliament, chosen during a peace conference in 2004, voted to extend its mandate in February for three years.

Somalia has been racked by constant war for more than 20 years. Its last functioning national government was toppled in 1991.

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Facebook has apologised for the way it rolled-out a new system that recognises users’ faces. nike dunk shoes

The social network said that it should have done more to notify members about the global launch.

Its Tag Suggestions feature scans photos and automatically picks out existing friends.

Although users have the option to switch it off, some complained that they were not explicitly asked if they wanted it activated.

Facebook said that the system was intended to speed up the process of assigning a name to a picture, known as tagging.

It was introduced in the US in December 2010 but has only now been launched globally.
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Graham Cluley, senior consultant with security firm Sophos, said that users’ annoyance was less about the product’s purpose than the manner in which it was made live.

“Once again Facebook seems to be sharing personal information by default,” said Mr Cluley.

“Many people feel distinctly uncomfortable about a site like Facebook learning what they look like and using that information without their permission.”
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Mr Cluley explained that Tag Suggestions did not mean, as some have suggested, that users would be able to identify strangers from their photographs.
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“As your Facebook friends upload their albums, Facebook will try to determine if any of the pictures look like you. And if they find what they believe to be a match, they may

well urge one of your Facebook friends to tag it with your name,” he explained in his blog.

“The tagging is still done by your friends, not by Facebook. But rather creepily Facebook is now pushing your friends to go ahead and tag you.”

Defending the technology, a Facebook spokesperson told the BBC that there had been “misconceptions” about what it does but apologised for not properly informing users.

“Tag Suggestions are only made to people when they add new photos to the site, and only friends are suggested.
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“If for any reason someone doesn’t want their name to be suggested, they can disable the feature in their privacy settings.

“We should have been more clear with people during the roll-out process when this became available to them,” said the spokesperson.
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Privacy experts have long argued that users should have more control over who is tagging them and have called for ‘privacy by default’ to be rolled out in all of Facebook’s

settings.

The company has a chequered history when it comes to such matters. In 2009, there was an outcry about the complexity of its privacy policy – which at that point was longer than

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Subsequent simplifications went some way towards placating campaigners.

An investigation by the Canadian privacy commissioner Jenny Stoddard concluded that Facebook had made vast improvements but warned the company that it would be monitoring future

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Ms Stoddard said that there was room for improvement and recommended making default settings for photo albums more restrictive.

Coach Op Art Handbags Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has made no secret of the fact that he

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Doctors in Manchester and Glasgow have begun treating NHS asthma patients with a pioneering treatment described as “melting away” muscle in the airways.
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Instead of using drugs such as steroids, a wire probe is inserted into the lungs and then heats the tissue.

Currently, the procedure – called bronchial thermoplasty – is not being used anywhere else in Europe.

The technique uses 10-second bursts of radio waves which heat the lining of the lungs to 65 degrees Celsius.

That destroys some of the muscle tissue which constricts during an asthma attack, making breathing difficult.
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Dr Rob Niven, senior lecturer in Respiratory Medicine at the University Hospital of South Manchester, who led the team carrying out the procedure at Wythenshawe Hospital, said

“bronchial thermoplasty is the first non-drug treatment for asthma and it may be a new option for patients with severe asthma who have symptoms despite use of drug therapies.”

“The operation went according to plan and our patient has responded well. It will be a little while before we are able to say it’s been a complete success, but I am cautiously

optimistic,” he said.

The procedure follows six years of trials in the UK, Canada and South America. Patients in the United States have been receiving the treatment for some months already.
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Bronchial thermoplasty will not be used on children, says Dr Niven, and its effectiveness decreases as patients age.
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Tens of thousands of patients across the UK with the most severe forms of asthma stand to benefit most from the treatment.

Symptoms can worsen to begin with, as the heat also causes damage to the sensitive lung lining. But once this is repaired doctors say asthmatics can be helped for up to five

years.

However, cost is a potential problem – it costs around £10,000 per patient, although savings could be made in the longer term through fewer hospital admissions and reductions in

the costs of medicines.

It will be up to the local NHS bodies, which buy care for patients, to decide on whether to fund it, possibly on a case-by-case basis.
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According to the campaign group Asthma UK, 5.4 million people in the UK have asthma and around 250,000 of these have severe asthma.

The group’s Chief Medical Adviser, Professor Ian Pavord, said of bronchial thermoplasty: “In some people with severe asthma, the symptoms of their asthma have been improved and

the risk of them having an asthma attack has been reduced, so it is encouraging to see that the technique has now been carried out outside of clinical trials.”

“However, this kind of procedure will not work for everyone so we would encourage people with asthma to discuss various treatment options with their GP to find the best way for

them to keep their asthma managed and under control.”

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