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29/05/2012

Police investigating an arson attack in Derby arrest the parents of the six children who died. And the UK expels senior Syrian diplomats.

Peter Allen and Aasmah Mir with the day's news and sport.

Police investigating an arson attack in Derby arrest the parents of the six children who died. Bob Walker reports from outside the family home.

Britain expels three of Syria's senior diplomats in protest at the massacre in Houla. The former British Ambassador to Syria, Basil Eastwood comments on the latest events.

And the claim that British children's vocabulary is being Americanised leads us to discuss the sponge cake in a paper case - is it a cupcake or a fairy cake? Food historian Gerard Baker gives his verdict.

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Tue 29 May 2012 16:00

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  • Tue 29 May 2012 16:00