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Hundreds of people are dead in Myanmar with fears for many more after a powerful earthquake struck the centre of the country. The tremors were felt throughout the region. In Thailand's capital Bangkok, rescuers have worked through the night and into the early morning to find survivors from a partially-built skyscraper which collapsed during the quake.
Also on the programme, the Labour MP Diane Abbott has criticised the government's intervention against the Sentencing Council, which has rejected a bid to amend new sentencing guidelines due to come into force on Tuesday.
And Richard Burton's native village in South Wales prepares for an increase in cinephiles as a biopic of his early life is released.
By BBC Radio 43.7
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Hundreds of people are dead in Myanmar with fears for many more after a powerful earthquake struck the centre of the country. The tremors were felt throughout the region. In Thailand's capital Bangkok, rescuers have worked through the night and into the early morning to find survivors from a partially-built skyscraper which collapsed during the quake.
Also on the programme, the Labour MP Diane Abbott has criticised the government's intervention against the Sentencing Council, which has rejected a bid to amend new sentencing guidelines due to come into force on Tuesday.
And Richard Burton's native village in South Wales prepares for an increase in cinephiles as a biopic of his early life is released.

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