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A widow of a 7/7 bombing victim has been jailed for two years and eight months for stealing £43,000 from her son's compensation.
Louise Gray, 42, spent £250,000 of her own compensation money before turning to her son Adam's fund, Ipswich Crown Court heard.
Gray, 42, from Ipswich, is said to have frittered away the money on cars, clothes and luxury holidays.
She admitted stealing £43,000 between July, 2012, and November, 2013, at an earlier hearing.
Her husband, accountant Richard Gray, 41, was one of 52 people killed in the 2005 London bombings as he commuted to work.
Judge David Goodin told Gray: "The offence you have committed against your son, the trust you betrayed - a second hammer blow following the death of his father - is so serious it can only be met by a custodial sentence."
The judge added: "The theft of £43,000 is one thing. The theft of £43,000 by a parent from a young adult's trust is quite another, when that sum represented most - practically all - the compensation he received for his father's tragic death.
"It's an act of wickedness almost beyond belief.
"He has lost not one parent, but two."
Adam was 11-years-old when his father was killed by suicide bomber Shehzad Tanweer on a Circle line Underground train.
The children's money was placed in trust until their 18th birthdays, but Adam gave his cash to his mother to look after when he turned 18.
When he arranged to meet her in November 2013 to ask for the money because he was looking to buy a property, she confessed she had spent it, the court was told.
Adam took civil action to try to recover the cash and his mother was ordered by a county court judge to repay him the £43,000.
He also reported the matter to police and she was prosecuted for theft.
The court heard that Gray had offered to pay her son £10,000 followed by further monthly payments but the offer had been rejected.
Gray was supported in court by her partner, Umar Shamshoom, who is the father of her three-year-old daughter.
Do you shop at a low-cost supermarket, read a red top or right-wing newspaper and have a pay as you go phone?
On average, you fit the profile of a UKIP voter for the General Election, research carried out for Sky News suggests.
And the chances are you'll be targeted accordingly.
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Sky News developed Sky Data to try and see if information on voters - such as their house type, shopping habits and credit quality - could provide an insight into which box they mark on a ballot paper.
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We asked more than 20,000 voters and Sky customers from across the UK a range of questions on British politics and the parties hoping for your vote come May.
Those who are swinging towards Nigel Farage's UKIP are generally older males with low incomes, our research suggests
The largest numbers come from the Conservatives, but there are notable numbers from Labour and the Liberal Democrats.
Sky News also found that a significant number of those who said they were leaning towards UKIP did not vote in 2010, an election which resulted in a Tory-Lib Dem coalition.
Immigration is far and away the single most important factor for potentially choosing the party, followed by membership of the European Union and the economy.
As well as the rise of UKIP, the effect of five years in government on support for the Lib Dems is another election storyline to watch out for.
Our research found that the key issues for former Lib Dem voters who are planning not to vote for the party this time around are devolution, health and immigration.
This group does not see education as such an important issue as those who intend to stick with the party, a finding that suggests the U-turn on tuition fees is not a major driver for the party's voting share collapse.
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Last month Sky News reported that the Scottish Nationalist Party is on course to capture more than a quarter of a million former Labour voters at the election.
The latest data suggests the SNP has managed to engage a large number of people who did not cast a ballot in 2010.
Devolution, poverty and inequality are the issues that are most important to this group.
A significant group in any election is those who are undecided, and with predictions of another close outcome, they could prove crucial.
Sky Data shows this group is dominated by younger women who have lower affluence.
They see issues like health, education, crime and employment as more important than the general public, while Europe is of little interest to them.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, there is a general apathy towards all of the party leaders, who have less than six months to try and turn that round.
The parents of a five-year-old boy have been threatened with court action because he missed a schoolfriend's birthday party and left the hosts out of pocket.
Derek Nash, from Torpoint, Cornwall, discovered an invoice for £15.95 had been put into son Alex's schoolbag after he was a "no show" at the ski centre party.
Mr Nash said he originally thought the letter was a joke but now the friend's mother is threatening to take the matter to the small claims court.
The invoice has not been paid
The family accepted the invite to the Ski Slope and Snowboard Centre just before the Christmas holidays, forgetting they had a prior family commitment.
Mr Nash said he had already arranged for their daughter to go out with her grandparents.
He said: "She [the mother] saw me and asked if Alex was coming to the party. At this time I agreed and said that Alex was looking forward to it.
"By this time we did not have a contact number, email or an address to let [the mother] know.
"So on the day of the party we asked Alex what he wanted to do - he chose to be with his grandparents."
When the children went back to school in January, Mr Nash's partner tried once more to apologise to the boy's mother but did not see her.
He said: "On January 15 she looked in Alex's school bag and found a brown envelope. It was an invoice for £15.95 for a child's party no show fee.
"I asked Alex's class teacher if [the child's mother] had given anything to her. She said, 'Yes, a brown envelope'.
"I then visited Alex's school headteacher, who couldn't apologise enough that one of the teachers had passed this on. She said she would remind all staff that this was a breach of protocol."
Mr Nash said while he sympathised with the woman, he told her he would not be paying.
She has since threatened to take the case to a small claims court, while the birthday boy will no longer play with Alex at school.
Mr Nash added: "I drive all around the South West for my job and I have talked to quite a few people about this.
"They're all quite incredulous that this has happened. I thought it was a joke to begin with. I am lost for words."
The mother of the birthday boy has not commented on the row.
This will be the UK's first truly data-driven election.
Political parties are tracking, processing, and interpreting several hundred bits of information on key voters across the country; from house type to shopping habits and credit quality.
In uncertain times, this data could decide the winner.
In Wirral South - shadow minister for children and families Alison McGovern held the seat for Labour in 2010 by just a few hundred votes - the clipboards and chats on the doorstep are important, but she believes it was data that made the difference.
"We had a small dedicated bunch of volunteers who went out and talked to people about what they were really interested in," said the MP.
"And we used data to make sure that we were able to win, even though the local Tories certainly thought that we couldn't - and it was a victory against the odds."
Nigel Farage used 'data mining' in UKIP's by-election wins
Labour uses two pieces of software, Contact Creator and Voter ID, coded by Labour enthusiasts.
The Conservatives have a database called Merlin, which was developed by EMC Consulting, and contained 200 million records - even at the last election.
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The Liberal Democrats use a system called Connect.
Most simply, 'Big Data' is used to create computer models to model the likelihood or "propensity" of every voter to vote for your party.
It is done on the basis of target marketing groups from the popular Mosiac database that splits the population into affluent professionals, people with elderly needs, or "careers with kids".
It can increasingly be done in an even more sophisticated way. Scarce volunteer canvassing time can then be focused where it is most effective.
But "data" means much more than that.
The actual message can be focused on groups and subgroups. And then, actual policies are developed to focus on giving those groups the "right" message.
The campaigns don't want to give too much away about these strategies - it's a kind of secret sauce. But it's changing the way we do politics.
So Sky News has developed its own analytical tool to try to understand the insights the parties have gained using data.
We've heard from more than 20,000 voters across the UK. The patterns we can now track show how the parties are gaming out the next few months.
The answers emerge from a large panel of Sky customers, who have answered questions on politics.
Sky Data, as we call it, enables us to mimic what the political parties are doing.
It shows us, for example, that on average UKIP voters are most similar to Labour voters in terms of consumer behaviour and affluence.
UKIP supporters are much more likely than average to have pay as you go mobile phones, shop at Aldi, live in a smaller-than-average house and drive a small utility car.
However, if you shop at Waitrose, drive an executive car, own a house worth more than half a million, and have a good credit score - you're more likely to be in the sights of two parties - The Conservatives and Lib Dems. Perhaps THAT explains the coalition.
Among Conservative to UKIP switchers, the largest single issue for well over half, is immigration.
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Europe is the priority for fewer than one in five.
SNP voter priorities - so crucial to Labour's chances - are poverty and devolution, very different to rest of the UK.
In Washington DC, sophisticated American political data labs are starting to move into the UK market, exporting the techniques developed by the Obama campaign.
Analyst Drew Dougherty has been tracking who in the UK is in favour of a living wage: "People who are in favour of a liveable wage have these 15 or 20 similar data points, and then we can go from there."
Closer to home, these techniques have had an early outing in the rash of recent by-elections.
Back in November, UKIP won their second MP by targeting less wealthy voters in Strood who were sympathetic to their message.
The Conservatives focused their efforts on more affluent Rochester, minimising their margin of loss.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage used what he calls "data mining" techniques for the first time in the two autumn by-election wins.
He says he has no doubt UKIP would have won in Heywood and Middleton had these technologies been used there.
Across the country, canvassers are arming themselves with this data - the crucial ammo that will decide the battle of the doorstep - and feeding the information back to their party.
The Conservatives are trialling a new phone app to make use of these methods.
A big test will be in the last hours of the campaign when all this data is used to track core voter turnout. But it is impacting the campaign right now, in ways few understand.
As competing databases are deployed during the election, Sky News will keep you in touch, using Sky Data.
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Gallery: Niger: Churches Burned Over Cartoon
A ransacked church in Zinder, Niger, that was set on fire on 16 January, 2015, after thousands of protesters gathered following Friday prayers to vent anger at publication of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed in the latest edition of Charlie Hebdo
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Forty-five churches have been torched in Niger over the Charlie Hebdo magazine's use of a cartoon on its cover of the Prophet Mohammed.
At least five people died and 128 were injured in the capital Niamey during protests against the image on the front of the satirical publication.
The controversial magazine ran a caricature showing the prophet under the headline "All is forgiven" just days after an Islamist attack on its offices in Paris which left 12 people dead.
The physical depiction of Mohammed is considered blasphemous by many Muslims.
Several hundred thousand people also protested in the Chechen capital Grozny at a state-organised rally.
Video:Churches Torched In Hebdo Protest
The region's strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov told the rally in the capital Grozny: "This is a protest against those who support the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.
"This is a protest against those who insult the Muslim religion."
Demonstrators chanted "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greatest) and released balloons into the sky at the event which was described by observers as highly choreographed.
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People attend a rally to protest against satirical cartoons of prophet Mohammed, near the Heart of Chechnya mosque in Grozny
Hundreds of thousands of people staged the rally on Monday in Chechnya against French magazine Charlie Hebdo's cartoons of the prophet
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Those who spoke to the crowd harangued Western governments for allowing publications to print caricatures of the prophet.
Russian TV showed live footage of people streaming into Grozny's main square shortly before the speech by Mr Kadyrov - a loyalist of President Vladimir Putin.
It came just over a week after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov took part in the march for unity in Paris following the end of the city's sieges.
Video:Another Paris 'Is Possible'
Meanwhile, hundreds of people in Afghanistan demonstrated against the magazine's actions by burning a French flag and calling for the government to cut diplomatic relations with France.
It came as German group Pegida, protesting against what it calls the Islamisation of the West, vowed it would not be silenced after its weekly rally was cancelled following an alleged terrorist threat against one of its organisers.
At total of 17 people were killed in and around Paris over three days after the attack on the magazine office on January 5.
Video:Londoners Queuing For Charlie Hebdo
The attacks by brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi and Amedy Coulibaly shocked the country and sparked an outpouring of international support, with many newspapers and magazines around the world reprinting earlier Charlie Hebdo cartoons.
But the decision by the magazine to place a new cartoon on its front has resulted in outrage across the Muslim world.
Earlier protests left 10 dead in Niger and violent clashes also occurred between demonstrators and police in Pakistan, Jordan and Algeria.
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Gallery: Niger: Churches Burned Over Cartoon
A ransacked church in Zinder, Niger, that was set on fire on 16 January, 2015, after thousands of protesters gathered following Friday prayers to vent anger at publication of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed in the latest edition of Charlie Hebdo
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Forty-five churches have been torched in Niger over the Charlie Hebdo magazine's use of a cartoon on its cover of the Prophet Mohammed.
At least five people died and 128 were injured in the capital Niamey during protests against the image on the front of the satirical publication.
The controversial magazine ran a caricature showing the prophet under the headline "All is forgiven" just days after an Islamist attack on its offices in Paris which left 12 people dead.
The physical depiction of Mohammed is considered blasphemous by many Muslims.
Several hundred thousand people also protested in the Chechen capital Grozny at a state-organised rally.
Video:Churches Torched In Hebdo Protest
The region's strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov told the rally in the capital Grozny: "This is a protest against those who support the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.
"This is a protest against those who insult the Muslim religion."
Demonstrators chanted "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greatest) and released balloons into the sky at the event which was described by observers as highly choreographed.
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Gallery: Chechnya: Huge Charlie Hebdo Demo
People attend a rally to protest against satirical cartoons of prophet Mohammed, near the Heart of Chechnya mosque in Grozny
Hundreds of thousands of people staged the rally on Monday in Chechnya against French magazine Charlie Hebdo's cartoons of the prophet
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A member of law enforcement forces stands guard during the rally. Continue through for more images
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Those who spoke to the crowd harangued Western governments for allowing publications to print caricatures of the prophet.
Russian TV showed live footage of people streaming into Grozny's main square shortly before the speech by Mr Kadyrov - a loyalist of President Vladimir Putin.
It came just over a week after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov took part in the march for unity in Paris following the end of the city's sieges.
Video:Another Paris 'Is Possible'
Meanwhile, hundreds of people in Afghanistan demonstrated against the magazine's actions by burning a French flag and calling for the government to cut diplomatic relations with France.
It came as German group Pegida, protesting against what it calls the Islamisation of the West, vowed it would not be silenced after its weekly rally was cancelled following an alleged terrorist threat against one of its organisers.
At total of 17 people were killed in and around Paris over three days after the attack on the magazine office on January 5.
Video:Londoners Queuing For Charlie Hebdo
The attacks by brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi and Amedy Coulibaly shocked the country and sparked an outpouring of international support, with many newspapers and magazines around the world reprinting earlier Charlie Hebdo cartoons.
But the decision by the magazine to place a new cartoon on its front has resulted in outrage across the Muslim world.
Earlier protests left 10 dead in Niger and violent clashes also occurred between demonstrators and police in Pakistan, Jordan and Algeria.
James Blunt has called the shadow culture minister a "classist gimp" after he used the singer's "privileged background" as an example of a lack of diversity in the arts.
Labour MP Chris Bryant said the industry must try to hire people from all backgrounds and not just have a "culture dominated by Eddie Redmayne and James Blunt and their ilk".
Redmayne, who went to Eton College, was nominated for an Oscar last week.
In a letter published in The Guardian, Blunt, who was educated at Harrow before serving in the Army, said his background had actually been "against him succeeding in the music business".
The You're Beautiful singer explained it was his own hard work and determination that had caused him to succeed, despite his schooling, military service and accent.
He accused Mr Bryant of being a "prejudiced wazzock" who is teaching a "politics of jealousy".
Mr Bryant thinks there is a "cultural drought" in some areas
"It is your populist, envy-based, vote-hunting ideas which make our country c***, far more than me and my s*** songs, and my plummy accent."
Blunt signs off his letter by saying "up yours".
In an interview with The Guardian at the weekend Mr Bryant said Labour would try to address a "cultural drought" in areas outside the South East.
"Where are the Albert Finneys and the Glenda Jacksons? They came through a meritocratic system.
"But it wasn't just that. It was also that the writers were writing stuff for them. So is the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, doing that kind of gritty drama, which reflects [the country] more?
"We can't just have Downton programming ad infinitum and think that just because we've got some people in the servants' hall, somehow or other we've done our duty by gritty drama," he said.
On Monday afternoon Mr Bryant replied to Blunt's letter, telling him to "stop being so blooming precious".
He emphasised that his comments were made to highlight the lack of funding for aspiring artists and that "barriers" need to be broken down.
There has been much interest in the backgrounds of some of Britain's biggest stars recently.
Benedict Cumberbatch, who was also nominated for an Oscar, has voiced concerns about being "castigated" for his public school background, while The Walking Dead star David Morrissey has been among those who have expressed a view that the acting business was becoming the preserve of the wealthy.
Labour's Chuka Umunna has had a heated on-air exchange with a Sky News presenter after he objected to questions about his views on a letter sent out to UK mosques.
The letter from Communities Secretary Eric Pickles to more than 1,000 imams in England urges them to do more to root out extremists and prevent young people being radicalised.
It has sparked fierce criticism from some Islamic leaders, prompting the Prime Minister to defend the move.
During a live TV interview with Sky's Dermot Murnaghan, the shadow business secretary confessed to not having read the letter, which featured on the front page of a national newspaper and led news bulletins on Monday.
When pressed on his views about the subject he retorted: "I think you are being a bit ridiculous right now, I was asked to come and speak about David Cameron's speech on the economy and what was happening around the labour market.
"Nobody told me that I was going to come on this programme and be asked to agree whether I thought the Government was patronising Muslim people and Muslim leaders.
"I'm not just going to speak off piste without actually having read a letter. I don't think you are being terribly fair."
When the presenter called an end to the interview, the Labour MP, who is tipped as a future party leader, waved his hand and walked out of the studio.
David Cameron has rejected criticism by some Muslims of a letter sent to mosques in England urging them to do more to root out extremists and prevent young people being radicalised.
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) said it wanted Communities Secretary Eric Pickles to clarify the request - and asked if, like "members of the far right", he was suggesting that Islam is inherently apart from British society.
In the letter sent to more than 1,000 Islamic leaders, Mr Pickles and communities minister Lord Ahmad stressed that he was "proud" of the way Muslims in Britain had responded to the Paris terror attacks but added that there was "more work to do".
There are fears about the spread of terrorism after the attacks in the French capital that left 17 people dead and the arrest of more than two dozen people in anti-terror raids in Belgium, Germany and France.
Mr Cameron has stepped in to defend the letter.
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Answering questions after a speech in Ipswich, the Prime Minister said: "I think it is absolutely right to write this letter, to say that we all have a responsibility to fight extremism.
"Anyone who reads this letter - and I've read the letter - will see that what he is saying is that British Muslims make a great contribution to our country, that what is happening in terms of extremist terror has nothing to do with the true religion of Islam. It's being perverted by a minority who have been radicalised.
"But everyone needs to help with dealing with this problem of radicalisation.
"Anyone, frankly, reading this letter, who has a problem with it, I think really has a problem. I think it is the most reasonable, sensible, moderate letter that Eric could possibly have written.
"Frankly, all of us have a responsibility to try to confront this radicalisation and make sure that we stop young people being drawn into this poisonous fanatical death cult that a very small minority of people have created."
In the letter, Mr Pickles insisted Whitehall could not combat jihadist ideology alone and Imams must explain to young people what it means to be British.
"You, as faith leaders, are in a unique position in our society. You have a precious opportunity, and an important responsibility: in explaining and demonstrating how faith in Islam can be part of British identity," he wrote.
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"We believe together we have an opportunity to demonstrate the true nature of British Islam today.
"There is a need to lay out more clearly than ever before what being a British Muslim means today: proud of your faith and proud of your country.
"We know that acts of extremism are not representative of Islam; but we need to show what is."
But the letter immediately drew criticism from some Islamic leaders.
Harun Khan, deputy secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said: "We will be writing to Mr Eric Pickles to ask that he clarifies his request to Muslims to 'explain and demonstrate how faith in Islam can be part of British identity'.
"Is Mr Pickles seriously suggesting, as do members of the far right, that Muslims and Islam are inherently apart from British society?"
Lord Ahmad, who also signed the letter, also rejected the criticism.
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He told Sky News: "This is a positive initiative from the Government, it's not seeking to target any particular community.
"It's reaching out across the board, across the country, to say we want to tackle this issue of extremism."
EU foreign ministers, including Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, are meeting today in Brussels to discuss the terror threat in Europe. Building an alliance - including with Muslim countries - is high on the agenda.
Mr Hammond said: "The Muslim countries of the world are the ones who have suffered the greatest burden of terrorism and they will continue to be in the frontlines.
"We have to work closely with them to protect both those countries and the EU countries."
The Prime Minister has reiterated he remains 'relaxed' about publishing his tax returns, after the Chancellor appeared to rule out the move.
When asked about it at a speech in Ipswich, he insisted that his stance, set out three years ago, had not changed.
"I am very relaxed about publishing these things," David Cameron said.
"There's no secrets about my status.
"I am paid very handsomely as your prime minister and that's my main source of income, and I have a house I used to live in before I moved into Downing Street and I rent that out and I get income from that.
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"I don't have other sources of income. There will be no surprises in terms of my tax affairs but I am very relaxed as I've always said - nothing has changed about that issue."
The Chancellor first floated the idea of publishing senior ministers' returns in 2012, amid a row over whether they benefited from his decision to cut the top rate of income tax from 50p to 45p.
But at the weekend he appeared to backtrack, saying there were "no plans" to press ahead.
The Prime Minister's official spokesperson said "consideration" was continued to be given by the Cabinet Office about whether it would be appropriate.
But he was unable to answer, when the "consideration" started, who was involved and when a decision would be made.
"The position hasn't changed," the spokesman told a regular Westminster media briefing.
"Consideration is being given to the practical implementation of that kind of issue. There is an issue around the long-standing tradition in this country of taxpayer confidentiality."
The publication, three months from the general election could prove politically sensitive for Mr Cameron who will almost certainly have personally benefited from the cut in the top rate of tax.
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The cockpit voice recorder was recovered by divers on 13 January
Indonesian investigators say it is unlikely an explosion caused the AirAsia jet to crash in Java Sea last month.
A total of 162 people died when the plane came down on 28 December, less than half way into the two-hour flight between the Indonesian city of Surabaya and Singapore.
And investigators say they have ruled out terrorism after listening to cockpit voice recordings.
Nurcahyo Utomo, from the National Transportation Safety Committee, said: "We didn't hear any sounds of gunfire or explosions. For the time being ... we can eliminate the possibility of terrorism.
"We didn't hear any voice of other persons other than the pilots."
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Search teams have recovered a section of the tail of crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501 from bottom of the Java Sea. Continue through for more images of the recovery...
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Another investigator, Andreas Hananto, said they found no evidence of "threats" being made on board the Airbus A320-200.
"The recording indicates that the pilot was busy with the handling of the plane," he said.
"It's unlikely there was an explosion ... If there was, we would definitely know because certain parameters would show it."
Last week, an official from the National Search and Rescue Agency had suggested pressure could have caused the airliner to explode when it hit the sea.
Indonesian authorities believe bad weather could be to blame for the disaster.
Investigators from Indonesia, France, Singapore and China have listened to the whole cockpit voice recording, but only transcribed half of it. They hope to finish transcribing it by the end of the week.
They have refused to give more details about the final moments of the flight, which crashed around 40 minutes after take off.
Analysis of the second black box - the flight data recorder -- is expected to take longer because the aircraft's previous 72 flights will also be examined.
A preliminary report into the crash is expected to be published next week, but it is thought the full report will take up to a year and will not include the entire cockpit voice transcript.
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The cockpit voice recorder was recovered by divers on 13 January
Indonesian investigators say it is unlikely an explosion caused the AirAsia jet to crash in Java Sea last month.
A total of 162 people died when the plane came down on 28 December, less than half way into the two-hour flight between the Indonesian city of Surabaya and Singapore.
And investigators say they have ruled out terrorism after listening to cockpit voice recordings.
Nurcahyo Utomo, from the National Transportation Safety Committee, said: "We didn't hear any sounds of gunfire or explosions. For the time being ... we can eliminate the possibility of terrorism.
"We didn't hear any voice of other persons other than the pilots."
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Search teams have recovered a section of the tail of crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501 from bottom of the Java Sea. Continue through for more images of the recovery...
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Another investigator, Andreas Hananto, said they found no evidence of "threats" being made on board the Airbus A320-200.
"The recording indicates that the pilot was busy with the handling of the plane," he said.
"It's unlikely there was an explosion ... If there was, we would definitely know because certain parameters would show it."
Last week, an official from the National Search and Rescue Agency had suggested pressure could have caused the airliner to explode when it hit the sea.
Indonesian authorities believe bad weather could be to blame for the disaster.
Investigators from Indonesia, France, Singapore and China have listened to the whole cockpit voice recording, but only transcribed half of it. They hope to finish transcribing it by the end of the week.
They have refused to give more details about the final moments of the flight, which crashed around 40 minutes after take off.
Analysis of the second black box - the flight data recorder -- is expected to take longer because the aircraft's previous 72 flights will also be examined.
A preliminary report into the crash is expected to be published next week, but it is thought the full report will take up to a year and will not include the entire cockpit voice transcript.
