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In a sombre mood

Andrew Neil | 10:04 UK time, Wednesday, 25 February 2009

camerons.jpgWestminster is in sombre mood this morning with news breaking just after 9am of the sad death of David and Samantha Cameron's .

Aged six, and suffering from cerebral palsy and epilepsy since birth, he died in St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, during the night.

Early reports suggest his parents had little warning.

We are remaking our programme as I write to take into account this huge personal tragedy for the Leader of the Opposition and family.

We will speak to the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's political editor, Nick Robinson, at the top of the show and to our guests of the day, and .

Mr Cameron will obviously step back from Prime Minister's Questions, which means Gordon Brown -- no stranger to family tragedy himself () -- will probably pull out too.

We will still be there live at noon.

mcguigan.jpgWe'll also be discussing a number of political issues on both sides of the Atlantic and we'll have the boxer live talking about integrated education in Northern Ireland.

But everything in Westminster this morning will be overshadowed by the death of .

The starts at 11.30 on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ2 and continues until 1pm. You can also watch it later on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ iPlayer

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