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Tonight at Ten: The return to Helmand Province.

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British soldiers are sent back as the Taliban close in.

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Fierce fighting around the key town Sangin,

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as Afghan forces try to hold back the Taliban but the British aren't

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They will support and help Afghan security as advisors

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and they will not take part in the military operations.

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It comes a year after British troops withdrew from Afghanistan.

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More than 100 died fighting for Sangin.

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We've been hearing from some of the families who lost loved ones

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Also tonight: A sharp rise in the number of young women,

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particularly teenagers, being taken to hospital

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Dozens of homes in Cumbria are flooded for the third time this

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One of the most senior figures in world athletics steps down

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from his job, amid an investigation into a plan to delay the naming

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And, Leicester City fans get a taste for glory as the team top

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the Premier League but will they be keeping the trophy?

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On BBC London: Surviving cancer against the odds.

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The baby girl enjoying her first Christmas at home.

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And the London craft beer producer that's just been bought

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A group of British soldiers have been sent back to Helmand Province

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in southern Afghanistan, after reports that the Taliban

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is close to taking the key town of Sangin.

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There's been heavy fighting as the Afghan army battle to hold

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The Ministry of Defence said the British personnel have not been

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UK combat operations in Afghanistan officially ended last year.

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More than 450 British personnel died during the 13-year conflict,

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with the heaviest losses suffered in and around Sangin.

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Our diplomatic correspondent James Robbins reports.

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Across Helmand Province, Afghan troops are fighting to hold

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For years, British and American troops tried to pacify this area.

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Now, Afghan troops, largely on their own,

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are struggling, particularly in the key town of Sangin.

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This man did manage to escape from the town.

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TRANSLATION: We called for help and said there are dead and wounded

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people inside the police chief's building.

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Nobody helped us and no-one did anything to get them out.

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Nine years ago, it was British troops who'd been deployed to Sangin

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It quickly became some of the most intense fighting

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Now, a small contingent of British soldiers has returned to Helmand

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TRANSLATION: A group of British Armed Forces has been

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They will support and help Afghan Security Forces as advisers

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and they will not participate in the military operations.

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The fate of Sangin, the town and the entire district has huge

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significance for Afghanistan of course, but also for Britain.

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Sangin lies in the north of Helmand province on a key supply route

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to the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah.

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It's also a centre for the opium trade and it's close to a major

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highway linking one side of the country with the other.

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Sangin was the deadliest part of Helmand Province for British

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forces who fought the Taliban between 2006 and 2014.

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456 British service personnel have been killed in Afganistan and almost

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a quarter of all those deaths were as a result

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Now, some experts fear that everything which was fought

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If there were a military collapse then I think you can also give up

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But if the Afghan forces do indeed manage to hold on to positions

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like Sangin, then those voices within the Taliban movement,

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telling their own leaders that it is time to talk,

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it is time to agree amongst Afghans how to run our country,

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The Taliban has many faces, some are hard-lined jihadists.

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Threatening President Obama in this video, a fortnight ago,

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ahead of suicide attacks which killed many Afghans

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and yesterday six American soldiers, too.

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The Afghan National Army has suffered huge losses trying to stand

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on its own, lacking the close air support, helicopters and equipment

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When Britain, as part of Nato, withdrew almost all its forces

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a year ago, it was a political gamble which is now being put

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Peace talks with the Taliban could open a way forward

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for Afghanistan, but an Afghan military collapse would be felt far

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Most of the British men and women who lost their lives

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during the Afghan conflict died in Helmand Province.

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Our special correspondent Lucy Manning has been talking to two

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families whose loved ones were killed there.

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James died seven-and-a-half years ago now.

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Lance Corporal James Bateman was killed in Afghanistan.

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For his widow, Victoria, the pain never goes,

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but what has returned are the questions about

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Unfortunately, I do think he would have died in vain.

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I think his life wasn't in vain, his efforts weren't in vain

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and I fully support him and what the Armed Forces do.

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Unfortunately, through some choices, some poor choices made by people,

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that unfortunately his death would have been in vain.

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The funerals have passed but, for the families, the Taliban's

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This almost takes me back to the time when it happened,

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You've had this life sentence imposed on you,

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losing the person you were meant to spend the rest of your life with.

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And now, for not only you, as a personal opinion,

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to know the death didn't mean anything or wasn't for any

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particular purpose, that now the whole world sees it,

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as we've come back full circle, to start again.

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I do believe that we are owed an explanation.

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I think that the families of the fallen, if they so wish it,

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are entitled to have the reasons explained as to what has happened

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Every year, those who fought in Afghanistan and those who lost

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sons and daughters and husbands come here to the Cenotaph

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The families are united in their never-ending loss,

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but also their pride, but they differ somewhat

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Tom Gadon was just 24 when he was killed in Helmand,

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It may have shown that we did want to change things for the better

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and that we weren't going to stand by and let the Taliban take over.

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But with the Taliban threatening to take over again,

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do those who lost the most feel the British presence achieved

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I don't think of it as a waste of time, in that way.

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Look at the amount of people, you know, the forces that

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were deployed from all around the world to actually try

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and "help", you know, to suppress the Taliban

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Just two of more than 450 British soldiers who died

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The news of the Taliban's return another hard moment

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In Iraq, Government forces say they're advancing into the centre

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of the city of Ramadi which has been under the control of so-called

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They say a major offensive, launched last night,

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will clear militants from the city by the end of the week,

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despite coming up against snipers and suicide bombers.

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The fall of the city in May was an embarrassing defeat

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More and more young women under the age of 25 are drinking so much

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that they're ending up in hospital with alcohol poisoning.

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New figures show the total number of people visiting emergency

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departments in England has doubled in six years.

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The biggest group affected are teenage girls, aged between 15

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and 19, binge-drinking on a night out.

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The figures from the Nuffield Trust also show that emergency admissions

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due to long-term damage caused by alcohol have risen to more

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Overall, drinking levels in the UK have fallen, but those who do drink

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seem to be consuming more alcohol than before.

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Our health editor, Hugh Pym, reports.

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You can't get a glass and throw it and hurt people.

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You still can't do that, my dear, any how.

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Filmed through a police body camera, alcohol is clearly causing

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trouble on the streets in the run-up to Christmas.

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It's not just a challenge for the police, today's figures show

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how much of a problem drunkenness has become for already busy Accident

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At one city centre hospital, a leading consultant said

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We have busy emergency departments, but the addition of a whole group

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of patients who the main problem is acute alcohol intoxication can

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change a very strained emergency department into a chaotic and very

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Hospital staff are not just dealing with binge drinkers who come and go

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through A, today's report also shows that the number with longer

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term alcohol problems admitted to hospital has risen rapidly.

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It cost me my marriage, home, the loss of my

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Matthew - that's not his real name - is a recovering alcoholic.

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He remembers frequently ending up in hospital.

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I wouldn't like to give you a number of how many times,

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Sometimes I went myself because I'd injured myself

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Other times I woke up in hospital, I didn't know how I got there.

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With major hospitals feeling the strain of dealing with patients

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with alcohol-related problems, the question being asked -

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what's happening over there at Westminster?

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The Government says it has cracked down on sales of very low priced

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drink and worked with the industry to lower alcohol volumes,

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but some campaigners say more needs to be done.

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It's an issue that gets a lot of attention during the festive

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season, but we know that this is a massive issue throughout

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We know that alcohol is costing the NHS an emergency services

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billions of pounds each year and we really need the Government

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to take meaningful action to reduce these harms.

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There have been demands for minimum unit pricing for alcoholic drinks.

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The Scottish Government wants to do that, but was challenged in court

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It's gone all the way to the European Court and a key

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It'll be watched closely around the UK.

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The Government insists its economic plan is working despite almost

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reaching its annual borrowing target with four months of the financial

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There was a sharp rise in Government borrowing last month compared

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to this time last year, it was up 10% at ?14.2 billion.

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But the Treasury says the rise is down to one-off factors.

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Here's our business editor, Kamal Ahmed.

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It's that time of year, when we maybe spend a bit too much

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It's feeling a little bit the same for the Treasury after today's

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public finance figures, which were widely described

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Borrowing was up, spending was up and some big bills,

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to the European Union and the World Bank, fell due.

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It's all a long way from this moment, George Osborne insisting

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in last month's Autumn Statement the public finances

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Fixing the roof when the sun is shining.

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If the Chancellor - here at Number 11 Downing Street -

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was hoping for a little bit of Christmas cheer from today's

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borrowing figures those hopes sadly have not quite been fulfilled.

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Last month the Government set a borrowing target of ?68.9 billion

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which it said it would hit by April of next year.

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Last month, it announced it had already borrowed ?54.3 billion

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and that number has now increased substantially to ?66.9 billion.

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That means that, for the next four months, the Government can only

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borrow ?2 billion more if it is to hit that target.

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November's figures were extremely disappointing.

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Borrowing was higher than economists had expected and higher than last

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Although things should start to improve over the next few months,

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they would have to improve by a lot in order for him to meet his target

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This time last year the banks were helping, paying out ?1

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The man who passes judgment on the Government's finances

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and spending on schools, hospitals and our pensions said

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that the next few months could be better.

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We were predicting, back in the Autumn Statement in November,

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that you'd see borrowing about ?20 billion lower this year

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If you just just look at the numbers that have come in through the year

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to date and assume that the pattern continues for the rest of the year,

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that decline would be only about ?10 billion.

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But we think there are a number of reasons to expect the fall

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in the deficit to be larger over the remainder of this financial year

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Things could become more bullish with the Treasury likely to see

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When it comes to the ups and downs of the economy, Mr Osborne knows

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he will need a run of very good figures if he is to

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Dozens of homes in Cumbria have been flooded for the third time this

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The River Eden burst its banks again in the village of Appleby.

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Carlisle, Kendal and Keswick are also all on alert tonight

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Our correspondent, Ed Thomas, reports from Appleby.

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Tonight, in Cumbria, and the floods have returned.

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This is Appleby, the town's High Street has now been claimed

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But, once again, people here have been left determined,

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You know, you've got to make it work.

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No-one's going to make it work for you.

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We've got customers here who depend on us.

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Private customers, business customers.

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For a second time, in two weeks, Roy and Charlotte Ashley have seen

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not only their home, but also the place they work taken

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None of us have ever seen this, it's unbelievable.

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You know, to think that the water, two weeks ago was, you know,

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You can't deal with that kind of thing.

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It's taken their possessions from their homes.

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Some people have lost their businesses.

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Only yesterday, Prince Charles walked down this street.

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It was a Royal visit to boost morale in Appleby, now this.

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Reverend Sarah Lunn helped so many recover here after the last floods.

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Now, she'll have to do it all over again.

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You know, the irony of having Prince Charles here,

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thanking all the folk who gave of their time so generously

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yesterday afternoon, walking here, then to be back in this

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The Government's promised to look again at flood defences,

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And, as we get closer to Christmas, more rain is on the way.

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Here is that rain. It's raining quite heavily now. It's the last

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thing people here want to see. The flood warnings remain right across

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Cumbria. At least, thankfully, the waters are residing in Appleby and

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the town has its high street back. This is an anxious time for people

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across Cumbria, Sophie, because the ground is saturated after this

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record rainfall. It seems that every time it rains here now people watch

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and wait and they're just hoping that it won't flood again. Ed

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Thomas, thank you. A remembrance service has been held

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to mark the first anniversary of the Glasgow bin lorry crash

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which left six people dead. Bereaved families, survivors

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and members of the emergency services were among those

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who attended the service at Glasgow The lorry veered out of control

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in the city centre after the driver, Harry Clarke, blacked

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out at the wheel. One of the most senior figures

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in world athletics has stepped down from his job ahead

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of an investigation into a plan to delay the naming

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of Russian drug cheats. It comes after the BBC obtained

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an email from Nick Davies, the Deputy General Secretary of

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the Iaaf, the world governing body. In it, he suggests waiting

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until after the 2013 World Championships in Moscow

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before naming them. Our sports editor, Dan Roan's report

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contains flash photography. A year after a successful

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London Olympics, the eyes of the athletics world turned

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to Moscow, hosts of the 2013 World But with the build-up overshadowed

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by a series of Russian doping scandals, it now appears that

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within the governing body there was a secret plan

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to minimise the damage. It was laid out in an email sent

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just before the event by Iaaf Deputy General Secretary,

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Nick Davies, until tonight the right-hand man

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of President Lord Coe. Although there's no suggestion

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that he was aware of the proposal. Writing to former marketing

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consultant, Papa Massata Diack, son of the former president,

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Davies said he needed to "understand exactly what Russian

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skeletons we have still If the guilty ones are not

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competing, then we might as well wait until the event

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is over to announce them. Or we announce one or two,

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but at the same time as athletes Davies also suggested

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using the political influence of Coe, then vice-president,

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and his marketing company, CSM, for an unofficial PR campaign

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to stop what he called "planned attacks on Russia by

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the British media." It is a damning blow to

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the credibility of the organisation and that's really shocking

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because what the Iaaf should have been doing is saying -

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if we know people are cheating, we're going to get them and we're

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going to expose them, come what may, and make

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sure they don't compete. That's our prime job,

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not worrying about the PR strategy for trying to make sure those

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stories don't come out Davies denies any wrong-doing,

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but tonight he stood aside in a statement saying: "What has

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become apparent today is that I have This is not helpful

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at the current time. I have decided to step aside

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from my role with the Iaaf until such time as the Ethics Board

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is able to review the matter properly and decide if I'm

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responsible for any breach Coe became the most powerful figure

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in athletics earlier this year, replacing Lamine Diack,

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the former Iaaf president now facing allegations he took bribes

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to cover-up doping. In October, Russia was banned

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from international competition for state sponsored

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cheating, and now this. The contents of this email

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are highly embarrassing for the Iaaf and with the governing body

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desperate to move forward and regain trust after a year of damaging

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allegations, of both doping and corruption, it couldn't have

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come at a worse time. Athletics should have much to look

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forward to with the Rio Olympics on the horizon, instead it's

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the shadow cast by Russia that hangs More than a million migrants have

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entered Europe this year, most of them by sea,

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according to new figures released Half of them are said to be Syrians,

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trying to escape the war. But some are economic migrants,

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fleeing poverty in search All this week we have been looking

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at the huge movement of people Tonight, George Alagiah considers

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whether this is part of a longer term trend and looks

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at the challenges for the UK. What could be more quintessentially

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English than a roast, But look who's serving up this

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feast, from the waiters to the kitchen staff,

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most of them are immigrants. To cap it all, the owner is the son

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of Bangladeshi migrants. Iqbal Wahhab was eight months

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when his family moved to Britain. His father was a PhD student

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who stayed on to give his family the opportunities

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Britain had to offer. He's gained a lot and

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says he's given a lot. This business generates ?6

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million a year, that's net, so there's probably another ?1

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million of tax on that. You multiply that over

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an average of 15 years, we've put many millions of pounds

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into the public purse. We've employed over 1,000 people

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in the time that I've been There's very many quantifiable

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benefits of having allowed me Who knows what Europe's most recent

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arrivals might have to offer. Only some of the thousands trapped

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on the Macedonia border last month The rest, like millions before them,

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came in search of a better life. Should they have an

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equal right to move? We have to get used to the fact that

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people will always seek to move. They will seek to move to escape

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devastation or war or persecution or climatic disaster,

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and they will seek also simply to improve their lot by moving

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from a place of poor economic growth to one of significant

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economic growth. Simply saying - we're

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putting up barriers, we're putting up razor wire fences

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and we're going to block people But you do accept, do you,

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that we, the British, have a right to control the numbers

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of people who come into our country? I accept that there are limits

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to migration and those limits are ultimately determined

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by a democratic process. ARCHIVE: Four out of every five

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Britons live and work in cities, Of course it hasn't always

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been one way traffic. For much of the 20th

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Century, Britain was a net ARCHIVE: Increasing numbers look

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to the Empire for their future and the immigrant's reason

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is always the same. Because we're hoping there's better

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opportunities for work out there. Right now, around five-and-a-half

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million Brits live overseas, If we have discovered the world,

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the world has discovered us. At Borough Market in London,

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you're as likely to find a plate of Ethiopian stew as

:23:31.:23:34.

a steak and kidney pie. Perhaps the question is no longer

:23:35.:23:37.

whether people should come to Britain, but how

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we prepare for them? The problem to me seems to be that

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it's been an ideological discussion about whether we shouldn't

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or should have particular In fact, we need to look

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at the practicalities. We need investment, particularly

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when it comes to school places, when it comes to hospital s,

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midwifery, for example. If the challenge is to make

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migration work on a practical level, it's not a new one, it's an issue

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Britain has grappled Whether they came here

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as monarchs or migrants, Romans or Romanians,

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Britain has been influenced by all those who've

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landed on its shores. The extent to which people continue

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to have the freedom to move may become the defining feature

:24:26.:24:28.

of the 21st Century. Last Christmas, they were

:24:29.:24:30.

languishing at the very bottom This Christmas, Leicester City

:24:31.:24:37.

are at the top The side's performance

:24:38.:24:47.

is being hailed as a Christmas They currently stand two-points

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clear ahead of their next game In the Leicester City grotto

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is the one thing everybody wants, Today, the trophy was just a photo

:24:57.:25:01.

opportunity for charity. At the end of the season, well,

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they believe in Mahrez and Vardy. No-one's scored more

:25:06.:25:08.

than them this season. COMMENTATOR: Vardy's in.

:25:09.:25:11.

Jamie Vardy scores again. In Europe's largest outdoor covered

:25:12.:25:15.

market, suddenly they're talking We've had a lot of stick from other

:25:16.:25:19.

fans and now we're giving it back. COMMENTATOR: He runs up,

:25:20.:25:31.

Mahrez, once again. Do you know, this has

:25:32.:25:32.

been a long time coming. Well, here comes the genial Italian

:25:33.:25:38.

who's keeping everyone calm. I think you're a bit

:25:39.:25:43.

like Father Christmas, You make people believe that magic

:25:44.:25:48.

can happen in Leicester. No, but I'm very happy

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they are happy this Christmas days. We don't have the high

:25:59.:26:04.

quality like City, Arsenal, Well, this is where the Leicester

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players emerge from their dressing room and immediately you can see

:26:08.:26:15.

the kind of impression they're Leicester have had success in recent

:26:16.:26:18.

memory, won the League Cup in 2000, but to lead the Premier League

:26:19.:26:30.

is a different level. I think quite a lot of Leicester

:26:31.:26:35.

supporters are scratching their heads and wondering how it's

:26:36.:26:37.

happening, but it is and people are starting to believe

:26:38.:26:40.

and, most importantly, Bottom of the Premier League last

:26:41.:26:44.

Christmas, top this. Leicester are dismantling

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the old order, but now there's When you're top at this time

:26:49.:26:50.

of year, you're expected Newsnight is about to get under

:26:51.:26:56.

way over on BBC Two. Here, on BBC One, it's time

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for the news where you are.

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