15/12/2013 BBC Weekend News


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Good afternoon from Qunu, where this morning the former South African

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president Nelson Mandela was laid to rest.

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After a funeral service attended by more than 4,000 people, including

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Prince Charles, his body was buried on a hillside close to his family

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home. The current president Jacob Zuma said he would miss Mr

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Mandela's, smile, laughter and leadership, and that work must

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continue to build the South Africa of Mr Mandela's dreams. Our world

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affairs editor John Simpson reports. It was in this rolling countryside

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that Nelson Mandela's walk to Freedom began.

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Buyers own wish -- by his own wish, it is where it ended today. The

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ceremony was well practised and highly polished, and had a suitable

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grandeur to it. The world was watching. The best equipped and

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trained soldiers, sailors and airmen in Africa by some way brought their

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one-time commander-in-chief to the funeral ceremony.

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The hymns sung throughout the ceremony were once that Mandela

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himself particularly loved. Although the funeral has been years in the

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planning, the vast temporary auditorium was put up in a matter of

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days. The family, which has often been driven with disputes about

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money and status, came together for the ceremony. His widow sat close to

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Winnie, his former wife, who has been brought back into the fold in

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recent months, seemingly less radical than she once was. The

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guests were a mixed bunch. African presidents, a cane, Princes. Prince

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Charles representing the Queen seemed to get less attention than

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Oprah Winfrey. Richard Branson was there. So was Gerry Adams, and so

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was former Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who only yesterday seemed to have

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been snubbed. Mandela's granddaughter brought out the human

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side that people especially loved about him. He was a lot of fun to be

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around and he was a great storyteller. He had a great sense of

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humour. During the past year, we truly missed hearing his voice. At

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dinner, he liked to tell stories about his childhood. He preferred

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ones that he would poke fun at himself with. Politicians here often

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acknowledge that not enough has been achieved since Mandela came to power

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19 years ago. President Jacob Zuma made this pledge. South African

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children must grow up in a country that is not only politically free,

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but which is also free and safe from violence, free and safe from crime,

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re-and safe from poverty, ignorance and disease. Free and save from

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indignity. Long speeches had predict to be delayed the programme, but

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finally it was time for the burial ceremony. -- had predictably

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delayed. It took place away from the cameras

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while the South African apples paid its last respect. -- airforce. This

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was the grave of the most admired leader on earth who once walked

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barefoot on these hills. You've been covering the politics of

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this country for more than 30 years. What were your impressions of this

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momentous day? I thought it was the best of the new South Africa. It was

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relaxed, easy, quite jokey at times. You saw people like resident Jacob

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Zuma making jokes with other leaders. It didn't feel crisp,

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people looking at their watches and saying, OK, now we need to do

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something else. But the bits they needed clear discipline, the

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military side of it, were absolutely magnificent. I thought it was very

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well done. The only thing that let it down was that, inevitably, there

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were some presidents, one or two from elsewhere in Africa, who made

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these long, turgid speeches, which did let it down a bit, and delayed

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it. That I thought the South African element was magnificent. That is it

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from as in Qunu. Now, a look at the rest of the day's news.

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Consultants at hospitals in England could lose their right to refuse to

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work at weekends as part of proposals to tackle high death rates

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for patients treated on Saturdays and Sundays. Hospitals which don't

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make the changes will face financial penalties. Our health correspondent,

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Dominic Hughes, reports. Providing comprehensive care seven

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days a week is an issue the NHS has struggled with, but at Poole

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Hospital in Dorset, they seem to have found a way. Elderly patients

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get to see a consultant quickly and have access to the support they need

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at weekends. NHS leaders believe it is the presence of those senior

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doctors that can make a real difference across a hospital.

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Firstly, you don't have any appropriate admissions to the

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hospital. Secondly, when they are admitted, they get a quick diagnosis

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and treatment is started more quickly. That means patients spend

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less time in hospital and as a whole the hospital is more efficient. For

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the past year, a group of experts has been considering how to make

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sure the NHS provides the best care seven days a week. They proposed

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removing the right of consultants to reviews working at weekends. Crucial

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diagnostic test should also be available seven days a week and a

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series of rewards and sanctions, including multi-million pound fines

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for hospitals, could encourage the entire system to change. But there

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are warnings over how much these plans might cost. This will cost

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more money. When not sure how much, possibly between one billion and ?2

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billion. That is a huge challenge. Many hospitals are struggling to

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balance their books even now. These plans offer a vision of how

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emergency services in England may operate in the future. But the

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unanswered questions are where any money will come from and whether

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consultants will agree. Detectives investigating the

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disappearance of the Oxford teenager Jayden Parkinson have asked the

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public not to conduct their own searches for her. Police say they

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believe Jayden has been murdered. They are searching a number of areas

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near Didcot. She was last seen nearly two weeks ago in Oxford. Two

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people have been arrested. The Transport Secretary Patrick

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McLoughlin has once again raised the prospect of a third runway at

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Heathrow, saying the government hasn't ruled it out. A

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government-appointed commission is due to publish its recommendations

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on airport expansion this week. China's robot rover has driven off

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its landing module and on to the Moon's surface. The robotic vehicle

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rolled down a ramp lowered by the lander and on to the volcanic plain

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known as Sinus Iridum. The lander will operate there for a year, while

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the rover is expected to work for some three months.

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Cricket, and the Ashes seem all but lost as Australia ended day three of

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the crucial third test in Perth leading England by 369 runs. Once

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again, England failed to impress with the bat and were bowled out for

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251. Australia then piled on the runs closing on 235-3, as Joe Wilson

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reports. Sunday in the park in Perth with

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cricket just next door. If they tried hard, England fans could try

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to ignore it, although the local paper had already declared the Ashes

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one. 251 all out England's latest effort. Stuart Broad was soon

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afterwards in hospital with an injured but. A depleted England

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attack for Australia's second innings. Chris Rogers added a

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dropped catch into this grim cricket cocktail. One should have an out

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stumped twice but the wicketkeeper didn't have the ball. No England

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player has made a century in this Ashes. David Warner completed his

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second of the series with a typical flourish. He was out by the close,

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but in here is celebration is run away. Australia are making it look

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simple. You can see more on all of today's

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stories on the BBC News Channel. The next news on BBC One is at 5.30pm

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this afternoon - bye for now. Prepare yourself for a week of

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lively weather, all thanks to a strong Jetstream overhead which

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itself is being driven by huge temperature once trusts -- contrast

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in the Allan Taylor. -- in the Atlantic. Along these ripples that

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jet stream buckles and we start to see areas of low pressure developed

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will stop --. This will bring the change from sunny conditions to the

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wetter conditions we will finish the day with. Locally severe gales in

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Scotland. Heavy rain in Northern Ireland which is pushing eastwards,

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so expect heavy rain across southern and eastern Scotland. Some parts of

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eastern England stay dry. We will lose their hazy sunshine we have at

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the moment. Elsewhere, a lot of cloud and occasional rain. Quite

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mild in the south, temperatures 13 degrees. Staying mild in the South

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will stop most of us will see rain at some point in the night. Cold air

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pushes into Scotland and Northern Ireland later, turning showers

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wintry on higher ground and a brisk of ice as we start Monday morning.

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No such problems for England and Wales, with a mild start again. This

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weather front grinds to a halt across East Anglia, so the cloud

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lingers. Our rakes of rain on and off. The best of the sunshine to

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eastern areas. Some heavy local showers in Scotland and Northern

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Ireland. Again, they could turn wintry on higher ground. The weather

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front across the South gains energy on Monday into Tuesday morning. Here

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we could see up to two inches of rain, so minor flooding to take

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those into Tuesday morning. It does clear, and Tuesday has a bit of high

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pressure. It will probably be the hype -- the high point of the week.

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Some of the rain lingers in Kent and a few showers across the North of

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Scotland where it will be quite windy. But not as windy as in the

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rest of the week. Strong winds dominate all of us. Into Wednesday

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we start of fine bright but that weather front approaches. The rain

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is initially heavy in the West but it turns patchy as it moves

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eastwards. Later, the winds pick up and more persistent rain starts to

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edging. Widespread gales on Wednesday night, and up to 80 miles

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an hour possible Northern Ireland and Scotland. Prepare, there could

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be some damage and destructor as we go into the Thursday morning

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rush-hour will stop --. A very blustery day. We maintain that cold

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real Thursday night into Friday. Even with those strong winds, there

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is the risk of frost across eastern areas. Predominantly dry and bright.

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More and wet and windy weather to take us into the weekend.

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