04/01/2014 BBC Weekend News


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Good afternoon. Storms and high tides have left hundreds of homes

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flooded across the UK from Cornwall to Scotland and there are warnings

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of worsening conditions over the weekend. The Environment Agency is

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advising people to avoid coastal paths and promenades. Our

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correspondent Jon Brain reports. Much of Britain's coastline is

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taking a battery. This was Dorset this morning as the waves came

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crashing over the sea wall. It was a similar scene in Aberystwyth in

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Wales. Today is more about assessing the damage from yesterday's storms.

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This man owns a gym on the beach here. It will not be reopening any

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time soon. It has ruined everything. It is the second time it has

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happened in three months. As you can see, the power of the sea is so

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strong it has taken everything with it. In Devon, a search is underway

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for Harry Martin. The 18-year-old was last seen heading towards

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coastal path to take photos of the storm. He is considered a potential

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victim. Experts say conditions in North America are to blame. That has

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powered a very strong jet stream and it has picked up areas of low

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pressure and forces them our way. It can strengthen them into storms, and

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that is what we have seen, one after another. Then maybe another on the

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way tomorrow. We are bracing ourselves for a further deluge. And

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for the latest on the situation go to bbc.co.uk/news or for regular

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updates in your area you can tune into regular updates on BBC Radio on

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FM, digital radio, and online. The family of a British man found shot

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dead in Libya have said they are devastated by the news of his

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murder. Mark De Salis had been working for a power company in the

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capital Tripoli for the past six years. The bodies of Mr De Salis and

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a woman friend from New Zealand were discovered near the town of Zuwarah,

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60 miles west of Tripoli. Nick Childs reports. It was on this beach

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where the bodies of Mark De Salis and a friend from New Zealand were

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discovered. According to his family, ye had been working in Tripoli for

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six years for an engineering company. His family have said they

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are shocked and devastated by his death. Why the two were in this area

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and why they were killed remains unanswered. Their luggage was

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untouched. There is a major oil sites nearby. The Foreign Office

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have called for an investigation by the Libyan government but it is

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struggling to assert its authority over militant groups. Friends and

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colleagues of Phil Everly have been paying tribute to the singer, who's

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died in California aged 74. He rose to fame in the 1950s as one of the

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two Everly brothers, best known for songs including Bye Bye Love and All

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I Have To Do Is Dream. Tim Allman reports.

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# Bye, buy, love. When it came to close harmony singing, nobody did it

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like the Everly Brothers. Phil Everly, here on the left, and his

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brother Don helped define rock 'n' roll in the late 1950s and 1960s.

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They set the standard for many that followed.

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# Wake up, Susie. There is nothing than brothers -- sweeter than

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brothers singing together. I don't think two people who aren't related

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can sound the same. Phil Everly was born in 1939 in Chicago. He first

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found success singing country music. They had dozens of hits

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around the world but it was a stormy relationship, and they split up on

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stage in 1973. They reunited ten years later and were eventually

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inducted into the rock 'n' roll hall of fame. Phil Everly died in Los

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Angeles, one half of a band described as the most important

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vocal duo in rock. Phil Everly who has died at the age of 74. Cricket.

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England's cricketers now need a miracle to avoid an Ashes whitewash

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in Sydney. Their latest batting collapse has left them facing a

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fifth defeat in the series. Australia resume tomorrow on 140 for

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four, already 311 runs ahead. From Sydney, Dan Roan reports You can see

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more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel. Here in Sydney

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today, England knew everything depended on the art of batsmanship.

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The skill of art and craft to build an innings was once again a battle

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between England bat and Australian ball. Tourists had hoped for a lead

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but Alistair Cooke left his judgement in the dressing room. This

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was cricketing carnage and none of the top five reached double

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It was now down to the youngsters figures. Ian

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It was now down to the youngsters and once again, Ben Stokes provided

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some fight and defiant C. That's nearly delayed the inevitable. It

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was a small mercy but the follow one was avoided by some low water

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resistance. -- follow-on. Their bowlers did capture the Australian

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wickets with Chris Rogers extending the lead beyond 300, it felt futile.

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The hosts already seemed too far ahead. Oh, dear. That's all from me,

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