01/02/2014 BBC Weekend News


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Another battering from the weather is expected, with high tides and

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galeforce winds threatening even more flooding. Five severe flood

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warnings are in place as winds reach more than 80 mph.

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A row over the schools Inspectorate Ofsted. Downing Street denies it is

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trying to pack public bodies with its conservative supporters.

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Nail-biting finale to England's Six Nations clash with France.

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Good evening. The Environment Agency is warning

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that high tides tonight could bring further flooding to areas already

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hit by bad weather. Five severe flood warnings remain in place. High

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winds are also causing problems. Our correspondent Duncan Kennedy sent

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this report from Northmoor, in Somerset.

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New month, same old weather. The destructive cocktail of wind and

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high tides returning today. Per farm has been underwater for four weeks.

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It is heartbreaking, we don't know when it is going to end. The Devon

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and Somerset Fire service today beefed up its flood training

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operation. It is now the biggest they have ever organised. We have

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eight high-volume pumps, removing 80 litres per hour, which is the

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equivalent of one Olympic size swimming pool every hour. Everywhere

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you go, there are pumps pumping, from great big operations to others

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that are much more modest. It is not just the industrial pumping going

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on. A lot of ordinary people, fed up with waiting for the authorities to

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take action are going it alone and storing their own pumps to try and

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keep some of the water away from their homes. Tonight, the police

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said they were expecting more of this. The weather, as usual, staying

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one step ahead. Certainly the forecast I have heard today

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indicates no letup in the first week of February, so we are expecting a

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multi-agency response to continue for the foreseeable future. Coastal

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areas took a particular pounding. This was Fleetwood. And this was the

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seafront in Aberystwyth. Although it's punchier left the destructive

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force last month's storm. On the River, service today ignored

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warnings to stay off the water. While some can find an escape in all

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of this, most prisoners of this winter.

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--most are prisoners of this interminable winter.

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Three people have been arrested after a seven-week-old baby died

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from severe head injuries. The badly injured child, who came from the

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Clarksfield area of Oldham, died in hospital. One of those arrested is

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believed to be the child's mother. The Conservatives have been accused

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of trying to put Tory supporters in charge of public bodies. The claim

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has been made by the Labour Peer Baroness Morgan, after she was told

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she would not get a second spell as head of the schools inspectorate

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Ofsted. Downing Street has rejected the claim, saying appointments were

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made on merit and a number of former Labour Ministers had been given

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jobs. Our Political Correspondent Tom Barton reports.

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It sends inspectors into our schools on a daily basis, checking the

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standards of teaching and care across England. Ofsted brands itself

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as independent and impartial, but its outgoing chair, a Labour peer,

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says the Conservatives are playing politics with her role. I am the

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latest of a fairly long list of people now who are non-Conservative

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supporters who are not being reappointed. I think there is

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absolutely a pattern, and I think it is extremely worrying, because I

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think one of the really important things about public appointments is

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they are made on the basis of merit. Sally Morgan isn't pointing the

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finger at Michael Gove, who appointed her to the job in 2010. In

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fact, she insists they have not had a falling out. Instead, she is

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blaming Downing Street, claiming there is a determined effort there

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to recruit Tory sympathisers to public bodies like the Arts Council

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and the Charity Commission. A senior source inside Number Ten has

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described these accusations as baseless, while officials are keen

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to point out there is a number of senior Labour figures in top jobs.

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Simon Stephens, a former Labour adviser, is about to become the

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Chief Executive of NHS England, while two former Labour Cabinet

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ministers are carrying out reviews for the coalition into pensions and

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social mobility. There are hundreds of public bodies in the UK and who

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runs them matters, because they control everything from the food we

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eat, to the state of the roads to our gas and electricity. The

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Conservative Party Chairman insists the Government is simply focused on

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getting the best people for the job. We have to make sure that we have

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the right people in place to deliver Government policy. There is now

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likely to be pressure on Number ten to steer clear of Conservative Party

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supporters when the head of Ofsted is appointed. Already, Liberal

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Democrats are privately saying whoever gets the job should do so

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based on their experience and their knowledge, rather than their

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political affiliations. The US Secretary of State John Kerry

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has sharply criticised Ukraine over its handling of anti-government

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protests. It comes after allegations that a senior opposition leader was

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abducted and tortured. The demonstrations in Ukraine, over the

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country's ties with the European Union and Russia, began last

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November but turned violent last month. Duncan Crawford's report from

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Kiev contains images you may find distressing.

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Entrenched in their positions. Anti-government demonstrations show

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no sign of ending. But this front line now feels like it has become a

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tool wrist attraction as well as a battle zone. And despite the

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freezing temperatures, the protests see more determined than ever. We

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will stay here, we will fight for our country. We will fight for our

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freedom. People's anger has been fuelled by the latest allegations of

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torture. Dmytro Bulatov, a well-known activist, says he was

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kidnapped and repeatedly beaten for eight days. He is now being treated

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in hospital. TRANSLATION: The most horrifying thing is they crucified

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me, they nailed me to something. Police have suggested the kidnapping

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was staged, a theory dismissed by protesters the American ambassador

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paid a visit earlier in a show of solidarity. Dmytro Bulatov remains

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in hospital here, he is under police guard. The fact that US and EU

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officials came here today reflect the growing international pressure

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over what is happening. Russia has already warned the West against

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interfering, but Western pressure is growing. At a conference in Munich,

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it was all smiles to begin with. But the world's top diplomats couldn't

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pretend along. Ukraine, just the latest incident to stir up angry

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exchanges between the West and Russia.

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TRANSLATION: Why don't we condemn those who seize and hold government

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buildings, attack and torch the police, use racist, anti-Semitic and

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Nazi slogans? The vast majority of Ukrainians want to live freely, in a

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safe and prosperous country. And they are fighting for the right to

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associate with partners who will help them realise their aspirations.

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This whole crisis started at the Ukraine scrapped plans for closer

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ties with the EU -- after. In favour of Russia. But no these protests

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have become about much more, a direct challenge to the President's

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rule, and people of all ages are being drawn into the conflict.

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OK, we turn to sport now with rugby, and it was a nail-biting finale to

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England's match in the Six Nations just now. In the end, France one,

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26-24. -- won. Better news for Wales as they beat Italy 23-15. Joe Wilson

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has been watching. A new Six Nations, same old stuff,

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please, Cardiff requested. Wales favourites again. Who was going to

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stop them this season? Italy? Well, nearly. When you are three minutes

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into your debut defending the line, just get something on the ball.

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Horrible for Italy, lovely start the Wales. After a second try by

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half-time, Jamie Roberts breaking through, finished by Scott

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Williams. But what next? Suspicions of an Italian forward pass here. Not

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so, said the officials, and what followed was unmistakable skill and

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speed. Campagnaro, a 20-year-old, calmly and quickly bringing his team

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back into the match. So Wales knew about Campagnaro now. Leigh

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Halfpenny passed the ball straight to him. With every stride to the

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line, Wales suddenly contemplated the possibility of defeat. In the

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end, despite Campagnaro's her relics, Wales hung on to win 23-15.

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-- heroics. Nothing rampant all resplendent about his performance.

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The best thing Wales can say is they began with a victory and in Paris,

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France and England would settle for something similar. England feared

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the match was over as soon as it started. France scored the strike

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after 30 seconds, the ball bouncing their weight. How about bouncing

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back? England lead in the second half until, with three minutes to

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go, France worked a move to the wing for the decisive score. Breathtaking

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