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to British coastlines, with winds of up to 80 mph. That's all from

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from me, and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.

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Tonight on BBC London: More defences go in as people living in the flood

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hit areas on the Thames prepare for the waters to rise again over the

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weekend. Sandbags are now at a premium. Some

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people are stealing them and some selling them at inflated prices

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Knocking on vulnerable people's doors that can't get out, saying

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they will sell them to them for up to ?75.

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Plus, engineering work to fix the flood damaged rail line into

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Paddington could mean its closure for a week or more.

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And we'll have the rest of the days news.

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This man died in Woolwich in the "neknominate" drinking craze. Police

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say they'll talk to the person who nominated him.

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And a day to remember, as the Duchess pops in for these school

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children in west London. I shook her hand and told her happy Valentine's

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Day. She said I was the first person to say that to her. Not her husband!

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Apparently not. Good evening. Yet more rain and yet

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more flooding. That's what people living near the Thames in Surrey and

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Berkshire are preparing for this weekend. The Environment Agency s

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putting in new temporary defences in some of the most vulnerable areas

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and distributing thousands of sandbags. And those sandbags are in

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demand. There's evidence of people stealing them and others selling

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them at inflated prices. Let's go live now to Chertsey and speak to

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our reporter Nick Beake. Good evening from what feels like a

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forgotten corner of Surrey tonight. We are in someone's front garden,

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would you believe it. Completely submerged, and a canoe is the only

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way of getting out. As I make my way up the stairs, I can show you the

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property. The people here decided to stay and we will talk to them in a

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moment. They have been taking precautions. All of the furniture is

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up on bricks, everything up on the table. If you talk to people in this

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part of Surrey and also in Berkshire, you get different

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responses. Some say they are getting the support they need, others are

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angry they have been isolated, like here, and they are not getting

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support from the various people who could be helping.

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Chertsey's latest flood defence The first time the AquaDam has been

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deployed in this country. It will hold back the flood waters to come.

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The question for residents now, are you on the right side or the wrong

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side? For a mere's family, the answer is clear. The furniture is up

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in the garden is sodden, and worse to come. We have been told it is to

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save the houses on the other side of the road but we don't think it is

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fair that we are being sacrificed. We have had this house since we were

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tiny and if they say is going to get as bad as it is going to get, the

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house will fall to pieces and we will have no home. But hundreds of

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homes will be spared thanks to a half kilometre inflatable field

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ironically, with water. Our view, and we are very firm on this, is

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that we are not making the situation worse for others. If the insurers

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try to claim that is the case they will have to come back to us and we

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will say that we are protecting properties, not making the situation

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worse for others. Across the bridge, there is little in the way of

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defence. This water is still deep and really fast flowing, quite hard

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to move around in. The good news is that it is flowing away from the

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properties, back out into the river, but there is so much rain forecast

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and at some point it is likely to slow the other way. Simon battles

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on. He moved his family out a week ago. Four pumps, running 24`7, are

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now his only hope. Over the bridge there is a lot of activity with the

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AquaDam they are putting up, a lot of help from the military and

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Environment Agency. We haven't had much here. But to be honest, right

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now, I don't know what kind of help they can give me. Sandbags are the

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new currency. These men apparently making off with a newly built wall.

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As volunteers hand them out in Runnymede, others try to sell them.

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Bags they have stolen from us, they are knocking on vulnerable people's

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doors say they will sell them for prices of ten, 60 and 75.

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Preparations across Surrey continued for more rain. There is already

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water as far as you can see, and no end in sight. There are extremely

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strong winds tonight and lots of rain, too. We have sandbags here and

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you can see them doing the job so far. They hope the water will not

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rise farther but because of the deluge, they are worried. I

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mentioned this as a forgotten corner of Surrey and I will explain why. We

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can talk to the owner, Ian Berry. Thank you for being with us. What

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support have you had? Absolutely none. We have seen the fire brigade

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helping people on the other side of the river but we have had nothing.

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We have done everything ourselves. By canoe, single`handedly. Any help

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that anyone gets is brilliant but we feel we have been left to our own

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devices. We only knew about the plastic by watching the news so we

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had to take our defences down and rebuild them because no one has

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given us any advice. We can see the pictures which show your daily trip

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to get supplies, by canoe. What have you had to do in terms of generators

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to pump out the water? We have four pumps going, one diesel, three

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electric. In case the power goes out, we have an electric generator

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as well. When all of them are going, we are pumping out about 2.5 million

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litres of water just to keep the basement drive. Just your property

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alone, 2.5 million each day? Correct. It is a circle of every

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three hours feeding the generator with fuel, keeping it going and

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monitoring the levels. So you are getting no sleep, every three hours.

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Pretty much. You have to monitor everything. Even now when the levels

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have gone down, we set alarms to make sure that if they come up with

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are ready to react. It is not an instant process when it rains, so

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with the downpour today, do you think it will rise again?

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Definitely. We do not know if they are opening the locks further up the

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river, which may bring a dead huge down. Also, it takes a couple of

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days to the rain further upstream to come down. We have no idea when it

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will come, if it will come, and how bad it will be. Thank you for

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talking to us. I hope you stay dry and I hope you stay safe. That gives

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an indication of the challenges people are facing. This is one

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example, albeit an extreme example, but an indication of what people

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here in Chertsey, Surrey and other places are facing, and with more bad

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weather to come, we can expect more of this.

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It's been a dreadful week for many commuters, especially those using

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Paddington Station where there have been large numbers of delays and

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cancellations. But now there could be even more bad news. BBC London

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understands engineers are considering closing the mainline at

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Maidenhead so flood damaged signalling can be replaced. Here's

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Tom Edwards. Every morning 35,000 commuters use

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Paddington Station and this week it has been a real struggle, with only

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one in five trains running. It has been really bad, having to go the

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long route around by Waterloo. It is normally 40 minutes and now it is

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about an hour and 45 minutes. Trains are not moving. The other day I came

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here and the trains were just standing at the station. Disruption

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on the great Western line is being caused by signalling failures at

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Maidenhead. Signal boxes are submerged. The water table is 2

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metres higher than normal and will not drop, save the Environment

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Agency, for weeks. The speed limit through the area is just five miles

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per hour. Sources have told the BBC that engineers are now considering a

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block closure of a week or more of the great Western, which would cause

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huge disruption. Then engineers could either raise the track or

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refit signalling. Passenger groups are pragmatic. If they are told that

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two weeks of grief will lead to 10`year 's resilience, without the

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delays they have had up to now, they will probably live with it, not

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happily, but resolutely. It is a huge commuter belt. The numbers

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travelling into Paddington even on a normal day, it is really crowded.

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Lots of people live in that direction and with the problem is

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further in the south`west, that will put more pressure on the road

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network. Network Rail says it has no plans to close the line and options

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to increase capacity at Maidenhead will be announced soon. But the

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train companies are not ruling anything out. If there is no

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evidence the water is going to dissipate of its own accord, we will

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have to look, as a railway industry, at how we move signalling

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equipment to work around it. No one should be in any doubt that is a big

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job, big challenge, but all options are under review. Whatever the

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outcome, commuters face disruption for some time, and again, this will

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raise questions about infrastructure resilience.

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For the first time, a "red flag warning has been issued on the

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Thames urging rowers and boaters to stay away. The RNLI's Chiswick

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station says it's had its busiest start to the year since it opened

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over a decade ago. The main call outs have been due to rowers caught

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out by quick flowing water caused by the floods. Tarah Welsh reports

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Another rescue on the Thames. These rowers ended up pinned against a

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pier until they were pulled to safety. Chiswick is up to 32 shouts

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this year already, and that is our busiest year so far. Mainly the

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call`out is now our rowers getting caught out by the tides. And this is

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why. Water is flowing four times faster than usual, making it tricky

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for even the most experienced. I had to use more throttle to get us up

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there. This is the organisation in charge of safety on the river and it

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has had to issue its strongest warning ever. The red flag is saying

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to all recreational man powered rowers, kayaks, canoes, the river is

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really tricky, very dangerous and we advise you not to go out. In some

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areas, water is four metres higher than normal. The reason it is

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flowing so quickly is because of all of the extra water coming from

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flooded areas up river. The warning is expected to last for at least

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another two weeks. For this rowing coach, it means a chance to catch up

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on jobs inside, but practice has not completely stopped. We are doing

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less sessions than I would like and there are times when we cannot go

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out. But when there is an incoming tide and the wind is relatively

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benign, the experienced crews can manage. But for novices, the message

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from the authorities is don't learn the hard way.

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Stay with us. There's Friday night sport coming up.

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After shaking off the threat of administration, London's only rugby

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league club look to cause a stir as the new Super League season begins.

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An inquest has heard how police plan to speak to the person who

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"neknominated" a man who died after taking part in the online drinking

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challenge. The craze, called "neknominate" involves people

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filming themselves quickly drinking alcohol before nominating others to

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continue the game. Isaac Richardson took part but collapsed in Woolwich,

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becoming the first British person to die playing the game. Emma North

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joins me now. Isaac Richardson was 20, from Essex,

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educated at Colchester grammar School, working as a receptionist at

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a backpack up 's mock hospital in Woolwich. On Sunday he accepted a

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neknominate challenge, which involves someone nominating you on

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the internet to drink a strong cocktail of alcohol. You film

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yourself doing it, post it on the internet and nominate someone else

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to do even worse, go further. Mr Richardson said he was apparently

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going to outdo everyone when he drank 1.5 litres of wine, whiskey,

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vodka and beer. He collapsed and paramedics tried to save Tim. He was

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taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital but died on Monday morning. The

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coroner 's office confirmed he had accepted a neknominate challenge and

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CCTV and a telephone were taken from the hostel. Police have said they

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know who nominated him to take on the challenge and have contacted him

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but not prosecute him or her. This game is gaining momentum. It is

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astonishing. It started in Australia. It is juvenile and

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idiotic but as people have been daring each other to go further the

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stakes have been raised. There are reports of people blending the likes

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of mice, grasshoppers, Goldfish and then drinking them. There has been a

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backlash because now four people are believed to have died because of

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this. Parents are now posting footage of their children who have

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indulged in this game to shame them, and their are growing numbers of

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calls for Facebook and YouTube not to allow these videos to be posted

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because they are believed to be directly harmful.

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Boris Johnson presented his final budget to the London Assembly for

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the next financial year this morning. Assembly members questioned

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him about funding for the Metropolitan Police, Fire Brigade,

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Transport for London and the London Legacy Development Corporation. The

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budget was approved despite over half of the Assembly Members voting

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to amend it. Sir Stuart Rose and the Health

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Secretary have visited Basildon Hospital, which is one of 14 NHS

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Trusts in England placed in special measures after concerns about care.

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The former boss of Marks and Spencer is to become an unpaid adviser for

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the NHS in England. Sir Stuart will mentor senior managers and give

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guidance on how to attract the best leaders. We depend on those people

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every single day to do their job properly and with enthusiasm and

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skilfully to make sure we're the right output. Here it is about

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making sure that patients get the right service, promptly and safely,

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and the right outcome. Now, as we've been hearing, Team GB

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are celebrating their first gold medal of the Winter Olympics. Here

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with the rest of the weekend's sport is Chris Slegg.

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Yes, congratulations to Kent's Lizzie Yarnold in the women's

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skeleton. And her training partner, London`born Dom Parsons, has also

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been in action today in the men s event. The first two runs took place

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today with two more tomorrow. He began the competition with hopes of

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a top`six finish, and at the halfway stage he is currently tied for tenth

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after making a couple of mistakes towards the bottom of the run.

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Parsons' British team`mate Kristan Bromley is in joint eighth.

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Also tomorrow, Surrey`based skier Chemmy Alcott has her strongest

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event. The 31`year`old is competing in Sochi despite having endured

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three leg breaks during her career. She said finishing 19th in

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Wednesday's downhill felt like winning gold. While a medal is

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likely to be well beyond her in the Super G, she's confident of another

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good performance. The target is the same for the downhill, to go for

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that finish and know that I am pushing my boundaries and I haven't

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chickened out, I have put everything on the line.

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Now, these two have never exactly seen eye to eye, and today Jose

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Mourinho branded Arsene Wenger a "specialist in failure". Wenger had

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been asked by journalists why he felt rival managers like Mourinho

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were keen to play down their own title chances. He said it might be

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because of "a fear to fail". This is how Mourinho responded.

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You know, he is a specialist in failure. I'm not. But the reality is

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that he is a specialist, because eight years without a piece of

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silverware, that is failure. And if I do that in Chelsea, eight years, I

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leave London, I don't come back Chelsea and Arsenal are among three

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London teams chasing a place in the FA Cup quarterfinals. The Blues aim

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to repeat their recent Premier League win over Manchester City

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Just eight days after losing 5` to Liverpool, Arsenal meet them again.

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The capital's only representatives from outside the top flight are

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Charlton, who face fellow Championship side Sheffield

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Wednesday. Live commentary of that game on BBC London 94.9.

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The financial problems facing London Broncos last year almost killed off

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rugby league in the capital. But the club avoided administration and as

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Emma Jones reports, on Sunday London's only Super League team kick

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off a new season. A magic moment for the London

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Broncos, walking out at Wembley in the challenge cup final in 1999 But

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recently, there has been less cause for celebration. The team preparing

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for this season is very different to the one that ended the last

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campaign, when the club found itself homeless after seven years, most of

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the senior players left and the Broncos almost went into

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administration. But they now have a new home. For the next two years at

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least, they will be sharing with Barnet football club. I believe

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there should be rugby league in London, in the south. I have watched

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the sport, and it is exciting. It is an opportunity for them and for us

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to grow together. These fans checking out their latest

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home are relieved they still have a side to support. But they also know

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there could be more tough times ahead. If we can manage to survive

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and stay in the top flight for another year. I think it is good

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that they have got is `` a secure future, but I hope they can keep

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their place within Super League The team going to round one of the new

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season away at Widnes is one of the favourites to be relegated, but what

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they have battled through already could give them the added strength

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to deal with what's to come. I think in the long`term, the club's got a

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very exciting and bright future We have just got to make sure we do

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really well this year, because it will be sad to see a London team not

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in Super League. The hard work to keep a top`flight rugby league team

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in the capital isn't over yet. Hopefully a rather more stable

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season off the pitch for London Broncos this time round. That's all

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from me. Asad. Another busy weekend of sport! Thank

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you very much, Chris. It was no ordinary day for students

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at a school in west London today. It's because they got a visit from

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the Duchess of Cambridge. She was there to open a new charity`funded

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art room, and our reporter Helen Drew was there too. Ed Davey

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students will never forget. Because of a very special guest. The Duchess

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of Cambridge made a visit to open the art room, a charity art project

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that aims to help children and young people who are facing difficulties.

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It is full of keen students today, but would usually hold small

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classes, maybe with children at risk of exclusion from school or with low

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self`esteem. The Duchess is patron of the charity, and her visit made

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many people's day. She looks gorgeous in the papers, but in

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person, it is another level. She is just another beefed `` such a

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beautiful person inside and outside. Did you have a conversation with

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her? I told her happy Valentine s Day, and she said I was the first

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person to say it to her. Not her husband? ! Apparently not. It is the

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seventh art room in the country and will help students not just in this

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country but throughout the borough of Ealing. The arts room is a

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resource for all the students in Ealing, so the fact that it offers a

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calm space for students to step back and reflect was one that I couldn't

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really miss. The idea of this room is to create a fun and relaxing

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environment, rather than just using canvases, students can paint on

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tables, on chairs and even on clocks. The country's seven Art

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Rooms are funded centrally, and you can see the power of art. It gives

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every single person the possibilities and succeed. That is

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what our children need. Another will open in the autumn

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when no doubt those students will be hoping for their own special guest.

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Lots of smiles at that school. Now let's check on the weather with

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Elizabeth. It is going to turn stormy again

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tonight, with the usual barrage of weather warnings out. There will be

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yet more rain to come, so still the impact from today's reign over the

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course of the weekend causing the rivers to rise. Tonight we are more

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focused on the strength of the wind. We are looking at strong wind in

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deed, possibly up to 70 mph in some places.

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You can see quite nicely on the radar picture, some really heavy

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bursts at times. Many areas could see more than an inch of rain. This

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evening's rush`hour is truly horrible outside, more showers to

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come at times, some of them quite heavy, and the wind picking up. Just

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take a look at the wind speeds. They are the average, not the gusts. We

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could be looking at up to 60 mph towards parts of the Essex coast

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line. Very windy conditions, peeking

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through the early hours of tomorrow morning. Things will gradually

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improve through the course of tomorrow. The winds will ease down,

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the showers will still be there but probably only about 5`10 millimetres

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of rainfall tomorrow. But then things start to improve. Saturday

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night into Sunday is looking dry, and also quite chilly. Sunday will

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be a lovely day, a nice day of the weekend. The wind will be a lot

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lighter. Unfortunately, this is Monday's whether pushing in from the

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West, looming in the distance. We are going to see quite a wet spell,

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but not as stormy, and that will be the pattern for the rest of the

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week, too. It will stay on settled, but no prolonged dry weather. It is

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not going to be quite as intense and stormy. Until then, we still have

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all the severe flood warnings on the Thames.

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Thank you, Elizabeth. Before we go, a reminder of tonight's main news

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headlines. More severe flood warnings have been issued as high

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winds and rain batter southern Britain. Forecasters are warning

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that some places could see two inches of rain and winds of 80mph.

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In Berkshire and Surrey, people living near the Thames are being

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warned that water levels could rise again this weekend.

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The Prime Minister has dismissed suggestions that more than 500

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Environment Agency jobs involved in tackling flooding will be cut as

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part of plans to reduce its budget. It's emerged the former editor of

:25:33.:25:35.

the Daily Mirror, Piers Morgan, has been interviewed by police over

:25:36.:25:37.

allegations of phone hacking. Mr Morgan was questioned under

:25:38.:25:38.

caution in December. And Lizzy Yarnold has won Great

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Britain's first gold medal of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. It's

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Britain's second medal in Sochi and tenth gold in Winter Games history.

:25:50.:25:54.

That's it for now. But we're going to leave you this evening with some

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of the moments and images of the storms and floods along sections of

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the Thames during what's been an extraordinary week. Good night.

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She is worried about getting the hospital. Anything like this

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before? The last time, 1947. There seems to be a lack of

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co`ordinated between the authorities. We don't have a direct

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telephone number that we can phone up. Are you going to survive this?

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None of us know that, do we. The house down the road is going under.

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All of the bungalows at the back of going under. Are you going to

:26:49.:26:57.

school? No. We can't get there. We need to get to work. We don't want

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to put our jobs at stake. I am just freezing. I think they could have

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communicated a lot that are with us. The scale is immense, and you can't

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imagine unless you are here just how bad it is for some of these

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residents. We have sunk these submersible pumps. Fortunately we

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have cats, so we have a cat flap which is essential for getting the

:27:25.:27:29.

pipes out. This is not our day job. That looks a little bit more like

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Afghanistan. But our job is to defend the country from any threat,

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and if it is a weather threat, we can help with that as well. The army

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have said we are taking you out in a boat, get ready.

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