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Flooding misery continues as rising waters puts thousands of homes at

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risk. Teetering on the edge of a block of flats in a village near

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Newcastle has been evacuated. This is Newburn where the flats

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were left on the brink by a landslide which is causing chaos in

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the high street. In North Yorkshire a town cut in

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two as a bridge is swamped by the rising river.

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Police officer describes how he shot Mark Duggan, the man whose

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death sparked the summer riots last year.

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In Greece police fire tear gas at protesters.

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In Syria, rebels target Army headquarters.

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Leaving the boy wizard behind, JK Rowling on her debut novel for

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adults. It is personal in the sense that it

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deals with broad themes that have affected my life in a very real

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sense. The head of the met tells us about

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Good afternoon. Welcome to the BBC News at one.

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across parts of the UK after the most intense September storm for

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decades. The heavy rain has triggered a landslide in a village

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her Newcastle. A block of of flats her Newburn has been evacuated. In

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Yorkshire, communities are braced for flooding as the River Ouse

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This is a bit of an understatement. The River Ouse in the centre of

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York flows under this bridge. The main part of the river is the other

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side of these buildings and I suppose the message here today is

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don't be deceived by the weather. Just because it stopped raining.

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The floodwaters are still rising here in North Yorkshire and

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people's properties are still under In North Yorkshire this afternoon,

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rivers are still rising. Two of the most swollen converged to become

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the River Ouse in York. Already the water in the city centre is high

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and it is a long way from its peak. I have never seen it this worse. If

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the flood is still coming down, this will be the biggest one York

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has seen in many, many years. Nobody seems to do anything about

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it. A few miles away, the main bridge in the town centre has been

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closed after taking a battering from the river. It left both sides

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of the town isolated from each other.

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Further north in Newburn in Newcastle, a land slip ripped

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through the middle of the village leaving tonnes of rubble and mud

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blocking the high street. Although nobody was hurt, a car was buried

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with what was an underground stream running across the middle of the

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main road. While some wait for the situation to get worse, others are

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clearing up. Here Here in Teesside dozens of houses were flooded.

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Today is about trying to sort out the mess.

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I'm going to be ringing the insurance people shortly and seeing

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what the situation is. You know what I can and can't do because

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until I get that carpet up and that, I can't do anything. It will stink.

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The deluge of the last two days has raised questions about flood

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defences. In Morpeth, which was badly affected yesterday, there

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were complaints that not enough has been done to protect the town since

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the last floods in 2008. But not everyone is seeing the high water

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as a miserable prospect. In Castleford in West Yorkshire, they

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were having a go at knee boarding, but it would have been a short-

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lived pleasure as the water level The river levels here in York are

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still rising. The latest prediction levels are not expected to peak

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until midnight tonight or the early hours of tomorrow morning. These

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flats here are quite modern. They were built knowing there was a

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flood risk and nobody lives on the ground floor, but it is the older

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houses to the left of the picture here which have people living on

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that level. To give you an idea of what the conditions are like. These

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are pictures we have just had in of elsewhere in North Yorkshire, a

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badly flooded road. People having to be taken to their cars in boats

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at this location in North Yorkshire. So there are still plenty of water

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hazards around. Still a lot of anxious hours ahead for many people

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and the situation is set to get worse before it gets better

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particularly here in North Well, let's go to James Cook in the

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village of Newburn which is near Newcastle. We saw the dramatic

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pictures of the block of flats teetering on the edge? Yes, it is

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absolutely extraordinary what happened here really and we can

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have a look behind us. The flats up to the left, you can't see them

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from here, but we saw the pictures a minute ago and the wash of rocks

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and rubble and debris just came charging down, down into the road.

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This is the high street. This would be a bustling high street and you

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can see beyond the digger that gold car which was buried. I have just

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been speaking to the man who was in that car at the moment that the

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road started to give way beneath him. He said, he didn't really have

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time to be scared, he said, but it was extraordinary. He said he was

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trying to get out. He said he felt more foolish than anything, but he

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said that it happened so quickly, he didn't have any chance to react

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and to get the car out of trouble. But he managed to get out and it is

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remarkable looking at the scene here from above that nobody was

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injured in Newburn. What is happening today, of course, the

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clear-up operation is underway. There are several businesses which

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have been badly affected and they are trying to mop up, but people

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here are asking questions about the process of the flats being built up

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the hill. They are worried about why the water came down. What was

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happening underneath the flats, of of course, nothing has been proved,

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but people want answers as to what happened up the hill and why such

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devastation has been caused in the middle of their village?

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You can keep up-to-date with the latest developments in your area on

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The former Chief Executive of News International, Rebekah Brooks and

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David Cameron's former head of communications, Andy Coulson will

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go on trial over allegations linked to phone hacking in September next

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Bailey this morning along with five other former News of the World

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journalists and the private investigator Glen Mulcaire. Tom

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Symonds is at the Old Bailey. Talk us through what happened this

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morning, Tom? Well, this was the first time that 13 out of the 14

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people who have been charged after two major police investigations all

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appeared in court together. In fact, I counted 16 barristers waiting

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there in their wigs to defend all of these people and so this was a

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pretty big and busy hearing. As you say, there were Rebekah Brooks,

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Andy call son, the former -- Coulson, news desk editors and

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people and Rebekah Brooks' personal assistant and they face charges of

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either of phone hacking, intercepting telephone messages or

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of conspiring to pervert the course of justice or in the case of

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Rebekah Brooks she is charged with both counts. This was a case

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management hearing. Much of which we can't report, but the one piece

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of information that we did hear today was there is not going fob a

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trial -- to be a trial in this legal process until September, 9th

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next year. There will be a lot of work to do until then which means

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that these people will have to wait a long time before they face

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justice. Also until that happens, they are going to be on bail

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awaiting trials and legal processes. Tom, thank you very much.

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The radical cleric Abu Hamza launched a last minute minute legal

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challenge to block his extradition to the United States. On Monday the

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European Court of Human Rights cleared the way for Abu Hamza and

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four other men to be sent for trial in America. Now the radical cleric

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and a second terrorist suspect asked the High Court to halt the

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process. Abu Hamza faces charges in the United States of plotting to

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set-up a terrorist training camp in Oregon as well as having links to

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violent extremism in Yemen. Two bombs exploded near a military

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headquarters in Damascus. The country's Information Minister says

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one of the explosions might have been inside the walls of the Army

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command building, but nobody was hurtment the rebel Free Syrian Army

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claims it carried out the attacks. Jim Muir reports from Lebanon.

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In the heart of Damascus, a major military building blazing out of

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control. This activist's video which we can't independently verify,

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shows the general staff headquarters apparently stricken by

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the bomb blasts. Shooting broke out after the

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explosions. Officials said security forces were chasing what they

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called terrorists in the nearby area. Diplomats said troops were

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conductsing house-to-house searches. The whole of Damascus was shaken by

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the blasts which went off just as the morning rush hour was starting.

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They were the biggest explosions to hit the capital for months. Parts

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of the city were paralysed as the security drag net continued.

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Syrian State TV was the first to report the blasts, but then there

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was silence on the outcome. Reassuring words from the

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Information Minister, he said none of the military command staff were

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injured and everything was normal. With the violence worsening and

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around 150 people being killed every day, Syria dominated the UN

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General Assembly discussions in New York. The French are among those

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growing impatient for action to halt the carnage.

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TRANSLATION: Without further delay, I ask the United Nations to give

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the Syrian people all the support that they are requesting now and in

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particular, that the liberated areas be protected.

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But there is still no appetite in the West for the kind of

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intervention that would require. And so the relentless violence is

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destined to go on. It is now engulfing all parts of the country.

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But the regime won't give way, the rebels won't give up and the the

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outside world doesn't have an The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick

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Clegg, will today tell delegates at the Liberal Democrat Party

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conference not to turn back from tough economic decisions. In his

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speech, he will tell them to hold their nerve and put up the

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"viotriol and abuse" they have faced since entering coalition with

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the Conservatives. Ian Watson reports.

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The economic outlook is gloomy. The Lib Dems are in fourth place in

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some opinion polls. You might assume the mood among the rank and

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file is down beat. Some are confident the mood will change. And

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others take their hat off to Nick Clegg for doing a difficult

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difficult job. They have done the best they can.

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Great. He is fighting against the tide of the right-wing Tories and

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doing a good job and long may it last.

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Others are more sceptical that Nick Clegg can turn the party's fortunes

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around. Nick needs to look at what is

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happening in two years time and decide what's best for the party.

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The party is the important thing. The individuals are second.

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Nick Clegg's advice to his party is to keep their nerve and stick with

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the coalition. Gone forever are the party of opposition. He believes in

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time the economy will improve and the Liberal Democrats will get the

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credit. Nick will say to the party that we

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need to stay the course. We are going on this journey to becoming a

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party that may well be in Government for sometime.

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The political lesson Nick Clegg wants to hammer home is that

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overall, it has been worthwhile to be in coalition. The party

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implemented its pledge to introduce the pupil premium to help

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disadvantaged children. Today, he will be announcing there will be

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more cash for extra tuition for those who have fallen behind in

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reading and maths by the time they leave primary school.

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No new taxes on the wealthy are announced this week. So if the

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delegates want Nick Clegg to take a a tougher line with the

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Conservatives over this issue. Don't concede a further cut in the

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top rate of tax. George Osborne would acknowledge that was a

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mistake. Nick Clegg is bracing members for

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some difficult times ahead, but he is confident his party won't be

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swept away as a political force at In Greece, police have fired tear-

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gas at protesters marching to Athens during the biggest anti

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austerity demonstration for months. A 24 hour general strike is under

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way, the first since the new Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, came

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into power in June. Flights and friends have been suspended and

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shops have closed. -- flights and trains have been suspended. It had

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been a peaceful protest, but as the marchers arrived on Syntagma Square

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the violence erupted. Anarchists threw Molotov cocktails at police,

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who responded with volleys of tear gas. Plumes of smoke billowed from

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the square as the protesters were charged into the side streets in a

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desperate attempt for the officers to regain control. It wasn't meant

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to be like this. The morning began with large but calm Archers.

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Thousands poured onto the streets. A nation caught between rage and

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despair. They faced many rounds of spending cuts already and there is

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now more, bringing the country to its knees. This is the biggest show

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of strength from the unions in months - a sign that people here

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have reached their limits. demonstrate against the measures

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that destroy our lives. That is why we are out to date because we are

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desperate people. We cannot live in this country any more, so we come

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out here to demonstrate for our rights. We have no social security,

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we pay for the social security and we have no social security. We

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don't know if we have our salary next month. The message from the

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streets is clear. That over two years since Chris requested outside

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help, things are getting worse not better and life has become

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unbearable. They believe the entire strategy pursued by Greece's

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international creditors is wrong and that they are paying the price.

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But the government won't budge. It is negotiating an 11.5 billion

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euros package of new spending cuts with its international lenders.

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Pensions will be slashed and the retirement age is set to rise. It's

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all to secure the next 31 billion euros slice of Greece's

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International alone, without which it would go bankrupt. The

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government wants two more ideas to cut the deficit. It will only get

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that if it agrees on the cuts. Away from the streets the country has

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been paralysed by a general strike. Air traffic controllers, doctors,

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teachers, very workers or stopping work, leaving tourists stranded.

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This is what is fuelling the unrest, with businesses closed, record

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unemployment of 24 % and a third of Greeks pushed below the poverty

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line, the country is struggling to cope. And so the anger continues to

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build. If this is the level of resistance while the cuts are being

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negotiated, just what might happen Flooding misery continues as rising

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water has put thousands of homes at risk. A block of flats on the

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outskirts of Newcastle is said to be on the brink of collapse. Coming

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up... Leaving the boy wizard behind. JK Brolin defender rather liberal

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use of swear words in her debut novel for adults. I've been open

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about what the beams are, I would have thought parents could make a

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Later on BBC London. The new technology which could bring an end

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to the frustration of finding a parking space. And we meet the 84-

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year-old folk legend who's lived in the same Islington flat for nearly

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A policeman has described how he shot Mark Duggan, the man whose

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death sparked the riots in England last year, in the chest and arm.

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The firearms officer told the court that Mark Duggan was carrying a gun

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when he shot him. Our correspondent is at Snaresbrook Crown Court for

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This was dramatic courtroom testimony about an incident which

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was later to have great social significance. The witness was part

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of a team of firearms officers which was ordered to intercept the

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mini-cab in which Mark Duggan was travelling on August off, and which

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was itself being followed by undercover police officers. --

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August fourth. August fourth last year, and this

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scene recorded by a member of the public commercials Mark Duggan

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dying on the ground, surrounded by medics after being shot twice by

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police who interceptor da Silva mini-cab he was travelling in. The

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incident sparked the Tottenham riots, which spread across London

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and then to other cities in England. It happened here on Ferry Lane. And

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the officer who fireboat shops today described the moment Mark

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Duggan step from the cart surrounded by police. From behind

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the screen the officer said, Mark Duggan was holding a gun in his

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right hand. I could make out the shape of the gun, the trigger guard

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on the barrel. He was holding a pistol grip. I fired one round

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which impacted on his chest. I saw a flinching movement. The gun he is

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holding is pointing in my direction now. Again, I think he's going to

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shoot me and that via another round. Mark Durkan then fell to the floor.

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-- Mark Duggan. The officer said one of the bullets went through Mr

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Duggan and hit another firearms officer. The officer survived but

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Mark Duggan did not. He was giving evidence at the trial of Kevin

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Hutchinson Foster, who denies supplying Mark Durkan with an

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illegal handgun, 15 minutes before he was intercepted by police. An

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inquest into Hollande why Mark Duggan was killed is expected to be

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held next year. -- Howath and YV Mark Duggan was killed. Under

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cross-examination this police officer was later asked, is there

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any possibility that you discharged your weapon before you could be

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sure that Mark Duggan had it done? He replied, no, that is complete

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rubbish. He was also asked, would it be fair to describe the

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demeanour of you and your fellow officers as angry and mad? He

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replied, no one was angry and definitely no one was mad. A Church

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of England panel has begun a three- day meeting to help decide who

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should be the next Archbishop of Canterbury. The panel will put

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forward one name to the Prime Minister and the Queen for approval.

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The man they choose will replace Dr Rowan Williams, who will step down

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at the end of the year after a decade in the post which has been

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marked by long row with -- long- running rows of a women priests and

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gay bishops. I, Rohan Douglas Willey and start macro when Rowan

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Williams was enthroned at Canterbury Cathedral almost 10

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years ago, he was seen by many Anglicans as the outstanding

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candidate for the job. This time the field is wide open. The Church

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panel responsible for choosing his successor faces agonising decisions.

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Many Anglicans believe the scale of the task requires a risk-taker. The

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skydiving Archbishop of York John Sentamu is among the front-runners.

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However, something his style doesn't it Canterbury. Marriage is

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intended... The Bishop of London, Richard Dart -- Richard Charters,

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who preached at the Royal Wedding, but his age and the fact he has

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never ordained a woman priest could count against him. Conservative

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evangelicals have lobbied for Christopher Cosworth. Some whisper

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that he is indecisive. The Bishop of Durham, Justin well be, has been

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a bishop less than a year but his experience as a senior oil

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executive might appeal to the selectors. The new Archbishop will

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take over at a critical time in the Church's history. It is fighting to

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maintain congregation's and struggling to uphold traditional

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Christian teaching in the public arena. And, like the wider Anglican

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community of which the new Archbishop will also be spiritual

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head, it is dangerously divided about sexuality. The role of the

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Archbishop of Canterbury is to be first amongst equals. It is a

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figure, like all bishops are, of Christian unity. That means

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building relations with other faiths, and joining them in the

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shed battle to promote religion in a secular age. She is one of the

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world's most famous children's writers but JK Rowling has left the

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magic and wizardry of Harry Potter behind her to create her first

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novel for adults. It is called The Casual Vacancy Han -- and has

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already created a stir because of its extensive use of language which

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is definitely not suitable for children. She explains what

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inspired her to write from an older audience. This is the thing I

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wanted to write next, it's not very complicated. I had the idea, I knew

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I would love to write it and that is where it all started. Why was it

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the thing you wanted to write next? The idea just came to me. I had

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that almost visceral reaction when you are excited about something and

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you know you want to do it. But I could say, well, it plays into

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certain themes in my life, it's quite a personal book, these are

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things I think about a lot. It is personal in the sense that it deals

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with broad themes that have affected my life in a very real

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sense. Poverty, for example. Casual Vacancy is a story set in a

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small English town in which a rough council estate becomes a divisive

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issue in a community riven with hate, prejudice and exclusion,

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expletives abound. Do you worry that children who are fans of yours

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will be on an internet site where you can easily download these

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books? I hope that we have made it really clear that this isn't a book

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for children. I've been very open about the themes, we'd talked about

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what the story is about. I would have thought that parents could

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make a very clear choice about whether they would want to...

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might not be the parents making the choice. Well, with children... Well,

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I suppose I would have to ask why have kids got such untrammelled

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access to all aspects of the internet that they are

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downloading... Said the things they would be even more worried about

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them Downloading if they were running amok on the internet on

:24:56.:25:00.

their own. It is very difficult to say how

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angry I felt that my five-year-old daughter's school was no longer a

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place of complete security from journalists. On the Leveson Inquiry

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you gave a very moving account of what happened to you. Do you think

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it will change anything? It is a massive question for our culture.

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We've got to get it right. I passionately believe in the freedom

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of the press but, having been on the receiving end of some dubious

:25:30.:25:36.

and possibly illegal behaviour, how do we mop this up? I don't know. I

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hope and pray it does change things because I think it's toxic what has

:25:41.:25:51.
:25:51.:25:56.

As a writer, you've created a portfolio of characters which

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connect with millions, maybe even billions of people. It is a truly

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:26:12.:26:13.

extraordinary achievement. Surely you can't leave him be. It was

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murder saying goodbye but I truly... Where Harry's story is concerned,

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I'm done. Now, if I had a fabulous idea that came out of that world,

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because I loved writing it, I would do it. But I've got to have a great

:26:32.:26:36.

idea. I don't want to go mechanically back into that world

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and pick up a load of odds and ends and glue them together and say,

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here we go, we can sell this. It would make a mockery of what those

:26:44.:26:53.

Finally, the Hubble space telescope has produced one of its most

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extraordinary views of the universe to date. Call the extreme deep

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field, the picture captures a massive galaxies stretching back

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almost to the time when the first stars began to shine. To get the

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image, have all had to stare at a tiny patch of sky for more than 500

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A little good news, the weather is improving. But as this shot behind

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me, taking in Boroughbridge earlier, suggests that while there are

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brighter skies overhead, flooding is still an issue. If you are

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concerned in your area, the Environment Agency Floodline is

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available to call. Whilst things are improving, it's not necessarily

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dry out there. Watch how the rain has disintegrated. But it is still

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swirling around. The heaviest of the showers are across the south.

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Some lively as thunderstorms for this afternoon. Maybe a bit dry it

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to some in the south Midlands, West Ham Show and eastern Wiltshire, but

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it will last through into the evening. Across south-west England

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and South West Wales, pretty intense thunderstorms and some

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further minor flooding issues of possible. Few were showers into

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parts of North Wales and certainly much better across the north-west

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of England. An isolated shower is possible that many dry with a bit

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of sunshine. Dry in Northern Ireland with some good sunny spells.

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Across Scotland, most will be dry. A few showers to the north and east

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with a cool breeze. Maybe a few more showers across Dumfries and

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Galloway. Into north-east England where the bulk of the flooding

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currently is, we do expect a few more showers to take us through the

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afternoon. That persistent rain has gone, that's the good news, and

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tonight is looking largely dry. Showers particularly along the

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English coasts and parts of Sussex and Kent. For most, a good deal

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drier and cooler to start the day with temperatures for many in

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single figures. Thursday is looking a much-improved day. Miss Dan Fogg

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around to begin with. There will be some showers around on Thursday,

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just about possible anywhere. There should be a good deal of sunshine

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in between the showers. If you were hoping the dry weather was here to

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stay, I'm afraid it isn't. A weather front is pushing its way

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southwards and eastwards. But on Friday that weather front has a bit

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of movement to it. Most places will see rain on Friday. Something dryer

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for a time being and then some very blustery showers pushing into

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Scotland and Northern Ireland. A lot of flooding around at the

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moment. If you are at all concerned you can keep in touch with your

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local BBC radio station or online. Flooding misery continues as a

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rising waters puts thousands of homes at risk. A block of flats on

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the outskirts of Newcastle is said to be on the brink of collapse. In

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