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Into the final straight - it's the last day of campaigning in the race

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for the White House. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are criss-crossing

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the country in a last-ditch bid for votes in an election that's too

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close to call. We'll be reporting from Florida - one of the crucial

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swing states, that both men are fighting hard to win. I'm in

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Washington, where I'll have the latest on the final 24 hours of

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campaigning. Businesses are urged to pay at least a pound more an

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hour than the minimum wage - in a bid to lift those on low pay out of

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poverty. Forced to destroy 50,000 ash trees because of fungal disease

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- this nursery is threatening to sue the government for failing to

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block imports sooner. And a second Forth bridge - Scotland's biggest

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construction project in decades On BBC London, hundreds of homeless

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children in the capital have no paperwork to show they exist - we

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have an exclusive report. And low morale at Scotland Yard - a staff

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survey finds only a fifth have Good afternoon and welcome to the

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BBC News at One. With just one more day to go until the US presidential

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election, the final push for votes has begun. Barack Obama and Mitt

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Romney have been campaigning in the so-called swing states with appeals

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for the faithful to turn out. Their tour of key battle grounds

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continues today, before the candidates return to their home

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states tonight, ready for election day. My colleague Jane Hill is in

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Washington - Jane... Yes, hello and good morning, as it is in

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Washington DC, with the dollar's waking up to its final full day of

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campaigning. There are quite a few states Wiltshire will be getting a

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visit in the next 24 hours from either President Obama, or his

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Republican challenger. The latest on all of this crucial final

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campaigning now from Emily Buchanan. They are neck-and-neck, and this is

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the final sprint. Both candidates have been wooing voters in the key

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state of Ohio. Sold at legend Stevie wonder lent his voice to

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Barack Obama. The President needs it, and the strain on his own vocal

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cords are beginning to show. This is not just a choice between two

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candidates or parties, it is between two different visions of

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America. It is a choice between and return to the top down policies or

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the strong, growing, middle class based policies which are getting us

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out of a crisis. With millions of voters still undecided, the

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President is do spread to appeal to the middle ground, and every second

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counts now to get his message across. He lost several minutes

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after an anti-abortion campaigner shouted from the balcony. The crowd

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booed as he had to be prised away. Hours earlier, Mitt Romney was in

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Cleveland, Ohio, a Democrat stronghold. He was aware that every

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vote counts, with him narrowly trailing Obama. Talk is cheap, but

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a record is real and it is burdened with a real effort. Change is not

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measured in words and speeches, it is measured and achievements. So,

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let's look at that record. The election can be won or lost in Ohio,

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one of nine battleground states where voters have traditionally

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determined who will become President. Another key stake is

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Nevada. Here in Las Vegas, there are some real political issues.

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Both sides say they have answers to the economic hardship. Nevada

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continues to be a battleground state. I am confident that we are

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going to deliver to President Obama, but we will not take anything for

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granted. We are excited that we think we're going to win on

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election day. As the candidates zig-zagged frenetically across the

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country, it looks as if that was sold will be tight. Many predict

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heating arguments over access to polling stations and vote counting

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already. It really is all about those key swing states. They are

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the ones to watch, if you will be staying up for the overnight

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election coverage. We can go to one of those key states now, Florida,

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to join Jon Sopel. He is in Tampa. Yes, in terms of electoral

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significance, no state is more important than Florida, with 29

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votes in the electoral college. Here in Florida, four million

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people have already voted. In Hillsborough County, 41% of people

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have turned out to vote. But the queues were long and not everybody

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managed to get their vote done on time on Saturday, which has led to

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an argument, which has led in turn to lawyers, as we found out.

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Saturday in Tampa, Florida, and this is not a cue for the shops,

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these people are lining up to vote. So popular has early voting proved,

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that democrats wanted it to be extended into Sunday and today. The

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Republican governor said no, and so, with echoes of 12 years ago, when

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the entire election was decided on disputed ballots from here, the

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lawyers are wading in. It just kills me, as an American, to see

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anyone trying to prevent something like this. It is maybe the most

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important thing which makes America great. The thinking is that early

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voting favours the Democrats, low, or workers, in poor areas, who will

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not be able to find time, so the argument goes. This Democrat party

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worker just braise for a clear cut, lawyer free result. We have had

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that before. We do not need any more of that. But in knife-edge

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Hillsborough County, in a knife- edge stay, clear cut seems the

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least likely outcome. -- state. A think for myself, a chimpanzee

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could predict the outcome with the same degree of accuracy. It is down

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to the margin of error. And so, the pre-election poster battle is

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getting dirty. But who's to say that pose to election legal scrap

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will not be every bit as rough? the post-election legal scrap. Mitt

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Romney arrives here later today. Barack Obama was here later. -- was

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here yesterday. Two polls were published yesterday, each selling

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different results. What will -- what we will not know for certain

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is who has one until tomorrow night, and even then, it is not 100%

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guaranteed. Back to you. Thank you very much, Jon Sopel in Tampa. What

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is absolutely vital is simply, as the Americans call it, getting out

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the vote. We know that the Obama has a very sophisticated campaign,

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a sophisticated way of encouraging people to vote, helping them to

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vote, and we saw that in 2008. But the team of Mitt Romney says it has

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the enthusiasm. Much more about the American election on the BBC News

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website. For now, back to London. Businesses are being urged to pay

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employees at least a pound more an hour than the minimum wage - in a

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bid to lift those on low pay out of poverty. The living wage is a

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voluntary scheme that employers can sign up to and it's intended to

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provide an adequate standard of living for low-paid people.

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But unlike the national minimum wage, it is not compulsory. Our

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political correspondent Ross Hawkins has the details.

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Politicians are explaining why the worst off employees deserve an

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increase. It is also about giving them, from employers that can

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afford it, extra cash to help the wheels of the economy turn, to give

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them some more spending power, to help consumption in the city.

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makes economic sense. So, people who work for the mayor will earn

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more, as will Terry Marsh, a cleaning worker on a housing estate

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in London, whose employer has also signed up to what is called the

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living wage. It has allowed me a bit of dignity, with my children,

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who can now go from plimsolls to it pair of trainers. I can afford to

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pay for their school dinners. It gives you back your pride and joy

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dignity. In the 1990s, Labour introduced a minimum wage, making

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it illegal for any company to pay less. It now stands at �6.99 per

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hour, for over-21s. But campaigners have been pushing for more, what

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they call the living wage. -- �6.19. Among those guaranteeing that

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voluntary, higher rate are the Scottish Government and 19 Labour

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councils. We are looking for more companies, more local authorities

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and government departments, to pay their staff enough to be able to

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live with a decent quality of life for themselves and their families.

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Labour is considering how to persuade more companies to sign up,

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by naming and shaming those that do not, or by giving tax breaks to

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those that do. The idea is that if employers pay more, then the

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government will not have to top the about up. Where the politicians are

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asking companies to give more, this could bring real change. The

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Government is investigating claims of sexual abuse allegedly committed

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by a Conservative MP during the Thatcher era. It is thought the

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allegations relate to the abuse of children at care homes in North

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Wales during the '70s and '80s. The First Minister of Wales and said

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this morning he would meet the Children's Commissioner tomorrow to

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discuss the matter. Our political correspondent Norman Smith is at

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Westminster - what will happen now? Downing Street says the Prime

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Minister views these allegations extremely seriously, and has taken

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a close personal interest in them. He is adamant that its needs to be

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investigated properly. He has ordered civil servants from the

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Wales Office and the Home Office, amongst others, to go through the

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paperwork from the 1970s, to see whether there is anything which

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substantiates these claims, to decide whether they should be

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passed on to the police. More than that, the Prime Minister is also

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ordering officials to look at the initial investigations by the

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police and by the judge-led inquiry, to examine whether the police

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responded with sufficient rigour to the original claims, and whether

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that inquiry got to the truth. And he is suggesting, the Prime

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Minister, that if there are flaws in those initial investigations,

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then he may order an independent Experts are warning it may be too

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late to stop the spread of a fungus threatening the UK's ash trees. The

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number of cases has almost doubled in a week. The Government has

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confirmed more than 50 different locations with ash dieback disease.

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More than 100,000 trees have been destroyed. And now the Government

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is facing possible legal action over the way it has handled the

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threat to the UK's ash trees. Jenny Hill reports. Ash dieback has

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already left its mark on the British countryside. 50,000 ash

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trees were destroyed at his nursery in Lincolnshire after the disease

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was confirmed here. The owner plans to sue the Government for

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compensation. The inspectors came and identified that we had the

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disease, and issued us with a notice in July which prevented us

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from doing anything to those trees, we could not destroy them, we could

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not prune them, we could not do anything. It took them a further

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two months to take the decision to destroy them, during which period

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the disease's spread throughout the trees very rapidly. We should have

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destroyed those trees immediately. This is what ash dieback can do.

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Experts are warning it will decimate the UK population. Many

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say this should have been prevented. The Trades Association in 2009

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warned of a new virulent strain of ash dieback. If we had closed the

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door into a 1009, we might have prevented it coming in. In 2009,

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the Science indicated that the disease once widespread in the

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country, so it would have been inappropriate to put a ban in place

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at that time. The first confirmed finding in the country was in March

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this year. Since then, we have taken action to put in place a ban

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on movements and imports. There are a now 52 confirmed cases of ash

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dieback in the UK. An emergency survey of forest and woodland is

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now under way, and by Wednesday, the Government expects to have a

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more extensive assessment of the spread of the disease. Our main

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headline - it is the final day of campaigning in the US election, in

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a race which is still too tight to call. Coming up - more than 100

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dead, more than one million still without power, we report from New

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York, one week after super Storm Sandy. Some areas are still under

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water. There was a huge amount of clearing up to be done. The lights

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may have come back on in New York City, but all along this coast line

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are communities which will take Even in a double-dip recession,

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there's one industry at least that seems to be bucking the trend.

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Gambling profits last year topped �5.6 billion. And with casino-style

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gambling available day and night, the popularity is growing. For

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tonight's Panorama programme I've been speaking to people who've

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found their lives spiralling out of control with debt and also to

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industry insiders who claim violence and frustration is

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increasing in our High Street betting shops.

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Gambling is a multibillion pound industry, last year the industry

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made a �5.6 billion profit. One machine generates a quarter of

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those profits. The fixed odds betting terminal, or FOBT, these

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machines allow stakes of up to �100 every 20 seconds.

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Panorama spoke to four high street betting shop managers, each with

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over 20 years' experience who said FOBTs were a cause of of crime and

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aggression in their shops. People just go beserk, kicking

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machines, smashing it, trying to tip it over. They're picking up

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chairs, stools to throw at it, simply because they've lost their

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money. Available police statistics show crimes of violence in betting

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shops in Britain rose 9% between 2008 and 2011. Criminal damage

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reports fell by almost half. Industry insiders claim that's

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because many acts of criminal damage to FOBT machines are not

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being reported to the police. William Hill said any suggestion

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that it covers up violence or permits illegal activity is

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seriously mistaken. Ladbrokes said, betting shops are safe places to be

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enjoyed by millions all over the UK without incident. And Betfred told

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us people do sometimes punch machines out of frustration and

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that they they intervene on rare occasions that a customer causes

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damage. Later this month the Government is

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due to respond to calls for further deregulation of the gambling

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industry, including proposals to allow more FOBTs in betting shops.

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You can see more on that in Nine people have pleaded guilty to

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identifying a woman who was raped by the footballer Ched Evan. One

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woman has pleaded not guilty to the offence. Let's speak to our Wales

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Correspondent Hywel Griffith, who's at Prestatyn Magistrates' Court.

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Very unusual case, tell us what's happened. Yes, it's exceptional.

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The first time we have seen members of the public brought before the

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court charged with identifying the victim of a rape. It followed the

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trial of Ched Evans, the Sheffield United footballer found guilty of

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raping a 19-year-old woman back in April. In the 48 hours that

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followed there were tweets and Facebook postings that not only

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named the victim, but in several cases made abusive claims about her,

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saying she was money-grabbing and had cried rape. The ten were all in

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the magistrates court, sat together but they don't know each other,

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they only thing they have in common is they either made tweets or

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postings, they are from all walks of life, one a teacher and one a

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father of three. One evident defendants was a first cousin of

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Ched Evans, another said he was a close friend. In all cases of the

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nine who pleaded guilty, their lawyers spoke on their behalf and

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said they simply didn't realise that the law prohibited them from

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identifying the victim of a sexual offence. In one case it was said

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that so many people simply do not understand how easy it is to break

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the law by using new media. The judge is expected to come back with

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his findings in the next hour. Thank you very much.

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The Prime Minister has begun a three-day tour of the Gulf and the

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Middle East to try to strengthen the UK's defence, security and

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commercial ties there. Britain is looking to sell Typhoon fighter

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jets to a number of Gulf states. David Cameron has also pledged to

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raise the issue of human rights, saying there weren't any "no-go"

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areas. From Dubai, our security correspondent Frank Gardner reports.

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Touching down at a desert air base, David Cameron will need to perform

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a delicate balancing act here. He he is come to promote trade and

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defence ties but in a region heavily criticised for alleged

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human rights abuses. His Gulf Arab hosts are openly welcoming but

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privately critical of Britain's support for the Arab Spring. At

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stake is the possible sale of 60 typhoon jets a deal deal worth

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billions of pounds and thousands of jobs. The two countries are also

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discussing developing this base as a major hub for the British

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military. The Prime Minister met some of the

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70 airmen and women based here. If tension rises with Iran that number

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will grow with the RAF's own typhoons possibly based here as a

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deterrent. But the Dubai leg of this trip is also about business.

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With the help of trade shows like this Britain is hoping to boost

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bilateral trade with the UAE to �15 billion a year. We are in a global

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economic race and it's vital Britain links up with some of the

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fastest growing economies in the world like this one, already this

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year the fast half of this year, our exports to the United Arab

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Emirates are up 16% and I want to us go further and faster.

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This is a big opportunity for David Cameron to promote British business

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in a lucrative market because while much of the west is in recession

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the Gulf is booming. Here is the dilemma. Gulf rulers are warning

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privately that if Britain pushes too hard on democracy and human

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rights, it risks losing out on major contracts to other countries

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that ask fewer questions. The first part of a new Forth Road

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Bridge is being unveiled today. The crossing, which is the biggest

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transport project in Scotland for a generation, is due to be completed

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in 2016 and has provided 1,000 jobs. Our correspondent Lorna Gordon is

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in South Queensferry for us. This replacement crossing has been

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not without controversy. Opposition parties here in Scotland say more

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of the work should go to Scottish firms, the SNP Government say 300

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Scottish companies have benefited from the subcontracts awarded so

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far. Other politicians here in Scotland say it shouldn't have been

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built in the first place. But it is being built and today a critical

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milestone was reached. From the tranquil waters of the

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Forth a new bridge is starting to emerge. Slowly, meticulously, the

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foundations for this key crossing are being winched into place. It

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will soar alongside the current bridge whose traffic it should ease.

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Not much to see so far, but this is a key part of a six-year

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construction project. This is the most critical phase of the project.

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This foundation phase, because this is our - these are the most

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riskiest operations, we are having to deal with geological risks,

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having to deal with water, marine tides and we are more exposed to

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weather conditions than later. often bad Scottish weather has

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caused problems on the bridge drivers currently use. Up to 70,000

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vehicles cross it every day. It is a critical artery into and out of

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Edinburgh. But the cables have been showing signs of deterioration. The

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new replacement crossing is a huge building project, the biggest seen

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in Scotland for a generation, costing around �1.5 billion,

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employing more than 1,000 people. It's a massive boost to the economy.

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Those employment levels will obviously fluctuate over the

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remainder of the project but the fact that it's supporting that many

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people shows that not only is it a vital project in terms of keeping

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Scotland connected, but it's also providing a boost to the economy,

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as well. It's thought this may be the only

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place in the world where three iconic bridges will stand alongside

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each other in one location. The best of engineering from the 19th,

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20th and with the new Forth crossing, the 21st century, as well.

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And work from now on will progress incredibly quickly. You can just

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about see the foundations of the bridge in the distance. It will

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start emerging very fast now from the water and it's scheduled to

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open in 2016. Andy Murray's back on court in

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London this afternoon for the first time since winning his Olympic gold

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at Wimbledon. He starts his campaign in the ATP World Tour

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Final at the O2 Arena in just a couple of hours when he takes on

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Tomas Berdych. But his path to glory wont be easy with the likes

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of Novak Djokovic and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to beat. Andy Swiss reports.

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This report does contain flash photography.

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Back in London, as we have never seen him before. Andy Murray

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preparing for his home debut as a Grand Slam champion, two months on

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from that unforgettable day in New York. Since then it's been a

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whirlwind of celebrations, but at last his thousands of British fans

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have the chance to see him back in action. I spent very little time in

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the UK since the US Open and even since the Olympics. Been over to

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Asia and then we played a couple of tournaments in Europe, as well. So,

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we will see, but they they get unbelievable crowds here, hope I

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get good support. London has provided two of Murray's defining

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moments this year. Despair at Wimbledon, followed by

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delight at the Olympics. It's a golden triumph!

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From agony, to euphoria and the man he played in both finals believes

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there will be more glittering moments. It's important to see the

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positive out of even a loss sometimes and that's what he did.

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He's turned it around and he is in his prime right now and we will see

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more of Andy to come, not only in this tournament but the coming

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years. He will have to face world number one Novak Djokovic this week,

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the top eight players are here in London but Murray will be hoping

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this glorious year can reach a glorious ending.

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It's a week since Superstorm Sandy hit the US East Coast, killing at

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least 100 people. Around a million still have no power and tens of

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thousands of people are in need of re-housing as the cold weather

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correspondent sent this report. The skies may now be clear, but the

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evidence is everywhere of what this storm left behind. This is Breezy

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Point, but it wasn't the wind or even the flooding which caused the

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damage here, it was fire. One of the enduring images of the tragedy,

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they blame a gas leak. Fuelled by wooden timbers and strong wind, the

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fire quickly spread to engulf the whole neighbourhood. It's

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devastating, it's heart-breaking, it's something you wouldn't think

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would happen to you. This woman lost everything in the house she

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lived in for 23 years. It's going to take a while for this community

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to come back. But it is going to come back? I think it will, yeah.

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It will not be - I don't think it will be what it was. This is a

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close community. Many of those who live here are in the emergency

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services. The people they were rescuing were their own friends and

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family. Everyone's 9/11 survivors, first

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responders, so it's some disaster some people down here have seen

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before. History has shown that we will be back. We overcome stuff

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like this and things are things, if you have your friends and family

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alive that's one thing. Houses can be rebuilt and TVs purchased.

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coastline suffered some of the worst damage but it was the images

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of New York which are still etched on the memory of Superstorm Sandy.

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The power outages which left America's biggest city in darkness,

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and took almost a week to bring back. And the flooding, tens of

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thousands of people will have to find new places to live.

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A week after the storm and some areas are still under water.

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There's a huge amount of clearing up to be done. The lights may have

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come back on in New York City, but all along this length of coastline

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are communities that will take months to get back to some sense of

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normality. And there's an urgency about their

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work. The temperature has plummeted and another storm threatens to

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sweep in this week, further pushing people already tested to their

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limits. Let's look at the weather now with

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More nasty weather on the way for the Eastern Seaboard. But on our

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shores it's looking good. It's quiet out there. It's cold but

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there is sunshine and it should be a decent afternoon.

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You can see there is a lot of sunshine for most parts of the UK.

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Some cloud drifting down that eastern seaboard, it's been

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bringing sharp showers. Those will continue into the afternoon and the

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odd shower out towards the west. Temperatures are strul --

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struggling. This evening, little change. Clear

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skies for the vast majority and one or two showers around the coasts.

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But by the middle part of the evening we are thinking about

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heading out to see bonfire displays and fireworks, it's looking good.

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Across Scotland, yes it will be cold with a touch of frost, but

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away from that it's a decent sort of look to things. Clear skies

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across much of northern England. In Northern Ireland temperatures are

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beginning to pick up with more cloud and that's a sign of things

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to come. For the vast majority, it's a dry night with clear spells

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and one or two showers along that eastern coast and the odd shower

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across parts of western Wales down towards the tip of Cornwall. The

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main message for tonight is that it will be cold, that's for sure, with

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a frost setting in and that frost becomes harder into the second part

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of the night. However, in Scotland and Northern Ireland there is a

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change on the way because we have thicker cloud rolling in on a

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noticeable breeze and that's going to help to raise temperatures here

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during the overnight period. Temperatures will come up by a few

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degrees. Across England and Wales it will be colder in rural spots. A

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widespread frost here to start the day. I suspect Tuesday will be a

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different sort of day. Yes, a bright start in the south but it

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will cloud over. A lot of rain spilling south across Scotland into

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northern England and much of the east of England. Further west, yes

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a lot of cloud and a few breaks here and there, but temperatures

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are on the rise. A good few degrees up on today across Scotland and

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Northern Ireland. Elsewhere, temperatures similar to today's

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values. Through Wednesday, we start the day essentially frost-free

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because we have this breeze and a lot of cloud and we keep cloud into

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the afternoon. Not much rain around but some in the north-west.

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Temperatures are getting back to double figures across the board. A

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definite trend with temperatures over the next few days, turning

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milder not just by day but night, too. But there will be a lot of

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cloud around and a noticeable breeze but it's a westerly breeze

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