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The Royal Mail is to be privatised in the biggest sell-off for

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decades. The Government says the move will allow Royal Mail to

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compete. Critics say it could mean job losses and an end to delivery

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six days a week. We will have all the latest from Westminster.

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Also this lunchtime, one of Britain's biggest unions give a

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stark warning about the link. Miliband said he wanted to end the

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link rather -- amend the link rather than end it but this is as close as

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we are getting. The worst flooding in China for 50

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years. People have been buried by landslides and thousands have had to

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flee their homes. Minimum training standards for 1

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million healthcare assistants are commended in the wake of the

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Stafford Hospital scandal. Britain's small-scale fishermen are

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celebrating a significant High Court victory over the rights to quotas.

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Eye and Joe Wilson in Nottingham, where we have had an overcast start

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of the Ashes. We have already won a couple of wickets to warm Australia

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Later on BBC London, a fire and Hounslow kills people as a woman

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jumps to her death. And the teenage killer who stabbed a student to

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News that one. The Royal Mail is to be privatised in a move that will

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see tens of thousands of staff getting a stake in the company. The

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Government says the sell-off will give Royal Mail greater freedom to

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compete but the Communication Workers Union says the plan will

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lead to joblessness and lower wage increases. The plan does not include

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post offices, which are run separately. Here is our industry

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correspondent. Not so long ago, Royal Mail was

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haemorrhaging cash and facing long-term decline. Now, boosted by

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prices and the growth of online retailing, its profits are soaring.

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The coalition hopes that will make an attractive prospect for

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investors. Today, the Business Secretary came to the Commons to

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explain how Royal Mail will be privatised, something previous

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governments have failed to do. the time has come for government to

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step up from Royal Mail, allow its management to focus wholeheartedly

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on growing the business and planning for the future and it is now time

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for employees to hold a stake in the company and a share in its success.

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So this Government will give Royal Mail the real commercial freedom it

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has needed for a long-time ally commend this statement to the House.

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10% of shares will be given to Royal Mail staff, providing the possible

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windfall of around �2000 each. The Royal Mail business is expected to

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be valued at up to �3 billion. But Labour says the privatisation is a

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fire sale and that if in government, it would have kept the majority

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stake in the business. And the main postal union is opposed, too. Today

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it delivered that message to Royal Mail's central London headquarters.

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Royal Mail last year made an increase of 60% in profits and it

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won't be a burden to the taxpayer in the future. We support a social

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business model which would make sure it can access capital without the

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downside of private control. postal union is so concerned about

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union that it has announced its intention to ballot for industrial

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action. That raises the very real prospect of a national strike and a

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Royal Mail standstill at the very time the Government is trying to

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sell of this business. But what will it all mean to millions of people

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who used Royal Mail everyday? Consumer groups want guarantees that

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prices will be affordable. But experts warned that in private

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hands, the cost of posting letters and packages could soar. Think we

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will see the increase in stamps but they will also see Royal Mail be a

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bit less generous with them in terms of the scope of services it offers.

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But Royal Mail also faces challenges. One of its rivals, TNT,

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has 1,000 postmen on the streets of London and hopes to have up to

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20,000 around the UK in five years' time.

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Let's get more from Norman Smith, because, Norman, not for the first

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time somebody has thought of this idea. Do you really think it will

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happen? Privatising Royal Mail has been a bit like the boomerang of

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British politics. Successive governments have tried to cast it

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off and it has come back and can't the Secretary of State on the head.

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We had Michael Heseltine having a go and failing, and then Peter

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Mandelson, and now Vince Cable. And there are still risks. The unions

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are threatening to strike and opinion polls suggest the public is

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decidedly iffy about the prospect. But this time it is different. Why?

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Because the politics have changed. Although Labour are opposing the

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idea today they are not threatening to renationalise a privatised Royal

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Mail. Secondly, money is different. Royal Mail is attractive to

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investors as a profit-making venture. But they have packed this

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sell-off with sweeteners. Royal Mail staff get tempers and the shares

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free, maybe up to �1000. -- get 10%. And although it won't be a Tell Sid

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style campaign, the public, too, will be able to buy shares, so in

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this sense, Vince Cable won't have to duck to avoid that returning

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boomerang. The leader of the country's third

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largest union has given the starkest warning yet about Ed Miliband's

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plans to change the relationship with trade unions. Paul Kenny from

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the GMB says the reforms come as close as you can get to ending the

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link and yesternight Labour could see its funding from the GMB four x

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90%. -- and estimates Labour could see. Yesterday, Ed Miliband

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announced the biggest change to Labour's relationship with the

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unions for a generation. Instead of union leaders handing over cash to

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the party, in future, each individual member would have to give

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their consent. The leader of Britain's third biggest union sees

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this as a weakening of historic ties which will prove costly to Labour. I

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asked him to put a price on it. Cumulatively, five millionplus,

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maybe. In terms of each year, about 2 million. And he says the

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long-standing link between Labour and unions is now under threat, and

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he may even back some of Ed Miliband's opponents. The union

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hasn't got a collective voice and maybe that freezes up to do other

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things and support other candidates and are also some things. That is

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the logical conclusion. Union leaders said Ed Miliband

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rushed into these reforms after getting a kick in last week in prime

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ministers questions. This did not stop David Cameron raising the whole

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issue of trade union influence over Labour today. Will be unions still

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have the biggest vote at the conference? Yes! Will they still be

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able to determine party policy? Yes! Will they still have the

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decisive vote in voting and the Labour Leader? Yes! They own him

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lock, stock and barrel. I am proud we have links with ordinary working

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people. He is bankrolled by a few millionaires. The party of the

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people, the party of privilege. Labour now want to raise broader

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questions about party funding but some unions say Ed Miliband has not

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thought through the far reaching consequences of his own reforms.

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Up to 40 people have been buried in a landslide in south-western China

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following days of torrential rain and flooding. Hundreds of buildings

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have been destroyed and thousands of people have been forced to flee

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their homes. This was ferocious nature in full

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flow. Torrents of water tore through this town and little was allowed to

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stand in the way. One factory worker was left stranded. He waded into the

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swollen waters. Just in time. A colleague then pulled him to safety.

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Battling the weather conditions, the emergency services are struggling to

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cope. This man said, all the rescue vehicles in the town have been swept

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away. Elsewhere, a bridge collapsed, sending six cars plunging into the

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river. At least 12 people are still missing. Across the region, a

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massive rescue operation is now underway. It has been carried out by

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any means possible. The government says over a quarter of a million

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people have been affected by these floods. Hundreds have been left

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marooned, waiting for help to arrive. This region is no stranger

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to natural disasters. It was devastated by a massive earthquake

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in 2008. Torrential rain is sweeping across large parts of China and it

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appears that in the worst affected areas hit by these terrible floods,

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there is going to be little respite. In Sichuan province, up to 15

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centimetres of rainfall are expected in the next 24 hours.

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Here, health care assistants look after some of the most needy and

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vulnerable people in society but often have little if any training.

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Now, a report commissioned by the Government has recommended all staff

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in England should receive a minimum standard of training before they are

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allowed to work unsupervised. The Cavendish Review was set up in the

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wake of the Stafford Hospital scandal.

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Healthcare resistance on the front line when it comes to looking after

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patients. Routine but vital work means there are more than 1 million

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of them working in our health system. Looking after all the old

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people I love because they make me laugh and tell me tales. And when

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they are all clean and satin bed, I feel good. -- sat in bed. But some

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have just watched a DVD before dealing with patients and need more

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training. And after a public enquiry into Stafford Hospital, where poor

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care may have contributed to the deaths of dozens of elderly

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patients, a review has reported back to date about standards of care and

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training. Healthcare assistants don't just work here in hospitals,

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they work in care homes and people's private homes as well. They

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provide some of the most fundamental and basic care, like turning people

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in bed so they don't get pressure sores people to eat and watch. But

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at the moment, their training varies between organisations. So the

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proposal is to give all healthcare assistants in England the same level

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of basic training, with a two week course covering First Aid,

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infection, control and dementia awareness. They must then get a

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certificate of fundamental care before looking after people and

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supervised. And once they have this and appropriate, they can be allowed

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to use the title nursing assistant. The union which represents health

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care assistants has welcomed the proposals but says regulation should

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be the next step. We think that is necessary to both give status to the

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staff doing the job, but also to give protection to patients and the

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public so they know the people trying to provide that level of

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internet care are actually covered by some regulatory body. But these

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changes are not given. The Department of Health says they have

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not accepted any of the proposals yet and will respond in the autumn.

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Britain's big fishing bosses have lost a High Court battle with the

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Government over the reallocation of fishing quotas. They were

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challenging plans to pass on their own used quotas to small-scale

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fishermen. The ruling should benefit coastal fishermen who working boats

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smaller than ten metres long. Life on the seas has been rough for

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small fish are Britain. David White has worked for ten nights in a row

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to make the most of the recent good weather. In Europe, you cannot fish

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commercially without a government quota. David has been fishing

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overnight for soul. But like so many for fishermen, the quota he is

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allocated is barely enough to make a living. It is getting harder and

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harder. It is ridiculous, to be honest with you. I mean, we have

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worked ten trips now without a day off. Just to make ends meet.

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firms gobble up 90% of the national quota. Half the small boat owners

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round here are said to have gone out of business. The Government agreed

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recently to give small boats a fairer share of the cash. But it was

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challenged in the High Court by the big firms. The court rejected that

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challenge. So quotas for the little guys will go up. I think it is

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marvellous! Absolutely unbelievable! I didn't think for a minute we would

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get the verdict. We were up against great opposition with lots of money,

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lots of money! And we are just little boys... For the big fishing

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firms, the High Court decision has come as a blow. We have considered

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an appeal. That will be considered fully by the members of the UK

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Association and we may be returning to the High Court in the autumn.

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There is just �1.5 million worth of quota being reallocated now. But

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small fishermen hope it is the start of a trend. Today's court decision

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is the latest positive development on fisheries. Just a few weeks ago,

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the European Union voted to end the practice of over exploiting fish

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stocks. That will be good for the fish and ultimately for the

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fishermen and for us all. Our top story this lunchtime: The Royal Mail

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is to be privatised in the biggest sell-off for decades. But unions

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have attacked the plans. And still to come here, one week on

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from the passing of Egypt's President Morsi, we meet one family

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divided by the conflict. Later on BBC London, Camden's very

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own codebreakers, how this council is the first to have computer club

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after school for all primaries. And we see how Middlesex will cope

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with the loss of its captain, who is Australia and Andy Murray at

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Wimbledon, it has already been a vintage summer of sport. Now one of

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the oldest and fiercest rivalries, the battle for the Ashes between

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England and Australia, has begun at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. England

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captain Alastair Cook won the toss and batted. At lunch, they were 98 -

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two. Sports correspondent Joe Wilson is at Trent Bridge, hello to you,

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Joe. Thanks very much, sold-out

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excitement here in Nottingham, we have been waiting two and a half

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years for the resumption of the ashes, that great rivalry between

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England and Australia, based a lot on history but partly on mystery.

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Even though this year England seem to have the better side, test match

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cricket has this wonderful habit of being unpredictable, and the balance

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can shift between the teams even over the course of a morning. I

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think that has been very much the case here today, with England

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reaching lunch, as you say, 98-2. One last attempt to raise the

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atmosphere before the start of play above Nottingham, the Red Arrows,

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the ultimate example of speed under control. With a red ball, James

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Pattinson tried something similar, unleashing the first delivery of the

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series, almost ending up with first slip. In overcast conditions which

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always please bowlers, Alastair Cook had decided to bat, and there he

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was, calmly manoeuvring the ball to the boundary. Seven minutes in, the

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first Ashes four, classic Alastair Cook style. After some nervy

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moments, Joe Root was on his way, this is its first match as an

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opening batsman for England, deep faith in his ability. Australia are

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building their future on the broad shoulders of the young pace bowlers,

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Pattinson in particular picked to do just this. Getting rid of Alastair

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Cook is a source of celebration at any time. If you get him out for

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13, you are really in luck. If there is a glimmer of light for the

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bowlers, Jonathan Trott's job is to slam the door shut. Actually, today

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he was in expansive mode. His first 12 runs were formed of three fours.

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The subplots to Australian cricket is the search for the new Shayne

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won, and the latest candidate is just 19, thrusting for his debut,

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note gently for four office first delivery. Balls of the century only

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happen once a century. England progressed happily passed 50.

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Sometimes their balls are just too good, 78-2, Australia suddenly empty

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used again. It only takes a wicked. I can tell you that Kevin Pietersen

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did offer a chance to the wicket-keeper just before lunch, not

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taken, and that could be expensive, he is the one man who could make

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England feel dominant by the close of play. He is on ten, Jonathan

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Trott... Enough for England to Egypt's state prosecutor has issued

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an arrest warrant for the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohammed

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Badie. He is accused of inciting violence on Monday that left more

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than 50 people dead. The division in Egypt between supporters and

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opponents of the deposed President Mohamed Morsi have been put into

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sharp focus by the events of the last week. But as Cairo

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correspondent Aleem Maqbool reports, it is families, too, who are being

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driven apart by the continuing conflict.

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For many in the new Egypt, he is a hero. Acme was one of the most vocal

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opponents of Mohamed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood. But he paid a

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price for that. He was jailed for insulting Morsi, calling him a

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murderer on a talk show. Just a couple of weeks ago while his son

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was still in jail, we met Ahmed's father, a staunch supporter of the

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then-President Morsi. He told us that he had gone too far in

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criticising the Muslim Brotherhood. Since we saw him, everything has

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changed. President Morsi was deposed, and soon after Ahmed was

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released. TRANSLATION: This is the Egypt we have been dreaming of, now

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the revolution is back on track. with that, Ahmed went to join in

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celebrations at the demise of the different gathering, the funeral of

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a young Brotherhood supporter, killed, it appears, by security

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forces at a sit in protest. It is Ahmed's father that is the activist

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now. The shock at what has happened is huge, he says, but we have hope

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that democracy will be brought back and the military coup will be

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overturned. These funerals and the rallies and

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politics are off-limits when the family sits together and talks. It

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is the only way to stop arguments. There are extremes in this country

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right now. On one side, there is euphoria, the other side a

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shellshocked, and that exists within Ahmed's on family, but he and his

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father have been able to work through things and compromise. The

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question is, of course, can Egypt? Police are linking the death of

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seven young people in Scotland to a batch of fake ecstasy tablets. Most

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of those who died were in their early 20s and are thought to have

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taken tablets containing the dangerous toxic stimulant PMA. Let's

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get more from Scotland correspondent Laura Bicker, who is following this

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story. What more of the police saying? These tablets are thought to

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be green in colour and have a distinctive Rolex crown stamped on

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top of them. The latest person to die after taking them is an

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18-year-old woman from Alexandria in West Dunbartonshire. Now, she took

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them in the early hours of Tuesday morning with three others. They,

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too, were admitted to hospital, and a 25-year-old man is still being

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treated in hospital. Now, police say that they believe these tablets

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contain the chemical PMA, and that causes extremes in temperature. It

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can cause hallucinations, and in some cases convulsions. Now what

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they say is that they are particularly concerned ahead of this

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weekend's music Festival, T in the park, where amnesty bins will be

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provided, and they say taking these tablets is gambling with your life.

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Thank you very much, Laura Bicker. The Irish parliament will blog

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tonight on controversial new abortion legislation that has led to

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a fierce row between church and state. -- vote. The church believes

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the legislation will lead for the first time two abortions were a

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mother's life is not at immediate risk. But the Irish government is

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arguing that the bill will simply clarify existing laws.

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Air pollution is having a serious and sometimes fatal impact on people

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with weak hearts, according to a study funded by the British Heart

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Foundation. The charity says thousands of people are affected

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every year and that the government must do more to improve air

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quality. Ministers have already admitted that EU limits will be

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breached in 15 areas of the country until 2020. Health correspondent

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Sophie Hutchinson reports. Joanne is often breathless due to

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heart failure. It is a serious condition which means her heart

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struggles to pump efficiently. prefer not to go out when it is

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cold, because it really affects my chest, and I prefer not to go out

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when it is too smugly and horrible, because it does make my breathing

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very laboured, and it does make it worse. Today a report published by

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the Lancet suggests that air pollution could have harmful and

:24:19.:24:24.

sometimes fatal effects on people with heart failure. Researchers

:24:24.:24:26.

reviewed data from 12 countries and found a direct link between raised

:24:26.:24:31.

levels of traffic pollution and an increase in admissions to hospital

:24:31.:24:35.

or deaths from the condition. The risk was from short periods of

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exposure and came from harmful gases and particles emitted by diesel

:24:39.:24:46.

powered vehicles. Pollution in UK cities massively exceed agreed

:24:46.:24:51.

safety limits, and every year it is estimated that around 30,000 people

:24:51.:24:55.

die prematurely as a result. The campaigners say that vulnerable

:24:55.:24:59.

people should be warned when pollution peaks so that they can

:24:59.:25:06.

protect themselves. But researchers say that even modest improvements in

:25:06.:25:11.

air quality could save lives. failure affect about three quarters

:25:11.:25:14.

of a million people in the UK, and we would estimate that a modest

:25:14.:25:22.

reduction in our permission would probably reduce admissions by around

:25:22.:25:25.

1000 patients. The Government has said air quality limits will be

:25:25.:25:30.

breached in 15 regions in the UK until 2020, but it stresses it is

:25:30.:25:37.

committed to improving the situation to protect public health.

:25:37.:25:41.

Now, the UEFA women's European championship kicks off in Sweden

:25:41.:25:45.

today, and for the first time the BBC will be showing every England

:25:45.:25:49.

match live on television. And England, of course, will be hoping

:25:49.:25:53.

to improve on their performance of four years ago, when they made it to

:25:53.:25:58.

the final but lost to Germany. Let's go to sports correspondent Sally

:25:58.:26:04.

Nugent, who is at the England team hotel in Linkoping. Sally, hello,

:26:04.:26:10.

good afternoon to you, an exciting period ahead.

:26:10.:26:14.

Yeah, interesting times, I can tell you first of all that we have got

:26:14.:26:16.

fantastic access here at the England team hotel. This is not something

:26:16.:26:22.

you would get in the men's game. Just down the corridor behind me,

:26:22.:26:25.

behind a closed door, the England coach has just gone in with their

:26:25.:26:29.

players, and we had a lovely shot for you outside the England team

:26:29.:26:33.

hotel, but it is pouring so heavily now, a storm was closing in, so we

:26:33.:26:36.

have had to come inside. That is one difference, great access to the

:26:36.:26:41.

teams, players and coaching staff. The other thing is that Sweden is a

:26:42.:26:46.

natural home for women's football. It is not unusual to see women and

:26:46.:26:49.

girls playing football in this country, there is a fantastic club

:26:49.:26:52.

network, and in fact the old station are expected to do rather well in

:26:52.:27:00.

this tournament, too. How are we expected to do, England?

:27:00.:27:04.

Well, interestingly, as you mentioned, yes, England did rather

:27:04.:27:08.

well in 2009, they made it all the way to the final but were beaten by

:27:08.:27:11.

Germany in a bruising game they lost 6-2, which properly does not reflect

:27:11.:27:15.

how well they played at the time. Hope Powell says that this time

:27:15.:27:19.

around they have learned lessons, they are prepared, and she does have

:27:19.:27:23.

the strength in depth to cover this tournament right the way to the

:27:23.:27:27.

final on July 28. So let's see how that goes. The other big change here

:27:27.:27:31.

is the coverage that you mentioned, unprecedented television coverage of

:27:31.:27:36.

women's football, all over the BBC, television, radio and online, or

:27:36.:27:40.

starting tonight on BBC Three, watch if you can!

:27:40.:27:45.

Thank you very much, Sally Nugent, pouring with rain there, mercifully

:27:45.:27:55.
:27:55.:27:57.

not like this year, let's find out for rain, I keep having to water my

:27:57.:28:01.

garden. Mixed weather in Sweden and here in the UK, not all scorching

:28:01.:28:05.

sunshine, and indeed many places are saying much more clouds today as a

:28:05.:28:08.

result temperature is quite a bit lower as well. For the cricket as

:28:08.:28:13.

well, we have got overcast skies as well, quite grey, and it will stay

:28:13.:28:16.

that way into the early part of the afternoon session. It should slowly

:28:16.:28:21.

brighten up with sunshine after tea, but yesterday it was about 27

:28:21.:28:24.

degrees at Trent Bridge, approaching 30 degrees in York and hurt as

:28:24.:28:30.

well. But today, in some places, temperatures are 10 degrees lower,

:28:30.:28:33.

and it is much cooler because we have got all this cloud. And this

:28:33.:28:36.

cloud has been spilling its way southwards down the eastern side of

:28:36.:28:39.

England and Scotland, it is working its way slowly towards the

:28:39.:28:43.

south-west, but the highest temperatures today could well be in

:28:43.:28:47.

the south-west of England, likely to get 28 Celsius, which is 82

:28:47.:28:49.

Fahrenheit. Because here in the south-west we have got the best of

:28:50.:28:53.

the sunshine, a good amount of sunshine in Wales, one or two than

:28:53.:28:57.

three showers could get set up over the mountains later today. The

:28:57.:29:00.

south-east of England, not as warm as yesterday, patchy cloud coming

:29:00.:29:03.

in, but breaking up as it moves through Midlands. We may get late

:29:04.:29:08.

sunshine down the east coast as the cloud begins to break, some sunshine

:29:08.:29:10.

across Northern Ireland and the western side of Scotland, and it is

:29:10.:29:15.

here that we will see the highest temperatures. Similar to where we

:29:15.:29:19.

were yesterday, in actual fact. So this evening a slightly cooler feel

:29:19.:29:23.

across many areas, the cloud, as it heads towards the south-west,

:29:23.:29:26.

continues to become or substantial, flatter looking cloud heading in

:29:26.:29:29.

from the North Sea into central and eastern areas of England later in

:29:29.:29:32.

the night. Temperatures for most of us, thankfully, will be a little bit

:29:32.:29:37.

lower than they have been over the past few nights, a more comfortable

:29:37.:29:40.

night for sleeping. Early morning mist and fog in Northern Ireland,

:29:40.:29:43.

western Scotland, grey cloud across central and eastern areas burning

:29:43.:29:47.

back to the coast, and as you can see, it ends into a nice day with

:29:47.:29:50.

lots of sunshine around, when is quite light, and whilst it is

:29:50.:29:53.

slightly cooler in the south-west, most places will see temperatures

:29:53.:29:57.

similar to today. Further north and east, it should feel warmer than

:29:57.:30:01.

today, with more sunshine, as we have seen. As we head into Friday,

:30:01.:30:05.

again, someone sunshine across most places, a bit of a cloudy start

:30:05.:30:08.

across East Anglia and the south-east of England, one or two

:30:08.:30:10.

than three showers could hop off in Northern Ireland and over the

:30:10.:30:15.

mountains of Scotland as well. -- thundery showers. Over the weekend,

:30:15.:30:22.

turning cooler and more cloudy in Scotland and Northern Ireland. One

:30:22.:30:25.

or two thundery showers in England and Wales, cabbages peaking at 30

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degrees in the south-east on lunchtime: The Royal Mail is to be

:30:35.:30:39.

privatised in the biggest sell-off for decades. The Government says the

:30:39.:30:44.

sale will give Royal Mail a long-term sustainable future. And

:30:44.:30:49.

one of Britain's biggest unions has given a stark warning about Ed

:30:49.:30:54.

Miliband's proposals to reform Labour links with the trade unions.

:30:54.:30:57.

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