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At least nine people are now known to have died as a Glasgow pub, as

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the police helicopter is removed from the wreckage. Emergency

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servicings form a guard of northern as victims' bodies are taken from

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the scene. Police are searching the building to ensure no-one else died.

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The helicopter was removed from the roof, revealing a first glimpse of

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the damage and debris inside. This incident has been very moving,

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very tragic for all the people concerned, for the rescuers as well.

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We will get the latest from the scene. Also this lunchtime.

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Some of the big six energy companies are promising to reduce their recent

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price rises as ministers cut the green levies they face. The Prime

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Minister leads the biggest trade delegation to China.

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The Olympic diver Tom Daley says he is in a relationship with a man and

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says he couldn't be happier. People are going to have their

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opinions and I think people will make a big deal of this. I mean, is

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it a big deal? I don't think so. On BBC London. The mayor's cycling

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commissioner is to be questioned by MPs over bicycle deaths as a poll

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suggests one in five cyclists are quitting the roads over safety

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concerns. Good afternoon. Welcome to the BBC

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News at one. The bodies of victims of Friday's helicopter crash in

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Glasgow have been removed from the scene of the accident. Members of

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the emergency services formed a guard of honour as they were taken

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away. At least nine people are known to have been killed when the police

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helicopter crashed into the roof of the packed pub. Teams are searching

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inside to ensure no-one else was killed. Our correspondent is at the

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scene for us now. We We have learned that the body of

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a ninth person was taken from the pub, just within the last hour.

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Firefighters as you mentioned there are painstakingly searching through

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the rubble of the pub, just in case there are any further victim, that

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has been made more difficult by the fact the roof collapsed just as they

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removed the remains of the helicopter. But removing that

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aircraft has been so key to this investigation. For a moment this

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morning, this city held its breath. In the still, damp December air, the

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helicopter which had come down with such force, was gently lifted away.

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Those who saw this crash say the aircraft fell like a stone. And now,

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the destruction and the scale of the challenge here, is plain to see. The

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body of the ninth person has now been removed from the scene, and

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taken to the Southern General Hospital for formal identification.

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In duers, the wreckage of the helicopter will be removed, and will

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be taken for detailed examination and investigation by the Air

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Accidents Investigation Branch at the Farnborough facility. But for

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those desperate for news the pace of this operation has been frustrating.

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Last night, Marco's family came to is scene. Who were the people

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shouting? Did they get them out? We will never know the answer to that.

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The way things are going we are not getting an answer to anything. It is

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two days later and Mark is still in there. The ordinary guy in the

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street, to hell with health and safety.

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Gp but today, the extent of the devastation is becoming clearer. The

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removal of the fuselage intact should make the investigation

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easier, experts say three things could have brought down this

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helicopter, pilot error, mechanical failure, or engine problems.

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There is no black box onboard, Air Traffic Control data will give them

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something about the descent the the radar could see the helicopter over

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the city. There is a possibility with fuel supply problem but the

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eyewitness reports say the helicopter was spinning out of

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control, rather than descending rapidly, which would tend to point

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towards the tail row ter. This is the moment the families of those who

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died here have been hoping for, but also dreading.

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There is though, a great sense of the city of Glasgow standing

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alongside them, in support. Having spent several days at this

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scene, I can tell you the overwhelming emotion is ulter

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disbelief. When it comes to the removal of the helicopter, many

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people watched incredulous, I spent the morning with victims' families

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and survivors. A moment to set aside duty. And

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remember those lost. The hard exterior of this city has cracked

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and it is showing its scars. Five of the dead have been named.

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From the helicopter PCs the Mark Collins and Kirsty Nelis and David

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Traill. Simon McGee and Gary Arthur were killed in the pub. But there

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are still many missing, and a as survivors and victims families meet,

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the stress begins to show I want my dad out of there. It is a piece of

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machinery is more important. As the wreckage was finally lifted free, it

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was a moment for some to reflect on just how lucky they had been. I

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remember the seconds, I could not find my sister. How my gut felt, how

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sick I felt. Not knowing, it is just the not know, it is no knowing,

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where is my sister? And she's, you said the same. It is a huge thing in

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such a relatively small pub. We know the size of the pub. To see

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something that size. Copping out of that, just impacts even more, how

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lucky we are. The names of more victims are sure

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to merge over the coming day, along with so many questions.

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You saw the guard of honour as the bodies were being removed. Another

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time for the emergency services to come together, to stop and

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contemplate what has happened here. But now it is some time for the

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investigation and this afternoon we expect the Air Accidents

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Investigation Branch to be here and give some kind of update. This a

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time the city of Glasgow now want answers.

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Household fuel bills will rise less steeply than planned after the

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Government promised to cut the green taxes imposed on energy firms.

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British Gas and SSE say they will pass the sayings on to customer,

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meaning bills will be round ?50 lower than expected. Npower said its

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prices would not rise until 2015 unless there are increases in whale

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sale energy costs. Our industry correspondent reports.

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Energy bills have been soaring but at last there is some leaf. Today

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the big six firms have been responded to the Government's

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proposals which aim to knock ?50 after average annual bills We can

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say because of the measures we have taken, the average consumer will see

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a ?50 cut in their bill, and of course we were negotiating with

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companies to make sure they will pass that cut on to consumer, and

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you can hear we have been successful. So where do the savings

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come from? Round ?12 we pay through our bills to help vulnerable

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households will now be paid through general taxation. Cuts to a big

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energy efficiency scheme, called echo will deliver up to ?35. Another

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?5 is being saved in the cost of transporting energy to our homes.

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That gives a total saying of round ?53. It means the average dual fuel

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bill, current currently ?1385 will drop to ?1332. Still more than we

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were paying prior to the recent round of price rises. But when will

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it happen? Speaking in London this morning, the boss of British Gas's

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parent company confirmed that consumers would have to wait until

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January. Why wait until January to cut prices? We are doing what we

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can, when we can. This is a very important issue, clearly, and we are

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doing, bringing them down as fast as we can.

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As for the other firms, eon has yet to announce a rise this winter. EDF

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factored in a cut. Its 3.9% rise will come in in January. Scottish

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Power and npower indicate they will cut prices in the New Year, but SSE

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says it won't implement any cut until April.

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There is other measures too, including ?1,000 to spend on energy

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savings measures for new home buyers. Consumer groups welcomed the

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news but called on Government to go further. Labour criticised the plan

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They have done a smoke and mirrors deal rather than standing up to

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them. Only a Labour Government will stand up to the energy company, and

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freeze prices. St hopes these proposals will take the heat out of

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the energy row, but will a ?50 saving but enough to make that

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happen? Our chief political correspondent

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Norman Smith is in Westminster. This remains a controversial tricky issue

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for the Government. Yes, and ministers will hope that their plan

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to lop ?50 after our bill will go some way to take the steam out of

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the run away train that has been Ed Miliband's pledge to freeze energy

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bills for 20 months. The danger for the Government is this, it falls

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victim to what might be called shrugged shoulder syndrome. You and

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I shrug our should ires and say "Is that it? " People won't get a cheque

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back in the post from their energy company, their bill is not going to

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come down, it is doing to keep going up by more than inflation but not as

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much as it would otherwise have gone up to the tune of a saving of

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roughly about a pound a week, and some of the big energy companies are

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warning if network and wholesale costs go up energy bills may have to

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go up further. Now, ministers say, well, look, we are dealing with that

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part of the bill, we control. Namely the green bits and Bob, by the way

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we are not a branch of North Korea where we can tell private companies

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what they can do with price, however, they are warning there will

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be a competition review into the energy market in the New Year, to

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examine profits and prices made by the big six. In other words, if

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today's measures are not enough, to assuage public anger, we could see

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further moves to curb energy bills in the New Year.

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And to find out more there is a special section of the BBC News

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website which includes a question and answer section on the cost of

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energy as well as advice on how to out your bills and save money.

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A man has pleaded guilty to the murder of Georgia Williams, a

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student from Shropshire whose body was found in woods last May. Jahmal

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Mason-Blair admitted strangling the teenager in their home town of

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Wellington. -- Jamie Reynolds. This was a

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routine hearing that saw a dramatic development, Georgia Williams was a

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former head girl, who had wanted a career in the RAF. She had been last

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seen leaving her family home in Wellington, near tell formed in

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Shropshire on Sunday 26th May. He told her parents she was going to

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stay with friends. Her body was found dumped in woodland in

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Denbighshire five days later. She had been strangled. Now today, in

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court, her parents and older sister listened intently as local shop

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worker Jamie Reynolds admitted murdering her. He had been the

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police's prime suspect, he had been tracked down to Glasgow, three days

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after she disappeared and had been arrested. Following today's short

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hearing here at Stafford Crown Court her parents issued a statement. They

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said the pain we feel now is as raw as it was when our beautiful Georgia

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was taken from us. We do not and will never understand the

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heartbreaking events that changed our lives forever. Now more details

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about what happened to Georgia will emerge when Jamie Reynolds's is

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sentenced later this month. David Cameron is in Beijing leading

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Britain's biggest ever trade delegation to China, the Prime

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Minister says he won't shy away from questions about human right, but his

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top priority is securing British jobs. This report from our Beijing

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correspondent. It contained flash photography.

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As David Cameron's learning, China is a ricing power, flexing its

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muscles. He wanted this visit to happen

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months ago but China made his wait. Piqued he met the Dalai Lama in

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London last year. Mr Cameron says partnering with China will help

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Britain prosper. David Cameron says he wants this to

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be the beginning of a new relationship with China. Some say he

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is selling is out on human right, going soft in his desire to do

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deals. Since his last visit, China's economy has grown so fast it has

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added the equivalent of the entire British xa in three years. China now

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has financial muscle. Mr Cameron wants investment. In high speed rail

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an nuclear power. So he made no mention of Tibet. I see China's rise

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as an opportunity, not just for the people of this country, but for

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Britain, and for the world. And he agreed to one Chinese demand.

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A press conference with no questions from the press.

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For its part, China has agreed to buy 100,000 jag a Land Rover cars

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but when Mr Cameron spoke on human rights in Sri Lanka. He has been shy

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about the subject here. Does he look inconsistent now? We have a strong

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and full relationship between Britain and China and that includes

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human rights dialogue. We are one of the few countries to have that

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relationship with China, but very much top of for me here is making

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sure we secure the British jobs at home and that British investment, to

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help achieve economic growth. That dialogue critics say is allow

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level meeting, a way of shunting awkward issues to one side. This is

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where he could have raised them. Meeting China's President. The

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diplomatic high point of this visit. But dealing with a rising China

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isn't simple. The question is, what compromises do you make. Our top

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story: Emergency services form a guard of honour as the bodies of

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victims of the helicopter crash in Glasgow are taken from the scene.

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Still to come, it has been called Cyber Monday. Today be the biggest

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online shopping day in history? Later on BBC London: Soldiering on -

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how former servicemen and women can benefit from turning their military

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skills into potential business opportunities.

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And we meet the artist commissioned by Giorgio Armani to turn old pairs

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of jeans into works of art. Next month the restrictions on

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Bulgarians and Romanians who want to come to work in the UK will be

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lifted. It means they, like others in the EU, and find employment in

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Britain and potentially claim benefits. No one knows yet how many

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will actually decide to come here. But they're having estimates. Last

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week David Cameron announced plans to limit benefits for new European

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migrants and moved that Mac -- a move criticised by experts.

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They have a very different attitude towards this whole issue here in

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Bulgaria. I was talking this morning to one analyst of the whole

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migration issue. He said he is not expecting a mass exodus of

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Bulgarians to the UK, come January the 1st. He says that over the years

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they have already been able to travel across the EU to look for

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work and Britain is not the top destination. This is a similar

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situation to one that I found a few days ago in Romania, the other

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country that is being affected by the changes.

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This is one of your's poorest countries, and many wish to escape

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from here. TRANSLATION: Joan Valcan's family went to Spain

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ten years ago. TRANSLATION: Spain has more

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opportunities. My daughters say they would like to come home one day. I

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would like them to. But some, like this man, say many young notches

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Britain. He has already worked there on a building site. Even under the

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current restrictions, he and fellow Romanians were able to go to the UK

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and look for work. He believes relaxing the rules will change

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little. It is around ten years that we have had people going to the UK.

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By the time I went there, 2006, I worked on a site where there were 70

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Romanians and the company was Romanian. In an old communist built

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cultural Centre, jobs fair to attract people to the West. Among

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them, Andrea Hangan, dentist. I do thought about working in England?

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Yes, -- have you thought. Yes, but I have decided that Ireland is better.

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I know people there. Lots of people do still want to leave Romania. They

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are looking for better jobs, better wages, better living editions. In

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fact, this migration has been going on now for years. What is impossible

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to predict is whether the change in the rules is going to accelerate the

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process. Already, though, Cristian Nikolaie has made his decision. When

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the revelations change, he will be able to apply for any job, and

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therefore to escape the incredibly low wages paid here. 200, maximum

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300 euros per month. So when the rule changes come in, will you try

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to go back to Britain? Of course. I am going. Getting out will get

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easier. But many did not wait for this moment to migrate across

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Europe. They have already left, and they are building lies elsewhere.

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Another interesting thing I have picked up on here in Bulgaria is

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that, like Romania, it is worried about all these people leaving over

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the years. They call it the brain drain. They are losing intelligent

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people and manual workers. That is doing nothing for their own

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economies. There is more on how the changes to

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EU migration could affect people across the UK with special reports

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today on the ABC News Channel and on many Loch Ewe radio programmes.

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-- the BBC News Channel. People are still protesting in Kiev to demand

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the resignation of the president. They are angry at his refusal to

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sign a deal on closely, ties with the EU because of pressure from

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neighbouring Russia. In Kiev, they were displaying people

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power. Protesters took to the streets to paralyse the government.

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They set up roadblocks of rubbish bins to stop officials getting to

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work. At government headquarters, no door was left unguarded. Protesters

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are continuing to occupy independent square demanding -- Independence

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Square. They are demanding closer links with Europe. Thousands of

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people spent the night here. This is what they spent all night doing,

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dobbing barricades. It took huge pieces of wood, big sheets of metal,

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they put them all around here, to stop the police moving onto the

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square. Yesterday there were violent clashes between riot police and

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protesters. More than 100 people were injured. The opposition demands

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that President Yanukovych designs. The president has made quiet. These

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demonstrators told me they are not surprised. TRANSLATION: Whenever

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people take to the streets, our president runs away. He is a coward.

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Not everyone in this country wants closer links with the European

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Union. But these people believe that Ukraine's future lies to the west. A

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blame their president for holding them back from Europe.

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The Prime Minister of Thailand has rejected demands for her to resign

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as violent demonstrations continue to rage across Bangkok. Yingluck

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Shinawatra said she was open to negotiations but said her removal

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would be unconstitutional. It comes as white police used tear gas

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outside government buildings were protesters have been throwing rocks

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and fireworks. -- riot police. A pilot badger cull has failed to

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meet the targets set by the government. The figures show 921

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badgers were killed, a reduction of under 40% of the area's estimation.

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The living diver Tom Daley has posted a video online revealing that

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he is in a relationship with another man. The 19 old said he couldn't be

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happier but admitted that making his relationship public was a difficult

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decision. -- the 19-year-old. He is one of the poster boys of

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British sport, Tom Daley, a seasoned celebrity already at 19. Today he

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had a personal message. In an ideal world I wouldn't be doing this video

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because it shouldn't matter. He said he wanted to put an end to rumours

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and revealed he was in a relationship with another man. Of

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course I still fancy girls, but right now I'm dating a guy. I

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couldn't be happier. I feel safe. It really does feel right. People are

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going to have their own opinions. People are going to make a big deal

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of this. Is it a big deal? I don't think so. He is, though, are the be

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the biggest name in British sport to have revealed a gay relationship.

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He's almost a sporting pop star, as he proved in this video last year.

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With millions of fans on social media, only a handful of athletes,

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like Gareth Thomas, have previously come out. Another to do so, a

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cyclist, has warned his decision may have medications. -- ramifications.

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It will affect how he is seen in the dressing room. In terms of

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sponsorship, in countries that don't tolerate gay people like Eastern

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Europe and Russia, there is certainly a loss of sponsorship. But

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in a profession where many are still reluctant to reveal their sexuality,

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Tom Daley's decision has been applauded. I'm sure it has been a

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difficult decision for him because it is something so personal. But it

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is a transformative moment because it is the first time a major

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sportsman has come out in this country with the best of their

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career ahead of them. Tom Daley says he now was to prepare for the next

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Olympics. He says he hopes his fans will join him on the journey.

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It is thought that around ?300,000 is being spent on line every minute

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today as consumers get down to the business of Christmas shopping.

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Today has become known Cyber Monday, the date we tell/prices and of

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Christmas shopping. Today has become known a Cyber Monday, the day we

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tell/prices and offer big discounts. -- the data retailers cut prices

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ahead of Christmas shopping. Emma Simpson is at the big distribution

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centre. Just to give you a sense of the

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scale of this place, you could fit 14 football pitches in here. There

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are 18 calamities of conveyor belts. They already -- there are 18

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kilometres of conveyor belts. They already distributing orders made at

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the weekend. The boxes just keep on coming. Here,

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John Lewis is already breaking records. It started on Friday with

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what is now known as Black Friday, where we saw twice as much activity

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on the site as anyone day before. People are shopping earlier in the

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morning, on their mobile phones. They also shopping later on the

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evening, on the sofa at home. Whatever device they are using, it

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is all about online. Visa reckons ?450 million will be spent online

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today on its cards alone. That is an increase of 18% compared with last

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year. It is a whopping 7.7 million transactions through the internet.

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All through the summer we have seen cautiousness. It feels now that the

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sum is here that there really is a big uplift. -- now that December is

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here. It is easy to see what is selling. Guess what the metabolite

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is? The tablet computer. It means that on Christmas Day, there will be

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another spike in online shopping. Retail is taking a new direction

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fast. Tablet and smartphones are changing the way we are browsing and

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buying. Mobile cells have rocketed over the past few years. We have

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gone to 27%. -- mobile sales. We using our devices in different

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ways. Retailers have had to change their game, too, to keep up with the

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shift. Cyber Monday could turn out to be another record-breaking day

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for online shopping. You can probably see some of those parcels

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coming down the shoots before they are heading off into lorries. They

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are processing about one unit every second here. The peak for online

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shopping today is apparently between 8pm and 9pm. You could see that the

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starting gun for Christmas has been fired.

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starting gun for Christmas Let's have a look at the weather

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now. Hats, gloves and scarves will increase in those sales this

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afternoon. There is a cold spell on the way. It may not last, however.

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For the time being, it is more of the same. Another rather drab day

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out there. Most places are staying dry. The satellite picture shows the

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cloud. There are a few holes. For most of us, it is all out there yet

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again. The thick cloud covers the UK, temperatures staying in single

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figures. Parts of Lincolnshire and North Norfolk may see a bit of blue

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sky. We have seen some breaks in the cloud in parts of Devon and

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Somerset. Some sunshine here this afternoon. For most of us, it is

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overcast. A bit of cloud breaking and time. For Aberdeenshire, hint of

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sunshine here. For western Scotland, thicker cloud. Here we do have a bit

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of rain. It will pep up overnight. Elsewhere, again, it is going to

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stage or. Central and eastern areas could turn misty. It is in the

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central and eastern areas where temperatures are likely to fall.

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Further north, not as cold because we will have the thickening cloud.

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The rain continues to trickle southwards during tomorrow. Quite a

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soggy affair in western Scotland. Turning a picture I in the far

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north. For England and Wales, dry and dull once more. The fog, where

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it forms, could be close -- slow to clear. If it doesn't, temperatures

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are at just two or three degrees. If it does, similar to what we have

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seen recently. The week -- rain continues to trickle South into

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Wednesday. A damp day on Wednesday. Further north, behind it, brighter

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skies. We see some snow showers in northern Scotland. The wind is

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becoming a big feature later this week. It starts to come down from

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the North. I cold plunge of egg gets rid of the mild air in the colder

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feel right. -- a cold plunge of air. It may not last long but the dull

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weather we have got at the moment is being replaced by a cold wind and

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some sunshine but also a few snow showers.

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Every mind of our main story. Emergency services have formed a

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guard of honour as the bodies of victims of the helicopter crash in

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Glasgow are taken from the scene of the accident. Nine people are known

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to have died. Police are searching the building to make sure nobody was

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killed. You can get all the latest on that story throughout the

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afternoon on the BBC News Channel. That is all from the BBC

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