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Norfolk killing four people onboard. It came down last night on the North

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Norfolk coast during a low-level training mission. The aircraft were

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carrying gun ammunition so there are bullets scattered around this area.

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We'll have the lastest from the scene of the accident. Also this

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lunchtime: White out in America - records are broken as all 50 US

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states record sub zero temperatures. Freezing. I can't feel my face. I'm

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numb, and I'm pregnant, so we're both numb.

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More than 100 flood warnings still in place across the UK as David

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Cameron says lessons must be learned from the recent storms.

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French police reveal details of the skiing accident that's left Michael

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Schumacher in a critical condition after viewing footage from his

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helmet camera. And out of this world - the space

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drama Gravity leads the way at the BAFTAs.

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On BBC London: The head of The Met admits there is cause for concern

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over the accuracy of crime stats. And why some parents say they are

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wrongly accused of abducting their own children at London's airports.

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Good afternoon, and welcome to the BBC News At One.

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An investigation is underway after a US military helicopter crashed on

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the North Norfolk coast last night, killing all four people onboard. The

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Pave Hawk was taking part in a low-flying exercise flying out of

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RAF Lakenheath, when it came down in marshes near Cley-next-the Sea. Our

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correspondent Jo Black is near the scene of the crash.

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Yes, yesterday afternoon to helicopters took off from RAF

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Lakenheath, but only one survived. That aircraft can be seen on the

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landscape but find me. The other one is complete wreckage, now being

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looked at by investigators. What happened here cost for people there

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lives. One helicopter remains grounded, the other is

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unrecognisable, shattered in pieces. Last night, both took off from the

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base. It was supposed to be a low-level training exercise, but

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something went wrong. The helicopter came very low over the back, very

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noisy, and the lights were bright, they lit the whole house up. It was

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making a weird noise and then the next thing I heard was the sky

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rinse. It is a better-known version of the Black Hawk. It is used in

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humanitarian missions. It usually had a crew of four but can carry 12

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passengers. It is designed for flying at night and has an excellent

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safety record. It is a very reliable, tough helicopter. It has

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been constantly upgraded. I would imagine it has the best safety

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record of any helicopter the United States military has ever owned. This

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afternoon, officers are collecting evidence. Debris has scattered

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everywhere and the crash site is beside a big football pitch. Cos

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there was live ammunition board, conditions remain hazardous. There

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are some problems in that the aircraft was carrying gun

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ammunition, said there are bullets scattered about this area I've just

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described it will have to be recovered. The Pave Hawk was one of

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a number at the US force. The fighter jets also blight out of

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here. Today, Blagdon at the base are at half-mast. Meanwhile, bodies of

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the crew members will remain at the crash site until the coroner is

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satisfied and the investigation can be handed over to the military.

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There has been lots of speculation as to the cause of this crash. Some

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have cited technical difficulties, some have talked about a possible

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bird strike, because this happened near a nature reserve. But the

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investigations are in the early stages and it could be weeks before

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we know the real reason why this happened. In the meantime, the

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Norfolk police are expecting to give us an update in the next half-hour.

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I defence correspondent is with me now. Tell us more about what they

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were doing. Nothing too unusual about this mission, a lot of

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military helicopters fly in this area. We've been told this was a

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training exercise, a low-level flying mission, and they do that

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quite often, as I said. The question is perhaps why night? Well, this

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kind of crew go in potentially behind Avenue -- behind enemy lines,

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so they have to be combat ready. And why was it armed? We understand it

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was carrying 1200 rounds for its machine gun. Essentially, it

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could've been going to a range, there are a number of nearby ranges.

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And were also told it is routine to carry weapons on board and

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ammunition on a training exercise. Weather records have been broken

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across America, with all 50 states experiencing sub-zero temperatures

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yesterday. The small town of Embarrass in Minnesota was the

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coldest, at -37C. The most extreme arctic blasts, blamed on a weather

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pattern known as the polar vortex, were said to have affected nearly

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190 million people. Katy Watson reports.

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These are Arctic conditions, but this is no glacier, it is the

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Niagara River. The freezing temperatures and blizzard like

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conditions are creating scenes like this all over the US. The past few

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days have been relentless. Temperatures in the midwest fell to

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-37 Celsius. Twice the cold of to Google freezer. I'm freezing. I'm

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numb, and I'm pregnant, so were both numb. In Chicago, Lake Michigan is

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warmer than the air outside. Residents are used to freezing

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temperatures, but these conditions are testing the homeless, who have

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had to find shelter in doors. Last night we had over a thousand people

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individuals, which we've never had before. Nearly 190 million people

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have been affected across the country by the pattern known as the

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polar vortex which began at the weekend. For some, these have been

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deadly. The weather has brought roads to a standstill, literally.

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These cars were frozen to the ground after a water main broke. Canada did

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not escape will stop hundreds of flights were frozen -- cancelled on

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Tuesday. It has been so cold that even Hell has frozen over. Residents

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of this small town have been digging themselves out of snow. Along with

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everyone else, they are hoping the warmer temperatures by the end of

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the week. Well, here it is the jet stream that

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is responsible for the heavy rain and floods that have been swamping

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parts of the UK. More than 100 drug warnings remain in place.

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I'm hearing what should be a very pretty part that actually looks more

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like a swimming pool. Not that you would want to swim in this. As you

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said, more than 100 blood warnings are in place across the U K -- flood

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warnings. It might look pretty, but beneath

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the Meadows lies the Merc. Filthy floodwater coursing through this

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ancient city. A site where enough for locals to want to snap it and

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share it. I haven't seen it as bad as this. I've lived here for 16

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years and it is the third time I've not been able to cross this without

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Wellington boots. Let's hope they continue to have it under control.

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For one village in Somerset, the water has proved beyond control.

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Residents were told it was a once in a century event. No wonder they are

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angry it has happened again. We've been pushing and pushing for

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dredging to be done. They say it won't make any difference. Of course

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it will. The church has changed. It is now part supermarket, part

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listening point, admit disbelief the deluge has happened again. Some are

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not waiting for the Environment Agency to wade in and help. One

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farmer in Shropshire is trying to protect his land by dredging his own

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River. They don't like is to take silk out of the river, they don't

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like is to take weeds out or to raise the banks, but if we didn't do

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this sort of thing in this situation, the land either side

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would be flooded fairly regularly. You've heard of pop-up shops, now in

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guilt that they have pop-up flood defences. One of many ways that the

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Environment Agency is acting to protect homes and businesses. These

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are tried and tested. They might look a bit flimsy that they are

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tried and tested and these came from East Anglia over the weekend, so we

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got no concerns about the fact they will be able to deal with the

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situation. Not far away is pearly, where there are yet more problems

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filmed by those living along. Every county in England has now had a

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flood warning. All because of the weather that has marred this winter.

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You get a sense from all that that all this water is creating a lot of

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frustration. The Environment Agency tell us they are protecting more

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than 1 million homes with their various defence systems. They have

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teams working around the clock to try to stop people from getting

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flooded by waters like this. But the bad news is that, as always, there

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is more water on the way. That means more problems and frustration across

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the UK. Sarah Campbell is in Chertsey in

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Surrey. The Thames is where that boaters,

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but there is a lot of water in between there and here. Not so much

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a problem on the flood plain, but residents are seeing they have not

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seen water levels like this since 2003. You can see the houses over

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here. Daniel Butcher is one of the local residents. It's a bit of a

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mess, isn't it's yes, there is about three foot at the back of the house.

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It is running through the house like a river. The digger has been hired

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by the local residents to cut the channel through. A bit of a

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desperate measure. It is just trying to alleviate the flood plain. We do

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see it the lab in times but this is the highest it's been since 2003. Is

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your home recoverable? No, the ground floor has three feet flowing

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through it like a river. We've moved and was upstairs but the water is

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slowly creeping in. It's just time now. This is why were trying to

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drain away. The longer it sits, the more it soaks in and stagnates.

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Thank you and good luck will stop the bad news for residents as you

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been hearing across the country is that the River Thames level is due

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to rise further over the next few days. There is more rain forecast

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for tomorrow. As we saw a moment ago in America it

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is the big freeze paralysing parts of the state.

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America's ABC correspondent, Linzie Thomas, is in Buffalo, in the state

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of New York. Extraordinary conditions. How much

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longer will this last? Not too much longer, luckily. We are in the

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bull's-eye of that polar vortex right now. It is -12 Celsius. I'm

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standing on a frozen lake. That polar air is sweeping across this

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lake, colliding with the warmer temperatures at its service and

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dumping so much snow on the shores it is coming down at a rate of four

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inches per hour. This area is expecting up to five feet of snow,

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blizzard like white out conditions, as you can see. Roads are closed,

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schools are closed. This is what they call lake effect snow. And this

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is the place for it, the snow belts. Incredible, thank you.

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The Labour MP Paul Goggins has died a week after collapsing while out

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jogging with his son. He was 60. The former Northern Ireland and Home

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Office minister - who represented Wythenshawe and Sale East - had been

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in Parliament since 1997. The Labour leader Ed Miliband said the party

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had lost "one of its most dignified, humane, wise and loyal MPs."

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It's emerged around half of criminals convicted of sexual

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assault, burglary and drug dealing in England and Wales in 2012 were

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not sent to prison. The figures were released by the Ministry of Justice

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following a parliamentary question from Shadow Justice Secretary Sadiq

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Khan. Our political correspondent Ross Hawkins has more.

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How many people who break the law gets sent straight to jail? It turns

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out last year roughly half of those convicted of burglary, half of those

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convicted of sexual assault and half convicted of suspected drug dealing

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went direct to prison in England and Wales. It means, of course, that the

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rest of those offenders face fines or suspended sentences after

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convictions, but not time walking corridors like these. This is

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leading to victims saying, what is the point of reporting a crime, what

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is the point of giving evidence if it means people who are found guilty

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don't receive the appropriate sentence? The figures vary, 94% of

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rapists go straight to prison. Changing things could be expensive.

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More prisoners would mean more prison places and they don't come

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for free. Politicians who work at the Ministry of Justice, or who want

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to in the future, like to talk tough. In fact, the percentage of

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offenders sent straight to jail in England and Wales has fluctuated

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between roughly seven and 8% over the last ten years. What has changed

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are the sentences. They have got longer, rising on average by a month

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since the general election. The minister says they are dealing with

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a system created by the last government. One of the things that

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really frustrated me was the level of people who commit that kind of

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offence who are getting off with a caution. We have stopped that now,

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they have to end up in court and we will continue to take measures to

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toughen up. This is a convex business. These measures include

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offenders under 18 who often get lighter sentences than adults -- a

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complex business. These figures are of concern. Every case needs to be

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treated on its own merits and judges will make decisions about sentencing

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at we want them to be sure they are understanding what the impact of

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that crime has been on victims. The question of who ends up here

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remains, gated, emotive and one the politicians can't afford to ignore

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-- remains complicated. Our top story this lunchtime.

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An investigation's underway after a US Air Force helicopter crashes in

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Norfolk, killing four people onboard.

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And still to come - a football first? FIFA's Secretary General

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rules out the summer months of June and July for Qatar's 2022 World Cup.

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Later on BBC London. 54 flood warnings and almost 100 alerts -

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because of the continuing wet weather. We're live in Surrey with

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the latest. And we go Underground to take a look at the latest work on

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the new Tottenham Court Road Station.

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Ten days after the skiing accident that left Michael Schumacher with a

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life-threatening head injury, the Formula 1 star remains critical but

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stable - in a medically induced coma in hospital. He was wearing a camera

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on his helmet when he hit a rock in Meribel in the French Alps. This

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morning French investigators, who've been examining the footage, have

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been giving details of what it revealed. Our correspondent, Imogen

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Foulkes, is outside the court house in Albertville in France where they

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were speaking. What have they been saying? This investigation is

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already well underway. The team have staged a reconstruction up on the

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slope where Michael Schumacher had his accident. They have interviewed

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his teenage son who was with him. They have analysed this video

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footage from his helmet camera. All of that evidence corroborates it

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self. We know that Michael Schumacher chose to go off piste, to

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leave pistes which were clearly marked. The chief investigator here

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said that video footage in particular divide some very clear

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evidence of how Michael Schumacher fell and where he felt -- provides

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some very clear evidence. TRANSLATION: His position after he

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fell was nine metres away from the least. We proceeded to examine the

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film he recorded. This film is perfectly clear and gives us a lot

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of information and confirms all of the detail we already had. So we

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know from that film, and from witnesses that Michael Schumacher,

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off piste, skied over a rock. That caused him to fall, he was thrown

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forward, he hit his head on another rock and that is what caused those

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serious injuries. Interestingly, the investigative team who performed 50

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such enquiries into ski accidents each year, say they can't say yet

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just how fast he was going. They need to look at the video footage

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frame by frame to assess that. They did say, though, he was skiing as he

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is, a very experienced skier. The investigation continues. Michael

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Schumacher, as you said, still in a coma in hospital.

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The boss of Sainsbury's says the supermarket chain had its "best

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Christmas ever" with more than 28 million transactions in the week

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running up to Christmas Day. Waitrose has also been toasting a

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record Christmas. But there are warnings that 2014 could prove to be

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a difficult year for supermarkets as customers tighten their belts. Our

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business correspondent, Ben Thompson, is here.

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Sainsbury's, better than expected, but latest results reflect how tough

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it is out there. They do. Despite beating expectations, the boss of

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Sainsbury's today, warning that still conditions out there remain

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very tough. Nonetheless, Sainsbury's managed to report a 0.2% rise in

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sales for the last quarter. They say that a good Christmas really did

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help offset a difficult October and November. That means it is the 36th

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consecutive quarter of growing sales. That is more than nine years.

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All the more impressive, given the state of the economy and the

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economic recovery. But its biggest growth area has been in smaller than

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brilliant stores. Sales there rose by 18%. Nonetheless, the boss of

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Sainsbury's told us that all supermarkets are having to work much

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harder to get customers through their doors. You can see that small

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shops RE where it is at at the moment in terms of growth. -- really

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wear. Yes, algae, Lidl, a lot of the retailers that your viewers will

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know are all important. -- Aldi. They will have one supermarket that

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they consider to be their main supermarket but they will shop

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around. Waitrose have had a great Christmas but what about the rest of

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the competition? Their sales were up over the vital Christmas period. We

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have also heard from the Co-op, telling us that sales in its food

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business were up. The important test will come tomorrow, we will hear

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from Marks Spencer, we are expected sales to fall for its

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clothing but it could be offset by better-than-expected food sales. We

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will also hear from the UK's largest supermarket, Tesco, they are also

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expected to see a fall in sales. Thank you.

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A coroner has ruled that PC David Rathband - who was found hanging a

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year and a half after he was shot and blinded by gunman Raoul Moat -

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did take his own life. PC Rathband was shot in July 2010 by Raoul Moat

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who was on the run. At the inquest, the Coroner Eric Armstrong said the

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attack on PC Rathband was the "first step" in the series of events which

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led to him killing himself. He urged none of those involved in the

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hearing to blame themselves. Voters should be required to show ID

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at polling stations in an attempt to stamp out electoral fraud - that's

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according to the elections watchdog. The Electoral Commission also wants

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to prevent political candidates and campaigners handling any postal

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votes. It's been reviewing vote-rigging, and admits that whilst

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it is rare, electoral fraud is normally committed by candidates or

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their supporters as Alex Forsyth reports.

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Elections, a time when the public decides who is in power. Now the

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voting watchdog, the Electoral Commission, has suggested a change

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to the system. It wants voters to produce ID at the ballot box to

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prevent electoral fraud, as they do in Northern Ireland. What do voters

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in England think? Fraud is too much so the only thing to stop is to

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carry our own IDs. I think that is fantastic. People who don't have

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driving licence which some people carry around, you have got to take

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your passport and that is a bit silly, isn't it? I am not fully

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aware of how much broader is in election so it is difficult for me

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to make a mad, but obviously we shouldn't allow any, so if it helps,

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I am for it. The Electoral Commission has identified 16 areas

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at risk of vote ringing. -- rigging. It is also examining allegations

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that Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities are susceptible. Tower

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Hamlets is alleged to have a history of electoral fraud. Proven cases are

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red but the Electoral Commission says even suspicion is enough to

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damage public trust in the voting system and that is what it wants to

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restore -- cases are rare. We will make sure we get the balance right

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between security and accessibility, and that the form of ID which we

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finally recommend doesn't disenfranchise people. We don't see

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that it would but we need to get that right. From June, voters will

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have to register individually and provide personal details to prevent

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fraud. A senior Liberal Democrat source has suggested the party would

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be nervous about a system which required voters to carry ID.

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FIFA's Secretary General has ruled out the 2022 World Cup in Qatar

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being played in the summer months of June and July. It comes after fears

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that the summer heat in the Gulf emirate could be dangerous for both

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fans and players. Our sports correspondent, Richard Conway, is in

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Salford. When could it be played? That remains the question. We have

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had a consultation process started by FIFA, that was launched in

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October last year. That was looking into possible dates. Jerome Valcke

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is a key member of that consultation process. His comments today that

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June and July would be ruled out effectively are significant in that

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context. FIFA were quick to clarify, they issued a statement

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saying it was his view and that the consultation process was still

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ongoing. We will wait to see that decision later this year. When will

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this World Cup be played? We know that January and February are ruled

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out, there is a clash with the Winter Olympics and that makes it

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impossible to play them. The comments on June and July seemingly

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rule out the summer, the traditional time slot. It seems increasingly

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likely that November and December is FIFA's preferred choice, but they

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are talking to players, leagues and domestic partners such as TV

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companies. We will see later in the year on a final decision when that

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World Cup, some eight years away from us still, will finally be

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played. Nominations for this year's Bafta

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film awards have been unveiled - with space drama Gravity, starring

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Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, leading the way. It's been short

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listed in 11 categories including best film and best British film,

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original screenplay and original music. 12 Years A Slave and American

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Hustle also landed ten nominations each. Here's our entertainment

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correspondent, Lizo Mzimba. Space thriller Gravity leads this year 's

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list with 11 nominations, including best film and Best actress for

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Sandra Bullock. Despite its American cast, it is a

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British movie. It was shot here and the ground-breaking special effects

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were done in the UK. Unsurprisingly, then, it is also up for best richest

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film. Come here. I said, near! Close behind is harrowing drama 12

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Years A Slave. It has ten nominations including best film and

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best actor for British star Chiwetel Ejiofor. To see myself and other

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people in the film talks about and thought of in this way, and the

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story we were trying to tell, just to talk about it it is very

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touching, and I am really thrilled. Every year, we are asked to predict

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who will wing and every year, most critics get it completely wrong --

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who will win. It is extraordinary for how long, harmony people have

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been saying 12 Years A Slave is the one to watch. -- how many people.

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Crime comedy drama American Hustle also has ten nominations, it is

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recognised in every category. These are the British Academy Awards and

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this is a strong year for many British performances, and not just

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in the biggest nominated films. Emma Thompson is nominated for best

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actress as Mary Poppins author PL Travers in Saving Mr Banks. And with

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her 15th nomination, this time for Philomena, the true story of a woman

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searching for the son she was forced to give up for adoption, Dame Judi

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Dench becomes the actress with the most ever film nominations from

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BAFTA. Time for a look at the weather. Here's Peter Gibbs. A bit

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quieter than it has been, we have even managed some spells of sunshine

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for many parts of the UK. You probably won't be too surprised to

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hear that we can't shake off the rain completely. Some rain is

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heading in from the South East as we speak, heavy bursts are possible for

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that we can see that gathering on the satellite picture. This big area

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of cloud is running in from the Atlantic. It looks like perhaps

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Wales is in the firing line as far as the heavy, more persistent rain

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is concerned through the rest of this afternoon. We have weather

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warnings in force because of the sogginess of the ground, still. As

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we had three to five o'clock this evening, during the busy travel

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period, the rain easing off for a good part of south-west England,

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very mild as well across the southern parts. Through the West

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Midlands and southern parts they will be a lot of rain, a lot of

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standing water am not terribly pleasant travelling conditions.

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Apache mist and fog starting to turn up but a fairly quiet end to the

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weekend -- Apache mist. Heavy bursts may be getting in a cross southern

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England. It will turn to snow across the high ground of northern England

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and southern Scotland. I touch of frost for the northern half of

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Scotland, maybe some ice around, most places will stay frost free. It

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will turn breezy overnight, the wind slowly easing during tomorrow. The

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cloud and the rain has taken a while to get out of the way, still some

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snow over the tops of the Pennines for a time. Most places end up with

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something drier and brighter as the day wears on. Temperatures in double

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figures in the south, near normal across northern areas. Let's look

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out into the Atlantic for Thursday into Friday. This weather front is

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the leading edge of this cold weather that has been hitting

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America over the last few days. By the time it gets across to our part

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of the world it is a spent force. It has been warmed up by the warmer

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waters of the Atlantic. A bit of rain but nothing terribly heavy

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living in. Some cold air in behind which could give snow across higher

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ground in Scotland. A cold, crisp start to the weekend, the chance of

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more rain from the west later on Sunday. Some uncertainty about that

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but overall, the message is quieter than we have seen but we need to

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watch for rain occasionally. Thank you very much.

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Now a reminder of our top story. Specialist investigators are

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examining the site in Norfolk where an American helicopter crashed last

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night, killing all four

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