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about to set out his views. This morning after meeting Mark Carney,

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Scotland's first minister Alex Salmond said the bank governor must

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limit himself to the technicalities. He'll be giving a technocratic

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assessment of the institutional arrangements necessary to make a

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currency union work. He won't be advocating it or arguing against it

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- that's a matter for the Scottish people. We're live in Edinburgh

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where the Governor of the Bank of England is about to make his speech.

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Also this lunchtime. A former News of the World reporter

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tells the hacking trial he was caught in a conspiracy at News

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International and had been "towing the company line".

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The Prime Minister confirms dredging is to start on some of Somerset's

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rivers as he calls an emergency meeting of Cobra to discuss the

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flooding. Britain WILL open its doors to some

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of the refugees fleeing the fighting in Syria - the Home Secretary says

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it's a matter of the greatest urgency.

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The British aid that is NOT helping these children because the money is

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going to so called "ghost" schools. Someone somewhere is getting

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Government funds for teachers and facilities but it's not being spent

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here and no children are benefiting. Later on BBC London.

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One in five workers set to benefit from new flexible travel cards to

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suit part-time workers. And why the Government's accused of

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discriminating against poor students as funding to 18-year-olds is cut.

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Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One. Scotland's First

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Minister, Alex Salmond, has held his first private meeting with the

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Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney - to talk about

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establishing a "sterling zone", should Scotland become independent.

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Mr Salmond - who wants to keep the pound - said the Governor had agreed

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to "technical discussions" on the issue, ahead of the independence

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referendum in September. Let's go live to Edinburgh, and our Scotland

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correspondent, Lorna Gordon. A private meeting this morning and

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in just under 15 minutes, a public speech here at this hotel in the

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centre of Edinburgh. Already there is an awful lot of interest in what

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Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, will have to say

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about the pound, about the currency. My report contains flash

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photography. The Governor of the Bank of England

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in Edinburgh and entering the debate on whether an independent Scotland

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can keep the pound. This Scottish Government aim was top of the

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Scottish agenda when Mark Carney and Alex Salmond met earlier.

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Scotland's first Minister believes the Governor's job is not to argue

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or advocate but to advise. He will be providing a technocratic

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assessment and I look forward to that. The issues we raise our once

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we have anticipated in the fiscal commission and we can make an

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independent Scotland work for the benefit of the Scottish people, and

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we can have the institutional arrangements that can make keeping

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the pound work for the Scottish people as well. Mr Carney is not a

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politician but he is a key figure in the UK economy and when he speaks,

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people listen. He warned of problems with currency unions, a particular

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the eurozone. There are issues with respect to currency unions, we have

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seen them in Europe. Those decisions are made between the relevant

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parliaments and governments. We implement whatever decision is made.

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The UK government believes if the political union were to end, the

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currency union would struggle to survive, warning that a sterling

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zone containing an independent Scotland would be highly challenging

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and unlikely. People in Edinburgh like the idea of keeping the pound,

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but accept there may be problems. I think Scotland should retain

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sterling, it would be the easiest option, there will be enough change

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going on. Keep the pound. It is what we are used to. We don't want to

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change. Do want to get into the mess that is the Euro? Probably not. My

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view would be to keep the pound. What happens in their pocket is

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important to most voters but today's speech by Mark Carney would

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shed more light on the economic debate taking place ahead of the

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referendum. A couple of hundred people from all

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walks of life have gathered at this hotel in Edinburgh to hear what Mark

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Carney has two say. After he has given his speech, they will have the

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chance to ask questions and then Mark Carney will open himself up to

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questions from the media. There are a good number of TV crews and

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journalists also interested in what he has to say.

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A lot of key moments between now and the September referendum, how

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important is this one? There have been a lot of position papers over

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the last few months, from one side or the other, from the better

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together campaign, or the yes campaign, or from the Westminster

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campaign. By their nature they are partisan, they are arguing for yes

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or no in the referendum. I think this is the first time we have had

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an impartial figure and a very significant impartial figure, coming

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out and giving a view. He is keen to underline that he is a technocrat,

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he delivers what the voters and politicians decide, but nonetheless,

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it is significant, what he has to say this afternoon. As to whether it

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will make or break this campaign and help the voters decide, I think

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ultimately it won't be that significant because there are eight

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months to go still. Thank you very much.

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And you can watch Mark Carney's speech live on the BBC News Channel

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in just a few minutes' time. A News of the World reporter who's

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admitted hacking during his time at the paper said he'd been caught in a

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conspiracy at News International and was "towing the company line." Dan

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Evans was being cross examined this morning about his claim that the

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newspaper's former editor, Andy Coulson, knew about hacking at the

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Sunday tabloid - a claim Mr Coulson denies. Our correspondent, Tom

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Symonds, is at the Old Bailey. Dan Evans is the reporter who

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pleaded guilty to phone hacking, but then he says came to realise he had

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taken the wrong path in life, and effectively switched sides. He is

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now giving evidence for the prosecution, chiefly against Andy

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Coulson. The major police investigation that

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led to this trial began in 2011. Police raiding the homes of News

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International staff, looking for evidence of phone hacking. One of

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those arrested was Dan Evans. He was questioned by detectives after a

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phone company reported someone had tried to access the voice mail of

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designer Kelly Copp one. Evans denied it was him as saying at one

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point he had dialled the number by mistake because his phone had sticky

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keys. It was a lie. Dan Evans told the baby, I was very frightened

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man, I did not know what to do: But under cross-examination, he was

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asked why he then changed his story, admitting his role in hacking

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and offering to help the police with their inquiries in return for

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immunity from prosecution. Timothy Laurence ail QC said: -- Timothy

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Langdale to Dan Evans agreed, his evidence

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including the claim that hacking was discussed at News of the World daily

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editorial conferences. Evans admitted he did not attend this but

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had been told by a colleague just after he had been to one.

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He was accused of deliberately linking Andy Coulson with the

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hacking of actor Daniel Craig's mobile phone, so he would be

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implicated. The defence barrister said it wasn't true. Dan Evans said,

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I didn't see you there at the time, it is true. Though Dan Evans wanted

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immunity from prosecution, he was not given it. After he heard that,

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he withdrew his support for the police investigation and he was

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prosecuted. He pleaded guilty to two counts of phone hacking and two

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other offences including perverting the course of justice. As for Andy

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Coulson, he denies all involvement in phone hacking and the prosecution

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case continues. It is likely to end towards the end of this week.

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Thank you. Police have confirmed that the team

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of British detectives has visited Portugal as part of investigations

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into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. The Metropolitian Police

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says the team were in Pharoah as part of regular visits made in

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connection with the enquiry -- were in Faro.

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David Cameron has promised that dredging will begin in Somerset's

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swollen rivers as soon as possible. Villages on the Somerset Levels have

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faced weeks of flooding, with many blaming the state of the rivers

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there for the situation. In a moment, we'll be hearing from our

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correspondent in Wales, which has also been badly affected by this

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month's storms. First, though, let's speak to our chief political

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correspondent, Norman Smith. Norman, we hear that the emergency Cobra

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committee is meeting this afternoon, David Cameron talking about it in

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the Commons, you think the government has been slow to react to

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the sense of outrage that is clearly felt in Somerset and other places? I

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think we are seeing the ramifications, the backwash if you

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like, from the very rough ride that Environment Secretary Owen Paterson

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got on Monday when he went to Somerset. I surmised that people in

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Downing Street were aghast at the fury of residents that clearly felt

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they had been abandoned. As a consequence of which, we heard the

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Prime Minister this lunchtime saying the current situation was not

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acceptable and nothing was ruled out in terms of government support,

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specifically not just that first Cobra meeting for several weeks,

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which will begin this afternoon, but also providing more high-pressure

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pumps to try to clear away the water. Dredging, despite the

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environmental concerns, will begin as soon as the rain stops and the

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water subsides, so the machines can actually get into the rivers. And I

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am told they have not ruled out the possibility of using the military to

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protect households and to help people who need to get to hospital

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appointments and require other emergency treatment. Interesting, to

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come in the Prime Minister spokesman was rather jokingly asked whether

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the government would consider appointing a minister for rain. That

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was swept to one side, but it is clear the Prime Minister himself

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will take a much closer grip on the situation. He said in the Commons, I

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will try to get this problem sorted. I think we can expect Mr Cameron

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himself to take a much more direct role. Thank you very much. Let's

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cross to Wales. A huge chunk of the Coast Porsche washed away -- of the

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coast was washed away and it is flooded every day as the tide sweeps

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in. Matthew Richards is there for us, quite a genetic operation that

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has got underway, as I understand it. Speed is of the essence because

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a high tide is expected this weekend and it will be considerably higher

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than the type that caused problems at the beginning of January,

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although we will not have the storm surge that also caused problems.

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Natural resources Wales have roped in a helicopter which is bringing in

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many dozens heavy sandbags filled with rocks may look true quarry --

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from a local quarry. We had around five homes that were affected, it is

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quite a rural area, people were trapped up to their waist by water

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and had to be rescued by members of the lifeboat crew. About 1000 acres

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of land was affected by flood water. Anxious people are keeping an eye on

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the weather and the tide, but hopefully the work going on behind

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me will give them some peace of mind. Thank you very much.

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Some refugees fleeing the civil war in Syria are to be allowed into

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Britain. The Government says it expects several hundred to come

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here, but says it won't be signing up to a United Nations quota on how

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many to take in. Here's our political correspondent, Ross

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Hawkins. Driven from their homes by war,

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Syrian refugees left waiting in camps, and now some will begin in

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sanctuary in Britain. We will be coming forward with a scheme to help

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the most needy people in those refugee camps, and offer them a home

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in our country. We want to make sure we particularly help those who have

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been victims of sexual violence. There is no debate about the scale

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of this problem. More than 2 million Syrians have fled the country. The

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High Commissioner for Refugees wants to resettle 30,000 of the most

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vulnerable this year. Britain would take part in the UN programme but

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will now accept hundreds of people, although ministers won't say exactly

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how many. The government is committed to giving ?600 million

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worth of humanitarian aid, more than any other country apart from the

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US. Labour say they have persuaded ministers to take refugees as well,

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and they want action. Now the decision has apparently been taken,

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will he reassure the house he will act with the utmost emergency,

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because we are talking about the most honourable people in refugee

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camps who need help now -- most vulnerable people. British party

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politics mean nothing in these camps, of course. It is the decision

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that matters. The important thing is the principle that we are going to

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resettle a significant number of vulnerable refugees from the refugee

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camps in the countries neighbouring Syria, it is the right thing to do.

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In Geneva today, more talks but no breakthrough as the opposing sides

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meet. Plenty of Western countries are taking refuge is now at the UN

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still needs them to do more. Minister is no they can protect some

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individuals. They don't pretend that today's announcement can begin to

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address the much wider problems faced by millions of refugees. The

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man widely credited with turning around the fortunes of Sainsbury's

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is leaving the company after ten years in charge. The supermarket

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chainsaw nearly a decade of consecutive growth in sales.

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In the battle for our weekly shopping budget, one supermarket has

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seen its sales rise every year for almost a decade. But the man who has

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presided over Sainsbury's success is saying goodbye. Great leaders - and

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I hope the history will judge me as one - should leave something in the

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tank. The business should go on to ever-greater strengths and you

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should be pleased in that. I hope to be looking from the outside in in

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years to come proud of what the business is still achieving. He

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addressed Sainsbury's staff this morning with the commercial director

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at his side. He is taking over as CEO. King will be a tough act to

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follow. In his decade as Chief Executive, he has seen Sainsbury's

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generate ten million new customers a week, with sales up by ?9.5 billion,

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Sainsbury's has a 17% share of the market, second to Tesco. These are

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some of the most obvious monuments to Justin King's leadership. He

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decided to rebrand many of the convenient stores to Sainsbury's

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Locals and they have become one of the most successful parts of the

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Sainsbury's empire. Discount supermarkets like Aldi are putting

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pressure on the Big Four chains. Sainsbury's has had to cut its

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profit forecast and much depends on how the new Chief Executive decides

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to respond to the challenge. We have seen over and over again that the

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quality of the guy at the top of a big retailer like this, it is

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critical. It's such a demanding job to have the drive and the vision,

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the charisma. In the end, it is all about-turnover. There are plenty of

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shoppers coming through the doors, but with King heading for the exit,

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the question will be asked - what is next for Sainsbury's?

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Our top story this lunchtime: Scotland's First Minister holds

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talks with the governor of the Bank of England over how an independent

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Scotland could keep the pound as its currency.

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And still to come: Rising from the Ashes - England's women show the men

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how it's done - finally beating the Aussies Down Under.

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Later on BBC London: Home to the most dangerous and disturbed

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patients. A unique look inside Broadmoor hospital ahead of its move

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to new premises. And an unusual role for Sir Derek

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Jacobi - as he's sculpted live in front of an audience.

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The world is facing a global education crisis according to the

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United Nations. It says a quarter of a billion children don't have basic

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skills in numeracy or literacy. In Pakistan, one of the problems is

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corruption. Money - some of it from the UK - is being poured into the

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country to pay for schools - some of which simply don't exist. From Sindh

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Province in Pakistan, Aleem Maqbool reports.

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Coming to the end of a hard day's work. He should be at primary

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school. Instead, he and his friends have been up since dawn harvesting

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sugar cane and carrying it to store. He isn't shore how old he is and

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from what he told us, he barely understands the concept of what a

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school is. He's not the only one. It appeared that farming around here

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was being done entirely by young children. Every one of them said

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they knew no-one who is getting an education. This boy did at least

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know what a school was. TRANSLATION: It's my dream to go to

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school. Since there isn't one in this area, I'll never be able to.

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In a province which has been given huge sums of foreign aid for

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education, including tens of millions of pounds from the British

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Government, why are so many children missing out on schooling? Here is

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one reason. This is the government girls primary school. Or it would be

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if it wasn't for corruption. This is what's known around here as a ghost

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school. Someone somewhere is getting government funds for teachers and

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for facilities, but it is not being spent here and no children are

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benefitting. This is just one such ghost school among 22 in this small

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area alone. One which unsurprisingly has one of the lowest literacy rates

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in all of Pakistan. I know there are certain lapses,

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certain lapses on the part of the officials, certain lapses on the

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part of the teachers. The monitoring has to be improved. Many have had

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enough of the promises. This teacher has set up class under a tree

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offering free lessons. He's decided that to do what is right and avoid

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corruption, the only way is to bypass the government completely.

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There aren't nearly enough people like him to help the millions of

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Pakistani children who are in need. Aleem Maqbool, BBC News, in Sindh.

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The trial of the actor Bill Roache for rape and indecent assault has

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been hearing about security at the Granada Studios where Coronation

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Street was recorded - and where some of the incidents are alleged to have

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taken place. Anne Kirkbride described Roache as always being a

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perfect gentleman. The 81-year-old denies all the charges. Let's speak

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to our correspondent, Judith Moritz, who's been listening to the

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morning's evidence at Preston Crown Court. What struck you as the most

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interesting of the evidence that you heard? Well, I suppose it was a bit

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of showbusiness during a trial which is now into its third week, Jon.

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William Roache arrived having spoken out in his defence yesterday. Today,

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he was back in the dock and so it was his turn to sit and watch as

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members of the Coronation Street cast came here today to give

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evidence in support. The first person was the actress Anne

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Kirkbride. She came into the courtroom, the first thing she was

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asked after her personal details was whether she had known William Roache

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for a long time. At that point she looked across to the dock where

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William Roache was sitting, the two smiled at each other and she said,

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"Absolutely." She was asked various questions about her co-star's

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character. She was asked, "If you had to choose one word to describe

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William Roache, what would it be?" She said, "Lovely." Then she went on

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to describe him as the perfect gentleman. She said, "He always

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behaved impeccably, perfectly." And then just after her, we heard from

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Chris Gascoyne, who plays Peter Barlow. He said it was a joy to be

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with Bill and he sets the precedent for everyone. He is decent and kind

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to everybody. William Roache denies two charges of rape and four charges

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of indecent assault. The trial will continue this afternoon. Judith,

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thank you very much. The coroner at the inquest of a Red

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Arrows' pilot has been hearing that the firing handle of his ejector

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seat was in the wrong position and it hadn't been spotted. The Coroner

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has spent the morning delivering his verdict into the death of Flight

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Lieutenant Sean Cunningham, who died when his seat fired and his

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parachute didn't deploy in time to save him. Danny Savage has been at

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the Coroner's Court in Lincoln. One word kept cropping up - that

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word was failure. Failure by the Ministry of Defence to spot that

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that ejection handle was in the wrong position, failure by the RAF,

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who knew that could happen and failure by the company who made the

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ejection seat who knew that a single nut and bolt could stop the

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parachute from his ejection seat deploying properly. All failures

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that have left a family grieving. Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham,

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an RAF pilot who was at the peak of his career. It was a career and life

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cut short by a chain of events which should never have happened. He was

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preparing to take off for a formation flight with his colleagues

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from the Red Arrows. Famous the world over for their spectacular

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stunts, flying just a few feet apart. But Red Five, which was

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Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham's call sign, never got his plane off

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the ground that day. He was ejected from his Hawk jet as he made his

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pre-flight checks. His inquest was shown this ejector seat. The

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ejection handle to be pulled in an emergency wasn't locked in place

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properly. The Coroner today said a range of MoD personnel failed to

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spot the problem on 19 separate occasions. Being ejected shouldn't

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have proved fatal, but the parachute on his seat didn't open. The

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34-year-old plummeted from 220 feet and died of multiple injuries.

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Martin Baker, the company who make the seats for the Red Arrows, were

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today criticised for poor communication because they knew

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about a potential problem with the parachute in the seats. A problem

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they told some air forces about, but not the RAF.

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In the last few minutes, Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham's father

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has come out to give his statement from the family. He just describes

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his son's death as "pointless and avoidable" and he was very emotional

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as he gave that statement. The real human cost of what happened that day

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in November 2011. Danny, thank you very much.

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You may have heard of them at universities, theatres and

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cathedrals. Well now, you can find an artist-in-residence on a bus.

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Denise Poote sketches images as she travels around Bournemouth. There's

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only one slight drawback to the job. She suffers from travel sickness! So

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how does she do it? Our correspondent, Duncan Kennedy, has

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been to find out. Canvas? Check. Drawing implements? Check. Coat?

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Check. Bus? Check again! Denise Poote is the artist-in-residence on

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a double-decker bus. She's been appointed by Bournemouth Council to

:26:22.:26:26.

make art on the move. It's creating whilst commuting. Over the course of

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a journey, I collect a series of marks that represent my experience

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of that journey. She works in pencil. The only oils here are the

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ones in the engine! But there's one drawback as she draws - she suffers

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from motion sickness so can't look down as she writes. It is not a

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problem. I'm just making marks and recording the journey that I'm

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seeing at the window. She says her artistic brush with a bus has

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produced this, Route 33, and this - Route 1C and how about Route 19.

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They are not squiggles, but a fusion of art and maps. This is one of her

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finished pieces of work. Where else to test it out - among the bus

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passengers themselves. I like it. Very impressive. You can see

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movement in the picture. Interesting.

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REPORTER: Can you understand it? No! REPORTER: What do you think? It is a

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brain-teaser. You might call this Denise's Yellow Period. The bus

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company are tickled pink with what she has done so far. We are about

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how simply you can fit buses into your life. If we can make it easier

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for local artists, how good is that? She has a few more routes to

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chronicle before her drawings are put on display. She is hoping people

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will see this as artwork that doesn't look like the back end of a

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bus! Duncan Kennedy, BBC News, in Bournemouth.

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Well, England's women have managed to do what the men couldn't. They've

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retained the Ashes by winning their latest match Down Under and giving

:28:08.:28:10.

them an unbeatable lead in the multi-format series. England's

:28:11.:28:12.

captain, Charlotte Edwards, hit the winning runs and said the victory

:28:13.:28:22.

"meant everything". Time for a look at the weather.

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Here's Susan Powell. I think it is going to come as a

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shock to many of us that we are going to have something more in the

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way of proper cold through this afternoon and for tomorrow. It is

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really only a short snap of cold weather. Milder conditions are

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likely to be back with us through Friday. The reason it is turning

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colder - the wind cutting across us from the east. That will strengthen

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through this afternoon bringing in cold air from the Continent. There

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should be some sunshine this afternoon for western Scotland.

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Eastern areas will continue with some showers, although they should

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thin out as the hour goes by. Still some showers to come for Northern

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Ireland as well. As we head further south, we are still talking about

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rain, but the colder air could mean if you are out about, don't be

:29:07.:29:11.

surprised if you see a bit of sleet or snow for a time. Certainly, that

:29:12.:29:18.

colder air will start to make itself felt. The bigger problem could

:29:19.:29:23.

possibly be as though showers clear away south overnight tonight and

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temperatures fall, particularly across Scotland and Northern Ireland

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and Wales. Further south, more in the way of cloud. Still some

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outbreaks of rain around. We should be largely frost-free. In rural

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areas, temperatures will dip away further. Then we go on into

:29:41.:29:45.

Thursday. It promises to be a pretty cold day. We have still got that raw

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wind coming across from the east. There is quite a lot of cloud

:29:50.:29:52.

around. Still some rain and sleet mixed in with it as well. Northern

:29:53.:29:57.

Ireland will struggle to see much brightness through the day,

:29:58.:30:01.

particularly through the afternoon. Western Scotland, Northern England,

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Wales will be in line for some of the best of the brightness. Lower

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temperatures than we have been used to. It will feel cold. Here is

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Friday. Low pressure winding up from the Atlantic. We are back to a

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westerly air feed. Temperatures will come shooting up. The rain will

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compiling in. It will be a chilly start for eastern areas. The

:30:25.:30:31.

problem, though, will be the rain and particularly for the South West.

:30:32.:30:37.

We could be talking about 25 millimetres through Friday.

:30:38.:30:41.

Potentially, some problems with flooding this weekend as well. In

:30:42.:30:45.

this case, it will be because of strengthening winds and spring tide.

:30:46.:30:49.

For the weekend, it is looking miserable again. A lot of showers

:30:50.:30:55.

around. A full outlook is on bbc.co.uk/weather.

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Susan, thank you. A reminder of our top story: Scotland's First Minister

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has held talks with the Governor of the Bank of England over how an

:31:06.:31:09.

independent Scotland could keep the pound as its currency.

:31:10.:31:13.

That's all from us. Now on BBC One

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