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A video claiming to show more than a hundred of the kidnapped Nigerian

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schoolgirls is released by the Islamist group Boko Haram. It says

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it won't release the Nigerian schoolgirls until all their

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militants are freed from prison. We'll be live in Borno province with

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our world affairs editor. Also this lunchtime: A woman has

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told a court of her shock at being assaulted by Rolf Harris while on

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holiday with his family in Hawaii. The Prime Minister says the Take

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That singer Gary Barlow doesn't need to hand back his OBE over the tax

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avoidance scheme he'd used. The toll of battle - there's a sharp

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increase in the number of Afghanistan veterans seeking help

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for post traumatic stress disorder. Countdown to Glasgow 2014 - the

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Commonwealth baton begins its 74 day tour of the British Isles.

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Later on BBC London, the former Essex County Council leader faces

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suspension from Parliament over his allowances.

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And warning of Muslims being radicalised in prison.

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Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One. A new video said to

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show more than 130 of the missing schoolgirls, kidnapped in Nigeria

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almost a month ago, has been released by the Islamist group, Boko

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Haram. It shows pictures of the group's leader who says the girls

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will only be freed if members of his group are released from detention.

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Our correspondent Nick Childs reports.

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Images that are sure to renew the anguish but also maybe raise some

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hopes for the missing Nigerian schoolgirls. According to Boko

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Haram, this frightened looking group is more than 100 of the abducted

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girls. They are chanting verse from the Koran will stop their

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full-length garb is because they have converted to Islam, say Boko

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Haram. A militant leader sets out is demands in the video. He says he

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will release the girls only if members of Boko Haram are also set

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free from prison. Here, one girl from the group, shuffles anxiously

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forward, reciting the Koran. Here, a rather contracting image and a very

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different appearance. Four students reunited with their families a week

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after the abduction. The grief of these families over their missing

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children has reached an resonated around the world. Nearly a month now

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since the Boko Haram read that right this school and took away their

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pupils, the international effort to find them has widened. Israel has

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offered its expertise. The Nigerian military may be making a show of its

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presence on the ground now, but still the criticism grows over the

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authorities response. They will tell you they are doing their best. But

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we as parents, and I as a representative of the people, will

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only say the Government have done very well if the girls are back safe

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and healthy. If the girls are back. We don't know when or exactly where

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this video was recorded. The state governor of the region believes most

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of them are still in Nigeria and have not been taken across the

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border. What all this means for the chances of finding and freeing them

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is not clear. But it is sure to sharpen the global concern for their

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fate. A woman has been telling a jury how,

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as a teenager, she was sexually abused by Rolf Harris while she was

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on holiday with the entertainer and his family. Rolf Harris denies

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indecently assaulting her and three other girls, between 1968 and 1986.

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Our correspondent Sangita Myska is at Southwark Crown Court.

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Rolf Harris, once described as a national treasure, today came to

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court to face one of his accusers. She claims that Rolf Harris

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repeatedly sexually assaulted her over two decades. She says the abuse

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started when she was 13 years old on a family holiday to Hawaii. Flanked

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by his wife and his daughter, Rolf Harris arrived at court for the

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second day of his trial. It is Bindi's childhood friend who today

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accused the veteran childhood entertainer of abuse lasting more

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than two decades. Inside court, he listened intently through headphones

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as his alleged victim told the court:

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around the time of the alleged incident, Rolf Harris was well known

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and a much loved children's entertainer.

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It was that fame, said the alleged victim, but stopped speaking out and

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left her feeling disgusted with herself will stop she described her

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as a teenager she turned to alcohol. The alleged victim claims the abuse

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continued for several years after the holiday ended, including an

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incident at the Harris family home in Berkshire. Mr Harris is accused

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of 12 historic counts of indecent assault. There are at least four

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alleged victims. He denies the charges against him. Of those 12

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charges, seven relates to this particular victim. Her evidence is

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expected to continue for the afternoon.

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David Cameron has rejected calls for Gary Barlow to hand back his OBE,

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after a judge ruled the singer had invested in a scheme predominantly

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designed for tax avoidance. The Labour MP, Margaret Hodge, said the

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singer might now like to show a bit of contrition by giving back the

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award. Barlow and two other members of Take That, Howard Donald and Mark

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Owen, may have to repay millions of pounds in tax relief. Ross Hawkins

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reports. Should the boy band star who grew up

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to organise the Jubilee concert for the Queen, give back his OBE for

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trying to keep down his tax bill? The Prime Minister does not think

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so. Gary Barlow has done a huge amount for the country. He has

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raised money for charity, done very well for Children in Need. I am not

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sure the OBE is in respect of that work. But clearly this scheme was

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wrong. It is right they have to pay back the money. Among the investors

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in the scheme were Barlow along with Howard Donald and Mark Bowen.

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Larkdale LLP... The court has decided the losses were artificial.

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It all seems very distant from the moment in 2010 when David Cameron

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picked Gary Barlow to sprinkle a little stardust on his election

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campaign. It is a pleasure to share the stage with a founding member of

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Britain's best ever boy band, Gary Barlow. Things were much less matey

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with comedian Jimmy Carter to years later, when David Cameron said his

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tax arrangements were morally wrong. At the Treasury, all of the talk is

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of a crackdown. Somebody is cheating on their taxes, that is reducing

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resources in public services. It is socially unacceptable. Whatever the

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politicians say, after the adulation and euphoria could come the sort of

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tax bill that would bring even the brightest of stars down. --

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down-to-earth. And we can speak brightest of stars down. --

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Ross now. How difficult is it for the Prime Minister to be seen to be

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praising somebody who has aggressively been avoiding paying

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text? Avoiding taxes legal. The risk is if you put all your money into a

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company that is only there to plan for tax, you risk facing a massive

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bill after tax tribunal. The politicians would like British

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culture to substantially change so people feel so bad in their heart of

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hearts, they don't do this. They know there are plenty of lawyers and

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accountants coming up with this scheme. They are not going out of

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business any time soon. They know there is a real difficulty in

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appearing to show any sympathy with somebody accused of avoiding tax,

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but also going out of your way to publicly criticise them. Once you

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criticise one person, you get asked about the next. There is a political

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the message the Government wants to the message the Government wants to

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get out there about cracking down on tax avoidance.

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Pro-Russian separatists in part of eastern Ukraine have declared

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victory in an unofficial independence

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victory in an unofficial opposition from western leaders, and

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from the authorities in Kiev. Within opposition from western leaders, and

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hours of the polls closing in the Donetsk region, the organisers said

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89% of voters had backed a break Donetsk region, the organisers said

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Rainsford is in Donetsk, where the first results were announced.

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Rainsford is in Donetsk, where the As you are saying, we have

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Rainsford is in Donetsk, where the series of voices in the

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international community and from the Government in Kiev condemning this

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bold, talking about it as a legal -- illegal and a farce. The organisers

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are claiming a huge victory, talking about a landslide result in favour

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of self-rule. This boat has only added to the tensions here in what

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is becoming very rapidly a very deeply divided society. -- is this

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vote. The morning after the referendum. Sloviansk is their

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stronghold. There were clashes with government troops on the outskirts

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overnight. Now there is an uneasy calm. Activists have been collating

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the results of the vote. As expected, it declared a landslide

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victory for self-rule. This was no ordinary ballots. Held alongside the

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armed men now in control here. The rebels say this region has spoken

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now. It's destiny is decided. Away from the barricades, I found opinion

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deeply divided even among Russian speakers.

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TRANSLATION: There are lots of nationalities in this region, not

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just Russian. Why should they become Russian citizens just because some

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people you speak Russian? They want to live in Ukraine.

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TRANSLATION: I want to join Russia. This country can no longer be

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united. But on the streets here live does

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look pretty normal. People have gone back to work. They are going about

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their business. Just a few metres from here in City Hall, pro-Russian

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rebels are still in control. There aren't meant in checkpoints around

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the city. Russia, which had called on the rebels to put -- to postpone

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the referendum, say people have spoken and there will must be

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respected. TRANSLATION: We respect the will of

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the people of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. We hope the

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the people of the Luhansk and cementation of the referendum will

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proceed along civilised lines. International leaders have condemned

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the vote as a farce. The EU is discussing more sanctions. These

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attempted referendum sub zero and ability in the eyes of the world.

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They are illegal by anybody's standards. They do not meet a single

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standard of objectivity, transparency, fairness or being

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properly concocted. -- conducted. Dancer moving fast. The rebels are

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talking about a parallel government, even a military. Stepping back is

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becoming increasingly difficult. The situation here is extremely

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volatile, potentially very dangerous. And now Russia talking

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about the need for a dialogue within Ukraine between the east and the

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west of the country. The Government in Ukraine say they will not

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negotiate with what it calls terrorists in the east of the

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country. Two bodies have been found this

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morning by rescuers searching for three men who disappeared while

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kayaking on the River Tyne in Northumberland. The alarm was raised

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when the men failed to return home last night. Police, coastguards and

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an RAF team are continuing the search. Danny Savage is at Wylam in

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Northumberland. What was really noticeable about

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these rivers flowing out of the high Pennines over the weekend is that

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they were unseasonably high and flowing very fast. That is because

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we have had a lot of rain in this part of the country in the past

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three days. Those sort of conditions have to be a factor in this

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investigation. Tied to the top of the fire engine,

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this is believed to be one of three kayaks involved in a disastrous trip

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down the River Tyne yesterday. Three men were reported missing late last

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night. Searchers have found the bodies of two of them, but the other

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man is still missing. We look for two brothers aged 41 and 40, and the

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cousin aged 36. The three of them went to Hexham to commute down the

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river as they have done before. It was not until they were excessively

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late home that concern was expressed and we started to search.

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Unfortunately, at about 5:15am this morning we recovered one body. An

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hour later we recorded a second person. -- recovered. We are looking

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for a third person. Emergency services are spread out along this

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pretty stretch of the River Tyne, several miles west of Newcastle. As

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well as boats and binoculars, helicopters are also involved in the

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operation. Police say a car belonging to the kayakers was found

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close to a rowing club in Hexham. Another of their vehicles was

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located downriver. That is a distance of about 13 miles. Not far

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into their journey, things went badly wrong. Another of the kayaks

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was found near Corbridge. It was carried away by investigators. Were

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these suitable vessels for the conditions last night?

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Start-macro the conditions look pretty benign.

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Search crews are carrying up and down all the time, trying to locate

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the one last body. Our top story... A video claiming to show more than

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130 of the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls is released by the

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Islamist group, Boko Haram. It says it won't release the girls until all

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their members are freed from prison. We are live from St Helier where

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hundreds of people have watched the Queens baton relay on its first full

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day across the Channel Islands. On London, the First World War stories

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preserved for generations thanks to a new digital archive. As Ashley

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Cole bowed out of international football, we asked which London

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players will make it into the England squad.

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There has been a significant increase in the number of UK

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veterans of the Afghanistan conflict seeking mental health treatment. A

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leading charity, Combat Stress, said it had received 358 new referrals in

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2013, a 57% rise on the previous year. The charity, which currently

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supports more than 660 Afghanistan veterans, said the issue would

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become heightened as UK forces prepare to leave the country. Our

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defence correspondent, Caroline Wyatt, reports.

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British forces have fought in Helmand since 2006. The UK 's role

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in the war may soon be over but some face new battles back at home.

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Physical wounds can be easier to see and treat but mental scars may

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remain. Former reservist Jack Wood saw friends die in front of him in

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Helmand. He still suffers from post-traumatic stress. His book

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describes the trauma veterans can feel on return from combat. I was

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constantly on alert for dangers around me. That is the mentality you

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have in Afghanistan. You bring this home with you. I was getting

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terrible dreams, always revolving around either killing people or

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seeing people killed. Combat Stress has said it has seen a sharp rise in

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soldiers who fought in Afghanistan seeking its help although it is

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still hard for many to admit they need it. Many pretend they can solve

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the problems themselves. We train soldiers to solve problems. That

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training makes them very good soldiers and make them very bad at

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asking for help. Maybe it is not all great. I am going through a real

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mind map at the moment. Do I need to talk about it? No. An ad campaign

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launched three years ago encouraged soldiers to come forward. Veterans

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of Afghanistan are seeking help sooner, after 18 months, rather than

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waiting for 13 years. It is not entirely clear why veterans of the

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campaign in Afghanistan are coming for most -- forward earlier for help

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than in other campaigns but the MoD is keen to help with the stigma of

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combat. British Bull says are preparing to leave Helmand. The task

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now is to ensure those struggling with mental wounds are not left to

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cope alone. The Olympic athlete, Oscar Pistorius, has had an anxiety

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disorder since childhood and was anxious about violent crime. That is

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according to a psychiatrist giving evidence at his murder trial. It is

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said the actions should be seen in the context of his anxiety. The

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double amputee denies intentionally killing Reeva Steenkamp. Our

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correspondent is outside the court in Pretoria. Take us through what

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has been said. A very significant day in this trial. The defence

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psychiatrist was brought in, basically, to try to explain to the

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court the sense of vulnerability, the disability experienced by after

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the stories. -- Oscar Pistorius. He had an anxiety disorder

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the stories. -- Oscar Pistorius. He to where he had his legs amputated.

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He normal person would do about that.

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She said the night that Reeva Steenkamp was killed, Oscar the

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stories was much more likely to have a fight rather than a flight

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instinct. -- Oscar Pistorius. He was more likely to confront perceived

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danger than run away from it. She said he was not mentally ill and new

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right from wrong. The prosecutor said, if you are using his mental

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health as a defence, then he should be submitted for psychiatric

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evaluation by the court. There has been some toing and froing on that

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in the last few minutes. Basically, it looks like the prosecution will

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ask for that. If the judge agrees, we could see this trial delayed by a

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month or more. Thank you very much for that. The CBI has issued a

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warning about the risks of unsustainable house price

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inflation. The employers organisation says that policymakers

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need to be alert to the risks associated with rising prices. It

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also says the Bank of England may raise interest rates early next

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year. With me is keep him. I think the Governor of the Bank of England

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will be speaking about this later in the week. -- with me is Hugh Pym. It

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is becoming a pretty big talking point. The CBI is upbeat about the

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British economy. It says prospects are bright and they do expect a

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broader recovery this year. They are bringing forward their forecast of

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when interest rates may go up from the historic rate of .5% we have had

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for quite a few years now. They think it will happen in the early

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part of next year, the first three months. They are joining various

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other commentators who take that view. Others expected to happen

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later in the year. If it did happen in the first three months, that

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would be before the general election. A pretty important move if

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that does happen. They say the rate of house price inflation does look

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unsustainable. Some suggest double figure growth in quite a few areas

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above 10%, that is. Therefore, action quite possibly may be

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needed. Who will take the action will be the Bank of England, through

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its financial policy committee. It has the powers to get lenders to

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tighten up criteria in terms of lending to people, what they can

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afford in terms of mortgages. That may well happen in June, when the

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bank 's financial policy committee meets. We will hear from the

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Governor on Wednesday when he unveils, with his colleagues, the

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inflation report. That is broadly about the state of the economy.

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There will be questions about house prices to him. He may give us some

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clues and also clues as to what the bank is thinking about when the

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first increase in interest rates will happen. Thank you. After 107

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caps and three world cups, Ashley Cole has retired from international

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football after being left out of being does God for Brazil. It is

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thought Luke Shaw will be named in Roy Hodgson 's squad this afternoon.

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Let's speak to our correspondent. What else we know of who is in and

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who's out? When an England manager announces a World Cup squad who can

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be sure of two things. Not everyone will agree and it will leak to the

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press. The biggest decision was whether to go on form or reputation.

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If he does choose Luke Shaw, as we believe, for back-up to Leighton

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Baines at left back and said Ashley Cole, and it is clear he has gone on

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form because Luke Shaw has had a sensational season Hampton. He is

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now the subject of a ?27 million bid sensational season Hampton. He is

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for Manchester United but he has only played 45 minutes for United --

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England. When the news broke last night, Ashley Cole took to twitter.

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He agreed the England team should be about young players and thought it

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best to retire from England now. It was a pleasure to get to 107 caps.

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Like me or not, trust me, it has hurt me to stop playing for my

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country, proud and honoured. He called the decision one of the

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hardest of his career. In the next hour, he will explain the reasons

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behind the rest of the players in the 23 man squad and the seven

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players he has placed on stand-by. I understand Michael Carrick has

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played the prize for Manchester United 's bad season. He won not be

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in the 23. The make up of the squad is expected to be quite young, very

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useful. Maybe only three players over the age of 30. The focus on

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youth and the future. In 74 days, the 2014, last games' go. Today, the

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Queens baton begins its tour of the British Isles. It arrived in Jersey

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yesterday and was carried ashore by Tom Daley. Our correspondent is in

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St Helier for us. Over to you. If you are a young athlete in Jersey,

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this was a day for dreaming, a date when you could hold the Commonwealth

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bat on, perhaps -- baton, perhaps get a picture. Big to the day when

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you could get a gold medal it was about getting as many people as

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possible as close to the baton so far that plan seems to be working.

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On the outskirts of St Helier, the sun rose to the sound of pipes. Many

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would have a close encounter with a symbol of sporting prowess. The

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first appointment was with the Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.

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first appointment was with the the hill, a stadium about. Perhaps

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these young athletes would win that own gold medals one day. This

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morning of the most of them a moment they would never forget. We are

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small island, a small community. A huge percentage will see it and a

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huge percentage will get involved. Every twist, every turn... A small

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island in a large sporting family. Since the baton (last October, it

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has crisscrossed the world. By the time it made landfall in Jersey

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yesterday, it had already visited most of the nations and territories

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to make up the Commonwealth. From Canada to a mode island, cities and

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tiny villages. In Edinburgh, it stirred memories of past games. The

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Commonwealth Games is known as the friendly games. The likes of any

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Channel Islands, whether it is go to your journey, the islands in the

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Pacific that are in the Commonwealth, they can compete at an

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international level. They can be on the world stage with the best there

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is. Everyone remembers the day the Olympic torch pass through. Now this

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journey is pointing the way to another inspiring summer and

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encouraging many to reach for the top. The baton goes off to meet more

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young athletes this afternoon and into tomorrow morning and then back

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across the seas to Guernsey. Thank you very much indeed. Now for the

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weather. I wonder whether there will be gorgeous sunshine like there was

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in Jersey. In this forecast, we have the best

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burst. The talk of whether transformation as we go through this

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week. The warmer colours come across south. By the end of the week, we

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are talking temperatures into the high teens, low 20s in places. We

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are not there yet. As well as the Caulfield, plenty of showers. The

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day started with heavy downpours. You can see the extent of the

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showers dotted about the UK at the moment. Intense downpours. Hale and

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thunder is possible with the showers as well. Let's take a look at things

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at 4pm. Not many showers at taught in novel in Scotland. Elsewhere, in

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Scotland, with the showers, a lot of showers around. The

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Scotland, with the showers, a lot of Anglia. Some are migrating

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east into the southern counties. Drier conditions for many of us in

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south-west England and Wales. Note the strength of the wind. It is

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blustery, as we just saw from those pictures in Jersey. There is a

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strong wind and showers in the vicinity. A further shower cannot be

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ruled out. The wind eases a little bit across southern areas as we go

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through the night. Light winds, clear skies for some. Temperatures

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dropping lower than they have been of late. Maybe a rumble of thunder.

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Colder in the countryside. In northern Scotland, temperatures

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close to freezing as the day begins. Tomorrow, a fairly slow

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start. There will be a few showers around. A few more will get going as

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we go deeper into the day. England, Wales, south-east Scotland and

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Northern Ireland. Some of them will be thundery. There is too skies

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between the showers and it will feel warmer than it does today. -- blue

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skies. Very few showers and variable cloud and sunshine. You will notice

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the temperatures are heading up a few degrees. That is due to the high

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pressure building in across the UK. There will still be some cloud,

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breeze and rain bearing weather fronts across the UK. The second

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half of the week is looking drive. Hallowed to warmth and high-pressure

:31:17.:31:24.

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