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Winds of up to 100 miles an hour hit the UK, as Storm Doris blows in.

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There's been widespread damage on the roads and the railways,

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Thousands of homes are without power.

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I can tell you, as you can see the foam hitting me from the

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sea, that it definitely has materialised.

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The gusts here are so powerful, I can't even face in the

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direction that the wind is coming from.

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We'll be speaking to our correspondents in some of the areas

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worst affected in Scotland and in the north-west of England.

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Net migration falls for the first time in 2 years, although it remains

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Iraqi forces seize Mosul airport from Islamic State -

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Prisons are explicitly to become places of rehabilitation

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as well as punishment, under new government plans.

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A new sound for smoke alarms - safety experts say a voice,

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rather than a beep, is much more likely to wake children up.

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And the speeding driver who clocked up 62 points on his licence who's

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And coming up in sport on BBC News, Wayne Rooney's agent Paul Stretford

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is in China, to see if he can negotiate a big-money move

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for the Manchester United and England captain.

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Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at 1pm.

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Storm Doris has hit the UK, with gusts of wind of up

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Planes have been grounded, roads closed, and rail travel disrupted.

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In Northern Ireland, thousands of homes are without power.

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And in Scotland, heavy snow and high winds led to the closure

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The storm is predicted to continue for much of the day.

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And in the last few minutes we've had reports that a woman has been

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killed in Wolverhampton city centre in a weather related incident.

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Let's get the latest from our correspondent, Daniel Boettcher.

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Throughout the morning winds have been picking up as Storm Doris swept

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across the country. This is the seafront at Blackpool, there are

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severe weather warnings for North England, the Midlands and North

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Wales. Forecasters described the storm is weather bomb, an area of

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intense low-pressure, and this is some of the damage it has already

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caused. A car crushed by a fallen tree in west London, and more

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damage, this time in County Fermanagh. Trees have also brought

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down power lines, 3500 homes in Northern Ireland have been Lex left

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without electricity. These images from the International Space Station

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's showbiz storm building up earlier today. Storm Doris is an example of

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what I weather bomb, an area of low pressure that sports severe gales

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across parts of the UK. We've had wind gusts over 90 miles an hour and

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disruption to power supplies and also disruption to transport. Those

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kind of strength winds can easily winds trees down. Problem is that

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air travel as well. This is Leeds Bradford Airport and he throws that

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its schedule has been reduced by 10% because of the weather, with some

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delays and cancellations. And on the rails the storm has also cause some

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disruption. 50 mile an hour speed limits have been imposed on several

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lines, including the West Coast Main line and earlier departures from

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Euston station were suspended but have now started running again. The

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centre of the storm is due to track towards the North Sea, but the

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strong winds are expected to last throughout the afternoon. And in

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Scotland crews have been out clearing roads, with poor driving

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conditions caused by a combination of snow, sleet and high winds. The

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biggest problems have been on the higher routes mainly in central and

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southern areas, and in places up to 30 centimetres of snow is expected

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during the day. Daniel Birch, BBC News.

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In a moment, we'll be talking to Lorna Gordon who's near Dunblane,

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but first let's cross to Alison Freeman who's

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We saw you a little earlier almost unable to stand up, it doesn't look

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much better now. It isn't, and actually we just watched this storm

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unfold throughout the morning as the wind has become more and more

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powerful. It is so strong at the moment I can't look into it and this

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phone that's being blown from the sea is a bit more like being in a

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blizzard. If you look behind us, the thermometer for how strong the wind

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has been, those are meant to bend in front of Blackpool Trower, they have

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become parallel with the ground up points today. If you look out to

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sea, those waves really are far back now, the tide has gone out but that

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foam keeps flowing in against us. These routes really are strong and

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powerful. They are pushing us around, making us feel battered,

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very much like the coastline. We know they are expected to stay like

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this until about six o'clock this evening. Back to you. Lawn near

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Dunblane, the area has been hit by a very icy

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some roads and schools closed here in Scotland. Storm Doris dumping

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snow across large swathes of the country. The timing couldn't have

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been worse. Lots of it here as many people are going to work. This road

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is running clearly but the A9 has had problems and the M80 further

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south, appalling conditions, one of the main road in Scotland than

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ground to a halt completely earlier today. The road had been treated but

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it was the sheer weight of traffic on heavy snow and some cars and

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lorries having problems with traction. The road is now clear.

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There's been power cuts, some schools closed on this weather

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warnings in place until 6pm this morning. Lorna Gordon there, thanks.

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Ministers are calling it the biggest reform of prisons in England

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For the first time, the Government will state in black and white that

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a key purpose of prison is to reform offenders, as well

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At the heart of the changes will be dealing with drugs

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and violence in prisons, and also cutting re-offending rates.

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Here's our Home Affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford.

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The last year has been one of the worst for prisons since the 1990s.

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As the staff cuts of five years ago started to bite and drones and drugs

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were flown in violent sword. Some jails have been close to crisis

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point. But there are prisons, like HMP Onley in Warwickshire that

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despite their own problems of drugs and violence still managed to

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prepare inmates for life on the outside. Abdi is coming to the end

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of a two-year sentence for violence and is training for a job as a brick

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technician at Halfords. He told me his experience of jail has been

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mixed. When I was Pentonville before I came here we were locked up 23

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hours a day. Literally treated like animals. We had to ask for toilet

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paper, ask for basic common decency is, so coming here, now, it looks

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like a completely different prison. At the heart of the government's new

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proposals is the division to define for the first time in law what the

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purpose of prison is and that is not only to punish but also to

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rehabilitate, to prevent criminals offending again. And as well as

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today's prisons and court spill the Justice Secretary Liz Truss is

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reversing many of the cuts made by one of her Tory predecessors, Chris

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Grayling. Those cuts in the Chris Grayling Iraq were a mistake, won't

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they? I think it was always right to look at how we can be more

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efficient. But what I'm saying now is we do need the right number of

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prison officers, to be able to turn those lives around. In Onley

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prison's training cafe, a reminder of why rehabilitation is important.

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A drug dealer serving seven years who'd been to prison before. It

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hadn't stopped him reoffending. Once I got released, I tried to search

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for a job but I wasn't qualified for anything, I had no know-how,

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therefore I got back into old ways and back in jail. Today's bill also

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includes measures to tackle mobile phones in prison. New laws to help

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the prison service detect and intercept devices often used to deal

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drugs and organised crime from behind bars. Labour said the

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proposals were an inadequate response to a prisons crisis that

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developed on the government's watch. Let's talk to Daniel who's outside

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Pentonville prison in north London. Daniel, how big a change is being

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proposed here? It certainly an end entered a period when Chris Grayling

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was in charge of prison and that focuses on cutting costs almost all

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costs. I think that is over now and there

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is a realisation in the government that actually if you reduce costs

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too far then prisons to become less safe places and places that are more

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difficult to control. This was a process that was started by Michael

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Gove last year and has at continued with the new recruitment of prison

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officers, with a different approach to prisons and now this prisons bill

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which says that rehabilitation is at the core of what they do. But this

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is, of course, not an easy thing to do. What happened over the last

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decade or so is drugs and mobile phones have become such a central

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part of life in prisons, to try and squeeze that out will be very

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difficult. Violence has come alongside the drugs, which causes

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violence and alongside the mobile phones which provides opportunities

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for blackmail and so on and so forth. So it is a massive task.

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There is still a problem that many people have been held in old and

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squalid prisons and rehabilitating under those conditions won't be

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easy. Daniel, thank you. Net migration to the UK has fallen

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to its lowest level in two years. Figures from the Office

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for National Statistics show that the difference

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between the number of people arriving and leaving the UK dipped

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below 300,000 in the year Figures also show that a record

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number of EU nationals were granted Our Home affairs correspondent,

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Danny Shaw, is with me. Danny, the net migration figures

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down for the first time in two years. The government will be

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pleased with that? Yes, I think this is good news for the government.

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Politically very significant. In statistical terms, perhaps not quite

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there. What these figures show is net migration, the difference

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between the number of people coming to live in Britain for 12 months and

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people emigrating from the UK. They showed in the 12 months to September

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the figure was 270 3000. That is the lowest for two years, and it

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represents a fall of 49,000 on the year before, though there is some

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caution with that, in terms of the statistical significance. So it is

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edging closer to the government's target of under 100000 May, it might

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just be a sign that some people don't want to live in the UK after

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the EU referendum. But it's very, very early days to draw firm

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conclusions about that. Briefly, how do you interpret the residents

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figures? These figures about the number of people from the EU and

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other European countries who have been issued with cards proving that

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they have the right to stay in the UK. They have that right after five

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years. They don't have to get those cards, but they are clearly worried,

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some of them, about their status after Brexit and they are applying

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for the cards and been granted them in very big numbers. 65,000 last

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year, that's a massive increase, trebled the number of the previous

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year and also figures on citizenship are up significantly. Citizenship

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for EU nationals being allowed to stay in the UK permanently. Many

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thanks. The murderer of the children's

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author Helen Bailey has been sentenced to life in prison,

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after being convicted of her murder. The judge said that Ian Stewart

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would have to spend at least 34 years behind bars,

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saying it was "difficult to imagine Stewart drugged and suffocated

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Helen Bailey before throwing her body in a cesspit,

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hidden under the garage It's taken four years

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to get through Parliament, but today the go-ahead will finally

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be given for work to begin on the first phase of the high

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speed rail link between Critics say the project

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is a waste of money, But supporters say it will boost

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the economy and the number of people Phase One is due to open

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in 2026, at a cost of more More of us are using

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the railways than ever before. It means busier stations and busier

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trains, and so the Government I'm taking a journey on the first

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stage of the route from London to Birmingham, to see

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what impact it could have. The biggest challenge

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is tackling overcrowding. Our current tracks and stations

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can't handle many more passengers, but as well as running more

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frequently, the trains will be faster, too,

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and that's good news for passengers. Sometimes you don't get enough

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carriages, which can be a problem, and then it's really crowded

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on the trains as a lot I regard being on the train at work

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time, so don't get to sit down and then you'll feel really

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frustrated by that last hour. But it's not just commuters who

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stand to gain from the new railway. We are going to average about 10,000

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jobs over the course of the first phase of construction,

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peaking at 25,000 jobs a month, and that's just

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during the construction phase. When we go into operation again

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we'll have tens of thousands of jobs that are maintaining

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and running the railway. But there could be an even greater

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economic benefit too. With 50 minutes into the journey,

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but if this was an HS2 trains we'd already be in Birmingham,

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and that means spending less time travelling and more time working,

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and one estimate suggests that could add about ?15

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billion to the economy. The current price tag is close

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to ?60 billion, but many say it 60 ancient woodlands

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would have to be bulldozed, 350 homes will have to be demolished

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and thousands of businesses will be affected, like this

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farm in Buckinghamshire. The land will be split

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in two when work begins. It's going to completely

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alter the way I farm. I'll lose half the grazing

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that my cows can go out to. I'm not seriously convinced

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that the HS2 is a valid necessity The first section to the West

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Midlands is due to open by 2026. An extension to Leeds

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and Manchester will open by 2032. HS2 should make journeys faster

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and more comfortable. We're just on the approach

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into our final destination for today's journey,

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which is Birmingham New Street. But keeping the project

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on time and on track Ben Thompson, BBC

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News in Birmingham. The Iraqi army has captured Mosul

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airport from so-called Islamic state. The battle for the western

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half of the city began earlier this month and the capture of the airport

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would be seen as a strategic victory. Quentin Somerville is the

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only Western correspondent travelling with Iraqi government

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forces and sent this report. You can hear gunfire and one of the

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last remaining villages between Iraqi forces and Mosul airport.

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These are moving forward from multiple directions. Up above, the

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coalition aircraft have been hammering this area all right long

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in preparation for this attack. At the same time, the Iraqi government

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have been dropping leaflets, warning people to stay in their homes. When

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we were here yesterday, we were able to see areas to the north others

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with the Islamic State flags are flying. These guys are trying to

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change that because the attack on Mosul airport is underway. The Iraqi

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forces have made it to the perimeter of Mosul's airport. Just over there,

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you can see the airport stretching out about four kilometres wide

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apparently. The sugar factory to the left of the picture, yesterday, the

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IS flag was hanging from there. It is no longer hanging there now. All

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around this area there have been heavy air strikes, we can see

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massive craters. The village was effectively taken last night. The

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men have been moving slowly forward through the village. If you have a

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little look, you can see it there. We are now on the airport of Mosul

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airport. That is the Iraqi flag, those Federal police units. In the

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distance, you can see burning and smoke from some of the terminal

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buildings. In the last few minutes, the so-called Islamic state have

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been more touring this position, just a little bit further ahead, in

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fact. Iraqi security forces were going down towards the airport when

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one of them hit a roadside bomb. Palu tenant was killed, and we

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believe there were other casualties. You might be able to hear

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helicopters still ahead. They will press on with the attack on the

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airport to try to make it to the terminal buildings. That is the

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target Iraqi forces are now inside Mosul airport.

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Quentin Somerville reporting there from outside Mosul.

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Storm Doris has brought widespread disruption

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across large swathes of the UK, with wind gusts of up

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A woman has died in a weather-related incident.

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I can tell you, as you see the foam hitting me from the sea that it

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The gusts here are so powerful, I can't even face in the direction

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Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao AND Britain's Amir Khan have

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announced on social media that they ARE now in talks

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We're all told to fit fire alarms in our homes,

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but new research suggests that when they go off like this...

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Most children aren't woken up by the noise.

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The study was carried out after a fire in Derby in 2013,

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It had been deliberately started by the parents,

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but investigators think the children died because they didn't hear

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So now they're developing new alarms, specially

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designed to wake children, as our Medical correspondent

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Smoke alarms save lives, but last year 300 people died

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in fires in England alone, too often where there was no

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Derbyshire Fire Service use this old shipping container

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Let's see how quickly a blaze would spread in a bedroom.

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The smoke alarm in this demonstration activated

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within seconds of the fire starting, giving minutes to escape.

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But research by Derbyshire Fire and Dundee University found children

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are often not roused by the sound of a standard smoke detector.

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Melanie Wilkins from Mansfield has tested her smoke alarm many times

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at night and only once has any of her four boys woken up.

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ALARM: Wake up, the house is on fire.

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Now, she's trying something different, and alarm

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ALARM: Wake up, the house is on fire.

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It's like a voice of a parent that they're

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used to listening to day in, day out.

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Maybe subconsciously, that's what they're hearing

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The new alarm was designed with the help of her uncle

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Prompted by a notorious case in Derby when these six children

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died in a house fire, deliberately set by their

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Dave Kos says more often than not, smoke alarms simply

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Unfortunately that was the first one that brought it to my attention,

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but since that day I can probably recount at least half a dozen fires

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where children failed to respond from sleep and have then become

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trapped the wrong side of a fire and have unfortunately died.

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Derbyshire Fire Service and Dundee University want

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500 families to test the prototype alarm.

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Researchers predict alarms with the human voice

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ALARM: Wake up, the house is on fire.

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Quite often we hear alarms going off, we don't quite know

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whether they are just a warning or if it's for real.

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So putting the human voice into that, I think is going to be

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one of the key important additional things that we'll bring

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Fire investigators stress that standard smoke alarms

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But parents need to know, it could be up to them

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to wake their children in the event of a fire.

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British Gas saw its profits fall by 11% to ?553 million.

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But the profits of its parent company, Centrica,

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prices in the face of higher energy costs and a weaker pound.

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Here's our Industry correspondent John Moylan.

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At British Gas we've got some great news for our customers... There has

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been good news from British Gas recently, they are freezing its

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standard tariffs until August, it has even launched a loyalty scheme.

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It hopes that will stop customers leaving, one of the reasons why its

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profits have been hit. In 2016, British Gas made ?553 million. That

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was down 11% on the previous year. It says that is because it lost

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4009000 customer accounts as households switched to other

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suppliers. The reason it's down is because of competitive intensity. We

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lost customers in the first half of last year. The pricing pressure has

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resulted in a reduction in margins in general and there have been other

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cost pressures coming into the system. A price cap to protect

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customers on prepayment meters will cost the firm ?53 million this year.

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But that did not prevent the criticism of the level of costs. We

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have vulnerable consumers paying too much. Older people and lower income

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people. It underlines it again, the energy market isn't working for

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consumers. Price rises by rise of firms have put energy prices back on

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the agenda. The boss of Centrica, which owns British Gas, insists

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there is no case for wide-ranging price controls. This market is

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incredibly competitive. We have 50 suppliers and margins are down year

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on year. I don't believe it is healthy for governments to find

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themselves in the position of setting prices. If you do it once,

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when do you stop? There was no word today on whether British Gas will

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hike prices later this year. As for government intervention, a consumer

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Green paper is due in the spring. In a week's time, the people

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of Northern Ireland go to the polls to vote in elections

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for a new Assembly. It was triggered because of a row

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over a green energy scheme that went hundreds of millions

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of pounds over budget. But if the DUP and Sinn Fein

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are as expected the main winners in the vote,

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what are the chances of them being able to form

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a new power-sharing government? Let's cross to Belfast,

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and to our Ireland I am in the Titanic Quarter weather

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has been new developments, but the old divisions are clear at Stormont.

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With the DUP and Sinn Fein exchanging harsh words over lots of

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issues. It is a very divisive election. Are people as divided as

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the politicians? I have been speaking to a group Queens in

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Belfast. Elections are a time when people

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come together, united in the task of making a choice but divided in their

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views. Sometimes it can be because of their age, background or beliefs.

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I will ask you a number of questions. We need you to be honest.

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Who has been to the gym in the last week? There are the athletic, or at

:26:19.:26:31.

least the enthusiastic. The romantics who send valentines cards

:26:32.:26:38.

this year. And those prepared to admit, or forced to admit that they

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have been drunk in the last week. But it is shared experiences who

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could influence how individuals vote. Who has waited for hours or

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more in accident and emergency to get treatment for themselves or

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someone else? Waiting lists in Northern Ireland are one of the

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longest in the UK and politicians here have described the health

:27:05.:27:09.

service as a breaking point. I am an emergency nurse and there isn't

:27:10.:27:13.

enough investment and in the community. We have to move the

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politicians out of health, appoint someone in charge of it he will be

:27:17.:27:21.

responsible for the operational matters. This isn't scientific, but

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the response suggests this connects businesses, farmers, students and

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senior citizens. Who has a close friend or relative who is gay or

:27:34.:27:37.

lesbian? Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK where same-sex

:27:38.:27:42.

marriage is still illegal. It is a disgrace, everybody has the right to

:27:43.:27:47.

decide who to marry and who to love. I am not sure, I have always

:27:48.:27:51.

believed there should be a male and female to bring up a child. While

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many here feel they don't fit into the traditional boxes of national or

:27:58.:28:01.

Unionist, it is how the majority vote. Who is proud of Northern

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Ireland? Interesting the split is right across the generation who

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never knew the conflict, yet they are not proud of their country. The

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reason it sucks is because there is so much we could be proud of but we

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have an executive Mark by scandal, crisis and falling apart

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consistently. Different views will influence that election result when

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voters mark their preferences next week.

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So far this election campaign has reflected the weather, it has been

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pretty stormy. For the opposition parties hope to make gains could be

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down to the DUP and Sinn Fein to make a deal if power-sharing is to

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return and that could be difficult. For more information including

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the candidates standing just go The BBC has learned that

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around 10,000 motorists were still driving last month,

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despite having too many penalty Usually drivers are banned

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when they exceed 12 points. But magistrates are allowed

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to waive the rule in cases Supporters say it gives

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drivers another chance, but critics say bending the rules

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puts other people at risk. Our correspondent

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David Rhodes has more. From speeding to drink-driving,

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failing to have insurance or causing a collision on the road,

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penalty points are given to 12 active points on a licence

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usually means a driver will be But figures obtained by the BBC,

:29:26.:29:29.

it just under 10,000 drivers But figures obtained by the BBC,

:29:30.:29:40.

show just under 10,000 drivers are still on the roads

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despite having 12 or more points. Most are found in England,

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with the largest number Although one driver in

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West Yorkshire is still on the road despite having more than 60 points

:29:48.:29:56.

on their licence. The law doesn't seem to be

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working at the moment. We've got people obviously being

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caught and going through the justice system but actually this whole

:30:02.:30:04.

points system seems to be Drivers are getting away

:30:05.:30:06.

with repeatedly breaking the law. Motorists with 12 points can appeal

:30:07.:30:09.

to a Magistrates' Court just as this one and claim that a driving ban

:30:10.:30:13.

would bring exceptional hardship upon their lives,

:30:14.:30:15.

meaning they'd lose a job or be There is no definition

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in law though, as to So one magistrate may decide

:30:19.:30:22.

if a driving ban would cause someone to lose their job,

:30:23.:30:28.

that is exceptional hardship. Another magistrate

:30:29.:30:30.

may decide it isn't. Every ban is considered

:30:31.:30:33.

on a case-by-case basis. The government says the vast

:30:34.:30:38.

majority of drivers with 12 points are automatically disqualified

:30:39.:30:40.

and only in exceptional circumstances can judges

:30:41.:30:44.

decide not to issue a ban. The fact remains though,

:30:45.:30:46.

that there are drivers who have continually broken the law,

:30:47.:30:49.

who are still on our roads. As we have seen, Doris is a serious

:30:50.:31:10.

storm, rain, wind and snow. The storm has been hurtling towards us

:31:11.:31:14.

over the last few hours. Still has a sting in the tail for some before it

:31:15.:31:19.

goes into other parts of northern Europe. The snowfall earlier on this

:31:20.:31:25.

morning has been further north than we first anticipated. Some

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disruptive snowfall north of the Central Belt. A winter wonderland

:31:30.:31:33.

for some, but with the headache getting to work for others. That is

:31:34.:31:38.

now heading further south and an amber warning in forced especially

:31:39.:31:45.

in southern Scotland. Wintry showers pushing in across Northern Ireland.

:31:46.:31:50.

A cold afternoon here. Further south, rain around but the main

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story is the wind. I am putting on the gusts here, 50, 60 miles an hour

:31:55.:32:01.

and in some places, as we have seen, they can cause some problems. Seems

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like this early on in Chiswick in west London. An amber warning in

:32:06.:32:12.

force for disruptive and damaging winds this afternoon. 60, 70 miles

:32:13.:32:16.

an hour gusts will cause issues over the next beer hours. The worst of

:32:17.:32:23.

the gusts will ease down. Last clear away from East England. Doris will

:32:24.:32:27.

be clearing and the weather will settle down. But wintry showers will

:32:28.:32:31.

be pushing in from the West with a lot of surface water. Ice will be a

:32:32.:32:36.

hazard across Scotland, Northern Ireland and north-west England as

:32:37.:32:40.

well. Might be a slippery start on Friday morning. A chilly one but a

:32:41.:32:44.

much more tranquil day on Friday. Welcome sunshine and a sparkling

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start. One or two showers on the breeze as specially around coastal

:32:50.:32:54.

areas. More rain turns up across Northern Ireland initially, pushing

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in across Scotland and turning to snow on the Highlands. Temperatures

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slow to rise but temperatures will continue to rise as we head into the

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weekend. In combination with active fronts across the West of the UK, a

:33:07.:33:12.

lot of surface water from the rain and a lot of snow melting. Problems

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on the horizon across parts of the north-west and the UK and creeping

:33:18.:33:20.

across north-west England, we could see some flooding. On Sunday, dry

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weather, albeit cloudy at times. All the rain will be further north and

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west. Blustery but thankfully not as windy as it is just now.

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A reminder of our main story this lunchtime:

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Storm Doris has brought widespread destruction across large part of the

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UK. In Wolverhampton, a woman has died in a weather-related incident.

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That's all from the BBC News at One, so it's goodbye from me

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