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Two thirds of hospital staff in England and Wales say they feel

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unable to care properly for patients with dementia. A national

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report calls for a radical shake-up. It finds many patients aren't given

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adequate pain relief and their families are ignored. It was very

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obvious she was in intense pain, but irrespective of how many times

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we tried to tell them, they insisted that because she had

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dimentia it must be a behaviourial problem. Also on tonight's

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programme - in court, the US soldier accused of leaking hundreds

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of thousands of military and diplomatic secrets. Nick Clegg

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tells the French Prime Minister that his Government's criticisms of

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the UK economy are simply unacceptable. After the death of a

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five-year-old boy, a coroner blames a hospital for gross failure to

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provide basic medical attention. I want Harry to make a difference.

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And, Scotland's been shivering for days. Now other parts of the UK get

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their first blast of winter. Tough ties ahead for all the British

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teams still in the hunt for European silverware. Good evening.

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Welcome to the BBC News at Six. A radical shake-up is needed in the

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way the NHS deals with patients with dementia, that's the verdict

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of the first national audit of dementia care in hospitals in

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England and Wales. A quarter of hospital beds are occupied by

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people with dementia, but the report found most staff feel they

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aren't sufficiently trained to look after them. The Government said

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while there is some excellent practice, far too many hospitals

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are failing to provide appropriate care. Here's our health

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correspondent, Branwen Jeffreys. With every passing year, the NHS is

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treating more patients with dimentia. People, for whom hospital

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can be a frightening and confusing place. Experts say a radical shake-

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up is needed to cope. The NHS needs to move away from care that is

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often impersonal. When some hospitals that patients do not

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receive the specialised attention they deserved. That was the

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experience of these three women. They can look back on many fond

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memories of their mum, but they are angry and bitter about some of her

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hospital care. Mary Goulden had a broken bone and was in pain. But

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staff from the ward believed her distressed behaviour was caused by

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her dimentia. Had the staff just taken the time to listen to us

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instead of assuming that they knew best, but listen, that we knew our

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mum best and we knew the kind of person she was and she wasn't the

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kind of person that made a fuss. Never. How widespread are the gaps

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in dimentia care being given to our elderly? 25% of beds are occupied

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by dimentia patients. Only 32% of staff said they had had enough

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training. Just 40% of hospitals had policies to keep families informed.

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26% of wards in this study said there were not sufficient staff at

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meal times to help frail patients eat. Some experts say the NHS has

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to adapt as soon as it can. population in the United Kingdom is

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living longer. We have more and more elderly people. If we are a

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civilised society, we have to invest in the care of the elderly.

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Otherwise, you are just going to get a constant stream of reports

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that we keep getting on poor standards of care. Now is the time

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to act. Simple homely touches can make a hospital ward less

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frightening. Patients with dimentia are easily confused and become

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agitated. Keeping some of their things nearby and family

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photographs in sight can help. Some hospitals are already making this

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kind of change. Wards that focus on reorientating patients and feels

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more homely will hopefully reduce those levels of distress and help

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the patients recover much more quickly. The NHS in England and

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Wales has been told to make dimentia a priority. For the

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families of patients, change can't happen fast enough. Why are some

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hospitals getting it so wrong? clear that some are simply

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struggling to catch up with the scale of the challenge they are

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facing. They are already three quarters -- there are already three

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quarters of a million people with dimentia in the UK. That will rise

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rapidly. Many will need hospital treatment, not necessarily for

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dimentia, but maybe simply having a fall. Some hospitals are putting

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good, clear measures in place and thinking about the layout of wards,

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using big, bold signs and consulting families, who often know

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what the person is like when they are out of the hospital environment.

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To others this is a clear message that they need to begin to think

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about how they'll cope with what is a massive challenge for Health

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Services. He's the American soldier accused

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of leaking hundreds of thousands of military and diplomatic secrets to

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the website, Wikileaks. Today 23- year-old Bradley Manning appeared

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in a military court for the first time. He faces charges including

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aiding the enemy and if convicted could be sentenced to life in

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prison. From Maryland, Paul Adams sent this report. A traitor

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deserving life for a reckless act of disloyalty or vulnerable young

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man performing a young man, hounded by a military? He's charged with

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knowingly giving evidence to the enemy through indirect means. In

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other words, to Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. As an intelligence

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analyst in Iraq he stumbled across this video, showing an American

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helicopter attack which killed civilians and journalists. It

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became the first of his many leaks and caused a sensation. This was

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the largest leak of classified information in American history.

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The cables from American embassies all over the world and almost

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500,000 military records from Iraq and Afghanistan. The scope was

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breath-taking. Tactics were revealed. Afghan informants were

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named and senior American diplomats were compromised. This, for many,

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was the first glimpse of Bradley Manning. He sat in the courtroom

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here in Fort Meade in uniform, his hands in front of him. He said only

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that he understood his rights and aidified the lawyers representing

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him. Who is the man at the heart of this extraordinary story? Born in

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the Christian Conservative heartland. He rejected religion as

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a child and questioned his sexuality. He joined the Army, but

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fell out with colleagues and received counselling. Outside the

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military base here in Maryland, some of his many supporters are

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holding a vigil throughout the hearing. He should be given the

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medal of honour and released. We should continue to try to bring

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about a transformation of the Government, where secrecy is not

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overused. To the organisation he served and many other Americans,

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Bradley Manning seems distinctly less heroic. He faces a probable

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life sentence if convicted. Bradley Manning stands accused of a serious

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crime under US law. He's innocent until proven guilty. He took an

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oath of office to protect and defend the constitution and our

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national security and protecting information that is pertaining to

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our national security is part of the fundamental obligation. So far,

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his defence has tried to question the impartiality of the military

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court and ask what damage was really done by the leaks. They'll

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argue that his treatment in detention was often degrading. The

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hearing is likely to last several days. Here, the Supreme Court has

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agreed to hear an appeal by the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian

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Assange, against his extradition to Sweden. He's wanted there to answer

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sex crime allegations, but argues he will not receive a fair trial.

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The two-day appeal will be heard in February. The Deputy Prime Minister,

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Nick Clegg, has told France's Prime Minister that remarks by his

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government criticising the UK economy are simply unacceptable. In

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the last few days tension has been ratcheted up between the two

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countries as several members of the French Government have drawn

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unfavourable and outspoken comparisons between their economy

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and that of the UK. The two have had their differences but over the

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last week the gap has widened, as frustrations on the French side of

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the Channel become increasingly clear. It started with the French

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President's obvious an noise with David Cameron at the recent summit

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in Brussels, as the UK vetoed the planned treaty change. Now, French

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ministers are hitting back in a new row over the economy. TRANSLATION:

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We don't have lessons to give, but we don't want to be given any

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lessons either. The economic situation in Great Britain is very

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worrying and we would prefer being French than British from an

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economic standpoint. This followed an interview by the French Central

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Bank governor. These comments by French policy makers come in the

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wake of warnings that France's credit rating could be downgraded

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within weeks, along with some other eurozone governments. There is

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reportedly some irritation at crit suxes by British ministers of the

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handling -- criticisms by British ministers of the handling of the

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crisis. How does the UK compare with France? This year, British

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growth is forecast to be around 0.8%. France is set to do better,

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almost double that. UK Government debt is 84% of annual economic

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output. France is about the same. While the British Government has to

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pay just over 2% interest to borrow over ten years, France has to pay

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nearly 3%, because financial markets think France is more

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vulnerable. France is seen, not surprisingly, as rather closer to

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the eye of the starm, with regard to the eurozone -- storm, with

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regard to the eurozone debt crisis. France has exposure to the

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vulnerable economies like Greece and the other peripheral economies.

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There was a blunt message to France from one British MP. They are stuck

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in the euro at an uncompetitive exchange rate and their government

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has to spend more interest, borrowing money than the British

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Government, because we are outside the euro and we have a flexible

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exchange rate. I think they are rather jealous of our position in

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some respects. There was no sign of the cross-channel row easing as

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Nick Clegg told the French Prime Minister in a phone conversation

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that remarks by French ministers were simply unacceptable. A doctor,

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who took maternity leave and was then hounded out of her job, has

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been awarded what could be record damages of �4.5 million by an

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employment tribunal. Dr Eva Mikalak was dismissed by Pontefract General

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Infirmary in west Yorkshire in 2008. The tribunal said it was positively

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outraged by her treatment. Ed Thomas is there for us now. What

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happened that she should be awarded such a massive payout? Dr Mikalak

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faced a five-year campaign of harassment. It was in 2003, when

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she was seven months pregnant, that senior staff members held a meeting

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in private, together. They put together a plan to try to get her

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dismissed. When she returned from leave she faced complaints. She was

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also accused of bullying junior doctors before eventually being

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dismissed. Her husband told the tribunal that this had a

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devastating effect on her health. She now suffers from post-post-.

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She leaves the iron on and the -- post-traumatic stress disorder. She

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leaves the iron on and the oven and her husband had to give up his job

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to take care of her. That's why the tribunal awarded her the

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compensation. Now, in the last few minutes we have had a response from

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the NHS trust here. They say they take the findings extremely

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seriously. They also carried out an independent review of what happened

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here and found that discrimination was not widespread, but still,

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they've offered Dr Mikalak a full apology. Two men, who murdered a

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British couple on their honeymoon, have been given three consecutive

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life sentences. Avie Howell and Kaniel Martin were handed three

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consecutive life sentences at the High Court in Antigua. Ben and

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Catherine Mullany, from South Wales, were killed on the island in July.

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They were shot in the back of the head. Three couples have failed in

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their attempt to challenge a law which requires people to speak

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English before they can settle with their spouse in Britain. The High

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Court dismissed their claim that the legislation breaches their

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right to a family life and their right to marry. A coroner has ruled

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that a five-year-old boy died after gross failures at Milton Keynes

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Hospital to provide basic medical attention. Harry Mould died from a

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lack of oxygen to the brain after two days of treatment at the

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hospital for an asthma attack. The coroner said Harry would probably

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have survived if doctors had monitored him properly. Jeremy

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Five years old, full of life. Harry Mould was a bright, gifted boy,

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along with his twin sister Jessica or at the centre of family life.

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But one month later, tragedy. Harry was dead. He had been admitted to

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Milton Keynes General Hospital on 26th March, 2009 with breathing

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difficulties. Harry initially responded well to treatment which

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was then reduced. But when his condition worsened it was not

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picked up by the medical team. He died on March 30th. After a two

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week hearing the coroner has delivered a damning verdict. He

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said there was a gross failure to provide basic medical attention for

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Harry and he concluded that if proper action had been taken, Harry

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would probably have survived. His mum and dad told me that that is

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perhaps the most difficult thing they have to deal with. We have

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always believed that, absolutely. That is the hardest thing to get

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into our heads and to explain to our daughter, Jessica. When she

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does ask these questions and one day she will, we have to tell her

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that they could have made a difference to Harry's life. Harry's

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parents have been at the inquest every day, as have the executives

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of the hospital trust who heard that the five-year-old's treatment

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was negligent. That has upset me hugely. I'm determined that we as a

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hospital will not go back anywhere near to that status again. What you

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said the family who have sat through these two weeks? I have

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apologised to the parents in court and I have apologised to them

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outside. Following Harry Mould's death, Milton Keynes hospital says

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it has made radical improvements to ensure that nothing like this can

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never happen again. Our top story tonight: A national

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report calls for a radical shake-up of dementia care in hospitals in

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England and Wales. Coming up: After Scotland, an icy blast hits Wales

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and parts of England as the wintry conditions spread.

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Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News, it is a walk in the park for Lee

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Westwood. He is 11 shots clear at It is nine months since a giant

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tsunami swept across north-eastern Japan killing more than 15,000

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people. It also caused a meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear plant, the

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world's worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. Now the government

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says the reactors are stable and radiation leaks significantly

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reduced. People evacuated from some of the less contaminated areas may

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at last be able to return home. They became known as the Fukushima

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50, the men who saved Japan. Braving explosions and knockdowns

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in the days after the nuclear plant was crippled by a tsunami. In

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recent months, thousands more have joined them inside. Now the

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reactors have been stabilised. TRANSLATION: Since I took office I

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have been saying for Japan to be reborn. Fukushima had to be saved.

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The nuclear power plant accident needed to be stabilised. Since 11th

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March, we have been working with our full force to get the reactors

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under control. There is still a 12 mile exclusion zone around the

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nuclear power station but today's Mears is encouraging. The nuclear

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material, the heart of the reaction process has to be kept cool. -- the

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news are encouraging. If the rods are not cooled, they will melt and

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that is what has happened partly already. Now there is a degree of

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stability. The reactor is said to be in cold shutdown. Cooling water

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remains below bowling -- boiling point. But the no-go zone is likely

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to remain off-limits for years. Homes lying empty. Farm animals

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roaming wild. A flat on the 26th floor of a Tokyo tower block is

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where this couple live now. The review is good but it cannot

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replace the garden they planned to spend their retirement tending.

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Where is our life? We don't know where we belong. I cannot discard

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away our old house and garden. They are waiting for us, I believe.

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Japan, the challenge now is to keep the lights on in its great cities

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like Tokyo. Local fears me nearly all of the country's reactors are

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off-line. The government must either persuade people they can be

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operated safely or find alternative sources of power. At Fukushima, the

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plan now is to dismantle the plant. But the workers who tend the

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reactors will be old or gone before the job is finished. It could take

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more than 30 years. Labour has won the Feltham and

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Heston by-election with an increased majority. Turnout in the

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west London constituency was just 29 %, the lowest for a decade. The

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Labour leader Ed Miliband described his party's victory as a verdict on

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the government's economic policies. The Conservatives were second and

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the Liberal Democrats third. The writer Christopher Hitchens has

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died aged 62. Best known for his polemic journalism and essays, Mr

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Hitchens who wrote principally for Vanity Fair was suffering from

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cancer. Among those paying tribute, the novelist Salman Rushdie said a

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great voice had fallen silent. Tony Blair described him as an

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extraordinary, compelling human being.

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It is a year since councils England found out how much less money they

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would be getting from central government. Ministers described the

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deal as fair but Labour said poorest areas would be hardest hit.

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County Durham is one of the poorest parts of the country. Our local

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government correspondent went to the town of Crook to assess the

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damage a year on. County Durham has known hard

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economic times before. The council's spending so -- squeeze

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has brought new challenges. Until recently, the town of Crook was

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proud of its leisure centre. I used to go four times a week. That is

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now closed. Residents wait for the demolition. People in the community

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are devastated. They cannot believe it has happened. This was the

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heartbeat of A crook. Everyone used to come here.

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Crook's Youth Theatre Group echoes the concern. Cutbacks may threaten

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their performances. In the long term I am worried. The landscape

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has changed so much that it is hard to tell what might be here in three

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or four years' time for the young people who are here tonight.

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council says it is protecting the things which people said Warren

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Porter like road repairs. Assurances have also been given on

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the future of the library. This is exactly the kind of place critics

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say get a raw deal. Money is down 7%. But the council has almost

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�2,000 to spend per household. That is more than other authorities. How

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does the council leader respond to the view that the cuts are a

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necessary. The government says councils are finding clever ways to

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make savings and not cutting services. Why are you not doing

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that? It is simply not true to say you can take it all out of the back

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office, no one will notice. It does not work out like that. It is not

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possible. It has to have an impact on services. It is having an impact

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on services. With less money around, some are learning to fend for

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themselves. The leader of Crook's jujitsu Club says he does not want

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or need Council grants, just the use of empty buildings. You have to

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support yourself. That is what these kids are doing in some ways

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by learning self-defence and that is what we need to do as a

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community. We could put some life back into the community. His ideas

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of self-reliance may not appeal to everyone but councils are having to

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think carefully about the value of every activity they support us

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funding becomes more of a struggle. The last two remaining British

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teams in this year's Champions League have been handed tricky

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draws and the first knockout round of competition. Arsenal were drawn

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against AC Milan and Chelsea face Napoli hook at 10 their place at

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the expense of Manchester City. Visitors to Edinburgh Zoo were able

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to see the giant pandas for the first time today. Visitors with

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pre- -- pre-booked tickets were given 30 minutes lots to see Tian

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Tian and Yang Guang. Parts of Scotland have been

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shivering in the snow for some days now. Today was the turn of other

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parts of the UK to feel the first icy blast of winter. Areas in

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England, Northern Ireland and Wales have seen heavy snow and

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treacherous driving conditions. Colette Hume is in the Brecon

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Beacons. The temperature is already way below freezing here on the

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mountains of the Brecon Beacons. Pen Y Fan is just across the road

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from me. As you can see, the snow is continuing to fall.

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It was the day that winter came to Wales. Heavy snow brought freezing

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temperatures to parts of the country. Making driving conditions

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difficult and dangerous. Police warned motorists not to travel in

:25:17.:25:20.

the worst affected areas unless their journeys were essential.

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Drive with care and make sure you have got your safety kit in your

:25:24.:25:29.

car like a top up mobile phone. Make sure your windscreen wipers

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are ready to go, check your tyre pressures and the depth of your

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tyres as well. The Brecon Beacons National Park is one of the most

:25:38.:25:41.

popular destinations in the UK for walkers and climbers but mountain

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rescue teams say conditions on these peaks today would challenge

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even the most experienced. The snow began to fall in the early hours.

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Parts of the A 55, the main route across North Wales was closed for a

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time and motorists faced long delays. Meanwhile, there was a

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heavy fall overnight in Scotland. Six centimetres in Glasgow caused

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difficulties on some roads. In England, the North was among

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regions affected but generally, the destruction was kept to a minimum.

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Back in the Brecon Beacons, those who could make the best of the

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wintry conditions. Forecasters in Wales say more snow might be on the

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way with temperatures expected to dip below freezing. The

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temperatures are well below freezing already I can tell you

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here. It is not as bad as it was last year when we all had that

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terrible snow but what local councils here are saying is that

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they are confident this year that if the heavy snow does continue,

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they will have a -- they will have enough grit to keep the roads

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running. Thank you. Get indoors and keep

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For most of us there will not be more snow. The brief cold snap will

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not last long and it will get milder next week. The main concern

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is ice. It will be cold and frosty tonight. Wintry showers will wash

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salt off the roads. There are one or two it rain and sleet showers in

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the south-east at the moment. Most of the snow is above high ground.

:27:23.:27:29.

For many of us, ice will be the concerns. In Scotland there will be

:27:30.:27:35.

some icy stretches. A band of wintry showers pushing down through

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Lincolnshire and toured the South East. It will cloud over with some

:27:40.:27:46.

dampness for a time. Cornwall is seeing temperatures staying above

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freezing on the road surfaces of ice is not a concern here but

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certainly across Wales, it is snowing over higher ground. Ice

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will be a feature as it will be across Northern Ireland with some

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heavy wintry showers across the north coast in particular. As we go

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through the day there will become so showers moving down from the

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north-west. Much of the snow is restricted to the higher levels. In

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any sunshine out of the breeze it will not feel too bad but it will

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be a cold day. Then we do it all again tomorrow night. Temperatures

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plunge down, it will be a very cold night, probably colder than tonight.

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A frosty, crunchy start. Plenty of sunshine on Sunday. A lovely crisp

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