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Rupert Murdoch confirms plans for a new paper saying the Sun on Sunday

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will launch very soon. He tells his staff he's proud of the paper's

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heritage but insists illegal behaviour won't be tolerated.

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Critics say Rupert Murdoch has made the wrong move. This is ludicrously

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premature, deeply cynical. They say they're trying to drain the swamp.

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I don't see how the swamp can bring forth a new creature we want to see

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on our streets. The battle to deport Abu cat add that.

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The pond where a woman and her daughter drowned. This is a pond

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where people feed the ducks. The accident might have happened like

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that. The strong start to 2012's High Street. But retailers are

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braced for a tough year. The film star and his FBI files -

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documents reveal how Charlie chaplain was under investigation on

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Good evening. Welcome to the BBC News at 6.00pm. Rupert Murdoch

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warns staff at the Sun newspaper today he won't protect inch found

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to have broken the law but has also pledged support for the paper

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saying a Sunday edition will be launched very soon. That would fill

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the gap left by the closure of the News of the World last year. The

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Sun has been rocked by nine arrests of current and former staff in

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recent weeks as a police corruption probe continues. Our Home Affairs

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Correspondent Tom Symonds reports from East London.

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Let's go live to Tom Symonds where News International is based.

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We have Rupert Murdoch launching a Sunday edition of the Sun. How will

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that affect the ongoing investigation do you think?

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Tomorrow is of course Saturday. On Saturday in recent weeks we have

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seen police raids on the homes of journalists around the home

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counties. We have seen baling bags of their -- bags of their personal

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belongings taken out by teams of detectives. There is a feeling this

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isn't over yet. We don't know for example whether the management and

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standards committee at News Corporation have been able to find

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more evidence they have passed on to polices. That was hanging over

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Rupert Murdoch's visit to the UK today and the Sun newsroom today.

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Tabloid newspaper might have called it rupeertes red top rescue. Mr

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Murdoch landed last late last night in London. He had had a night to

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consider how he'd boost morale at the Sun newspaper. By this morning,

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news crews were waiting for him, besieging every entrance to News

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International's headquarters. Rupert Murdoch was driven into the

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building at speed to avoid them. He must have known what to expect -

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the hax were hacked off with Murdoch. Nine senior Sun

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journalists past and present were arrested. Information has been

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passed to the police by a committee set up by News Corporation. Perhaps

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to boost morale before stepping into the Sun newsroom here, Rupert

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Murdoch gave staff two pieces of news - firstly, arrested staff who

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had been suspended would be able to return to work, and secondly, a new

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Sun on Sunday would be published soon.

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He also sends an e-mail message to staff - the Sun is part of me, he

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said. But he added, "We will obey the law. Illegal activity simply

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will not and cannot be tolerated." But he stressed, "Everyone is

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innocent until proven guilty." The journalists' union said that would

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not placate staff. I feel completely and utterly

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betrayed. They feel like they have been thrown to the wolves that this

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is a company who sat on placating the anger and the growing hostility

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amongst the American investors and that this is another cynical act of

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damage limitation in precisely the same way the closure of the News of

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the World was. Rupert Murdoch's e- mail played on his 43-year history

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with the Sun, the paper that brought him into Britain's media

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market. Murdoch watchers believe he's committed to defending and

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extending the Sun. I am not surprised about launching the Sun

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on Sunday. I don't think there was ever any question that on the basis

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of what has been discovered so far of the Sun being closed in a

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dramatic move like the News of the World. But there was this reaction

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from one hacking victim. This is ludicrously premature, deeply

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cynical. News International themselves say they're trying to

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drain the swamp. I don't see how the swamp can bring forth a new

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creature we all want to see on our streets. Rupert Murdoch play be

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here gripping the issue, but with protests, angry staff and a

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circling police investigation, his tabloid troubles aren't over yet.

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And one thing we didn't hear today is when this new Sun on Sunday will

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be published, what it will look like, what it will contain. Rupert

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Murdoch may be accused of simply recreating the News of the World in

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another format. That's for another time. He's going to stay in Britain

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to continue managing this situation, we're told, for now.

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Thank you. The Home Secretary, Theresa May is

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to travel to Jordan to discuss the deportation of extremist cleric Abu

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Qatada. Britain wants to deport him because he's considered a threat to

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national security. But the extradition has been blocked by the

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European Court of Human Rights. Let's get more from Matt Prodger.

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What kind of signal do you think the Government is signaling by the

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fact May will go to Jordan herself? There are two ways of interpreting

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it - the first, she's going on there to build on success that's

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already been made and to cement a deal with the Jordanians. The

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second interpretation is progress hasn't been made and she's being

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sent out there as a top gun to salvage any kind of agreement. What

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they're seeking is aaust assurance from the Jordanians that he will

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receive a fair trial. The European Court has blocked his deportation

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to Jordan because it believes evidence through torture may be

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used against him, and as a result of that a British judge released

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him because it said it couldn't detain him indefinitely. He could

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still challenge any agreement that may be made, and that means that he

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could remain in the UK for months or even years to come. Matt, thank

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you. A 71-year-old woman and her six-

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year-old grandson have been found dead in a pond in Lincolnshire. The

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alarm was raised by the boy's mother. The bodies were discovered

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in a duck bond in a village. Let's go live there and join our

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correspondent Ben Ando. What more can you tell us about this? Well,

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Michelle, a day with granny is a treat that's looked forward to by

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both grandparents and grandchildren ablie, yesterday at this

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picturesque pond in south Lincolnshire, such a treat turned

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through reasons that are not entirely clear yet from treat to

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tragedy. Still, but dangerous water in a

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sleepy Lincolnshire hamlet - last night the body of a 71-year-old

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woman was recovered from this pond in the early hours of this morning.

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Divers found her six-year-old grandson nearby. Police were called

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by the child's mother last night. He'd gone to stay with his

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grandmother but had not returned. The police called at the home, but

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there was no reply. A major air and land search was launched, and the

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bodies were found. Police say at the moment they're not sure what

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happened, but they do not suspect foul play. We're working on lots of

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hypotheses. This pond is a location where people often come and feed

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the ducks, and the accident might have happened out of something like

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that but we're keeping an open mind, but what I can say for certain - at

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this stage we're not treating this as a suspicious incident. Local

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people say the deaths were a huge shock. The woman was popular, well

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known and well liked in the village. It was a complete shock. It was

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just - you don't expect anything like that to happen around here,

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and it is just a tragedy for somebody to be out in a local area

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and something so horrible happen to you. It's just that I hope they

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find out like what happened and my condolences to the family that's

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left behind. Port mortem examinations will be carried out in

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due course. The police say they will continue their investigations

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into exactly what caused the deaths of two generations of the same

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family. Well, one other thing I should tell

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you is I put my hand into the water here, and the water is very cold,

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so if perhaps the little boy did get into the water and granny went

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in after him it is very likely they would have been overcome very

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quickly indeed. Ben, thank you, in Lincolnshire.

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Retailers have enjoyed a surprisingly good start to the year.

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New figures out today show sales rose unexpectedly, up 0.9% last

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month. Shoppers made the most of discounted prices and sales of

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furniture and sportswear were strong, but as our business

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correspondent reports, many still think the High Street is facing

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another difficult year. You'd think after the excesses of

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Christmas, we might be reining back - no. We're still shopping despite

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all the pressures on our wallets. Here in Rochdale today, people were

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out and showing us what they'd bought. Birthday cards - woops. A

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plant box, things like that, you know? Getting ready for spring

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really. I bought a headband that matches my shoes and yogurt, jelly

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beans, orange juice. I could have spent �20 at a garden centre, but I

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have looked around to get something that little bit cheaper because you

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just don't have the same amount of money to throw about. So what's

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been driving the rise in sales? Well, according to the Office for

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National Statistics survey, in January electrical goods were up -

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so too was hardware and furniture, big-ticket items for consumers.

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The boss of some of our biggest High Street chains says it's all

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down to heavy discounts. January has been a sale month, so everybody

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has been exceptionally aggressive, so I think we have to take that in

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the context of the marketplace, so hopefully that means we've all got

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rid of all the goods we wanted to get rid of. Now we get to a new

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season. Those sales are still going on mid-February, a sign that

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retailers are finding the going tough. They're cautious at the

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moment. They've been too optimistic too often in the past, and the

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economic outlook is still bad. I think they're going to continue to

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be cautious, and I think that's the right way to be. There is one real

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bright spot, though, internet sales are rising fast. Take Boden, the

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up-market clothing retailer. They say sales last month were better

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than expected. They are a retail success story, and business is

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still growing, but here at HQ, they have to fight for every order, but

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at least they don't have the headache of paying rent on hundreds

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of shops. So they came in January, tempted by

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promotions. The question is, will sales continue to move in the right

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direction? The price of diesel has reached a

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record high, prompting calls for an official investigation into fuel

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prices across the UK. The retail motor industry says the average

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pump price of �1.40 a litre is a disaster for motorists. It's asked

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the Office of Fair Trading to look into unfair pricing tactics by

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supermarkets and oil companies. More than 2,800 women in England

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who received potentially faulty breast implantss have been referred

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to the NHS because private clinics have failed to help. The Government

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says it will remove the implants for free and try to recover the

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costs from the clinics. It hasn't been the easiest of times

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for relations between Britain and France, but today David Cameron

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said cooperation hadn't been better since the Second World War. He has

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been meeting Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris and said the relationship

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remained strong despite the UK's refusal to sign up to a fiscal

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treaty. It wasn't so long ago that the

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French President advised David Cameron to shut up and called him

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"obstinate". Today's meeting was a time for smiles and complements.

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David Cameron began by wishing the man he called his friend "all the

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best with his re-election campaign." I admire Nicolas

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Sarkozy's leadership, his courage. I think he's achieved great things

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for his country. Not quite an endorsement, but President Sarkozy

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too was in a generous mood. TRANSLATION: I speak from the heart

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when I say that I wish to pay tribute to the courage of the Prime

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Minister. The Prime Minister said the

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country's enjoyed the closest relationship since World War II,

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with new deals on civilian nuclear power and military projects. The

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issue, of course, that complicates this relationship and occasionally

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turns it tetchy is Europe. President Sarkozy saying today he

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understood that the British have red lines over Europe, and David

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Cameron saying he believed the relationship was strong enough to

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get over the occasional "bump in the road," as he put it. Back in

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December, there had been frostiness between the two leaders after David

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Cameron used his veto in Brussels, but Dade President Sarkozy conceded

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he would have defended Britain's interests in exactly the same way.

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TRANSLATION: I have always been of the view that Europe needs Britain.

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The strength of a relationship is when you can have disagreements,

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but actually then be able to go on working together on all the areas

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that you agree. The two leaders have been allies over Libya, and

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David Cameron gave President Sarkozy a warship shell from that

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operation, but today the two leaders expressed their frustration

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that they couldn't do more over Syria. I am not satisfied that we

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are taking all the action we need to. The message to the Syrian

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opposition was that if they united, it would be easier to help them.

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TRANSLATION: Tell us how we can help you, and that's what we'll do.

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Both leaders made clear, however, that the conditions were not right

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for foreign intervention in Syria. It is part of the British-French

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relationship that there will be occasional rows and tiffs, but this

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meeting underlined a deepening relationship between the two

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Our top story tonight: Rupert Murdoch announces he's

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launching a Sunday edition of The Sun newspaper to fill the void left

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by the defunct News of the World. Coming up:

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Getting into gear at the Olympics 5th 5th of coming later in sport,

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we will have the latest sport including the latest from Rangers

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who went into administration He was the silent movie star famous

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for his hat and cane. But Charlie Chaplin was also a star under

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surveillance. Newly released documents have revealed that he was

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under investigation by the FBI and MI5 throughout the 1950s, as they

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tried to establish whether he was a Communist sympathiser. Our security

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correspondent, Gordon Corera, has He was the world's first Hollywood

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superstar. Charlie Chaplin was one of the most famous men in the world

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in his time. Why did Britain's security service MI5 open a file on

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him? A file which looked not just into his political views, but also

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a mystery surrounding his origins. Chaplin had left his native Britain

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for America in 1910. In Hollywood his slapstick style made him the

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star of the silent movies. If I had my way, they would all be sent back

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to Russia. By the early 50s American politicians were

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investigating communism in Hollywood and chaplain came under

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suspicion. Back comes Charlie Chaplin after an absence of twenty-

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one years. Her when he came to London the US banned him from

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returning and American intelligence For the British it is all about

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whether he is a security risk. Whether he is a member of the party

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or not. They find no proof of that and they also find no proof he is a

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security risk. But there was another question the FBI wanted

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answered. Was Charlie Chaplin really he said he was? Winnowed

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Charlie Chaplin grew up in this street in south-east London. But

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where was he born? A birth certificate has never been found

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and the FBI seemed to think he was using a false name and wanted to

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get to the truth. But in all its Surely you are not a communist.

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have to be a communist to read Karl Marx? His son, seen here in one of

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his father's political films, said Charlie Chaplin may have been born

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in a gypsy caravan and his tough early days shaped his views.

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would always tell us that he had a very hard childhood. He grew what

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on the streets. That made him very sympathetic to socialism in general.

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His great comic creation was the tramp, an underdog, and every man,

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and it is for that rather than the politics that he will always be

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remembered. For many years, Glasgow has been

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known as the knife-crime capital of the UK. But in recent months, the

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Scottish government has been cracking down with tougher prison

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sentences for those found carrying a knife. The number of crimes

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involving weapons has fallen by 10% in Scotland, but campaigners say

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more needs to be done to tackle what they call a 'culture of

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violence'. From Glasgow, our UK affairs correspondent Chris Buckler

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reports. Beaton, bloodied and left lying on

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the ground. This was the sudden end to this teenagers night out, a

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victim of violence on the streets of Glasgow. There were five or six

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people coming from that side and five or six from that side and they

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had poles and bats. They started hitting each other. He felt -- he

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fell. Beside the police car, one of the planks of wood. Officer and

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save bricks, bottles and everything else found in the street can be

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used in such a tax, but knives are one of their main concerns. These

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are some of the weapons seized in Glasgow in recent months. There was

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one at 2am and somebody slapped me. I was just asking for directions.

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These are former gang members. They now work for a community group

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trying to tackle the trouble they were once a part of. I got a

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punctured lung. And a bid/mark across my face. I have seen people

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stabbed. I have been in jail for things I have done. It is

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horrendous, some of the things I've seen. Strathclyde police's violent

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crime in its area has fallen by almost a 5th, but across Scotland,

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there is concern that more than 60% of homicides involving knives or

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sharp objects, significantly higher than the percentages for England,

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Wales and Northern Ireland, and recent figures suggest almost 80%

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of people accused of those homicides were under the influence

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of drink or drugs. People end up drinking too much alcohol. They get

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in and have an argument in the kitchen, pick up a kitchen knife

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and then stab somebody. That happens very, very quickly. There

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are campaigners who believe only harsher sentences will make a

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difference. John's son Damion was stabbed and killed by a stranger.

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He says everyone found in possession of a knife should go to

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jail. The man who killed my son was out on two serious charges. One for

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attacking a person with a knife. Why was he on the streets? A six-

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week crackdown on knife crime has just come to an end. The courts in

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Scotland were told to take knife crime particularly seriously. But

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there is pressure on the politicians to find a longer term

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solution to the twin problems of drink and violence.

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The former Essex bowler Mervyn Westfield has been sentenced to

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four months in jail. The 23-year- old is the first English cricketer

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to be prosecuted for spot-fixing. Last month, he pleaded guilty to

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taking �6,000 after deliberately bowling badly so he would concede

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runs. The corruption took place in a county game between Essex and

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Durham. So the countdown is well and truly

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on for the Olympics, with just 161 days to go. Cyclists have been in

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action at the Velodrome for the first time today. It's a sport

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dominated by Britain's men and women and there are high hopes for

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what they will achieve this year. Live now to our sports editor David

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Bond, who's at the Velodrome. What is the atmosphere like today?

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Intimate, intimidating and when Britain's cyclists are on the track,

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very, very noisy. Outside this fella drone, large parts of the

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Olympic Park are still very much a building site. But with 6,000

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people in here, it could be July and the Olympics already. This is

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the major test event on the road to 2012, but it is also a level of the

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expectation around Britain's cyclists.

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He London's Olympic Velodrome, already viewed by many as the

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iconic venue of the 2012 at games. Today the first chance to see

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competitive action in what is billed as the fastest track in the

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world. Britain's biggest names are under big pressure to win this

:24:14.:24:18.

summer, but the sport has an unrivalled track record. How did we

:24:18.:24:27.

get so good? Scientists, nutrition, physios. They are all very

:24:27.:24:31.

experienced and very their lead in their field. Getting those people

:24:31.:24:35.

together and supporting the team, it has always been a wonderful

:24:35.:24:39.

advantage because you can't do it by yourself. I have tried but you

:24:39.:24:44.

can't! You need people behind you. But all of this can't be done

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without cash. More than �26 million has been given to British Cycling

:24:49.:24:53.

By UK Sport to fund the team's preparations for 2012. That is 10%

:24:53.:24:58.

of all the funding given to the 26 Olympic sports. But it is a

:24:58.:25:02.

strategy which has delivered success. 22 medals since the Sydney

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Games in 2000, including 11 gold medals. Like cycling, the other so-

:25:07.:25:11.

called sitting down sports like sailing and rowing have also been

:25:11.:25:16.

prioritised to great effect. In London, however, the ambition is to

:25:16.:25:20.

win more medals in all sports. That ambition has been made much harder

:25:20.:25:24.

following funding cuts to some small sports. Table tennis has

:25:24.:25:30.

received just �1.2 million in the build-up to London, down 48% on

:25:30.:25:36.

Beijing. It is a similar story with shooting, just �2.4 million for

:25:36.:25:42.

London, down by almost half. Those in charge of Team GB no elite sport

:25:42.:25:47.

is a ruthless business. You can't just rely on the government because

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it may not always be there. You have to say that if government

:25:52.:25:56.

funding is reduced, we will still carry on. That is what leadership

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is about. It was Britain's leadership on the track that was in

:26:03.:26:07.

question today. Chris Hoy's sprint team failing to make tonight's

:26:07.:26:12.

finding that final. A sign perhaps that even the best sports can't

:26:12.:26:16.

guarantee gold. Chris Hoy and his team-mates will

:26:16.:26:19.

say that this doesn't really matter and during the summer when it

:26:19.:26:23.

really counts, they will deliver, but it was a reality check, a shock

:26:23.:26:28.

to the crowd. There was better news for Victoria Pendleton and Jessica

:26:28.:26:32.

Varnish, they qualified for the women's sprint final against

:26:32.:26:35.

Australia and it is the re- emergence of Australia which is

:26:35.:26:39.

posing the biggest questions for Britain's cyclists and posing the

:26:39.:26:43.

big questions as whether they can continue their success in front of

:26:43.:26:47.

his very enthusiastic home crowd his very enthusiastic home crowd

:26:47.:26:51.

this summer. Let's have a look at the weather

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forecast. Tell me the snow is over!

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For most of us, yes, but for some of us, no. Much of the UK will have

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Frost this weekend. The cold air is coming behind a cold front, which

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will spread wet and windy weather dealt Scotland and Northern Ireland.

:27:16.:27:19.

It will get into north-western parts of England and Wales later in

:27:19.:27:23.

the night. Ahead of that, largely dry and mild. Behind that weather

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front, Frost across the far north of Scotland. It will turn

:27:28.:27:33.

increasingly wintry with blizzards setting in across the Highlands and

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Grampians. The rain will sweep down through Wales, it will not last

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long, but squally winds and heavy rain. That will make its way down

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towards the south-east. By 2pm, it will turn wet for a tie.

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Technically, temperatures still doing pretty well, but with the

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wind and rain in will not feel pleasant. When the rain clears, the

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sun will come out, but the temperatures will fall away during

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the afternoon. Wales, bright and chilly. Across the Irish Sea and

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into Northern Ireland, showers developing and they will turn

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wintry. The North of Scotland looks quite nasty if you're heading into

:28:17.:28:22.

the hills. The central belt probably staying dry. Tomorrow

:28:22.:28:26.

night, further snow showers in Scotland. Northern Ireland could

:28:26.:28:30.

also see snow. For most of us, Frost is the story on Sunday

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morning. A bright, crisp, sunny start. A few wintry showers across

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