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Road disruption and power lines down as snow and blizzards hit

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parts of the country. There are confuse of traffic across northern

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England, as tens of thousands are left without electricity.

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We have no power. No mobile phone. No mains telephone. Devastated in

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this day and age that you can't get any information. Salvage experts in

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Wales struggle to get fuel off a cargo ship which ran aground in

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stormy seas. Parts of the country have civilian

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the heaviest April snow for 30 years.

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Also tonight: Britain's big airlines fear gridlock at airports

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over Easter. They say borders are dangerously understaffed.

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One of the country's most wanted men arrested, suspected of

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hijacking a car carrying two toddlers.

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More GPs are worried about whether they can make the controversial NHS

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reforms work. New research by the BBC.

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And Great Britain pip Australia to gold in the four-man team event at

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the World Championship. Next time they meet it's the Olympics.

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On BBC London, the hosepipe ban starts at midnight. Some businesses

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say they are suffering already. And the high court rules against

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protesters trying to stop the building of an Olympic training

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Hello and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

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Tens of thousands of families are still without power tonight after

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gale-force winds, snow, sleet and rain brought power lines down in

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north-east England and Derbyshire. Elsewhere, across a wide sweep of

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northern England, there's been disruption on the roads, with many

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motorists stuck for hours. Ed Thomas is in Saddleworth with the

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latest for us. We might have the blue skies here now, but this

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morning we had the gales, is sleet and the snow. How much snow? Just

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look at this pile here. In Yorkshire they have had the

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heaviest snowfall in April for over 30 years. What all this has meant

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is homes without power and roads closed. This was rush hour on the

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M62. Drivers talked about blizzard- like conditions between Manchester

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and Huddersfield. Queues stretched for ten miles as the motorway was

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closed. It meant drivers were forced on to the back roads. But it

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wasn't long before they also became stuck. They knew it was snowing and

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they have done nothing about it. I haven't seen any gritters out in

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the last couple of days. It's caught them off guard again haven't

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it? The M62 was choc-a-block. Everybody is trying to get through

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this way. April. It should have come on April 1st!

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We joined Oldham's Mountain Rescue team in Saddleworth. By midday they

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had already dug out over 20 drivers and a snowplough. How bad was it?

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Early on it was quite severe. The winds were really high, gusting

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probably force 7 and 8, difficult to stand up in. Visibility was 15

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metres. Very, very cold. And the snow and ice has left tens of

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thousands of homes without power across North Yorkshire, Derbyshire

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and County Durham. Here in Consett many have been without electricity

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since last night. We have no power, no mobile phone, no mains telephone.

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No internet access. Other than the car, and the road, we have no

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communication. Devastated in this day and thaidge you can't get any

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information. We have no means of contact, radio, television or

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nothing. Mobile phones yes, we've tried to ring the frift board but

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after 15 or 20 minutes we are cut off. No information is given.

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Engineers are trying to restore power here. But the snow and ice is

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making their job harder. Currently we have about 25,000 customers

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still without power, having peaked through the night at 40,000, so we

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are working really hard under our major incident response plan to get

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everyone on supply. Off North Wales this cargo ship hit a rock off

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Colwyn Bay. There is concern that oil is leaking but there is praise

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for those who rescued seven crew members. It was difficult to rescue

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seven people off the ship which was moving at the time in stormy seas

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and bring them down safely on the M55. The snow is now melting. All

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of this was expected but it seems that many weren't prepared.

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They are still trying to clear this road. You can see how slow it is

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for the traffic, and the tractor trying to move the snow off the

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carriageway. But it is melting here quickly. This hopefully should be

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gone tomorrow. A quick word about homes without power. I'm told that

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12,000 homes in Whitby now have electricity. Ed, thank you.

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11 major airlines, including British Airways and Virgin, have

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warned that there could be "gridlock" at airports over busy

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periods like the Easter break. They say a shortage of staff at border

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controls could lead to unacceptable delays, but the Home Office says

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extra staff will be brought in to cope with the extra demand. Here's

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our home affairs correspondent, Tom Symonds. After a long haul flight

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it is hugs and friendly faces we expect, not an endless queue in

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passport control. But airlines say there's a risk of gridlock like

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this because of the upheaval in the UK Border Force, which places our

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borders. Last year it came to light that staff levels had been cut and

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fewer additional passport checks were being done. The Home Secretary,

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Theresa May, suspended the head of the agency here on the right, and

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demanded full checks were restored. But they take longer and require

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more staff. Virgin and the other airlines are now claiming there

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aren't enough people on duty and queues risk disrupting their entire

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operation. It is the middle of the afternoon. Quite a quiet period at

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Terminal 4. Passengers have been telling me that some from outside

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Europe have waited about 15 minutes to get through passport control.

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But the airport says it can sometimes take three hours, which

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BAA, owner of Heathrow, believes is unsent. We work hard to make sure

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we cut out confuse as much as wefpblgt it should take five

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minutes to get through security. Down stairs in immigration it is a

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different matter. That is not a good enough welcome to the UK.

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Heathrow said this weekend will be quieter than next weekend. But

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airlines and the Border Force union say their concerns go beyond Easter.

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We have the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics. The border needs

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to have enough staff. They need to be trained. They need to be in

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place, not temporary staff, proper, fully trained border officers.

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Home Office says extra staff are being brought in. The new border

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chief says warnings of serious disruption are simply speculation.

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My focus must be on making sure that our border is safe, that our

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travelling public are safe, and this we don't permit risks into the

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United Kingdom that could be a detriment to the safety of our

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communities. And trying to achieve that in a way that doesn't disrupt

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people any more than is necessary. Now clear that the airlines are

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closely watching the performance of Britain's Border Force.

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After a row about Government powers to monitor everything from our

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phone calls to internet use, there's fresh division at the heart

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of the coalition tonight over secret evidence in court. David

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Cameron says it's all about plugging gaps in national security,

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but many, including the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, appear

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unconvinced. Our deputy political editor, James Landale, has more

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details. Where should the balance of justice be decided? Always in

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open court or occasionally in private? So national security and

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the secrets of our spys are protected. To date the Prime

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Minister was clear. If courts want to hear more intelligence they need

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to do so behind closed doors. Government, Prime Ministers, have a

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responsibility for national security. We should take every step

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that's necessary to keep the country safe. We shouldn't put our

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civil liberties at risk by doing so, but where there are gaps that need

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to be plugged we need to plug those gaps. But how those gaps are

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plugged is testing this once happy relationship. Nick Clegg has tried

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to limit greater state monitoring of the internet. Now he's told

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Ministers that plans for more secret courts risk riding roughshod

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over civil liberties. I've been here 29 years arguing the case for

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civil liberties. One thing that justifies liberal democracy is

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defending the citizen against did overmighty state. We took on Labour

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for 13 years because they didn't understand that. On one level you

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have a Conservative Prime Minister emfising security, his Liberal

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Democrats deputy emphasising civil liberties. Nick Clegg is aware that

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he is facing tough local elections soon. So Mr Clegg has made clear he

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won't support more closed courts unless judges, not Ministers,

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decide when to used them. And he says they should never apply

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inquests. But Ken Clarke said secret courts are necessary to

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protect national security and to protect intelligence given to the

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UK by countries like the United States. In the case of the former

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Guantanamo Bay detainee, Binyam Mohamed, a summary of US

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intelligence was revealed in court and Ken Clarke says the Americans

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are now cutting back on the information they share. No-one is

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riding rough shot over the principles of open justice but you

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cannot have your spies giving sensitive information in public.

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And the result is you don't hear them at all at the moment. There is

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no open justice. This makes the security services more accountable.

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Labour like the Liberal Democrats think the plans for secret courts

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go too far, so pressure on the Government to get the right balance

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between security and liberty is growing.

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Network Rail has been fined �4 million and ordered to pay costs of

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nearly �120,000 for a breach of health and safety law which caused

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a train to derail near Grayrigg in Cumbria in 2007. One passenger was

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killed and 86 others injured when the 300 tonne engine derailed at 95

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mph after hitting a badly maintained and faulty set of points.

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A man suspected of master minding the September 11th attacks is to

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stand trial at a special tribunal. He and four others are being held

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at Guantanamo Bay accused of terrorism and aircraft hijack. If

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found guilty they could face the death penalty.

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One of Britain's most wanted men is under arrest tonight. Cedric Brown

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was cornered by West Midlands Police at the scene of a burglary

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and carjacking. Two toddlers were strapped into car seats at the time.

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As Daniel Boetcher reports from Birmingham, the man is also being

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questioned over a violent break-in two years ago which was featured on

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Crimewatch. Three suspects seen running from a vehicle were pursued

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by officers on foot along this street. Then the start of a brief

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but terrifying ordeal for one young family. Police say one of the

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suspects then grabbed a woman, pulling her out of her car. It is

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believed he was carrying a knife. He sped off in that direction,

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trying to escape. But in the back of the car were the woman's two

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young children, a one-year-old boy and a two-year-old girl. I heard

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the scream and I looked out the door to see a car spinning off up

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the road really. But the woman was really upset. Crying and that. But

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there was quite a few people helping her. I think he may have

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realised the children were in the back of the car. A man was arrested

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after he abandoned the car a short distance away and the children were

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safely reunited with their mother. The children themselves, the

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youngest didn't know much about it but the two-year-old was covering

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her face and was frightened and was talking about what's been going on

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today. The man arrested is believed to be 44-year-old Cedric Brown. He

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is wanted for questioning in ex- connection with a stabbing and

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burglary in Birmingham. The defence has begun in the trial

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of 11 men accused of sexually abusing girls in the Rochdale area.

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In court today a defendant, who like the other men charged, is

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Asian, accused one of the girls of being racist and the police of

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being corrupt. Our correspondent, Chris Buckler, was at Liverpool

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These are some of the men accused of sexually abusing five girls.

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Aged as young as 1. Among the accusation claims that they worked

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together as a gang, using drink, drugs and violence to groom the

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teenagers. Today in court another defendant, who we can't name for

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legal reasons, became the first of the men to gave evidence. He made

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his own claims. Calling one of the The 59-year-old man, who is as

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yangs accused the police of being corrupt.

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-- the 59-year-old man, who is Asian, accused the police of being

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corrupt. There've been protests by the BNP outside court earlier in

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the trial. And there had been demonstrations in the Heywood area

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of Rochdale, where it is alleged that vulnerable girls were

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trafficked and raped. But the defendant claimed they were

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involved in prostitution and said they in enough business acumen to

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win the television programme The Apprentice. At several points he

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became aggressive, accusing a police officer in court of United

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Kingdom him up. At another he took off his short, asking why a girl he

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is accused of having sex with failed to tell police he was hairy.

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A second defendant, Kabeer Hassan, gave Ed today. Like the other men

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There has been disruption to roads and power supplies after snow and

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high winds in parts of the country. Coming up... Gold medals and a new

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world record for Britain's cyclists. The perfect planning for London

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2012. Ind Business news, why charities are banking on a �600

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million Big Society cash pile. And how growth in the service sector

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suggests that Britain might have dodged the recession will it. --

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GPs seem to be losing faith in the Government's controversial reforms

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to the NHS in England. That's according to new research conducted

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by the BBC. 18 months ago, one in four thought giving GPs a greater

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say would improve care for their patients. Now it's just one in

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eight. Our health correspondent has the details. In every community in

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England, the NHS is changing. A year from now, GPs will be the

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leaders - making decisions together about how money is spent. So does

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this G P led system mean an improvement in care? In 20th

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September 10, 23 % agreed it would. By March this year that had fallen

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to just 12 % of GPs. The government says the NHS needs this scale of

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change. That convinced 65 % of GPs in 2010, but only 47 % agree now.

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Some critics argue this will mean a bigger role for private companies.

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71 % of GPs thought it would in 2010. That has now gone up to 87 %.

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Some GPs say they've become deeply disillusioned. We are very worried.

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As more details come out it becomes increasingly obvious that the power

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being given is not as real as it seems. We won't have a lot of power.

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What the government have done is shifted the decision-making

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processes on to us at a time when our services will have to be cut.

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These NHS changes are all about who makes decisions about money. GP

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surgeries like this one are joining together into groups. This time

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next year those G P led groups will take control of health budgets for

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the local communities. They could be more competition for the NHS

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from private companies and charities. And at the same time,

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the Health Service have to find big savings to help meet rising costs.

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It is that need to find savings at the same time that is worrying

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patient campaigners. We hear on a daily basis about the huge

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efficiency savings we've got to make. GPs going forward have got to

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make some very tough decisions about whether to treat a patient or

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not. That is going to have a huge impact on the GP patient trust and

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relationship. This ComRes pole used to see sample of more than 800 GPs

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interviewed in March. We asked them about future pressures on the NHS.

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Will the NHS be able to go on treating patients within 18 weeks?

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Just 22 % thought it could. Almost Just 22 % thought it could. Almost

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half disagreed. Will the NHS have to increase rationing of treatment?

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to increase rationing of treatment? 83 % of GPs think it will. GPs who

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support the changes say that is why they need to take the lead. GPs are

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in a very good position to know what conditions their patients are

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likely to experience. They can therefore plan services at a

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convenient for the patient, but also make sure they are provided in

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a cost-effective way. government says many GPs do back

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its vision. And, as the NHS goes on making savings, patients want

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doctors, not managers in charge. You can find out more about that

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Talks aimed at averting a strike by fuel tanker drivers have begun at a

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secret location in London. They are being overseen by ACAS, the

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conciliation service, which is mediating between the Unite union

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and officials from seven distribution companies. Richard

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Westcott is at ACAS for us now. Tell us what the latest is.

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All the union will say is these talks are still going on. I think

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we can take that as a good sign. They started early this morning,

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but they have got a lot to talk about. It isn't a single issue here.

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It isn't about pay, pensions, safety training, the unions say all

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of that has been degraded over the last few years but the company is

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disagreeing with that. This could go on for days, weeks, we have no

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idea. It's important to remember we are not suddenly going to have a

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strike sprung on us. Even if it breaks down, the unions come out

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and are now strike dates - they It's called Big Society Capital and

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its aim is to unlock billions of pounds of investment in social and

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community projects. The new fund, which has start-up cash of �600

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million, has the personal endorsement of the Prime Minister.

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But how much of an impact will it make? As our home editor reports,

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the initiative is being hailed as a new way of getting his -- getting

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big business to invest in grassroots projects. Britain is

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being invited to board a new vehicle for delivering public

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services. And this bus is an example of it. It looks like any

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London double-decker but unlike other routes where profit goes to

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shareholders, many made on this one subsidises community projects. In

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the jargon, it's a not-for-profit social enterprise. And the man who

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heads the project is a social entrepreneur. Former bus driver Dai

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Powell, wants to expand his feet, but traditional banks are often

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reluctant to lend to social enterprises. As of today, there is

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the Big Society Capital. The public sector has the tax take, the

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private sector has share Capital. We now have access to funds for

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social enterprise. When you say to the bank, I've got this social

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enterprise, what will you say? will say we need X amount of money

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and we will give you a financial return but also a social return.

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The application for a loan will stress sell his operation Bunce

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community mini buses for elderly and disabled people in north London,

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as well as generating enough income to repay his debts. Bankers may

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have an image problem that Animex passenger on the social enterprise

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bus is a banker with a difference. Does the chief executive of Big

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Society Capital honestly believed that hard-nosed City investors will

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be prepared to sacrifice profit to do good? I am absolutely convinced.

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Not just in London but about the UK, there are a significant number of

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people who want to take at least a part of their investment portfolio

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and dedicated to investment that not only gets them their money back

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but also earns them some sort of small return and, most importantly,

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help to make society and the communities they live in a better

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place to live. So is social enterprise takes its idea too Big

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Society Capital, which will look at what it offers for a financial

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return and social return. It may dip into its own funds, but most of

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the cash is likely to come from an outsider, a company, charity or

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individual, happy to earn a bit less interest if their investment

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also ends up making the world a better place. Within the charitable

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sector there are sceptics as to just where the Big Society boss is

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taking Britain. Social enterprise is not risk-free. It could go bust.

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It asocial enterprise is delivering a key public service and people

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have got to have continuous service on it then something will have to

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be done. It's important the government thinks about that now.

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If we get a lot more social enterprises delivering a lot more

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public services, this is an issue which would become real in the

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future. Enthusiasts believe Big Society Capital will help create a

:24:10.:24:14.

new sector for service delivery, incorporating the best of state and

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privately funded provision. Doubters fear it will suffer the

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weaknesses of both. Edinburgh Zoo says its two giant pandas have yet

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to make, two days after they were placed in the same enclosure for

:24:31.:24:34.

the first time. Tian Tian and Yang Guang have been showing some

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interest in each other but, with only 36 hours it year in which it's

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possible to conceive, it means the arrival of any panda cubs is now

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unlikely this season. When it comes to planning for London 2012, it

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could hardly get any better. A British four man team has just said

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the new world record at the track cycling world championships in

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Australia. But, as James Pearce reports from Melbourne, the British

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team are also competing against each other for places at this

:25:01.:25:09.

summer's Games. The roar from the Australian crowd as their team

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pursuit cyclist went head-to-head against the British. And then near

:25:14.:25:18.

silence. When they realised that the Brits had won in a world record

:25:18.:25:23.

time. I've been wanting this for the last four years and it's never

:25:23.:25:26.

quite happened. To come to Australia and beat the Aussies on

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their own turf makes it all the better. In Melbourne, the British

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cyclists could hardly be any further from London as the

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countdown to the Olympics continues. But it's here, 10,000 miles from

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home, where some agonising selection decisions will have to be

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made. The rules for the Olympic cycling have changed. This year,

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every country is going to be limited to just one competitor in

:25:49.:25:54.

each event. So Sir Chris Hoy won't even be able to defend all three of

:25:54.:26:00.

the titles he won in Beijing unless he can prove here that he is still

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Britain's number one in each of his event. This was Chris Hoy today,

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riding alongside Jason Kenny in the tree -- in the team sprint. This

:26:12.:26:16.

was Chris Foy at the last Olympics, beating him in the final of the

:26:16.:26:20.

individual sprint. After that race, an interesting prediction was made

:26:20.:26:24.

about a man he'd forced to settle for the silver medal. He's going to

:26:24.:26:27.

be the best in the world in a short space of time. This is the man

:26:27.:26:32.

who's going to win in London. Chris Hoy's ambition of winning

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three more gold medals in London will be thwarted before the Games

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even begin, unless he can demonstrate this week that his

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prodigy still can't overtake him. share a room with the guide, we

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trained together every day. He's a great bloke, we're good friends.

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But on the track it doesn't matter, you are just trying to do

:26:52.:26:56.

everything you can to win the race. That showdown will take place at

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the end of the week. Today belongs to Britain's men's pursuit team,

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the new world champions. Let's get Than fully the worst is over for

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oboes badly affected today. Let's remind ourselves of the vortex of

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thick cloud, this was the make-up of the snow. Blizzards for some,

:27:24.:27:32.

welcome rainfall for others. For many, a cold evening across central

:27:32.:27:36.

and southern areas. In the West Country, the chances of a few

:27:36.:27:40.

thundery showers in the next few hours. The worst of the weather

:27:40.:27:44.

will be across central and southern areas tonight. For the rest of the

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UK it is dry and quieter. The skies will be clearing across the North,

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that means a very cold night. Where you've got snow cover it will be

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extremely cold, a severe frost in some places. Later in the night,

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more cloud spreading to the north- west of Scotland. Rain arriving,

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not snow. This dampness will spread across other parts of Scotland and

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Northern Ireland. Further south it is looking good. The early cloud

:28:11.:28:18.

across seven areas will break up. A much better day across the North of

:28:18.:28:23.

England, dry and brighter. Breezy across southern areas but things

:28:23.:28:26.

should pick up through the afternoon. Temperatures in many

:28:26.:28:30.

places will be getting up into double figures. Patchy rain

:28:30.:28:34.

clearing from south Devon and Cornwall. Wales has a much better

:28:34.:28:40.

day. It will be brighter and warmer. For Northern Ireland it will tend

:28:40.:28:44.

to cloud over after a bright, frosty start. Patchy rain towards

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