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A nurse who took the hoax call from two Australian DJs about the

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Duchess of Cambridge has been found dead. Jacintha Saldanha had worked

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at the hospital for four years T Duchess was treated at the hospital

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earlier this week, suffering from extreme morning sickness. We can

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confirm that Jacintha was recently the victim of a prank call to the

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hospital. The hospital had been supporting her through this

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difficult time. Jacintha was a first-class nurse, who cared

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diligently for hundreds of patients during her time with us.

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Australian DJs rang the hospital and managed to find out details of

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the Duchess's medical condition. They apologised afterwards. The

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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have said they were deeply saddened to

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learn of the death of Jacintha Saldanha and they had been looked

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after wonderfully at the hospital. Also - the mother who went into

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hiding with her son, now in court to try and stop him having

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radiotherapy for a life-threatening brain tumour. Hillary Clinton in

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Northern Ireland calls for peace after this week's violence, as a

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rocket launch is -- launcher is found in Londonderry. David Cameron

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says he will not force churches to carry out gay marriages. And 40

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years since man last stepped on the moon - it could be your turn, if

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you have a spare �1 billion. And coming up on the BBC News Channel -

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England tighten their grip on the Third Test.

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Good evening. Welcome to the BBC News at Six. A nurse who took a

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prank call from two Australian DJs about the Duchess of Cambridge has

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been found dead. The King Edward VII's Hospital, where the Duchess

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was treated earlier this week for extreme morning sickness said

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Jacintha Saldanha was an excellent and well-respected nurse, who had

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been the victim of a hoax call. She was married with two children. On

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Tuesday, it is understood she first answered the call from the two DJs

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who were pretending to be the Queen and Prince Charles and put it

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through to the Duchess's hospital room. This report contains some

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flash photography. It was a prank call intended as a joke. This

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morning police were called to an address near the King Edward VII's

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Hospital, there they found the body of the nurse who initially answered

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the call. It is with deep sadness that I can confirm the death of a

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member of our nursing staff - Jacintha Saldanha. Jacintha has

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worked at the King Edward VII's Hospital for more than four years.

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She was an excellent nurse and well respected and popular with all of

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her colleagues. We can confirm that Jacintha was recently the victim of

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a hoax call to the hospital. The hospital had been supporting her

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through this very difficult time. In a statement from St James's

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Palace, a spokesman said the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were

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deeply saddened to learn of the death of Jacintha Saldanha. The

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The prank call was made by two Australian radio presenters called

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Mel Greig and Michael Christian. They work for a Sydney radio

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station called 2Day FM. Nurse Saldanha was on duty at King Edward

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VII's Hospital when the call came through early on Tuesday morning.

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She answered the call and was taken in by the caller's impersonation of

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the Queen. She put the call through to a second nurbs who was

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monitoring -- nurse who was This is desperately sad. It has

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come as a great shock. Yes. It's a desperate story,

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desperately sad. Just precisely as you say. A universally sad reaction

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that has been the reaction from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, as

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they said in their statement - deeply saddened. That is rather an

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understatement of how they are feeling just now. Of course it will

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be for an inquest to work out precisely the sequence of events.

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What did happen, what was the cause of death. We don't know anything

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about that at this stage. St James's Palace has pointed out that

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at no stage did they make a complaint about how the hospital

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handled the hoax call. They said, we offered our full and heart-felt

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support to the nurses involved in the prank call. We have heard

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nothing from Sydney from, the station 2Day FM or from the two

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presenters who thought it would be funny to make this prank call.

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Indeed, a short time ago, a tape of the call was still on the radio

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station's website. Thanks very much. A mother who sparked a nationwide

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manhunt after going into hiding with her seven-year-old son has

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spent the day at the High Court, challenging the medical treatment

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doctors say he should receive. He has a life threatening brain tumour.

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She is trying to stop him having radiotherapy, which she says could

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harm him. Neon Roberts was described as a

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funny boy - a seven-year-old who had a brain tumour removed in an

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operation. A mother who is questioning what treatment happens

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next. Sally Roberts arrived at court today to challenge doctors.

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They have advised drugs, radiotherapy - but she is concerned

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about the impact that radiotherapy could have. He had an operation in

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October to remove his brain tumour. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are

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recommended to follow. It is the standard treatment for a child with

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this cancer. His mum launched legal action at the High Court, concerned

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that radiotherapy could damage his brain. She went missing on Monday

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with Neon, but they were found yesterday. Sally Roberts told the

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judge today she only wants the best for her son.

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Today, her mum and dad spoke to the BBC, saying they want every option

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considered carefully, including their grandson just having

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chemotherapy. We're not against the medical profession. All we want to

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do is the very best for our grandchild. That is exploring every

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avenue. We could be told, you are completely wrong. That's fine.

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court heard there is a risk of some brain damage from radiotherapy, but

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experts say it gives the best chance of survival, so much so that

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it east the standard treatment across the UK.

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What the court has to decide is what's in Neon's best interests.

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Weighing up the extra chance of survival that radiotherapy could

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give him, against the potential long-term damage to his brain. When

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children need treatment, it's parents who have to decide. Often

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facing difficult and painful dilemmas. Trying to make a decision

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with the help of doctors. There's nobody who knows more about that

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child and their quality of life and the choices that they would want to

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make than that family. What you bring, as the clinician, is an

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understanding of having seen the progression of this particular

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illness or disease. In Neon's case, his parents don't agree. So the

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judge will decide and that could be as early as tomorrow.

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On a visit to Northern Ireland Hillary Clinton has condemned this

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week's violence in Belfast which has been sparked by anger among

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some loyalists at plans to stop flying the Union Flag every day

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over City Hall. A local MP who supports the proposal was advised

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not to return to her home after a death threat. Hours before the --

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Hillary Clinton's arrival, police intercepted a rocket launcher. Back

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in Belfast and back to hear about the state of the peace process.

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Hillary Clinton has always known it was not perfect, but she came here

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to tell politicians to keep working together and not allow violence to

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drive them apart. There will always be disagreements in democratic

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societies. We are experts at that in the United States. We have a lot

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of very serious difficult disagreements that divide us. But

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violence is never an acceptable response to those disagreements.

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The security situation in Northern Ireland is causing concern. Last

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night, in Londonderry, police investigating dissident republicans

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stopped a car and found inside a rocket launcher type devise. This

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is a weapon designed to attack armoured vehicles and kill the

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occupants of those vehicles. County Down a letter bomb was

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intercepted. In Ballymena there were more protests by loyalists.

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They are complaining about the decision of Belfast City Council,

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to stop flying the Union Flag every day. The cross-community Alliance

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Party supported the flag decision. One of their offences has --

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offices has since been destroyed by loyalists. It emerged that the East

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Belfast MP, Naomi Long, has received death threats and been

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advised by police to leave her home. I will not let that threat deter me

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from serving my constituents. I will not let it influence decisions

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that my party takes. The taking down of one flag has led to four

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days of trouble. There are British symbols everywhere you look - on

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Belfast's Shankill Road. So, why do these symbols matter so much? Some

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people here feel that the peace process has made Northern Ireland

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less British. I would like to see my flag, which belongs to my Queen,

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flying in my country. The Union Jack is our flag. It should be

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flown. There are huge swathes of people here who feel that the peace

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process has left them out and left them behind. I think that's part of

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the problem. Hillary Clinton was briefed on the on-going

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difficulties today. She also got a glimpse of the new Belfast and

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visited the recently opened Titanic tourist centre. Northern Ireland

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has changed dramatically in the past ten years and she said she

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still believed its future is bright. The Prime Minister says he supports

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same-sex marriages in churches, synagogues, mosques and other

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religious buildings. He says she does not want gay people to be

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excluded from a great institution. Plans will be unveiled next week.

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Religions such as the Church of England will not be forced to

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conduct the ceremonies. I am in favour because I am a supporter of

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marriage. I don't want gay people to be excluded from a great

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institution. Let me be 100% clear - if there is any church or any

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synagogue or mosque that does mot want to have a gay marriage, it

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will not, it must not be forced to hold it. Well, our political

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correspondent is at Westminster. This represents a significant shift

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in Mr Cameron's view. Yes, it does. I mean David Cameron has always

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supported the idea of same-sex marriages, but only in a civil

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setting, so only in a registry office or one other place like a

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country house where people can get married nowadays. What he's saying

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now is religious organisations should be allowed to conduct

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marriages, not they should be forced to and indeed those who

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don't want to should be protected from any pressure to do so. Those

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who want to, should be allowed to. The reason they have changed their

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mind on that is this - they believe that this is a water-tight

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guarantee, to guarantee those organisations who don't want to do

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it from being forced to do it. In other words, if you allow people to

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opt in, you protect their freedoms - the ones who want to do it. If

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you write to the legislation you don't want to do it, that protects

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those who don't want to do it. They say that is the best way of

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guaranteeing freedoms in both directions. Interestingly, there's

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been stern reaction to this from the Tory backbenchers. They were

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not keen on gay marriage as it was. They are incandescent in some parts.

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One described it as an outrage. Another said that Mr Cameron was

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catastrophically wrong about that. The Church of England, of course,

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they say it is divisive about the way the definition of marriage has

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been changing T Quakers and the Unitarians have wanted this for

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some time. We will get a bill just before Easter on this and we'll

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have a vote in the House of Commons in the early part of the summer.

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The Tory MPs will get a free vote. We expect Labour and the Liberal

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Democrats to get some whipped vote, in other words to be asked to vote

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in favour by their party. We should get legislation f it goes through

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Parliament, by the beginning of 2014 it will become law.

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manufacturing output fell more sharply than expected in October,

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raising fears that the economy could shrink again. Output was down

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1.3% from September. It was the worst fall since June, when output

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was affected by extra public holidays for the Diamond Jubilee.

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Tens of thousands of protestors are on the streets of Cairo, continuing

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to demonstrate against the Egyptian President, Mohamed Morsi, who has

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given himself sweeping powers. Last night the President called for

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talks about the growing political crisis. Today, it was rejected by

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Egypt is again on the brink. Two men killed in violence earlier this

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week were buried after Friday prayers. This is from where

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President Morsi draws his support, the mast, organised ranks of the

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Muslim Brotherhood. These Brotherhood offices in Cairo were

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ransacked last night. Local officials too wary to identify

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themselves accuse their opponents of disregarding the democratic

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process in which the President was elected six months ago. They come

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in and damage a building that has nothing to do with them. It kind of

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tells you, I mean, what we are talking about, not freedom of

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opinion, freedom of killing, freedom of damaging, what is that?

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President Morsi has been accused of gravity excessive powers and of

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trying to push through a new constitution which does not protect

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the basic rights of others. -- grabbing. Egypt is again hopelessly

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divided. Almost two years ago, these people marched in their

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thousands of Tahrir Square, demanding the downfall of an

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authoritarian regime. Now they are back again, opponents of President

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Morsi, saying that one tyrant has simply been replaced by another.

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Hosni Mubarak is long gone, and these liberals, Christians and

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women fear the new President and his constitution. They say Egypt is

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heading for disaster. Listen to the people, the people are trying to

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tell you something. We cannot say that there is another revolution

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coming. He is totally blind about the truth of what is happening.

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Worse than Mubarak is how he has been described, a man he regret

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voting for. I do not like the constitution of my country. It will

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be written by one party. And what is really bad is that I am starting

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to believe that the old regime is better. From behind his palace

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walls, President Morsi has called for a national dialogue tomorrow,

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but tonight opposition protesters are reported to have broken through

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these barricades around the heavily Our top story tonight: The nurse

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who took the hosts call from Australian DJs about the Duchess of

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Cambridge has been found dead. -- hoax call. And that extraordinary

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run-out for the captain, England's cricketers still pile on the runs

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against India. Coming up in Friday's Sportsday on

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the BBC News Channel, all the build-up to the Manchester derby,

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the rivalry is hotter than ever after City beat United to the

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Surgeons in Birmingham have saved the life of a five-year-old girl

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with a rare spinal disorder which meant her body was being slowly

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crushed. Rosie Davies was born with part of the spine missing and has

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never been able to walk. But in only the second operation of its

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kind, a medical team used bone grafts to build the gap and are

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confident she may be able to walk with the aid of artificial limbs.

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On the move, Rosie is making a remarkable recovery just two months

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at the pioneering surgery to stop her body collapsing on itself.

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There was a cost, amputating her lower legs, but these had never

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functioned, and the bone was used as part of a unique red hair which

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has saved her life. -- repair. Before, she was basically a

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timebomb. We do not know how long we had with there, and since having

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the operation, she has now had a life expectancy increased to that

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of a normal child. Before the operation, Rosie's organs were

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being gradually crushed by the unsupported weight of her upper

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body. It would eventually have killed her. She was born with five

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of her vertebrae missing. Doctors had never seen such a large gap

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before. To bridge the missing section, surgeons used tear

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amputated lower leg bones, and to permanently lock the repair into

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place, they inserted these metal struts which were bolted to the

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vertebrae above and the pelvis below. And the design will allow

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her to grow. Can we see your legs moving? Doctors at Birmingham

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Children's Hospital are delighted with their progress, because not

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only do her organs now have the room to function normally, but her

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stretch spinal cord has begun to provide a feeling to her upper legs.

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Before the surgery, she had very little sensation in her upper legs,

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and immediately after the surgery it was obvious that sensation was

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getting clearer, she could feel better, she could tell us which leg

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it was, and now today in testing she has pinpoint precision

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sensation. And getting feeling in her legs is crucial for rosy for

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another reason, because it means that in the future she may be able

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to be fitted with prosthetic limbs. Whether she will be able to walk

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will not be known for some time. For the moment, her parents and

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sister are simply delighted that the shadow hanging over her future

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They are called personal statements and have been described as a way

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for students to stand out from the crowd when applying for a

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university place, but one charity wants the system changed because

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they say state school pupils are put at a disadvantage because their

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personal statements often appear less impressive than those written

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by pupils from independent schools. Shia Reeta Chakrabarti.

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Applying to university is a stressful business. Teenagers need

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the right grades fell their cause but also personal statements that

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up to scratch. -- for their cause. The sixth-formers near Manchester

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understand the pressure all too well, writing an account of why

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they should win a place can be a challenge. I want them to see that

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I am an enthusiastic student who really wants what I am going after.

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It is your one chance to show the weather is reading it and

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processing the applications why they should be queue and y you are

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different from everyone else. -- why they should pay queue and y you

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One private-school applicants said they were offered a work placement

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to shadow an ambassador to the United Nations. That is contrasted

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with a state school applicants saying, I have a part-time job in a

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local pub. There were more spelling mistakes in the state school

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applications, and grammatical mistakes. Personal statements are

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designed to give those applying to university a chance to show their

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wider skills and interests, but the claim today is that they could be

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making the system less fair to those from state schools.

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Universities say they are just one of a range of things they look at.

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They are going to be looking at A- level results, prior attainment,

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teachers' references. Some of them carry out tests, some of them carry

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out interviews. Two-thirds of the privately educated applicants in

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the study ended up being accepted by a top university, while that was

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true for just over half of those from state schools and colleges.

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The charity behind the research wants this part of the system to be

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reformed. We should have a system that at least tries to be a level

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playing field, so it should be more about, I think, what you can offer

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for a degree course, rather than what you have done already. Some

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say admissions tutors are more than capable of reading between the

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lines and factoring in social background, but the proportion of

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state school pupils in top universities remains too low, and

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while that persists, so will this debate.

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Cricket, and England have enjoyed another excellent day against India

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in the third Test. Captain Alastair Cook continued his amazing run of

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form but was out in bizarre fashion, having looked on course to score a

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double century. Joe Wilson watched the action.

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Lunch digest it on the third day in Calcutta, and India still wondering

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how to get rid of Alastair Cook. Still going strong. Where now? Well

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into the unknown, or at least the highly unusual. Virat Kohli quite

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properly through at the stumps when England considered a run. As the

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throw came in, Alastair Cook was about to ground his bat when he

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reacted to the ball and left a gap. Run-out, freakishly, for the first

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time in his first-class career. Still, he had main 190 and shared a

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partnership of 173 with Jonathan Trott. Now could Kevin Pietersen

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accelerate? He had a record to catch, Alastair Cook has 23 Test

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centuries, Pietersen only 22. Out lbw, 54. England were past 500,

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nearly 200 runs ahead, two days to win the Test, and for India in the

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morning, more bowling. A private company is offering to

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fly customers to the money if they can afford the stratospheric price.

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For �1 billion for two tickets, it claims wealthy individuals,

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corporations or scientists could land on the Moon by 2020. The

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announcement comes on the 40th anniversary of NASA's last manned

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mission to the Moon on Apollo 17. December 1972, and NASA sends

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Apollo astronauts to the moon for the very last time. No-one has been

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back since. One giant leap for privately owned commercial

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enterprise... 40 years on, some former NASA employees have launched

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a new company. Golden Spike says it will soon be offering commercial

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flights back to the lunar surface. Our vision is to create a reliable

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and affordable US-based commercial Schumann lunar transportation

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system. This is the lunar module that the last man on the Moon used

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40 years ago, and this is what Golden Spike will hope to take

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people back with in 2020. The company says it will cost $1.4

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billion. It will be open to corporations and wealthy

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individuals. It will mean that countries like Japan, South Korea

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and South Africa could carry out research on the lunar surface. 40

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years ago, only the vast resources of the United States could send an

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astronaut to the moon. Now there is no political will nor the money to

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do it again. According to one of the last men to set foot on the

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loan, it will be the private sector from now on that will lead the way

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back. It would be an entrepreneurial effort by private

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investors, obviously regulated and sanctioned by government, but

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nevertheless managed by the private sector. I just think government is

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too inefficient to make those costs come down to the point where it

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would be economic goal. Some experts think the idea is too

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ambitious. They do not have the money, they have not picked the

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hardware, they have not developed the hardware, so I am a little

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sceptical that, at least on the timescale they are talking about,

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this can go from an idea to a reality. The splashdown of Apollo

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17 marked the end of a thrilling year are SpaceX narration, but some

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believe that there will be another one, taking a new generation back

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to the moon and even beyond. -- Let's take a look at the weather

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now with Jay Wynne, is it just getting colder and colder? A you

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wait for next week, snow is on the way, or it is at least possible.

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This is the satellite sequence from earlier today, a scattering of

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showers, but we have seen icy patches developing once again

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tonight, another cold and frosty night. Still she some showers at

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the moment which will tend to fade away over the next few hours. --

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still some showers. The nagging wind eases down, but there is a

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weather system in Scotland bringing a risk of snow over the hills, may

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be some freezing rain at lower levels. Temperatures down to

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freezing or just below for the vast majority. Tomorrow, the bulk of the

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day will see a North-South split, more cloud in the north of the UK,

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a breeze and patchy rain. Further south, it is going to be a lovely

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day. Sunny spells and scattered showers, not scattered showers,

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much lighter winds than we have seen of late! Brighter weather and

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might a winds. North Wales, the odd spot of rain and a similar sort of

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idea in Northern Ireland. Bright and a bit of a breeze developing

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here. Breezy in the West of Scotland, quite a great day with a

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bit of rain, but eastern Scotland faring that bit better, bright and

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breezy. A similar spread across northern England, with the best of

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the brightness to the west of the Pennines. Sunday is windier for all

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parts, a lot of cloud around, some rain slipping into Northern Ireland

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and northern England. Behind that, it brightens up, but a cold wind

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coming down from the north, and we will keep that into the early part

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of next week, just turning into a north-easterly breeze, really cold

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air from the near Continent, and as that comes our way on Monday and

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