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Yet another high street casualty - HMV the latest company in financial

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trouble. More than 4,500 workers face an uncertain future, but its

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boss says he's hopeful there'll be a rescue. I came here four months

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ago not to close the business down but to drive a viable future. A

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secure future for our team, for our stores, and for our customers.

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It's been in business for more than 90 years, but we just don't buy

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music the way we used to. No one buys goes into shops to buy CDs

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anymore, that time is gone. Also on tonight's programme:

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Religion in the workplace - a BA employee wins a landmark ruling on

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wearing her cross at the office. For the first time some women with

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a family history of breast cancer could be given drugs on the NHS to

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prevent the disease. The shocking trade in ivory that's

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driving the African elephant to extinction - secret filming on the

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trail of the smugglers. A dream come true for Gordon Strachan -

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he's appointed Scotland manager Good evening, welcome to the BBC

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News at six. It's been a fixture on the high street for more than 90

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years, but now the music and DVD retailer HMV is going into

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administration. Its boss says the company still has a future. If he's

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wrong, up to 4,500 employees could lose their jobs. Its 200-plus

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stores are still trading though customers who have gift cards and

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vouchers will find they are now worthless. Let's join Emma Simpson

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in London's Oxford Street. You join me at the flagship store, and

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tonight you can maybe see the signs for the sales still on.

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Unfortunately HMV had a disappointing Christmas and that

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hastened the collapse of this iconic chain, which has been

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grappling with heavy debts and flagging sales, and after nearly a

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century of trading the administrators and now in charge.

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HMV, the title came from this old painting. This dog became part of

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the logo, familiar to generations. He is still here but his master has

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lost its voice. This much loved Jane has finally run out of time

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and money. No one goes into the music shop to buy CDs any more,

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that time is gone. It is sad, it was a prestige company when I was a

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child. HMV has come a long way since these days, when Beetle mania

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was taking off. It later started to expand at -- and was at one time

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worth �1 billion but it failed to adapt to the digital revolution. As

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little as 10 years ago, online counted for as little as 6.5% of

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sales, now it is more than 70% and rising. Some believe this bricks-

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and-mortar based for business is no longer viable but the boss told me

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he believes HMV can survive with fewer stores. I came here not to

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close the business down but to drive a viable and secure Future

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for our team and our customers. I believe in that future. A buyer is

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needed. They are hard to come by right now, but suppliers are keen

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for HMV to stay afloat. The only real outlet left for these CDs and

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DVDs. Customers see more angry about gift vouchers they can no

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longer use. They are not accepting these cards any more so it is a

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gift that is useless. Now they don't want to give you the goods

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and that is despicable. He if they are still trading and people have

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paid good money for the vouchers, I don't see why they can't redeem

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them. HMV said they stopped selling vouchers the moment they thought

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they were insolvent. Today workers at Jessops posted messages in the

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window looking for work. This entire chain has collapsed and

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closed, and the demise of HMV could be an even greater blow. This could

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be the final straw for many high- street shops. We have got to come

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together to work out what can be done with those stores. The stores

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are continuing to trade, but the clock is ticking to try to rescue

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this household name. The administrators were formally

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appointed just before we came on the air, and I understand they have

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already received expressions of interest from several private-

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equity companies. That is a hopeful sign but we will have to see what

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happens. Even if there is a possible deal, this is

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fundamentally a retailer that has weighed too many stores.

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-- way too many. In a landmark legal case, a British Airways

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employee has won her long battle over religious discrimination at

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work. Although BA has since changed its policy, six years ago Nadia

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Eweida was sent home for wearing a small silver cross around her neck.

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Today the European Court of Human Rights upheld her case but

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dismissed three other cases which also raised the question of

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religious rights in the workplace. Our Religious Affairs Correspondent,

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Robert Pigott reports. This was the day an airline check-in clerk took

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her fight to Europe's highest court and won. Nadia Eweida's victory

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confirms that wearing her cross is a legitimate way of expressing

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Christian beliefs. Her case was special - the court said her cross

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was too discreet to spoil the corporate image of British Airways.

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She said this judgment sent a signal to employers. It means

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Christians can move around more freely without recrimination in

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their workplace. Three other Christians lost their cases. Surely

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Chaplin, a nurse from Exeter, was told by her employers her across

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was unhygienic. Million Nadal, a council worker, lost her job when

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she refused to register civil partnerships. Gary McFarlane was

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sacked when he refused to Council gay couples about their

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relationships. At the implication is that a lot of Christians will

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remain hidden, remain unable to exercise the minimum expressions of

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their faith because of the intimidation effect. A legal

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experts say the judgment gives discretion to employers to override

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the religious concerns of staff. A if I have a concern it will affect

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health and safety, if it will affect my ability to provide a

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service in a non discriminatory fashion, I can limit the right of

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an employee to manifest their religious belief in that way.

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sets a legal seal on years of people trying unsuccessfully to

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defend their values against secular ones. It confirms that although

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people are entitled to hold religious beliefs, they will not be

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able to infringe the rights of other people in the workplace.

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Secularists claim this will stop religious views being given special

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privileges. We are delighted that they haven't resulted in the

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creation of a hierarchy of religious rites, with religion at

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the top and gay people potentially badly affected. For decades, the

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influence of Christian teaching on British culture and law has been

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waning. Today the European Court of Human Rights left a milestone on

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the road to a secular society. Women with a family history of

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breast cancer could be offered drugs on the NHS to help prevent

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the disease. The health regulator, NICE, has launched a consultation

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on whether the drug - Tamoxifen - could be given to women in England

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and Wales for up to five years. A leading breast cancer charity has

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called it an historic step. Our health correspondent Branwen

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Jeffreys has more. Breast cancer cells, what makes them grow in one

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person and not another? There is a growing understanding of how this

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cancer works. Now in some women drugs could be used to prevent it

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developing. This woman has been writing on the internet about her

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experience. She found out she had a faulty gene putting her at high

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risk of breast cancer, so high that she had a double mastectomy, but

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her surgeon held out hope that when her daughter grows up there may be

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other options. I was fretting at the time about my daughter, who was

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very young at the time, and he actually said to me let's

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concentrate on you, let's sort you out, and your daughter will

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probably simply just take a pill which will negate her risk. A for

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women at the highest risk, the best treatment will probably still be

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surgery for now but for some the NHS might start using drugs to

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prevent cancer developing. How is breast cancer risk measured? Woman

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with a strong family history, one or more cases of the cancer in

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their close relatives, can speak to their doctor. The GP will send them

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for screening or genetic testing. Around 3% of women over 30 are at

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higher risk of breast cancer. Tamoxifen is already used to treat

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breast cancer. Now research shows that it can also help prevent it,

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but there are side-effects so the benefits only outweigh the risks

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for women who are in high risk group. Whether to take these drugs

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will be a highly personal decision, one most people will make with the

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doctor. The cancer specialist, this is the new frontier for helping

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people at risk of cancer. For it is fantastic of the can start

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preventing a lot of cancers that we typically see, it is good for us

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and the patients and hopefully we will lead healthier and longer

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lives. Most women will still rely on screening once they are over 50.

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We are seeing the first steps towards it being prevented.

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Cost of living increases have remained unchanged for the third

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month in a row, according to the Office for National Statistics.

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Inflation, measured by the Consumer Prices Index, has stayed at 2.7%.

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It has been above the Bank of England's 2% target since November

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2009. The United Nations Security Council

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has given strong backing to France's military intervention in

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the west African country of Mali, where the government is fighting

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Islamist rebels. French officials say they are planning to increase

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troop numbers from 750 to 2,500. Britain has sent transport aircraft

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to support the operation. Minimum starting salaries for

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police officers in England and Wales are to be cut by �4,000 after

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the Home Secretary approved a package of controversial changes

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today. From April new recruits will start on �19,000. Our Home Affairs

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correspondent Tom Symonds reports. The job, serving the public

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whatever the weather. As officers dealing with the snow in Norwich

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will testify. Being a police officer can be unpredictable and

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risky, which is why changing their pay is contradictory. The basic

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recruitment salary is higher than for instance for an army officer

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cadet. It is higher than a prison officer, and the fact that those

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who gain skills they will want to have to make themselves more

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effective as police officers, that will get them up the pay scale

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faster than ever before. The Police Federation is disappointed. Members

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of the public expect a decent service from their officers and

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they are not going to make any distinction between an officer that

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has just been joined being paid �19,000 a year, or and Officer with

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more experience being paid more. headline cut to police salaries

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runs the risk of creating the impression this is a low-paid

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profession, but the truth is that all forces are cutting staff,

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recruiting fewer staff, they can pick and choose. Most people

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getting into policing are mature, they have served as special

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constables, and under these proposals they will start under a

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higher rate of pay and reach the top of the scale more quickly.

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argument over what a senior government figure said to police in

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Downing Street rumbles on and the Police Federation says morale is

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pretty low, so is now the time to change pay and conditions? The

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government says it has to be. Because even though cuts to the

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police might upset voters, savings needed to be made. Proposals on

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redundancy are still being discussed.

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Nine men have gone on trial at the Old Bailey accused of the sexual

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exploitation of young girls in Oxford. The men deny 51 counts

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including rape, trafficking and organising prostitution between

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2004 and last year. Our Social Affairs correspondent Alison Holt

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Oxford is best known for its dreaming spires and academic

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achievement but today's case centres on a brutal hidden world

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where it's claimed girls a young as 11 were sexually exploited by a

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group of local men. The court has been told they targeted vulnerable

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girls whose lives were out of control, often focusing on

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children's homes. The nine men were arrested last year as part of a

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major police operation. They're accused of abusing six girls over

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nearly seven years. They face a total of 51 charges, seven seven

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counts of raping a child under 13, five of facilitating child

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prostitution and four counts of trafficking within the UK for the

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purposes of sexual exploitation. In this guesthouse, a hotel, and

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private homes in Oxford, it's alleged men from as far afield as

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Leeds, Bradford and London would pay for sex with the girls. The

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court was told the men were introduced as friends, brothers or

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custody -- cousins. Prosecuting the jury was told it was a lifestyle

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described by one of the complainants as a living hell from

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which they could not extra indicate themselves.

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The court here heard claims that the men groomed the girls, first

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giving them gifts and attention, then drugs and alcohol. Finally,

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it's alleged they used extreme violence to control them, including

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threatening to kill one of the girls.

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It was claimed the accused felt it was unlikely these vulnerable girls

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would be believed. The nine men deny all of the charges and the

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case is expected to last for at least eight weeks.

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Our top story tonight: The high street retailer HMV is

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going into administration - 4,500 staff face losing their jobs.

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Coming up: Drug addiction is an illness like any other - the police

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chief who's calling for a radical change in strategy.

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Later in business on the news channel: Burberry is one retail

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thaers doing well. Sales rose in the last quarter of last year and

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we will look at inflation, why it The future of the African elephant

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could be at risk because of soaring demand for ivory and a surge in

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poaching. Despite an international ban on the trade in ivory - that's

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been in place since 1990 - around 25,000 elephants were killed in

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2011. Campaigners blame China, where growing prosperity is

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creating a market for ivory - seen as a status symbol. Gabriel

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Gatehouse's report has some distressing images from the start.

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The elephants' final moments are traced in blood. Blackened under

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the scorching Kenyan sun. By the time we came upon their rotting

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carcasses, the animals had been dead for several days.

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The poachers had gunned them down with rifles. The rangers say they

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haven't seen this level of mass slaughter since the 1980s. Nine

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elephants here killed in one day. Indeed, across Africa the numbers

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of elephants being poached is at its highest for two decades. This

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kind of mass killing is the direct result of a huge increase in price

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and of demand for ivory. The illegal ivory trade is a

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globalised business. It's being fuelled by rising prosperity in

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east Asia, especially in China where ivory is highly prized. In

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Nigeria, as elsewhere in Africa, business and investment

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opportunities have attracted Chinese people in their hundreds of

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thousands. According to a new study, that fact has helped turn Lagos

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into the largest retail centre for illegal ivory on the continent.

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There's ivory moving from East Africa, from Kenya, into Nigeria,

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Nigerians are exporting tus bgs to -- tusks to China. Ivory coming in,

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going out. Ivory being made. At one of the main markets in Lagos

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we went to see for ourselves. are all ivories. Wearing a hidden

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camera, a colleague from the BBC's Chinese Service is immediately

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approached by a number of ivory traders. I give you up to 100 kilos.

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One man offers to supply him with tusks and carved ivory in bulk, to

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be smuggled back to China. In Kenya, they take their anti-poaching

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efforts seriously. Wildlife rangers are armed, it's a dangerous job.

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Nervous elephants can charge the very men whose job it is to protect

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them. And if they encounter poachers, they say, it's a question

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of shoot or get shot. A poacher, you just kill. It's only way to

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protect animals. You have to kill the poachers. But despite such

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drastic measures elephants are being killed in record numbers. In

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Kenya, conservationists are warning at the present rate these majestic

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animals could disappear from the wild altogether within 15 years. In

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a country, indeed a continent, where tkpwurpbs are plenty -- guns

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are plentiful, the rewards of poaching outweigh the risks.

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The investment bank Goldman Sachs is no longer considering the idea

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of delaying bonuses so staff could take advantage of the lower top

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rate of tax that's due in April. This morning, the Governor of the

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Bank of England, Sir Mervyn King, condemned any suggestion of bankers

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using the tax system in this way. Our chief economics correspondent,

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Hugh Pym, is here. It would be a columnies, rather sort of lacking

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in care and attention to have how other people might react. In the

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long run, financial institutions like all large institutions do

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depend on goodwill from the rest of society. Our chief economics

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correspondent, Hugh Pym, is here. That's code for being angry, isn't

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it? Indeed. It was a couple of hours later that Goldmans indicated

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it was no longer considering this idea of delaying bonus payouts to

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the next tax year when the rate will have fallen. It said it was

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coincidence and senior management were meeting this morning to

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discuss it. But it has emerged that last night the Treasury got in

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touch with Goldmans to say it was concerned about these reports and a

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phone conversation was set up between the Treasury Minister and

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Goldmans chiefs, that didn't happen until after Goldmans made its

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decision. Are there other banks out there still considering this idea?

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I suspect rather less so after today's events. Thank you.

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A police chief has told the BBC that the Government's drugs

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strategy in England and Wales isn't working because there is too much

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emphasis on criminal prosecutions. He says Government responsibility

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for the strategy should be moved from the Home Office to Health. Our

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home editor has this exclusive report.

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A drugs raid on Humberside. Police burst in to find suspects well

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known to them, one had been released from cells that morning.

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Seeing addicts trapped in in what's described as the revolving door of

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law enforcement has led the local Chief Constable to conclude the

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Home Office should no longer be in charge of the Government's drugs

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strategy in England and Wales. I have been involved in enforcement

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now for over 35 years and put bluntly, enforcement alone is not

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the solution. You sound critical of what the Home Office have been

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doing. The law enforcement position and narrative, rather than being

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willing to look at more innovative, greater range of solutions to long-

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term problems. His argument is not for decriminalisation, but the

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Chief Constable, who is also the spokesman on drugs for chief police

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officers, thinks the Department of Health should take responsibility

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for the strategy. Carl has been in and out of jail

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for drug offences for years. But after medical help is now clean.

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Treating addicts as criminals, he says, simply perpetuates the

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problem. I'd rather say send them to a doctor because locking them up

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and throwing away the key, that's not going to get you nowhere, to be

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honest. In a report out today, the British Medical Association agrees,

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saying doctors should have much more of a say in framing national

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drug policy. Drug addicts are seen as criminals. That puts them off

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from seeking medical help. I think that's a great pity, because first

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and foremost the drug addict should be seen as a patient, certainly by

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the medical profession, and they need our help. Treating illicit

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drug use as a health issue was the official policy for most of the

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20th century. Indeed, it was known internationally as the British

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system. But the Home Office is adamant we shouldn't go back to

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that. They say the current policy is working and the number of people

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using drugs is falling, and the number of people in treatment and

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coming off drugs is rising. idea that drugs policy should go to

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the Department of Health is a complete nonsense. It's a law and

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order issue. The reason being that the Government does have a

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responsibility to protect people, particularly children. A committee

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of MPs recently recommended responsibility for drugs policy be

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shared between health and the Home Office. The Government lookss

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unlikely to agree. The former Celtic boss Gordon

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Strachan has been confirmed as the new Scotland football manager. The

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55-year-old was favourite to take over from Craig Levein who left in

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November after a poor start to Scotland's World Cup qualifiying

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campaign. Lorna Gordon has the details. This report contains some

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flash photography. He has a formidable task, to get the

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national side, bottom of its qualifying group for the World Cup,

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back to winning ways. Every club there's always challenges but this

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is the first time the challenge is on behalf of a nation. Also, the

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rewards to that are that if you can be successful you make a nation

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happy. His track record in Scotland will stand him in good stead. He

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guided Celtic to three SPL titles in a row. As a player, he won 50

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caps for his country. Competing in two World Cups. He will be

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Scotland's 6th manager in a decade. The team hasn't qualified for the

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World Cup since 1998. They've only qualified twice for the European

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Championships. Clearly, there's a lot of work to be done. Wye argue

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him sure he would argue, as well, there are decent players there,

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probably enough there to get you competitive to get to the

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championships like the Euros and the World Cup. But it's going to be

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a tough run for him. In the shadow of Scotland's national stadium,

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people were pleased. Great news. Thrilled to bits. Couldn't be a

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better person. I have always quite liked the wee man. So, Wye give him

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-- I would give him my support. has long been the fans' choice to

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become Scotland manager. He faces a difficult challenge ahead, though,

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and he does admit that. His first priority - qualifying for the World

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Cup. He says he will give it a go. That may well prove impossible.

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Gordon Strachan's first test a little more gentle, a friendly

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against Estonia next month. Snow's caused disruption for a

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second day in some parts of the country. Schools have been closed

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across Norfolk and Norwich Airport was shut. The East Midlands and

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Yorkshire also saw more snow today, and many roads across Aberdeenshire

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have been described as hazardous. Forecasters are warning of more

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snow later this week. I suspect Matt will confirm that

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It's starting to look that way, George. The showers that hit

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Norfolk today may have caused disruption but between them a

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picture perfect scene there. It's the areas where snow is lying at

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the moment, tonight frost will be at its most harsh. Still snow

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showers across East Anglia and eastern Kent. Increasing cloud and

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patchy rain across the far west. For most of us away from mist and

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fog across central and eastern England it will be clear and very

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cold. Temperatures well below freezing and where the snow is

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lying as low as minus ten to start tomorrow morning.

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That opens up big contrasts. Clear and frosty to the east and more

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cloud and frost-free in the west as it will be in Northern Ireland.

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Could even be patchy rain on the western fringes. Sunshine across

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western areas to start Wednesday morning. Clearer further east. But

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the cloud could be thick enough across the Far East of Cornwall to

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produce patchy rain or drizzle. With lighter winds further east a

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lot of mist and low cloud and dense fog across parts of the East

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Midlands and Lincolnshire and East We see a few sleet and snow showers

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push to parts of Devon as well. Turning wet across Northern Ireland

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and western Scotland. Elsewhere, where you have cleared mist and fog

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a bright day, but a cold one. Many only just again struggling to get

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above freezing. Another cold night across eastern areas into Thursday.

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Isolated snow showers here. More cloud in the west with light rain

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and patchy snow. Then it gets interesting into Friday, this

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