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An inquiry's ordered into the scandal that's engulfed the

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Co-operative Bank. Its former chairman, Paul Flowers, faces

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allegations involving drugs, pornography and male prostitution.

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Why was Reverend Flowers judged suitable to run the bank?

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As the Government seeks to pin some of the blame for the scandal on

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Labour, we'll have the latest from Westminster.

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Also tonight: Two women and two children are killed in a house fire

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in Derbyshire in the early hours of this morning.

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Anger as Northern Ireland's top legal officer calls for an end to

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criminal prosecutions for killings during the Troubles. Life has to go

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on. I think we never got closure. So how can you have closure if you

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don't get justice? Relief for the Greenpeace activist

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Alex Harris - one of three Britons granted bail in Russia after months

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in prison. And celebrations in Hull as it's

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named UK City of Culture 2017. In the sport: Alastair Cook tells his

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England side that they have nothing to fear ahead of the start of the

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First Ashes Test in Brisbane tonight.

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Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six. The Government is to

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order an independent inquiry into why the disgraced Methodist

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Minister, Paul Flowers, was deemed a suitable chairman of the Co-op Bank.

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It follows allegations that Reverend Flowers bought illegal drugs and

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used a male prostitute. This afternoon, the Methodist Church

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suspended him indefinitely. The inquiry - one of three now on the

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way - is also expected to examine whether the crisis has had any

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impact on the bank's customers, as our business editor, Robert Peston,

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explains. Co-operative Bank in dire straits,

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needing to be rescued, chaired as it careered to near disaster by a

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Methodist Minister who apparently had a taste for hard drugs. At

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Westminster, the Prime Minister said he wanted to know how it all went so

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badly wrong. My right honourable friend, the Chancellor, will be

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discussing with the regulators what is the appropriate form of enquiry

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to get to the bottom of what went wrong here. There are, clearly, a

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lot of questions that have to be answered. Why was Reverend FlouRps

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judged suitable to be chairman of a bank? Why weren't alarm bells rung

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earlier, particularly by those who knew? In fact, there are likely to

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be three inquiries. The police probe into the illegal possession of

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drugs, a so-called enforcement investigation by the Financial

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Conduct Authority and a long and detailed inquiry into everything

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that's gone wrong at Co-operative Bank to be ordered by the

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Chancellor. So, what should the probes seek to find out? It should

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be looking at the role of both the senior management team within the

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Co-op organisation in deciding to appoint men like the Reverend

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Flowers as chairman of the Co-operative Bank and I should think

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it should look at as well as the role of the regulators. Labour is on

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the defensive about the Co-op debacle because the Co-op Party and

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Co-operative Group have donated over ?1.5 million to Labour over the past

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decade. So, Labour's leader today decided attack was the best form of

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defence. He's taken nearly ?5 million from Michael Spencer, whose

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company was found to be rigging LIBOR rates, he has a party chairman

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who operated a company under a false name and was investigated for fraud,

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he's taken millions from tax exiles, his party has never paid back the

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money from Asil Nadir and they are just the people I can talk about in

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this House. What we can now see is that this bank, driven into the wall

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by this chairman, has been giving soft loans to the Labour Party,

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facilities to the Labour Party, donations to the Labour Party,

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trooped in-and-out of Downing Street under Labour, still advising the

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leader of the Labour Party and yet now we know all along they knew

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about his past. Why did they do nothing to bring to the attention of

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the authorities this man who has broken a bank? Reverend Flowers, not

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quite so Reverend today, suspended indefinitely from the Methodist

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Church. Who knows what the three probes will find. Which makes them

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destabilising to the attempt to fill a ?1.5 billion hole in the bank.

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Smile, as the Co-op's online bank is called. Probably not if you work for

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the bank or have a stake in it. Our political correspondent, Gary

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O'Donoghue, is in Westminster. Clearly, the Government are pinning

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the blame on Labour. How much of a problem for Labour is all this

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turning into? The heat is clearly being turned up on Labour now. We

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have learnt today that when the Reverend Flowers resigned from the

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council in Bradford, shortly after that he was appointed as a local

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authority governor into a primary school and it seems that the school

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was not told about why he was forced to resign. The Tory council are

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calling for an inquiry. We are getting a political heat being

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turned up here in London by the Prime Minister accusing Labour of

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knowing all along about Paul Flowers' private life and him still

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being an adviser to the Labour Party, something they deny. For

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their part, Labour say despite having received more than ?1 million

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from the Co-op movement over the last ten years, Mr Flowers was not

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influential and that they did not know about his activities. The

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question remains - why didn't anyone ask questions after he resigned from

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the council? Surely someone must have known about the activities and

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about his appropriateness to chair the bank. Thank you very much.

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Two women and two children have been killed in a house fire in

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Derbyshire. A third child is being treated in hospital for minor

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injuries. Firefighters were called to the house in a village near

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Chesterfield early this morning. Our correspondent, Sian Lloyd, is there

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for us. Well, police and fire crews have

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been working here all day and investigations will continue into

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the night. This road usually a busy artery towards the M1 has been

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closed to traffic. We understand that it is going to re-open shortly,

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though, as they try to return to some sense of normality here.

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From the outside, it looks unscathed, but fire took hold of

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this terraced home in the early hours of the morning, killing four

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inside. There must have been about five police cars, a fire engine and

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it is surreal. Because it's yards away from my house. Shocking. When

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fire crews arrived at the house at 5.00am, it was already full of

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smoke. Two boys and two women had died inside. The only survivor, a

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seven-year-old girl, was found in the back garden. It's not yet clear

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how she managed to escape. She was taken to hospital in Chesterfield

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where she's being treated for the effects of smoke. Officers don't yet

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know what caused the fire. They say they are keeping an open mind. It is

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a tragic event. The impact on the community is recognised and

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together, we are working through that with the family.

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Specially-trained officers are working with the family.

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Investigations are continuing at the scene. They are described as being

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at an early stage. And the latest information that we

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are receiving is that it is looking less likely that the cause of this

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fire is suspicious although the exact cause is not known. We don't

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have any confirmation of that. It is, of course, the question that the

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family of the victims and the community here desperately want

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answered. Thank you very much. It would mark a radical change in

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the history of Northern Ireland's Troubles and it's divided opinion

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among many victims of the violence. Northern Ireland's top legal

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officer, the Attorney General, John Larkin, has proposed an end to

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prosecutions for Troubles-related killings carried out before the Good

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Friday Agreement. More than 3,500 people were killed between the start

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of the Troubles and 1998, when the Agreement was signed. The proposal

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would cover all deaths caused by paramilitaries, police or the army.

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If implemented, the move would stop all investigations, arrests and

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inquiries. Our Ireland correspondent, Chris Buckler, has

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been gauging reaction. They were decades marked by chaos

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and killing. The period that became known as the Troubles saw Northern

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Ireland engulfed in conflict. And left many families grieving. Years

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have done little to ease the pain felt by some. Florence Magill's son

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was a serving police officer when he was shot dead on duty in 1980. He

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didn't have a chance. It was all in the back. He was left lying on the

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road to die. Nobody there. That memory comes to me quite often.

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Especially at this time of the year. Murders that took place on these

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streets remain unsolved, killers never convicted and now there's been

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a call by Stormont's chief legal advisor for an end to all

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prosecutions and investigations related to the Troubles. The time

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has come to think about putting a line set at Good Friday 1998 with

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respect to prosecutions, inquests and other inquiries. This is a place

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where the past can cast a long shadow. And there are some who feel

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that the Attorney-General of Northern Ireland has gone beyond his

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brief by making this suggestion. He doesn't call it an amnesty, but that

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is how others are viewing it. We don't feel that is right. Victims'

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groups expressed their anger when they met the American diplomat

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Richard Haass today. He is trying to broker an agreement between

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politicians about the past. The Attorney-General's comments have

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stirred that debate. The way in which John's contribution has been

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presented I think will present all sorts of difficulties for victims. I

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think the focus of all that we do about the past has to be

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victim-centred. That makes this a sensitive debate. Alan McBride's

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wife was killed in an IRA bombing this man's brother was shot dead,

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but they are united. What victims have been asked to do here from the

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Good Friday Agreement in terms of saying the people that murdered our

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loved ones serve a relatively short period of time in prison and then be

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released. To come with all of that and then decide that there should be

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no investigations and no inquests, no inquiries, nothing, I think it's

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ridiculous. My first thought this morning was that is another door

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shut in my face. I have been fighting for years to get the truth

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about the killing. 30 years of violence scarred lives across the

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British Isles. While the Prime Minister has made clear that there

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are no plans for legislation, in the near future politicians will have to

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find a way to deal with the dreadful past.

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A senior police officer says an obsession with reducing crime is

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creating pressure on police to manipulate crime figures.

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Derbyshire's Chief Constable, Mick Creedon, says numerous officers in

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many forces have told him that's what's happening. He says the police

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are doing everything they can to ensure crime does not go up.

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The Church of England has backed new proposals that could mean women will

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be ordained as bishops by the end of next year. The vote came after the

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Church's ruling body agreed to ensure that parishes which don't

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want a woman bishop aren't discriminated against. A final vote

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is now expected next July. Our religious correspondent, Robert

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Pigott, reports. I baptise you... They have become a

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common sight, women have done the work of priests for 20 years, but

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opposition remains to their appointment as bishops. Some

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traditionalis believe because Jesus chose only men to be his apostles

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women cannot be priests, let alone bishops. The Synod has been the

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arena for this epic battle, traditionalists have fought here to

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be excused from serving under women. But, quite suddenly today they

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accepted the compromise on offer and it past by a massive majority. An

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honoured place is assured for all in these proposals. The battle surely

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is over. Let's now get on with the mission for the wondrous things he

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has done, now thank we all our God. The deal to open the doors of the

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Church to women bishops gives traditionalists rather less than

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before. They will still be able to request an alternative male bishop,

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although that right will no longer be written into the law. There will

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be an independent arbitrator who can rule in the case of disputes, a key

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concession to traditionalists. After the vote, we brought together

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representatives of the two sides, a traditionalist evangelical and a

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progressive member of the Synod. Something had to be done. There was

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huge pressure. I'm very glad we made a big move forwards. There was

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pressure, but also a new willingness to show sensitivity towards one

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another and I think the result will be good for the church if we can

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focus on not on our differences. Women clergy say they are also

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comprising. A final vote could take place as soon as next July.

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Resistance to women bishops has been a matter of deeply held conviction

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for many traditionalists. The church has been taken by surprise by how

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quickly they have conceded. When the first women bishops are ordained,

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probably in 2015, Anglicans will look back to this as the moment when

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everything changed. Our top story: An independent

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inquiry is launched into why disgraced Methodist minister Paul

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Flowers was deemed a suitable chairman of the Co-op. Still to

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come, a nation expects. Australia prepare to take on England in the

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Ashes. In Sportsday on BBC News, work

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starts to convert the Olympic Stadium into West Ham's permanent

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home for the 2016 season. They have been dubbed the Arctic

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30. A multinational team of Greenpeace activist 's and two

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journalists who were arrested on their ship by the Russian security

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forces two months ago during a protest against Arctic oil drilling.

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They are charged with hooliganism and could face seven years in

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prison. 12 of the 30 had already been granted bail and one

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Australian's request was turned down. This morning, eight more

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people appeared in court, including three of the six Britons being

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held, and the parrot, Kieron Bryan and Alex Harris. They were also

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bailed. -- Anthony Perrett. I feel trapped inside a political

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game, it's horrible. Behind bars, looking scared and nervous, Alex

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Harris, a British Greenpeace press officer who has been in a Russian

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jails in September. I spent two months in prison. It has been the

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hardest two months of my life. I beg you to grant me bail. I am a good

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person. Pleading tearfully for bail, as she has twice before, but

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this time the judge agreed. It's not over yet. It is nice that

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Russia has made the right decision. She has been granted bail. We broke

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the news to her parents at their home in Exeter, where they have been

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following the whole thing on their computer. To see the sheer delight

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on her face, because he could see how stressful it was during the

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trial, it has been brilliant. It is a change of heart by the judges in

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Russia. Suddenly, one by one, all of the Greenpeace activist are being

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given bail. Down two flaws in the same building, video producer Kieron

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Bryan was awaiting his fate. Then came the good news from his

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translator. I was doing my job, I can't regret doing my job, I love my

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job. It's an important thing. What Greenpeace do is an important thing.

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But if you had told me what was going to happen, I probably would

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not have been there. It was this Greenpeace protest at an Arctic oil

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rig that prompted the strong Russian reaction. The next day, men from the

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special services in balaclavas and carrying guns abseiled down onto the

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Greenpeace ship. The activist 's had been detained ever since. The oil

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and gas industry is vital to this country's economy and the oil rig

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targeted by Greenpeace is Russia's first in the Arctic, where there are

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vast reserves. Protesters are not welcome. But, this evening, Russia

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relented a little and the first Greenpeace protester, a Brazilian,

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walked free from prison. Paperwork means that the Britons will not be

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out for a few days. In the past few minutes, the

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Government has defeated a rebellion by Conservative MPs over its plans

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to restructure the Armed Forces. The Defence Secretary Philip Hammond

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wants to cut the regular Army by 20,000 troops and boost the

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reservists is. But that prompted a backlash by Conservative

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backbenchers. Caroline Wyatt is here. Just explain what is at stake.

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The size and shape of the British Army. How many people are part of

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it, whether they are regulars, reservists, part-time as you can

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call up as and when you need them. The Ministry of Defence says they

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are, by and large, cheaper. The MoD had to cut the number of regulars

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after 2010. They had to cut budgets by 20%. They said regular numbers

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would be brought down by 20,000, reserve is to be brought up by

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30,000. Many Tory backbenchers, at least 20, back to that motion today.

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They were deeply involved in defence, among them John Barron MP.

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They said, take a pause, you have got rid of regulars and yet you have

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not been doing very well as a government in getting the number of

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reserves you want to. That motion was treated. It will carry on going

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ahead, but I don't think this is the last we will hear on the matter.

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The poet Philip Larkin lived and worked there. The actress Maureen

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Lipman was born there. And it is the city that produced the 80s pop band

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the Housemartins. Now Hull has been named the UK City of Culture for

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2017. Colin Patterson is there. Ten years ago, a bestselling book

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declared that's was the worst place in Britain to live. Today, it was

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named the next City of Culture. So, why the change and what should we

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expect from Hull in 2017? I am delighted to announce that the UK

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City of Culture 2017 is Hull. A shock result and an ecstatic

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reaction. Those who backed Hull's bid thought that justice had been

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done. It fully deserves it. Hull has been a city of culture for many

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years. This is a vindication of the work that has been going on over

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time. Hull has had sporadic cultural victories in the past. Philip Larkin

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was a librarian here in the 60s when he he wrote his major works. When

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getting my nose in a book queue had most things, short of school, it was

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worth ruining my eyes to make sure I could keep cool... And in the 80s,

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Hull band the Housemartins made it to the top of the charts. But what

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of the current cultural highlights? We have a lot of art going on,

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music. I think it's about time, we deserve it. Quite a lot going on in

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Hull. A lot of people give it a bad name, that it's a good city. There

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are cultural aspects to route, you just have to find them. Organisers

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say that it will feature one cultural event every day of the

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year, 25 festivals, and it is aiming to change the perceptions of the

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city. Hull is only the second place to become a UK City of Culture, a

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title devised by the Government to boost to us and the economy of the

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chosen area. Crucially, there is no extra funding from Westminster to

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host the events. There was one main reason why Hull was picked. It is

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because of the Hullness being thrown at me from the presentation team.

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That sums up the hunger and desire to have it. One of their problems

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has been that it is tucked away, you do not travel through it to get

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anywhere else. In 2017, the hope is that millions will make it a

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destination. Hull sees this as a real chance to change its image and

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thinks that if it is starting to work in the current City of Culture,

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Londonderry, it can work for them as well.

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The Government is expected to announce an extra ?150 million to

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help hospital A units in England cope with winter pressures. The

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money is on top of code and ?50 million announced in this summer,

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which was targeted at hospitals judged to be in greatest need of

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extra support. In a few hours time, England will begin their defence of

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the Ashes in the first test in Brisbane. The England cricket

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captain Alistair Cook says his squad has nothing to fear against

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Australia. Here's hoping they can win the Ashes for the fourth time in

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a row. Australia is no longer a jungle. In

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fact, this is Brisbane's botanical Park. For Ian Bell, a stroll. Fresh

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in his memory, the series win in Australia three years ago. There is

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no longer fear about coming here. A lot of the guys have great memories

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of playing in Australia. I think that is great to have in our

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dressing room and environment. Guys that have tasted success out here.

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It takes a lot of effort to win any test cricket. But in Australia, as

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an Englishman, it is the number 12. Everybody knows the great names of

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Australia's past. Shane Warney is long gone. The current side have

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only won one test match all year. Australian cricket knows it must

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nurture new talent like never before. They spend ?20 million on a

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new cricket centre in Brisbane. With the recovery and training facilities

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to match any in the world, the Australian players can even learn to

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cook here. One of the cricket coaches is a man who played over 20

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tests for England. Graeme Hick emigrated and is now helping

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Australia's revival. But he warns it will not come overnight. They are

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desperate, not only to win the Ashes, the goal is to get back to

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number one in all forms of the game. Maybe four or five years time, the

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people that start playing for Australia then will be the first

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people to benefit from these facilities that the centre offers.

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Cricket Australia has been promoting the series with a film imagining it

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going down to a last ball thriller. In reality, is the Australian

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captain convinced they can win? I am not going to promise the world and

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tell you everything will be different. It will be a tough

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battle, like it was in England. We have to play our best cricket to

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have success. Australia's problem is that, with every Ashes success,

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England grow in stature. As you can tell with Ian Bell.

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Time for a look at the weather now. Lovely blue skies and Australia,

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decidedly wintry here? I wish I could stand here and

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promise you the high 20s they experience in Brisbane. Decidedly

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cold. What I can give you is the weather widening down somewhat over

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the next few days. The wind will be slowly easing. A bit more frost

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around, a bit of fog as well. There will also be fewer showers. That

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makes a difference. At the moment we are looking at lively showers. The

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showers could be heavy enough for snow on higher ground, maybe a

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coating of snow on the Pennines. Maybe some on the higher ground

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further south. A little bit of clear skies between. The odd pocket of

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frost or ice possible. In western Scotland the wind has been most

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lively today. Light wind through the night, clear skies mean it is going

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to be a frosty start but a dry and bright one. Watch out across parts

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of Scotland. With temperatures below freezing we will see ice on roads

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and pavements. Some parts of eastern Scotland will see showers. In

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north-east England you will see the showers through the day. Winds are

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going to a more north-easterly direction. They will bring in a

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scattering of showers for the morning rush hour through England

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and Wales. Some of you will miss them, but if you catch them, with

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the wind as strong as it is, it will feel rather chilly. The wind will

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continue to feed in showers to the rest of the day. A few showers

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across eastern areas as well. Further west, they become less

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numerous. Many will have a dry and bright afternoon with spells of

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sunshine. It is not going to feel especially warm. Even in Scotland,

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temperatures only four or six degrees. The wind will make it feel

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colder, as it will on Friday. Still windy in East Anglia and the

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south-east. Kent in particular could have a thoroughly wet day. After a

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frosty start, a lovely right day for many. Only one two showers in the

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forecast. In the weekend, high-pressure dolts, most of us

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become dry but there is some high-pressure expected.

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An independent inquiry is ordered into why disgraced Methodist

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minister Paul Flowers was deemed a suitable chairman of the Co-op. That

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is all from the BBC News at six. On BBC One we

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