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after George Osborne said that voting for independence would mean

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walking away from the pound. To be told there are things that we cannot

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do will certainly elicit a Scottish response. It is as resolute as it is

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uncomfortable to the no campaign. Yes, we can. Also tonight, get on

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with it. David Cameron calls on insurers to help flood victims as

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soon as is. We need asylum. -- as soon as is. The Ethiopian pilot who

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hijacked his own plane in order to claim asylum. It is going to be

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close! And that is it. TeamGB's women's curling team are in the last

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at Sochi but the men face a play-off tomorrow.

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We have laptops, tablets and smartphones but nine out of ten

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still sit back and watch the telly. And coming up on BBC News, Team

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GB's women's curlers are through to the semifinals but they will have to

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wait. Good evening and welcome to the News

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at six. The war of words over the future of Scotland has intensified.

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The first Minister, Alex Salmond, has hit back to the response of his

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intervention last week when he said an independent Scotland would not be

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able to keep to the -- keep the pound. In a speech, he warned that

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the financial consequences of not sharing the pound could cost

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businesses and the rest of the UK many hundreds of millions of pounds.

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Our special correspondent reports from Aberdeen.

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The counterattack was launched in Aberdeen, where unemployment barely

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exists and investment is rising and the economy thriving. It is a symbol

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for the Nationalists of all that an independent Scotland might become.

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Alex Salmond told an audience of independence pro Asda's leaders that

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George Osborne had no right to deny Scotland the pound sterling. To be

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told we have no rights to assets jointly built up is insulting and

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demeaning. To be told that there are things that we cannot do will elicit

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a Scottish response that is as resolute as it is uncomfortable. It

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is, yes, we can. Set that sharing the pound would be good for the rest

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of the UK as well Scotland, maintaining trade across borders and

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saving perhaps ?500 million in transactional costs associated with

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changing currencies. And it would boost to the pound's balance of

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payments and keeping North Sea oil in the sterling zone.

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payments and keeping North Sea oil Resolute and pugnacious league, he

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told me he was sticking to a shared currency even though all three

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Westminster parties have ruled it out. We're going to have the pound

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and we will share the pound. That is the best option and that is the one

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we are putting forward. We will not be knocked around by George Osborne

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on what is best for Scotland and the UK because he is deploying a

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campaign tactic. We see through that tactic and we will articulate our

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positive case and rally the people behind that positivity. Alex

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Salmond's response is to say that we do not believe you, we do not

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believe that you will really kicked us out of the shared currency and

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that he will want to see all of Scotland's oil wealth outside of the

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sterling zone. In other words, he is asking the people of Scotland to

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believe that in the event of a yes vote, the Westminster parties Wilson

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plea change their minds. He was equally dismissive of the president

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of the European commission who claimed yesterday that Scottish

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membership of the EU would be difficult if not impossible. He said

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that failure to recognise Scotland would run counter to the founding

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democratic ideals of the EU. He has always wanted to turn this into a

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struggle between himself and David Cameron, whose Conservative Party

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remains deeply unpopular in Scotland. The UK government's Matic

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intervention last week in effect have done that -- has done that for

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him. Alex Salmond is now a man without a plan. He told us that he

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wanted to have a currency union and that now looks under threat. He has

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told us that he wanted Scotland as part of the European Union and that

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is under threat. And he is making, I think, and empty and angry speech

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today, but he does not have a plan. I think people will see that he does

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not have a plan. Alex Salmond has chosen a tricky course to steer. To

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persuade the Scottish people that if they vote yes, the Westminster

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parties will see the light and change their minds, and sign up to

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sharing the pound. That could prove quite a task.

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Our Scotland political editor is in Glasgow. Wonder if Alex Salmond has

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done enough to counter the arguments of people like George Osborne and

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the European commission? That is the core question for the voters who

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have to choose which side they trust. It is intriguing to point out

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why these issues are so salient in this campaign. Alex Salmond can

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offer Independence Party cannot guarantee the Bishop of the European

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Union. He can offer Independence Party cannot guarantee a sterling

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zone. That is the point at which the independents offer rubs up against

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interdependence. It rubs up against other power bases. For example, the

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argument by George Osborne is that this is a hard-headed assessment of

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the difficulties. If you like, they have refined their position. They

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previously said that a sterling zone was unlikely but now they are saying

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it is a no-go. They are saying that if you want the pound, keep the

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union. Alex Salmond says it is a bluff and that in the event of Scots

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voting for independence, he says it would be common sense and the

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self-interest of the rest of the United Kingdom that will kick in.

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David Cameron has been visiting people in more flood hit areas and

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promised an extra ?10 million for businesses affected by the disaster.

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He has also urged insurers to help victims as quickly as possible.

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There has been a lull in the recent bad weather forecasters say that

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more rain is on the way. A landscape that is used to

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flooding. This town has been underwater 80 times in the last 40

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years. What levels on the river have been receiving, but only one main

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route is open to normal traffic and the Army has been called in to help

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get people around. -- water levels on the river have been receding. It

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is an excellent service. Personally, I would not come into

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town just for a couple of bottles of milk if I had to go the long way

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around. But this is ideal. We can stock up for the local community. It

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is brilliant. The Prime Minister visited the market town to reassure

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business people concerned by a fall in trade. The government has

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allocated ?10 million to support traders in areas hit why flooding.

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In terms of business, we have announced that we are going to have

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a grand system of up to ?5,000 for businesses that have been flooded,

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to help protect themselves in the future. We also need this ?10

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million fund, money to be destroyed at it to the local authorities that

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are affected, so that they can help businesses that have either been

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directly or indirectly hit by the floods. A few miles away, this pub

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is one business looking to use the government money. There is a drain

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outside and that is the problem. The what is seeping in. The clean-up is

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bad enough, but on top of that, the pub has been looted. Someone has

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been through one of the windows and they have ransacked upstairs,

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looting, stealing money. They have gone through the whole place.

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Investment in flood defences has largely saved Upton. The Prime

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Minister praised the success of the scheme year, completed two years

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ago. But other communities are still calling for their share of

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investment and protection. That is the situation in

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Worcestershire. In the Thames Valley, the Baron and agency has

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reduced the threat level saying that there is no longer a danger to life.

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The downgrade comes with a warning that it would not take much rain to

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see the flood water rising again. -- the Environment Agency. The receding

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waters have learned to -- have led to new concerns about security. How

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do you recover from this? One Street in Egham, but it could be many

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others. The water is going down. On the a right, pollard filmed on

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Friday, on the left, the same pollard, today. -- a pollard. Angela

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returning home. She has no idea whether it is flooded or broken

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into. That is my back garden, or what is left of it. A moment later,

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the enormity of what has happened to her services. When you see your

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house, Even though the street is still

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under water. What are you doing here? Waste clearance and

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gardening. He seems genuine but then police are called with reports of

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another stranger. Again, it appears innocent. So many are on edge here.

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Angela confronts an officer about security. If they can go further

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down, I would like to see how they could because it is a dead-end. They

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are obviously up to no good. If you see anything, call it in. Those

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anxieties are real. Even though police say that flood related

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robberies Rayer, not everybody is back in their homes and able to

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protect their properties. -- robberies are Rayer. Flooding is

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about a lot more than water, even when it goes away.

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For more details of where flooding is affecting communities in England

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and Wales, you can go to the BBC News website:

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A UN enquiry team has warned Kim Jong-un that he could be held

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accountable under international law for crimes against humanity.

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In a new report investigators say that atrocities at some prisons in

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North Korea are reminiscent of the worst excesses of Nazis

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concentration camps. Our diplomatic correspondent is with me. What sort

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of things are they saying? It is a hard-hitting report. They accuse

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North Korea of crimes against humanity, including abduction,

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prison torture, starvation and what they call systematic extermination.

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It also names the North Korean leader as potentially personally

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responsible because he is in sole charge of the country. He is such a

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powerful leader. They say that the gravity and scale of the abuses is

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unparalleled in the contemporary world. All of this comes from the

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Tessa money off hundreds of defectors who have fled the regime.

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And the detail they give is horrific. People held in prison

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camps for their entire life, deliberately starved, summary

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executions, all families tortured. The question is, does this report

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make any difference? You have to say, in the short-term, probably

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not. North Korea have said that they think it is un-American lot. If

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anything, they are likely to become more belligerent because of it.

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Persecution is difficult. China would block that at the UN Security

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Council. -- and American plot. The United Nations say it is important

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to have this evidence documented so that in some point it could maybe be

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acted upon. Our top story this evening, a new

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war of words between the SNP and Westminster over whether an

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independent Scotland would be able to keep the pound.

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And coming up, Roy Hodgson's trip down the Amazon, ahead of the World

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Cup. Coming up in Sportsday, Leeds' last

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is union's Lane -- game. Italy's Prime Minister is do not

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tend to last long these days. Today, the country got a new one.

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Matteo Renzi is still in his 30s and is the youngest ever to be chosen

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for the role. His nickname, The Scrapper, refers to his calls to

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scrap the Italian political establishment. In his current role

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as the mayor of Florence, he has plenty of political experience, but

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he has never been elected to Parliament or served in government.

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Our Europe editor has sent this report. Italy is betting its future

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on this man. He's young, chic, and he bristles with energy and

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ambition. Today he drove himself to the presidential palace in Rome. He

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is 39 years old and is set to become Italy's youngest Prime Minister.

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Matteo Renzi is not even an MP. He is the mayor of Florence with no

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experience in government. Now he is tasked with running Italy.

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TRANSLATION: I would like to assure the president of the republic, the

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political parties and above all the Italians who are watching this

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government crisis that I will devote all the courage, energy and

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enthusiasm that I am capable of. He reeled off an ambitious agenda -

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constitutional reform before the end of the month, jobs reform by March.

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So power is passing to a political outsider, a man who promises to

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break the old political cast of Italian politics. His lack of

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political experience is part of his appeal to many Italians. Matteo

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Renzi's power lies in his being different. Some are calling him

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Italy's Tony Blair, a centre-left politician with little time for

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ideology. He has an easy smile, he winks, he charms. But in truth he's

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a political unknown. He has no alternative but

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challenging the situation. I'm not sure that he knows how difficult the

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situation is. Today there was a small protest,

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that yet again Italy was turning to an unelected Prime Minister who had

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pledged to seek power by an election but instead engineered the removal

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of a serving Prime Minister. TRANSLATION: He has unbridled

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ambition, I see it as being for personal gain and not something that

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will help everyone. TRANSLATION: Matteo Renzi says he

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can move seas and mountains. Let's try him, because Italy is in a

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swamp. Matteo Renzi is expected to move

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into the Prime Minister's office later this week. He faces an immense

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challenge in a country struggling out of recession with youth

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unemployment at 40%. Gavin Hewitt, BBC News, Rome.

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An Ethiopian airline pilot who hijacked his own aeroplane and flew

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to Switzerland to claim asylum has been taken into custody. All 202

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passengers and crew on board the flight from Rome to Addis Ababa,

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rather from Addis Ababa to Rome, were unharmed. Frank Gardner

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reports. An Ethiopian airliner, a Swiss

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airport and a co-pilot who hijacked his own plane in flight. Seeking

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political asylum in Switzerland, he had waited for the captain to go to

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the toilet, locked himself in the cockpit and then called air traffic

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control while the captain hammered on the door. This is a recording of

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the air to ground conversation. The plane began its journey in Addis

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Ababa and then flew north, as planned, heading up to Rome. But

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instead the copilots I've edited to Switzerland, intent on seeking

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asylum there. -- the copilots diverted it. Fighter jets were

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hijacked to a scored the blame. This map shows the actual route taken,

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you can clearly see the plane going around and around Geneva before

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landing. Once on the ground, the co-pilot let himself out of the

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cockpit window using an emergency rope. The Swiss police were waiting

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and sprang into action, probably arresting him on suspicion of air

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piracy. The 200 passengers and crew were escorted off unharmed.

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Ethiopian officials are now investigating. They say security is

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tight at both the airport in Addis Ababa and in flight. They say the

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hijacker's behaviour makes no sense. It is not the first Ethiopian

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airliner to be hijacked. This one crashed into the Indian Ocean in

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1986, but security experts say it is not all about terrorism. We need to

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focus on the broader threats to aviation, and therefore we need to

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look at people's intent, not just whether or not you are carrying

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primitive items. The passengers have since reached their destination in

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Rome. Although none were harmed, their ordeal has been described as

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terrifying. In just four months' time, thousands

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of England fans will head to the middle of the Brazilian rainforest

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to watch their team play its first World Cup match. The conditions in

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the tropical city of Manaus, where England will face Italy, will not be

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easy - expects welder in heat and humidity. Today Roy Hodgson visited

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the area himself to test the temperature. Chief sports

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correspondent Dan Roan joined him and sent this report.

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The Amazon may not be natural habitat for an England manager, but

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Roy Hodgson is planning for an away fixture like never before. England

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will kick off their World Cup at Wenger here in the jungle city of

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Manaus. This visit is a chance to sample one of the most exotic venues

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in the comp edition's history. It is hot, isn't it? It is going to be

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hard at the FIFA World Cup, it always is, that is something you

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have to come to terms with, and we are interested in getting some feel

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for the slightly different, more tropical climate in the North of

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Brazil. England! England's worst fears were realised when they were

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drawn to play Italy in 1800 miles away from their Rio base, and this

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is a charm offensive after Hodgson upset the local authorities by

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describing out as a place to avoid because of its sweltering climate.

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But many in Manaus will be glad to welcome England. Some locals here is

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in less prosperous neighbourhoods are converting their homes into

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hostels for the World Cup. This family hopes to how is 16 fans here.

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This room will sleep up to five of them, each charged around ?50 per

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night. We want to have the English here, she says, we want to show them

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how the Amazonian people live. We can provide transport and food, and

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we are close to the stadium. Having missed its original completion

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deadline, the Arena da Amazonia is finished but at a cost. Six

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construction workers have died building stadia in Brazil, and three

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of them have lost their lives here. Meanwhile, on the streets of Brazil,

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violent protests, the cost of staging the protest, continue to

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overshadow the build-up to a World Cup that was meant to be a source of

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national pride. FIFA put an awful lot of working with the local

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organising committee and the Brazilian government has put an

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awful lot of working to make sure that Brazil, a fantastic football

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nation, can have a World Cup. I don't see any reason for as

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technicians to doubt them. Roy Hodgson now knows what is in store

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for England, and when he returns, he hopes his team will avoid any

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mishaps. It has been a tense day for

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Britain's colours at the Winter Olympics and Sochi, with both the

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men and women playing for a place in the semifinals. Team GB's women made

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it through automatically, but the men will have to overcome Norway in

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a play-off to make it into the last four. Andy Swiss is in the Olympic

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Park in Sochi for us. Andy. Yes, a huge day for Britain's

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curlers here in Sochi. They came here with Heijkoop is but have

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struggled over the first week, and a new today that they had to be at

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their best. -- they came here with high hopes.

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For Britain's curlers, it was make-or-break time. This is a sport

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of touch and tactics, the aim - to slide your stones into the target

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and knock out your opponent's. That is it! The women's team safely

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through to the last four thanks to victory over the hosts, Russia. But

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there was frustration for Britain's men after losing to China. They now

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face a play-off for a semifinal spot. It was obviously a little bit

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bittersweet. That was our chance to go over the finish line, we have had

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a couple of chances and obviously not got there. The good side is we

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are still in it. Meanwhile, there have been more

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questions about competitors' safety, British skier Rowan Cheshire being

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visited by team-mates after spending the night in hospital. Her crashed

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in training, which left it with concussion, was one of several

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yesterday. Two snowboarders, including Helene Olafsen of Norway,

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had to be stretchered off the slopes. But organisers insist there

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have been no more injuries here than at previous Games. Our figures are

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that there is no difference at all, no significant difference at all

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from Vancouver. So winter sport, snow sports are not without their

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risks, but we don't see any difference between this Games and

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the last one. Several events had to be postponed

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in the mountains today because of fog. The bobsleigh wasn't, and that

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meant the final appearance here of the Jamaican team. Led by

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46-year-old Winston Watts, they finished last, but in terms of

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popularity they won by a street. Yes, hosts Russia eventually won the

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bobsleigh. Just to give you an update on Rowan Cheshire, Team GB

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says she has been released from hospital and they will decide over

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the next few days whether she can compete on Thursday.

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All right, Andy, thanks very much. In the era of smartphones and

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tablets, you might think the old-fashioned television in the

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corner of the room is a thing of the past, but you would be wrong. New

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research suggests our love affair with the box is a strong as ever. In

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fact, people are watching more TV than they were ten years ago. Here

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is media correspondent David Sillito.

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Watching the box, it is almost hypnotic.

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The hours can slip by. We all have our favourites. I like Shopaholic

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Showdown on TLC. But in this household, like millions of others,

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there are new arrivals vying for the attention of both children and

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nieces and nephews. The tablets and the smartphones. However, we are

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actually watching more TV than we were watching ten years ago. The

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figure has come down a little bit over the last 12 months, but we are

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still watching three hours and 52 minutes per day. On the tablet and

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smartphone, TV watching is only around three and a half minutes per

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day. Most of us are like this family, watching 90% of our TV the

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traditional way. It is never the same, trying to watch a television

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programme on a little iPad, it is much better to watch it on a bigger

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is green with the family, relaxing on the city. As you can see, this

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debate about television and family life is far from new, but do we

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really watch an average of nearly four hours? People find it very hard

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to be honest about TV viewing. If you ask them, they say, no, we don't

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watch TV anymore, we watch on demand. If you fill them in their

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homes will get them to record a diary of their viewing, the real

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picture is very different. However, we are talking about an average.

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Young families like this one actually watch relatively little TV.

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It is the over 50s who are watching more than five hours a day. David

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Sillito, BBC News. So there has been a bit of a lull in

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the weather, but what about the forecast? Nina Ridge is here.

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It has been a little bit cloudy today with a few showers, but it is

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all relative - the rest of this week will not be as windy as last week,

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we have still got rain but not as much, and it stays mild with some

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seeing temperatures well above average. A mild night to come

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tonight, a lot of cloud around. Some of the showers in the next few hours

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could be on the heavy side over Northern Ireland, but turning quite

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misty and murky, a lot of hill fog around for the early hours. Most

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seeing temperatures of six - seven. The exception is the Northern Isles,

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a touch of frost here with clear skies. Certainly a great start to

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tomorrow morning, a few showers scattered around, one or two across

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southern counties on the heavy side, but away from the showers we are

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getting off to a dry start, if on the cloudy side. Plenty of cloud

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sitting across parts of Northern Ireland, again a few showers, a dull

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start across parts of Scotland with the remains of a weak front giving

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patchy rain, a little bit of hill snow as well, and that will only

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slowly clear eastwards across Scotland through the day. Still a

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few showers scattered to the south and across southern counties, one or

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two on the heavy side, maybe with hail and thunder in, but foremost,

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commonly afternoon, away from the showers we will see drier weather

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with a hint of brightness for central southern areas. Temperatures

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here, ten or 11, further north Devon or eight.

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On Wednesday, most places should be dry, but by the time we get to

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Thursday the potential for a more widespread band of rain to sweep

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across the country. At the moment, it looks like the heaviest rain will

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be in the north and west, but the winds could pick up as well. Welcome

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respite on Wednesday, we will keep a close eye on Thursday, because a

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little bit more rain around. You can check out the latest details by

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going to the BBC Weather website. That is all from the BBC News At

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