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figure, but his death from a suspected heart attack, prompted

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tributes from friend and foe. He was a guy who really fought for his

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members and who stuck up for his point of view. Obviously, I didn't

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always agree with with what he had to say. Even his enemies, the people

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who never agreed with him when he was alive, I mean, Bob would be

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laughing his head off probably that suddenly they are all finding these

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great words about him. On the programme tonight: The Co-op in

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crisis. Its boss resigns saying the company is "ungovernable". The

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missing Malaysian airline, police say two men, travelling on false

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passports, were probably asylum seekers, not terrorists. A dog's

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dinner. Government plans to expand free school meals are a gimmick says

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a former adviser. Tonight, a special report on Britain's economic

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recovery. I'm at Liverpool docks. I will be asking if the UK can trade

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its way to long lasting growth. And, they're off. The Cheltenham

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Festival, the most valuable jump racing week in the world, gets

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underway. On BBC London. The death of Bob Crow - as politicians unite

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to pay tribute, we ask what the controversial union boss's legacy

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will be. And, a policeman who repeatedly punched a suspected

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shoplifter gets a community sentence.

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Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six. He was Britain's

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best-known and most colourful trade union leader. Bob Crow has died of a

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suspected heart attack at the age of 52. He led the RMT union for moren

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that a decade and was involved in several high profile industrial

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disputes, including the most recent which brought London Underground to

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a standstill. Among the many people paying tributes to him today was

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London's Mayor, Boris Johnson, with whom Crow often clashed. He praised

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him as a fighter and aenen of character. And the veteran left-wing

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MP, George Galloway, described him as a "a working class hero". Mail

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mail mail mail looks back at the career of this controversial figure.

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We want the opportunity to express the point of view... This was Bob

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Crow just last month, at the height of the strike on London's Tube he

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hijacked a radio phone in to take on his opponent Boris Johnson. There is

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table to be sat round by you and your team. We can't do it while you

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put a gun to your head. The two men hadn't spoken in years. Today

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London's Mayor led tributes. Obviously, I didn't always agree

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with what he had to say, but I really will say this, I think that

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together with other union members, Bob Crow unquestionably helped to

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drive forward huge progress on London Underground and he leaves a

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massive legacy behind. Even his enemies, the people who never agreed

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with him when he was alive, Bob will be laughing his head off probably

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that suddenly they are finding these great words about him. Everyone

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knows he was incredibly good at the job he was employed to do. He

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believed in fighting for working people. He was passionate about it.

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Bob Crow was born at East London he left school at 16 to work on the

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railways. He soon rose through the union ranks. I was told we don't

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want to go back to the bad old days of the 70s. I raised question, what

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was wrong with them They called himself a communist socialist. As

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leader of the RMT he ended the union's affiliation to the Labour

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Party. A divisive trade union leader he embarked on a serious of

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industrial disputes. His actions disrupted the journeys of millions

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of people. He stood for what he believed in. Which is good to a

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certain degree. It did have an effect on London. It's awful that

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somebody who was so committed and so passionate about his work that it's

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kind of ended in such a tragic way really. Despite his 145,000 pay

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package, Bob Crow insisted upon living in a council house. He

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increased the membership of his union at a time when nationally

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union membership was in decline. He was one of the finest trade unionist

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of his generation. One of the best the movement ever brought forward.

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That is why he was loved by his members but respected by those who

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esht intoed across the table with him. Often larger than life, Bob

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Crow died at 52. He will be remember as a trade unionist who never

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waivered from his beliefs and delivered for his members. To be a

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general secretary of a union you have to be larger than life. Someone

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who has a bit of spark about them. Industry correspondent, John Moylan,

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BBC News. Our political editor, Nick Robinson joins me now. Huge shock

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when the news broke this morning. So many tributes for him from all

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sides. A shock for some people watching that those Bob Crow would

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have seen as his enemies have been so generous to imhad. It's more than

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the normal respect that one pays to the loved ones who are now grieving

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for Bob Crow. I think there are people who were his enemies who

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nevertheless regarded him as a man who knew what he thought, knew whose

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side he was on. Knew who his enemies were. That is quite rare in modern

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political life. He was, if you like, his own man. I discovered this when

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I interviewed him on television on the first time. He turned up in a

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T-shirt and a pair of shorts. I said, Bob maybe you would like to

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get change? He said, I'm on the works outing to the seaside in 10

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minutes' time. Get on with it. We started the interview on Bob's

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terms. In a sense, that sums him up. He was a man who, yes, was

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belligerent in public, yes, willing to inconvenience people, he thought

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he was it for the job he was paid to do, for his members. Everyone you

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talked talk to behind scenes say behind all that noise there was a

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man who could in truth strike a private deal. Nick Robinson, thank

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you. The Co-operative Group which is facing huge losseses, is in crisis

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tonight after its chief executive resigned claiming the organisation

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had become "ungovernable". Euan Sutherland, whose

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multi-million-pound salary was leaked at the weekend, has

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complained of being undermined in his efforts to overhaul the

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business. Here's our Business Editor, Robert Peston. Some very

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grave look gentleman. The pioneers and the founders of the modern

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co-operative movement or the idea of a business owned by those who use it

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is fairer. How far they have have come from those or begins. I'm the

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group chief executive of the Co-op. He was the chief executive until

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this afternoon when he resigned. Handing back ?1.5 million retention

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bonus. It was pretty clear on Sunday that Euan Sutherland had become

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demoralised. He published this statement on a social media website

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in which he bemoaned the leek of his ?3 million pay package he saw the

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leak by the officials of the Co-op to whip up opposition to a reform

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package that would have given less power to them, and more power to the

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executives and Euan Sutherland. It's not been a quiet time for the Co-op.

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It's bank almost went bust last year. The bank's former Chairman was

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accused of buying illegal recreational drugs. What doo-doo

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they make of the latest episode in which many would see as a soap

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opera? Millions of pounds to top dogs. Defeating the object of the

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Co-op. They were known for their integrity for so many years, weren't

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they? Whether that is too difficult to maintain in today's cynical

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times. He wanted a management structure. The he felt that the

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absence of professional management from the Co-op's top board was

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holding back recovery. He made the judgment he is not the right person

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to lead the changes that the group need moving forward. In my view,

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there is a clear consensus now there is a need for that kind of change.

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That will start from the board level and will see what emerges over the

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next few months. Why does the Co-op matter? It has been a bad year for

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the Co-operative Group and the Co-op Bank. There is so much that is so

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good about having a mutual, an organisation owned by its members

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with an ethical stance. Not much looked like it will would rattle

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this lot. If it isn't seen to be governable. Two men who boreded the

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missing Malaysian Airlines plane using stolen passports were probably

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Iranian asylum seekers, not terrorist, according to

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investigators. #. The flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing vanished

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four days ago. The search area's been widen to the waters between

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Malaysian and Vietnam and into the ma lack can straits -- Malacca

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Straits. But the mystery has intensified after Malaysian's air

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force said it as radar suggests the plane had turned away from from its

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planned route towards an airport near Kuala Lumpur. From there

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Jonathan Head reports. They have been forced to consider a

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possibility that the airline deviated hundreds of miles off

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course without being detected. The search area has been doubled. One

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mystery has been solved, the identities of the two men travelling

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on stolen passports, both Iranianians, has been disclosed, any

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links to terrorism dismissed. In the last 24-hours you see the story

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changing as the belief becomes more certain that these two individuals

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were probably not terrorists. Mohammad is a young Iranian living

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in Kuala Lumpur. He is asked to keep his identity hidden. The two men,

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one an old school friend, came to stay the night before they left.

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They had flown from Iran and were heading to Europe to seek asylum. He

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helped them to print out their tickets. We went together to the

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print shop. We print the ticket. After that, I see the ticket and I

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say, like, this is not your name. Then he said, like, here auto I have

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another passport. After that I don't want to continue this story. I just

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say, OK. There any possibility, in his mind, that his friend could have

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had anything to do with the plane's disappearance? He cannot even kill

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one animal. He was looking for freedom. He was looking for better

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life. He wanted to, like, live in freedom. So all those fears that the

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stolen passports had perhaps been used by terrorists to board the

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ill-fated airliner have ended here in an ordinary Kuala Lumpur suburb

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and with a simple tale of young men from a troubled country, in search

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of something better. The Bank of England governor, Mark Carney, says

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he knew nothing about claims that bank staff had been tipped off about

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a suspected scam to rig the foreign currency markets until autumn last

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year. Mr Carney told MPs on the Commons Treasury Committee that the

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Bank had suspended a member of staff pending an investigation but

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insisted there was no evidence bank staff had been involved in the

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alleged scam. As we sit here today, we are not in possession of any

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information, we have no information, that suggests that anyone at the

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Bank of England condoned, manipulation market facilitated,

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participated in market manipulation. The Mark Carney. The idea of

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expanding free school meals to every five-year-old in England is one of

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the Deputy Prime Minister's flagship policies. It has been condemned as

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"bad gimmick and a dumb idea" by a Government education expert, Dominic

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Cummings, a former special adviser, told the BBC that officials were

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opposed to the policy fearing it would lead to "institutional chaos."

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Our political correspondent, Ben Wright, reports. Serving up a

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signature Liberal Democrat policy last September. Nick Clegg announced

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all five to seven-year-olds in England would get a free school meal

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from this autumn. ?1 billion will be spent on the food and new

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facilities. The scheme has received a hammering from a former

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Conservative adviser at the Department for Education. Dominic

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Cummings told the BBC that officials at the department warned there could

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be implementation chaos. He said all the spending figures banded about

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were chunk and shouldn't be used. He thought the policy was a dumb idea,

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badly executed. The adviser worked for the Education Secretary, Michael

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Goef, until Christmas, there was a coalition argument over funding when

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the policy was announced. One senior Conservative MP still has concerns.

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However good his incontigencieses -- intentions it's inappropriate he

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should make a ?1 billion spending commitment without having consulted

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the responsible department or listened to schools who have to

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implement it on the ground. At this London school gate parents have an

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appetite for the policy. If they can get one decent meal a day, it's

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going to help. I think the idea is really good. It will be really

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healthy food, isn't it. That is the most important thing, right? Free

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food seems popular with parents. A number of head teachers worry they

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won't have the kitchen facilities and longer dinner time might disrupt

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the school day. The ministers have rubbished this talk about a row

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within the Education Department and say the free school dinners will be

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delivered on time. The suggestion that the department was opposed to

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this policy is complete and utter nonsense. The Secretary of State and

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I may be in different political parties we are fully behind the

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policy. It has been very carefully thought out and costed. Ministers

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have given more support to schools to make the poll sil work. The

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Liberal Democrats are determined to chalk it up as a win and proof of

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their influence in Government. Bob Crow has died suddenly of a

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suspected heart attack at the age of 52. Coming up, I will have the news

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from Charlton in on a challenging day for horse racing. -- Cheltenham.

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Later on BBC London: We hear from the brother of Britain's first

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suicide bomber in Syria, who claims he died a hero.

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And Arsenal's mission impossible in Munich - or is it? We hear from

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Arsene Wenger on his Champions League survival bid.

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Next week the Chancellor will deliver his penultimate budget

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before the 2015 general election. George Osborne will no doubt point

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to the positive direction the UK economy has taken recently, with

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unemployment down and economic output picking up. This week George

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Alagiah is travelling around the UK trying to find out if we really are

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on the right road to recovery. He started his journey yesterday in

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Glasgow. Tonight he's on Merseyside. Good evening from the Port of

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Liverpool, one of the biggest in the UK. I want you to look over there at

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that container ship. It has just pulled away and it has got 2000

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containers on it and deck full of luxury cars. It is heading for

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Baltimore. Once it has gone, look over here - hundreds of containers

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waiting to be put onto the next ship. I can tell you it is 24/7

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here. If Britain is exporting its way out of economic trouble, they

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will see it here first. I have been talking to businesses in Liverpool

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to find out if Britain has the right kind of recovery.

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They have certainly had to work hard to keep the tourists coming to this

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theme to tell over the last few years. But now business is picking

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up again. -- this seemed hotel. We are looking at 80% occupancy. It is

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way higher than last year. Are there more British tourists? We have

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definitely seen a rise. If the guests are anything to go by, some

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people are feeling more optimistic. They are spending again. We're both

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earning decent money so we don't have any problems. Initially we

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didn't have the spare cash. But now I think there's a bit more leeway.

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In the 60s, when the Beatles were in their heyday, Liverpool was still

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one of the world's great trading hubs. Today, the port is not quite

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the powerhouse it once was, but there is ?300 million of new

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investment in its facilities and exports are growing. Sale to North

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America have doubled since the worst of the recession. The Port's

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director says this is the perfect place to track the UK's economic

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fortunes. These range Rovers are headed for America. The majority of

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the vessels arriving in Liverpool, the containers, they are leaving

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full. We are seeing a number of products and services now exported

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out of the country. This factory making maritime safety equipment is

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just a mile away from the port. Turnover has been growing. Its boss

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says any future growth has to come from new export markets. The more we

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export, the better the UK economy will grow. I find it hugely

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important for us as a company, and we know that we have markets yet to

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crack. That is great news. We can actually see where we can fuel our

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growth going forward. This is a city built on a great trading history,

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but whether or not it can achieve anything like the same status in the

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future is a key test for Britain's economy. That is the view from

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Liverpool. As you saw, many people here are pretty optimistic. But what

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about the bigger picture from across the UK? Just how widespread is the

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recovery and how sustainable is it? Our chief economic correspondent,

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Hugh Pym, reports from adjuster. The economy might be picking up

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speed, but what about the direction of travel? Is the courage to

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lopsided? These are questions for the government ahead of the budget.

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I think we are making progress. Jim O'Neill is heading a task force

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trying to ensure growth is spread beyond London, including in his home

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city of Manchester. The premise is, if we can boost growth in places

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like this and a few other urban centres, it will boost the national

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growth rate. But he says the overall recovery is not yet broadly based.

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So far, the recovery has been dominated by the consumer. We can't

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afford that to go beyond much more than another year or so all we will

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run into fresh problems. Shifting the focus to company is expanding

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and selling more goods abroad is seen as the way forward. Breadth of

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the Chancellor and a Bank of England have acknowledged the recovery is

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not yet balanced. The figures bear that out. Last in household spending

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grew 2.4%, while exports were up just 0.8. Across the whole of 2013,

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business investment fell 1.2%. But there was some pick up towards the

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end of the year. But you have only got to go to Manchester airport to

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find a project which 60 investment and export boxes. Known as airport

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city, it will be the UK's biggest construction site, creating a centre

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for businesses. We're looking for good road access. We are looking for

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vehicle activity, which we have across Europe. So there are

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promising signs. But it may be awhile before it clear that are

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broadly based economy heralding a brighter future for the economy is

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fully in place. That's it from us here in Liverpool.

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When people talk about recurrent, most people are talking really about

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jobs. Right now in the North West, it has a higher unemployment rate

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than the UK average. Tomorrow we are in Bristol stop -- in Bristol. We'll

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be at the UK's biggest robotics research centre. Goodnight from me.

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Back to you in London, Sophie. A policeman who punched a suspected

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shoplifter in the head and pinned her to the ground has been sentenced

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to a community order. CCTV footage played to the court showed PC James

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Kiddie pushing Sarah Reed into a chair, grabbing her by the hair and

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hitting her on the head as she lay on the floor after an incident at a

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clothing store in London. MPs are currently debating changes

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to legislation that would give the government new powers to close and

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reorganise NHS services in England. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt says

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the changes are needed to help reform services and improve patient

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care. But patients groups and Labour are concerned the reforms could give

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the government the ability to ignore the wishes of GPs and local

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residents. Here's our health correspondent, Branwen Jeffreys.

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Outside Parliament today, a noisy protest under gloomy skies.

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Campaigners are angry at plans to make it easier to close NHS

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services, a change in the law that follows the fight over one hospital.

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This song came from the heart of a community campaign to keep its A

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Lewisham in south London, was angry at the changes. The of neighbouring

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hospital plunging into financial problems. A special Administration

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was appointed to make rapid decisions. Local GPs helped win the

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legal battle, but have been left disillusioned. We were promised we

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would be listened to. We made good arguments and we were not listened

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to. Nothing changed as the basis -- after our argument. Now the

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government wants to change the law that allowed the campaign to win.

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Services here in Lewisham are now safe from change. But around

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England, the NHS faces more difficult decisions about the future

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of hospital services. The debate is about how those decisions should be

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made and whether it is ever right to overrule the wishes of local

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patients and their GPs. Ministers today promised there would always be

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consultation and save these legal powers are for extreme cases. This

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is a system of last resort and other actions would of course be taken

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first to address the problems of trusts in difficulty. But Labour

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warned... It risks damaging public trust rather than building it.

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Changes to the NHS will always be a political battle ground. But winning

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patient support is crucial to allow them to happen.

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It's the most valuable jump racing week in the world. The Cheltenham

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Festival got underway this afternoon, with ?4 million of prize

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money up for grabs. The big race of the day was the Champion Hurdle. Joe

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Wilson was watching. If we wanted a reminder of the way

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the jump racing pushes horse and rider to the limit and the risks and

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danger at the heart of the spectre, we got it today but it was not come

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above. We saw a fatality as well as victory. The Champion hurdle was the

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most eagerly anticipated race of this year's Festival. Billed as a

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battle between the old champion, Hurricane Fly, and a new breed of

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contenders. One of those was of course both popular and full of

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potential. Watch for the yellow silks. It was an awful. The horse

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was treated but had a spinal injury and was put down. For some, the rest

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of the race was irrelevant. Jezki, with Google perseverance, crossed

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the line first. It is why riders and spectators had to come to

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Cheltenham. It is sad for the jockey, the owner, and everybody in

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the yard. When a horse dies, it is a gap in the yard. Everybody feels

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it. The high risks in this sport are shared between horse and rider. In

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fact, all of this horse's winnings this season had been pledged to JT

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McNamara. He remains in hospital, paralysed after a fall at Cheltenham

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last year. Absent but admired. This is his cousin, the jockey still

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recovering after his own fall. Last year he was in a coma. Whatever the

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dangers, he would beginning -- giving anything to race at

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Cheltenham this week. It is believable to get out on a horse at

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that crowd. It would be good to stop for moment or two and think about

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people like that. So often, any sense of celebration is tempered by

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reflection. Time for a look at the weather.

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reflection. Time for a look Dry and sunny for most of us today.

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In the sunshine, it warmed up after a frosty start. We reached 15

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degrees across the Highlands of Scotland and most of us enjoyed a

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lovely spring day. However, across some Southern counties, we really

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struggled. Just five degrees on the moors of south-west England. Still

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some cloud in southern counties. Overnight it will tend to expand, if

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anything. There will be fog patches developing across Northern Ireland,

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and some glens of Scotland. It will turn cold. Under the cleaner to

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skies, temperatures will fall away quickly. -- the clearest skies.

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Close to freezing if the skies clear but generally a of cloud around. --

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a lot. It is getting better in southern areas. It will be a better

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day than today. In the sunshine from it will feel warmer. They will be a

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few exceptions before the vast majority have a lovely day. Some of

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these numbers might be conservative. I would not be surprised to see the

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mid-teens. If the cloud persists in the north west midlands come it will

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stay cool. The south-west of England, we could reach 17 or 18

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degrees. In the 10th St, we might see some sea mist lingering. That

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could knock temperatures. -- along the Thames estuary. The fog should

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lift and for most of us it will be a nice day. Signs of change in the

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North West of Scotland. Beginning cloud and a freshening pleased --

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breeze.

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