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Nigeria's president hits back after David Cameron's

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No need to say sorry - just give back the cash

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hidden in British banks - that's his message.

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I am not going to demand any apology from anybody.

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We'll be looking at Watmore Britain could do.

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A new warning about terror attacks linked to Northern Ireland -

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Republican dissidents could target the rest of UK.

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The EU referendum - Gordon Brown makes the case

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to remain and Boris Johnson takes the Leave battle bus to Cornwall.

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Alma Waller died after being repeatedly being sent

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home from hospital - a damning report on the care

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She was sent home time and time again like she was just in the way.

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The Cumbrian road washed away by Storm Desmond -

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five months on and it's open for business again.

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And coming up in the sport on BBC News England's Danny Welbeck

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The Arsenal forward will be out for nine months

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Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

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Less than a day after David Cameron described Nigeria as "fantastically

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corrupt" the country's president has challenged the prime minister -

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telling him it was time Britain did more to solve the problem.

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Mr Muhammadu Buhari wants Britain to hand back billions of pounds

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in stolen assets that have been hidden here by corrupt

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Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale reports.

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Mr President, has David Cameron insulted Nigeria?

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These were the questions the Nigerian president faced

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as he arrived at a Commonwealth conference in London this morning.

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Only hours after David Cameron described his country

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So what did the president think of that?

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He agreed Nigeria was corrupt but said an apology

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I'm not going to demand any apology from anybody.

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What I'm demanding is the return of assets.

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Assets worth billions of pounds, corruptly

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obtained in Nigeria, that have ended up in British

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People here say that you tackle corruption by building trust amongst

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They question whether Mr Cameron's comments have made that

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The anger amongst the Nigerian delegation is palpable.

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What we expect from the UK is partnership and not condemnation.

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We also expect David Cameron, in his statement yesterday,

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to appreciate the efforts by the federal government of Nigeria

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in tackling corruption and repositioning Nigeria

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by bringing back our long lost reputation.

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President Buhari was elected promising to tackle

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the corruption that is part of everyday life in Nigeria.

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From the small bribes to the jaw-dropping sums that have

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Scandals he hopes to end by arresting officials and making

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the state more transparent and clawing back

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In the Commons, the Prime Minister joked

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about his undiplomatic comments which he admitted

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First of all, I better check the microphone

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He sought to mend fences by praising what he called the remarkable steps

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forward Nigeria had made in fighting corruption.

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But he came under pressure to deal with it at home, as well.

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Has the Prime Minister read the appeals from Nigerian

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campaigners who say that, "Our efforts are sadly undermined

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if countries such as your own are welcoming our corrupt

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to hide their ill gotten gains in your luxury homes,

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department stores, car dealerships, private schools and anywhere else

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that will accept their cash with no questions asked".

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Mr Cameron accepted that Britain had a role to play.

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One of the steps we are taking to make sure that foreign companies

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that own UK property have to declare who the beneficial owner is will be

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one of the ways we make sure that plundered money

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from African countries cannot be hidden in London.

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Tomorrow many of these delegates will attend the Prime Minister's

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They are looking for concrete action, not just warm words,

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particularly on opening up Britain's dependent territories.

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A spokesman for the Chinese government has insisted that last

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autumn's state visit to Britain was very successful -

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that's after the Queen was recorded yesterday saying that Chinese

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officials had been "very rude" when the trip was being planned.

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When the Queen's remarks were reported on BBC

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World, the broadcast was blacked out in China.

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Buckingham Palace says it doesn't comment on the Queen's

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Our Royal Correspondent Peter Hunt is at Buckingham Palace

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I wonder how damaging this episode has been? It has been damaging

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because this was a rare insight into the Queen's thinking, her views on

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the rudeness of some Chinese officials would have been aired in

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private normally, not in public. We are talking about them because

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they've recorded by a cameraman who was employed to film the Queen, she

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plays a key role as part of the British government's soft diplomacy

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armoury. Remember her historic visit to Ireland in 2011? She's meant to

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soothe and not ruffle feathers, and there will be relief in the palace

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that the Chinese have not taken umbrage, and all sides have been

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stressing has accessible the state visit was last year. This is a rare

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insight, it would always be a rare insight, because the Queen will be

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ever more wary of broadcasters with cameras. Thanks.

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The threat level from Northern Ireland-related terrorism

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in Great Britain has been raised, from "moderate" to "substantial".

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It means an attack in England, Wales or Scotland is a strong possibility.

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The Home Secretary Theresa May said it reflects the continuing threat

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Our Ireland Correspondent Chris Buckler has the latest for us

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It was only a matter of weeks ago that here in Belfast senior police

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officers laid out in the starkest terms that dissident republicans

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were going to try and attempt to kill security force members. It

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seems their fears and concerns are now spreading, from Northern Ireland

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to England, Scotland and Wales. The threat of violence has never

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left the streets of Northern Ireland, dissident republicans were

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responsible for the death of a prison officer a few weeks ago. He

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was blown up as he drove to work. There have been other attacks linked

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to republican paramilitaries. And other attempts to kill. If anything,

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the concern seems to have grown. That is not just true in Northern

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Ireland, but fears are also rising that dissidents could take their

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campaign of violence to other parts of the UK. We've seen the murderous

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capability of dissident republicans in Northern Ireland and I suspect

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this change of threat level indicates a rise in their capacity

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and capability in mainland Great Britain and that should cause

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concern. The threat level for international terrorism is at

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severe, meaning an attack is highly likely. But Northern Ireland related

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terrorism is classified separately by the security services and in

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Northern Ireland that threat level is also severe. But MI5 had lowered

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the threat from Irish dissidents on mainland Britain to moderate,

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meaning an attack was possible but not likely. Today they change that,

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raising the level to substantial, which means they believe an attack

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is a strong possibility. It is 15 years since there was a serious

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campaign of violence by Republicans in England. In 2001 there were

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attacks in London and Birmingham. This former Deputy Chief Constable

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says there are indications that dissidents have access to

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explosives. They have deployed undercard booby-traps, which will

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made from Semtex, and they have shown more sophisticated types and

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the frequency of attacks they have mounted and the police. Senior

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officers had warned that distance were planning attacks to coincide

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with the centenary of the Easter Rising. -- that dissidents. And they

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are worried in particular about one group, known as the new IRA. The

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threat from Isis and Al-Qaeda is much higher on the mainland, but

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this takes away some resources to focus on the threat from the IRA.

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The threat has never gone away. The rising of the threat level means

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forces across the UK must now be on alert.

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Both sides in the EU referendum debate have stepped

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Boris Johnson has launched the Vote Leave campaign's

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For the remain side, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown

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has made his first major intervention - claiming

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In a moment we'll hear from our Political Editor Laura

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Kuenssberg who's been speaking to Gordon Brown,

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but first our Deputy Political Editor John Pienaar reports

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Just imagine you're Boris Johnson in front of a crowd that loves you,

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or think they do, and a big message from the Leave

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campaign's most famous face - vote to quit the EU.

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Thank you for coming along, everybody.

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It doesn't look too stage-managed, but it is.

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Try to raise a pro-EU anti-Tory poster and see what happens.

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You will be coming out on June the 23rd?

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This stuff's the staple diet of a big campaign.

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No prop is too corny, even an EU protected pasty.

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Not always, not everywhere, but Boris Johnson is box office.

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What people want most, though, are facts, objective truth,

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Sometimes those beautifully crafted sound bites and slogans can come

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Back on the campaign bus, German-made, by the way,

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he flatly denied a leave vote would hit the pound

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People would like an answer, a straight one if possible.

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Are you saying there would be no reaction on the markets?

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I think there could be a very positive reaction.

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Do you think the pound would not fall as it has in the past

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People said the pound would fall as a result of

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On the contrary, it strengthened and interest-rates

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And with all the talk of corruption in the air...

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I would say that the EU budget is endemically corrupt.

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I think it is something that is in the nature of

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Just because it is collective funding,

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nobody has any sense of particular, individual, national responsibility

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Boris Johnson is a bit of a character.

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But he's not going to help you make your mind

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He is a charismatic individual, but when it

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comes down to it, a place like Cornwall needs to think

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about how important it is to stay in Europe.

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He's a big personality, but I am not sure about

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Will Boris help you make your mind up?

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He will make me more determined to vote out.

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He is a big personality, but does he make a difference?

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Not very original, politicians pulling pints, but the

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They rather like Boris Johnson, too, but this

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referendum is real, so how should we look at the man who is the Leave

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campaign's biggest asset, and who may also be Britain's

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It is six years since Gordon Brown was in charge.

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In power, his biggest call was to keep us out of

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the European Union's biggest project, joining the euro.

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But if Labour's campaign for in has been short on gusto,

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We should be a leader in Europe, not simply a member.

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We should not be fully out and we should not be half out.

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There have been nerves about getting Labour voters involved.

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Reluctant support for the European Union might not get

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But beyond the economics, the former Prime Minister is using different

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We British have historically been outward looking, not inward looking.

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We've not seen the Channel as some sort of moat.

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What sense does it make if we think of ourselves in this way

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and that we break off relations with our nearest neighbours?

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Mr Brown's fiery last-minute political sermons did galvanise

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When the independence referendum looked close and tight,

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But will voters around the UK listen to him now?

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I opposed joining the euro and I stood out against some

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of my colleagues on that because I thought that

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I'm not going to support Europe right or wrong.

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I'm going to support European cooperation where it is in Britain's

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national interest and I will oppose it if it is not

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When you look at the campaign right now that is trying

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to persuade people to stay, do you see the leadership that

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I think we've had a phoney war and we are now into

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You've got six weeks to go and I think the positive message I'm

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putting forward has got a way of getting across especially

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to people that did not vote Conservative.

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The implication of you coming forward to make this case is that

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you are not convinced that Labour has been showing the leadership that

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Are you satisfied with how engaged Jeremy Corbyn has been?

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I can make a contribution, but when people realise

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that the Labour Party is fully behind staying

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in the European Union, I think the Labour voters who have

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historically in the last 20-30 years supported Europe,

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will come out to vote in favour of Europe.

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He may be long gone from the biggest job, but in the next

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few weeks he will be on our screens and in this debate.

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Gordon Brown always did want to make completely sure

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Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Westminster.

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time is just gone 6:15pm. Our top story.

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Nigeria's president hits back at David Cameron's

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Still to come: I'll be reporting live from the Lake District, where

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nearly six months after the winter floods, a vital main road has

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finally reopened. Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News,

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England Women's Cricket captain Charlotte Edwards has retired

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from international cricket after 'honest and open' discussions

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with new head coach Mark Robinson. They are some of the most

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vulnerable hospital patients in England and they are being sent

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home "alone, afraid Those are the words from a troubling

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report from the Parliamentary It found poor planning

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and coordination between health and social care services before

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patients were discharged. The NHS says improvements

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are underway. Our health correspondent,

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Sophie Hutchinson, reports. Mum and dad, when they were married,

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18, on Christmas Eve. Angela Little feels her mother was badly let down

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when she was most vulnerable. Before she died, our mother was repeatedly

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admitted to hospital but then quickly taken back home without the

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support she needed to keep per se. Even doctors, nurses, they said she

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could clearly not look after herself, but she was always sent

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home again. I just feel she had no dignity up to that point and was

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pushed around like she was an object. A report by the

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Parliamentary and health service ombudsman says patients are being

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sent home alone, afraid and unable to cope. It investigated 200 cases

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about problems with dischargers in the year to 2015. A 36% increase on

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the previous year, and they concluded that deaths and suffering

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could have been prevented if hospitals had carried out the right

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checks. The NHS says the findings will be taken seriously, and

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improvement is underway. But this also highlights how overstretched

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services providing supporting people's homes or in care homes have

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become. For every person identified by the ombudsman as being discharged

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without adequate support, there are thousands more stuck in hospital for

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the same reason. Deborah Edwards's father was stuck in hospital for

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seven months waiting for a suitable care home. He had been finished that

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lack his treatment for pneumonia was finished, but he had dementia and

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needed support will stop he died in hospital before support could be

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fun. It shouldn't have taken so long. My dad didn't need medical

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treatment, he just needed looking after. A former hospital chief

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executive says because of a lack of social care in the community,

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hospitals like the one he ran were having to pick up the pieces. What I

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ended up doing was basically running a very large care home. Patients who

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needed residential care, community care, nursing care. We were running

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the largest, most expensive residential nursing facility in the

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NHS. The Department of Health has said it is working closely with the

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NHS in England, regulators, local Government to help provide support

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to help local areas improved transfers out of hospital and to

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regions delays. Welsh Assembly members have failed

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to elect a new first minister Labour's Carwyn Jones

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was expected to be re-appointed But Plaid Cymru nominated its leader

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Leanne Wood, and won the backing The deadlock sees both Wood

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and Jones level with 29 votes each. Let's go to the Senedd and our

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correspondent. This has always gone to Labour - it must be a surprise

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today. Yes, extraordinary developments.

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Labour are by far the biggest party after the election last week, but

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they don't have an overall majority and the need the support of Plaid

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Cymru in particular. They wanted more time with Labour to discuss

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potential deals, but Labour refuse. As a result, Plaid Cymru blocked

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today's nomination. What is really going on is that the opposition

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parties want to send a strong signal to Labour bright at the start of

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this term, and remember, Labour have always been in power here, that they

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are not going to have it their way. It has provoked a furious response

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will stop the opposition parties say that Labour had been arrogant.

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Labour say that this is a political stunt which won't go down with the

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Welsh public facing an EU referendum and a crisis in the steel industry.

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Nick, thank you very much. Now, more on the referendum

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on whether the UK should remain All this week we're trying

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to explain what's at stake and tonight our Europe Correspondent

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Damian Grammaticas takes a look at how much we spend on the EU

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and how much we might The UK and Europe -

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let's talk money, real money. Let's say this is ?5 billion,

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and each year as a country Take a bit less than half, that's

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what the Government spent in 2014. In the same year, this

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was our contribution to the EU budget -

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?11 billion at today's Alongside everyone else's, you can

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see us, we are in red, Germany, France, Italy, the big

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countries put in the most. Malta, population under

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500,000, the least. We pay by far the lowest measured

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as a share of Most countries pay around 1%

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of their income to the EU The reason for this

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special treatment? Maggie Thatcher and the

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famous rebate she won. It's this discount, taken

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off our Well, a bit more than half comes

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back to us to be spent in the UK, more than ?3 billion to support

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farmers, over ?1 billion to develop poorer regions, build roads,

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ports, fund businesses. Most of the rest goes on research

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grants, universities, companies

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like Rolls-Royce. If we controlled this money,

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we could spend it on other things, but only by

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depriving these of funding. What that leaves is around

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?5.5 billion a year, because we pay We are one of ten

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countries that do this. Germany gives the most,

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followed by France and us. Most of the money is

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distributed to Europe's farmers, while some

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is spent on poorer projects - infrastructure, energy,

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spent in space, even, Essentially, it's our fee for entry

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to Europe's single market, with which we do more

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than 40% of our trade. All of these figures could be

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dwarfed by what might happen to our If it grew a lot

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or shrank a lot, the impact either way on our

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Government's finances, and on us More than five months

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after it was swept away the main road linking the north

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and south of the Lake District Businesses in the area had

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complained that the closure of the road between Grasmere

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and Keswick was damaging trade, and motorists were faced

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with a 35 mile diversion. Now the three-mile stretch

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of road is open again. Our correspondent,

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Danny Savage, is there. Back in December, thousands of

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tonnes of boulders were swept down the hillside here by the deluge

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which cause the winter floods. It destroyed the road, blocking it in

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several places, and it damage the economy. This morning, it finally

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reopened, to the great believer that everybody living round here. The

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record-breaking rainfall of last December destroyed this road in

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places. Landslides also swept down the fells, leaving drivers marooned.

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Five months later, the road is back, but you can still see the damage.

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Everyone remembers the night it happened. We were driving home and

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came across this black hole in the road. It was dropping away in front

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of me, so I reversed. I feel lucky to be alive. The closure left this

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national park divided. Local people say that visitor numbers fell off a

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cliff. Having the main road closed has been paid. A test on the A591

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into a cul-de-sac. -- it has turned. We knew that there would be an end

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to this. Businesses said that they really wanted this road is to reopen

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before the main tourist season started. So, here we are in mid-May,

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with the weather fare, and the north and south of this national park

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reunited. One, two, three! There was a bit of a fanfare this morning,

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accompanied by general relief. It is absolutely amazing, just that

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feeling of being able to drive over that roads to do the school run from

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my house, it's incredible. It will make such a difference to the whole

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community. Ministers say the work was completed as quickly as

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possible. It wasn't all bad news - a temporary bus route around the

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closure became a tourist attraction in its own right. Someone said, you

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have to try this temporary route, it is much more picturesque. And it was

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worth the journey. Six months after a battering from the weather, things

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are getting back to normal here. Danny Savage, BBC News, Cumbria.

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Let's turn our attention to southern England - flash flooding in parts.

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This is Woking in Surrey. It then pushed into Oxfordshire. We also had

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a funnel cloud reported. You can see this thick cloud churning away

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across the southern half of the UK, and the clear skies further north.

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Beneath those cloudy skies, we had torrential downpours. A bit hit and

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miss, some places missed it, but other places certainly did. These

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downpours have been crossing the Bristol and Cardiff area. They are

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on -- if you are on the move or the next few hours, watch out for sudden

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downpours. We will keep our ride on this clutch of storms that will

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brush close to the south coast overnight. For most of Northern

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Ireland and Scotland, it will stay dry. Under the clear skies, it will

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be cool in the Glens of Scotland. It will be muggy in southern areas. The

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showers will clear away before more pop up through the day. We will have

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a nice day tomorrow, with dry weather, some sunshine. There will

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be some exceptions. For example, in the far north of Scotland, more

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clout. It will be cooler. Some of the cloud will make it to the

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north-eastern coast of Scotland and England. Brighter and warmer farther

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west. The odd isolated shower across the Highlands. Most other places

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will have a dry afternoon. A vast improvement for some of us.

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Temperatures into the low 20s. The odd scattered shower in the

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south-west. It will be cold overnight.

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