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Immigration takes centre stage in the referendum debate

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as the annual figures show the numbers are up.

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The difference between those coming in and those

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That is pushing up our population growth, it is putting huge pressure

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on housing, on services such as the NHS, on

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We'll be getting reaction from voters

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500 migrants rescued by the Italian Navy,

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after their overcrowded boat capsizes in the Mediterranean,

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Tata Steel workers fear for their pensions as the government

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Police and protesters clash as France's fuel dispute deepens -

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motorways blocked and flights delayed.

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And they said he didn't stand a chance - now reports say

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Donald Trump has the Republican Party nomination wrapped up.

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And coming up in the sport on BBC News.

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A first for Britain's No 2, Aljaz Bedene.

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He's through to the third round of a Grand Slam

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at the French Open, but it's Novak Djockovic next.

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Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

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The Leave campaign in the EU referendum debate have seized

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on the latest figures to ram home their argument that immigration

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Net migration to the UK - that's the difference

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between the numbers coming and leaving - in 2015 was 333,000.

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That's the second-highest level ever recorded.

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More than half, 184,000, came from inside the EU.

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The government acknowledged the figure was too high but insisted

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it was sticking to its aim of getting the number down

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Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg has our first report.

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My name is Anatoly, you can call me Tony, I'm originally from Latvia and

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I came to the UK in 2012. My name is Victoria Poon I am from Latvia,

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Riga. I came to Scotland in 2011 because my husband found a job here.

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I was born in Lithuania and in 2004, I stay here permanently. The names

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and nations, not just the numbers, waves of workers and families who

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have come to the UK perfectly legally from around Europe. I wanted

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to stay. I think you need to control the level of migration. I think the

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UK should stay in the EU. My son was born here and he feels more British.

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But EU immigration again at record levels today, with a big increase

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from bog area and remain your, is central to the decision over whether

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we stay or go. -- from Balgarry and Romania. Leaving's chief cheerleader

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says immigration is not just too high but trashed his own party's

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plan, too. I think that they share the scandal of the promise made by

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politicians repeatedly that they can cut immigration to the tens of

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thousands, and then to throw their hands up in the air and say there is

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nothing we can do. You said it was cynical to make that promise and

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stay in the EU. That is a different thing, you are suggesting it was

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misleading people, that we can't do it? I think it is cynical to say

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that we can continue to control immigration from the EU when we

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can't. And he will use that to try to get you on side. The campaign has

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been a B in Westminster for weeks, but it is testing on the stump now,

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too. Believe it or not, this gorilla has complained to the police about

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allegedly being punched. One man ended up on the ground in the

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frenzy. The trouble for the government side is that they are

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miles of their immigration target. In 2010, they promised to get

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immigration under 100,000. Right now, it is more than three times

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that. But roughly half is from outside the EU. Reducing net

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migration to the sustainable levels that existed before Labour lost

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control in the 1990s remains absolutely the right focus because

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of the pressure on public services and the speed of rate of change.

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That remains the intent of this government. But campaigners who want

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to stay inside the EU say the outers are whipping up fear. This poster

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from Operation Black Vote controversially captures that

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concern. But the man he was Home Secretary when Eastern European

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countries joined says leaving would be no solution. The Leave campaign

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by talking in theory but not demonstrating in practice what they

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would do on something as crucial as immigration, I think they are

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misleading people. Did you imagine anything like the numbers of people

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coming from other European countries to this country when you were Home

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Secretary? There's no question in my mind that we did not anticipate back

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in 2004, the numbers who would come. A clear conclusion, with the benefit

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of looking back. Deep feelings, strong arguments over immigration,

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that outers hope to turn into votes. Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News.

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Well, among the towns up and down the country which have seen a sharp

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influx of migrants in recent years is Goole in East Yorkshire.

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So how do people there feel about immigration and how

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could it affect their votes in the referendum?

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Our Correspondent Danny Savage has spent the day in Goole

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Done? George, Goole is a town with a

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population of about 20,000. Roughly 15% of the population are foreign

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nationals who have arrived in the last 15 years or so. When it comes

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to migration, opinion is divided. Some businesses see it as an issue

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-- Central bank and others try to see it as a positive thing but there

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are also lots of people who feel threatened and unsettled by it. So

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when it comes to the EU referendum, migration is a big deal here.

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Out in the Vale of York, a busy packing plant sees British

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80% of the workforce is from Eastern Europe.

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The prospect of leaving the EU is a worrying one.

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One thing is for sure, it won't be as easy as it is now.

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It is easy now to get people to fill my business

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But we have some really good local ones, we just don't

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A few miles away in Goole, you could be greeted in 15 languages

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Built for 200, it now has 400 pupils, mainly due to migration.

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Although they work hard to sing from the same sheet.

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Currently, the classrooms are full to bursting.

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There are literally one or two places left in each class.

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Having recently increased it to 50 per year group as well.

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I would still say it is a good thing.

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I would still say it is a good thing.

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But again, it is enhancing the curriculum, really

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ensuring those children are international mindedness.

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Not all primary schools across the country have that experience.

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As far as public services, Goole is overwhelmed.

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Shirley Marshall has lived here for 60 years and she's not alone

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The parents take the children to school and I can't understand

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I think the parents should be learning the language,

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so that the school does not have the responsibility

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Migration, good or bad? Bad.

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Why? There's too many of them.

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Do you think migration stops you and your friends getting jobs?

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Yes, I have seen that happen as well, like factory work,

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for example, you find a lot of migrants get the jobs easier,

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because they are willing to work for less.

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But because of migration? Or other things?

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Yes, because of other things as well but migration is a big problem.

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It feels like the issue of migration is at a crossroads.

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And the BBC's Reality Check team has been looking

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at the migration figures and the arguments behind them.

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Plenty more at BBC.co.uk/realitycheck.

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Today brought another tragedy at sea.

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Some 80 migrants drowned in the Mediterranean as they made

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But it's what happened yesterday which has grabbed

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More than 500 migrants were rescued by the Italian Navy

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At least five people died when the boat sank

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With the number of refugees arriving in Europe from the East slowing

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down, the numbers coming to Italy from North Africa show

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This time last year, over 47,000 people

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So far this year, nearly 38,000 have made the journey.

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James Reynolds is in Porto Empedocle in Sicily.

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James? George, thanks very much. The clear

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weather has led to a recent surge in migrant journeys and rescues and

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migrant shipwrecks happen regularly. Normally, nobody witnesses them but

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this Italian rescue ship filmed one boat going down. Just a warning that

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you may find some of the images in this report distressing.

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Italy's Navy approaches the migrants' overcrowded boat. On deck,

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the migrants are desperate to see their rescuers. They crowd forwards,

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causing the boat to tilt. Then it capsizes. A handful find refuge on

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the overturned hull. Others have to swim to their lives. Many have no

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life jacket. They try to reach the rescue boats in front of them. The

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Navy has just minutes to save hundreds from drowning. The captain

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of the rescue ship orders his sailors to throw life jacket into

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the sea. Migrants swim towards them. The Navy dispatches a small rescue

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boat. Sailors drag this man from the sea. He is too exhausted to show any

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relief. More make it onto the overturned hull. Some managed to

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board life rafts. In the end, the Navy rescues almost everyone it

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finds. This afternoon, the rescue ship arrived here in Sicily. The

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survivors of the shipwreck are lucky to be alive. They will believe they

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owe their lives to the Italian rescuers who picked them from the

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sea and who have now brought them to dry land. The captain led the

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rescue. I asked him to describe what happened. We needed to throw into

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the water as much as we could, what ever was able to float, we sent into

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the water, so that people were able to catch it and grab it and stay

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alive. Italy will question the survivors further. Who, if anyone

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was steering the migrant boat? Might anyone still be missing? The

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country's Navy is still at work in the Mediterranean. These pictures,

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shot earlier today, show migrants waving their lives from a half

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submerged craft. At least 30 bodies were recovered. James Reynolds, BBC

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News, Sicily. Canada's ambassador to Ireland has

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tackled a protester at an event in Dublin to remember British soldiers

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who died during the 1916 Easter rising. The protest disrupted the

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ceremony, calling it a disgrace, before being removed forcibly by

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Kevin Vickers. The ambassador is already well known. He became a

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national hero in Canada after shooting dead a jihadist gunman who

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entered its parliament, two years ago.

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The pension benefits of Tata's steelworkers could be reduced -

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that's after the Business Secretary proposed changes to the way annual

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Lower pension commitments might make Tata Steel's UK operation more

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Labour have warned that such a move would set a worrying precedent that

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could affect the pensions of millions of other workers.

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Our Wales correspondent Hywel Griffith is outside

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the Port Talbot steelworks for us now.

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George, the idea of changing pensions of people who are already

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claiming his controversial, going from the higher retail to lower

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consumer prices index and said, we are told, up to ?2 billion but it

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would take a change in law. The whole idea is to lighten the load

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for any potential buyer, and maybe even after all of this process,

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enticed Tata Steel to stay in the UK but it could also have far reaching

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consequences. The government has given just four weeks the

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consultation to take place. One industry in crisis, two people whose

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livelihoods depend on it. Tony spent 44 years as a steelworker. Now he's

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a pensioner. You earned that when you are working, you paid into it

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and you deserve it. Jason is ebbing the Port Talbot plant can give him

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decades more employment. Those would be affected by today's proposed

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pension cut. Both are concerned about where it might lead. The job

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is first, it's the job we've got to look after. But as I've said, we're

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not about to jump in feet first and accept over the top cuts, which are

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too deep. This is going to make it more attractive to the buyers coming

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in but there's also got to be an element of fairness. It's OK to do

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it now, then ten years down the line, something else happens. Both

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belong to a pension scheme that dates back to the 1970s, when

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British Steel was one of our biggest employers. The name over the door

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has changed a few times by the British Steel pension plan rolls on.

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There are now 130,000 members, the vast majority no longer working in

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steel. At ?15 billion, the pension is worth more than all of Tata Steel

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UK but there's a deficit of ?485 million, with more money going out

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coming in. According to the government, that is putting off

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potential buyers, and endangering the jobs of 11,000 workers. We owe

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it to them, their families and their communities to do everything we can

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to secure the future of their industry. But what could it mean for

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other workers? We must also, Mr Speaker, ensure that it avoids

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setting a potentially dangerous precedent for the millions of other

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occupational pensioners who currently enjoy RPI indexation

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rights. The government insists the change would be unique to Tata but

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some in the industry are concerned it could signal a change for other

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defined benefit, or DBE, pensions. They need to be very gathered about

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not rushing in and not doing anything too hastily which could

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have wider implications for the whole of DD pensions. For Port

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Talbot's pensioners and workers, weeks of uncertainty remain. But

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they know saving therein history will come at a cost. Hywel Griffith,

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BBC News. And still to come -

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from fishing village to city centre, four weeks before the EU referendum,

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we check the mood in Scotland. It's Woakes for Stokes,

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as England get ready for tomorrow's second Test

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against Sri Lanka in Durham. The in-form Chris Woakes

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gets the nod to replace Trade unionists in France have

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stepped up their industrial action against controversial labour

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reforms. In Paris, police have

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clashed with protestors. The dispute, which has been running

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for two months, is deepening. From today, 16 of the country's 19

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nuclear power stations are affected. There's also been disruption

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at oil refineries, ports And with half-term holidays

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about to begin, flights are delayed Our Paris correspondent,

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Lucy Williamson, sent this report Centuries ago, they marched

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for liberty, equality. Today it was for overtime wages

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and the 35-hour week. Unions here say the government

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is trying to boost the economy The government says it's simply

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trying to create more jobs for young people,

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like these two young women. If we just start to give away our

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rights, what would it be next? We have to say we are not agree

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and we will fight until the end. We want our rights to be equal,

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our future generation, our generation, the former

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generation, we all need these Many in France accept the need

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for a more flexible economy, but among the unions

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there is a sense of anger and betrayal that a socialist

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government could be the one Hours after the government said it

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would consider modifications to its labour reforms,

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this is the response of the unions: more demonstrations,

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more strikes, more disruption. With petrol stations

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running out of fuel, oil tankers wait outside French

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ports, sitting out the strikes. The protesters may be a minority,

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but they drive France's trains, work its nuclear plants

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and process its oil. With strikes beginning to bite,

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the prime minister has hinted TRANSLATION: It's out

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of the question to change the framework of the labour reform,

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but there can always be some But union leaders say that

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unless the law is scrapped, Because this dispute -

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over pay, working hours, and the role of the unions -

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is also the battle between two All of this will be worrying for

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anyone thinking of coming to France for half term, not least scenes like

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this, a queue of 20 cars or more, one man told me, he'd been waiting

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45 minutes to fill up his tank. That's because the situation here is

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so unpredictable. No-one knows which petrol stations will be open when,

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because the deliveries have become so erratic. When you add to that the

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fact that panic buying is raising demand by about three times compared

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to normal, petrol stations, even those that have deliveries, are

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running out quickly. The advice to anyone coming over to France next

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week - fill up the tank before you cross the channel.

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Many thanks. In America, it's being reported that

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Donald Trump has won enough support from delegates to become

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the Republican Party's Let's cross to our North America

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editor, Jon Sopel. I can remember saying this man

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didn't stand a chance. We probably reported it on this programme.

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George, for all the talk that there was going to be brokered

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conventions, riots in the streets, back-room deals, forget it - it

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seems Donald Trump has won this at an easy canter. Who's saying it? The

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Associated Press news agency, which has tallied up the votes and says

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Donald Trump has 50% plus one with many races still to go. Remember,

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there were 1 other Republican hopefuls -- 16 other run hopefuls

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wanting to win the nomination. Mr Trump has swatted them aside. It is

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an extraordinary achievement, partly by force of personality. Partly by

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ripping up the political rule book, but mainly by speaking to the

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concerns of ordinary American people who feel the country is going in the

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wrong direction, Donald Trump has done it. In Japan today Barack Obama

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has said world leaders feel rattled by the fact that Donald Trump has

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secured the nomination, but what we're talking about now, in reality,

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is that the only person that stands between Donald Trump and getting his

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keys on the White House is whoever emerges as the democratic nominee,

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presumably Hillary Clinton and her campaign is beset by difficulties.

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One of only two women, serving whole life sentences

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in a British prison, has lost her bid for

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compensation for being kept in solitary confinement

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One of only two women, serving whole life sentences

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in a British prison, has lost her bid for

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compensation for being kept in solitary confinement

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without the authorisation of the Justice Secretary.

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Joanne Dennehy was jailed in 2014 for the random murders

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of three men on separate occasions in Cambridgeshire.

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She'd been kept in solitary after a plan to escape

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using the severed finger of a prison guard to open biometic security

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Vauxhall has begun to offer compensation to some Zafira owners

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who've seen their cars destroyed by fire because of a problem

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Last week, Vauxhall said they will recall nearly 250,000

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vehicles for a second time to try and fix the problem.

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A Vauxhall owners group campaigning on Facebook are asking drivers

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offered compensation not to accept it without getting

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The referendum on Britain's future in the European Union takes

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Polls in Scotland have consistently suggested that around two thirds

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of Scots are in favour of remaining in the EU and that Scotland

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Our Scotland editor, Sarah Smith, has been gauging the mood among

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voters and looking at the issues which concern them most.

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Some of Scotland's most remote communities feel very positive

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On the Isle of Islay, the ferry docks at a harbour

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entirely rebuilt with millions of pounds of EU funding,

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Europe consumes about half of the island's exports

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A recent surge in sales at the Bruichladdich Distillery

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has seen the distillery brought out of mothballs,

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now producing ten million bottles a year and providing much-needed jobs.

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They're convinced leaving the EU could have dire

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consequences for an industry the island relies on.

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It has really lifted the local economy in a very dramatic way.

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And the thought that it might actually be threatened in some way

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is really quite scary, and the idea that we may return

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to those dark ages, which many, many, many people on this

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island will remember, doesn't bear thinking about.

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Whisky is one of Scotland's biggest exports.

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They admit they don't know what would happen

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to sales if we leave the EU, but say even that uncertainty could

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Of course, people won't choose how to vote based purely

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on whether or not they think EU membership is good for business.

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Less than two years after the independence

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referendum here in Scotland, voters know this is a decision

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The EU referendum also raises questions of identity

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Voters must look into their hearts as well as their heads.

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In Edinburgh, people who are campaigning on each side

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to leave and to remain, think perceptions of national

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identity may help explain how Scots will vote.

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We're used to having a split identity, we would identify

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ourselves as being both Scottish and also British,

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which are two quite separate identities.

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Perhaps we're more accepting of having this third European identity.

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Whilst those who want to leave feel they have lost control

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of the decisions that govern their lives.

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There's a lot of things that we don't get our say

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in because of the EU having their own rules.

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We've got tons of things that we would like to control over here.

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They take them over to the European Union

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and they're like, no, you can't have that.

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There are plenty of sceptics in Scotland.

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In what remains of the country's industrial belt near Glasgow,

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workers worry about immigration and its impact on jobs.

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In a factory full of hydraulic pumps, many destined for Europe,

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worries about the economic impact of leaving the EU are dismissed.

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Trade will continue, they're certain.

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Think we're to get out of this perception if we leave the EU we're

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pulling up a drawbridge at Calais and right, we're off on our own.

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Pragmatically, realistically, that is not going to happen.

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Intriguingly, the parts of Scotland most eager to leave the UK

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and become independent are also the parts most likely to vote

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If they do so in large enough numbers, it could be Scottish votes

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I'm now in Glasgow, where later tonight there will be a special BBC

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debate on the EU referendum. Four politicians, two on either side,

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taking questions from an audience of young voters. They have a slightly

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different take on the issues. They want to know what Brexit would mean

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for further education, for people looking for their first job. You can

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see that here on BBC One at 8pm. Beach weather for some today. Sheena

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in Shetland sending this photo. The residents enjoying the sunshine.

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Look closely, those are seals. You need a few layers of blubber on,

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temperatures only 9 Celsius. It was gloriously sunny. Sunny across

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southern areas through the UK today. Elsewhere, it has been a rather grey

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day. Lots of cloud across central parts, staying dull and misty

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through the evening and drizzly rain through central Scotland. In the

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south-west, we've seen sunshine today. Now thunder storms are

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approachingment there'll -- approaching. Staying damp and

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drizzly for a time through central Scotland. Sunshine through the North

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West. Further round of thunder storms across parts of Wales,

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south-west England in the afternoon. The risk of intense rain here. Grey

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and cool on the East Coast. Elsewhere, dry, bright, bit of

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sunshine, 21 Celsius is possible. Into the long weekend then, we are

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going to see heavy showers around. Initially across the south-east.

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Then again potentially through the day the risk of thunder storms for

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Wales and south-west England. Very much hit-and-miss. Sunshine sees

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temperatures high teens maybe 20 Celsius. Again cooler and perhaps

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grey on some of those North Sea coasts. By the time we get to Sunday

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not such a great a risk of showers across the south-west. Greater risk

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of thundery showers in the far North West. They'll be fairly well

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scattered. Many places looking dry. Where it's cloudy only in the teens.

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For many of us the weekend looks half decent. There will be heavy

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showers to dodge Monday, though. Big question marks about Monday. It's

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giving as forecast as a headache. The message at the moment if you

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have plans for bank holiday Monday - stay tuned to the forecast.

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That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me,

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