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Team GB celebrates its most successful ever overseas Olympics

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The golden couple, Laura Trott and Jason Kenny, now have ten

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It doesn't seem like something I could have achieved.

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If I obviously didn't win another day, I could retire

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a happy man either way, I think.

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Another gold medal on its way this evening, with Hannah Mills

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and Saskia Clark about to be crowned in the sailing.

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But controversy too as the president of the European Olympic Committees

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is arrested in Rio over alleged ticket touting.

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Campaigners say they fear the Government's plans to tackle

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childhood obesity in England won't go far enough.

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The businesswoman paralysed by a stun gun then stabbed to death

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And changing the face of farming in Britain.

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Calls for subsidies to big farms to be slashed and given

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And coming up in Olympic Sportsday on BBC News, away from Britain's

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gold in the sailing, Mo Farah stumbles into the men's

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5000 metre final with a double- double still on.

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Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at 6.

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With five more days to go at the Rio Olympics,

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Team GB have already had their best ever away Games.

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They've beaten the target set for them by UK Sport

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Last night's nail-biting action in the velodrome helped boost

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the tally with Jason Kenny winning the sixth gold of his career.

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His fiancee, Laura Trott, won her fourth gold medal -

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becoming the most successful female British Olympian ever.

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Today the most successful olympic couple in the world

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have been reflecting on their remarkable achievement.

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They've been talking to our Sports Editor Dan Roan.

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It is a record-breaking relationship like no other. Jason Kenny and Laura

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trot now the most successful male and female Olympians Britain has

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ever had. After their heroics last night in the velodrome they now have

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ten gold medals between them. Today, here in Rio, they told me that the

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nominal success will not change them. When you were spotted

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canoodling behind the stands, Realistically, I ready for this

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upsurge in interest in the two of We still feel like the

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couple that, like you say, worked together before London,

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it's just neighbourly knew about You like to live quite, I guess,

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a normal and quiet life. We lived literally in the middle

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of nowhere for them is quite nice

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that we go out for dog walks and do not see anybody

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for miles and miles. That is just us, that's the way

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we've always been. I guess, yes, it might

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change if it does, we will For us, we still feel

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like the same kind of two in London, all of my dreams came

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true. I did not know how do it for seems insane for study does not feel

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like me, it does not seem like something I could achieve. You are

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hoping all your dreams country. I was obviously massively proud and

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happy for her. Kenny, meanwhile, won his sixth Olympic gold. Emulating

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the achievement of his former team-mate, Chris Hoy. We just focus

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on going through the process and taking each race as it comes that as

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I have been doing for them this morning, waking up with three gold

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medals, it feels like a dream. British track cycling was the best

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funded team at these Olympics and how it has paid off with all 14

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members of the squad winning a medal here in Rio. Such is the domination,

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one beaten opponent called their ability to deliver when it matters

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questionable. What you make of that kind of comment from a rival? It is

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understandable at the end of the day. We take a natural step. We went

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to the World Championship six months ago and went whirl. Now is slightly

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better. Very often, nations come to the Olympics and do slightly worse.

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That seems bizarre to others. The Olympics is everything that we would

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be devastated if we were not going on the form of our lives. Team GB

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achieved its target of a best ever away Games. The British Olympic

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Association said it is not a one-off. If you look through our

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medal success, it is not just about the medals he won in Rio. There is a

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really strong generation coming through the Tokyo and I think Team

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GB will be a power in Olympic sport for many years to come. That should

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include Kenny and Laura Trott. The power couple of Olympic sports are

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to be the driving factor of Olympic sport in years to come.

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Another gold is guaranteed in the sailing. They are in the lead and

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cannot be caught. Mo Farah was back on the track this afternoon in the

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5000 metre heat with a moment of drama as yours that again. With the

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latest from Rio, here is Natalie. All is peaceful. They only need to

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finish their final race in the sailing to ensure they become

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Olympic champions. It has been delayed, owing to lack of wind. We

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get excited to go out and race. We will raise hard and put in a good

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show for everyone. I cannot wait to get it done. Over in the athletics

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stadium, a glimpse of a defending champion in the heats of the 5000

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metres. Mo Farah was not going to let blazing sunshine affect his

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chance of reaching Saturday's final. Avoiding a potential stumble on the

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home straight to easily qualify. In the mid-morning sun, one athlete was

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feeling the heat more than most. Like Mo Farah, Caster Semenya is

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well used to being in the spotlight. In the heats of the 800 metres, the

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silver medallist in London that Serena was she is at the centre of a

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rout over hyper androgynous. In 2009 she was gender tested. She was born

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with male six organs. The rare condition leaves her with elevated

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testosterone levels and she was made to start taking suppressors and her

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times dropped. Lastly, a successful court challenge by another other

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intersex athlete meant the rule was suspended until after these games.

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Since then, how times have usually improved to the point where she is

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now the hot favourite. In many ways, she cannot win. Paula Radcliffe said

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her case highlights a wider issue. It is not just Caster Semenya. It is

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the issue of the elevated testosterone was and how much of a

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difference that makes in female athletics. Joshua Pozner bronze last

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night marked the official moment Team GB hit its medal target. --

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Joshua's bronze. He was working in McDonald's in Olympic Park and

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became inspired by Anthony Joshua. Inspiration comes in many forms.

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This moment is the perfect illustration of Olympic spirit. When

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New Zealand's Nicky Hamlin fell four and a half laps in the women's 5000

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metre heats, she tripped up American Abbey D'Agostino. She stopped to

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help her, insisting they had to finish. It was the American who was

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most injured. She finally crossed the line. They have both been

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awarded with a place in Friday's final.

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Well, Rio is already Team GB's best ever overseas Games.

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We're in second place in the medal table with 19 golds

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Team GB won a record 65 medals at London 2012.

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If they do, it would be the first time a host country has

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increased its medal tally at the next summer Games

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since the modern Olympic era began in 1896.

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One of the big problems Rio's organisers have had during these

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Games are the hoards of empty seats at many of the venues.

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And today it emerged that police have arrested the head

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of the European and Irish Olympic Committees on suspicion

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Live now to our correspondent, Wyre Davies.

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71-year-old Pat Hickey is one of the most senior figures in the European

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Olympic movement. He is president of the Olympic Council of Ireland he

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was arrested at his luxury hotel earlier this morning. According to

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Brazilian police, his wife said he was not there and had already

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returned to Ireland. On closer inspection, they found him in an

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adjoining room for he is accused of being part of an elaborate scheme to

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resell luxury high end Olympic tickets at inflated prices including

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tickets for the athletics finals here and the opening and closing

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ceremonies. Police have already earlier arrested several executives

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from a company called THD. They have denied doing anything illegal. Even

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though this only applies to a few thousand tickets out of several

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million Olympic tickets, a scheme that could have netted about ?2

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million, it is hugely embarrassing for the IOC and Rio 2016 when, as

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you say, ticketing has been such a huge story at these Olympics.

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The rest of the news now and the Government's long-awaited

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plan to tackle childhood obesity in England will be

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It will include details of the new sugar levy which,

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the BBC understands, will make manufacturers cut

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the added sugar content of food and drink by 20% over four years.

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But campaigners are angry the measures don't go far enough.

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For example, there will be no new curbs on TV

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and restrictions on cut price promotions in supermarkets.

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Dancing in the playground. At one school's to keep pupils fit and

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avoid longer help term problems associated with weight. There are

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more plans to boost physical activity in schools will stop

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healthy is that as a healthy food for school meals is another plan in

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the London Borough of Haringey put that there is a recognition of any

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similar to begin to announce a bigger problem to be dealt with

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beyond the school gates. We are surrounded in this area by a host of

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cheap, 99p, chicken and chips meal deals. On a lower income, you would

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be drawn to those deals. Supermarkets are offering perhaps

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lower quality food at an affordable price. The new government plan for

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England is trying to tackle that, focusing on cutting sugar content of

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food and drink in shops, making healthy choices is not always easy,

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as Melanie Horner told us. The unhealthy stuff is being used,

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cakes, crisps, biscuits. Things like vegetables, by one, get one free.

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The new child obesity plan is expected to improve information on

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products with 20% less sugar over the years and moves to promote or

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sports. There will be no action on supermarket deals on unhealthy food

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or promotions during family TV shows. Work on this strategy has

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been going on for months at Westminster put up David Cameron had

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been set to an bail it. Theresa May has taken her own view on what is a

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reasonable balance on voluntary action and government intervention.

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Ministers suggest it has been watered down. Campaigners say the

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strategy has left out important measures and it is a missed

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opportunity. This is a major crisis we face. We are very disappointed if

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these measures are not taken. Ministers will highlight moves to

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boost sport in schools that details of the sugar tax on fizzy drinks

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that will apply across the UK will be unveiled. Plans are in Scotland

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to approve diets have also been published today. Policymakers can

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only hope measures will do something to produce measures which are seen

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as a major threat to the nation's health.

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A 35-year-old woman has been jailed for life for murdering

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Sarah Williams used a stun gun on 60 year old Sadie Hartley before

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stabbing her to death in her home in Lancashire.

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She'd planned the brutal murder with a friend,

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The court heard how Sarah Williams, who was described as a Bunny

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Boiler, had had an affair with Sadie Hartley's partner and had

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Sarah Williams and Katrina Walsh, described as two monsters who

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butchered an innocent woman for their own amusement.

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Sadie Hartley was, the court heard, slaughtered

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She was happy with her partner, Ian Johnston, but

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his obsessed ex-girlfriend had an elaborate plan to kill her.

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He had sent explicit messages to Sarah

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Williams but says he has no idea what she was planning.

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I am indifferent, I have no energy for it.

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Just complete indifference as to why, oh, why, would somebody

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Williams and her Friend, Katrina Walsh, left a trail of CCTV

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evidence though they thought they were planning the perfect crime.

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They even bought the murder weapon, the

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knife at Tesco, using a loyalty card.

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her diaries, delighting in their depravity.

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She wrote, Sarah came round, so got caught up in endless

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After 18 months of scheming, Sarah Williams

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went to the wealthy businesswoman's half ?1 million home in Lancashire.

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Sadie Hartley had just returned from the riding stables and was home

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alone here when there was a knock at the door.

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She answered it to Sarah Williams, who lunged at her with a

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stun gun and stabbed her more than 40 times.

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Sadie Hartlepool 's match children have been in court to hear

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weeks of graphic detail about their mother's do.

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She is going to miss many of the things in life is really

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looking forward to Charlotte and Rob's forthcoming wedding and

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She'll miss birthdays, Christmases, and many

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Our lives will never be the same again.

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Sadie Hartley knew that Sarah Williams was jealous.

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She'd received a nasty letter from her but she could not have

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imagined that rivalry would result in her brutal murder.

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Team GB celebrates its most successful ever overseas Olympics -

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cycling's golden couple now have 10 golds between them.

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And still to come: We visit the cycle club where it all began

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for the most successful female British Olympian ever.

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Coming up on Olympic Sportsday on BBC News:

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After another medal rush in the Velodrome in Rio,

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Sir Dave Brailsford hits back at Great Britain's rivals who've

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questioned their dominance in track cycling.

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There should be a revolution in the way that subsidies are handed

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out to British farmers - following the vote to leave the EU.

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That's according to the campaign to protect rural england.

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It says that the government should give assistance to smaller,

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more diverse farms rather than what it calls 'industrial

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There are 116,000 farms in Britain - and they are all currently eligible

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They receive more than ?2.5 billion a year.

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Those grants can amount to 60% of some farmers' income.

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Our Environment Correspondent Claire Marshall has been guaging opinion

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Freshly milked, of out to pasture, the cows of Ivy house farm. Jeff and

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his family run this farm in rural Somerset. It is close to a village

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and providing and milk and jobs for the locals. But small businesses

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like this are vanishing. There are 30,000 fewer farms than a decade

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ago. Today's report says EU subsidies have favoured what they

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call industrial farms. Brexit means it is time to change how the money

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is handed out. Farmers are finding it so difficult to survive, small

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farmers are very much their own efforts, family efforts keeping the

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businesses going and as they get towards the end of their working

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life there does not seem to be the young people coming on behind

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because there isn't the money to do it. The Campaign to Protect Rural

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England says these smaller farms are less damaging to environment. There

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are around a or so cosier and his neighbour Chris whose farm we can

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see has five times as many. Today's report says he should get less

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money. So you're off to see what he says. We find Chris bringing his

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herd in. He farms much more intensively. His cows produce some

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three and a half million litres of milk a year. He believes the subsidy

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system should be improved but at the end of the day his meeting demand.

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The environment is important but everyone has to eat and we have to

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produce food for the country and that can only be met with larger

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scare farms which are more efficient. And keeping the costs of

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production down. So for decades ruled is made in Brussels are played

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a big part in shaping our farms. Now the debate starts about how they

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should look in the future. At least 60 people have been injured

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after a train crashed into a tree which had fallen onto the line

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in southern France. The regional train was travelling

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between Nimes and Montpellier when the accident happened

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near the town of Le Cres. Rescue workers say ten people have

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been seriously hurt. A Conservative activist was given

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a key campaigning role despite warnings of his past

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"aggressive and bullying conduct", Law firm Clifford Chance carried out

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the report into Mark Clarke, following the suicide of activist

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Elliott Johnson, who said He's denied all allegations

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of wrongdoing. The number of people out of work

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fell between April and June - There was also a surprise drop

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in the number of people claiming out Our Economics Correspondent

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correspondent, Andy Verity is here. A surprise given it was just

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after the vote to leave the EU. That's right, you don't have too

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have that long memory to remember the pre-Brexit vote era when there

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were predictions from the likes of the IMF that after a vote we would

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have unemployment going up but they were also saying that in the run-up

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to the Brexit vote there was uncertainty causing a slowdown which

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appeared to harm the jobs market. These figures have time-lag in them,

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we are looking at the period for April to June for the official

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unemployment number and it shows it fell by an estimated 52,000 to 1.64

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million in that time. Significantly we also have the first official data

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from after the vote, that is the claimant count which is not as

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reliable, it is based on the number of people claiming jobseeker's

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allowance and the like. 763,000, significantly that is down which is

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against the expectations of most economists. A bright spot in the

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data following the vote, you cannot place too much reliance on it, we

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won't really know if the jobs market has been harmed or not by the

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decision to leave the EU. Not for a few months' time. There are downbeat

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numbers coming in which suggest permanent placements are slowing

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down and there is not as much confidence among employers but there

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is not gloomy news to distract you from all the good news coming out of

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Rio. The Labour Leadership challenger

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Owen Smith has suggested that so-called Islamic State

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will eventually be brought into peace talks -

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if the violence in Syria comes He made the comments

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during a televised BBC But the Labour leader

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insisted there was no place Here's our Political

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Correspondent, Chris Mason. It is Jeremy Corbyn's job right now

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but this man, Owen Smith, reckons he would be rather

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better at it. Who do you want to be the next

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leader of the Labour Party? What is very clear is that Labour

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is a party fighting with itself. Even having rows about the rows

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they are having. Any complaints about abuse on social

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media, personal abuse or abuse of anybody else, it has no place

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in any political party. Jeremy has not stamped down

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on it hard enough. This was a debate which was

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often tense, even angry. The economy, the EU referendum

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and education all came up. But it was on foreign policy that

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Mr Smith showed how sometimes Would he ever be willing to talk

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to so-called Islamic State? My view is that ultimately

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all solutions to these sorts of crises, the sort

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of international crises do come So eventually if we are to try

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and solve this all the actors do But at the moment Isil are clearly

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not interested in negotiating. As soon as the programme finished

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I asked Mr Smith what exactly Nobody is suggesting that we will be

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able to bring Isis around the table right now,

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they are a murderous organisation. I don't know, we don't

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know, we would all hope It was a reminder for Mr Smith

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of just how carefully you have to choose your language if one day

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you would like to be Prime Minister. As the stage is packed up

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here today's hustings will have reminded both candidates of two

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things; just how divided their party is and just how much scrutiny

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they are both under. They say the Olympics should

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inspire a generation - This is Laura Trott

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at the age of just 12 - wearing Bradley Wiggins's gold medal

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that he won in the 2004 Just 12 years later she has four

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gold medals of her own - and is without doubt one of Team

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GB's brightest lights. Joe Wilson has been finding out how

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this young girl from Hertfordshire found herself on the fast track

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to Olympic history. The gold medal is going

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to go to Laura Trott! Laura Trott is Britain's most

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successful female Olympian. I can't even explain what I'm

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going through right now. Well, every journey to the summit

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needs somewhere to begin. Laura Trott's mind and body may be

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in Brazil but perhaps we can trace her heart back

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here to Hertfordshire. Laura Trott remains an honorary

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member of this club. Those angelic eyes became fixed

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on a cycling career. From her premature birth,

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through conditions which gave her difficulty even breathing,

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she found a solution in the saddle. Francis Gallacher brought

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the family to this velodrome. With some children, they have that

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sort of inner belief and approach to being competitive

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and they always want to win, There is a difference between taking

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part and actually having that drive Nearby in Cheshunt the name

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is used to inspire anyone But they are also counting

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the days until the Trott Laura's friend for as long

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as they can both remember. When we was at school,

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if she wasn't going to make it in a cycling she would have

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made it as a runner, It would have been one or the other,

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she was always, the individual sports she was really,

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really good at. But if you put her with a ball game

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she wasn't so good, so, like, football, I used to like playing

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football against her because she Velodromes are scarce,

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at Welwyn they've had to start new races just

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to meet the female demand. Laura Trott's in another continent -

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her influence is right here. Joe Wilson, BBC News,

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Hertfordshire. You did not really like the weather

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chart for the weekend yesterday did you? You want better news. We will

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get to that in a minute. Not a bad end to the day, Scarborough had the

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clout to begin with but some sunshine at the moment. Most finish

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on a fine zero but a different story in Northern Ireland. The rain

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pushing across the South West and parts of Wales as well. Rumbles of

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thunder and heavy downpours into the first part of the night, fizzling

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out later, stays damp but away from that dry night, low cloud towards

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Eastern parts. Further south at the start to tomorrow morning, much more

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grey than we have been used to. Some occasional, mainly light and patchy

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rain but that hope is allowed, skies will brighten and we will see Sunny

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spells and one or two isolated showers. I think many will have dry

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afternoon and further north in the morning cloud breaks up and a good

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afternoon of sunny spells. Not as warm as it has been but temperatures

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still of 22-24 especially across Northern Scotland, north-west

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England and parts of the Midlands. Brady is where the change begins,

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low pressure pushing from the West, most will start dry early on,

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occasional rain pushing x-ray eastward, brightness in between the

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wetter moments but the temperatures down on what they should be. But

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this is what is happening into the weekend, low pressure shifting out

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its stall, and usually deeper this kind of year. Mixture of sunshine

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and showers, longer spells of rain and the odd rumble of thunder but

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the big story especially if you have weekend activities planned is the

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strength of the wind. West parts of Wales, gale force winds and rough

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seas expected. With that I will pass you to someone who I am not on their

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Christmas card list any more. Team GB celebrates its most

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successful ever overseas Olympics - cycling's golden couple now have 10

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golds between them. Helping to bring the tally to 50

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medals with five days

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