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Tonight at Six - Theresa May sets the date when Britain

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will officially begin the Brexit process.

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Britain will become the first country to pull out of the EU -

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the 29th of March will mark a historic first step.

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We're going to be out there, negotiating hard, delivering

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We'll be looking at how the negotiations will unfold.

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Did Russia help Donald Trump get to the White House?

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The FBI confirms the extent of its inquiry.

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Investigating the nature of any links, between individuals

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associated with the Trump campaign, and the Russian government.

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M becomes the latest top brand to pull its adverts from Google

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after they appear next to extremist websites.

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Underage drinking in Northern Ireland - children as young

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# Don't know where, don't know when #

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Happy Birthday Dame Vera Lynn - tributes to the forces'

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And coming up in the sport on BBC News.

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Jermain Defoe, striker of relegation-threatened Sunderland,

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says he must play Premier League football to stand a chance

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Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

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Next week, on the 29th of March to be precise,

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Britain will begin the official process of leaving

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Theresa May will send a letter to the EU that will trigger up

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to two years of talks on the terms of Britain's exit.

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Ministers say it will be the most important

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No country has ever taken this step before and,

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as Vicki Young reports, much of what happens next

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She is stepping into Britain's most important negotiation for a

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generation. During a trip to Swansea, Theresa May said her aims

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were clear. Those include getting a good free trade deal and includes

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issues like continuing working together on security at the core of

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what we are doing. We are going to be out there negotiating hard,

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delivering on what the British people voted for. In Brussels they

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have been waiting for Britain to make its move. We are ready to begin

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negotiations. The president of the European Council tweeted he would

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respond swiftly next week with negotiating guidelines for the 27

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countries staying in the EU. What is the timetable ahead? The formal

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process of triggering Article 50 will happen on March the 29th when

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the Prime Minister sends a letter to Donald Tusk. Talks will start in May

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or June and the ghost hitters have up to two years to try a deal.

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Labour says the Prime Minister has failed to finalise any certainty of

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her plan. Across Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, there is no unity

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of purpose. That means the prospect of crashing out of the EU without a

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deal is highly likely and that will be destructive for the economy. And

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turning our back on the trade area is a mistake. The very wealthy will

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be OK, because sadly they always are. But everybody else will

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struggle because they have decided to take us out of the European

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market, even though nobody was asked that in the referendum. Theresa May

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has a mammoth task, and negotiating a deal that doesn't punish the UK.

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Sorting out a trade deal that won't harm British businesses. And here in

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Parliament, numerous laws will be needed to set up new systems

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covering everything from immigration to fishing and farming. Ministers

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insist they are preparing for all eventualities, including leaving the

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EU with no deal, but they are optimistic about talks. It is in the

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interest, not just of the UK but the continuing EU that there should be a

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sensible resolution of our withdrawal. This Vogue magazine

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fashion shoot it shows a pensive Theresa May. She will embark on a

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much tougher assignment. Our Europe Editor Katya

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Adler is in Brussels. We have just seen what it means for

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Britain, I wonder what it means in Brussels? The mood here today has

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been very much a relief laced with regret. EU officials here and other

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EU countries really don't want the UK to lead. But since they have

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known but the UK intends to do for a long time, they have just wanted

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Britain to get on with it. Now they have a date where the process will

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start. As one source told me tonight, they are hoping they can

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downgrade Brexit from the EU issue, the just another EU issue they have

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to deal with. Brussels is grateful Theresa May didn't trigger Article

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50 this week just ahead of the EU is celebrating its 60th birthday on

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Saturday. The mood there will be resolutely positive and upbeat,

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looking towards the future rather than the fact one of its key members

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is leaving. But Brexit, of course, remains a big deal for the EU. There

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are worries that if Brexit goes well for the UK, that other countries

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might be tempted to walk out. But don't expect negotiations to go far,

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not until autumn. The EU wants to get elections in Germany and France

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out of the way first. Thank you very much.

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It is the question that has hung over Donald Trump's

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Did Russia help his election campaign and did anyone on his team

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Today, in a rare and extraordinary move,

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the FBI has confirmed they are investigating

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Intelligence chiefs have been testifying in front of US

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politicians and they've also said there is no evidence that

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Britain's GCHQ was involved in a wiretap on Donald Trump,

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contradicting a claim made by the president.

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Our North America Editor Jon Sopel was watching.

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The Kremlin has cast a long shadow over American politics in the last

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it. What is more less accepted, is that Russian intelligence hacked

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computers belonging to the Democratic party before the

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election. Before that, was there collusion before the Trump campaign

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and Moscow? The president said that is fake news. Then there's the

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allegation that Barack Obama tapped the phones in Trump Tower before the

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election, perhaps using British agents from GCHQ. Big questions for

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a big man. But six foot eight, James Komi stands head and shoulders above

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all around him. Would he stick his neck out today at this hearing? The

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answer, yes. The FBI is investigating the Russian

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government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. And

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that includes investigating the nature of any links of any

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individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian

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government, and whether there was any coordination between the

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campaign and Russia's efforts. On the detail of the investigation into

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Russian collusion is, he would not be drawn. But what about the

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President's claims, that his predecessor had wiretapped Trump

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Tower? Here, he was more forthcoming. With respect to the

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President's tweets at alleged wiretapping of him by the prior

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administration, I have no evidence to support those tweets. So

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President Obama could not unilaterally order a wiretap of

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anyone? No president could. The president accused Mr Obama and the

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FBI in engaging in McCarthyism, where you engaged in McCarthyism? I

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try to hard not engage in any isms of any kind. Then they asked him to

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answer questions about British involvement. Again, the response is

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unequivocal. Did you request your counterpart in GCHQ should wiretap

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Mr probably half of Mr Obama? No sir, and nor would I, that would be

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against the agreement that has been in place for decades. The

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President's said they wiretapped him and it has been called nonsense, do

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you agree? Yes, sir. There is a baseless claim that the British

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participated in a conspiracy against him? It does frustrate an ally of

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ours, but the resolution should be strong enough to deal with this.

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This has been uncomfortable for Donald Trump. But there may be

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solace, the enquiry could take months or years to be completed and

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in the meantime, he will seek to move the conversation on to move the

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conversation onto other subjects. John joined us from Washington. How

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damaging is this for Donald Trump? Any way you cut it, this was our

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core blimey moment. The idea that the FBI, the principal law in the

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agency is announcing it is investigating whether the Trump

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campaign acted in collusion with the Russian government to subvert the

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outcome of the election is extraordinary enough. Not only that,

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the FBI director goes on to say that what the president tweeted 16 days

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ago was incorrect, there was no wiretapping by Obama and there was

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no help from GCHQ. That leaves Donald Trump in an exposed position.

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He will say it is fake news, there was no collusion with the Russians.

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He is saying that before the FBI has reached its conclusion, like he

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wants to shape the field of play before that. He has announced he is

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to become a grandfather again, that might also take attention away.

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Thank you. Google has publicly apologised

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after online ads from some of Britain's best known brands

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appeared next to extremist material. Today Marks Spencer has become

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the latest company to pull online RBS, Lloyds and HSBC announced

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similar moves over the weekend. Google has promised to do more

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to address the issue, as our Media Editor

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Amol Rajan reports. Millions of videos are uploaded

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onto YouTube everyday. But they include material such

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as Jihadi propaganda and footage And yet these hate filled videos

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attract advertising, Here, a radical Islamist preacher

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is above a holiday advert. And here, fascists are twinned

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with an advert for a BBC programme. An anti-Semitic video,

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but the advert promotes Today, YouTube's owner

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Google apologised. You have probably read stories

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recently about some brands appearing against content that they didn't

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want to and in the Spotlight So we'll start by saying

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sorry, we apologise. When anything like that happens

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we don't want it to happen, you don't want it to happen

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and we take responsibility for it. A growing list of household names

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from banks to media organisations have said they will stop advertising

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with Google unless Broadcaster Channel 4 is one

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of those who paid Google But now it is angry at what has been

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happening. We specifically asked our adverts not appear alongside

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offensive videos, yet that is exactly what's happened. It is

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damaging for a brand like Channel 4 to have its adverts alongside

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neo-Nazi and homophobic videos, especially if, as it turns out the

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way Google operate their systems, with funding the organisations that

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made the videos in the first place. Advertisers like Channel 4 have

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helped to make Google one of the most powerful companies in the

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world. Now they are saying, with that power comes responsibility.

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Google has always said it is a technology company and not a media

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company. But some of its advertisers are now disagreeing. One of the most

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influential men in advertising says he's talking to his clients and the

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Google to find a solution. They have to make sure there is a white of

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sites where the advertising can go and a blacklist of where they cannot

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go. That is what we have to work on. I think we will get to a solution,

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there is too much at stake. Google says it is taking action but until

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they break the link between advertising and hate online,

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Internet giants face a level of scrutiny they are not used to. The

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backlash against big tech has begun. Home care companies have warned

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of a funding crisis that means they can't recruit or retain staff

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to meet growing demand. The BBC's Panorama programme

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discovered 95 councils had Care firms have cancelled contracts

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with nearly 100 councils. Research commissioned

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for the programme found one in four Nearly one in four companies

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are at risk of insolvency - with 69 closing in the past

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three months alone. Our Wales Correspondent

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Sian Lloyd reports. 82-year-old Shirley is stuck in

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hospital. She has been well enough to leave since January, but the

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package that will support her at home has been delayed. We are

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finding it hard because obviously we want the best care we can get for

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her. You think, there is loads out there, it should be easy, but it

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isn't. Across the UK, 6500 Acute Hospital beds are blocked by people

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well enough to leave. In many cases, due to the nationwide shortage of

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care workers. Carers like Amanda, on zero hours contract and earns just

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above the living wage. She struggles to make ends meet. I did look into

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buying a house four years ago, but because I didn't have a contract,

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they wouldn't let me buy a house, or anything like that. It is hard.

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Amanda works a private care company and it cannot recruit enough staff

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to meet the man. Its owner says what some councils pay to provide care,

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often doesn't cover costs and in Conway, he has handed the contract

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back to the local council. We didn't think we could provide this level of

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service for that amount of money Conwy were offering. We were very

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reluctant to leave, but we had to. Conwy Council says it is committed

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to supporting vulnerable people in the community despite the

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challenges. It is not alone. A Freedom of Information Act concluded

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212 councils revealed almost 100 have had contracts handed back,

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including in Liverpool. The leader of adult social services says it is

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having an impact and despite new money coming their way following the

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budget, he says it is too little, too late. I have been giving a

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sticking plaster. If the system doesn't change, I don't think we

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will be able to maintain the service is the way they are. Research

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commission for panorama suggest one in four of the UK's 2000 care

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companies are at risk of insolvency. The UK Government declined to be

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interviewed, but in a statement said it would be bringing forward

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proposals this year to make sure a more financially social care system.

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Panorama: Britain's Home Care Crisis, is on BBC

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except for viewers in Wales, who can see the investigation on

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will officially begin the Brexit process next week, on 29th March.

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And still to come - what better place to celebrate

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England rugby union head coach Eddie Jones says

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to peak at the World Cup in 2019 despite missing out on the Six

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Police in Northern Ireland are considering reintroducing sting

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operations to ensure off-licences are not selling to

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It follows figures showing they were seizing alcohol off

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underage drinkers at an average of one every hour.

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In some cases, the children involved are as young as 10.

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Parents and community groups are calling for more to be done

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to tackle what they call a culture of drinking among young people.

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We've disguised the identities of the underage drinkers

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Some teenagers see the weekends as a time for drinking.

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In this County Down park, there are young people clearly

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And moments when some seem not in total control.

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How much have you had to drink tonight?

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And how much would you normally have to drink at the weekend?

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And are you worried about being out and drunk in the street?

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D'you want to know what I worry about?

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But in the last six weeks, volunteers from a community group

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here have had to call an ambulance for a teenager who was

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And they're concerned about what they see

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We have, "Come to Ireland and enjoy the drink and the craic."

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Of course there's a fun and positive side of that,

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but when it filters down through to our children,

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And 20 or 40 years ago, it was 16-year-olds who'd be drinking.

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And that's a deep concern for parents.

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The kids nowadays would buy a bottle of vodka, and drink the vodka raw.

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This mother is trying to get her 14-year-old help

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We're not identifying her to protect her daughter.

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I went to pick her up and she was sitting in the rain,

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on the grass, on the kerb at the side of an estate,

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She was unable to string a sentence together,

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unable to stand herself, and for a kid of that age to be

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in that kind of a state, anything could happen to her.

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How much do you think your daughter was drinking

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The last night, I know she did drink three litres of cider.

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Belfast street pastors are volunteers who help people

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who appear vulnerable on the streets.

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And the police in Northern Ireland have asked them to extend

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their hours, to watch out for children as well as adults.

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Normally we're out late at night, but they'd like us to be

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involved earlier evening, and again, get alongside the kids.

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They are meeting in sometimes groups of 30, 40 more.

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They are meeting in sometimes groups of 30, 40 or more.

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Among the people that the police have found with alcohol have been

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In one case, they seized 30 cans or bottles of cider

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And some teenagers admit that for them, alcohol is part

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There's nothing about this place for us to do.

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That's why we go and drink and do whatever we have to do.

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Getting underaged drinkers off the streets is a challenge.

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And offering alternatives to alcohol is only part of the answer.

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Labour's deputy leader says the future existence

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of the party is under threat because of what he describes

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as a secret plot by hard-left factions to take over the party.

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Tom Watson accused the campaign group Momentum, which helped

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Jeremy Corbyn become leader, of trying to increase its influence

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by obtaining direct funding from the Unite union,

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Here's our deputy political editor, John Pienaar.

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His report includes flash photography.

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He keeps saying he loves being leader.

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Morning, Mr Corbyn - is there a plot to take

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Life's tough for Labour on a good day, and this was a bad one.

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As his team gathered together, the party tore itself apart,

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and his deputy condemned what he called a new and

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Of a secret plan by the hard left to take control of the Labour Party,

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using the members' money from Unite the union

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It threatens our very existence as an electoral force

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The danger he named was Momentum, or its leadership,

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and a leading light, Jon Lansman, was secretly recorded guiding

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members to change Labour's rules to help another left-winger

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succeed Jeremy Corbyn, to pick left-wing

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So, we may well face an election this year,

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and that will disrupt some of our plans, but we've

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still got to plan what we need to do next.

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And what we need to do next is a number of things to change

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This is the leader's most powerful ally, running

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Can Len McCluskey win and help the left tighten its political grip?

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He has chosen to use his members' money to take control

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of the Labour Party, rather than develop policies

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and a manifesto that are attractive to millions of voters.

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This high-level counterattack from Mr Corbyn's right-hand

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In the week that the ballot papers go out for the Unite election,

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I think this is about Tom's interference in

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Well, obviously he wants to install a candidate of his choice,

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Labour's identity is at stake, in a bitter struggle,

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The shadow cabinet had what was called a "robust discussion" -

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there will be plenty more of those, and whether the election comes

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in 2020, as Theresa May insists, or sooner, Labour has never looked

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Jeremy Corbyn elected as leader of the...

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Unite denies planning to back his most militant allies,

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So, this fight will go on as long as he's leader,

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and may just continue when he's gone.

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Dame Vera Lynn, Britain's Forces sweetheart, is celebrating her

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Veterans have been taking part in events at the White Cliffs

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of Dover in honour of the occasion, with a giant image of the singer

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Our correspondent Duncan Kennedy is in Dover.

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It is hard to believe that a place as wet and windy as this tonight

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could have been the inspiration for such a beautiful song by Dame Vera

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Lynn, The White Cliffs Of Dover. It is also the place where friends of

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hers gathered to celebrate her 100th birthday. Speaking from her home in

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Sussex, Dame Vera Lynn said today that she was simply happy to be

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remembered. The face of defiance,

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blended with the voice of hope. 100 years of Dame Vera Lynn,

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rejected onto the last piece of England troops saw

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as they went to battle. Her heartbreaking lullabies

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became the soundtrack # Don't know where,

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don't know when... She soothed fears

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and stiffened resolve. But Dame Vera can still

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recall an early brush When she heard me sing, she says,

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"No, I can't train that voice. So I said, "Well, thank you very

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much, madam," and left. Today, in Dover, above the cliffs

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that inspired one of her greatest songs, veterans and friends came

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to celebrate Dame Vera's milestone birthday,

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and recall her life-affirming sound. Her voice came through clear, and

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with it was the story as she sang. You listen to Vera's voice

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when you're in a jungle clearing, it takes that fright away by making

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you think of other parts in life,

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and your hopes for the future. The bracing winds of the Channel

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didn't deter a salute above the cliffs Dame Vera

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sang into immortality. A grand gesture for a grand

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dame, still on a journey that she continues to share

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with a grateful nation. I hope you haven't packed away your

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winter woollies just yet, because it is getting colder. This is the

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weather we are moving into right now. Some sunshine, but then the

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showers, rattling in on the cold wind. Cold air is coming down from

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the north-west, bringing in a rash of showers, chasing away their brain

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that we had earlier on. It has just cleared away from Dover. Clearer

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skies following, showers continuing overnight. As the air gets colder

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and colder, so the showers turn more and more wintry, more and more snow,

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particularly in Scotland and Northern Ireland. With those

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temperatures, we don't just have to worry about snow, we have to worry

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about icy conditions as well. Something to think about in the

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rush-hour tomorrow morning in the Scotland, and perhaps not only over

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the higher routes. The snow over the lower levels will tend to melt.

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Whilst many eastern areas start dry and sunny but cold, anywhere could

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catch a shower from late morning onwards. Most of them out towards

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the west. And gusty winds taking the edge off those poor temperatures.

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Something to bear in mind tomorrow evening, some wet weather developing

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across the south-west of England. Overnight, bumping up into that

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really cold air in Scotland, so we could get some more snow in southern

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Scotland and northern England for the rush-hour. We keep some wet

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weather going down the eastern side of England throughout Wednesday.

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Sunshine and showers following on. So this is what we have got over the

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next few days, a cold winter sky. Things changing, with high pressure

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building by the end of the week. It will be dry with more sunshine, but

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still some chilly nights. Our main headline... Theresa May

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says Britain will officially begin the Brexit process next week, on the

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29th of March. That's all from the BBC's news at six. We now join our

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