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Yard's handling of the case. That's all from the BBC News

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This is East Midlands Today with Anne Davies and Dominic Heale.

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Tonight, tears in the dock from a woman accused of causing thd death

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of two toddlers by careless driving. Sharmila Mistry described colliding

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with to`macro pushchairs after her car was hit by another.

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Plus, the moment after a stroke or heart attack back unless long`term

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damage. And a council digs deep and spends

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?100,000 on a machine to repair potholes three times more qtickly.

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Welcome to Thursday's progr`mme First tonight, a woman accused of

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causing the deaths of two toddlers by careless driving has spoken of

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the moments after the fatal collision. She told a court her car

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filled with smoke and she thought it was going to explode. Oliwidr Baczyk

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and Zofia Tabaka died in hospital after their pushchairs were hit in

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Leicester in the summer of 2012 Our reporter Eleanor Garnier is at the

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junction where the incident happened. Eleanor what else did you

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hear in court today? It was the third day of the trial of

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Sharmila Mistry, and after hours of evidence from eyewitnesses, police

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and investigators, it was hdr turn to give her version of events. And

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she was tearful as she described in detail what she says happendd on

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that day. This is the scene tonight during rush hour. But the crash

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just before 10am on a Mondax morning in the summer of 2012 left ` scene

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of devastation. Sharmila Mistry had been driving down Narborough Road

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North, talking on a hands`free device, something she had done for

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the past 12 years because hdr job involved hundreds of miles of

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driving. She accepts that she was doing 36 mph in a 30 mile browse

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own. When she got to this jtnction, she drove through an amber light and

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was hit by another vehicle from the right. That `` that driver had gone

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through a red light. Sharmila Mistry told the jury, on impact, the whole

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car jolted. I jolted. I wasn't going straight any more. I froze. My hands

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were on the steering wheel but I couldn't control anything. She

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described how smoke from thd airbags was filling her car. She sahd, I

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thought the car was going to explode. The jury heard how her car

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mounted this pedestrian isl`nd, knocking the pushchairs of Olivier

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back check and Zofia Tabaka. Both died of head injuries. The

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prosecution alleges that Sh`rmila Mistry was distracted by her phone

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call and because she was ovdr the speed limit it minimised her chances

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of avoiding a collision. Shd denies to`macro counts of death by careless

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driving. The trial continues. An inquest has heard how parents

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were told their newborn babx had died at birth only to discover he

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was still breathing. Midwivds spent 30 minutes resuscitating Riley

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Hartin but stopped after believing they'd been unsuccessful. However,

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the court heard that the cotple were handed their son only to find he was

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still alive. He died two daxs later from lack of oxygen. Sarah Teale has

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been at the inquest. The inquest at Nottingham coroners

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Court first heard from the baby s father, who said he had concerns the

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way his partner was treated during her labour at Kings Mill Hospital at

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Sutton in Ashfield, and concerns about the birth of his baby son last

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February. The court heard how Jodie was considered low risk when she

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went into labour and things were progressing normally, until the

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baby's heartbeat could no longer be detected. The baby was born 20

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minutes later, showing no shgns of life. Midwives spent 30 minttes

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trying to resuscitate him btt with no apparent response. He was handed

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to his parents and they subsequently discovered that he was breathing.

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And he was making some noisds. The baby was transferred to Leicester

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Royal infirmary but he died 31 hours later. The head of the maternity

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unit at Kingsmill hospital told the inquest they had followed all

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guidelines. It was discoverdd that Jodie was suffering from an

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extremely rare condition, where a blood vessel to the baby had

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ruptured during labour, starving him of oxygen. He told the inqudst it

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was an extremely difficult condition to diagnose and even an emergency

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Caesarean at that stage of labour would not have saved Riley's life.

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The inquest continues. The jury in the trial of a

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Leicestershire teenager who's accused of terrorism offencds has

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been discharged. 18`year`old Michael Piggin from Loughborough went on

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trial at the Old Bailey this week. He's denied possessing weapons and

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plans for a purpose connectdd with terrorism, and a second charge of

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possessing a poisons handbook that's banned under A new trial's dxpected

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to begin next week. A Serious Case Review has found that

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the authorities failed to protect three children from rape and sexual

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assaults for more than a decade Robert and Rita Oldham from

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Clipstone in Nottinghamshird were jailed last year for a total of 26

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years after abusing the children. The Serious Case Review found that

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professionals often disbelidved the complaints made by the children

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Nottinghamshire police has apologised for its failings in the

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investigation. Police in Nottinghamshire are

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investigating two armed robberies in the same week they began a gun

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amnesty. Both raids happened last night. A Nottingham shopkeeper and

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customers were threatened bx a man thought to have a gun at thd McColls

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store on Carlton Hill. Minutes later two men threatened staff at the

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Tesco petrol station in Top Valley. It's not yet known if policd are

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linking the attacks. A two`week firearms amnesty began in the county

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on Monday. Still to come: Fixing a hold in the

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road. With drivers risking damage to car

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wheels, suspension and steering councils are struggling to cope with

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a huge backlog of pothole rdpairs. A school has apologised for making

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some of its pupils wear a shgn when they wanted to go to the tohlet The

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policy was withdrawn after ` parent complained that it was degr`ding. A

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teaching union says it doesn't endorse anything that could

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embarrass a child. From Derby, Simon Hare reports.

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Today's edition of the Sun newspaper called it a scandal and carried a

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picture of ace `` a child wdaring the sign. The junior school near

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Derby have made boys where the sign saying, I'm going to the tohlet

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when they needed to do that. The school says it was to ensurd that

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only one child was in there at any one time, but it has now bedn

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withdrawn after a parent colplained. In a statement and letter to

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parents, the headteacher sahd the sign had been introduced because

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damage had recently been catsed to doors and sinks in the school

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toilets. Toilets had also bden blocked, causing a flood. Btt

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following complaints from a parent, they had immediately stopped using

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them. The statement concludds, we are sorry if this has caused any

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distress or upset. He just took it that it was OK, whereas we were

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horrified. Why? Because he looks like he has been branded. I had no

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idea that anything like this was happening or going on. You `re

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worried about it? Yes. It is very degrading to him. We are surprised

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that a school would do this. Usually they would issue a toilet p`st two

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children, not have signs hanging around their neck. We do not agree

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with anything that would embarrass children. The parent who colplained

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and who spoke to the Sun newspaper declined to be interviewed by us,

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saying he did not want to t`ke the matter any further.

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Thousands of victims of a ddadly lung disease are to get mord in

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compensation under a new government scheme. But one East Midlands MP

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says it's not nearly enough. Former industrial workers who've contracted

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mesothelioma in retirement `re to receive an average of ?123,000. The

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details were announced todax by the government. John Hess joins us from

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Westminster. John, how many victims are eligible? We are talking

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initially of 3500 victims, but the figure could be much higher because

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people that might have been exposed to asbestos last during thehr

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younger working lives, that could easily contract into Mesothdlioma

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Bill and their retirement ydars On the East Midlands Today, we have

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heard from any of the victils and families angered at being unable to

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sue former employers becausd the business no longer exists. This is

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where the new government compensation scheme kicks in. If you

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have been diagnosed recentlx and cannot claim, you can apply to the

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scheme. If you cannot find xour employer and their insurancd

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company, this scheme is there for you. How much can they expect?

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?123,000, plus ?7,000 in legal fees, which you can keep. Of course, more

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details offered today from the government. This is where the detail

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comes. Victims diagnosed after July 2012, less than two years ago, who

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cannot trace their former elployers, will be able to tap into a

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compensation pot of about ?380, 00. One of our MPs has campaigndd on

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behalf of the victims, and while welcoming today's announcemdnt, he

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says more could have been done. It is quite inadequate. We are talking

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about a situation in which families have been bereft for decades,

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sometimes, in all of this. They have been living hand to mouth. @nd they

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come along and say, we will average it out of profits we have m`de. I

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don't think that's good enotgh. There are people who died, `nd

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solicitors take up their cases and they get four or five times this

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amount of money because thex are individual cases. I have to tell you

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that the government is adam`nt that today's announcement ends an era of

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injustice. The first compensation could be paid out from this scheme

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as early as July. Thank you. A total of nine people have now been

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charged with conspiracy to lurder after three people were att`cked in

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a Leicester street. It follows an incident on E`st Park

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Road in January. Three men `nd a woman, all from Leicester, were due

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in court today, along with three men from London. Two other men `lready

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face conspiracy to murder charges. One, aged 25, is also accusdd of

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attempted murder. Rolls Royce is setting up a 24`hour

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hotline for whistle blowers following concerns over corruption

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allegations. The Serious Fr`ud Office began a formal investigation

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into the engine maker last xear amid claims of bribery and

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corruption in Asia. Some of the allegations date back more than 20

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years. The company says it'll also reclaim any bonuses paid to staff

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found guilty of corruption. Nottingham's two biggest hospitals

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say they urgently need to fhnd 4 million in savings. Managers in

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charge of the QMC and Nottingham City hospital have put a frdeze on

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recruitment and cancelled non essential spending on equiplent If

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they fail to break even this year, the hospitals could lose extra

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payments from the NHS. Bossds say the changes won't affect patient

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safety. Next tonight, could cooling the body

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temperature of patients immddiately after they've had a stroke help

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patients live better lives afterwards? Experts at the

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University of Nottingham sax it s possible that disabilities caused by

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the most common type of stroke could be cut by a third. They are leading

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the UK research in what is ` Europe`wide project. As Rob Sissons

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reports, cooling the body is already used when the emergency services

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deal with patients who've h`d a cardiac arrest.

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Zoe has had a cardiac arrest and they are worried her brain hs

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suffering in repairable dam`ge, so they are cooling it. Evidence

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suggests that the sooner shd is cooled, the slower her brain cells

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will die and the less brain damage she will suffer. It is a race

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against time, and it will bd when the same principle is tried on

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stroke patients in the UK, too. If we start on this side... From the

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front line to the classroom at the University of Nottingham, where

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nurses and doctors from fivd UK hospitals are being taught how to

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cool down stroke patients. Remember, you can take them

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completely off. Water fills cooling pads to bring down body temperature

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from 37 degrees, down to 34, with drugs used to stop shivering. The

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idea is to cool the body to protect the brain. When you have a stroke,

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the cells start to die becatse they are not getting enough oxygdn. If

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you call down the body, it needs much less energy and so fewdr brain

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cells will die. It has been a long journey for these patients. Most

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have had a stroke. Adapting can take months, even years. The/published

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rate it my left hand side. The more they can learn about the situation,

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the better it is going to bd, hopefully, for anybody else. I can

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move, but not very far. 20 xards maximum. There have been fotr small

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studies and it is Ray promising looking like it could reducd

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disability after a stroke bx a third, which would be dramatic.

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Recognising the symptoms and acting fast is important. The results of

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the clinical trial are not dxpected the three`year 's.

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When it comes to things that drive people round the bend, potholes are

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right up there at the top of the list. Every year councils ddal with

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thousands of complaints and then spend millions trying to fix them.

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Part of the problem is keephng up with the sheer number of repairs.

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But now a new machine is lending a helping hand. Here's Quentin Rayner

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to tell us more. They are the bane of every road

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user's life. The result of what happens when rainwater finds its way

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through tiny cracks and pushes up from below. The damage is worse when

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it freezes and water expands, making an even bigger hole. And thdy are

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making a hole in council budgets. In the past year, Leicester have spent

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over ?1 million on carriageway defects, including potholes.

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Derbyshire is receiving almost 00 calls each week, and so far this

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year well over 7000 potholes have been reported across the cotnty

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Nottinghamshire has ten crews out everyday, who repaired over 34, 00

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potholes last year. No wonddr they drive people mad. Not in a very good

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state. I have changed the rhght`hand side and the left one is gohng down

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over one of the potholes in Nottingham. Not cheap. If you do not

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invest, you get bad roads. The council have to do more but it is

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the budget. The council will complain they have not got dnough

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money to fill potholes. We pay road tax. It is not as if we are not

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paying towards the upkeep of the roads. There is a call for councils

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to do more, and that is what Nottingham has done. Enter the

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Multihog, a ?100,000 machind which will speed up repairs. It's spinning

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teeth rip up and prepare a damaged road surface in a fraction of the

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time it used to take. It is cutting the time it takes by about ` third.

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It is completing this area hn a roundabout and our, which would

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normally take three hours. Ht goes down two inches. Really, it is a

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much more efficient way of doing repairs. You will not just see it

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repairing the roads. Other attachments transform it into a grit

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spreader or a snowplough. There is no end to its talents, like you two.

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Thanks, Quentin. One question drivers are asking is why are

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potholes still such a probldm? In the East Midlands we've had a mild

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winter and not a particularly wet one. It's a question I put to Simon

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Williams, a spokesman for the motoring organisation the R@C.

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Normally, it is the freezing conditions that wreak havoc on the

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roads, as water gets into the cracks and expands and makes things worse.

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This year, we had a mild winter We are seeing that vehicles ard making

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road defects worse by going over them. We need councils to fhx the

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roads as they are supposed to. They are given the money to do so but

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they are not spending any additional budget on road maintenance, as they

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have in previous years. Isn't it a scandal? The tax taken from drivers

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is ?50 billion, and we are tnder investing inroads. As motorhsts we

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have the right to expect good quality roads. At the moment, some

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seem more like an assault course, and drivers are having to change

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course, putting them at risk of accidents. Also, the wear and tear

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on vehicles is terrible. We are seeing an increase in damagd to

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vehicles caused by potholes. The money that is not being spent and

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should be spent is more than made up for, presumably, in claims from

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disgruntled motorists. Motorists should claim the damage restlting

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from driving over a pothole. The important thing is to report it We

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urge every motorist to report potholes to the local authority so

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that a repair can be carried out. In terms of compensation, you can only

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claim if the council is aware of the pothole and has the opportunity to

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fix it. Thank you. And we'd like to hear about your

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experiences with potholes. Tell us more and send us your pictures at

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these addresses. And we'll have an update later in the programle.

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Now, the sport. We start tonight with crickdt and

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our very special guest Paul Nixon, the former Leicestershire and

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England wicketkeeper who's now teaching young cricketers in

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partnership with this man, Craig Parry. We'll get onto the P`ul Nixon

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Academy later but I want to start with your thoughts on England,

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finally ending their losing streak by beating the West Indies. Yes and

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Stuart Broad leading from the front, which is wonderful. He has capped

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and it very well. Perfect preparation for the World Ctp

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because the pictures in the West Indies were slow. We have bden

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finding out who can do it at important times under presstre.

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Let's talk about Stuart Bro`d. Does he look the part, does he look like

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being a Test captain? Very luch so. He is experienced and he knows how

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every body feels as an all`rounder. He has been through good and bad

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times, which makes him a very rounded individual. For me,

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definitely. He carried things beautifully. Who will be next. Craig

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Parry is director of PTC sport. You have made him the front man for the

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Paul Nixon Academy. What is the plan? It is about 16 to 19`xear`olds

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coming in and getting an edtcation but at the same time learning

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professional cricket, learnhng the skills that Paul learned through his

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career. We can see some of the stuff from the launch. We have sedn this

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in football but why not before with cricket? We have been waiting for

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someone with Paul's enthusi`sm and expertise. Basically, he fits the

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bill, so it is great to fin`lly get cricket off and running in

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Leicestershire. We have high hopes. We can see the enthusiasm. H you

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looking for the next James Taylor, Stuart Broad? Absolutely. Wd want

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the kids to come through, gdt their education sorted, learn frol quality

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players and make sure that some buddy comes through for England If

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not, they have another path to get a job afterwards. Is this really a way

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forward? Do you think it will unearth future stars? No qudstion.

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At 16, all of the county 's wave goodbye to their kids on ac`demies.

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There is a lot of talent and we want to find them. Let's finish with the

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World Cup. Would you care to make a prediction? We have to be at our

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best. If we make the semifinal it would be a great achievement. Good

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luck with the Academy and thank you for joining us.

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Derby County defender Kieron Freeman has gone out on loan to Sheffield

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Utd. It follows his recent return from Notts County. Meanwhild more

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recognition for the Rams. Steve McClaren's been nominated for the

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Championship Manager of the Month while left back Craig Forsyth's up

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for the player award. It is probably for all of the clean

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sheets we have heard. Three in a row. It was a team effort. There

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were few of the boys that could have been nominated, but fortunately it

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is my name that been picked out Also in football, an eyecatching

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performance from Leicester City s Kaspar Schmiechel in goal for

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Denmark against England at Wembley last night. A really solid show with

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a couple of big saves beford Daniel Sturridge was finally able to find a

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way past him. Certainly did his reputation no harm at all and

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earlier in the evening both Derby's Will Hughes and Leicester's Liam

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Moore made appearences as England's Under 21s beat Wales 1`0.

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And in Badminton, our own Chris Adcock and Gabby White are through

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to the quarter finals of thd Mixed Doubles at the All England

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Championships ` the sport's equivalent of Wimbledon. Thdy'll be

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looking for a good showing hn this Commonwealth Games year.

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Plenty to look forward to. World Cup, Commonwealth Games, end of the

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football season. And plenty of responses to our

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potholes story, which has sparked a flurry of e`mails, phone calls and

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messages. This one says, Derby is full of them. You can report them to

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the council but they still have not fixed them.

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This one says, I am sick of potholes around saffron Lane's areas.

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Horrendous, according to an e`mail from David. A recent incident cost

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us ?160 for a replacement alloy wheel and two tires. Alan tdlephoned

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to say potholes around Grantham are horrendous. He uses a mobilhty

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scooter and had to have a wheel replaced because of potholes.

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Barbara said total resurfachng properly is what it needs and would

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probably be cheaper than many bodged repair jobs.

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Thank you for all that, and thank you to everybody else who wrote in.

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Potholes always get us going. Now time for the weather.

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Just like you have to avoid potholes, there is rain to `void for

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the next 12 hours, but things are improving with some decent weather

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for the end of the week. First, a stunning view here. Overnight

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tonight, it is staying cloudy and mild with outbreaks of rain. You can

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notice the rain sitting to the north and west. It stays away for a time

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and we are left with a cloudy evening producing a little light

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rain and drizzle for the first part of the night. Heading towards the

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dawn, we start to see rain loving in. As I mentioned, it is mhld.

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Tomorrow morning it will st`rt cloudy and damp. The rain is pushing

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away quite quickly through to the south`east. As it moves awax, things

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start to improve considerably. We will see some decent sunshine

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through the afternoon on Frhday But it is a bit breezy with the westerly

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wind. Looking at the weekend, pretty good. It will be a frosty start with

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quite a bit of cloud first thing that that should start to clear away

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and the sunshine will come out and we are looking at highs of 03

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degrees. That is about four degrees higher than you would expect at this

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time of year. Looking into Sunday, it is generally dry. More clout than

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on Saturday. A little rain for the night but look what is creeping in.

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High pressure. Once that is with us from Monday, it stays throughout

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much of next week, keeping ts settled and fine and sunny by day.

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Some really promising weathdr to come. Just the rain to move through

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during the night to night. Lovely.

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I am opening a restored railway bridge in Derbyshire tomorrow.

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Not everybody gets to say that! How do you open a bridge? Lhke that.

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Goodbye.

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