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with Nick Owen and Suzanne Virdee. The headlines tonight:

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More destinations and more flights - the Transport Secretary is told

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work could begin in the summer to extend the runway at Birmingham

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Airport. Birmingham has capacity. Longer term, it wil be connected

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with High Speed Rail which will be another real advantage for

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Birmingham and the airport. Plenty of warning about the white-

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out weekend, but was the road- Returning to normal.

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Signs of a brighter future as the number of new apprentices rockets

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by 70% in a year. 480,000 more people next September will enter

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the world of apprenticeships than the world of university.

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And a former world champion boxer investigates who hacked into his

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Good evening, welcome to Monday's Midlands Today from the BBC.

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Tonight, more flights, more choice - controversial work to extend the

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runway at Birmingham Airport could begin as early as this summer. The

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Transport Secretary Justine Greening was told today that a

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longer runway will help to open the region up to long-range

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destinations around the globe. A link-up with the High Speed Rail

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project could also turn Birmingham into a major international

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transport hub, helping to drive economic recovery.

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Environmentalists condemned the proposals saying taxpayers would be

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left to foot the bill at a time of cuts to public services. Here's our

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Rising out of the winter gloom, the first tangible commitment to the

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runway extension. A new �33 million control tower, replacing the old

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tower. One from which you can't even see where the extended runway

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would end. So with no new runways promised for London's congested

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airports, could this one help to take the strain? Justine Greening

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was told the state-of-the-art International Pier, opened two

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years ago, could cope with an extra nine million passengers a year, as

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of now. This place is genuinely world-class up last but frustrated

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managers here can't get enough of the world's Airlines coming here to

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stop the business is going to London.

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With a new Transport Secretary in the driving seat, the Government

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want to know if facilities here are up to the job of delivering more

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flights for Midlanders, and a new option for Londoners too. People in

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Birmingham have they great airport which is well connected to London

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and hopefully have more flights to more just -- more destinations so

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it is good news for them and good news for Londoners and in the time

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it could take them to go to the Piccadilly line to Heathrow, they

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might be able to get on high-speed rail and go to Birmingham as well.

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Airport managers hope to persuade environmental campaigners that it's

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a more eco-friendly option to extend this existing runway than to

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build a brand new one in the south- east. But opponents condemn the

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proposed increase in runway capacity as an unwarranted drain on

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the public purse. Taxpayers will have to foot the bill for that

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extension by paying more towards the course to divert the offer to

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45 at the time that the economy is cash-strapped, the taxpayer will

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have to foot the bill which does not seem fair when it should be

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spent on public services. It has been an epic battle for

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airport managers, initially to gain planning permission and then to

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secure the business case. Shareholders have been studying the

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tenders for the project, and are expected to reach a final decision

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at the end of this month. If all goes to plan, work could begin as

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early as this summer, with the first non-stop flights to the

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Pacific Rim two years after that. Patrick joins us from the airport

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now. How confident is the airport but their work will begin in summer.

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There is cautious optimism here. The optimism explained by the far

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they have been talking seriously about extending it for nearly 40

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years so nobly wants to tempt fate but we know as a result of today,

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there is real, serious political will at the top. I am joined by the

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chief executive of Birmingham Airport. If everything goes to plan,

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those flights using the new runway will begin in summer 2014. How

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realistic is it? It is very realistic. The board has to sign

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this off the shelf. The tenders have been received, and hopefully

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in the next few weeks will have the decision to move forward.

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Secretary of State was here thinking about her aviation

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strategy which is being published next month. It seems that

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Birmingham actually has a role in UK aviation as a whole. Absolutely

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and that is what we have been saying to her. She came to see for

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myself, the facilities we have got. That will allow us to plug the

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enterprise zone and build a very good story. What you say to

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environmentalists who worry about the drain on the public purse and

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the impact on the environment? environment is an important part of

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this going forward and we must make sure we develop sustainably and in

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a controlled fashion but we do need the economic growth and we need to

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revitalise this region. A quick word about the weather you had.

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Complaints about the delays with the snow? We didn't we have to move

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20,000 tonnes of snow on the runway. Hopefully things are back to normal

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now and no delays today. More on the weather in a moment so back to

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you today. If thank you. The region has been returning to

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something like normal today after the heaviest snowfall of the winter

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so far. Leek in Staffordshire got the deepest covering with 11

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centimetres falling on Saturday night. Pershore in Worcestershire

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recorded the lowest temperature at And gritters in Staffordshire had

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the busiest time. A total of 2,500 tonnes of salt was spread on roads

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there. Giles Latcham has the We knew it was coming but heavy

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snow in Birmingham and across much of the Midlands caused chaos in

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places. For Jan Minihane a quick trip to to Tesco on Saturday

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afternoon turned into a nightmare. She was one of hundreds trapped for

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up to three hours on a retail park near her home in Telford. Gritted,

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yes, but gridlocked nonetheless. There were people with families

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there, all the people, vulnerable people. Nothing was done until four

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members of staff came out and that is very disappointed. An accident

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outside and slow going on the A54 did not help.

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Tesco have apologise and they said they had staff out offering tea and

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coffee and warmth to those affected and they said they will be talking

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to their landlord, the owners of this retail park.

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In places driving conditions were hazardous, verging on impossible. A

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jack-knifed lorry on the A50 near Uttoxeter forced motorists to

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abandon more than 100 vehicles. Some had to camp in the lounge of a

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nearby hotel, already full. We had about six inches in leak and eight

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inches near Alton Towers. People gave out at about 5 o'clock in the

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morning on Sunday. Birmingham Airport was forced to

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cancel a number of flights. Many passengers took it on the chin,

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others didn't. I blame Birmingham Airport again. Here we are again.

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The Transport Secretary was sympathetic but said safety must

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come first. Each time we go through this process, people learn how to

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do it better and hopefully in the picture, Birmingham Airport will be

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closed less time and there will be less disruption. The key has to be

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on safety at the end of the day. Snow is only clinging on to the

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high ground. But beware the next trick, thick fog and freezing in

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places. And later in the programme Shefali

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will be here with the forecast. The key question - is the big freeze

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over? Sadly not, I'm afraid. The snow may have stopped for the time

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being but the cold continues. Join me later for the forecast and a

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look at some of your snow A Roman Catholic priest has been

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found guilty of sexually abusing seven boys. Alexander Bede Walsh,

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who's 58, has been convicted of 19 charges of abusing young boys

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between 1975 and 1993. He is seen here in the Greycoat. He's been

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found not guilty of four charges. The jury will return to Stoke-on-

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Trent Crown Court tomorrow morning to continue its deliberations on a

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further four counts. Police in Birmingham have begun a

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murder investigation after a man died at a hostel in Handsworth last

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week. A postmortem examination found that 40-year-old Bakhitar

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Mirawdali died from a neck wound. It's believed his body had been in

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the room at hostel on Soho Road for two days when it was discovered

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last Thursday. The number of people starting

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apprenticeships in the West Midlands has risen sharply. It's

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welcome news at the beginning of National Apprenticeship Week which

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will see a series of events held In the last 12 months, the number

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of people joining on the job training schemes has risen by more

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than 70%. It follows the announcement last week that Jaguar

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Land Rover is taking on 133 new apprentices. As Lindsay Doyle

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reports, it's not just factories which are benefiting from the

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The latest Junior Manager at the Midcounties Co-operative in Sedgley

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in the Black Country. Sam Dunn is 18 months into his apprenticeship.

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You have to start at the bottom, stacking shelves, on the tails. I

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made it clear that I wanted to work my way up. -- on the cash registers.

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I did what was asked of me and then I found myself as a junior manager.

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Sam is one of an increasing number of young people taking up

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apprenticeships. In 2009/10, nearly 32,000 young people were given the

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chance to learn as they work. This rose to just over 54,000 over

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Only last week, Jaguar Land Rover announced a 133 new apprenticeships,

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a record intake for the company. This coming year, 480,000 people

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more will enter the world of apprenticeships than into the world

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of university. That is a fabulous achievement. The scheme here is 60-

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25-year-olds the chance to get their first step on the career

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ladder. Whilst studying for must be recognised qualifications. They can

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reach junior management level within 18 months. I think there are

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important to provide things for the local community and give

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opportunity to come and get a career for life.

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With just six months left on his apprenticeship, Sam is already

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supervising other members of staff and is looking forward to a long

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Our business correspondent Peter Plisner joins us now. Why are we

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seeing this big rise in apprenticeships? $$YELLOW, Well,

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the main reason seems to be the need to reduce youth unemployment

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which is still a big problem. this region, there are 243,000

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people currently unemployed and of those around 51,000 are aged 16-24.

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Interestingly the latest count of vacancies at job centres across the

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region stands at 32,500. But it's not just the need to reduce youth

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unemployment that's driving the growth in apprentices, there's now

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a lack of skills in many industries, and apprenticeships are one way of

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solving that problem. Lord Digby Jones talked about university

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entrants versus apprenticeship places. Why is that significant?

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It's significant because it shows that many are now opting not to go

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to university and instead applying for apprenticeships. There are now

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a growing number of things called vocational degrees where you work

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while studying. With higher university fees coming in this year

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and the fear of accruing large debts, many young people are

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deciding that it's a better way forward. It also means they're

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earning money while they study rather than running up debts. There

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is a call for you Cass style A Warwickshire company has won a

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prestigious order to build special boxes for the Queen's Diamond

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Jubilee which will sell at a cool �100,000 each. They will each

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contain a 60-year-old bottle of whisky and all the proceeds will go

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to charity. It's hoped the project will encourage the craftsmen and

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women of tomorrow. �3 billion is contributed to the UK economy every

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year by the country's creative industries. Joan Cummins reports

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from Warwickshire. Hidden buttons and secret

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compartments demonstrate the quality of workmanship in this

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Diamond Jubilee chest. It's one of 60 boxes crafted from wood sourced

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from the Queen's estate in Sandringham, made by the Queen's

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cabinet-maker in Warwickshire. It will eventually house a 60-year-old

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bottle of rare whisky. Each of these commemorative cabinets will

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then be sold for �100,000 with the proceeds going to a charity devoted

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to encouraging British Peanut we do the very finest,

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traditional cabinet-making but also very modern constructions -- here

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we do the very finest. We then go onto the next stage of furniture-

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making. 25 people are employed at

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Stevenson's in Church Lawford making bespoke furniture. On this

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project, the boxes can take two weeks each to make but the care

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taken on each piece of work is impressive. It is a dying trade,

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regarding skill levels but it is enjoyable. It is making something

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different every day. Creating something special. If you don't

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create something, what are you here for? �3 billion is generated by

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creative industries in the UK. Liz Monk is a Queen's Scholar. She

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was awarded �8,000 by the trust to help develop her ceramist skills,

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which she says was invaluable. gave me funding to work alongside

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porters and the way that kills at work. The Queen will receive one of

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the chest but hopefully the project will enable future generations to

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continue with the legacy of quality Those are beautiful, are you

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putting your name down for one? You're watching BBC Midlands Today,

:15:32.:15:42.
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still ahead: Cooking up a tasty -- Shakespearean style.

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The former Telford boxer Richie Woodhall has become one of the

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latest victims of Internet crime. The sportsman has had his e-mails

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hacked by cyber criminals. So, to coincide with tomorrow's Safer

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Internet Day, he's been investigating how it happened and

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what he and other victims can do to Fraud, viruses, predators. The

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internet has lots of advantages but it can be a hostile place.

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's I've never had any problems using the internet but a couple of

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days ago, somebody hacked into my e-mails. I would like to find out

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who it was and how it happened. If there are cracks in my online

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defences, this man will find them. After they hacked my e-mails, I am

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increasing my security. Brian, an ethical hacking lecturer, is the

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man for the job. If I have to keep them out, I need to know how they

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got in. They might be lucky enough to guess your password. They could

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use software to allow them to send multiple requests to your e-mail

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address for lots of possible passwords. All they might have

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actually targeted your machine at home. Usually Brian's Coventry

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University students pit their skills against cyber criminals.

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Testing for weaknesses without breaking laws. But this week, using

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information openly available, they are going to investigate me. It

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seems my private life is on display. From a technical point of view, the

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worrying thing is we were able to find your home IP address. That can

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then lead your machine to become under significant attack. How can I

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protect against that? There are techniques you can use to mitigate

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people finding out your IP address. Things called proxies. It is like a

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filter that keeps your machine anonymous. I definitely needed one

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of those. What I've heard here today, it has

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been quite surprising. When it comes to protecting myself on line

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in the future, one thing's for certain - doing nothing is not an

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option. And I certainly would be burying my head in the sand in

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And you can find out more information about ways to protect

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yourself and the results of a BBC survey on the internet in tonight's

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Inside Out on BBC One at 7:30. Onto sport now and although the

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weather wiped out a lot of the weekend's football programme, the

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Premier League fixtures went ahead as planned. Here's Dan with the

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details. The Wolves midfielder Emmanuel

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Frimpong is out for the rest of the season after damaging his cruciate

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ligament in Saturday's win at QPR. He has returned to Arsenal for an

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operation on his injured knee. It casts a shadow over Wolves

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excellent 2-1 win which lifted them out of the bottom three of the

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same. QPR were on top. They took the lead through Bobby Zamora and

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Wolves had that sinking feeling again. But it all turned, with a

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glove to the neck. Djibril Cisse was sent off and Wolves came

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roaring back. Goals from Matt Jarvis and Kevin Doyle gave them a

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2-1 win which lifted them out of It was a fabulous response. It was

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a booking, not a nice tackle but that is what it was, a booking. I

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do not like those things being sent off but we have had them.

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Next up they play West Bromwich Albion. The good news for the

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Baggies is they're away from home. Saturday brought a familiar tale.

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Goals from Gylfi Sigurdsson and Danny Graham gave swansea a 2-1 win.

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Albion have now lost five and drawn just one of their last six home

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league games. Blue pitch markings at Stoke City -

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a real blast from the past. Conditions were tough at the

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Britannia Stadium. And Stoke felt there was rough justice. They're

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appealing the decision to send off Robert Huth for this challenge.

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Stoke lost their third straight league game thanks to James McClean

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scoring the game's only goal. disappointing thing, and it is

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happening to many times, is the reaction of the players. If you

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look at Robert, he goes in to be committed and then pulls out. It is

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a disease coming into the game when players are rolling around. They

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are looking round. Aston Villa also lost. They fell behind to Demba

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Ba's opener. Robbie Keane's impressive run continued as he

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scored the equaliser. But they were undone by a stunning goal from

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debutant Papiss Demba Cisse. It leaves Villa 13th, and all of the

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Midlands teams are in the bottom half of the table.

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In the Championship Birmingham City's winning run came to an end

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with a goalless draw at home to Southampton. The match will

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probably be best remembered for the atrocious conditions it was played

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in. Marlon King's shot was among the few chances in the match.

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Meanwhile Coventry City were back to their old habit of losing a game

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late on. A Sammy Clingan penalty and this strike from Gary Deegan

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gave them a 2-1 half-time lead over Ipswich. But Michael Chopra scored

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twice, including an injury time It's 40 years since one of the most

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famous shocks in FA Cup history. Hereford United, then playing in

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the Southern League, beat first division Newcastle United with a

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memorable goal from Ronnie Radford. Players and spectators will be

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sharing their memories of the game He had a lovely little shout,

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somebody told me to get out the way and I am glad I did, it went

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straight as a die in the top corner. Even if you had three goalkeepers

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on the line, it would have still gone in.

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And you can see that interview in I never tire of seeing that.

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you look at the pitch as well. The London 2012 Olympics are less

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than six months away and they won't just involve sporting events. There

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will be cultural celebrations as well. One of them is the World

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Shakespeare Festival which begins in April. When people will be able

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to get their teeth into Elizabethan food, amongst other things. Today,

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chefs from a top London restaurant came to Stratford-upon-Avon intent

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on taking back a taste of the Bard's favourite dishes. Kevin

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Mary Arden's house at Wilmcote near Stratford-upon-Avon, a place where

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a young William Shakespeare would have enjoyed many a meal. And today

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a team from a top London restaurant where here to find out the sort of

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food on the Bard's dinner plate with a view to recreating

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Shakespearean evenings in the capital. It is very much a fact-

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finding mission. An opportunity to share some of the food and recipes

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of Tudor England and Shakespeare's time. This is a piece of roast pork

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which will be served with a sweet and sour sauce. Today's feast was

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laid on by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and as well as the

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pork, a typical banquet of that time for the wealthy would have

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included baked chicken with sliced oranges and spices, a white bread

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made with honey and eggs, and pottage. It is a vegetable soup,

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very much like we have a starter nowadays. It helps to take the edge

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of the up-turn it before the more expensive dishes come to the table.

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This is spiced cider. The food was served as it would

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have been more than 400 years ago with the pottage to start. Main

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course, the pork and chicken followed by a selection of desserts

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including peascod - a thin pastry filled with apple, honey, ginger

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and butter before frying. So as the guests enjoy the Tudor feast, a

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chance for the maids and servants to have a rest and a bit of food

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themselves. It has almost come full circle now, we are going back to

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locality and provenance. We are eating what is available. I am

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eating dishes in season as opposed to what is out of season. By a

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meeting what is in the garden and this cuisine was built on this, we

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did not have ingredients flown across the world. What they have

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listed is what they would eat. Afterwards, they headed for the

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Shakespeare Centre in Stratford to look at the archives. And for those

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involved in the cooking, a job well Pork with sweet and sour sauce

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sounds quite contemporary, quite Oriental. It reminded me of a line

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from Romeo and Juliet. Very snowy this weekend and very

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pretty but I have to say I'm rather glad it's gone. The weekend's snow

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certainly brought out the more playful side of people's

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Glad to see you made the most of it. We were inundated with photographs

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of your handiwork and here are just a few examples. This scary scene

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was made by Marcus Skelton in Stoke-On-Trent. The James family

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built a more traditional snowman in their garden in Harborne. As did

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Gary Cheary who sent us this picture. There was enough snow for

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Brandon and Lewis Spence to build an igloo in Rugby. Chloe Adams of

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Bradwell created this snow caterpillar. And this is a Snow

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Jedward, built by Freya Sweeney. Dave Atkinson captured Leamington

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Spa with a carpet of snow and Paul Wilde's photo shows it wasn't just

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children enjoying the white stuff in Redditch. Finally this snowman

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was nicknamed Bob by Ella and Maisi Moore in Great Haywood but is he

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I am afraid not. The cold snap is not over but the snow will be for

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the time being. It will be a many dry picture except by the end of it

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by which time the temperatures will rise slightly. The outstanding

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feature this week is freezing fog, frost and also the cold. That is

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because of the overbearing presence of high pressure which is to the

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north-east. The vans coming in are trying to stay but are being fended

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off. We have got a lot of cold weather around, particularly so by

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midweek when the high pressure really assert itself and we get

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temperatures plummeting down to minus double figures by Wednesday

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night. Tonight we are wading through the cloud and we have got

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freezing fog and masses over any lying snow. Particularly towards

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the east and the North. Also fairly widespread frost where we have the

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lowest temperatures and temperatures could drop as low as

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minus three Celsius. A many dry picture and if you get any snow

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flurries, they are taught the eastern fringes way you could see a

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spot of ice. It is a continued risk. Freezing fog persists tomorrow

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morning and a lot of cloud during the morning, some brighter spells

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possible by the afternoon. It is a very dull picture generally with

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low-lying cloud and temperatures down to around four Celsius.

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Tomorrow night, the skies will clear and once again snow flurries

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disappearing to the east. Widespread frosts with temperatures

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