23/12/2012 BBC Weekend News


23/12/2012

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Good afternoon. Heavy rain has caused flooding in parts of south-

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west England, south Wales and eastern Scotland. Nearly 500 flood

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warnings and flood alerts are in place across Britain. The flooding

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has meant travel disruption for thousands of Christmas commuters.

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And the BBC Weather Centre is warning that there may be a lot

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more rain to come on Christmas Eve. In Cornwall, they arrested 12

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people along with their pets by lifeboat overnight. We have one or

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two people that do not want to leave. We have told them to go on

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to the first floor and take anything valuable with them. We are

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making a note of where they are in case we need to rescue them later.

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Extra sandbags were brought in to shore up the defences of the town

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that has suffered terribly from flooding only two years ago. The

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Environment Agency is monitoring the scene around the clock encased

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floodwaters rise again. It has fallen back at the moment. There is

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another band of significant rainfall coming through this

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evening, between 9pm and around 5am tomorrow. That is of concern to us.

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Shops and homes in Braunton also suffered after flood defences were

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breached. In South Wales, 30 houses were flooded near Swansea and a

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woman was rescued from her part in the bail of Glamorgan bypasses by

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using a ladder. -- her car. pulled the ladder out of the car. I

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suppose about a minute later, off it went, under the bridge. There is

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no question. The poor lady would have been drowned. There is no

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question. There have been dramatic scenes in Aberdeenshire where about

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60 people have been moved from their homes and a centre set up in

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the town. Gloom for people commuting by train. First Great

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Western is advising people not to travel west of Taunton in Somerset

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unless they really have to. An NHS Trust is apologising to families

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for failings in care in which one person starved to death. The Health

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Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, said the problems at the Alexandra Hospital

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and Worcester Royal appalled him. Worcestershire Acute Hospital Trust

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has paid compensation totalling �410,000 in 38 cases. The former

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Conservative chief whip, Andrew Mitchell, has given a full account

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of the incident in Downing Street in which he was alleged to have

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called police officers plebs and morons. Writing in the Sunday Times,

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Mr Mitchell denies using both terms. He talks of a stitch-up aimed at

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harming the Tory Party and destroying his career. Our

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political correspondent reports. So, what did happen when Andrew

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Mitchell tried to take his bike out through the main gate at Downing

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Street on this evening back in September? The official police

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reports say he called officers Lives Too Short Pledges and morons

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Boston he has given his own account to a Sunday paper. He said the or

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fourth-rate -- phrases were hung around his neck. He said he never

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uttered the phrase is and they were completely untrue. He does admit

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swearing in exasperation. He said the Prime Minister was too quick to

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tell him to get on to his bike when the story broke. He was persuaded

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to hold an inquiry. He did resign but think the inquiry should have

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been more thorough. And he complains about treatment by the

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media. Negative coverage affected sleep and appetite. This morning,

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