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The worst storm to hit England and Wales in years is already affecting

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parts of the South West. The Met Office says it will bring

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hurricane force winds that could bring down trees and cause major

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structural damage. Rail,ferry and air services will be

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disrupted. We'll have the very latest on the storm's progress.

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Also tonight, Lou Reed, the influential singer, songwriter and

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guitarist, has died. A series of co-ordinated bombings in

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Baghdad leaves 50 people dead and many others wounded.

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And victory for Sebastian Vettel in India sees the German driver crowned

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Formula One world champion. Good evening. The worst storm to hit

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the country in years is already affecting parts of Britain. Southern

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England, South Wales, parts of the Midlands and East Anglia will be

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affected overnight. Torrential rain and winds of up to 80 miles per hour

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have been forecast tonight and into tomorrow morning. The Met Office has

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warned there could be flooding, with the strong winds bringing down trees

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and causing structural damage. Some rush-hour rail services have already

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been cancelled, while people are being advised to delay their

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journeys on the roads. And Heathrow Airport says throughout tomorrow it

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will be scaling back flights. Other airports have also been affected.

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We'll have more on all the transport implications in a moment, but first,

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let's go live to Cardiff Bay, one of the places where the storm is

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expected to cause major problems and join our correspondent Hywel

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Griffith. The worst of the weather is due to

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hit here at around one end, and then it will start working its way

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eastwards across southern Britain, testing all the plans put in place

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by authorities over the last few days. -- at one end. However, sadly,

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this afternoon the emergency services were already called into

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action at the beginning of what would be a very challenging 24

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hours. Searching in severe conditions. A

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lifeboat team looking for 14-year-old -- a 14-year-old boy

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last scenes and off the coast this afternoon. High winds and heavy rain

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have already hit southern Britain, leaving their mark. South Devon. Too

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much wind for this turbine. In London, a car crushed by an uprooted

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tree. In Shawlands firms are already bracing themselves for a deluge of

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claims. -- insureds firms. Travel disruption is already guaranteed for

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the morning. Many early trains have been cancelled. The morning commute

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will have to wait. We don't expect to run any trains before 8am

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tomorrow and that is because we need to check the route is clear and

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clear any trees that have fallen across the route. Those

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cancellations could spread eastwards with the storm. And keep coming

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through the day. This will impact up to Birmingham, Nottingham and the

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Midlands. If we get through this in the morning and restore the service

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in the afternoon and are able to start a good service on Tuesday, in

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the circumstances, I will be pretty pleased. Councils are also gearing

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up for the gathering storm. Thousands of sandbags are on

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stand-by in case of floods. They have been told to prepare for the

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biggest operation in a decade. This is the most prepared we have been

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for the last ten years. We have everything ready. We have sandbags

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on the vehicles. We have volunteers. They are ready to clean up. We are

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prepared but hopefully it doesn't hit us. Out over the Atlantic, the

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Saint Jude storm is creeping closer. Named after the patron saint of lost

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causes, it is causing real concern. I'm not going out tomorrow, that is

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all I have got to say. Reading the reports, it is going to be pretty

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bleak. Lock the garage doors. That is all we can do at the moment.

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There are some who can relish these conditions, but foremost, now is the

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time to plan for a bumpy night ahead. -- for most.

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For those who want to prepare, the advice is to make sure everything is

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secure in your garden. On a night like this, the best advice is to

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stay indoors overnight and not go out to make any unnecessary

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journeys. Let's get more on all the possible

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travel implications for tomorrow morning's rush hour and join Jon

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Brain, who's at Waterloo Station in London. Jon, what are we expecting?

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I think there could be quite a few empty desks at workplaces across the

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country in the morning. Many commuter services look like they are

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going to be completely wiped out. Network Rail will be sending teams

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out first thing to check for any overnight damage and it is only when

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those areas declared safe that passenger trains will be able to go

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through. But already, three companies have advised passengers

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not to travel at all tomorrow. Several others say they will not

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start any services before at least 9am. For people hoping escape the

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storm altogether by flying out, there are also potential problems.

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Heathrow Airport has asked all airlines to cut their schedules by

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20%, so already there have been dozens of cancellations. But you

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should check with your airline before setting out on your journey.

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Thank you. And for the latest on the weather

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and those services that may be affected, have a look at the BBC

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News website. There'll of course be updates on BBC local radio as well.

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Lou Reed, the influential singer, songwriter and guitarist who helped

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shape nearly half a century of rock music, has died at the age of 71. He

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co-founded the '60s cult group The Velvet Underground and later

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established a successful solo career. His best-known hits included

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Perfect Day and Walk On The Wild Side. Lizo Mzimba looks back at his

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life. # I'm waiting for my man...

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He was a musician and songwriter whose work influenced generations.

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He originally helped establish The Velvet Underground in the 1960s.

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Their complex yet accessible lyrics did not produce much in the way of

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commercial success but in musical terms it was ground-breaking.

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Credited with being instrumental in the development of punk and the

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alternative rock scene of the 1970s. He and the band also came to the

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attention of anti-war hole, who helped produce their first album,

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and throughout his career, he paid tribute to his contribution. If it

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hadn't been for Andy, I wouldn't have had the chance to do anything.

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So why are everything to anti-war hole. Thank you. -- I owe everything

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to Andy. After The Velvet Underground went their separate

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ways, Lou Reed embarked on a solo career. His 1972 album Transformer

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produced by David Bowie, a huge admirer, produced his top 20 hit

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Walk On The Wild Side. It's controversial subject matter brought

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him a new wave of fans, and although his subsequent albums were far more

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experimental, one was an hour of electronic feedback, you always said

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the most important thing was to try to move people. -- he said. For me,

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any kind of good song stimulates emotion. What are the thing is there

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that makes people get up and dance? -- what other thing? I mean, you

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can't hold it in your hand. It is sound. In the UK, his only number

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one came when he and a range of other artists performed Perfect Day

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for a BBC Provo released for Children in Need. -- promotional

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video. But he will be remembered not for chart success but as one of the

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most influential musicians for 40 years. Few did more to help shape

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the history of music. Lou Reed, who's died at the age of

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71. The chairman of the Conservative

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Party says the BBC could have its licence fee cut. Grant Shapps says

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the corporation needs to rebuild public trust and become more

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transparent. In a statement, the BBC says transparency was key and so was

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freedom from political pressure. The BBC's Royal Charter is due for

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renewal in 2016. Scientists say they've uncovered 11

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new genes which are linked to Alzheimer's disease, significantly

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increasing understanding of the most common cause of dementia. After a

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study of 10,000 people in 15 countries, the research has been

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published in the journal Nature Genetics. Alzheimer's affects nearly

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half a million people in the UK. A wave of car bombings in Iraq has

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killed more than 50 people and wounded several others. There were

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11 explosions in the capital Baghdad in less than an hour. Sectarian

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violence between Shia and Sunni Muslims is at its worst level in six

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years. Carnage on the streets of Baghdad.

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They structuring morning rush hour in a series of co-ordinated blasts.

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Busy streets, markets, residential areas, all were targeted. Amongst

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those killed in the attacks were people queueing to collect their

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wages. TRANSLATION: They cannot drive

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through this area so how can a car bomb into here and go off? It is a

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catastrophe! What happened here today is a catastrophe. A child,

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woman and father, three members of the same family, have been killed.

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Today's bombs targeted mainly Shia areas. It is the latest of sectarian

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violence in a country torn apart by conflict between militant groups. In

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recent months, the government has toughened security measures.

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Checkpoints that divide Baghdad streets have been strengthened. Dogs

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now patrol the areas. There is no letup in violence despite new

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security measures introduced by the government in recent months. In the

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number of attacks has reached the highest level since the peak of the

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Sunni and Shia clashes almost six years ago. Today's attacks have

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heightened fears among the Iraqi people that their country is sliding

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back towards another lovely sectarian conflict. -- bloody

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conflict. Syria has met an initial deadline to

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hand over detailed plans to destroy its chemical weapons stockpile.

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Inspectors have had until today to check all 23 sites declared by the

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Syrian government. By the middle of next year, the country's chemical

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weapons arsenal must be destroyed. The mother of the young

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blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl found in a Roma camp in Greece has denied

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that she sold her daughter. Speaking to the BBC, Sasha Ruseva says she

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gave Maria away and didn't take any money. She was speaking to our

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correspondent Steve Rosenberg in the Bulgarian capital Sofia.

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This report contains flash photography.

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They had gone to ground. But today, Sasha and her husband made a bizarre

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reappearance. We found them in a bog area and television studio with some

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of their children. -- all dairy and television studio. -- bog Aryan. The

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noise was too much for one to bear. TRANSLATION: I want Maria! That is

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all I want now! I want her back from Greece! The mother argued she was no

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criminal and said she regretted she had given away her daughter Maria.

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After the show, Sasha spoke to us. Did you sell your child?

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TRANSLATION: I didn't receive any money. If had I would have bought

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something because we don't have anything. I've gave the girl to a

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woman who doesn't have any children. It was Greek police who found Maria

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and arrested the couple who had been raising her. The child is now being

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cared for by a children's charity. If Maria came home, what would you

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say to her? TRANSLATION: If she came back my

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would tell her the truth. I was taking care of your brothers and

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sisters. And the Lady I left you with said she would take good care

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of you. What happened in the studio this afternoon was an extraordinary

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trial by television. But with prosecutors already having launched

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from preliminary proceedings, the parents could soon face more

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questions, this time in a court of law. Today, Sasha was a TV star. The

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centre of attention. But she knows that she and her husband could be

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arrested for what they did to one of their children.

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At least 16 women in Saudi Arabia have received fines for driving in

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defiance of the country's ban on women getting behind the wheel.

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Activists say more than 60 women took part in the protests yesterday,

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with dozens of videos being posted online.

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Now with all today's sport, here's Karthi at the BBC Sport Centre.

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Good evening. We start with the Berkeley 's Premier League and Match

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Of The Day and sports league follow us, so pop out of the room if you do

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not want to know the results. Fernando Torres scored a 90th minute

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winner after a mix-up with Manchester city. Chelsea move up to

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second in the table. After playing in that match, Manchester city's

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Yaya Toure rate met with the head of beef's antiracism task force. The

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two had a good conversation. -- FIFA. Sunderland beat Newcastle

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thanks to a late goal in the Derby. It lifts them off the bottom of the

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table. Swansea and West Ham played out a goalless draw while Tottenham

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beat whole 1-0. -- beat Hull. Sebastian Vettel described it as one

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of the best days of his life. The 26-year-old won the Indian Grand

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Prix to claim for Formula One championship and take a special

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place in the sports history books. Who can blame Sebastian Vettel for

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acting like a boy racer after clinching his fourth title in a row.

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It was time to celebrate! Victory had was been on the cards in India.

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He started from pole and although he came under pressure from the off, he

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kept the lead. The only man who could stop him was Fernando Alonso.

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But the Spaniard was doomed from the start. He lost part of his front

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wing and then bumped into Jenson Button like a fairground dodgem

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car. He slipped out of the points, meaning Vettel didn't even have to

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finish to become champion. But the German wanted to win it in style

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after his first pit stop saw him drop down the order. He charged his

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Red Bull back of the field, moving up to second with just a third of

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the race gone. After the last round of pit stops, Vettel inherited the

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field and went on to win by almost 30 seconds. Fantastic! You are a

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four times world champion! Iowa's try to think back, think back where

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you started and Formula One was so far away. He is only the third man

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to win four championships in a row but you get the sense he won't stop

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until he becomes the most successful driver the sport has ever seen.

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New Zealand made a successful start to their campaign of Rugby League

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beating Samoa 40-24. They scored a hat-trick. Elsewhere, France beat

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Papa New Guinea 9-8. Serena Williams has become the first

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female tennis player to win more than ten 10 million -- $10 million

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in a year. That is all the sport. That's all from me. Jay Wyne will

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have the latest update on the storm shortly, but first on BBC One, it's

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