08/02/2014 BBC Weekend News


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Good afternoon. Rain and strong winds are continuing to hit southern

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parts of the UK with warnings of more floods and gales to come. The

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Met office has warned of wins heading up to 80 mph. The

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Environment Agency has issued almost 200 flood warnings and three severe

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flood warnings, which means that is a danger to life. Our correspondent,

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Chris Buckler, is at Looe in Cornwall.

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The days of wind and waves have not gone away. You can see behind me, it

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is extremely blustery, and that is true across the south coast. It was

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not as rough night as many people predicted, but they are still

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waiting to see what today will bring. That is particularly true in

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communities like King Santa. Just up the coast, they are still counting

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the cost of days of damage. -- Kingsand. The battered beauty of

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this coastline is being tested. It has found itself on the front

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line of this latest wave of winter storms, and the Cornish village of

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Kingsand has spent most of this week being pummelled by the sheer force

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of water. People have spent days worrying about their own homes, now

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they are united in concerns for this century-old clocktower. The

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building's base has been eroded by wave after wave. Everyone is

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rallying together to do everything they can to make sure that we can

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protect and preserve that for the community and people in the future.

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You are still facing this? You cannot stop the weather. Each high

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tide brings concern and there were real fears about last night but

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today there is relief that the weather was calmer than earlier in

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the week when property here was badly damaged. It is not just

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buildings showing the scars. I was with my son, Sam. A huge wave hit

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the door, took the door off its hinges. It broke the frame and took

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the both of us up the hallway on our backs. If you think of the waves out

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there, look behind you, a huge wave. You're still worried? Marginally.

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This is a community still standing after swells and storms. But they

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are braced for more. And you can see the strength of the

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ways today. There are, of course, concerns as well. You only have to

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look at the Environment Agency's website to see the number of flood

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warnings in place. There are also questions about the government's

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response to this. As far as the Somerset levels go, the Prime

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Minister was written to by a farmers' leader, requesting money

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for maintenance and dredging. At the time, the then floods minister

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rejected that request for cash. That has now changed. The department

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responsible says the situation has changed. As the weather continues,

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many will be asking if it has all come too late. Our correspondent

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there. Three Metropolitan Police officers

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have been arrested on suspicion of possessing and distributing

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"extreme" pornography via mobile phones. The officers are from the

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Diplomatic Protection Group, which guards foreign embassies and

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controls access to New Scotland Yard and Downing Street. Our home affairs

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correspondent, Danny Shaw, is in Central London. What more can you

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tell squares Mike these are more unwelcome headlines for the

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Metropolitan Police, and for the Diplomatic Protection Group.

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That is the unit that has been at the centre of the controversy

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involving the former Chief Whip, Andrew Mitchell. The so-called

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Plebgate affair. Three police constables from the group were

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arrested in December on suspicion of the possession and distribution of

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extreme images via their mobile phones. Scotland Yard says these

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images were not of children but were often extreme sexual nature. The

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allegations are that they were in some way legal images. A file has

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been passed to the Crown Prosecution Service to determine whether charges

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will be brought. Another officer with the group has been interviewed

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in connection with the enquiry. One of the officers involved had been

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placed on restricted duties as a result of the investigation into the

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Andrew Mitchell affair. It is called operation Alice. He is now

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suspended. The others are on restricted duties. The Metropolitan

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Police is conducting its own internal investigation to establish

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whether these images were exchanged while the men were on duty for the

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Metropolitan Police. Princess Cristina, the youngest

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daughter of Spain's King Juan Carlos, has appeared in court for

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questioning, in connection with a corruption scandal involving her

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husband's business affairs. Tom Burridge reports from the court in

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Mallorca. Captured by countless cameras, for

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the first time ever, a member of Spain's Royal family arriving to be

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questioned in court. Princess Cristina is being investigated over

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a corruption scandal. Her husband is accused of defrauding millions of

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euros of public money. And she is alleged to have used some of that

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money to cover personal expenses. She will be questioned here,

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opposite a photo of her father, the King. The scandal has damaged the

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popularity of King Juan Carlos and he has had a difficult few years.

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The low point, this photo taken when he was hunting elephants in Botswana

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while his citizens were suffering a critical moment in the economic

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crisis back home. There is no doubt that the scandal has caused

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significant damage to the reputation of Spain's royals, so when the

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princess is answering questions in court, she will not only be

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defending her credibility, but that of the monarchy in Spain. Tom

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Burridge, BBC News. Woody Allen has denied his adopted

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daughter's allegations that he sexually abused her, in a letter to

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the New York Times. Last week, in the same newspaper, Dylan Farrow

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claimed the film-maker abused her in 1992 when she was seven years old.

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Allen insisted his daughter had been "coached" into making the claims by

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her mother, Mia Farrow, Allen's ex partner.

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