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The Prime Minister sets

out her plans for the coming year,

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in a new move to assert her

authority.

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Theresa May confirmed she's making

changes to her top team,

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after a series of cabinet

resignations.

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Obviously, Damian Green's departure

before Christmas means that some

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changes have to be made and I will

be making some changes.

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Labour says Mrs May should

focus on the problems

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in the health service,

calling the planned reshuffle

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"a desperate PR exercise".

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We'll have the latest.

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Also on the programme...

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Some of the UK's biggest retailers

have agreed to stop selling acids

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and corrosive substances,

to curb violent assaults.

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There's misery for commuters,

as a new round of strikes is due to

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begin on the railways at midnight.

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And a big upset in the FA cup,

the holders Arsenal are knocked out,

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by Nottingham Forest.

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Good evening.

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Theresa May has been setting

out her plans for the year ahead,

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and confirmed there'll be

a cabinet reshuffle.

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It's expected tomorrow.The move

is seen as an attempt

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to reassert her authority.

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In a BBC interview, she defended

the government's record on the NHS,

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saying the current problems

in the health service, were not

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simply due to a lack of funding.

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Labour has called the planned

reshuffle "little more

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than a desperate PR exercise"

and said Mrs May should focus

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instead on the problems in the NHS.

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Here's our Political

Correspondent, Eleanor Garnier.

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New Year, perhaps a fresh start

after a torrid 2017,

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in which Theresa May

lost her majority in the general

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election, faced a rebellion

from some of her own MPs,

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was forced to deal with Cabinet

resignations and even had

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to sack her second-in-command.

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It means she starts

the year with a reshuffle.

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Well, no prizes for guessing,

Andrew, obviously Damian Green's

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departure before Christmas means

some changes do have to be made.

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Speaking exclusively to the BBC,

the Prime Minister has made clear,

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she wants her government to be

about more than just Brexit, it

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insisting she is in listening mode.

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One of the clear messages we got

was a number of areas which people

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were concerned about,

what we were proposing.

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Just as we have looked at issues

on school funding, tuition fees,

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on housing and we are taking forward

approaches in relation to that.

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On this issue of fox hunting,

what I can say is their won't be

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a vote during this Parliament.

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And on the environment,

plans for 50 million more trees,

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a push to win over new voters

and those who drifted away.

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But the New Year has already

brought in old problems.

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Under pressure on rising train

fares, and claims this winter crisis

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is the toughest yet for the NHS.

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The NHS has actually been better

prepared for this winter pressure

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and it has been before.

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You mentioned operations

being postponed.

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That was part of the plan.

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Of course, we want to ensure those

operations can be reinstated

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as soon as possible,

but it's about making sure those

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who most urgently need care are able

to get that treatment

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when they need it.

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Labour's blamed government cuts

for the problems in the NHS

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and warned the Prime Minister

against promoting the Health

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Secretary in this week's reshuffle.

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She hasn't got a plan

to get those people off

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the trolleys in corridors.

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Those elderly people,

this freezing January

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being treated in ambulances.

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She's got no plan for them.

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Her only plan, apparently,

is to promote this Health Secretary.

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She should be demoting

this Health Secretary.

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If she promotes this

Health Secretary tomorrow,

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it is a betrayal of the 75,000

people in the back of ambulances.

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The Prime Minister said today,

she's not a quitter and she'll want

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and need the best possible team

around her to get her

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through what many predict

will be a tough year ahead.

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Eleanor Garnier, BBC

News, Westminster.

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Well as we've been hearing,

funding is as the heart

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of the debate over the problems

facing the health service.

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Labour insists the NHS needs more

money, but the Government says

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the NHS is now better prepared

for winter pressures.

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Here's our Health Editor Hugh Pym...

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There are 73 outstanding

ambulances right now.

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It was a striking image from a week

of intense pressure.

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Leah Butler-Smith's video

of ambulances at a hospital

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with her mother waiting,

even though she was having a stroke.

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Big questions are now being asked

about the NHS and its funding.

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Health spending needs to keep rising

to pay for new medicines and meet

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the sometimes complex needs

of a population which

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is living longer.

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The percentage of the population

aged over 65 in the UK was under 15%

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in the 1970s and is projected to get

close to 25% by 2044.

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Health spending across the UK has

grown a lot since the 1950s,

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shown here after adjusting

for inflation, and has now reached

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more than £140 billion per year.

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Average annual government spending

on health since the 1950s has gone

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up around 4% a year in real terms.

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But under the Coalition Government

from 2010, the average increase

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in England was only just over

1% a year.

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Under the Conservatives

in the last couple of years,

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the average increases have been over

2%, but most in the health world

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argue it hasn't been enough to keep

up with patient demand.

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The pressures, as we have seen

over the last few weeks,

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are becoming intolerable.

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So it is now time to

have an objective assessment

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about what we need over the next ten

or 15 years and for us a society

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to decide whether we are willing

or not willing to put in the funds

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that are required.

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There are now growing calls

for a cross-party approach

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to working out what the NHS needs

and how it should be paid for.

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Hugh Pym, BBC News.

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Let's talk to Eleanor Garnier who's

in Downing Street...

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What are you hearing about this

planned reshuffle?

Theresa May will

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want to be seen to be on the front

foot as she starts the new Year,

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choosing the people around her,

building her own tame and her

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supporters will say that the

reshuffle is a sign of a strike then

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Prime Minister but others might add

that of those in the top job stay

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the same then is this just tinkering

around the edges and Labour have

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said it is a desperate PR exercise.

As for the winners and losers, I

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would be surprised if

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some of the very biggest jobs are

moved. Chancellor, Foreign

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Secretary, Home Secretary and Brexit

secretary for example and perhaps we

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should expect more diversity, more

women, more MPs from ethnic

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minorities. Theresa May might not

want to be defined by Brexit but it

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is dominating the time of the

government and efforts and those who

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might have survived 2017, there are

plenty of opportunities ahead for

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slip-ups and difficult times ahead.

Thank you.

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Some of the UK's biggest retailers

including B&Q, Wickes,

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Morrisons and the Co-op,

have agreed to stop selling acids

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and corrosive substances,

to customers under 18.

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The aim is to cut the number of acid

attacks,until legislation

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is introduced to officially

ban such sales.

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Our Home Affairs correspondent

Dominic Casciani has more.

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Arthur Collins, jailed for 20 years,

for an appalling nightclub attack.

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Watch this CCTV.

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You can see him throwing

acid on his victims.

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22 people left with burns.

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A crime involving a household

product that has been

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growing, year-on-year.

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Police recorded more than 500

attacks involving corrosive

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substances in England and Wales

in the year to last April.

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Officials think the true figure

could be twice as high,

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ministers have launched an action

plan to cut attacks.

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Today the first part of that plan,

voluntary ban by DIY chains

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including B&Q on selling harmful

chemicals to underrate teams.

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Supermarkets are also involves,

agreeing to challenge

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underage customers, just

like they would if they

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were buying alcohol.

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Acid attacks are just

the most horrific crimes

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and what we want to do is to make

sure that we restrict access,

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that we support victims,

that we police these

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attacks really effectively.

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Jabad Hussain was

attacked last year.

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Police officers poured water

into his eyes to save his sight.

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So, what does he think of the plan.

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I would like to give welcome

and thanks to the government,

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for what they are trying to do.

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But it is not the right way to do

that and tackled this problem.

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There is not enough police

on the streets to chase them.

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This is my home city.

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I should not tolerate that.

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You should not tolerate that.

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No one should tolerate that.

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Thousands of independent hardware

shops selling household chemicals

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are also being asked to sign up

to the ban.

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But it's not clear how online

sales will be controlled.

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This former senior

prosecutor is sceptical.

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Only one in five attacks

are carried out by under 18s,

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so four in five adults will still be

able to get hold of acid and use it

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them as they have been doing over

the last year or two.

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These voluntary measures

can only go so far.

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Ministers want to ultimately create

a new offence of carrying

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over-the-counter chemicals in public

without good reason.

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But so much of this type

of crime remains unknown.

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Some academics are now looking

at what motivates a criminal to turn

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a household product like drain

cleaner into a weapon,

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one that has lifelong consequences.

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Dominic Casciani, BBC News at

the Home Office in central London.

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More than thirty people are missing,

after a collision between an oil

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tanker and a cargo ship off

the east coast of China.

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The tanker which caught fire,

was sailing from Iran to South Korea

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with more than a million tons

of crude oil on board.

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The twenty-one Chinese crew

on the cargo ship have been rescued.

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The German Chancellor,

Angela Merkel, says she's

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optimistic her centre right

Christian Democrat Party,

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can reach a coalition deal,

with the centre-left Social

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Democrats.

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Five days of talks have just begun,

three months after Mrs Merkel failed

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to win a Parliamentary majority.

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The French President Emmanuel

Macron, has paid tribute

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to seventeen victims of the Islamist

attack on the offices of a satirical

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magazine and a Jewish supermarket

in Paris three years ago.

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He laid wreathes at the former

headquarters of the Charlie Hebdo

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magazine, where twelve people

were killed, including a police

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officer and outside the supermarket.

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A new round of strikes

on the railways is due

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to begin at midnight,

just as millions of people

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are returning to work

after the Christmas break.

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Our business correspondent Joe Lynam

is at London's Waterloo station.

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Joe.

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Yes, Clive.

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Thousands of trains are expected

to be cancelled tomorrow affecting

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hundreds of thousands of commuters,

including those here

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at the country's busiest station.

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The RMT union affects 6 rail

companies: Southern,

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Northern, South Western,

Greater Anglia, Merseyrail and

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Island Line on the Isle of Wight.

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With the exception of Southern Rail,

there will be 3 strikes this week

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starting at midnight tonight for 24

hours, then another walkout

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on Wednesday and again Friday.

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There will be some replacement bus

services and some rival companies

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will affect -- accept tickets. The

background is an ongoing dispute

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about cards on trains and one person

operated trains. The union says it

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is a safety issue, but the rail

companies say they have made major

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concessions in the past but

passengers are caught in the middle

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and it comes only days after rail

fares went up again. Back to you,

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Clive. Thank you for that.

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The first major awards

ceremony in Hollywood,

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since the Harvey Weinstein scandal,

gets underway in

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Los Angeles tonight.

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Stars attending the Golden Globes,

are planning to dress in black,

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in a show of support for women

who've suffered sexual harassment

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in the film industry.

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Our North America Correspondent

James Cook reports.

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This year, the red carpet will host

a protest, not a party.

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The downfall of movie mogul,

Harvey Weinstein, exposed decades

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of sexual abuse and harassment

in Hollywood and now scores

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of stars are wearing black

to the Golden Globes in solidarity.

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People will be in black but I don't

think it will be funereal, I think

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it will be a celebration of all of

us saying, it is time to do with

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this.

So much darkness is creating

unity and people are standing

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together. Unfortunately tragic times

bring unity.

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The cleansing has already begun.

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Accused of sexual assault,

Kevin Spacey was cut from this film

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and replaced with Christopher

Plummer.

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Co-star Michelle Williams told me

she shot her scenes again for free.

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Films because they are larger than

life, they glorify people and I

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could not bear the thought of being

in a movie with some in her who had

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her people.

Is what is happening a

permanent and significant change?

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Everyone is working day and night to

create the kind of change that will

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be permanent. Are hope is to hand

our daughter is a different world.

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Hollywood is gathering to pat itself

on the back, but everything has

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changed. A few months ago the

entertainment industry was thrown

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into turmoil and everyone here is

only just beginning to work out what

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that means for the future. James

Cook, BBC News, Los Angeles.

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With all the sport,

here's Olly Foster at

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the BBC Sport Centre...

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The holders Arsenal have been

knocked out of the FA Cup 3-1

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by Nottingham Forest.

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There were 3 other

3rd round ties today.

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Spurs are through after beating

Wimbledon but West Ham were held

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by League One Shrowsbury and League

2 Newport County stunned

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Championship side Leeds .

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Here's our Sports

correspondent Andy Swiss.

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Among the fans at Nottingham Forest,

a familiar face, but as Arsene

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Wenger began his touchline ban, his

life was not about to get easier. As

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Arsenal soon trails, the hosts went

ahead. It proved just the start of a

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frantic first half. Per Mertesacker

pounds and it was one all but the

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brink of half-time, forestry took

the lead and howl. This stunning,

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they go to grace any stage. After

the break, of Forest penalty made it

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3-1 but Arsenal were not done as

Danny Welbeck pulled one back and in

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the dying minutes, Forrest got

another penalty and they sealed a

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famous win. It was dramatic,

sometimes controversial, but the

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hosts are out. Earlier it was

Newport County 's day, but with

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Leeds United taking the lead, and

upset seemed unlikely. After the

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break, what daybreak, an equaliser,

Shaughnessy with the most clinical

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of own goals. Newport sense

something special and in the very

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final minute, sure enough.

It is 2-1

to Newport County.

He sent the

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Harbor Army into dreamland and you

poured into the fourth round.

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Shrewsbury's hopes of an upset birds

eye by one of their old boys. Joe

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Hart returning to his former club

and his save saved his current

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employers. A goalless draw, a replay

and for a Joe Hart uncle, a sigh of

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relief. Andy Swiss, BBC News.

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Andy Swiss, BBC News.

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England's cricketer's have it

all to do if they are to avoid

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another Ashes defeat.

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With the series already lost,

a draw is the best that England can

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now hope for in the Final Test

after Australia posted a massive

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first innings total.

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Patrick Gearey reports from Sydney.

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When Australians say it is hard, it

is hard. The weather at the end of

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the arid ashes, take shade, take

water, take wickets if you can. Not

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easy. Shaun Marsh had not sweated

when he went to a century, the

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celebration was a family do with his

brother who was soon hosting ongoing

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to his own hundred. They were so

keen to hug they almost forgot to

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run. Australia had enough, this was

about physical and mental

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disintegration, punishing England in

the heat. The

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Aussies declared Percy on 649-7.

England 303 runs behind and the

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chatter here is how quickly

Australia can win this. The English

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batsmen have one last chance to show

some character. Under the glare of

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the sun and the scoreboard, England

tried to hang on but Mark Stillman

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was gone. Next Alistair Cook battled

by Nathan Lion. Sydney was recording

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as high as temperatures and all

income wanted to do was stay out of

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it, James Vince could not. Head in a

haze, Dawid Malan went and although

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Jonny Bairstow saw England through,

this was a day that brought their

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problems to the boil.

We have a

choice, we can either say we have

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some good positives or we'd be

honest and say there are certain

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areas that are not good enough and

we need to do something about it.

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Change will have to wait, the

England captain will lead them into

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the final day as the last chance but

English hope is all but dried up.

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Patrick Geary, BBC News in Sydney.

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Exeter's lead in the Rugby Union

Prmiership is down to 5 points

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after they were beaten by Newcastle.

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Second (OOV)placed Saracens made up

ground with a bonus point win

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at 3rd placed Wasps .

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Alex Goode scored 2 of their five

tries in the 38-15 win.

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Don't forget the BBC Sport website

for lots more on today's stories

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and you'll also find the goals

from the Womens' Super League

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as Manchester City returned

to the top of the table.

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That's it.

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There's more throughout the evening

on the BBC News Channel,

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