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This week, remembering the Spanish Civil War. We are in a village

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frozen in time since destroyed in battle. Plus... Open wide. Close

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encounters with hungry sharks in the clear waters of the Pacific. Tommy's

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rolling into town with the recipe for a good time. This is where it

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all goes down. Right here is my little one and sink area which is

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where I like to cook little things for my guests. And we are in Rome,

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turning simple ingredients into a classic Italian dish.

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One place where the scars of the Spanish Civil War are too visible is

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the old village of Belchite in north-eastern Spain. It's a ruin.

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Streets are filled with the remains of buildings that were blasted to

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pieces during the war, which started 80 years ago this month. It was

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fought between the leftist Republicans and the far right

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nationalists, led by General Franco, and a major flashpoint was the

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village of Belchite. This was a sight of one of the bloodiest

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battles of the war. For 13 days, back in 1937, this village was under

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siege. Villagers were caught in the middle of the conflict and most took

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to their sellers to try to survive. -- cellars.

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During the siege, over 3000 were killed and the village of Belchite

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was left devastated. Like so many buildings here in Belchite, this

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church was completely destroyed during the fighting, and this bit of

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graffiti he tells the story. It says old village of Belchite, you're

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young people are no longer around to sing the songs that their fathers

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used to sing -- your young. After almost three years of fighting the

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civil war ended. The Nationalists forces to pick the Republicans and

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Franco went on to rule Spain as a dictator. He decreed that the

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village of Belchite be built in you and that the ruin of old Belchite be

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left untouched as a monument to the wall. Thomas was 13 years old when

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war came to his village. He managed to escape during the fighting, with

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his sister, and now lives in modern Belchite, but the Belchite ruin

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brings back many memories. Today Spanish-language tours of the

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site catered to thousands of letters from this country and across the

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world. This may be a very popular site for tourists but for local

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Spanish people the question of how to memorialise the country's civil

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war and fascist past is a subject of fierce debate. After the death of

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Franco and his dictatorship in 1975, Spanish political parties agree to

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an informal pact of forgetting, which meant the country's

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nationalist past was widely ignored. That's changed in the last decade or

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so. In 2007, a law was passed to condemn General Franco's regime and

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honour the war's victims and many have called for a truth and can see

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it in process, like in South Africa after the end of apartheid. Still,

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many believe that the past should simply be forgotten, including

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powerful symbols like the ruins of Belchite.

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The tourists I met he also believe that the site should continue to be

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preserved. -- here. As the anniversary of the civil war

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approaches, Spain will doubtless continue to debate how it will

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remember its past and perhaps 80 years is still not enough time to

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bring about a full and frank national compensation. But whatever

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happens, old Belchite will continue to stand as a striking monument and

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a harsh reminder of what happens when national arguments turn to

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violence. If our time in Belchite has pick your interest in other

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historical sites at Epping preserved for posterity, here are some top

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tips. This is Japan, just off the coast near Nagasaki. Though you

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might recognise it from the James Bond film Skyfall, where it played

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the villain's deserted lair. It was built to house coalminers and during

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the Second World War it was filled with slave labour. The mine closed

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and the island emptied in the 1970s, and now you can take tours of the

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crumbling remains. There are more relics of the Second World War off

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the English coast near the mouth of the River Thames. These forts were

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built to shoot down aircraft on their way to attack London and deter

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boats from laying mines. Later some of the towers were used for pirate

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radio stations, and today both occasionally take people out to sea

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for a closer look at the forts. There is a deserted town you might

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instinctively want to avoid, Chernobyl. 30 years after the

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nuclear accident, thousands of people now visit each year. What

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they find is a deserted time Capsule from Soviet 1986, a town abandoned

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overnight and left for dead. And in Naples in Italy there is a tunnel

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made for a keen to make a sharp exit from his palace. The tunnel was dug

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in 1853 for a nervous Ferdinand II, King of the two Cicely is but it was

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never finished. It served as an underground hospital in the Second

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World War and a store for empowerment cars -- Cicelys. There

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are several ways to tour the tunnel and the favourite includes a hard

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hat and a zip wire. Staying in Italy, this week's Global

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Gourmet comes from Rome. They are not many cities without an Italian

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restaurant in the world, but they aren't always authentic. So, let's

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go to one of Rome's most popular restaurants. This is how to make the

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perfect pastor. -- pasta. This is one of the oldest restaurants in

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Rome. Three generations. We prepare this simple dish. The tomatoes,

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fresh tomatoes, the cheek of the pork, the red pepper, which is

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spicy... Youth put in half a pot of water.

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Peel the skin of the tomato. -- you. It isn't the best thing to it, the

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skin. This is the cheek of the pork. We

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put the cheek of the pork... One of the white wines of Rome. Then we put

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the tomato when there isn't much source. We do this until it is

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ready. Then I take the pasta. Then we put

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it to cook. Still to come on The Travel Show. ROCK MUSIC PLAYS. Yeah!

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An cat and mouse with the great whites of the Pacific. -- playing.

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And Tommy shows us why we don't want him in the tent next door. Can you

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still hear me? The Travel Show, your essential guide wherever you are

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heading. Yo, yo, yo, BBC, welcome to my crib.

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That is right, British summertime is well in effect, and you can see how

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I, the pop star, lives. This is how it all goes down. This is my sink

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area where I like to cook for my guests. And this is my lounge room,

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and my bedroom. And this is my shower and toilet and sync all put

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in this little space. -- sink. This innovative design is a head turner.

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It is quite spacious. Even though I am tall, my head still hits the

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ceiling, but that is my only criticism. You are really just

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paying for the design factor. It is a bit of an issue for me, the size.

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But look at the size of this bed! If you don't have a retro caravan to

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stay in, this is the cheaper alternative. A tent that its makers

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claim you can put up in two seconds. Let's put that to the test. This

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tent took me longer than two seconds to put up. More like a few minutes

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for a novice like me is a bit but it is fairly straightforward to use. --

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but. It is 100% waterproof and compensation prove. Things can get

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hot and muggy inside but it won't feel bad. There is plenty of room in

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here for someone to join me. So, if I want company, come in. And then

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one of these, can you guess what it is? No? It is not the latest man

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bag, it is a portable stove. The Primus, a stylish and compact double

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burner stove. It is easy to add at. Once secure, you can start. --

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attach. Remember, always be careful storing gas canisters. Use, the

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burners are partially shielded from the wind. -- once in use. It is

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super simple, light weight, portable, easy to get going, and it

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is now lunch, so get out of the way, give me a bit of peace, please.

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Thank you. If you like taking your music with you, you will value a

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good portable speaker. There are many to choose from, including this

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one. It may be a bit bulky to put in your rucksack, but it has had a

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baby. It will light up our world. The GBL Pulse II is powerful for its

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size, with a good balance. It's intriguing multicoloured LED light

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show reacts to your music's tempo. But it is low on accessories, that

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is the only disadvantage. It is difficult to fault. But it is

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splashproof, not waterproof. You cannot submerge it like previous

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models. That is important to know if you go somewhere with water. But you

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are getting a massive 360 degrees sound something this small! I wonder

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how far back it goes. Back up. Kenny Stills Niemi? -- can you still hear

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me? Now to the Pacific, and the Mexican island of Guadalupe, nearly

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250 kilometres off California. The volcanic coast drops off into the

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bluest of Pacific waters, but underneath the surface it is home to

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hundreds of great white sharks. This shark is around four metres long.

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Some around here are half as big again. And if you could put them on

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the scales, they weigh 2.5 tons. White sharks just captured the

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public's imagination in a way not many other species can do, they are

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the lions of the ocean. There is a magic quality. We should not fear

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them. We need to protect them. We are all better off that they are

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here. They are drawn here because these a ready supply of food. The

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island is home to seals, easy pray for a great white shark. But they

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can be tempted away from the seals with the taste of tuna, bringing

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them up close to divers who want to get up close with the sharks. Yeah!

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I have a lot of respect for an animal that comes out of the water

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like that with its teeth this long and that can kill you. To get in the

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cage, all you have to do is slide in. I can't wait. I am so excited.

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And... Which fill up. This boat has three cages for divers. -- wish me

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luck. The third one lives the deepest. OK... You don't need a

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diving qualification to do this. There is a special supply from the

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boat. The cages led to divers get astonishingly close to the sharks.

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The gaps in the cages look big, but, don't worry, they are enough to keep

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the sharks at bay. MUSIC PLAYS. And we've seals in abundance and tuna a

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treat, humans and that much of a prospect of food to the sharks. --

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and with. -- aren't that much of. That was amazing. You turn around

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and there is one like in your face. They aren't after us like many

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people like to think, Jaws, and all that stuff. I feel very privileged.

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They seem to be living their lives. It was a privilege to see them. I

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arrived scared and I leave scared. LAUGHING. MUSIC PLAYS. Going to the

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island to dive with the sharks is not cheap. It may cost thousands of

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dollars. But getting so close to one of the Earth's greatest predators

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may be worth the incredible experience.

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Well, that is all we have time for on this week's show. Coming up next

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week... JAZZ MUSIC. We're in New Orleans, beginning a two week march

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across the southern states of the USA. That is exactly how I imagined

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it, a brass band going down the street and they hold crowd following

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them and getting into it. Fantastic. And is taking aim deep in the heart

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of Texas. So do catch up with us if you can. And in real time you can

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keep up with us by signing up to the on line details which are on your

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screen now. But for now and the rest of the team say goodbye. -- for now,

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me and the. The change in the month

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did not bring a change It will be a decent

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start to Saturday. But this brisk westerly breeze

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will bring the showers

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