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Tonight on BBC London News: An investigation's underway into | :00:08. | :00:12. | |
whether a Croydon hospital played a part in the death of a pregnant | :00:12. | :00:21. | |
woman's unborn baby. They sent me home, like it was a | :00:21. | :00:27. | |
shock and it was closing time. Not considering my care, my feelings. | :00:27. | :00:30. | |
Also on the programme: Sir Richard Branson attacks the government's | :00:30. | :00:35. | |
decision not to build a third runway at Heathrow. | :00:35. | :00:43. | |
Anybody who is in business in the UK knows that it is desperately | :00:43. | :00:46. | |
needed, we desperately need the capacity. Plus, meet the | :00:46. | :00:49. | |
ambassadors. Some of faces who'll be welcoming visitors to London for | :00:49. | :00:58. | |
the Games. And: So on we go... After decades | :00:58. | :01:02. | |
of touring the world, the Osmonds are in town, to say farewell to the | :01:02. | :01:12. | |
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A woman from Croydon, who lost her baby in the late stages of | :01:14. | :01:17. | |
pregnancy, says she blames the hospital for her unborn child's | :01:17. | :01:19. | |
death. Kelly Manning, who had developed diabetes during pregnancy, | :01:19. | :01:22. | |
says she wasn't treated for the condition early enough. She then | :01:23. | :01:26. | |
says, when staff at the Mayday Hospital suspected her baby had | :01:26. | :01:28. | |
died, they sent her home because the right equipment wasn't | :01:28. | :01:31. | |
available. The hospital says they're investigating what happened. | :01:31. | :01:41. | |
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Marc Ashdown has the story. Keepsake and memories are all that | :01:43. | :01:47. | |
remain. It took Kelly Manning years it to fall pregnant. A few weeks | :01:47. | :01:53. | |
before she was due, the baby stop kicking. Staff said the baby had | :01:53. | :01:57. | |
probably died and she should come back tomorrow as this can think it | :01:57. | :02:02. | |
was not available on a Sunday. sent me home like it was a shop and | :02:02. | :02:07. | |
it was closing time. Not considering my care, by feelings. | :02:07. | :02:13. | |
Not considering how long I have tried to get pregnant. I was with | :02:13. | :02:17. | |
my five-year-old sister at the time. Her family took her to another | :02:17. | :02:21. | |
hospital where she gave birth to her daughter who was stillborn. | :02:21. | :02:27. | |
Kelly newly dyed as well. Before they pulled her out, I sought a big, | :02:27. | :02:32. | |
bright, white light. I said to my mum, I think I am going. My mum | :02:32. | :02:39. | |
said, you need to get her out there now. If they didn't act quickly and | :02:39. | :02:44. | |
palled my daughter out of me, added believe I would be here now. Kenny | :02:44. | :02:52. | |
says her 28 week check-up spotted diabetes which can be fatal in | :02:52. | :02:56. | |
pregnant women. She claims she wasn't seen again for six weeks. | :02:56. | :03:00. | |
The trust says it is in the early stages of an investigation into the | :03:00. | :03:05. | |
complaint which will involve going through her notes. They said the | :03:05. | :03:09. | |
Scanning Unit should be available 24/7 so the focus will be on | :03:09. | :03:18. | |
finding out what happened that day. Not good enough for the local MP. | :03:18. | :03:22. | |
The hospital has to raise its game very quickly, this illustrates the | :03:22. | :03:28. | |
problem. There is a wider problem. People now, if they become acutely | :03:28. | :03:33. | |
ill at weekends, are more likely to die than if they become ill in the | :03:33. | :03:39. | |
week. Kelly is despite these shortcomings are addressed so no | :03:39. | :03:47. | |
one else faces the same loss. only thing I have left of her... | :03:47. | :03:53. | |
She looked so bad. Eventually she might try for another baby but will | :03:53. | :03:58. | |
pursue answers. Her beautiful daughter, lost in such a tragic way. | :03:58. | :04:02. | |
Marc joins me now. What more can you tell us about what happened | :04:02. | :04:12. | |
here? It is still very early days in this investigation. | :04:12. | :04:16. | |
Kelly has made a formal And it is still not clear what went wrong. It | :04:16. | :04:19. | |
appears Kelly developed gestational diabetes. This can happen during | :04:19. | :04:22. | |
pregnancy, and usually goes away afterwards. We spoke today with a | :04:22. | :04:27. | |
number of independent clinicians. All say it must be treated | :04:27. | :04:30. | |
immediately, if diagnosed, with regular check-ups until the birth. | :04:30. | :04:34. | |
Kelly's notes will be crucial here. They would should show if any | :04:34. | :04:36. | |
treatment happened. The hospital trust says it's committed to | :04:36. | :04:40. | |
getting to the bottom of this case. And it says it's keen to work with | :04:40. | :04:43. | |
Kelly to help understand what went wrong. I understand they'll meet | :04:43. | :04:48. | |
with her as early as Monday next week. | :04:48. | :04:53. | |
Coming up later: How a special relationship between the First Lady | :04:53. | :05:03. | |
and a London school resulted in an Sir Richard Branson has launched an | :05:03. | :05:05. | |
attack on the coalition government's aviation policy, and | :05:05. | :05:10. | |
its decision not to build a third runway at Heathrow. The multi- | :05:10. | :05:13. | |
million pound businessman says it's making a "dire" mistake, and | :05:13. | :05:15. | |
building another runway would "make sense". Our transport correspondent | :05:15. | :05:21. | |
Tom Edwards reports. Virgin Atlantic, part owned by one | :05:21. | :05:26. | |
of the UK's most successful businessmen, Sir Richard Branson. | :05:26. | :05:29. | |
Perhaps no surprise that he wants expansion and a third runway at | :05:30. | :05:34. | |
Heathrow. Something that's been ruled out by the coalition. He's | :05:35. | :05:42. | |
also scathing of the government's aviation policy. | :05:42. | :05:48. | |
Where the government is making a dire mistake is not thinking what | :05:48. | :05:52. | |
we are going to do in the next 20 years, in the interim. Every single | :05:52. | :05:58. | |
hotel, every single restaurant, every single taxi driver, every | :05:58. | :06:02. | |
single shop, everything will suffer, if everybody goes to Europe and | :06:02. | :06:05. | |
they don't come to the UK. Heathrow's operating at 98% | :06:05. | :06:07. | |
capacity. And businesses, like Virgin Atlantic, say a third | :06:07. | :06:14. | |
runway's badly needed to boost economic growth. | :06:14. | :06:19. | |
Virgin Atlantic has come to a grinding halt, we can't get any | :06:19. | :06:24. | |
more routes. And we could be creating thousands of jobs. | :06:24. | :06:27. | |
Politically, as well as the coalition, all of the main mayoral | :06:27. | :06:30. | |
candidates oppose another runway at Heathrow, as they outlined at | :06:30. | :06:33. | |
hustings last night. Those who campaigned for years against | :06:33. | :06:36. | |
expansion, and who live near the airport, are confident the | :06:36. | :06:45. | |
government won't be swayed. I don't care whether the planes are | :06:45. | :06:49. | |
more environmentally friendly, they will never be quite enough or | :06:49. | :06:51. | |
environmentally friendly enough to be able to go ahead with a third | :06:51. | :06:56. | |
runway. That is because of all the flights they wanted to bring in. We | :06:56. | :06:59. | |
just can't handle it environmentally or socially. | :06:59. | :07:05. | |
Sir Richard wants the government to change its mind. I think they have | :07:05. | :07:10. | |
made the mistake of saying, tried to get elected on the basis they | :07:10. | :07:14. | |
wouldn't do it, thinking it was the proper thing to do. I know, by | :07:14. | :07:18. | |
doing this interview, it is an unpopular thing to say. But | :07:18. | :07:24. | |
somebody has got to say it. And, sometimes, brave people change | :07:24. | :07:31. | |
their minds. A third runway would make sense. The government's | :07:31. | :07:34. | |
consulting soon on the best way to maintain a hub airport. It says | :07:34. | :07:37. | |
it's committed to a policy that supports economic growth, addresses | :07:37. | :07:41. | |
the environmental impact. At the moment, all options are on the | :07:41. | :07:47. | |
table, but not a third runway at Heathrow. That angers businesses. | :07:47. | :07:54. | |
Sir Richard Branson says leaving it out is "dishonest". | :07:54. | :07:57. | |
Tom Edwards reporting. The battle against the third runway was most | :07:57. | :08:01. | |
closely fought by villages under the flight path. Ayshea Buksh is is | :08:01. | :08:11. | |
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in Sipson tonight, and joins me now. It might seem quiet in here for a | :08:12. | :08:17. | |
Friday night. The landlord will tell us why in a minute. This | :08:17. | :08:20. | |
village was one of those places where the battle against the third | :08:20. | :08:24. | |
runway was fought long and hard, and this is where it was one. Now | :08:24. | :08:29. | |
with people such as Richard Branson tried to reignite the debate, it | :08:29. | :08:36. | |
may seem as if the war is far from over. The first of all, tell us | :08:36. | :08:40. | |
what has happened since the third runway decision was made? | :08:40. | :08:50. | |
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Basically, a bond scheme was offered to 400 private houses. 300 | :08:51. | :08:55. | |
families have taken it up, have moved away from this village in the | :08:55. | :09:03. | |
last two years. They have entered the house is out on a yearly leases. | :09:03. | :09:07. | |
Basically, people are changing all the time, coming and going, there's | :09:07. | :09:12. | |
no community any more. All of the businesses, small businesses, which | :09:13. | :09:18. | |
relied on community spirit, it has been devastating. How do you feel | :09:18. | :09:23. | |
about Richard Branson pushing for a third runway again? People with | :09:23. | :09:29. | |
money and power seemed to get away with what they want to do. I think | :09:29. | :09:35. | |
it will happen. There's too much money invested. Environmentalists | :09:35. | :09:39. | |
would say that any airport expansion needs to be kept in check, | :09:39. | :09:49. | |
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not to save villages such as this, but to save the planet as a whole. | :09:56. | :10:00. | |
Meet Gerry and Joan Sheridan, both in their 70s. They're just two of | :10:00. | :10:03. | |
the thousands of volunteers who'll be on hand on the capital's streets | :10:03. | :10:13. | |
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during this summer's Games. Gerry went to watch the Olympics | :10:16. | :10:20. | |
the last time they were held in London in 1948. This time, he and | :10:20. | :10:24. | |
his wife Joan want to experience the Games on the streets. Supposing | :10:24. | :10:27. | |
you get up, and you're not feeling well. The couple are both training | :10:27. | :10:31. | |
as ambassadors for the capital. Two of 8,000 volunteers who will stand | :10:31. | :10:34. | |
on the street and help visitors make their way around Olympic | :10:34. | :10:41. | |
London. What exactly are they going to do? We have leaflets to hand out. | :10:41. | :10:45. | |
All kinds of questions, questions of a personal nature. Can you tell | :10:45. | :10:49. | |
me where I can get to a hospital? Very worthy. But why, in your 70s, | :10:49. | :10:53. | |
would you want to spend the summer doing this? I like meeting people, | :10:53. | :11:01. | |
and so does Joan. The whole thing is to get yourself across, to make | :11:01. | :11:11. | |
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yourself approachable to a member of the public. Just the excitement | :11:19. | :11:24. | |
of a tour. It started off with Gerry telling me about the 1948 | :11:24. | :11:29. | |
Olympics and how he remembers it as a spectator. And it must be | :11:29. | :11:32. | |
wonderful to have that memory. also, we are both Londoners are not | :11:32. | :11:37. | |
only will it be a great honour for us, but even in a business sense, | :11:37. | :11:40. | |
it could do great things for Britain. Today, the couple put | :11:40. | :11:43. | |
their ambassador outfits on for the first time, and met the Mayor, who | :11:43. | :11:48. | |
is funding the scheme. Pink and purple are clearly the colours of | :11:48. | :11:52. | |
the Olympics summer, and everything is based around what they are | :11:52. | :11:56. | |
calling pods. Information booths, to you and me. They need to be | :11:56. | :12:01. | |
polite and knowledgeable. A lot of them will speak foreign languages. | :12:01. | :12:03. | |
They are all trained to the exuberant and extrovert, without | :12:03. | :12:09. | |
being irritating. Londoners can have a reputation for being | :12:09. | :12:12. | |
unfriendly, because they are often so busy they don't have time to | :12:12. | :12:15. | |
stop and help people. These ambassadors are aimed at changing | :12:15. | :12:25. | |
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that image. Markham Teachers in London are to | :12:40. | :12:44. | |
take industrial action in a dispute over pensions. Members of the NUT | :12:44. | :12:46. | |
and the University and College Union are calling a one-day | :12:46. | :12:49. | |
regional strike on March the 28th. How much disruption will it cause? | :12:49. | :12:54. | |
The NUT says it will be calling out 50,000 teachers. The union says it | :12:54. | :12:59. | |
will close many schools, and others will be disrupted. This is the | :12:59. | :13:05. | |
first of a series of regional strikes in what has been a national | :13:05. | :13:09. | |
campaign against the changes the government is planning to the | :13:09. | :13:13. | |
pension scheme. On the day, the NUT says it will bring in thousands of | :13:13. | :13:17. | |
teachers down here to Westminster to the Department for Education, | :13:17. | :13:21. | |
calling on the government to improve its offer. We think | :13:21. | :13:27. | |
probably lots of schools in London will close on 28 March. We again | :13:27. | :13:31. | |
apologise for that destruction. We are taking action to defend | :13:31. | :13:36. | |
teachers and their pensions and education. We need high-quality | :13:36. | :13:40. | |
teachers in classrooms. Is there any chance of this being called | :13:40. | :13:50. | |
off? It looks unlikely at this time. Both sides are at loggerheads. The | :13:50. | :13:54. | |
NUT says it would cause of action if they renew negotiations on the | :13:54. | :13:58. | |
table. But the government issued a statement today saying this action | :13:58. | :14:03. | |
is irresponsible, it says the deal on the table is as good as it gets, | :14:03. | :14:10. | |
and it says it will not be reopening that -- talks. That means | :14:10. | :14:12. | |
parents of school children in the Greater London area will either | :14:13. | :14:16. | |
have to take time off or find someone else to look after their | :14:16. | :14:25. | |
Still to come, we are being encouraged to do the Sport Relief | :14:25. | :14:29. | |
mile, but I will be abseiling down one of the biggest buildings in the | :14:29. | :14:36. | |
City of London. Hi, we are the Osmonds, and we are doing a concert | :14:36. | :14:41. | |
tonight in Croydon. We will also be right here with you on BBC London | :14:41. | :14:46. | |
News. The first lady of the United States is many things to many | :14:46. | :14:49. | |
people, but to one group of London pupils, she is affectionately known | :14:49. | :14:53. | |
as "Auntie". That is because the girls from Elizabeth Garrett | :14:53. | :14:56. | |
Anderson School have just got back from the White House after being | :14:56. | :15:06. | |
invited by Michelle Obama. And she has given them some special advice. | :15:06. | :15:11. | |
There is so much to talk about. Just back from Washington, 12 | :15:12. | :15:15. | |
Islington 14 and 15-year-olds are still pinching themselves after | :15:15. | :15:19. | |
meeting the president and the First Lady at the White House. The bond | :15:19. | :15:23. | |
between Mrs Obama and the north London school has become so strong | :15:23. | :15:28. | |
that they consider her family. acted quite informal with us. She | :15:28. | :15:34. | |
could relate to us. She is like a Monty to us. It is nice to have | :15:34. | :15:41. | |
such a relationship with her. Michel? Yeah. Everybody knew we | :15:41. | :15:45. | |
were from the UK. Michelle Obama kept such a special relationship | :15:45. | :15:49. | |
with us. We learnt that networking is important to get to where you | :15:49. | :15:56. | |
are. She said it is good to fail, because then you can learn. She | :15:56. | :16:01. | |
said just get back up. All of you are precious, and you touch my | :16:01. | :16:07. | |
heart. That was in 2009, the first time she visited the school. Since | :16:07. | :16:11. | |
then, the pupils met up with her at Oxford University. This week, they | :16:11. | :16:16. | |
were invited to fly out to meet the president as well. They think this | :16:16. | :16:19. | |
is just normal. Does it feel weird that the | :16:19. | :16:21. | |
president of the US knows your school? | :16:21. | :16:28. | |
In does not feel weird, because it shows us that people know our | :16:28. | :16:34. | |
school and that it stands out. is to be expected? Yeah. This | :16:34. | :16:39. | |
relationship has taught them that you should hang on to your dreams. | :16:39. | :16:43. | |
Make sure you are passionate about something, and do everything you | :16:43. | :16:47. | |
can to make sure you reach your potential. The girls have written | :16:47. | :16:51. | |
journals of their visit, and intend to keep their special relationship | :16:51. | :16:54. | |
going. Mark Bright is here with a big | :16:54. | :16:57. | |
football weekend in store, starting with the only English team left in | :16:57. | :17:06. | |
the Champions' League. Who will they be playing next? The big draw | :17:06. | :17:11. | |
was this morning. Chelsea have drawn Benfica. Fans, players and | :17:11. | :17:17. | |
everyone else will probably be shouting, yes! There were a few | :17:17. | :17:21. | |
teams they wanted to avoid such as Real Madrid and a few teams they | :17:21. | :17:27. | |
wanted to draw, including Benfica. Benfica were in the group when | :17:27. | :17:31. | |
Manchester United were knocked out, so not to be taken lightly. But it | :17:31. | :17:36. | |
is a great opportunity for Chelsea to progress. The first game will be | :17:36. | :17:45. | |
on 27th March and the return leg is on 4th April. | :17:45. | :17:50. | |
Meanwhile, it is also the quarter- finals for the FA Cup? Yes, Chelsea | :17:50. | :17:55. | |
will be in action again on Sunday against Leicester. Many think they | :17:55. | :17:59. | |
will easily win that. But on the back of that Champions League game | :17:59. | :18:07. | |
against Napoli, a word of caution. They had better be careful. | :18:07. | :18:11. | |
Tomorrow, it is Spurs versus Bolton. Spurs have had a wobbled recently. | :18:11. | :18:16. | |
Ever since Harry was linked with the England job. So it would be | :18:16. | :18:20. | |
good for them to get themselves back on track. Bolton beat | :18:20. | :18:24. | |
Liverpool 3-1 in January, so it is not a foregone conclusion. But I am | :18:24. | :18:29. | |
sure both London teams will go through. Any other fixtures? | :18:29. | :18:34. | |
quick mention for Chelsea's under 18 youth team. They have a semi- | :18:34. | :18:38. | |
final tonight against Manchester United in the first leg away. It is | :18:38. | :18:47. | |
the equivalent of the FA Cup for the senior team. That kings of -- | :18:47. | :18:52. | |
that kicks off at seven. Very busy. Away from football, lots of | :18:52. | :18:56. | |
activities are going on for Sport Relief. Some are very brave in my | :18:56. | :19:00. | |
eyes, including one of our reporters. Yes, this time next week, | :19:00. | :19:05. | |
we will all be asked to run, skip or juggled down a mile for charity. | :19:06. | :19:13. | |
But Sara went with some rugby players to Broadgate power to | :19:13. | :19:20. | |
abseil a mile. Let's see how she got on. This is Broadgate tower. At | :19:20. | :19:25. | |
over 165 metres high, it is the fourth tallest building in the City | :19:25. | :19:28. | |
and for Sport Relief, I will be abseiling down it. The good news is | :19:28. | :19:33. | |
that I am not doing it on my own. I have back up. At least, I thought I | :19:33. | :19:41. | |
had. Ahead of the last weekend of Rugby 6 Nations Championship, I am | :19:41. | :19:45. | |
joined by former internationals Martin, Tony and Kieran, along with | :19:46. | :19:50. | |
London Irish players Jonathan, Steve and Ed. Seven of us in total. | :19:50. | :19:55. | |
Between us, we have to go down the building ten times to complete a | :19:55. | :20:00. | |
mile, meaning some of us are going down twice. I feel OK. But the | :20:00. | :20:05. | |
closer it gets, I am getting a touch nervous. But because I am | :20:05. | :20:15. | |
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with the boys, I will put on a brave face and see how it goes. A, | :20:16. | :20:20. | |
my goodness! As we draw a crowd at the bottom, the views are | :20:20. | :20:30. | |
spectacular. It is a real privilege to see the City from this viewpoint. | :20:30. | :20:34. | |
And before I know it, I am back on the ground. But it is straight back | :20:34. | :20:39. | |
to the top to see how the boys are feeling. Before the World Cup in | :20:39. | :20:44. | |
2003, we did some jumping off little cliffs. They were about 100 | :20:44. | :20:49. | |
feet. This is different. Terrified over there. I don't know whether | :20:49. | :20:54. | |
I'd just like being in straps! But I feel all right. Whilst I leave | :20:54. | :20:58. | |
them to look after themselves, the downward procession continues. | :20:58. | :21:04. | |
second time was scarier than the first! I don't know why. I did not | :21:04. | :21:10. | |
look down. Finally, it is my turn again. I hope my backside is not | :21:10. | :21:16. | |
hanging out the back of my jeans. They have been inside there all day. | :21:16. | :21:24. | |
That must be a dull meeting. That is one mile! You don't have to do | :21:24. | :21:27. | |
anything as extreme as we have done to take part in the Sport Relief | :21:27. | :21:31. | |
mile. There are loads of miles going on, and you don't have to run. | :21:31. | :21:38. | |
You can walk, jog, juggle, anything. For more details, go to the Sport | :21:38. | :21:48. | |
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Relief website. Brilliant effort. If you want to get involved, go to | :21:49. | :21:56. | |
sport relief .com. Put your postcode into the toolbar, and it | :21:56. | :22:01. | |
will say what is going on near you and your nearest mile. My nearest | :22:01. | :22:07. | |
mile is Tooting Bec. Here is a question for you. Remember the | :22:07. | :22:15. | |
Osmonds? I think I can name them all. Jimmy... While you do that, | :22:15. | :22:18. | |
let's carry on. This is how many remember them. | :22:18. | :22:21. | |
Since the '70s, the Osmonds have been performing to sell-out crowds | :22:21. | :22:25. | |
around the world. Their latest UK tour - 50 shows in 60 days - is | :22:25. | :22:28. | |
tinged with a little sadness for devoted fans, as it will be their | :22:28. | :22:31. | |
last one in this country. Tonight Jimmy, Jay and Merrill are | :22:31. | :22:34. | |
performing in Croydon. Wendy Hurrell went to meet some of them | :22:34. | :22:42. | |
and their superfans. They might not be cool, but there | :22:42. | :22:48. | |
is no doubting their natural musical talent. | :22:48. | :22:54. | |
# Enjoy yourself. All their success. This family has | :22:54. | :22:58. | |
sold over 100 million records. Now it is time to Jimmy, Jay and | :22:58. | :23:04. | |
Merrill to say farewell. The show tonight in Croydon is won a 50 | :23:04. | :23:08. | |
across the UK. This will be their last tour. Why are you saying | :23:08. | :23:16. | |
goodbye now? I am sick of him. don't like each other any more. | :23:17. | :23:21. | |
our fans are so supportive. They remember all the lyrics. Even | :23:21. | :23:24. | |
Merrill does not remember the lyrics. For fans today are just as | :23:25. | :23:31. | |
devoted. If the days of Osmond mania have passed. He was trying to | :23:31. | :23:36. | |
get out of a limousine, and the fans came and crushed the limousine. | :23:36. | :23:44. | |
And he was inside it. Remember? He loved every minute. It was crazy. I | :23:44. | :23:48. | |
once broke into a hotel and hid in a laundry basket and got pushed | :23:48. | :23:52. | |
along the corridor, to spring out like a jack-in-the-box. But then I | :23:52. | :23:57. | |
got carted off by security. they still try to get to every show. | :23:57. | :24:02. | |
We are going to Hammersmith, Margate... At it is the nostalgia | :24:02. | :24:07. | |
as well. In the '70s, there was no way we would get anywhere near them. | :24:07. | :24:12. | |
Now, they come out and talk to you. We have had amazing times, amazing | :24:12. | :24:17. | |
friendships I have made a. So those superfans will make the most of his | :24:17. | :24:24. | |
farewell tour. But don't worry, I am not part of the Act. | :24:24. | :24:29. | |
# Don't love me for fun, girl. # Let me be the one, girl. | :24:29. | :24:39. | |
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# Loved me for a reason, let the reason be love. #. | :24:40. | :24:50. | |
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Now the weather. What is in store for Mother's Day weekend? Never | :24:53. | :25:03. | |
mind the crazy horses, we have some pretty crazy weather. This weekend, | :25:03. | :25:08. | |
we will probably have some April showers for Mothering Sunday. | :25:08. | :25:15. | |
Showery rain. Sunday is the brighter of the two days. But no | :25:15. | :25:19. | |
sunshine today and no stars tonight either. Cloudy skies this evening, | :25:19. | :25:29. | |
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but staying dry. Some drizzly rain later overnight. Not too chilly. | :25:35. | :25:42. | |
Tomorrow, another rather grey day. Rain on and off. We might get | :25:42. | :25:49. | |
heavier bursts here and there. Then things start to dry up and brighten | :25:49. | :25:53. | |
up around teatime. If you are heading off for the final kick-off | :25:53. | :25:57. | |
of the Six Nations, you are likely to get wet on the way to Twickenham. | :25:57. | :26:03. | |
But it should dry up in time for the match. You might have to do a | :26:03. | :26:12. | |
bit of aged on Sunday to avoid the showers. And it is Mothering Sunday. | :26:12. | :26:16. | |
Some fairly sharp showers around. You might even hear a rumble of | :26:16. | :26:22. | |
thunder. If you are thinking of buying your mum a garden plant, | :26:22. | :26:25. | |
make sure it can take a frost, because those showers will fade | :26:25. | :26:30. | |
away. The cloud will disappear on Sunday night. It will be a frosty | :26:30. | :26:40. | |
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start to the new week. Clear skies on Sunday night into Monday morning. | :26:42. | :26:48. | |
You can see the difference in Tonight's main headlines: the | :26:48. | :26:51. | |
Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, is to step down at the | :26:51. | :26:55. | |
end of this year. He has battled with a number of issues that have | :26:55. | :26:57. | |
threatened to split the Anglican Church, including same-sex | :26:57. | :27:00. | |
marriages. Belgium has held a national day of | :27:00. | :27:03. | |
mourning to remember the victims of Tuesday night's coach crash in | :27:03. | :27:07. | |
Switzerland. Today it emerged that a British boy, 11-year-old | :27:07. | :27:12. | |
Sebastian Bowles, was among the 28 people who died. | :27:12. | :27:15. | |
The town of Warminster in Wiltshire came to a standstill today, as | :27:15. | :27:18. | |
residents paid their respects to the six soldiers killed in | :27:18. | :27:28. | |
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Afghanistan last week. And some of the 80,000 volunteers | :27:30. | :27:34. | |
for the Olympics got a better idea today of what they will be expected | :27:34. | :27:39. |