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First Minister, Alex Salmond, what he would

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Good evening. There may have been some respite from the heavy rain and

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storms today in the flooded areas of Berkshire and Surrey. But tomorrow,

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it's going to get bad again. Tonight warnings of a danger to life are

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still in place. But it has emerged that when it comes to avoiding

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similar problems in the future, the Environment Agency have already had

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plans drawn up. They just lack the money to do anything about them

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Here's our political correspondent Karl Mercer.

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They are scenes that are becoming all too familiar ` the Army last

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night in Chertsey setting up temporary flood defences to try to

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hold back the Thames. This afternoon, more familiar scenes and

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more thoroughly of frustration for those who feel their communities

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have been let down. The politicians don't answer your questions. They're

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not giving us answers, so I think the majority of people just feel

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that the money isn't spent the way it should be spent. We know it's

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going to happen here so if they can do something in Holland, why not

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here? We have money spent on things it doesn't need to be. Spend it

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where it matters. But rolled black o'clock 11 years and this was the

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scene in the area. The floods than were not as bad as the current crop.

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250 homes were flooded in 2003 but the devastation prompted claims the

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area needed to be saved from future damage. This report from the

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Environment Agency is from August 2010. It's a 20 year vision for the

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lower Thames area, which includes places like rain spree `` Wraysbury,

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Datchet and stains. It said the area covers one of the largest most

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developed but undefended flood plains in England, with 21,000

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properties and 51,000 people at risk of flooding. It's a bold plan that

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would see three new flood channels dog, each up to 60 metres wide and

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stretching a total of more than ten miles. It wouldn't be complete until

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2026. But there's a bigger hurdle. At the moment, the Environment

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Agency doesn't have the money to pay for it. At the point the study was

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stopped, it was agreed this was needed for this particular area of

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London and investments were to be made towards that. Unfortunately,

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investment in the project stopped about three years ago with reduced

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funding across a number of projects in the Environment Agency. The

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project would cost ?256 million but the government is only stumping up

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?136 million. The Environment Agency needs to raise ?120 million. I'm

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hopeful that this sort of event will have focused people's mind so that

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potential partners, local authorities, landowners along the

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river, will want to join with us and provide funding as well, so that

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this project can go ahead because they'll see the economic benefits

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for themselves. So while locals are hoping for government money to help

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them, the Environment Agency is having to cast its net a little

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further afield. Let's speak to our reporter Nick

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Beake. He's spent today in Staines`upon`Thames. Nick, the

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Government has said money's no object when it comes to the floods.

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Is that good news for this project and stopping future floods where you

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are? Well, I think the short answer is probably no because the prime

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minister's comments have been interpreted as concerning short`term

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clear up operation, rather than any longer term projects. The Prime

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Minister did chair a Cabinet committee and it was announced that

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they would be a review of compensation for the victims of

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flooding and a review of flood defences but, in terms of this

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particular scheme for the lower Thames, the position we find

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ourselves in is that another ?1 0 million is needed from local

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authorities to make it a reality. And if, indeed, that money is

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gathered, it won't be until 202 at this scheme will be finished. So in

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the here and now, if you've been flooded, little consolation. We ve

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been talking to the local GP here who has set up his surgery in this

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pub because his practice down the road has been flooded. He told us he

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has already treated people for the psychological impact of the

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flooding. They've had their lifetimes are ruined, really,

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because of the emotional upset. I've seen patients with flood stress

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They are in a state of denial, shocked and anxiety. We're treating

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them with medication and counselling. I understand their role

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warnings for people in Surrey and Berkshire when it comes to flood

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tonight. `` there are warnings. Public`health officials are

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concerned about the water, particularly the bugs that may be in

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there. The likes of E. Coli and salmonella, which can cause fever,

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stomach pains and diarrhoea. They're worried that sewage might escape and

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combine with animal waste. Another concern would be that the winter

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vomiting virus, the North virus and hepatitis a could spread more easily

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because of the dirty water. `` the North virus. We're being advised to

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wash our hands and keep pets away from the water. They are at pains to

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point out that it is not just those coming into contact with the water

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who could become ill but also through ingesting it. At the

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moment, the water levels have receded somewhat, with the prospect

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of more rain tomorrow, so they are likely to rise once more. In other

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news: Men growing moustaches through the month of November have helped to

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pay for the first centre in Britain dedicated to diagnosing prostate

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cancer. The Movember campaign, which is in its seventh year in the UK,

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encourages men to raise money by growing their facial hair. Alice

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Bhandhukravi has this report. Meet Errol, a car mechanic and

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cancer survivor. Prostate cancer, to be precise, diagnosed during a

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routine checkup. It's very important that men get themselves checked It

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takes ten minutes and unless you go out there and do these checks, you

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are not aware of what's going on inside you. Since undergoing

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treatment, he's become a crusader for the cause, offering a 20%

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discount to customers who get tested for prostate cancer. In the two

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years I've had the problem and been diagnosed and cured, 24 people that

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have come into my place of business have been diagnosed with the same

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problem. So it's come as good news that London is to get a pioneering

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new research centre, thanks to the men in moustaches. Every November,

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or Movember, as it's called, moustaches mean money. And now 5

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million worth of facial hair will go towards finding a cure. It really is

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a game changer in terms of prostate cancer research. We'd say that

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roughly ?20 million per year goes into prostate cancer research in the

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UK. It is pushing the field forward and it will be great for men with

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prostate cancer. One of the difficulties with prostate cancer is

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that often there are no symptoms. It's a disease of older men and if

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it isn't diagnosed early, consequences can be fatal. Don't

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rely on Lady luck. For the ten minutes it takes for you to go and

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have a test done, it's probably .. I mean, I didn't realise at the time

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that these ten minutes were going to change my life. You can get tested

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at your local GP. That's it from me. Let me wish you a

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very good night and hand you over to Elizabeth for the weather forecast.

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There's another storm on its way for tomorrow but the good news is it's

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probably the last of the current batch. Overnight tonight, it's going

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to be dry and quite chilly, I think. Clouding over into tomorrow

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morning. Tomorrow, we have another Met Office warning for heavy rain.

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As much as 20 millimetres for many areas across town and that is not

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good news for the flood hit areas ` just shy of an inch. We'll get away

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with a dry early morning rush hour and gradually see the rain spread in

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from the south`west, heavy through the middle part of the day and

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showery into the evening rush`hour. Temperatures largely a relevant but

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into double figures. A new hazard for the evening ` Strong gusts of

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wind through the early hours of Saturday morning, possibly gusting

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up to 60 mph. I'll leave you with the summary for London for the next

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few days and now we go to the few days and now we go to the

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weather centre for the national forecast from Nick Miller.

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Hello, in this winter of perpetual autumn, it seems we're never more

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than a day away from a storm so we must be due another one and as

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you've just heard, here it comes, deepening in the Atlantic Trio

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heading for us. Overall for the UK, we're not expecting this to

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