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Ministers promise legislation to tackle high energy bills, but

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refuse to repeat David Cameron's promise that companies will be

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forced to give customers their cheapest tariff. Labour said the

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Prime Minister had thrown Government plans into chaos, saying

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his proposals were unworkable. he confirm today whether or not the

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Government will be ledge lating to force the energy companies to put

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all their customers on the cheapest tariff?

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As another crucial EU meeting takes place to try to resolve the

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eurozone crisis, there's another general strike in Greece. Petrol

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bombs and tear gas are used. Even the world's second biggest

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economy is affected - China reports a 7th quarterly drop in a row.

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Human trafficking is on the rise to the UK. Police say criminal gangs

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are luring people into modern day slavery.

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And, joy for the parents of conjoined twins Rosie and Ruby

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Formosa who've survived an operation to separate them. Their

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On BBC London: The B&B owners fined. And there are claims promises have

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been broken to restore public land Good afternoon and welcome to the

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BBC News at One. Energy Ministers say the Government

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is considering legislation to help customers to get the best energy

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prices, but they've stopped short of confirming David Cameron's

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promise that companies will be forced to put customers on their

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cheapest tariff. Labour has said government policy is in chaos,

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while the industry described the position as, confusing, to say the

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least. Our industry correspondent John Moylan reports. For years,

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millions of households have struggled in the face of hundreds

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of complex energy deals. A prime Minister's plan to force companies

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to give the lowest tariff would amount to a major shake-up but how

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would it work? Today his Energy Secretary wasn't providing much

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detail. We have a range of other ideas we have been working on with

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the Deputy Prime Minister, with the Prime Minister, and others to try

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to help consumers and businesses with their energy bills and the

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Prime Minister's referring to those and we will be delivering the

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details over the next few weeks. In the Commons today, Labour wanted

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answers. The shadow Energy Secretary said the Prime Minister

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had caused chaos in the energy industry, was there a policy or

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not? Can he confirm today whether or not the Government will be ledge

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lating to force -- legislating to force the energy companies to put

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customers on cheapest tariff, not a voluntary agreement, not sending a

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letter once a year but in the words of the Prime Minister, legislating

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to make companies put all their customers on the lowest tariff?

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The energy Minister said Labour had done little in 13 years on energy

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policy but he stopped short of confirming the pledge of forcing

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firms to offer the best deal. will use the energy bill to get

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people lower tariffs and, of course, there are different options to be

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considered in that process. will all this help customers like

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Bob Allen? He is a retired engineer. He regularly switches his supplier

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but he wishes it was easier. They could make it far, far simpler. You

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don't have this with water. You have one tariff, end of story. They

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should make it transparent to all customers what prices are.

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The firms insist they're doing a lot already. They're bracing

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themselves for new proposals due tomorrow to radically simplify

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offers but they say the Government's plan came completely

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out of the blue. What we were waiting for was the announcements

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by Ofgem, that's the regulator, because they've been undertaking a

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retail market review and the energy companies have all been very much

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engaged with that. We were not expecting the announcements made by

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the Prime Minister and then again today. This political row looks set

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to run and run. But with energy prices soaring, there's little sign

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of relief for households any time soon.

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Our political correspondent Norman Smith is in Westminster. Picking up

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on that final point, really this row if it does run just threatens

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to undermine the whole policy? this is already has been attacked

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by Labour as another another omnishambles and perhaps more

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cruelly on Twitter by combishambles. The pledge yesterday that the

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Government was going to introduce legislation to ensure energy

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companies gave the best deals. In other words, they would force big

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companies to give people to put people on the lowest tariffs. The

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trouble is no Minister when asked today has repeated that assertion.

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Indeed the energy Minister suggested they would look at

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existing voluntary arrangements and then evaluate if, if, legislation

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was needed. While Downing Street in the last hour have said they wanted

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to put an obligation on companies to offer the best deals. That fuels

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the suspicion that this might amount merely to trying to ensure

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companies send out letters once a year telling customers what might

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be the most appropriate deal for them. The problem it seems is that

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falls a long way short of being able to say to people, we will cut

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your electricity bills. The danger is it creates a false expectation.

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The only thing that is clear is there is clearly an aspiration on

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the Government's part to drive down energy prices but in terms of the

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detail, there's little of that. Thank you.

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EU leaders are meeting in Brussels today for a crucial summit to

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discuss how to tackle the eurozone crisis. It's the fourth time

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they've met this year, and although no substantial decisions are

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expected, they will try to agree on plans for a banking union. In

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Greece, thousands of people have taken to the streets in protest

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over the next round of Government spending cuts. Matthew Price

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reports. In Athens this lunchtime, the

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eurozone crisis was back on the streets.

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Jobs, money, cuts, it's the people of Europe who are suffering. As the

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leaders of Europe gather here in Brussels. The main topic today, not

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the demos and protests, but how to fix the single currency. One step

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on the road is a banking union that would cover the eurozone. It would

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have a single supervisor, a common bank deposit scheme and common

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rescue scheme. Opposite, in the European Commission, top floor, the

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President believes the first of those can happen soon. What I still

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expect is possible to do is to have an agreement until the end of this

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year on one very important element of the banking union, single

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supervisary mechanism. The European Commission put forward a proposal

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and I expect the next European Council to agree on the main

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elements of this proposal. But the view from Berlin is very different.

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Today, Angela Merkel spoke to parliament. She doesn't want

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banking union any time soon. First, she wants all euro countries to

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have their Government budgets strictly controlled by Brussels.

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TRANSLATION: We believe, and I speak for the

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whole German Government on this, that we could go a step further by

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giving Europe reel rates of intervention -- real rights of

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intervention. There will be real differences of opinion. The Germans

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and the French in particular have competing visions on how to fix the

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eurozone. Now that could, of course, provide room for some fruitful

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negotiations, while we have -- what would be more dangerous is if there

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were to be a political standoff, just at the moment when it was

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beginning to look as if Europe could sort out its problems.

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Back in Athens, few will follow the summit closely. For them, there's

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little sign of progress, just a life more difficult by the day.

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Let's turn to our correspondent in Athens. What is the situation there

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now? It's another huge show of strength today by the unions, tens

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of thousands out on the streets here in Athens and other big cities.

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Some scuffles towards the end of the demonstrations, tear gas and

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grenades and petrol bombs thrown here. And the general strike also

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under way across the public and private sectors. All the while, the

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Greek Prime Minister is in Brussels to negotiate another wave of

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spending cuts, 13.5 billion euros in return for more rescue funds.

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There is still after three years of the debt crisis, immense anger here

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on the streets of Athens and that anger has translated into more and

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more Greeks turning to political extremes. The neo-Nazi, anti-

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immigrant golden dawn party has shot up into third place in the

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opinion polls. That is sa very good indication of just how dark the

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public mood is here on the streets of aten. -- Athens. Thank you.

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Even the world's second biggest economy is affected by the economic

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slowdown - China has reported a 7th quarterly drop in GDP in a row. It

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was up by 7.4% in the three months to September but that missed the

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government's target for the first time since the depths of the global

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financial crisis in early 2009. It has been hit by falling demand for

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exports meaning it's often relying on consumers from within the

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country, as Martin Patience reports. They've just got married and are

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now big spenders. They have splurged on a sofa, computers and a

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TV for their new home. In total, they've spent �10,000. This couple

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-- it's couples like these that are swelling the growth in China's

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consumer spending. TRANSLATION: We usually spend a lot of money. We

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want to have a good quality of life but it's very expensive here.

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With demand for exports dropping in Europe and the US, Chinese

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businesses, big and small, are looking to home for opportunities.

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In this town the orders are piling up. These goods would have once

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been shipped overseas. But this town is a major centre for online

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shopping, catering to millions of Chinese consumers. Li ourbgs sells

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10,000 pounds of underwear every single day. She says that by

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targeting the domestic market her business has boomed. We currently

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have ten staff in the office. But I am looking to take on new people. I

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think this business has very good future. But despite the growth,

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China's domestic consumption is just half that of the UK. That will

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be one of the biggest challenges facing China's next generation of

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leaders, boosting domestic consumption won't be easy. It will

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involve carrying out painful economic reforms. But it's a

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process that China must go through in order to ensure more sustainable

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economic growth. Zhao likes the comforts of life,

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she spends what she earns. China will need more like her if its

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economy is to change. More than 400 former members of the

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Royal Regiment of Fusiliers have marched to Parliament to protest at

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cuts to their regiment. An MP who served in the regiment, said the

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decision to axe one of its battalions had been taken for

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political, rather than military reasons. An MoD source said the

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cuts had been decided by military commanders as part of the plan to

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reduce the size of the army. A gay couple have been awarded

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�3,600 in damages after they weren't allowed to share a double

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bed in a B&B. The owner said allowing them to spend the night in

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a double room was Gibbs her -- against her beliefs. The couple are

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considering appealing the ruling. Human trafficking to Britain is on

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the increase according to new Government estimates. The study

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says organised criminal gangs are behind the illegal trade in people

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for sex, labour and domestic slavery. Most of the victims come

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from China, Vietnam, Nigeria and Eastern Europe. The first cases of

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people being brought to the UK to have organs removed have also been

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recorded. Our home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds reports.

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Twice a week on average police fighting modern day slavery in

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London make their early morning call.

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Sometimes they find children, sometimes women forced into

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prostitution. This morning, the trail leads to another house.

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They're looking for Eastern Europeans, promised a job,

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threatened with violence should they leave. These are different

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names and addresses... There's evidence that dozens of

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people have stayed in this property. Inside the officers are questioning

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five Lithuanian people. One of the problems with this sort of

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operation is that victims of trafficking often don't want to

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admit that they are here under duress. But these people are living

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in a house where the entrance is monitored by a CCTV camera.

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There were no arrests this morning, but there's still plenty of

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intelligence. We know there are multiple victims and it's organised

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network bringing people in from European. Some of the people have

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been subject to serious violence, had bones broken and been stabbed.

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According to today's figures, 946 victims were identified last year,

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compared to 710 the year before. It may be that monitoring has improved

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but many cases go undetected. Sophie is a British victim. --

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she's still hiding from her trafficking who took her to Italy

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for a holiday before turning hopb her -- on her. He told me I was

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going to have to become a prostitute and that night he pinned

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me up against the wall. And almost strangled me. Just enough for me to

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get frightened of him. It just got worse and worse from then on. He

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took over my whole head. I couldn't think any more. I couldn't do

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anything because he controlled The chemical -- $:/STARTFEED. They

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are going to ensure co-operation with law enforcers across the world.

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A mother of conjoined twins has spoken of her joy after they were

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successfully separated during an emergency operation the day after

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they were born. Rosie and Ruby Formosa, now 12 weeks old, were

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joined at the abdomen and shared part of the intestine. Doctors said

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the girls should be able to lead happy and normal lives. The two

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little girls are now flourishing at home with their relieved and happy

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parents. Having a baby is an anxious time for any set of parents,

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but particularly for conjoined twins. I am joined by the man who

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led the surgical team separating the little girls. Relatively, was

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this a straightforward case for conjoined twins? It was more simple

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than the other cases. Separation of conjoined twins is never easy but

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it was successful in this case. What did you have to do to give

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them their own separate healthy bodies? They were joined by the

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stomach and they were sharing some of the intestines. We had to

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separate them because there was a blockage in the intestine. We

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separated them on the second day of life, separated the intestine and

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then we created everything as normal as could be. For the two

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little girls, what a their prospects for a healthy life? --

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what are their prospects? expectations are that they will

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have a normal life in the future. They will need normal -- future

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surgery. A very successful outcome in this complicated case for the

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two little girls who, with a bit of extra help from Great Ormond Street,

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can now look forward to a normal life. Our top story this lunchtime:

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Ministers promise legislation to tackle high energy bills but refuse

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to repeat David Cameron's promise that companies will be forced to

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give customers their cheapest tariff. Coming up: The cost of

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going to a football match. Which ground has the cheapest pies, or

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the most expensive tickets? Later on BBC London: Allegations of

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double standards from the family of a man with Asperger's syndrome,

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extradited to the United States. A special meeting at London Zoo which

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could help to save an endangered Retail sales in September have

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grown by 2.5%, compared with last year, a much higher increase than

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expected. It means spending is now at a record level. But new research

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suggests that big retailers closed more than 30 stores a day in July

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and August. With the Olympics are over, we finally hit the shops -

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splashing out on school uniforms, a new winter clothing and footwear.

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Retail sales were up nearly 3% in September, compared with the

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previous year. Welcome news after a poor summer. It was an absolute

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washout. People did not spend and retailers had a lot of excess stock

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which they were forced to discount. In September, the weather turned

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cold air, and that ignited demand for warmer clothes, which helped to

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get shoppers out and spending. These are encouraging figures for

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retailers in the run-up to Christmas. We have hard evidence

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about the rapid increase in the closure of chain stores across the

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UK. From Peacocks and Game to Clinton Cards, just some of the

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household names that have collapsed this year. Other retailers have

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also been shedding stores. It all adds up to almost 1000 fewer chain

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stores in the first six months of the sheer, according to new

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research. Compared with the 170 foreclosures for the whole of 2011.

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These guys have been the anchors of the High Street. There will be more

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to come. You probably only need 100 to 200 stores instead of the 500,

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600 now. We will see more stores shutting up shop. Fastest growth is

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in online sales, especially on smartphones and tablets. For

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pawnbrokers, charity shops and convenience stores are filling

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empty spaces. Yet more proof of how fast our high streets are changing.

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A 21-year-old Bangladeshi man has been arrested in New York on

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suspicion of plotting to blow up the Federal Reserve building. Quazi

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Nafis had travelled to the US on a student visa and was arrested after

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an under-cover FBI agent supplied It was a very ambitious plot. The

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building with the red truth is the Federal Reserve Bank, a heavily

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fortified structure at the heart of New York's financial district.

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Quazi Mohammed Nafis focused on the bank. He was said to be expired by

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Al-Qaeda, although there are doubts he was connected to it. From his

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home in Queens, he is reported to have sought at recruits to help him.

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He tipped off an FBI informer. The police and an F -- ate the FBI let

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him carry on with the plot. He was arrested as he tried to detonate

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what he thought was a bomb, in a van parked outside the building.

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Police said the public was never in danger. He has already been brought

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to court to face charges of terrorism. The latest suspect

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picked up in a sting operation. Some criticise the role of the

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Government in nurturing such plots. They say these men could do real

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damage. This is his court-appointed lawyer leading after the hearing.

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Her client did not succeed in carrying out his planned attack but

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it is a reminder that New York continues to be a target. Up to 50

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people are protesting outside the first private clinic to offer

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abortions in Northern Ireland. The service, run by Marie Stopes,

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opened in Belfast today. It has said it will provide terminations

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within NI's current legal framework. Abortions are not illegal but are

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very strictly controlled. The protesters are from a range of

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religious denominations. Research suggests that weight loss surgery,

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such as fitting gastric bands, is too often being seen as a quick fix

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to tackling obesity and that people are undergoing surgery without

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having sufficient information. The independent study says some

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patients in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are also not given

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enough time before they consent to surgery, and are not being offered

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enough support after their A weight loss operation, known as

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bariatric surgery, can be a life- changing event. It is a relatively

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new way of tackling obesity. A report says too often it is seen as

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the quick fix. After reviewing more than 300 operations, nearly half of

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which are carried out in private hospitals, doctors say some

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patients are not getting the right support. It is important to

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understand this is part of a package of care which involves

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lifestyle changes. Those changes need to be supported by

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professionals such as dieticians and that his lifelong. There are a

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significant number of patients who are just having a procedure and not

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getting adequate follow-up. inquiry into this surgery looked at

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cases in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Nearly a third of

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patients were not properly followed up after surgery. Only 29% were

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seated psychological counselling and nearly a 5th of patients were

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readmitted within six months of having surgery. There has been a

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huge increase in the amount of bury hatchet surgery being carried out.

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It is still a very effective tool in the fight against obesity. Some

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patients are entering into the surgery without being fully

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informed about the consequences. will be going into theatre but I

:24:40.:24:47.

want the operation very much. It is me he wanted to take a small risk

:24:47.:24:53.

for a lot more happiness. Having struggled for years with her weight,

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Deborah had surgery despite her daughter's misgivings but she died

:24:57.:25:02.

from complications. Louise says too many people are undergoing the

:25:02.:25:06.

operations without appreciating the wrists. People say they want to

:25:06.:25:14.

lose weight for their family and children. My mother has not got a

:25:14.:25:19.

life now. If she had gone on a diet she would still be here. I can only

:25:20.:25:26.

say, do not do it because it is not a quick fix. It is a long-term life

:25:26.:25:32.

decision if it goes well. If it does not go well, then maybe their

:25:32.:25:37.

families will be sitting here with this interview, sadly. There are

:25:37.:25:42.

many examples of excellent care. Standards across both the NHS and

:25:42.:25:47.

private sector need to improve. The Chelsea, and former England captain,

:25:47.:25:49.

John Terry, has decided not to challenge a four-match ban and

:25:49.:25:52.

�220,000 fine, for racially abusing QPR's Anton Ferdinand during a

:25:52.:25:58.

match last year. The sanction was issued by an independent Football

:25:58.:26:02.

Association Commission. Chelsea also announced this morning they

:26:02.:26:07.

would take disciplinary action against the player. Are you, and

:26:07.:26:12.

your family, being priced out of football? The average cost of a

:26:12.:26:16.

match day ticket has jumped by nearly 12% in the past year, around

:26:16.:26:20.

five times the rate of inflation. That's one of the findings from the

:26:20.:26:23.

BBC Sport Price of Football survey, which shows the average price of

:26:23.:26:25.

the cheapest ticket in English league football now stands at over

:26:25.:26:34.

�21. Dan Roan has the details. It is the same at football grounds up

:26:34.:26:40.

and down the country, loyalty comes at an ever-increasing cost. These

:26:40.:26:45.

fans arriving for a match against Carlisle this week. Like most clubs,

:26:45.:26:49.

the price of the match-day experience has risen. How will the

:26:49.:26:55.

fans feel? A lot of people are saying they cannot justify the cost.

:26:55.:27:02.

�18 to come tonight. Is it good value? I would say it is affordable.

:27:02.:27:07.

What do you think about the cost of coming to the football? In this

:27:07.:27:12.

division, I do not think it is too bad. The BBC found the price of the

:27:12.:27:18.

cheapest ticket in the top four divisions has risen more than 12%.

:27:18.:27:25.

In the Premier League, that figure is more than �28, up 14%. This may

:27:25.:27:29.

only be League One but remarkably it cost more to come here then some

:27:29.:27:33.

of the biggest clubs in European football. Barcelona offer tickets

:27:33.:27:38.

that are cheaper here. At a time when fans are feeling the pinch,

:27:38.:27:42.

many believe this is simply unsustainable. The football

:27:42.:27:46.

industry should not be putting up ticket prices more than the rate of

:27:46.:27:50.

inflation in the economic the difficult times we have got. This

:27:50.:27:54.

industry has huge amounts of money going into red at the top of the

:27:54.:27:58.

game because of media rights. We ought to see some of the benefits

:27:58.:28:02.

of that money going to match going supporters. The most expensive

:28:02.:28:08.

ticket is at the Emirates were Arsenal charge �126 for some seats.

:28:08.:28:13.

We have not seen a weakening in demand. More generally, if we and

:28:13.:28:18.

other clubs are not conscious of the economic environment, there is

:28:18.:28:23.

nothing to be complacent about. Maximising ticket revenue is

:28:23.:28:27.

essential for the club's survival. The fans are having to dig deeper

:28:27.:28:37.
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Time for the weather. Some reasonable weather over the next

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few days. Some of milder weather heading our way. There is some

:28:49.:28:54.

sunshine but there are still some showers around. Still a chance to

:28:54.:28:59.

get wet for some of us. On the radar picture come up we are most

:28:59.:29:04.

likely to get wet in South West Scotland and Northern Ireland. Some

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sharp showers in the south-west of England and Wales. They are tending

:29:10.:29:14.

to fade. The showers will be confined to the more western parts

:29:14.:29:22.

of Wales. There will be some sunshine across Northern Ireland.

:29:22.:29:26.

Across northern Scotland, feeling a bit milder than it did yesterday.

:29:26.:29:32.

Rain pushing up towards the central belt. Through the late afternoon,

:29:32.:29:37.

it could turn wet and miserable. In northern England and much of the

:29:37.:29:41.

Midlands, we could see some reasonable spells of sunshine. The

:29:41.:29:46.

winds will be lighter than yesterday. Cloud is gathering in

:29:46.:29:51.

the South East and threatening further rain. One or two showers in

:29:51.:29:55.

Wiltshire and Hampshire but clearing away from Cornwall as the

:29:55.:30:01.

afternoon goes on. This evening and overnight the rain waxes and wanes.

:30:01.:30:08.

The rain in Scotland still remains. Clearer spells in the central parts

:30:08.:30:13.

of the UK. Temperatures down into single figures and quite a high

:30:13.:30:18.

risk of patchy fog turning up. It could take a bit of time to clear

:30:18.:30:24.

away during tomorrow. Tomorrow, apart from the rain in the south-

:30:24.:30:29.

east and showery outbreaks in Scotland, most places will end up

:30:29.:30:34.

with a dry day. Temperatures ranging from 10 in and not to 14,

:30:34.:30:44.
:30:44.:30:45.

at 15 in the south. That is about right for this time of year. -- 10

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in the north. The fog may take a bit of time to clear. Winds will be

:30:53.:30:58.

light. It will feel quite pleasant. Rain pushing in from the south-east

:30:58.:31:03.

once again which will spread north and west on Sunday. The further

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north and west to rub the better chance to stay dry. -- you are, the

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