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The Chancellor says Britain is on The Chancellor says Britain is on

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the right track and turning back on his economic plans would be a

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disaster. In his Autumn statement, George

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Osborne, told the House of Commons, "It's taking time, but the British

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economy is healing." in his Autumn Statement we showed his coalition

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Government is confronting the problems instead of ducking them.

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The deficit is going up and knock down on his watch. We remembered

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the posters saying I will cut the deficit, not the NHS. We'll be

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getting all the reaction to the Chancellor's statement from the

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world of politics and business. In today's other news: The hospital

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where the Duchess of Cambridge is being treated apologises after

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giving out medical details during a prank call by an Australian radio

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station. New research shows more premature

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babies born before 26 weeks are surviving than ever before.

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More than 200 people are killed in a typhoon which has struck the

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southern Philippines - many more are missing.

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A six-month racing ban for Frankie Dettori, for failing a drugs test -

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it means he'll miss the 1,000 and 2,000 Guineas.

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On BBC London: Pressure on housing and white thousands of people on

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the longer moving out of London. 60 years on, where pollution is

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still causing unnecessary deaths in Good afternoon and welcome to the

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BBC news at One. The Chancellor, George Osborne, has

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been telling MPs there is "no miracle cure" for the UK's economic

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problems, in his Autumn Statement. He's been on his feet for half an

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hour. Let's have a look at the key developments this morning. The

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Office of Budget Responsibility downgraded its growth forecast down

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from 0.8% to 0%. The Chancellor admitted the national debt would

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Are we facing more austerity? He knows the answer to that. Yes we

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are. More tax rises are coming and more spending cuts are on the

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weight. The man that lives next door knows the journey ahead is

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about to get longer and harder. People know there are no quick

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fixes to these problems. But they want to know that we are making

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progress and the message from today's Autumn Statement is we are

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making progress. The problem is the deficit. It is not falling fast

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enough. It could take until 2018 to deal with the big difference

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between what the Government has got coming into what it is spending.

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quickly enough and it is no where near were forecast. All of which

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means the debt is increasing, not falling. That was the key targets

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and the Government will miss it. short, the tougher economic

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conditions mean that while the debt as it is forecast to go on falling,

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instead of taking three years, it is going to take four. It is not

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all doom and gloom. There is extra money for investment in roads and

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schools, that was announced yesterday. The planned rise in fuel

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duty won't happen, all of which is designed to ease the squeeze.

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Speaking earlier, the Labour leader was damp. The deck as it is going

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up and knock down on his watch. We remember the posters with his

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airbrushed face, saying I will cut the deficit, not the NHS. The facts

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speak for themselves, he has cut the NHS and he is not cutting the

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deficit. The Chancellor and coalition think they're on the

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right track. They reckon their tax and spend found -- plans offer. But

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it will take longer than planned to get the wind back in the sales of

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the UK economy. Our chief economics correspondent,

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Hugh Pym, is with me. What has caught your eyes so far?

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It's is a bleak prognosis. In other words more austerity. A bit of

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better news he announced, is borrowing this financial year would

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be lower than last year. They had been predictions it would be higher,

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which would have been embarrassing for the Chancellor to have higher

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borrowing. He has avoided that. But he is having to shift his key debt

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reduction target. He said he wanted to reduce Government debt as a

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percentage of national income in the 2015, 16 year. It was a firm

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target when he took the job in 2010, now he is saying it is delayed. He

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has pushed back the austerity programme into 2017, 18. And

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spending in that final year will be more than 4 billion a lower in real

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terms than it might have been before today's announcement. If you

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like, he has some of the bad news out there as expected, but trying

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to say this is very much to external events. The Office for

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Budget Responsibility says it is largely down to the world economy.

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But Labour is likely to contest that.

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Let's speak to our political correspondent, Norman Smith. There

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is a lot at stake at this? wasn't just about economic facts

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and figures, it was a direct appeal to the public for patients, and is

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also an appeal by the Chancellor for people to trust him. Because,

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based with sluggish, falling growth, the Chancellor's response was to

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delay the economic turnaround, delay his own targets, putting back

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when we will begin to pay off debts, put him back when we will have got

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rid of the structural deficit by a further year. The danger

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politically, it can be presented as a man in a sombrero simply saying

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later, later. The Chancellor's response is, we are getting there.

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The global position is much worse and to abandon the position we are

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in would put us in a worse situation. He is asking for

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patients from the British public. We're talking about a years of

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austerity. No one alive today will have lived anything like that. Aids

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for years of entrenchment in public spending.

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And we'll have more on the Chancellor's speech later in the

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programme. The King Edward the VII Hospital in

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London has confirmed that it's fallen victim to a prank call in

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which an Australian radio station tried to contact the Duchess of

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Cambridge. A nurse who took the call discussed the Duchess'

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condition - she's being treated there for chronic sickness. The

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hospital's chief executive said patient confidentiality is taken

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extremely seriously and that a review had begun into how calls are

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handled. Our Royal correspondent, Nicholas Witchell, is at the

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hospital now. Embarrassment for the hospital,

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certainly, which has said it deeply regrets the incident. And

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difficulty for the unfortunate switchboard operator, and

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unfortunate for the night duty nurse, who believed they were

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talking to the Queen. Both from Buckingham Palace, and St James's

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Palace, they are taking it in their stride.

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It was a few hours at the William had left the hospital on Monday

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night, that the Australian radio station made the call. A disc

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jockey called pretending to be the Queen.

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Good morning. Could I speak to, Kate please, my granddaughter?

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hold on. Are they putting us through? If this has worked, it is

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the easiest prank call I have ever made. In the ensuing conversation,

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which we are not broadcasting, a nurse gave details about Kate's

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condition. Like any patient she is entitled to confidentiality. The

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hospital prides itself on its long association with the Royal Family.

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In a statement it says it deeply regrets the incident. The chief

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Prince William arrive at the hospital shortly after midday,

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without making any comment. He is expected to spend several hours

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with his wife. The first public comments about Kate's pregnancy

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within the Royal Family, came from the Earl of Wessex this morning.

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Deep sympathy with Catherine. We know somebody who has suffered

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exactly the same. We wouldn't wish that on anybody. All the best

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wishes for her. Back at the hospital, all aspects of security

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As for the patient, without breaching her confidentiality,

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there has been no further information this morning and I am

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not sure we will get any more details today. William is still at

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her bedside. The Palace last night said she is continuing to feel

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better. The number of severely premature

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babies that survive is on the increase - that's according to two

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studies of more than f5,000 births in hospitals across England.

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However, researchers from University College London and Queen

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Mary University of London, also discovered that the proportion of

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children who have severe disabilities has remained unchanged.

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Our medical correspondent, Fergus Walsh, reports.

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Fragile, vulnerable and tiny. This little boy weighed just want 0.5lb

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when he was delivered a 24 weeks. Any one out of 10 babies born that

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early will survive. He is doing well in east London. When I found

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out she was going into labour, I thought, she cannot be, it is only

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four months. It is shocking to see him this small, but he is doing

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good. In 1995, 40% of babies born between 22 and 25 weeks, and

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admitted to intensive care survived. In 2006, the figure rose to 53%.

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Hello. Doctors say although the research was done in England, the

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improvements apply across the UK. Obstetric colleagues are using more

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antenatal steroid to make the baby's lungs mature, so it is

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easier for them to breed. We are better at paediatricians from

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stopping babies becoming cold when they are first born. The air has

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been a dramatic increase in the number of severely premature babies

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being admitted to intensive care. Doctors are not sure why. It is not

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because of multiple births from fertility treatment, which has been

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a problem in the past. And decreasing age of mothers explains

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only part of the rise. It costs �1,500 a week to care for a baby in

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intensive care. And although more are doing well, there has been no

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improvement in the proportion who end up with a serious disability.

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Around one in five he had conditions such as cerebral palsy,

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blindness or deafness. A decision's expected today on the

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future of London's Olympic Stadium. A deal which would have seen West

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Ham United take over the venue collapsed last year. But the

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Premier League club is expected to be named as the preferred bidder

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again. Our sports correspondent, James Pearce, is here. What has

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changed? This is a step forward, but a process that has had plenty

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of steps backwards. West Ham have already been announced as preferred

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bidders. Last time the deal collapsed under legal challenges.

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There are differences this time. At that initial phase they were going

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to buy the stadium. We no major changes, there would be down

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scaling. But now they will have �150 million worth of retractable

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seating but in which makes it a better view for spectators. He will

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pay for that? That is why this deal is far from done. Yes, they are

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preferred bidders, but it is far from done. It will cost �150

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million putting in the seating, and West Ham are only offering �50

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million. Boris Johnson once the club to greet two extra money

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generated because they are the tenants of the Olympic Stadium and

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the taxpayer should have some say in it. An interesting line from the

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legacy company is saying, other parties might not be able to meet

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the necessary conditions, so are progressing a detailed design for a

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non-football option. So we're not much further forward at all.

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A powerful typhoon which has caused destruction across parts of the

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Philippines is now known to have killed more than 200 people and

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left thousands missing. Worst hit was a mountainous coastal region,

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which took the full force of the storm. Residents in one area were

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hit by a mudslide after they'd abandoned their homes for an

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evacuation centre. Kate McGeown sent this report from from Manila.

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The human cost of Typhoon Bopha. Torrents of water came down the

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mountains, killing and injuring scores of people. People like this

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family. TRANSLATION: My father is in

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hospital. My mother and older brother was swept away by water.

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That was the last time I saw them. My mother said to me, "I love you".

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Carried to safety by his cousin, young Julius is facing the fact

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most of his immediate family are dead. More than half of the

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reported casualties off from the same province. Most of their crops

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have been wiped out, power and communications are down, homes and

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infrastructure destroyed. The Government in Manila has often been

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accused of doing too little and too late when it comes to disasters

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like this. But this time be seen to have been more proactive. The

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President went on television to advise people to leave at risk

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areas. There were phone numbers made available and people were

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being sent messages on Facebook and Twitter, to advise them what to do.

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This preparation appears to have paid off. Preparation centres are

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providing basic care of thousands. Rescue workers are saying, as bad

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as things are, they could have been worse. Typhoon Bopha was the

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strongest to hit the Philippines or years. And the strongest to hit

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this area in decades. In the past, typhoons of this strength claimed

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thousands of lives. But this time, people in its path had warning and

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the death toll is substantially lower. But for these people, that

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is little comfort. One life lost, one widely had destroyed, is still

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Our top story this lunch time: the Chancellor has downgraded Britain's

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growth forecasts but says the country is on the right track and

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turning back on his plans would be a disaster. He told the House of

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Commons it's taking time but the British economy is healing.

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Coming up: seven wickets for England's bowlers, including that

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Tendulkar. On BBC London, GP care varies

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across the capital, but a new report suggests it doesn't

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necessarily depend on whether you live in a rich or poor area.

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And with the first snowfall across the south-east, how is the weather

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for the next few days? Planners will decide today whether

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to give the go-ahead to build Britain's biggest moss income east

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London. At if you are times the size of St Paul's Cathedral, it's

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been dubbed the megamosque and will become the European centre for the

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world's largest Islamic movement, Tablighi Jamaat. Critics say it'll

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become an Islamic enclave as the followers of Yusuf Jamma have to

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keep contact with secular life to a minimum.

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In sight of Canary Wharf, the world's largest missionary movement

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now wants to build a huge new mosque to be their regional

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headquarters. Tablighi Jamaat already own this piece of

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industrial wasteland. For years they've used makeshift port cabins

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for prayers. Tablighi Jamaat was Muslims to go

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back to a pure Islamic faith untainted by modern attitudes. They

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believe their followers should have as little as possible to do with

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the wider secular society. It's from here that they want to preach

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that message. The leaders have refused us interviews, notoriously

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adverse to publicity. We want to talk so some of the people going to

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pray. I'm late. I am the imam. are the imam. Hello. Can I quickly

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ask you? I haven't got time. I'm late. Can I ask you about the new

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mosque you want to build? I cannot give you anything right now.

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cannot give me an interview. But some non- tab leaguey Muslims were

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taby to speak. -- Tablighi. I feel there is a need for people like

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them because they are presenting a true, peaceful image of Islam.

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Campaigners against the Newham mosque worry about the movement's

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ideology. They are teaching that Muslims should keep themself

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separate from everybody else. They should isolate them from everybody

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else and the more you do that, the better Muslim you are. It's very

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antisocial teaching and doesn't help any integration and community

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feeling. In effect, what they would do in the long-run is build a get

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yo, an Islamic enclave. The new mosque would hold 9,000 worshippers,

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nearly four times of capacity of St Paul's Cathedral.

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Many local Muslims are also uneasy about the new mosque but were

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nervous about speaking publicly against it. Some told us it would

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give one Islamic group too much dominance over the whole community.

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Planning experts are advising the local authority to refuse

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permission for the mosque complex, arguing it doesn't provide the

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desired mixture of housing and jobs. Frankie Dettori has been banned

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from racing for six months after he failed a drugs test in France in

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September. The six-month ban means Dettori will miss the 1,000 and

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2,000 Guineas but he will be back in time for the Derby.

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COMMENTATOR: Another win for Dettori. In a sport with few

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household names, he is the superstar. Frankie Dettori, the

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bubbley personality, the countless winners, the flying dismounts. But

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from success to scandal, after a hearing in Paris, Dettori banned

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for taking n unspecified substance. Today his lawyer said he'd made a

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mistake. He also accepts that he has let down the sport he loves and

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all those associated with it, as well as the wider public. But, most

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of all, and this is his greatest regret, he has let down his wife

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and children. It was back in September that Dettori competed

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here at Longchamp on the outskirts of Paris. He didn't win any of his

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four race, but the drugs test that he failed that day has now had the

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most serious of consequences. Ever since he won all seven races

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at Ascot in 1986, Dettori has been pure box office from. A team

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captain on Question of Sport Stop it, boys. To a torch-bearer at this

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year's Olympics. For nearly 20 years, the Frankie Factor has been

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racing's greatest asset People go racing because Frankie is riding.

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Autograph hunt remembers swarming around him. Everyone recognises him.

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That's why this is news right around the world. Dettori, who's

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banned until May, has vowed to rebuild his reputation. But

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racing's brightest star now faces his toughest challenge.

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Now, if you bought a lottery ticket in Hertfordshire in June, you need

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to look under your sofa now. Someone somewhere is sitting on a

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�63 million fortune. Unless they come forward by 11 owe clkpm

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tonight the money will be gone forever, make tgt UK's biggest

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unclaimed prize. -- 11.00pm. Where could it be? Down the back of

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a couch? Buried at the bottom of a handful? Here? There? Time's almost

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up in the search for a missing multi-million pound lottery ticket

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Everyone has been looking for it. Everybody I know. People who have

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never even bought a ticket have been looking for it. Have you had a

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good luck? Definitely. But no joy. I could do with �63 million.

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this newsing agent in Stevenage they have seen a steady stream of

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hopefuls, none with the magic numbers. Recently everyone is

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looking for the tickets. Searching high and low, in vans, cars, houses,

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upstairs, downstairs, anywhere they can think of. They have until

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11.00pm to come forward, if not the money will go to charity, becoming

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the biggest unclaimed jackpot in British Lottery history. While

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there is time, we have hope. We hope the winner comes forward and

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we can pay them out. They've had 180 days since the day of the draw.

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Chance may be slim but hopefully we'll be helping someone to

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celebrate. Mis-placed tickets have been found in time before. Ieries

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Jeffries scooped �20 million after a TV appeal. Maurice Mogg won �1.9

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million in 1997. His ticket turned newspaper his secretary's make-up

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back and Chris Jackson won �250,000 in 2000. His ticket found in a

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shoebox in the back of the car he was living in. The local paper has

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reported the Lotto frepbzy and now the campaign to keep the money --

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Frenzy. It was bought here. It should go to good causes in this

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area and not to the rest of the country. With the added interest,

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it comes to almost �46 -- 64 million. A staggering amount to win.

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A staggering amount to lose. Cricket and England have had the

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better of the opening day's play in the third test in Kolkata,

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restricting India. James Anderson took three wickets, including

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Sachin Tendulkar, who made 76. Joe Wilson reports.

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Cricket, of course, is a great unifyer. Everyone knows that the

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team that bats first in Kolkata should score loads. Of 616, 643,

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631, India's recent totals. But every run must be completed which

:24:42.:24:52.
:24:52.:24:53.

Virender Sehwag seemed to forget. Run out. Still, Che Pujara has

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great powers of concentration - normally. And Monty Panesar appears

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to have been practising his celebration.

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:25:11.:25:11.

Gautam Gambhir, from a decent catch by Trot. Virat Colely was caught

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and England inspired. India 136-4. Remember this th man it. Seemed

:25:17.:25:21.

that the world was waiting for Sachin Tendulkar to retire or to be

:25:21.:25:26.

retired. Here was another 50 to extend his record at the top of the

:25:26.:25:30.

all-time scoring list. If this is his farewell tour, India wants to

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enjoy it, but there is painful viewing.

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Swan to Singh, catching practice. James Anderson and Matt prier a

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precious moment. When things are going your way, it's always

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tempting to want mofrplt Anderson to Ashwin. -- want more.

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Seven wickets taken. Certainly England's day it. Could be their

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match. Now, a look at the weather. Philip

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is here. is here.

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Snow for many this morning. Yes across the south-east one or two

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woke up to those scenes. This afternoon, for the most part will

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be a sunny one for many parts of the British Isles. There is the

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cloud across the south-eastern quarter of the British Isles that

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brought more snow than we were expecting, but following on behind

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clear skies for many and there will be a further supply of wintry

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showers in eastern coastal counties of England. A chilly one in

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prospect. That's as high as the temperatures get. As soon as the

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sun is down, a widespread frost. An early one for Scotland and Northern

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Ireland, because we are bringing in cloud, rain, sleet and snow here.

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These are the towns and city temperatures but in the countryside

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it'll be one of the coldest nights of the week thus farment

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Minus five or minus six. -- thus far. Tomorrow morning and the

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commute. Ten to 15 centimetres on the highest ground in Scotland.

:26:57.:27:03.

Above 200m, five to 10 centimetres. If you are thinking about the M8

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there could be significant snowfall. The snow extending even at this

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stage in the morning down towards Cumbria. Further south where you

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have had showers overnight, watch out for ice through eastern coastal

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counties. It is that sort of damp time of year there. Could be quite

:27:18.:27:21.

a tricky situation with regard to ice across central and southern

:27:21.:27:25.

England. Always milder down towards the south-west. Similar sort of

:27:25.:27:29.

prospect into the south-western corner of Wales, too. If you are

:27:29.:27:36.

at minus something on the dashboard as you drive to work. A really wet

:27:36.:27:40.

start across a good of Northern Ireland. But bear in mind what I

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intelait snowfall. Significant amounts here. -- bear in mind what

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I say about Northern Ireland. Watch out for the snow getting into

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the north of England, not just in higher levels. It could be into

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major conurbations as a covering later in the day.

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The weather feature lurking win tent through the course of Friday.

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A lot of isobars on the chart. Yes there will be sunshine away from

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eastern coastal fringes where it will be a dank day. But with the

:28:12.:28:15.

wind in that direction, those are the temperatures you can expect. We

:28:15.:28:18.

forget about low pressure towards the weekend. High pressure

:28:19.:28:26.

dominating but rather cloudy across the northern parts of the British

:28:26.:28:31.

Isles. Please bear in mind what I say about the travel situation in

:28:31.:28:35.

Scotland and northern England. You can get more updates here and at

:28:35.:28:40.

the Bakke weather website. More now on what the Chancellor has

:28:40.:28:45.

been saying. Hugh Pym joins us. What has been

:28:45.:28:48.

going on? We learned about the real losers. The continued squeeze will

:28:48.:28:53.

hit people on benefits. Most working age benefits, the

:28:53.:28:57.

Chancellor said, increases capped at 1% over the next three years,

:28:57.:29:01.

even if inflation is above that. As well as people who are unemployed,

:29:01.:29:04.

it'll affect people on some tax credits. So they could be in work,

:29:04.:29:10.

on tax credits, and they will be squeezed there. In terms of

:29:10.:29:14.

possible winners., business got measures they will applaud. Cuts in

:29:14.:29:18.

corporation tax, 1p in the pound. A big boost to investment allowances

:29:18.:29:22.

and drivers. The 3p fuel duty increase, that was set to take

:29:22.:29:26.

effect in January, hasn't been postponed. The Chancellor said it

:29:26.:29:31.

has been cancelled it. Just won't happen. So, that's the way he sees

:29:31.:29:34.

the better news at the end of the speech. But overall, as we have

:29:34.:29:39.

been hearing, it is an austerity Autumn Statement. Thank you very

:29:39.:29:42.

much that's the economics of it. What about the politics. Carole

:29:42.:29:46.

Walker is in Westminster? Well we saw some very interesting coalition

:29:46.:29:49.

saw some very interesting coalition politics on display as the

:29:49.:29:52.

Chancellor announced he was not going to introduce a mansion tax,

:29:52.:29:56.

the levy on the most expensive profits r properties which the Lib

:29:56.:30:02.

Dems wanted. Nick Clegg shook his head in disappointment at that.

:30:02.:30:09.

Just to pick up on what Hhu, gh was talking ban important signal from

:30:09.:30:12.

the Chancellor who wants to keep the benefits, certainly not

:30:12.:30:16.

increasing any fagser than public sector pay. -- faster. This of

:30:16.:30:19.

course a Chancellor who will have to get through some legislation to

:30:19.:30:24.

keep these benefits down. Interesting boost for business, in

:30:25.:30:29.

particular some extra funding for the regional development

:30:29.:30:33.

partnerships. That's something which Lord Heseltine has been

:30:33.:30:37.

recommending and of course as Hugh mentioned there. He got a big cheer

:30:37.:30:42.

when he announced that the 3p rise in fuel duty, due to come in the

:30:42.:30:44.

new year will be scrapped altogether. I think he was

:30:45.:30:48.

desperate to show that despite the very grim overall picture, he did

:30:48.:30:51.

have at least some positive news to announce.

:30:51.:30:57.

Thank you very much. Now a reminder of your main story:

:30:57.:31:00.

the Chancellor downgrading Britain's growth forecast but says

:31:00.:31:03.

the country is on the right track and turning back on his economic

:31:04.:31:08.

plans would be a disaster. In the last few minutes, the Shadow

:31:08.:31:15.

Chancellor, Ed Balls showed the statement showed the true scale of

:31:15.:31:18.

economic failure. We have learned growth is downgraded, this year,

:31:18.:31:22.

next year, the year after, the year after and the year after that, too.

:31:22.:31:26.

The longest double-dip recession since the Second World War, now

:31:26.:31:31.

followed by the slowest recovery in the last 100 years. Well ux keep

:31:31.:31:34.

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