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Pope Benedict XVI is resigning his leadership of the Roman Catholic

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Church. He said he was no longer strong enough to fulfil his duties.

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He'll step down at the end of the month. The 85-year-old Pope is the

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first pontiff to resign in nearly 600 years. Catholic leaders here

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say they are shocked and saddened by the news, but know it was a

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considered decision. I think it is an extraordinary

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gesture of a man who feels he no can't give the energy, because he

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no longer has that sort of energy for the sort of job he's trying to

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The Pope visited Britain in 2010. Prime Minister David Cameron says

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it will be remembered with great respect and affection.

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Social care in England. Ministers are expected to announce a �75,000

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cap on costs. The horsemeat in beef scandal. The

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government says there's no evidence of risk to human health, but warns

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there may be more unwelcome news to come.

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And, the US-Iran hostage film, Argo, takes three BAFTAs, including best

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film and best director for Ben On BBC London: An emergency meeting

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is underway to discuss cuts to London's Fire Service.

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And, a baby boy, mauled by a fox in his cot, is said to be making a

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Good afternoon, and welcome to the BBC News at One.

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Pope Benedict XVI is to resign his leadership of the Roman Catholic

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Church. The Pope, who's the first Pontiff to step down in modern

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times, said he was well aware of the seriousness of his act, but he

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no longer had the strength to fulfil his duties. He will leave at

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the end of the month, and the papacy will remain vacant until a

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successor is found. Our first report is from Alan Johnston in

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Rome. One of the most extraordinary

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moments end of the modern history of the Catholic Church. Pope

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Benedict, announcing in Latin he could no longer go on. There had

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been no hint, no rumour, that this monumental decision was coming. The

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Pope's health is watched extremely closely and there had been no

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outward sign of any weakening. But now we know that behind the scenes,

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intense pressures were mounting. Too much for the Pope to bear.

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Around the world, Catholics are trying to make sense of the news.

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It is an extraordinary gesture of a man who feels he cannot give the

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energy because he no longer has backed for the job he is trying to

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do. It is unprecedented in the modern era. Here is a man who has

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clearly examined the office that he holds and has decided this is the

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right time. Suddenly, the Vatican finds itself

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in uncharted terrain. No plans will have been made for papal

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resignation. Events can now be expected to advance rapidly. Into

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macro weeks, the Pope will step aside in these unusual

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circumstances, and the Church will move as quickly as it can to

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replace him. Pope Benedict was elected to the

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papacy in 2005. In 2010, he visited Britain. In the last hour, the

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Prime Minister said that visit would be "remembered with great

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respect and affection". Mr Cameron said he'll be missed as a spiritual

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leader to millions. Philippa Thomas now looks back at Pope Benedict's

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career, and leadership. The German Cardinal was elected

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Pope at the age of 78. He was the oldest man for 275 years to assume

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leadership of the church, and he has a history of ill-health. He was

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born in a picturesque village in rural southern Germany, but he was

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just six when the Nazis swept to power and was forced to join the

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Hitler Youth, spending World War II in an anti-aircraft unit before

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deserting as Germany collapsed. After the York -- after the war, he

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committed his life to the church, initially championed -- championing

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modernisation. Joseph Ratzinger chose to reject radical liberalism.

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He was appointed Archbishop of Munich, then Cardinal, before Pope

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John Paul II gave him leadership of the congregation for the doctrine

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of the faith. He was increasingly seen as the Pope's envoy Sir,

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speaking out against abortion, homosexuality, feminism, rock music,

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even the Harry Potter books. He saw the Catholic Church as the one true

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denomination. After the death of Pope John Paul II in 2005, white

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smoke from the Sistine Chapel announced his election after just

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four barracks. Pope Benedict's first overseas visit was to his

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homeland. He sailed into Cologne, calling upon young people to return

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to the faith. Open wide your hearts to God. But this traditionalist

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Pope faced controversy, violent protests in several Muslim

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countries after he quoted criticism of Islam by a 14th century

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Christian leader. Pope Benedict's Vatican faced criticism for its

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handling of sexual abuse by priests. On visits to the US and other

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countries, he expressed his sorrow and regret for the scandal. A

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however, he used this visit to present in 2010 to argued that the

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Christian moral principles underpinned Western democracies.

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Back in Rome, the conviction of the Pope's personal butler for stealing

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confidential papers was an embarrassment. In the end, his

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resignation is for more personal reasons, his physical struggle to

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continue. Let's get more on today's

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announcement from our Rome correspondent, Alan Johnston. Tell

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us, what has been the reaction in Rome today?

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This has been the most extraordinary shock, there is a

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small army of journalists, experts Vatican watchers who follow every

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move that the Pope makes. There was no indication this monumental

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decision was coming, and more junior members of the Vatican were

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taken completely by surprise. No preparation for this. The Pope made

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this announcement not in a specially prepared moment, but

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during a meeting which was supposed to be to do with other business. He

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will be gone in two weeks. Not long to find his successor, what happens

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next? Normally, every other papacy for the past 600 years has ended

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with a papal death, funeral, a great gathering of cardinals to

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elect a successor. In these extraordinary circumstances, we

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will move rapidly to that great gathering of cardinals who will

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reflect on the past papacy and decide what they feel that the

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Church needs next. Eventually, after rounds of voting in the

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Sistine Chapel, they will elect a new Pope. Our religious affairs

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correspondent is Robert Piggott, and he joins us now.

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This has come as a big surprise to many, even when a Pope is in ill

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health, they rarely resign. What is behind the decision?

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The first time for 700 years, a lonely decision it seems. The seeds

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were sown seven years ago when Pope Benedict became Pope. He had just

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seen Pope John Paul II, his long- lived predecessor, dies slowly of

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Parkinson's disease and steadily become incapacitated. There was

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open discussion over whether the Pope should resign. Many thought he

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shouldn't. But I think Pope Benedict felt that more strongly

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than other people. There had been the question whether the Pope could

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go on managing the church. And the spectre of what would happen if the

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Pope became mentally incapacitated, what would happen then? The Pope

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has had built health issues before. There are other reasons. He hasn't

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been a great manager, it is fair to say. The management of the Church

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has steadily become more for him to manage as well. The issue of leaks

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from the Vatican, a difficult thing for the battered and to cope with.

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The Pope has been confirmed about evangelising in western Europe,

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preventing this tide of secularism, and he feels more energy needs to

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be devoted to it than he can give. We'll have more on Pope Benedict's

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papacy later in the programme. And there'll be reaction to news of his

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resignation, throughout the day on the BBC News Channel.

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Plans to cap social care bills for the elderly are being outlined by

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the government today, as part of its plans for the long-term funding

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of social care in England. It's thought that from 2017, the maximum

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anyone will have to pay for help at home or in residential care will be

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�75,000. The changes will be paid for, in part, by a three-year

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freeze in the level at which people start to pay inheritance tax. Our

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social affairs correspondent, Alison Holt, has this report. The

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timing she spent with her mother is important. Her mother has dementia

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and lives in a residential home. To pay more than �30,000 in fees each

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year they had to sell the family home. The government claims today's

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announcement means, in future, people will not have to do that.

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Certainly, Ingrid feels the current system is not fair.

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None of the family had come from poor circumstances, labourers,

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clerks, it was a joint effort to live together, to save this house,

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to have this nice house. Their only asset. I think it is unfair. Today,

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the government will set out the details of its plans for reforming

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social care. It is expected a cap will be set so no one pays more

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than sending �5,000 for help at home or in residential care. Anyone

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with less than �120,000 in asset will get help. It is expected the

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new system will be introduced in 2017. Care costs will not be

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backdated. There are many who are disappointed by the level of the

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cap but for the first time it could give people clarity about how much

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they might be expected to pay for the care. The government believes

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that will encourage people to plan for the future. One in 10 of us

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will spend more than �100,000 on a social care costs. By putting a cap

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on the limit of how much anyone has to be a, we make it possible for

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people to plant earlier in their life, whether through insurance

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products, through a change in their pensions policy, to plan for that

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amount of money. In homes like this one visited today by the Health

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Secretary, residents will still have to pay for food and

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accommodation, even if they qualify for support. Labour says that the

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reforms are a small step forward but not enough. I am very concerned.

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It is not going to be fair for people with modest homes, and it

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won't do anything for the thousands of families that are really

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struggling in the current care system. The �1 billion cost of

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social care reform in England will be partly paid for by freezing the

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level at which people have to pay inheritance tax. There are

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different systems elsewhere in the Our home editor, Mark Easton is

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here. Who will be affected by this cap? The government reckons about

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one in 10 pensioners will be affected. It means and 90% will not.

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Pensioners, about a quarter of us will need residential care. That is

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where the big bills racked up. But that doesn't necessarily mean that

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they will be able to hold on to their home. They still have to pay

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the hotel and accommodation costs, often a great deal more than the

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amount spent on care. A minimum of �12,000 a year. Depending on the

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kind of care home you RN. You can still actually end up having to

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sell your home. The other thing about this announcement, it doesn't

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answer the big question, how society will fund care for our

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elderly? We know that the population is getting older. Demand

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is rising. The amount of money local authorities are spending on

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adult social care is being squeezed. The big question remains unanswered.

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Consumers, anxious about the horsemeat scandal, should "be

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prepared for more unwelcome news", according to the Environment

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Secretary, Owen Paterson. He said all processed beef products were

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safe to eat, and that "nothing so far presented a health risk". But

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he added that 16 other countries had been issued warnings about

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possible contamination. And Downing Street insists there's "no evidence

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of a risk to human health" and therefore there's "no legal case

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for an import ban from the EU". Ben The contents could be horsemeat.

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Supermarkets in different European countries have been clearing their

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shelves of products which may be contaminated.

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In the UK, thousands of beef products are being tested this week

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for horse DNA. Some results may not be available until April.

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The UK's Environment Secretary, is to brief MPs later for the moment,

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the Government insists that this is not a health scare but a labelling

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fraud. There is nothing we have seen that

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represents a health scare, but there will be testing going on

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through the week and ultimately it is down to the retailers to

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convince customers of the quality and the validity of the products.

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The Government says that a criminal conpir asy could lie behind the

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contamination. There are no plans to ban imports of meat from Europe

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but legal action is expected soon. In France an investigation is

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focusing on this company, Spanghero, but getting answers about who is

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responsible for this scandal will mean unravelling a complex web of

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trading relationships. It is thought that the source of the

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horsemeat is two abattoirs in row mannaire. From there, it is

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believed that a Dutch trader acquired the meat, who sold it to

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another trader from Cyprus it was then bought by a French company who

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processed the meat at its factory in Luxembourg. 16 countries,

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including Britain, have been warn bad products containing horsemeat.

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It is surprising, the people, the complexity of putting processed

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foods together. Ingredients, sourced from the four corners of

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the earth. Bought with the cheapest materials possible.

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Among the abattoirs, fact tris and dealers that produce the food,

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criminals have found a way in. Once again, questions are asked about if

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the right safeguards are in place to stop them. The Romanian Prime

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Minister insisted there had been no violations of European law or

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standards in his country. Let's talk to our correspondent who joins

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us from the capital of Bucharest. So no breach of the rules and from

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the Romanian Prime Minister, anger that suggestions have been? Yes.

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The Romanian government put forward a robust response. They are

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exercised about the allegations thrown in their direction by France.

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Let's talk first about the investigation. They were asked to

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look into two abattoirs. One that traded in horse, one that traded in

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both horse and beef. They have looked at it, a paper trail that

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goes back to the beginning of 2012. There is sertcation for slaughter

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and there is sertcation for export that was checked by the Ministry of

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Agriculture. As far as they are concerned it all adds up. There are

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two other things to say. Firstly, the abattoirs were exporting horse

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carcass. Not minced beef. So it is identifiable as horse when it

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leaves the plant. The second thing, the French company that threw the

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allegations this way did not have a direct contract with the remain --

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with the Romanian abattoirs. I asked the Romanian Prime Minister

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if he was angry, he was so. He said that this are being kicked

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by those with strong are PR than theirs. He added that the French --

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he said that they could not be held accountable for meat that is traded

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beyond their borders. Thank you.

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Two men have been charged in connection with the death of a

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police woman who's car was struck by a stolen vehicle in Londonderry.

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Philippa Reynolds was killed when the unmarked car she was travelling

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in turned into the path of a car in the early hours of Saturday morning.

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Five hill walkers, missing in the kaurn cairn overnight have been

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rescued. The party, thought to be university

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students from the Leeds area set out near Aviemore yesterday but

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failed to return. The alarm was raised when one was injured in a

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fall. Now the top story:

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Pope Benedict XVI is resigning his leadership of the Catholic Church.

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He says he is no longer strong enough to fulfil his duties.

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Coming up: A great night for Britain at the BAFTAs, including

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Daniel-Day Lewis who won Best Actor for his role in Steven Spielberg's

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epic, Lincoln. On BBC London: A charity says

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around a third of the capital's newly diagnosed cancer patients

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lack support from family and friends during their illness.

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Daniel-Day Lewis has won Best Actor for his performance in Steven

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Spielberg's Lincoln. British movies Skyfall and Les Miserables also won

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awards. It is British film's biggest night

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of the year with many of cinema as most famous faces walking the rainy

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red carpet, waiting to find out who had won and lost with the race

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being open, few were predicting what the winners would be. So all

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eyes were on BAFTA, not just here but on the other side of the

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Atlantic. A good showing here gives the film the edge in the Oscars in

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two weeks' time. The film that got the edge did not win the most

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awards but took the biggest awards, Best Film and Best Director.

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For Argo, Ben Affleck. Best Film, Best Director, how does

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it feel? Wonderful. Thrilling. It is such a great organisation. To be

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here with partners who we started off together with this. It has been

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exciting. A little cold but that is on the outside! The drama is about

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American diplomats trapped in Iran should go into the Academy Awards

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as the favourite for Best Film, ahead of Les Miserables and Lincoln.

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Despite its ten nominations, in the end Lincoln won one for Daniel-Day

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Lewis's portrayal of the American President.

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I am so very grateful to BAFTA for this.

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And for all of the encouragement you have given me over the years.

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It has meant a great deal to me. The big screen adaptation of Les

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Miserables won the most awards. Including Best Supporting Actress

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for Anne Hathaway. She fell in love with the musical at aged eight when

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watching her mother performing the part on the theatre stage.

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I, looking back, decided that was the moment that I would do what my

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mum did. So this feel, to have this recognition for this role. I don't

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know what to make of it but I'm starting to think that dreams do

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come true. The Bond movie, Skyfall, the most

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successful film every at the UK box office won two awards, including

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Outstanding British Film. 1,292 people worked on this movie.

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I stand here on behalf of all of them. We all had high expectation

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force the film. It is fair to say that all have been exceeded. This

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is really the icing on the cake. Thank you very much, BAFTA.

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And another film with strong British ties, Brave. Set in the

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Scottish Highlands, it won the Best Animated Film.

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No more fighting! Well, the BAFTAs were taking place

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in London and the stars of the McWorld were in Los Angeles for the

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Grammys. Mumford & Sons were among the winners taking home the Album

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of the Year prize for Babel. They received the award from Adele who,

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won for her song Set Fire To The Rain.

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The UK Government published advice that suggests an independent

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Scotland would be treated as a new state under international law. The

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legal opinion, described as arrogant by the SNP suggests that

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Scotland will have it renegotiate membership of international bodies

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including the EU and the United Nations. Our Scotland correspondent,

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Lorna Gordon, joins us from Edinburgh.

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Yes, today the UK Government took the highly unusual move of

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publishing that legalled a viets, from two eminent experts of

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international law, here in the setting of the library in Edinburgh.

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The arguments were being fleshed out. The main one seems to be that

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the majority of international precedence favours the opinion that

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Scotland would be treated as an entirely new state if Scots were to

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vote in favour of independence in the referendum of last year.

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According to the Secretary of State for Scotland, Michael Moore, there

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would be serious repercussions for Scotland if it chose to leave the

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UK. He used the arguments to underline the fact that he believes

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that devolution has served Scotland well.

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This offers our country the best of both world, devolution. We are

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strong, a proud nation with a modern devolved country. Devolution

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has enabled those of us who live and work tpwh Scotland to take on

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important decisions on issues that affect our daily lives, for what

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our children are taught in school, to the way in which hospitals

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provide care, to how many police officers are on the streets.

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Too often we have taken for granted what we have.

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Well, Scotland's Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, accused

:25:36.:25:40.

the UK Government of breathtaking arrogance. Saying this was one set

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of legal opinion and there are many others. That the international view

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is not clear. If you want to find out more about

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the cases for and against Scottish independence, as well as the

:25:54.:26:00.

background to the referendum go to the futures section of the BBC News

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website at bbc.co.uk/news. Five members of the same British

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family have died after a car crash in Saudi Arabia. It was understood

:26:10.:26:18.

that they were on a privilege to mecca. They have been named locally

:26:18.:26:21.

as Newport-based Shaukat Ali Hayat. A one-year-old baby is believed to

:26:21.:26:27.

have survived the crash. Let's get more now on the top

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story: The impending resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. He is to leave

:26:31.:26:34.

his post as the head of the Roman Catholic Church at the end of the

:26:34.:26:38.

month as he says he no longer has the strength to carry out his

:26:38.:26:44.

duties. So, surprise then at the decision,

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Robert but understanding too from church leaders here? Yes. It is

:26:48.:26:52.

being described as a shock by the Archbishop of Westminster, the

:26:52.:27:00.

leader of the Catholic Church in Wales but he said he paid tribute

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to the Pope's clarity of thought and courage in taking what must

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have been a lonely step indeed, and the dignity in which he had done it.

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That was echoed by Justin Welby, the new Archbishop 6 Canterbury.

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And he said that he spoke also of Pope Benedict XVI's courage in

:27:23.:27:28.

doing this. The dignity that he had eVinced. He spoke about his visit

:27:28.:27:33.

here, the witness he had given to the Christian faith, not just for

:27:33.:27:37.

the Roman Catholic Church but for all churchs when he came to Britain

:27:37.:27:41.

in 2010 and was such an example of Priestley ministry, as the

:27:41.:27:46.

Archbishop put it. So all around the world there will be a sense of

:27:46.:27:51.

sympathy for the Pope, and a sense of him having done a huge job in a

:27:51.:27:55.

very short space of time. Robert, how will his leadership be

:27:55.:28:00.

view snd what about his legacy? Well, I think in the end he was a

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caretaker Pope. We will have to remember that history will show he

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came after the monumental reign of Pope John Paul II who left a big

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mark on the church. Was such a huge figure on the world's stage. At the

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end of that, in illness, with the church beginning to wonder where it

:28:17.:28:21.

was to go after Pope John Paul II, I think it was a big job for him to

:28:21.:28:29.

take over. I think that he will look back as unfinished work, but

:28:29.:28:33.

in the end he will be seen as someone who held the course of the

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ship steady at a very difficult time. Thank you.

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time. Thank you. Before we go, a look at the weather.

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Well, for some of us it has been a snowy start to the new working week.

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This picture, a beautiful scene it was taken by Brian Garnet from bar

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net. It show as beautiful scene here, but it was a slippy journey

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to work this morning. As far as how much snow you will have seen,

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altitude played a very important role. It is cooler up the mountains,

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that was key in giving up to 13 centimetre of snow over the

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:29:21.:29:21.

Chilterns. Snow across Nottingham too but at

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lower levels, hit and miss. The area of snow is continuing to work

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over the central and southern areas of England. It is moving to the

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west. The snow falling into southern

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parts of Devon at the end of the afternoon. A few more snow flurries

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in the them estuary. Also across the Midlands. Pushing

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to the north, brighter weather across the north and Scotland with

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the clouds breaking. Sunshine around but it will be on the cold

:29:51.:29:55.

side. The temperatures up to four Celsius. Drab conditions for

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Northern Ireland. Here is few showers and spots of rain working

:29:58.:30:03.

into the western counties. In Wales, back to the cloud. The cloud

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thicker over parts of south-west England and parts of Devon and

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Dorset. There may be a little snow, but staying cloudy.

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Overnight tonight we are expecting the cloud to thicken up further

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over areas of Wales. There we may see a little bit of snow working in

:30:20.:30:24.

overnight. Apart from that it will be a cold

:30:24.:30:28.

night with a widespread frost developing in rural areas. That

:30:28.:30:33.

will lead to icy stretches on untreated roads and pave thements

:30:33.:30:39.

on Tuesday morning. For Tuesday, cloud for England and Wales. Then

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the odd showers to the north south- east coasts.

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Whether it stays cloudy or if you see sunshine it will be a cold one

:30:51.:30:55.

on Tuesday. For Tuesday night, the cold air

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firmly in place but through the night and into Wednesday, the

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Atlantic weather system is coming from the west. About two to six

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centimetres of snow falling there. Strong winds and more snow at

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higher levels, the snow could then higher levels, the snow could then

:31:16.:31:18.

turn back to rain. Now the top story: Pope Benedict

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