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The mother who starved her four-year-old son to death and left

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his body in a cot for two years is sentenced to 15 years. Amanda Hudson

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was found guilty of the manslaughter of Hamzah Khan. The judge said it

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was difficult to imagine a worst case of neglect. We will have the

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latest from Bradford Crown Court. The row between Ed Miliband and the

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Daily Mail escalates. The paper says it will not back down and say they

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need an apology. Italy observes a day of mourning for the African

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migrants who died after their boat capsized. More than 300 have died.

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FIFA takes a step forward to switching the 2022 World Cup from

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the heat of the summer to the cooler winter. And honoured for their

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outstanding bravery, eight Military Crosses are included in the latest

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list of military honours. It is quite difficult, you do not know

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where your colleagues are all your attackers are, it is like an ambush.

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Later on BBC London. Environmental campaigners warn new river crossings

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will make London's pollution levels even worse. And the treasure trove

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of Elizabethan jewellery on show for the first time in a century.

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Hello, good afternoon. Welcome to BBC News. A mother who starved her

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son to death and kept his decomposing body in a travel cot for

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two years has been given a 15 year prison sentence. The body of

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four-year-old Hamzah Khan was discovered in the bedroom of Amanda

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Hudson in 2011. The alcoholic mother of eight was found guilty of

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manslaughter by gross negligence yesterday. Our reporter is at

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Bradford Crown Court. This terrible case concluded in the

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last five minutes with a sentence being handed down by the judge. She

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got 12 years for the manslaughter of her son, Hamzah Khan, and three

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years for the neglect she showed towards her other children. They are

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consecutive sentences so it equals 15 years. She showed no reaction as

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the sentence was handed down. The judge criticised her for her devious

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nature and her wicked conduct. Amanda Hudson arrives at court in a

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prison van. Today she was sentenced for what the judge said was one of

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prison van. Today she was sentenced the worst cases of neglect he had

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seen. The 43-year-old mother abused her eight children and Hamzah Khan

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was eventually starved to death. The prosecution said he was fed less

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than the others. The court was reminded of the squalor that Amanda

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Hudson lived in. The living room ankle-deep in rubbish and the smell

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of rotting food that overwhelmed the police that came here to talk to the

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mother of Hamzah Khan. The judge praised this leaves office. Her

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first assignment for West Yorkshire police was to confront Amanda

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Hudson. She never gave up and knew something was wrong. I did not think

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she was capable of looking after herself, never mind anyone else in

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the house. There was no going back from that moment she opened the

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door. I had everything I needed to go to my Sergeant and say, we need

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to go in. Amanda Hudson's oldest child was sentenced alongside his

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mother. He said he wanted to ring for help when Hamzah Khan died but

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his own mother threatened to ring police. The body was left in a cot

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for 21 months by a mother who cared more for alcohol than her own son.

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The sun was given a two-year suspended sentence. It appears that

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the judge took into account the mitigating sentence answers --

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circumstances. The judge said she failed to fulfil any responsibility

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and on keeping the death secret you were worried that people would find

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out you had killed him. It was revealed that some of the siblings

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of Hamzah Khan knew that the body was in the house and that it was

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decomposing for nearly three years. Another aggravating factor in this

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grim case. Up to 300 people are thought to have

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died when a boat sank near the Italian island of Lampedusa.

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Officials say it is unlikely that any more survivors will be found. A

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day of mourning is being held in Italy.

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The frantic search for survivors yesterday morning. These dramatic

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new pictures from Italian coastguards show crewmembers

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plucking migrants from the water. By now, hours after the boat capsized,

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hundreds were already dead. Fishermen joined in with the rescue

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operation. Survivors cling to wreckage. This tragedy happened just

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a few hundred yards from dry land. This morning on Lampedusa,

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operations resumed. The chances of finding more survivors are remote

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and coastguards are bracing for a and painful task. TRANSLATION: Today

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the operations we plan to do are focused on looking inside the ship

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where bodies are trapped. We do not know the real number of bodies yet.

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The boats that bring the migrants are rarely seaworthy. The survivors

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have been telling their stories to officials and volunteers.

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TRANSLATION: The migrants had no way to signal their arrival. They set

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fire to a blanket at some gasoline on the boat caught fire. They were

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scared and moved to one side of the boat and the boat capsized. They

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fell in the water and many were trapped inside. The migrants came

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from Eritrea and Somalia. They embarked from the Libyan coast. The

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UN said that 30,000 migrants from Africa and the Middle East have

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managed to sail to Italy this year. Across Italy flags are at half-mast.

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The government has been criticised for failing to learn from lessons

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from two years ago. Another boat carrying hundreds of refugees in the

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Middle East arrived in Lampedusa yesterday. The hard-pressed Mayor

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said there was no space on his yesterday. The hard-pressed Mayor

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island for the living all the dead. Are your editor is on Lampedusa now.

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It has been another frustrating day here for the authorities. The

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weather has become turbulent and I went out today where the boat

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capsized and the divers who had hopes to go down and bring out some

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of the bodies were not able to do so. They believe that the boat has

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landed upright, it is about a feet down. They believe that there may be

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scores of bodies inside there. For the last few hours they have been

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unable to do anything. We have been talking to some of those that were

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involved in the rescue and they do have terrible stories. One fisherman

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spoke about how he was trying to pull people into his boat but they

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were covered in kerosene. Another captain from a boat said that a lot

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of the people he found in the water had swallowed sea water and

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gasoline. All of these stories lead into a sense of frustration both

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here and in Europe that nobody really seems to have an answer about

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this large-scale migration from Africa and the Middle East of people

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desperate to come to Europe. People are talking about going after the

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smugglers but that is not easy and Italy feels that this can only be

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managed on a European level. The stand-off between Ed Miliband

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and the mail newspaper group is escalating with the Labour leader

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urging the owner of the mail newspaper to examine what he calls

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their culture and practices. A senior figure at the Daily Mail said

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some in the Labour Party needs to apologise to Labour. Ed Miliband has

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now received two apologies, one after a journalist walked into a

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private memorial service and another after a journalist walked into a

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for a photograph of his father's grave. He made it clear he wants is

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to go further. I have had my say. The ball is in the court of the mail

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and the Mail on Sunday. They need to take a look at their culture and

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practices and ask why these kind of things are happening. It says

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something about the way they operate. What began as an argument

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over a dispute over whether Ed Miliband's father hated Britain has

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gone further. The mail believes it is an assault on the free press. I

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think the Labour Party has turned their on us over the whole week.

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Have addressed the problem and he has chosen to turn it into a

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political argument. He is using his own family to do this. I think we

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should be robust and resist that. The row between Labour and the Mail

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comes just as high in the scenes talks Karam over plans to improve

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whether the press is regulated. Next week is about the future of press

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regulation in this country. It is not about one article. On the other

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hand, the people around the table are only human and if they do not

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think about this article then that would be amazing. I hope they do not

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let it overshadow their thinking. It has been ten months since the

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Leveson Inquiry and still as yet there is no new system of regulation

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in place. When Ed Miliband talks about the wider culture and

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practices of the Mail, it is a reminder that it is more than just a

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battle about the reputation of his father. The Metropolitan police said

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thousands of mobile phone records may hold the key to solving the

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disappearance of Madeleine McCann who vanished in 2007. She went

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missing in 2007. Portuguese police had access to the mobile phone

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records but did not scrutinise them. She has been missing for more than

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six years but Madeline McCann has not faded from the public

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consciousness. The need to discover what happened to her appears as

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strong as ever. The new enquiry into events at Praia da Luz is turning to

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mobile phone usage at the time that the free role disappeared. Details

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of all of the calls made then were recorded but were never analysed.

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Detectives from Scotland Yard are trawling through a mass of data,

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looking for links. The relationship between the phones, the network

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between one phone call and another, and the way police will be able to

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mark that out will be very useful. Some experts believe the time lag

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between the disappearance means the task will not be straightforward.

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The problem is that we are looking task will not be straightforward.

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at data that was collected many years ago. We know what the phone

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numbers were but we can't necessarily link them to real

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people. It might be possible to do necessarily link them to real

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that if you have monthly contracts but with pay as you go, it is

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difficult. When a child goes missing, it is the first few hours

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that are crucial. Officers at Scotland Yard are carrying out the

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sort of enquiries they believed their Portuguese counterpart should

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have completed six years ago. Their multi-million pound enquiry remains

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focused on Portugal, that now spans a total of 31 countries around the

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world. They have identified 41 potential suspects, 15 of whom are

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in UK nationals. Later this month the parents of Madeline McCann will

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appear on the BBC along with senior detectives and they will reveal

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important new information about the case. It is not just her family who

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hope it is information that can lead to an explanation about what

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happened to this little girl. Should footballers be expected to play the

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2022 World Cup in temperatures of 40 Celsius? That is the question that

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fever have been debating in Europe. They are taking a step to moving the

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fever have been debating in Europe. tournament towards winter by setting

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up a consultation process. There is so much confusion and

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controversy surrounding Qatar. The most powerful man in the game, said

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blatter, wanted to provide some security here. When he addresses the

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media here, he will say that broadcasters and all of the

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stakeholders in football needs to be consulted before a decision to

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reschedule that World Cup. The direction of travel is clear and it

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is a matter of when and not if that It will be an interesting meeting.

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FIFA is expected to pave the way for a winter World Cup, although a final

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vote looks set to go into extra time. I don't think there will be a

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decision today. We have not been presented with an analysis. We don't

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know what the stakeholders are. Is it possible to have a re-vote and

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take it away from Qatar? I don't think so. That would be totally

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unresponsible. There is a growing consensus that scorching

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temperatures make a switch away from the World Cup's traditional summer

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timeslot inevitable and FIFA will spend months examining the

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ramifications of such a move. Among them, a potential clash with the

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2022 Winter Olympics and disruption to domestic leagues across Europe.

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They need to alter things the year before and maybe the year after,

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certainly. I think there will be no choice, but it will have to move.

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The Premier League and the people about it are already starting work

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on that and thinking about it. It does look as if it will be changed.

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The image that Qatar wanted to present to the world. Instead, this,

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the plight of migrant construction workers in the country exposed.

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World Cup organisers forced to address allegations of slave labour.

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It's the government's assurance, it is the people's assurance, it is our

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assurance, that if these matters arise, we will be eradicating them

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and working hard to ensure these matters are eradicated. Qatar! The

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jaw-dropping moment that sent shockwaves through the game, three

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years have passed now since the decision here to award the World Cup

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to Qatar. FIFA may have bought themselves more time, but anger and

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a mess of their own making shows no sign of abating.

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Qatar 2022 has moved from one controversy to the next. Whether it

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is too hot to play there. How the workers, who are constructing the

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infrastructure, are being treated. Still, the decision to award the

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country the sporting event is under huge scrutiny. Thank you.

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It is 1.17pm. Our main story: A mother who starved her son to death

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It is 1.17pm. Our main story: A and kept his decomposing body in a

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travel cot for nearly two years is given a 15-year prison sentence.

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Still to come: Playing dead to survive - one family's ordeal during

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the fatal attack on a Kenyan shopping centre.

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I didn't know whether they were talking to me. Mama, I could hear

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this lady answering and less than five seconds later, two shots.

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Later on BBC London: Keeping the Olympic spirit alive. David Beckham

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returns to East London to encourage others to take up sport.

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The fashion show that covers big skirts.

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The Woodland Trust has begun its largest-ever felling of diseased

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trees after the spread of a fungus-like organism that infects

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larch trees. 500 acres are being cleared at Wales' largest ancient

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woodland, Wentwood Forest. The disease is expected to spread

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meaning further felling. disease is expected to spread

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An ancient jewel of the British countryside. The history of Wentwood

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Forest spreads back over a Millennium. Venerable oaks stand

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amongst much younger conifer trees, but it's a delicate ecosystem which

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has been hit by the ceaseless spread of disease. There's needles

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missing... These larch trees show all the symptoms of carrying

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Phytophthora ramorum, a fungus-like organism that can mutate to infect

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different species. It was first found in Britain just over a decade

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ago. And has already claimed thousands of trees in the South

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West. It spreads on the wind, in thousands of trees in the South

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moist conditions, so our wet summer last year was a particularly good

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year for infection. The prevailing wind is from the south-west, so when

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there is an infection in the south-west corner of a wood, you can

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see it radiating through the wood. And so down come the larch trees.

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Felling the full 200 acres here will take another three weeks. But across

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Wales, more than 5,500 acres of woodland have become infected.

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Phytophthora ramorum, which affects the larch trees, is one of 15

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different diseases which has been found in British woodlands, but the

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biggest problem has become ash dieback.

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Strips of its bark, the wood is good for use in housing and fencing. A

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silver lining, you would think for timber merchants, but they are

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worried. It is affecting everything. It was going to affect us. In a few

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years' time, when we fell all the trees, where will the timber come

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from then? The impact of alien organisms on forests like this means

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it will need to be replanted with a range of more resistant trees, if it

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to thrive in the future. New car sales hit the highest level

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for five-and-a-half years in September and have now risen for 19

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months in a row. The industry had been badly hit during the downturn.

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Emma Simpson is here to explain. Some positive news. What is behind

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the figures? These are very strong numbers out today. September, of

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course, is always a big important month for the industry because we

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can get our hands on a shiny new car plate. This year, we saw more than

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400,000 new car registrations. There they are. That's an increase of just

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over 12% compared with last year. It they are. That's an increase of just

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is the first time that we have seen the numbers go through the 400,000

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mark for five years. It is a sign of just the growing confidence in the

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economy. There are a number of factors. One interesting point is

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that the number of private car sales are up 17%, so perhaps people who

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have been holding off from making that big ticket purchase feel that

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it is time to go and make a purchase. Cheap finance deals,

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another big factor. One big dealership, right across the UK,

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said that 80% of its new car sales are done through credit. Finally,

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there's evidence that people have been using PPI money to buy a new

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car. That is the compensation through insurance mis-selling. Of

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course, hundreds of millions of pounds are being paid out by the

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banks and that has been happening for quite a long time. So perhaps it

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is just a sign that people are maybe feeling more confident to spend it.

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Thank you. The publicist Max Clifford has

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pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of indecent assault on teenage girls

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aged between 14 and 19. The offences are alleged to have taken place

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between 1966 and 1984. Matt Prodger reports from Southwark Crown Court.

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This report does contain flash photography.

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A man accustomed to shaping the news, today making the news. Max

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Clifford arriving at Southwark Crown Court to face multiple charges of

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indecent assault. Charges he has denied since his arrest in December.

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First of all, again, I'm totally innocent of these charges by these

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seven anonymous ladies. I want to thank everyone, the public,

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everywhere I go, not just in this country, but everywhere for the

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support I'm getting. He faces 11 charges of indecent assault. The

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seven alleged victims were women and girls aged between 14 and 19 at the

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time. And the offences were allegedly committed between 1966 and

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1984. The hearing lasted an hour as Max Clifford stood in the dock. The

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charges were then put to him one by one. 11 times he replied not guilty.

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As he left, Mr Clifford, who is 70, spoke once more on the steps of the

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court. It's a nightmare for myself, and everyone close to me. And I'm

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totally innocent. Max Clifford's trial will begin on March 4th.

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The former Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, Nigel Evans, has

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appeared at Preston Crown Court charged with a series of sexual

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offences against men. The MP for Ribble Valley and Lancashire is

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charged with eight offences including sexual assault, indecent

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assault and rape. He was given bail and will appear in court again in

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January next year. As Kenya struggles to come to terms

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with the horrors of the Westgate shopping centre attack, some

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dramatic stories of survival are beginning to emerge. One image from

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the assault in Nairobi was that of a mother protecting her family for

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hours until their rescue. Gabriel Gatehouse has heard their harrowing

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story. # They shall live at his command...

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# They sang to keep their spirits up as they hid from the attackers in

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the Westgate Shopping Mall. I remember once they came very near

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because there was a lady who was lying about two metres away from us.

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I could hear them walking and I knew this was not just any regular

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person. They had a conversation and, at that point, they called out. I

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didn't know whether they were talking to me, but I knew I wasn't

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going to raise my head. I could hear this lady answering and less than

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five seconds later, two shots and she was quiet. After a while, I felt

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someone touching my hand. This person again was calling, "Are you

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OK?" This was a point where I played dead. Then he came in front to me

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and he touched me saying, "Baby, baby" and I raised my head up. I

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asked him a few questions. I asked baby" and I raised my head up. I

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him if he's one of the bad guys. He said, "No, baby, I'm one of the

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police. I'm not with the bad guys. I'm here to rescue you." All three

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escaped physically unhurt. Faith and her two children are back in their

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home in a quiet suburb of Nairobi. her two children are back in their

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But the psychological scars are there. We are scared. Admittedly, we

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are looking over our shoulders. We are more cautious than before. We

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try to regain normality in our lives. For the Wambuas, a

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middle-class Kenyan idyll has been shattered.

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More than 100 members of the armed forces have been recommended for the

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latest round of military honours for those who have demonstrated some

:26:49.:26:54.

extraordinary acts of bravery. They include Corporal Josh Griffiths, who

:26:54.:26:57.

helped save his comrades during an attack on their base in Afghanistan

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despite having a broken back. Corporal Josh Griffiths of The

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Mercian Regiment. Honoured for acts of outstanding braving. When a bomb

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destroyed large parts of an Army base in Afghanistan in March,

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Corporal Josh Griffiths fought back insurgents and protected his injured

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colleagues despite breaking his black in the initial explosion. I

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crawled, the lads were screaming. I went over to help them out. I

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dragged one of the casualties out. That is when I heard the rounds

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snapping past my head. Most of those receiving honours served in

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Afghanistan last winter. Their role was to help in the transition to

:27:42.:27:48.

Afghan-led security force. The deployment was described as complex

:27:48.:27:52.

and dangerous and one in which nine British service personnel died. Two

:27:52.:27:55.

were killed last October. They had been patrolling an Afghan police

:27:55.:27:58.

station when they came under-fire. The death toll could have been much

:27:58.:28:02.

higher were it not for the actions of Marine Buchanan, who put himself

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between the gunman and the rest of the patrol. It is quite difficult,

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especially when rounds are coming down, you don't know where your

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colleagues are, you don't know where the attackers are. It is like an

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ambush. So the first thing you have the attackers are. It is like an

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to do is just assess the situation and then once you know what is going

:28:20.:28:26.

on, try and cease the attackers' antics and apply first aid to your

:28:26.:28:31.

fallen comrades. Lance Corporal Rachel Hughes has also been

:28:31.:28:34.

honoured, not only for saving the lives of injured colleagues, but

:28:34.:28:38.

several Afghan children. I was just doing my job. To receive something

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like this is such an honour, and not just for my work, the guys I worked

:28:43.:28:45.

like this is such an honour, and not with as well. They all deserve this

:28:45.:28:50.

so I accept this on their behalf as well. A modest response, typical of

:28:50.:28:54.

those who have performed extraordinary acts of bravery well

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above and beyond the call of duty. Now, it is time for a look at the

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weather with Darren Bett. Hello. Hello.

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The weekend looks quite promising, I suspect. It is turning drier, we are

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seeing the rain clearing away. It is brightening up and, hopefully, we

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will see a little sunshine. Quite a few storms across the South East.

:29:20.:29:23.

They didn't last too long, but it is this rain we had in the South West

:29:23.:29:26.

that's been spinning its way northwards and it is that rain that

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has come to rest across Northern England. It is here that we have

:29:29.:29:31.

has come to rest across Northern most of the rain through the rest of

:29:31.:29:35.

the day. Just clipping the south-east of Scotland, but it will

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run away later this afternoon. So it will dry off in many parts of

:29:38.:29:42.

Scotland. Eastern Scotland could get 18 Celsius. We still have some rain

:29:42.:29:47.

across Northern England well into the afternoon. Head further south,

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through the Midlands, East Anglia, the South East, it should be

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through the Midlands, East Anglia, generally dry, no more than a

:29:52.:29:55.

passing shower. Brighter and quite warm - 21 degrees. We could see

:29:55.:30:00.

similar temperatures across eastern parts of Wales. It will brighten up

:30:00.:30:05.

across the South West, too. Skies will brighten. Maybe a bit more

:30:05.:30:08.

cloud continuing in West Wales, Pembrokeshire, maybe seeing some

:30:09.:30:14.

outbreaks of rain for a time. Generally dry for Northern Ireland.

:30:14.:30:19.

Overnight, we see the back of the rain fairly quickly from Northern

:30:19.:30:22.

England. It will push out into the North Sea. Most of us will then be

:30:22.:30:29.

dry. Just a few light showers over those western slopes. It will be

:30:29.:30:34.

cooler and fresher than it has been recently. Pressure is building

:30:34.:30:39.

across the UK. This area of high pressure is moving in, it will

:30:39.:30:42.

settle things down here. This weather front may spoil things in

:30:42.:30:46.

the north later in the weekend. Some short-lived mist and fog around

:30:46.:30:49.

tomorrow morning. Then we will see the skies brightening. A little bit

:30:49.:30:53.

of sunshine. There won't be many showers. Many places will be dry and

:30:54.:30:59.

fine. Those temperatures still above average for the time of year. In the

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North West, we will see the wind picking up during Saturday evening

:31:06.:31:08.

and with this weather front, we will see a bit of rain overnight for

:31:09.:31:12.

Scotland and Northern Ireland in the west. That may come to rest in the

:31:12.:31:16.

far North West of England and Wales on Sunday. Brighter skies following

:31:16.:31:19.

to the north. Some sunshine developing in the South as well.

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Those temperatures staying steady at 18 or 19 degrees. When you get the

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sunshine, over the weekend, it will feel quite pleasant. Many places

:31:27.:31:30.

will have a dry weekend, a bit of rain coming in to northern areas on

:31:31.:31:33.

Saturday night into Sunday. Lovely. rain coming in to northern areas on

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Thank you. A reminder of the top story: Amanda Hutton, the mother who

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starved her four-year-old son to death and left his body in a cot for

:31:47.:31:51.

nearly two years, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. That is all

:31:51.:31:56.

from us. Now it is time to join the news teams where you

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