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One of the most powerful storms ever recorded hit the Philippines. I

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think the house is actually shaking. Typhoon Haiyan strikes with winds of

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more than 200 miles an hour, knocking out power, triggering

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landslides and flooding towns and villages. Hundreds of thousands of

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people have been forced to flee their home. We will be speaking to

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our correspondent in the capital Manila.

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Also this lunchtime: A warrant is issued for the arrest of the terror

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suspect who escaped wearing a burka. He was facing 20 charges for

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breaching previous terrorism prevention orders.

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Only 6% of tip-offs about illegal immigrant are investigated, even

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fewer result in someone being removed from the UK, says a new

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report. Campaigners call for the British

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Army to stop recruiting under 18-year-olds.

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The price of insuring against clinical negligence at birth. It

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cost almost a fifth of the NHS maternity budget in England.

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And the BBC's former political editor, John Cole, has died. The

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really intriguing bit which still remains is to macro people... He

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passed away yesterday after a long illness.

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Later on BBC London: Thames Water is told it cannot increase bills by ?29

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next year. And jailed for murder, now Nicola

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Edgington is told she cannot appeal against her conviction Good

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afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.

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Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One. One of the most

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powerful storms ever recorded is sweeping across the Philippines,

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with gusts of wind approaching 200 miles an hour. Nearly three quarters

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of a million people have been forced to leave their homes as power lines

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and trees were brought down, roofs were ripped off. At least four

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people are known to have died. Our correspondent Jon Donnison has just

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sent this report from the capital, Manila.

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This could be the most powerful typhoon ever to hit land. From dawn,

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winds of up to 200 miles an hour started to battle the Philippines'

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central islands. In the eastern province of Leyte, streets were

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turned into rivers. TRANSLATION: As always, no storm can bring a united

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Filipino people to their knees. It is my hope that we'll stay safe in

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the coming days. Some have chosen to stay put. It is real hard to see

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what is happening outside because it has got worse over the past few

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hours. I think our house is actually shaking. I think it will still get

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worse. I just want it to stop. This is the first time in 22 years and it

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was very scary. Most of the Peep will have not slept because of this

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typhoon. -- most of the people. The wind here is whistling. It is so

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strong. The heavy downpour is continuing. I wish I can describe

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it. The Philippines are used to typhoons. They have had more than 20

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this year but none of this strength. As evening comes, people across the

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Philippines are facing a difficult night. The capital, Manila, has

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largely avoided the brunt of the damage. Elsewhere, aid agencies are

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saying the damage could be unprecedented. One United Nations

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official told me thousands of homes could have been damaged or

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destroyed. Already, many families here have lost everything, but it

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may be days before we know the full extent of the damage and the number

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of lives which have been lost. With me now is BBC weather presenter

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Nick Miller. Could this be the strongest storm ever recorded? It is

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difficult to say exactly where this will fit in global weather history.

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A lot of the wind speeds we are talking about are estimates are not

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recorded on the ground. A lot of the equipment on the ground may have

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been destroyed by the strength of the wind. It looks like the closer

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you are to the centre of the storm, you could have been facing gusts of

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up to 200 mph. Further away from the centre of the storm, the winds are

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not that strong. We know back in 1996 the strongest storm recorded

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was 253 mph. This is clearly a storm you rarely see on Earth. It is

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travelling across the central Philippines. Where it is headed to

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next? The it has not lost a huge amount of strength because of its

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encounter with the Philippines. Normally it would be the other way

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round. There is a very destructive typhoon. It may weaken a little bit

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but it may get significant power by the time it gets to Vietnam on

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Sunday. This is a part of the world which has had several tropical

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weather systems recently so the ground is saturated. It cannot take

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much more. It is not just the wind but the amount of rain we could be

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facing in Vietnam as well. You can keep up-to-date with the progress of

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the storm this afternoon on the BBC website. We will be speaking to our

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correspondent live in the Philippines near the end of the

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programme. An arrest warrant has been issued by

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a judge at the Old Bailey for Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed, the terrorism

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suspect who disguised himself in a burka and went on the run of week

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ago. It has emerged he was facing 20 charges for breaching different

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terrorism prevention orders before he disappeared. Our home affairs

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correspondent June Kelly is at the Old Bailey. Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed

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had a case listed here this morning. I case involving him has also been

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going on down the road at the High Court. While his legal footprint is

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everywhere there is still no sign of him. It is now a week since Somali

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born Mohamed Ahmed Hamnett went on the run. Disguised as a woman, he

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slipped out of a mosque dressed in a burka. Police have been searching

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for him ever since. Today, a judge at the Old Bailey issued an arrest

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warrant for him after he failed to appear for a hearing here. His

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lawyer spoke about his alleged torture in Somaliland. We have the

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most serious concern in relation to a young man who is hideously

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tortured in Somaliland for two months, was forcibly and illegally

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deported to this country and where the question has been repeatedly

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raised of the complicity of the British authorities, the security

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services, in that unlawful removal. While in East Africa, Mohamed Ahmed

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Mohamed is said to have fought with the terrorist organisation

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Al-Shabab. It emerged when he disappeared from this mosque in

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Acton in west London, he was facing court for 20 alleged breaches of the

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terrorism order he is subject to. Ports and borders have been on alert

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but a week on there is no sign of this high-profile fugitive. These

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breaches of the terrorism order involve things like failing to

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report to the police. His lawyer Gareth Peirce said this morning that

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his defence would have been he breached the order so mini times

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because he was suffering from the effects of torture. He is claiming

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that the British government was complicit in that. There has been a

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hearing taking place on all of that this morning and lawyers for the

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government said they may seek to have this whole case stopped because

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of his disappearance. Thank you. Fewer than one in 50 tip-offs about

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suspected illegal immigrants result in a person leaving the country,

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that is according to a report by a group of MPs. The Home Affairs

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Select Committee claims there was a backlog of more than 400,000

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immigration and asylum cases when the UK Border Agency was scrapped

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earlier this year. Our home affairs correspondent Matt Prodger is here.

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The Government insists it is getting tough on illegal immigrants. It

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does. It has introduced a number of policies. The backlog has dropped

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recently. But what a big backlog it is. Nearly 500,000 cases when the UK

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Border Agency was scrapped at the end of March and of course these

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figures which have come out today about the low number, the low

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proportion of phone calls from members of the public about illegal

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in the cases which actually involve action and enforcement. The

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government says a lot of these tip-off smite be wrong. There is a

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lot of error and vagueness in that. Nevertheless, this report reads like

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a bad school report for the government. It criticises the

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Government over the recently changed policy over the ad fans which are

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going around London urging illegal immigrants to go home of their own

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accord -- add vans. The immigration bill has its second reading soon. A

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number of policies cracking down on private landlords, introducing

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charges for people who use the NHS from abroad, those things will be

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problematic and it wants to see how they will pan out. The government

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says it is reducing the backlog. Thank you.

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The Japanese car-maker Nissan says it will reconsider its investment in

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the UK if Britain leads the European Union. The company's Chief Executive

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made comments on a visit to Sunderland where the company employs

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6500 workers. If a decision has to be made we will have to reconsider

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our strategy. Personally, I do not think this is the most probable

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scenario, but if this scenario becomes real, it will be a major

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factor happening and we will need to consider what does it mean for us,

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for the future. His comments come on the day the EU referendum Bill

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returns to the Commons with Conservatives being urged to back

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calls for the vote to be held next year before the general election.

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David Cameron has promised to hold a referendum on EU membership in

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2017. Our political correspondent is in Westminster for us. Any chance

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the timetable could be brought forward? I think it is very

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unlikely. The Conservatives are committed to a referendum in 2017.

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They hope this will can assure that will happen by nailing it down in

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law. It is a backbench Bill. Most of them fall because they do not have

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adequate support but this one is backed by the Conservative front

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bench. There is an amendment by another Conservative backbencher.

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His idea is to bring the whole thing forward to next year, to get it

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done, to ensure the Conservatives can see off the threat of the UK

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Independence Party but it does not look like many conservatives will

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back that amendment. What about Labour and the Liberal Democrats?

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They are not keen and they think it is irrelevant. There has been a

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slightly arcane procedure in the Commons this morning where Labour

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and Liberal Democrat MPs have been talking nonstop, verbosity from all

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of them pretty much, to try and talk it out so the bill runs out of

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parliamentary time. Meanwhile, the Conservative MPs are here on a three

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line whip as it is known, but they have been told to zip it, to sit on

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their hands and say nothing so time does not run out. There will be

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plenty more days for discussions about Britain and Europe and our

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place within it. Thank you. The BBC's former political editor

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John Cole has died at the age of 85 after a long illness. He joined the

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BBC in 1981 after a lengthy career in newspapers and he remained at the

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helm throughout the Thatcher era. He retired from the BBC after the 1992

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election but continued to broadcast and write for many years. He died at

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his home in Surrey yesterday. Carol Walker looks back at his life.

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John Cole was a familiar figure to many viewers as he brought home the

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drama and intrigue of the political scene for more than a decade. The

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really intriguing thing is the position of Sir Geoffrey Howe...

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Westminster is still reverberating from the shock. Born in Belfast, he

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joined the Belfast Telegraph at the age of 17 and worked on the Guardian

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and Observer before joining the BBC in 1981. With his trademark overcoat

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he covered the political upheavals during the era of Thatcherism,

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recession and union unrest. What he became was the figure for the

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British people who would tell them what was going on and what was

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really going on. In that era, people often talked in code about change.

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It was very interesting. John got to the bottom of that and became the

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person for the British people, it is not too much of an exaggeration, he

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became the person who told them what at Lee was going on. Rather

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dramatically I appeared on radio 4... He was satirised by Spitting

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Image and Private Eye. John Cole may have been slightly irritated but it

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only added to his popularity. One of many memorable interviews was with

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Margaret Thatcher just after the bomb exploded at her hotel in

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Brighton. You hear about these atrocities, these bonds, you do not

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expect them to happen to you. -- these bombs. But life must go on as

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usual. And your conference will go on? All right, John, the conference

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will go on as usual. John Cole was trusted by the politicians and the

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BBC and listeners. He could listen calmly. He would think clearly and

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speak fairly. When it came to the BBC I think the two were well

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matched. When he retired from the BBC, John Cole wrote several

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well-received political books. He will be remembered for his calmness

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and unique insights, a trusted guide to the drama of political life.

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The BBC's former political editor John Cole who has died at the age of

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85. The time is 1:15pm. Our top story this lunchtime: One of the

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most powerful storms ever recorded hits the Philippines. The gusts of

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wind 's are up to 235 mph. Thousands have been forced to flee their

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homes. And still to come: Ahead of Remembrance Sunday, the Queen opens

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the new headquarters in armed forces charity London. Later on BBC London:

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Taking a trip back in time. University students bring Tudor

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London back to life. And in sport, the Staines Town manager dreaming of

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an FA Cup giant killing as his team travel to Brentford.

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The Palestinian authorities investigating the death of their

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former leader, Yasser Arafat, say scientific tests on his body show he

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did not die naturally. The allegation follows a report

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published earlier this week by Swiss scientists, which found that Mr

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Arafat's exhumed body contained 18 times the normal level of the

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radioactive element, polonium. But Israel has dismissed any suggestion

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that it was involved. Our Middle East correspondent

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Yolande Knell reports. Emotional scenes back in 2004.

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Palestinian President Yasser Arafat did not know he was bidding a final

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farewell to his supporters. He had been suddenly taken sick at his

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headquarters and doctors could not work out what was wrong. He was

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flown to a hospital in Paris where he died. It was only last year that

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new research suggested that the late leader might have been poisoned with

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a radioactive substance. Then his body was exhumed behind the screens

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so samples could be taken. Today, Palestinian investigators gave their

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response to the findings of the foreign teams that carried out the

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test. Both reports, the Swiss and Russian, confirm the findings of the

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ongoing investigation. Yasser Arafat did not die of old age, he did not

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die from disease, he did not die a natural death. Scientists found

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higher levels of polonium ( dashed to ten, the same substance used to

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kill a Russian agent in London in 2006. The test cannot say all sure

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if Yasser Arafat was poisoned. If more of the substance had been

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extracted it could have left a tell-tale signature. If you have a

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large enough sample of polonium, you can look at the radioactive

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spectrum. Then you can get an indication where it might have been

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made based on impurities in it, and that will tell you if it is from a

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nuclear reactor, and natural source, it was refined, and maybe which

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reactor it came from. The Palestinians are accusing Israel of

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killing their president and will continue to investigate the case. In

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a new statement, Israeli officials denied any responsibility. Yasser

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Arafat now lies here in his grave where visitors can come and pay

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their respects. His loss as a leader of the Palestinian nationalist cause

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is still strongly felt, but nine years on, it's still possible that

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the exact cause of his death will never truly be known.

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The Foreign Secretary, William Hague, is travelling to Geneva to

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join international talks on Iran's nuclear programme. There's growing

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optimism about the talks. The US Secretary of State John Kerry, who's

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just completed a tour of the Middle East, is also flying to Geneva to

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take part in the talks. Our Tehran correspondent James Reynolds is in

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Geneva. A growing sense of momentum. What are they are hoping will be

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achieved? The beginning to an end to a decade of conflict. We have heard

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that William Hague is in Geneva and he smiled when he arrived, but he

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did not say anything to reporters, because the foreign ministers are

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here to arrange a first step deal. They will not say what it is, but we

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can guess. Iran might have to restrict its enrichment of uranium.

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The West, in exchange, might agree to lift some sanctions. That will be

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the beginning of the process. Not every country likes it. Israel

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believes that the Iran nuclear programme should be dismantled

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altogether, not restricted, and Benjamin Netanyahu called it the

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deal of the century for Iran, but nothing has been agreed. Campaigners

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are calling on the Ministry of Defence to stop recruiting

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underrating soldiers into the Army. A campaign calls for an end to the

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practice. Put through their paces, teenagers

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at this military preparation College are hoping to be Army and Navy

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recruits within a year. At 16, they think they are ready for the rigours

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of a military life. At the age I am I think I would be ready, seeing the

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things I have, and the experiences. It would be tough, that also

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amazing. It has crossed my mind, but I will give everything to be

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successful and I know the different risks I am taking, but I'm willing

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to do it and I'm happy with my choice. British soldiers do not

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enter combat until they are 18, but in a letter signed by church leaders

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and campaigners, the Ministry of Defence has been accused of

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recruiting children that are too young to realise what lies ahead.

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Are they sufficiently aware of the rigours of the training that is

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involved? And what might actually faced them if they are deployed into

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a combat zone at the age of 18? It is a question of whether they are

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ready for it, physically, and possibly more importantly,

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psychologically. South Wales is an area where Army recruitment has

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traditionally been strong. In a place where youth unemployment is

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high military career straight out of school is clearly attractive. But

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that attraction can fade. In 2012, 800 and 8016 -year-olds enlisted.

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But 410, nearly half of the intake, then left during training. But some

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argue that that is still an advantage to them. It is a great

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opportunity. It gives young people, training, life skills and technical

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skills. And a wide range of skills, actually, that they can then use

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throughout their life. The Ministry of Defence stresses that all

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underrating soldiers need parental consent to enlist. And the Ministry

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have no plans to change their system. For every child born in

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England the NHS has to pay out almost ?700 for insurance against

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clinical negligence. The public spending watchdog, the National

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Audit Office, says the cost of the cover equates to nearly a fifth of

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the maternity budget for the NHS in England. The government says Britain

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is still one of the safest places in the world to have a baby. Our Health

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Correspondent Dominic Hughes reports.

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At three days old, baby Miguel and his mother, Daniela, I enjoying some

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tranquillity. -- are enjoying. He was born on a typically busy

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maternity unit on Liverpool women's Hospital. In England the number of

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births has increased by almost a quarter in the last decade and is

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currently at its highest level for 40 years. Now berths with more

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complications. We have an increased complexity with delivery, some

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through patient choice where they choose to deliver when they are

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older. Some through lack of mobility through an obese population, and

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some women with complications it would never have had a successful

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pregnancy before. Today's report into maternity services paints a

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mixed picture. In 2011, one in 133 babies was stillborn or died soon

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after birth. An improvement, but still higher in other parts of the

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UK. The number of legal claims for negligence is up by 80% over the

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last five years, coaching -- costing the NHS more than ?480 million in

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insurance cover, around ?700 for every baby born. Clinical negligence

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is a big issue for maternity and when claims are settled they have to

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cover the cost of claim -- caring for a baby through the whole life,

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so the settlements are large. At the moment clinical negligence, cost the

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NHS about a fifth of the total spend on maternity services. Part of the

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pressure on the maternity unit relates to the number of midwives.

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The government says more students are in training, but the reports

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predict significant shortfall in the number of qualified midwives

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available in the future. Ministers insist that more midwives are on the

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way. We have 1500 more midwives working in the NHS than three years

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ago. There are 5000 more in training and were making sure that we have

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more specialist obstetric doctors available on labour wards, more of

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the time. There are many positives in the report. 80% of mothers say

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the care was excellent or very good. There have been improvements

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in maternity care, but they're still too much variation between the very

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best and the rest. The Queen has opened the new

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headquarters of an armed forces charity in London today as the

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country prepares for Remembrance Sunday this weekend. A service has

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also taken place near Royal Wootton Bassett to remember more than 400

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members of the UK armed forces who have died in Afghanistan since 2001,

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as Richard Lister reports. As preparations for Remembrance

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Sunday continue, the Queen's focus today was on military veterans. She

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opens a new headquarters which supports those that served in the

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Army, navy and air force. It was a chance to think about their future

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before their reflections on the Tom flicks of the present and past this

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weekend. Near the town of Royal Wootton Bassett, a service to open a

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field of remembrance was underway. In the torrential rain, they stood

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for two minutes of silence. This is one of six such remembrance

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fields in the UK, and more than 45,000 crosses have been planted in

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memory of those who fought and died for their country. Emma Hickman's

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fiance was among them. She never met her dad. One day she will be able to

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plant her own cross. It's so emotional to see how many people do

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support the troops, past and present. It is very, very moving.

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These remembrance fields will stay open for people to pay their

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respects for another ten days. Let's get more on our top story, the

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huge storm, described as one of the most powerful typhoons ever

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recorded, that has hit the Philippines. Our correspondent John

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Donnison is in the capital, Manila. The storm is still sweeping across

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central Philippines, night-time, so it will be a long time before we can

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establish the extent of the damage. That is right. We hope to fly down

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to one of the worst affected areas in the next few hours, and until

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people actually get there and take a proper look at some of the eastern

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provinces and the islands that were worst hit from dawn this morning, we

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won't know the full extent of the damage. At the moment the number of

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casualties are relatively low, 34 we have had reported, but when I spoke

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to United nation 's officials, they said unless they had taken a look

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they would not know how many houses have been destroyed or damaged and

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they were talking about the possibilities of hundreds of

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thousands of homes being destroyed or damaged. Many people here will

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spend a very difficult night in some sort of temporary accommodation.

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Thank you very much, John. The pale comparison to what is going

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on in the Philippines, but we have heavy rain on the rainfall picture.

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That has developed today, affecting the South west, south Wales, and it

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is heading east over the next few hours and into south-east England

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just in time to the rush hour. Heavy bursts of rain, surface water and

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spray, difficult driving conditions. Following on from that area of rain

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as it edges further east, bearing down on the south-east, heavy

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showers coming into western areas. Although it will be brightening up

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in the South West and Wales, the showers will still be quite heavy,

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some torrential downpours possible in Wales and north-west England. A

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lot of rain in a short space of time. Rumbles of thunder, but also

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dry and bright spells in between. For Northern Ireland and western

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Scotland, the showers keep coming. Also some sunshine between those.

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Still quite windy in northern Scotland, but not as windy as it has

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been. The wind will ease during the rest of the day, not too many

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showers across the eastern Scotland and North East England, so some of

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the driest weather is on offer here, but then we are back into the rain.

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This is where we think it will be at 4pm, affecting parts of the

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Midlands, Lincolnshire, into the South Midlands, then some heavy

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bursts within this. Before it pulls away, the winds will strengthen in

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the far south-east. The risk of coastal gales. Once it's gone, the

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rest of the night is clear spells and showers, most frequent in

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western areas. It turns chilly in north-east Scotland, so maybe below

:29:59.:30:05.

freezing. Even in the karma parts of central and eastern England, you

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could be getting close to freezing for a ground frost -- the more karma

:30:09.:30:12.

parts. Saturday morning, Chile, showers from the word go. Across

:30:13.:30:17.

southern areas, virtual repeat of what we had today. Another spell of

:30:18.:30:21.

rain moving through. Sunshine and showers following behind. In the

:30:22.:30:28.

sunshine it won't feel that warm. Be prepared for a cold night on

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Saturday. As we start Remembrance Sunday, widespread frost, one of the

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coldest mornings of the season so far. Although it is cold, it will be

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dry and there will be plenty of sunshine for the Sunday services.

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And for much of the UK, the dry weather will hang on for the rest of

:30:45.:30:49.

the day. Yes, a dry weekend day. But you will notice more rain coming

:30:50.:30:52.

into Northern Ireland, western fringes of England and Wales by the

:30:53.:30:55.

end of the day. That will move east on Sunday night. We are facing more

:30:56.:31:01.

rain as the weekend comes to an end. The normal be feeling a raft of

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Typhoon Haiyan. -- Vietnam's will be feeling the raft of Typhoon Haiyan.

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At 1:30pm, a reminder of our main story this lunchtime: one of the

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most powerful storms ever has hit the Philippines with gusts of 200

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mph. Still to come on the BBC News Channel in the next half hour:

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That's all from the

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