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Britain is to commit 1000 troops to a new NATO rapid reaction force able

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to deploy anywhere within 48 hours. As fighting continues in Ukraine,

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there is condemnation of Russia's involvement. Russia is ripping up

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the rule book with its annexation of Crimea and its troops on sovereign

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soil in Ukraine. We will look at why Ukraine is causing concern and what

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the military commitment means. Also, more police on patrol in Calais as

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migrants make their way across the English Channel. The high streets

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are open for business, new figures show shop vacancies at their lowest

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level for four years. The Lord Mayor of London is the new head of the

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independent enquiry into historic child sex abuse. Walking with the

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world's biggest dinosaur. Later on BBC London:

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Police shoot dead a man who was threatening a woman with a knife at

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a house in Islington. And tributes are paid to the

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grandmother who was beheaded in Edmonton yesterday.

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Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.

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David Cameron has said Britain is ready to contribute 3,500 service

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personnel to a new rapid reaction force which could be deployed to any

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trouble spot, such as Ukraine or the Middle East, within 48 hours.

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Speaking at the final day of the NATO summit in Wales,

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Mr Cameron also expressed serious doubts about plans for a ceasefire

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between Kiev and Moscow. Fighting between pro-Russian rebels

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and Government forces is continuing in the east of the country and NATO

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leaders are determined to impose further sanctions against Russia.

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Our diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall sent this report.

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The Red Arrows, with aircraft from eight other NATO nations. An

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impressive fly past where might the airpower be used in earnest and not

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just for show? As leaders watched the skies, foreign and defence

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ministers conferred over plans to counter the Islamic threat in Iraq

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and Syria. The Americans want a coalition ready before world leaders

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meet at the UN in two weeks' time. At the round table session this

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morning, it was the rapid reaction force that was showcased, to respond

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quickly to world emergencies and counter Russian expansionism on

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NATO's borders. In 2002, NATO stood down there force. I hope we can

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agree a new force, deployable anywhere in the world within five

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days. There are other plans to counter Russian aggression. New EU

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and US sanctions. Britain thinks they should be slapped on Russia

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despite peace talks in Belarus today which had raised hopes of a

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cease-fire in Ukraine. Based on experience, what would be sensible

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is to go ahead with the plan for increased sanctions. If there is a

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cease-fire and if it is signed, and if it is then implemented, we can

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then look at lifting sanctions. And this is why Great Britain is

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suspicious that peace moves may not work. Fierce fighting on the ground

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in eastern Ukraine. This was in the South East of the country. Shelling

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by missiles. Ukrainian government troops have been fearing an assault

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by pro-Russian rebels. Today, the peace talks in Belarus are being

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watched closely. Envoys from Russia, Ukraine and rebel representatives

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are working on a cease-fire mechanism. If agreed, it could lead

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to a truce. But here at the NATO summit, they are not holding their

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breaths. They point out that this is not the first time that President

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Putin has come up with a cease-fire plan as Western leaders ramp up

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their sanctions. All the more reason to keep up the pressure.

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Well, as we've heard the volatile situation in Ukraine is causing

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great concern among world leaders. So, how did we get here

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and just what are the dangers? Well, with me is

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our correspondent Christian Fraser. Christian.

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Let's go back to the turn of the year and the start

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of the Ukraine conflict. You'll remember President Yanukovych

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abandoned an agreement to forge closer ties with the EU, bringing

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thousands onto the streets. It culminated

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thousands onto the streets. in one of the bloodiest days

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thousands onto the streets. shot dead in Kiev by the snipers

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loyal to the outgoing President. Within a month

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of the new interim government taking power Russian forces were massing

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on Ukraine's eastern border. power Russian forces were massing

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Followed by the quick annexation of Crimea, so strategically important

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to the Russian Black Sea Fleet. I want to show you this map, issued

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yesterday by the National Security and Defence Council in Ukraine,

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which shows you the situation now. These are the majority Russian

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speaking districts of Luhansk, Donetsk,

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where the fighting continues. And there's an increasingly tense

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situation down here in Mariopol. The NATO satellite imagery

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demonstrates how momentum is shifting,

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in fact quite decisively this past week in favour of the rebels who are

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backed, according to everyone but Moscow, by the thousands of

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Russian troops now inside Ukraine. Let me put up some amateur footage

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from Lugansk this week, which would appear to show one

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Russian column on the move. So what is Russia up to?

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Well, let's shift our perspective for a moment -

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have a look at what Moscow sees. NATO has grown, particularly since

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2004, right onto Russia's doorstep. Ukraine is now the buffer.

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One of President Putin's main objectives is to stop his biggest

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neighbour drifting to the alliance. At the moment, Moscow is seeing that

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NATO is trying to surround it from the US and from the south.

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Basically, it is by military standards. That is aggression.

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Ukraine is not a member of NATO so it doesn't have

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the protection of Article 5, the agreement that an attack

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on one state is an attack on all. But others satellite states do.

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Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania - all members of NATO

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and increasingly nervous. The Baltic countries are very happy

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to see the high readiness units are operating in the Baltic Sea.

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So new deployments at sea, there have been fighters jets moved

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to Lithuania and Romania, these are American paratroopers

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arriving in Estonia. The dilemma is how to reassure these

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NATO members, sending that clear signal to Russia,

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without antagonising President Putin further.

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The compromise it seems is this new multinational force, capable

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of deploying within just 48 hours. It's titled the

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Readiness Action Plan. Ammunition, command and logistics,

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as you have seen, being pre-positioned in Baltic states.

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In other words, we have gone back in time.

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Not necessarily to a new Cold War. But NATO are certainly moving

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back to its main purpose. Collective Territorial Defence.

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Let's go back to the NATO summit and speak to Norman Smith. What you make

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of this rapid reaction force? It is one of a series of significant

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announcement by NATO leaders, designed to send a message to

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President Putin to back off the Ukraine and ambitions he may have in

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eastern Europe. This new force, which will be British led, will be

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in eastern Europe with its headquarters in Poland. Over the

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next two years or so, we will see a series of military exercises by NATO

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along the eastern flank with Russia. The next NATO summit will be in

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Poland. On top of that, NATO leaders were quite clear that the latest

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cease-fire proposals by President Hooton, they do not trust them

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believe them. They are going to go ahead with sanctions come what may.

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Later today we will see new sanctions announced in Brussels and

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Washington, designed to incur exports of defence material, as well

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as financial restrictions on the energy sector. In the past few

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minutes we heard from the Secretary General of NATO who significantly

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said that NATO would retain its open door policy to new applicants. It is

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going to encourage new members to join. Among those seeking to join is

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Ukraine, a move that will be deeply resisted in Moscow. NATO are trying

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to put a protective arm around Ukraine. Thank you.

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Extra police are being deployed in Calais to tackle an increase

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in people trying to get to Britain illegally.

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For the first time, Eurotunnel has warned its customers that people are

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now trying to smuggle themselves in cars, not just lorries.

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The French authorities say they've never seen such high numbers

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of migrants. Our correspondent Leah Gooding is

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in Calais. Good afternoon. This location is

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where migrants turn up every single day for the only hot meal of the

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day, many arriving with next to nothing and facing an uncertain

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future. Very soon we are expecting migrants to gather here for

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demonstrations. They are unhappy with their lack of support. Many

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still arrive every day in the hope they will reach Great Britain. The

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desperation here is clear. Day after day, migrants return with one aim

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which is to reach Great Britain. And now what is also clear is that the

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police have also stepped up their presence. Dozens of migrants early

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this morning were targeting those lorries, scaling the fences here,

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desperate to get into those lorries and head out to the English Channel

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and reach Great Britain. Many are desperate, fleeing from countries

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that are war-torn. Sudan Syria. Security have been stepping up their

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presence but they say they need more help from British authorities. Both

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sides are becoming increasingly angry. The migrants said the police

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are being heavy-handed and say they have nowhere else to go. Each day it

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is thought more migrants will arrive here, leaving the authorities with a

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big challenge ahead. They need to stay in control of an ever more

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volatile situation. The local police are telling us today that they are

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in control of that situation, as least for now. Eurotunnel are

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telling British tourists to stay vigilant around their vehicles and

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making sure they are locked and secure ROM and making sure their

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safety comes first. The

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Lord Mayor of London Fiona Woolf has replaced Lady

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historical child abuse. historical child abuse.

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child abuse experts and victim of abuse. Well, our Home

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Affairs correspondent Tom Symonds is with me.

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She is a very respected public figure and is a tax lawyer, she is

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not an expert in child abuse. I have spoken to people at the Home Office

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and asked them whether it was a conscious decision, to find someone

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who would not be tainted on how child abuse was dealt with in the

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past. No was the answer but there were experts who saw her as the best

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person for the job. She is backed up by a panel. The Home Office has

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announced a panel which includes at least one victim of child abuse and

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one expert in the field who has served with a children's bureau.

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Will she be acceptable to all sides, remembering her predecessor was

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not? No, the last person was not acceptable because of her family

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links. There are some survivors of child abuse who say she is too

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establishment. But in general, she has had a better reaction from those

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survivors, who say it is good to have someone who is not connected

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with the arguments about the way this was dealt with in the past, and

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that they like the panel that has been put alongside her. Thank you.

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After years of gloom, there are signs that Britain's high

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streets are gradually reviving, with the number

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of empty shops slowly declining. The Local Data Company,

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which monitors the health of town centres, says average

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vacancy rates are now at their lowest level since June 2010.

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Our business correspondent Emma Simpson reports.

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The empty shops are slowly being re-let. Sid cup is on the up. An

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empty supermarket is now a gym. -- Sidcup. A High Street has been

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spruced up. This affluent town lost its way dealing with big out-of-town

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shopping areas. It is finding new ways to bring them back. The

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traditional High Street is probably dead but you have to look at it in a

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different way. We are bringing gymnasiums onto the High Street,

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higher education, training centre, and we have little shops to enable

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the young entrepreneurs to and move on to the future. This entrepreneur

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has certainly made a difference. She turned an empty store into a

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thriving cafe. Then she cleaned up by reviving this business. She also

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bought the empty shop next door. Why invest so much on her High Street?

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We believe in Sidcup. I know Sidcup has a lot of potential and a lot of

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residents have money to spend. has a lot of potential and a lot of

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keep it in Sidcup. Here is has a lot of potential and a lot of

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refurbished. This town is being turned around. Three years ago,

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refurbished. This town is being in five shops were lying empty and

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now it is just one in 20. Sidcup is not the

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now it is just one in 20. Sidcup is looking up. Today's research

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suggests the overall picture on the High Street is improving. We have

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300 Moorfield shops than the previous month but we have

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significant polarisation up and down the country and not all towns are

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getting better. The majority are getting better but there are

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significant numbers continuing to get worse. That means that we still

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have way too many of these, and with billions of pounds worth of shop

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leases coming up for your -- renewal, further challenges lie

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ahead for the High Street. The top story this lunch time...

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Britain is to commit 1000 troops to new NATO reaction forces able to

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deploy anywhere within 48 hours. Joe Root rallies England. Will it be

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enough for victory. On BBC London, we visit the London Academy in the

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top ten comprehensive is for GCSE results in the country. We will be

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live at the Tall Ships Let's get more details for my health

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correspondent. It is a booming market and 2 million people in the

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UK use e-cigarettes. Opinion is divided and we do not have the

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answers about the long-term impact on health. Researchers say it is

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clear that the products are much safer than conventional cigarette.

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They say more than 6000 early deaths can be prevented every year in the

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UK for every million smokers who switched to e-cigarettes. A separate

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team of researchers say the level of vapour for devices would not cause

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problems for people nearby, and they argue the popularity of e-cigarettes

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could help smokers quit. E-cigarettes are much less harmful

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than cigarette smoking. Smoking is so dangerous that the single best

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thing a smoker can do is stop smoking as soon as possible. If

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e-cigarettes can help them stop smoking then that'll be beneficial

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to their health. Other health experts are calling for stronger

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regulation. They fear there are still too many unanswered questions

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about the long-term effects of this business. The biggest worry is the

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whole idea of raft of young people being brought into the nicotine

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habit. Tobacco companies are buying these organisations like crazy as

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they see it as a big opportunity. The worry is that it will take the

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edge of some smokers who feel like they want to give up. The World

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Health Organisation said in a report last week that there should be new

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laws to stop e-cigarettes being used in public. That idea will be

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discussed at a meeting next month, and there will be more arguments in

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the meantime. The former Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis has pleaded not

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guilty to charges of sexual assault between 1990 and 2008. The

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prosecution has described him as an opportunity -- opportunist. What was

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said in court, Matt? For the past hour, the jury has heard from a

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woman who gave evidence from behind a screen to protect their

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anonymity. She said she was a researcher, aged 24, when she went

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to visit Dave Lee Travis at his home to interview him. She said he placed

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his hands on her breasts. She said she did not know what to do and she

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was embarrassed. She said that later on she felt exploited and she felt

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very depressed about what had happened. She is one of three women

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that Dave Lee Travis is alleged to have indecently assaulted or

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sexually assaulted. Two of the charges relate to a previous trial

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in which a jury was unable to reach a verdict. There is a third charge

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against a woman who was working as a researcher on a TV programme in the

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1990s. Dave Lee Travis denies all the charges against him. Thank you.

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Some good news for people who despair of remembering endless

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passwords. Today sees the launch of a new way of accessing bank accounts

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by identifying individuals through the pattern of veins in their

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fingers. Instead of passwords and numbers, users can log onto their

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accounts by placing a finger onto a scanner. Our correspondent has more.

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Once you had to go into a branch to do your banking. Now there is the

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Internet. Keeping fraudsters out of the account is a problem. It is

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where this comes in. Banking with your finger. It is not using your

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fingerprints but the unique veins on the inside of your finger, scanning

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them with infrared light and giving access to your bank account. This is

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usually say. Barclay's Bank says only alive finger will work, so no

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fraudulent copies. This one is for a business. Obviously, you cannot use

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this mobile tool with mobile banking. This will definitely go for

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retail. This may be helpful for the people who are fed up with numbers

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and passwords. You have to get bank details, set it up, and then they

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call you, and put in a code and all that kind of business, it is a

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hassle. They asked me for my membership number, a middle name of

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my mother, it is too much. It is a long process but it is worth it

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because I trust it. Finger vein scanning has appeared on cash

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machines in Poland and Japan. Barclay's Bank is charging for the

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scanners and they do not work with smartphones but make them smaller

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and cheaper and finger banking could be here to stay. The Green Party of

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England and Wales has kicked off their party conference in

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Birmingham. The leader, Natalie Bennett, has called for the National

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minimum wage to rise. We can go to our political correspondent. This is

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a party who once said it is not just about the environment but a broader

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left wing agenda. They are talking about a guaranteed income for

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everybody in the country, paid for by the taxpayer, worth ?80 a week

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for adults, and a higher minimum wage as well. Natalie Bennett is the

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leader of the Green Party. We need to make the minimum wage minimum

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wage now. That would lift it to ?7 65 an hour. We would look for a 3%

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increase year on year. We are talking about a gradual increase. We

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really have two balance our economy. Wealthy individuals and

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multinational companies are not paying their taxes or paying

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adequate wages. Britain is a low-wage economy. We have two allow

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people to get a decent return on their Labour. I have already been

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talking to defecting Lib Dems who were Lib Dem members but they have

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come to the Green Party. The Green Party's hope will be that there will

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be plenty more of them to help them in the general election. They fear

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losing their one Parliamentary seat in Brighton. They also fear the

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prospect of a new Parliament with no Green Party MP. Alistair Cooke's

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side has already lost the series but with Joe Root having reached his

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century and England on 249-6, it leaves them well-placed for a

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consolation victory. Like a summer spent waiting for a barbecue to

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ignite, cricket watchers have looked questionably at Cook. The captain

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hits to fours at Headingley but this series is a lost cause. The last

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71-day internationals, England have won one. They know they have to

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accelerate but how? They fell quickly but risk-taking is part of

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this game. Early next year, it is another World Cup. Should

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this game. Early next year, it is rely on Joe Root's correctness, for

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example? The clock is ticking, the scoreboard is slowing. 91-3 with the

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innings approaching halfway. While Joe Root 's continued to excel,

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Hitler -- Butler reminded us... The remains of a huge dinosaur, seven

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times bigger than a T Rex and weighing more than a herd of

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elephants has been discovered in Argentina. Scientists say it could

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be the biggest creature ever to roam the earth. Experts say that it is

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likely that when it died it was not fully grown.

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They were the largest creatures ever to have walked the earth - the

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Titanosaurus . This computer animation is only an

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Titanosaurus . This computer their size and what these

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Titanosaurus . This computer creatures looked like , based on

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just a handful of bones discovered over the decades. Now, US scientists

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writing in the journal Scientific Reports say they have found 100

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bones from just one dinosaur. This leg bone is the size of a grown man

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. They've pieced together this creature which they have called

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Dreadnoughtus on a computer and discovered much more about it. The

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researchers say that Dreadnoughtus is the largest land mammal

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discovered so far. It would have dwarfed us. From head to tail it was

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26 metres long, just under the length of a passenger aircraft . But

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it weighed 60 metric tonnes . That is the weight of a dozen elephants.

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And what is really amazing is that this particular animal wasn't even

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fully grown . We are learning a lot from this animal already . We have

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experiments going on in the laboratory that have to do with the

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biomechanics of the mammal, how it walked and how it moved. We are

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doing experiments to do with the growth history of the animal ,

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looking at bone cells, and experiments where we are trying to

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extract ancient tissues from the dinosaur bones themselves. Earlier

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this year, a separate team discovered the remains of another

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huge dinosaur that they say was 20 metres tall when its neck was

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upright. Scientists hope that these discoveries will help them learn

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just how these creatures became so gigantic. These animals grew really

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quickly, reaching their full body size in 30 or 40 years . There was

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this enormous growth spurt that they had early on. The large size might

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be down the fact that they eat plants. They are basically giant

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fermentation tanks, walking around and digesting nasty and unnutritious

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plant food and that may have made them bigger. The titanosaurus lived

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70 to 100 million years ago . It was a time when herds of these giant

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creatures were roaming the planet. creatures were roaming the planet.

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Time for a look at the weather. The satellite picture reveals all. You

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can see where the best of the sunshine is. It is mainly across

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northern England and Wales. 23 Celsius in Northumberland. Cooler

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than that where we have grey skies. I have the radar here, showing where

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outbreaks of rain are. It is all associated with that cold front

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which is pushing its way southwards across the country. As we head into

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the afternoon, we will see plenty of sunny spells and clouds for England

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and Wales. A few showers break out ahead of that rain bands. Sunshine

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is moving in across northern Scotland. Much cooler and fresher

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here as the rain band moves south. A wet afternoon for Northern Ireland,

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central and southern Scotland. A few showers across northern England,

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primarily the Pennines. The cloud may be thick produced a few showers.

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In the sunshine, feeling warm, 20 Celsius. The winds will stay light.

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This evening and overnight, the band of rain moved southwards and

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fragments as it reaches northern England and into North Wales. Ahead

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of it, it stays mild and cloudy. Behind it, much cooler and fresher.

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Really chilly to start Saturday morning but it will be bright. A few

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showers pushing into northern Scotland and some will be heavy.

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Across England and Wales the rain will fizzle out to leave some good

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spells of sunshine. Many places staying dry. A bit cooler across the

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board. We could see 21 Celsius in the South East. I will show you the

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pressure start for Sunday. It grazes past the North East corner of

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Scotland. Windy conditions on Sunday in this north-east corner. A

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good-looking day coming up, plenty of dry and fine weather after a

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chilly start. Temperatures around 20 or 21 degrees. Good conditions for

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the Great North Run. Next week, high-pressure dominate and it will

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stay mainly dry. Variable amounts of cloud. It will be chilly, however.

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Thank you very much. That is all from us.

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