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A big rise in council tax bills across England,

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as local authorities try to tackle the social care crisis.

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Most households could be charged 5% more from April,

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amid warnings it still won't be enough to fund the cost

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Despite the rise in council tax, local authorities also say deep cuts

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Big overspend for the NHS in England, latest figures show it is

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hundreds of millions of pounds over budget.

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Footage emerges of the moment the North Korean leader's

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half-brother is fatally attacked at Malaysia's Kuala Lumpa airport.

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Trouble for the new leader of Ukip - two senior party officials

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in Liverpool quit citing "crass insensitivity" over

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in Liverpool quit, citing "crass insensitivity" over

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Reassuring words for the EU from the US Vice President,

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Mike Pence, who describes America's commitment as steadfast

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And what a night ahead for Sutton United, as they host

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a mighty FA Cup match tonight against Arsenal

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And in sport later in the hour on BBC News,

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wheelchair rugby has had its appeal against a total funding cut

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They received ?3 million for the last Paralympic cycle.

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Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.

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Nearly every local authority in England is planning to raise

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council taxes in the coming year, most of them by 5%,

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to help meet the rising cost of social care.

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But the Local Government Association, which represents

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councils, has warned that deep cuts to other services will

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still have to be made because of the huge cost of looking

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after growing numbers of elderly and disabled people.

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Here's our social affairs correspondent Alison Holt.

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After several falls, 80 year old Maureen Edwards

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is being given support that will mean she regains

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some independence and rebuilds her confidence.

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It means she and her husband can cope at home.

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According to today's survey, the sheer demand for this sort

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of care is the reason why most local authorities in England plan

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We've got the carers, they come in, get her up, wash her, dresser.

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I'm grateful for all that they've done for me, I really am.

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Without them, I don't know what I would have done.

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The Edwards live in Surrey and it's the Council's social workers

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The authority had discussed increasing its council tax by 15%

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Now, like most local authorities, it's likely

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Staff here describe the demand as unrelenting.

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I've worked in adult social care for 20 years and I've never known

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And there's no simple solution to it.

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People are getting older, people are living longer and their needs

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Councils pay for most social care and the Local Government

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Survey shows nearly all are struggling with the costs.

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There are 151 local authorities in England, 147 plan to raise

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council tax specifically to help pay for social care.

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But councils warn that won't plug the funding gap and that could mean

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There has been a united voice of local government to say

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that they need to have more funding into social care and that the crisis

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The funding for local government needs to be resolved immediately.

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The government says extra funding is being put into social care

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and that authorities will soon be able to keep all of the money

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they raise from council tax and business rates.

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Alison is with me now. This would be a huge rise in council tax bills for

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councils across England. Why are they struggling so much? In the end

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it's down to the sheer demand, we've got an ageing population, people are

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living longer with more complex needs. So they do need support in

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life. As I said in my report, much of that is provided by local

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authorities. I think what's interesting about today's report

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from the local authority association is that you've got 147 across the

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political spectrum, you've got local authorities saying we can't make

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ends meet therefore we will take this opportunity to raise council

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tax by that extra amount so that we can try and meet that growing

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demand. That is going to increase pressure on the government. This has

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already raised up the political agenda in the last six months

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because of the delays we've seen in hospitals. The government will say

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that it is putting extra money into social care, that it is also giving

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councils the ability to plan ahead, plan for the long-term. But there

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will be that growing need for sort of Longo acrobatic space longer care

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solution -- longer-term solution to this care problem. The language used

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by the LGA is interesting, it talks about councils being pushed

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perilously close to the financial edge by the pressures of social

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care. This is one report today. We've got the Budget coming up but

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it's very clear from this that the pressure by social care is not going

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to go away. NHS trusts in England are overspending by hundreds of

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millions of pounds more than expected, according to figures out

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this lunchtime. Trusts reported a deficit of ?886 million in the last

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quarter, more than one and a half times the government target. Doctor

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Cathy McLean from the regulator NHS Improvement at this explanation. It

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is higher than our original anticipation but the number of

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patients coming at a hospital, obviously we needed treat them as a

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priority. Because of that, the hospitals are working really hard to

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keep the costs down. And indeed, can bet it last year, there are 44 you

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are hospitals posting a deficit this year compared with last year. Our

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health editor Hugh Pym is here. Why is the NHS so much in debt? The

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providers, the trusts, are basically spending more money than comes in.

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That's happened for the last few years and these deficits have got

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larger and larger. The government and regulators have stepped in to

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try to curb this overspending, they've introduced measures to reply

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to reduce overspending and agency staff, that has succeeded up to a

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point. What we can't -- what they can't control is patients time. As

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we heard from Cathy McLean there, the growth in patient numbers has

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been more than expected. They were forecasting a deficit of about ?580

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million for the full financial year in March and now they are saying it

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could be as much as ?850 million because of actors beyond their

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control. It has to be balanced out somehow. They make cuts elsewhere to

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come in on budget. There has to be a question of whether the whole budget

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can come in as predicted. There was a real scramble this time last year

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to try to make the sums add up. I suspect on the back of these numbers

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there will be a similar scramble going on with the Department of

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Health. One reason is they say they have not been able to carry out as

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much routine surgery -- as much surgery on patients. Routine surgery

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has been postponed and that is bad for patients. Thank you.

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Footage has emerged of the moment the North Korean leader's

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half-brother was attacked at Kuala Lumpa airport in Malaysia.

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A woman appears to cover his head with a cloth for a few seconds

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Kim Jong-nam is then seen telling police what has happened.

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But North Korea has questioned the identification of the man

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CCTV footage at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

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A figure in a light suit with a bag slung over his shoulder

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It's believed this man is Kim Jong-nam.

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But the man is grabbed from behind by a woman in a white top.

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She appears to push a cloth into his face.

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The footage then shows them separating.

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The man is seen talking to airport staff, apparently

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He seems to be led to police where he again explains and gesticulates,

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before he is accompanied to the airport's medical clinic.

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Police believe Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of North Korea's

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leader, Kim Jong-un, was poisoned at the airport a week ago.

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The mysterious circumstances, the investigation and speculation

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that North Korea was behind the killing, has led to growing

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Malaysia has recalled its envoy to North Korea, while Pyongyang's

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ambassador in Kuala Lumpur said at a news conference the

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It's been seven days since the incident,

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but there is no clear evidence on the cause of the death

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and at the moment we cannot trust the investigation by the Malaysian

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police, even though its result would be obtained.

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But Malaysia's Prime Minister has defended the investigation

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We have no reason why we want to do something that would paint

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We will be objective and we expect them to understand

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Malaysia authorities have said that autopsy results could be ready

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by the middle of the week and that they will release Kim

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His son is reported to be travelling to Kuala Lumpur.

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Two senior Ukip officials have resigned in protest

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at their leader's handling of the Hillsborough controversy.

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Paul Nuttall has been embroiled in a row after his website

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incorrectly claimed he'd lost close friends in the tragedy.

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In a statement, the chair of Ukip's Merseyside branch

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condemned Mr Nuttall's "unprofessional approach

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and crass insensitivity" and suggested there could be more

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Our Assistant Political Editor Norman Smith is in Westminster.

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How much of a blow is this going to beat the new duke it leader?

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Certainly the timing could hardly be worse, just days before the crunch

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by-election where Mr Nuttall is Ukip's candidate. It is a

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by-election that you could see as make or break. Nigel Farage

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described it as a must win. Those in Ukip have played this incident down,

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suggesting they were under huge pressure because of a public

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backlash in Liverpool following those claims on Mr Nuttall's

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website, false claims, saying that he had known people who had died in

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the Hillsborough tragedy. These do not seem two men going meekly more

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in sorrow than anger, they have gone out all guns blazing, accusing Mr

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Nuttall of being crass and insensitive, calling his approach in

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tolerable and questioning whether he is fit to lead. Bear in mind that

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these are two people who know Mr Nuttall, they are the chairman of

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his local party, the Liverpool party and the Merseyside regional party,

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which raises questions not just of how far this will dent Mr Nuttal's

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chances in the by-election but it may actually dent his leadership,

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given that Ukip scene, really since Nigel Farage stepped aside, to

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struggle to find a leader who brings them stability and in whom they can

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have confidence. Norman, thank you. As Norman said, in three days' time,

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voters in Stoke-on-Trent Central will go to the polls

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to choose their new MP. The by-election was called

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after Labour's Tristram Hunt quit politics to take up a position

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running London's Victoria The poll is being seen as a key

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electoral test for the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn,

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whose party faces a strong challenge Our political correspondent

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Adam Fleming reports from Stoke. Voters in Stoke-on-Trent need a new

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MP, after their previous Member of Parliament resigned,

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to run a museum. A decision the very senior Labour

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figure I just met on the train up here described as very selfish,

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because it has pitched Labour into a battle

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with Ukip to hold on here. It's the city where Wedgewood

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founded his pottery empire. ARCHIVE: The thriller

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coaxes shape and beauty Since the industry's heyday,

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many manufacturing jobs have gone and a once rock-solid Labour seat

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looks more fragile. Ukip's leader and candidate also

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feels he's in with a fighting chance because a big majority of people

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here voted to leave the EU. Unfortunately I think many feel that

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they've been left behind I think what they need

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is a national voice, someone who can stand up

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in the House of Commons And I believe I'm that man to put

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Stoke-on-Trent on the political map. Since we spoke a few days ago, he's

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found himself on the ropes with his party over claims he made about the

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Hillsborough disaster and whether he lived here when he entered the

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contest. Labour's man is trying to paint his

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rival as an opportunist. I live just outside the city

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in a pit village called Silverdale. It's where my family are and it's

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where my daughter was born. And I consider myself

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to be very local. Although he's faced trouble, too,

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saying sorry for old tweets deemed to be sexist and insulting to people

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who supported Brexit. On a visit to the constituency

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today, the Prime Minister did what the other Westminster parties are

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doing, trying to stop this becoming a two horse race.

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One of our key priorities is to create more opportunities

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The Green party's campaign is about securing employment

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for people who want better jobs in the area and also

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Health is a priority for the Lib Dems too,

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not least because their candidate is sometimes absent

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from the campaign trail because he's performing heart surgery.

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The NHS has been in crisis, particularly over the winter,

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and we just feel that Labour are not providing

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the opposition they need to be providing to this government now.

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But the focus is on whether Ukip can finally land a knockout

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Adam Fleming, BBC News, Stoke-on-Trent.

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This is a complete list of the candidates taking part which is also

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available on the BBC News website. The bill giving Theresa May

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the authority to trigger Brexit talks goes before the House

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of Lords this afternoon. The legislation passed the Commons

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with no amendments - but the government doesn't

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have a majority in the Lords. Let's cross to the Houses

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of Parliament and our Political How smooth is the path expected to

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be? People will turn up in the next couple of hours and we can brace

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ourselves for a record-breaking session. 190 of them have said they

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want to speak in this debate, more than in any other Lords debate, that

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gives you a sense of the appetite that many of them have, especially

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opposition peers in the Lords. To try and influence this process, but

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I think that the body of discussion has little resemblance to the

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political authority that the Lords has when it comes to this bill.

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Because Lords will not try and stop Brexit, they might try to change the

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bill and there are areas where Labour and the Lib Dems peers will

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try and do that, trying to get a legal guarantee from the government

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in the way the House of Commons was not able to do, saying that

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parliamentarians should have a vote on the final deal before Theresa May

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signs it off in Brussels. And that the rights of EU citizens in the UK

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should be guaranteed. We heard those argument is a new House of Commons,

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they did not get to change the bill, but they got some concessions,

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verbally, from the government, and we can expect something similar from

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the Lords. If they do amend the bill it could go back to the Commons, who

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could wipe out those amendments, and in the end, one minister has said

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about this, it is their duty to do their patriotic duty and respect the

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will of the people and Theresa May saying today that she wants peers to

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observe what happens in the House of Commons and she will hope and she

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remains confident that she can get that authority from parliament to

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trigger Article 50 during the course of March. Thanks for joining us.

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Local councils in England warn that they will still struggle

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to fund care for the elderly - despite big increases

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am at Sutton United as they prepare to face the Premier League giants

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Arsenal in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

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Coming up in sport at 130 on BBC News,

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the England all rounder Ben Stokes has become the most expensive

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foreign player in the history of the Indian Premier League.

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The US vice president Mike Pence has described America's

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commitment to the European Union as steadfast and enduring,

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after his first official meeting with the president

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Meanwhile, President Trump is facing calls to further

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clarify his comments over the weekend, in which he appeared

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to suggest that there had been a terror attack in Sweden.

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Presidential visits to Brussels rarely stirred much interest

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in the past, but these are different times.

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Donald Trump has lauded Brexit and belittled the EU,

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The greetings, at times, seemed strained.

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But the White House has billed this as a reassurance tour

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and after his initial talks, that is exactly what

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Today is my privilege on behalf of President Trump to express

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the strong commitment of the United States to continued

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cooperation and partnership with the European Union.

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Whatever our differences, our two continents share the same

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Alongside him a man who described Trump's America

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After such a positive declaration, both Europeans and Americans must

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But it's the president who calls the shots and he uses Europe

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as a model for all that is wrong in the world.

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Even if he has to make up his own facts to fit the argument.

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You look at what's happening last night in Sweden - Sweden!

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They took in large numbers and they are having problems

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There was no such incident in Sweden.

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The country has taken in large numbers of refugees and hasn't

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suffered any terrorist attacks as a result.

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But the policy's not without its Swedish critics.

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The president said later he was referring to this Fox News

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report, claiming that violence has risen in Sweden along

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But Mr Trump's backers insist his points are valid.

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People seize upon it and you see these articles,

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and when I pulled it up on Google, it's like, well, Donald

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There was the neo-Nazis going to the refugee camps

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and there's been a lot of corruption and rape going on.

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That's not the message Mr Pence is pushing,

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but President Trump's voice is louder and Europe is unsettled.

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On the streets outside his meetings, these protesters are sending

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a message of their own, that the values of the Trump

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administration are not welcome in Europe.

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That's a debate which is getting even more personal in London

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as members of Parliament consider an online petition signed by almost

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2 million people suggesting that Donald Trump's state visit to the UK

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would cause embarrassment to the Queen.

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Our Europe Correspondent Gavin Lee is in Brussels.

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Reassurance, says the White House, but will the be reassured? If you

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listen to Mike Pence you would be thickly given that thinking that

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everything was the same, -- you would be forgiven for thinking. But

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the elephant in the room, the rhetoric of Donald Trump, who said

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the EU is a vehicle for Germany, basically. He said three weeks ago

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that Brexit was a great super thing. Donald Tusk at the head of European

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Council, he said he was surprised at the voices coming from the White

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House, that actually you can forget that things are the same, but he was

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reassured, he said, to listen to Mike Pence. Similar, perhaps come

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when he goes elsewhere in Brussels, to the Nato headquarters, to meet

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the Nato leaders where they will be a civil message to say that we are

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onside and when it comes to the Ukraine we will urge them to stick

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to the Minsk agreement when it comes to Russia, so the words are there,

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but I think when you listen to those on the size, the former ambassador

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the United States to the EU, he said he congratulated the vice president

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but he said there has been such hostility from the American

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president that he wanted to see actions as well as deeds. Thanks for

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joining us. Iraqi forces are continuing

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their advance into Mosul - Iraq's second biggest city -

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after launching a major attack yesterday to remove Islamic State

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fighters from their last major The progress of the operation has

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been slowed because of huge improvised explosive devices

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that the IS militants have Our Middle East Correspondent

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Quentin Sommerville and cameraman Nick Millard -

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are the only television journalists They're now on the outskirts

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of western Mosul - the only part of the city still held

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by so called Islamic state. In record time, Iraq's

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Federal Police have made it That's the south east

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of the city you can see there. And the River Tigris

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just in the foreground. It really was a very fast

:23:30.:23:34.

assault to get here. And now, behind me, perhaps

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if we move the camera over there, you might just be able to pick out

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the helicopter, the gunship which is launching an attack

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against the town of Abu Saif. That's a very important town,

:23:48.:23:53.

because all that lies between the federal police and Mosul

:23:54.:23:55.

is that town, and it's All morning we've watched these

:23:56.:24:00.

helicopters attacking the town. The Iraqi police have

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fired their own home-made rockets We can hear the helicopters

:24:05.:24:08.

firing again, Just beyond that town,

:24:09.:24:18.

two miles or so, is Mosul's airport. That airport is mostly of symbolic

:24:19.:24:31.

value because the Islamic State long ago destroyed the runways

:24:32.:24:35.

and terminal buildings. But taking that would be very

:24:36.:24:38.

important because it And after that, they

:24:39.:24:40.

would be in Mosul. Police and protesters have clashed

:24:41.:24:49.

in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, ahead of a ceasefire

:24:50.:24:52.

between Russian-backed rebels and government forces that

:24:53.:24:54.

comes into effect today. At least seven

:24:55.:24:59.

protestors were detained after ultra-nationalists gathered

:25:00.:25:00.

to support a blockade between the separatist east

:25:01.:25:05.

and the rest of Ukraine. Archery, badminton,

:25:06.:25:09.

and wheelchair rugby - they're just some of the seven

:25:10.:25:12.

sports that have been told they will receive no government

:25:13.:25:16.

funding to prepare for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic

:25:17.:25:18.

Games in Tokyo. They have appealed that decision at

:25:19.:25:24.

this lunchtime they learned of the decision.

:25:25.:25:26.

Our sports news correspondent Richard Conway joins me.

:25:27.:25:29.

It is bad news for those seven sports, badminton, table tennis,

:25:30.:25:35.

weightlifting, archery, fencing and the Paralympic sports of gold ball

:25:36.:25:40.

and wheelchair rugby, all failing to convince UK sport that they should

:25:41.:25:44.

have money given to them in the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics in

:25:45.:25:49.

2020. UK sport is the funding body for the elite end of sport, they

:25:50.:25:53.

have ?330 million of budget and they say they allocate that to sports

:25:54.:25:58.

that have the most medal potential. The most controversial decision is

:25:59.:26:02.

Babington, they have lost under ?6 million in funding, despite winning

:26:03.:26:05.

a bronze medal at the BM Olympics last summer -- badminton. They were

:26:06.:26:12.

on target with another medal in Tokyo and they said they staggered

:26:13.:26:15.

at the decision and they are considering their next steps, but

:26:16.:26:19.

others like table tennis and archery, just under ?3 million,

:26:20.:26:22.

fencing, just under formerly in pounds, that will not be returned to

:26:23.:26:26.

them in the run-up to Tokyo. UK sport said they had got to focus in

:26:27.:26:31.

a meritocratic way and focus it on where they can make sure success.

:26:32.:26:33.

Thanks for joining us. The entertainment industry reached

:26:34.:26:52.

the agreement with the tech giants after talks brokered by the

:26:53.:26:55.

government will stop the initiative will run in parallel with insisting

:26:56.:27:01.

-- existing anti-piracy measures. They're more than 100

:27:02.:27:05.

league places below them - but tonight Sutton United will take

:27:06.:27:08.

on mighty Arsenal as they try to book their place in the quarter

:27:09.:27:10.

finals of the FA Cup. The non-league side are playing

:27:11.:27:13.

at home at their 5000 seat stadium with its artificial turf -

:27:14.:27:16.

it's a world away from the 60,000 Whoever wins will face Lincoln City,

:27:17.:27:19.

also a non-league side - who become the first non-leaguers

:27:20.:27:23.

to reach the quarterfinals in more Our Sports Correspondent John Watson

:27:24.:27:25.

is at Sutton's Gander Green Lane The FA Cup has faced criticism this

:27:26.:27:40.

season, with some teams choosing to field weakened teams and they have

:27:41.:27:43.

been accused of not showing the tournament the respect it deserves.

:27:44.:27:47.

Hip non-league sides, Lincoln City and at Sutton United, they have

:27:48.:27:51.

proved there is printed to be gained from a memorable cup run -- in two

:27:52.:27:54.

non-league sides. Once in awhile there comes a cup run

:27:55.:27:56.

to capture the imagination. To witness two in the same season

:27:57.:28:00.

is something quite unique. The achievements of lowly

:28:01.:28:03.

Lincoln City and Sutton United embody the magic of football's

:28:04.:28:05.

oldest cup competition. On Saturday the National League

:28:06.:28:07.

leaders upset the odds, beating Burnley, the first

:28:08.:28:09.

non-league side to reach And now this patch of South London

:28:10.:28:11.

is brought into focus. Gander Green Lane, the home

:28:12.:28:22.

of Sutton United, where Leeds fell We know it will be an uphill

:28:23.:28:25.

battle but no one thought that we could beat Wimbledon

:28:26.:28:32.

and obviously no one thought I think if we can nick

:28:33.:28:35.

a draw or get a win, it would be one of the biggest

:28:36.:28:40.

upsets in cup history. Arsenal should be wary

:28:41.:28:42.

of the unexpected. Sutton's victory over Coventry City,

:28:43.:28:44.

then of the old First Division, back in 1989, remains one

:28:45.:28:47.

of the great cup upsets. It might serve as motivation

:28:48.:28:52.

but matching Arsenal and all their millions is a task not

:28:53.:28:56.

lost on Sutton's manager. If we did beat them,

:28:57.:28:59.

I don't know what I'd do. I think I'd be up there

:29:00.:29:01.

for a long, long time. It's something I'd not even thought

:29:02.:29:04.

about, if I'm being honest. I dreamt about it, but if it

:29:05.:29:11.

happened, it would be one of those It would be where were

:29:12.:29:15.

you when Sutton beat Arsenal? Sutton's total weekly

:29:16.:29:18.

wage bill is ?10,000. Arsenal's World Cup winner

:29:19.:29:20.

Mesut Ozil earns 14 times that. But what they lack in wealth,

:29:21.:29:25.

they make up for with hunger, to rattle those accustomed

:29:26.:29:28.

to the 5-star treatment. Sutton will offer their

:29:29.:29:30.

opponents a warm reception. But what they can't offer

:29:31.:29:33.

them is a warm shower. Their 5,000 capacity

:29:34.:29:36.

ground is a world away from the comforts of Arsenal's

:29:37.:29:38.

60,000 all-seater stadium. Dare Sutton dream of making

:29:39.:29:43.

it there for a replay. The chances of Sutton United getting

:29:44.:29:55.

result might seem unlikely. Arsenal prepared for tonight's match by

:29:56.:29:57.

playing the five-time European champions Bayern Munich. Sutton

:29:58.:30:02.

warmed up for the contest by playing Guiseley of the National League. As

:30:03.:30:07.

Leicester and Lincoln City have proved, sometimes in football the

:30:08.:30:12.

impossible is just possible. Thanks for joining us.

:30:13.:30:16.

It is starting to feel quite pleasant, this time last week I said

:30:17.:30:27.

how miserable and cold it was on the east coast with a cold east wind,

:30:28.:30:30.

but look at it today. In Cambridgeshire, beautiful morning,

:30:31.:30:35.

and if you have some sunshine, you also have spring warmth. 17 degrees

:30:36.:30:41.

in parts of Norfolk as we speak. There is cloud elsewhere, filtering

:30:42.:30:46.

along the West Coast and the cloud is thick enough for a spot of

:30:47.:30:52.

drizzle, but still pretty mild. This is a classic picture across parts of

:30:53.:30:59.

Argyll. Some mist and drizzle. The weather front producing the cloud

:31:00.:31:02.

and showers is sinking slowly south and behind it brighter conditions

:31:03.:31:07.

into Scotland, but still, not bad for this time of year. 8-11 degrees

:31:08.:31:14.

and a scattering of showers. This is the weather front in the North West,

:31:15.:31:17.

coming out of the Isle of Man into North Wales, producing some

:31:18.:31:21.

outbreaks of rain and poor visibility and also hill fog and a

:31:22.:31:26.

bit in the way of cloud. But if you get the cloud to break up you will

:31:27.:31:32.

get warmth. 17 degrees, maybe 18 before we close the day. The weather

:31:33.:31:36.

front will continue to move steadily south. As it does it introduces more

:31:37.:31:41.

cloud and eventually it will bring rain, maybe not until after dark,

:31:42.:31:46.

through Wales and the Midlands and southern England. Its Dales mild

:31:47.:31:50.

overnight. Further north, a bit fresher -- it stays mild. 4-6 gem in

:31:51.:31:59.

the end the towns and cities, but you will start with sunshine.

:32:00.:32:05.

Further south it will meander its way to the M4 corridor by lunchtime

:32:06.:32:09.

and it will start to weaken. We pick up more wind and rain and some of

:32:10.:32:12.

the rain is quite heavy and persistent by the end of the day

:32:13.:32:15.

into the far north-west. Still a mild afternoon. We should only have

:32:16.:32:21.

7-9 as a maximum at this time of year. More of a significant area of

:32:22.:32:26.

low pressure begins to push in through Tuesday into Wednesday, the

:32:27.:32:31.

ice bars really squeezing together in this basically means we will see

:32:32.:32:34.

gale force may be severe gale force gusts of wind in the far North East.

:32:35.:32:40.

A windy day, fresher, with showers of snow on the high ground, but in

:32:41.:32:44.

the south it stays cloudy without breaks of rain. The mild air will

:32:45.:32:48.

not last, the rain eases away and the cold air is set to return by the

:32:49.:32:53.

end of the working week. We are not done with winter just yet.

:32:54.:32:58.

A reminder of our main story this lunchtime.

:32:59.:33:01.

Council leaders warn of deep cuts to services,

:33:02.:33:03.

despite plans by nearly every local authority in England

:33:04.:33:05.

to increase council tax this year to try to tackle

:33:06.:33:11.

So it's goodbye from me - and on BBC One we now join the BBC's

:33:12.:33:14.

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