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A grim outlook for the economy

amid warnings that the UK

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is in danger of losing two decades

of earnings growth.

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The Chancellor says he hopes

to prove the predictions wrong

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as Theresa May says the government

recognises the financial

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pressures on people.

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Both the Chancellor and I agree

that what the Budget

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was about was about jobs for people

up and down the country.

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It's about ensuring that

people are in work.

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Also this lunchtime...

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More than 70 people are rescued

after heavy rainfall causes flooding

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in parts of Lancashire and Cumbria.

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Jon Venables, who murdered toddler

Jamie Bulger 25 years ago,

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is returned to prison

after being found with suspected

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child abuse images.

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The 70th Ashes series is underway

in Australia and England have done

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better than many expected.

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I'm here in Brisbane,

where it's honours-even

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between England and Australia

after day one of the Ashes.

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And lighting up the planet

in just four years -

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how the rapid growth of artificial

light in countries like India

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is adding to light pollution.

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And coming up in the

sport on BBC News...

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Former England rugby league

international Rangi Chase has been

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banned from all sports for two years

after testing positive

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for cocaine in July.

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Good afternoon and welcome

to the BBC News at One.

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Britain is in danger of losing two

decades of earnings growth -

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that's the warning from the economic

think tank, the Institute

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for Fiscal Studies.

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The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, says

he hopes to prove wrong the bleak

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economic forecasts released

in yesterday's Budget.

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He said the next couple of years

will bring clarity over Brexit

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and that would increase consumer

confidence and help

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the economy to grow faster.

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Conservative MPs have rallied behind

the Chancellor, calling his Budget

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solid and common-sense.

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But Labour have accused

Mr Hammond of being "cut-off

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from the real lives of people".

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Our political correspondent

Eleanor Garner reports.

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The Government's on fortunes might

not have been completely rebuilt but

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the Chancellor's difficult day

passed off better than many had

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hoped and at a building college in

Leeds both he and the Prime Minister

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spelt out their plans for the

future.

The Chancellor did a very

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good job yesterday. He was setting

out how we will ensure we have an

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economy fit for the future but both

the Chancellor and I agree that what

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the budget was about was about jobs

for people and the country, about

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ensuring people are in work without

income for their family. It's about

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building the homes they need. He

might have safeguarded his own job

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but the downgrade in economic growth

is the big problem on his hands.

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That is why we are investing in

infrastructure, in skills, why we

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have taken big steps to encourage

high-growth businesses like the tech

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sector which tend to be higher

productivity and lift the

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performance of the economy overall.

Inside the Chancellor's read Budget

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box, help for first time buyers plus

more money for the NHS and cash to

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address concern over Universal

Credit. And he appeased to some of

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his harshest critics, Conservative

fixity is, with £3 million to

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prepare for leaving the EU. But

Labour said ordinary people have

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been let down and accused the

Chancellor of failing to sort out

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the country's finances.

If you don't

invest in this economy, in the

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infrastructure and schools, you will

have problems with productivity.

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Seven years of this Government

failing to invest in our

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infrastructure and properly in

skills and we now have a

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productivity crisis.

And now a

research group says the gloomy

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economic news on top of the

Government's on policies will end up

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punishing poorer communities.

This

grim economic picture is affecting

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all families and leading to lower

earnings growth across the spectrum

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but it is the tax and benefit

policies of the Government that are

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disproportionately taking away from

poorer families.

He had very little

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room for manoeuvre, both politically

and financially too, yet the

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Chancellor seemed to pick off the

pressure point the Government had

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been facing. But there is no getting

around the difficulties the UK

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economy could be storing up for the

future. The Budget wasn't the

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radical reboot many Tories had been

hoping for, but equally it wasn't

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the disaster many had feared. Now

the Chancellor has silenced his

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critics but the future certainly

remains challenging.

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Our Assistant Political Editor

Norman Smith is in Westminster.

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These warnings about the economy and

future will worry a lot of people,

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has the Government done anything to

ease pressure on families and living

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standards?

Sophie, if you are of a

happy, optimistic disposition, may I

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suggest you turn away now because

this morning we have had a whole

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battery of independent forecasters

sketching out a pretty bleak future,

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suggesting that we are now facing a

real economic slowdown which could

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drag on for years and years and

years. One suggesting that living

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standards are set to face the

biggest long-term pressure they have

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faced since the 1950s, another

saying that wages in 2023 will be no

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higher than they were in 2008. Happy

days it is not. The Chancellor's

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view is we can either sit around,

stare at each other and plunge into

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despair or try and do something

about it. His argument is that in

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the Budget there are measures to try

to ease the pressure on family

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budgets so the personal allowance

has been raised, fuel duty has been

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frozen, help for home-buyers and

money going into research and

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development to try to boost

productivity. I think the difficulty

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is the scale, the enormity of the

changes and challenges identified by

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these forecasters is such that it

might simply overwhelm these

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incremental changes. For example

they point to the fact we are

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becoming an older society, are less

productive society. Many people in

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work are already doing maybe two or

three jobs to make up for the

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squeeze on wages. There is in that

spare capacity to boost

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productivity. But forecasters have

got it wrong before, spectacularly

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wrong before, and I think we have to

hope they have got it wrong again.

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Norman Smith in Westminster, thank

you.

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Well, the major think tank

the Institute for Fiscal Studies has

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been crunching the numbers

after the Budget.

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It has calculated that

in four years' time,

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growth in average earnings will be

£1,400 lower than was

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predicted last year.

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Our Economics correspondent

Andy Verity is outside

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the IFS in Central London.

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What have they been saying?

Sophie,

as Norman was mentioning, it is all

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about productivity. Before the

financial crisis it used to be the

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case that each worker would produce

about 2% more than they did the

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previous year and that drove

economic growth. You can either add

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people to the economy to drive

economic growth, which was what we

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have been largely doing for the last

ten years, or make each of those

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people more productive. It is that

that is underlying the whole reason

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for the squeeze on living standards.

If an employer isn't getting more

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output from each employee, it is

harder for them to pay those

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employees more than inflation. The

director for the Institute for

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Fiscal Studies spoke to me earlier

and underlined how bad that living

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standards squeeze was going to be.

The squeeze on living standards over

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the decade so far is historically

unprecedented. What's remarkable is

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it looks like we have got at least

another five years to go before we

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get anywhere near to having earnings

back where they were in 2008. That

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is wholly unprecedented, certainly

the worst since the mid-19th century

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and possibly worse since even before

then.

And the analysis the Institute

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for Fiscal Studies is doing is going

on behind me in this building. The

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unfortunate thing is they are saying

these forecasts on which these

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gloomy predictions are being made

may be too optimistic. In fact the

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OBR is predicting productivity will

improve by growth of 1% per year,

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more than it's been for the last ten

years. The amount spent on housing

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won't put much of a dent in the

problem, just 1.5 billion extra

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pounds per year. This depends on the

forecast being right and the

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policies being implemented, neither

of those are certain.

Andy Verity,

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thank you.

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Dozens of people had to be rescued

from their homes in parts of Cumbria

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and Lancashire last night

after heavy rainfall

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caused flooding.

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More than 70 people were helped

to safety after the emergency

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services received hundreds of calls.

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A number of flood warnings

are still in place.

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Our correspondent

Danny Savage reports.

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After hours of heavy rain,

the river in Galgate near Lancaster

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finally burst its banks last night,

causing chaos and misery.

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People had realised flooding

was imminent and tried

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to get their belongings to safety.

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It just came in faster and faster

and faster and there came a point

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where we were bucketing it out,

bailing it out.

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We had pumps going.

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It came a point where it was bucket

versus river and the river won.

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And it is now like this.

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I have lifted as much as I can

from the ground-floor

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but there are bikes down there,

my cooker's gone, my boiler, washing

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machine, dishwasher, everything.

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This morning, the water had receded

and left a familiar scene

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of salvage and disposal.

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The water wasn't in for long

but it doesn't have to be.

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A few minutes is enough

to destroy and ruin.

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No warning.

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The warning was the people

on the street going, "Argh,

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we need some help!"

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Or the road was just coming

up and water was just

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gushing everywhere.

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Further north in Cumbria,

water caused more problems

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in a county familiar with flooding.

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They had prepared for the worst

here, with the emergency

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services sent to help.

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There was trouble

for travellers, too.

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The West Coast Main Line

was flooded north of Preston,

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leading to long delays,

and that dreaded alternative -

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the rail replacement bus service.

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North Wales was hit as well.

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Many roads in Anglesey were flooded,

leaving people unable to get

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to where they wanted to.

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Pretty bad, believe me.

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The river was flowing down

this side of the road,

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instead of down where the river is.

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I've never seen anything like it

in 70 years I've been living here.

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It's just unbelievable.

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I've never seen anything

like it in my life and I've

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been brought up here.

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And it was just, well, shocking.

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Once again, the vulnerability

of parts of north-west England

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and Wales to heavy rain

has been highlighted.

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Is this the start of

another long, wet winter?

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Danny Savage, BBC News, Lancashire.

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The Labour Party says

it is suspending the MP

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for Bury South, Ivan Lewis.

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In a statement a party

spokesman said...

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"The Labour Party takes

all allegations of sexual harassment

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extremely seriously.

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Ivan Lewis is currently suspended

from the Labour Party

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pending an investigation."

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One of the people who killed

the toddler James Bulger in 1993 has

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been returned to prison for a second

time after suspected child

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abuse images were found

on a computer linked to him.

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Jon Venables, along

with Robert Thompson,

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tortured and killed the two-year-old

in Liverpool when they themselves

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were just children.

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Our Home Affairs correspondent

Daniel Sandford is here.

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What more do you know about this?

These are images which appear to be

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illegal images of child abuse, there

is now a police investigation going

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on. They were found on a computer

linked to Jon Venables during a

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routine visit last week. He was

returned to prison and the police

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are investigating but the issue for

the authorities is that he actually

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pleaded guilty in 2010 to child

abuse images found on his computer.

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He was returned to prison at that

point and released again in 2013,

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all of that after having been

released in 2001 is quite

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controversially, less than eight

years after the murder of James

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Bulger. For those who don't

remember, Jon Venables was ten years

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old when he was convicted of

murdering two-year-old James Bulger

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after torturing him in a shopping

centre. James Bulger's mother

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reacted strongly last night on

Facebook saying, I'm absolutely

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fuming that once again on the loss

to know. This happened a week ago

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and I've only got informed hours

before it hit the press. In a longer

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statement, she said "I predicted

Venables would reoffend unless they

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kept a tight rein on him and I pray

now that someone from the UK

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Government will finally listen to

me". So a lot of strong words from

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James Bulger's mother.

Thank you.

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Zimbabwe is getting ready

for the presidential inauguration

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tomorrow of Emmerson Mnangagwa,

the former vice president whose

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sacking a fortnight ago led

to the sudden demise

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of Robert Mugabe.

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Mr Mnangagwa will be only the second

leader Zimbabwe has had in 37 years.

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Ben Brown is in the capital Harare,

where more celebrations

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are expected tomorrow.

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The new president will be sworn in

tomorrow, is already promising a new

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democracy here and jobs, jobs, jobs.

Meanwhile there's an unconfirmed

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report today that Robert Mugabe has

been granted immunity from

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prosecution. He has said he wants to

stay and die in Zimbabwe and not go

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into exile. We have been asking

people on the streets here in Harare

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whether they think he and his wife

Grace should be prosecuted.

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As for Mugabe, he can be left alone.

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After all, it's his wealth

that he has acquired so far,

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and he can have it all.

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The deed has been done.

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The thing that people have been

wanting all this time,

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for 37 years, it's OK,

it has been done,

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we are happy so far.

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But his wife, well, I bet my bottom

dollar she should be prosecuted.

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We're happy with what they have

done, removing him,

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and it is what we have

been hoping for.

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So you think he should

be prosecuted?

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Yes, he had to be prosecuted

for the things he did,

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but there's nothing we could do

about it, but we're hoping

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he will be prosecuted.

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And what about Grace, his wife?

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We would want her to be

prosecuted, definitely.

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I think he should be prosecuted

because he did a lot

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of scandals during his era,

so I think that decision.

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You think he should be put on trial?

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Yeah, he must be put on trial.

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I'm joined here by an opposition

member of Parliament. James, do you

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think Mr Mugabe should be

prosecuted?

Yes, he is a Zimbabwean

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citizen like the rest of us.

You

think he committed crimes?

Yes, and

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one of the reason I impeached him is

because he committed crimes against

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humanity. 20,000 people died in his

role in the period between 1982 and

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1987 and that cannot be swept under

the carpet.

A new president sworn in

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tomorrow, promising a new democracy,

do you believe him?

The taste of the

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pudding is in the eating. Until he

is in office, I really don't want to

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judge him. Let him get into office

and his first 100 days we will be

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able to determine whether here's a

good president.

OK, thank you.

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Certainly all Zimbabweans I think

keeping a wary eye on the new

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president.

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Our top story this lunchtime...

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A grim outlook for the economy -

amid warnings that the UK

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is in danger of losing two decades

of earnings growth, Theresa May says

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the Government recognises

the financial pressures people face.

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Coming up...

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Good news for coffee drinkers -

three to four mugs a day may

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have health benefits.

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Coming up in sport...

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England rugby union

captain Dylan Hartley

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will not start a match for the first

time under head coach Eddie Jones.

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Jamie George will start

against Samoa as one of nine

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changes to the starting 15.

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Smaug across cities and towns in the

UK is causing increasing concern, as

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Britain fails to hit it air

pollution targets.

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Today, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan

called for a Clean Air Act suitable

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for the 21st Century,

as MPs from four separate committees

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conduct a "super enquiry" asking

whether the Government is doing

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enough to cut illegal

levels of pollution.

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Our environment analyst

Roger Harrabin reports.

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A message from children to the

people who govern them - give us air

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that's fit to breathe. These

youngsters petitioning Downing

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Street attend schools where

pollution levels break the law.

It

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is quite bad for the children at our

school because our front playground

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is right next to a busy road and

that's really not good for our

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health.

Members of four

Parliamentary committees are

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conducting what is being dubbed a

super inquiry into air pollution.

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MPs were told the UK needs a new

clean air act. The act of 1950s was

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brought about because of the great

smoke. Factories were churning out

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this stuff and smoke suffered

outside, leading to thousands of

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people dying. You could see it.

Politicians in the 50s passed the

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clean air act. Diesel vehicles are

the biggest cause of the problem. In

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the budget yesterday, the Chancellor

did increase attacks on dirty diesel

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cars but not vans.

We only apply

this measure to cars so before the

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headline writers start limbering up,

let me be clear, no white van man or

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woman will be hit by these measures.

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The Chancellor also announced £220

million for a air formed.

It could

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have been used to help people get

out of their diesel car and make a

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switch to alternative forms of

transport.

But this is a complex

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problem. Pollution also comes from

construction machinery, from gas

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boilers, from farming even, from

wood fires. And from our car tyres

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as they wear down. The Government

insists it is cleaning up the air as

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fast as it can. It says it doesn't

want to dictate policy to local

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councils. For years, air pollution

has been a non-issue in the media,

0:19:510:19:57

but for parents, children,

pedestrians, cyclists, it's an issue

0:19:570:20:01

now and it's not likely to go away.

0:20:010:20:06

The physical and mental health

of around 15,000 former

0:20:060:20:08

professional footballers

is going to be studied

0:20:080:20:09

by researchers who are trying

to determine the long term impact

0:20:090:20:12

of heading a football.

0:20:120:20:15

The FA and the Professional

Footballers' Association have

0:20:150:20:17

commissioned the research growing

concern about the long-term

0:20:170:20:19

effect that contact sport

can have on the brain.

0:20:190:20:21

Our sports correspondent

Joe Wilson is here.

0:20:210:20:30

They are looking at 15,000 former

professional footballers. It begs

0:20:300:20:33

the question, why only now?

A good

question. I am sure that is the

0:20:330:20:39

question that the family of a former

professional England player who died

0:20:390:20:43

in 2002 will be asking. He was a

centre forward and headed the ball a

0:20:430:20:46

great deal. After his death, the

coroner at the inquest made a direct

0:20:460:20:50

link between the effects of

repeatedly heading the football and

0:20:500:20:53

the brain injury that ultimately

caused his death. Research has begun

0:20:530:20:58

and has been stops start. The FA are

saying they hope this will be the

0:20:580:21:01

most con brands of studies ever

commission. -- one of the most

0:21:010:21:08

comprehensive. They are going to

compare the life experience of those

0:21:080:21:12

players to normal individuals to try

to work out if there is any concrete

0:21:120:21:16

link between heading the football

and long-term degenerative brain

0:21:160:21:20

injury. But we know it is going to

take two or three years, they say,

0:21:200:21:25

and even the doctor who is leading

this in Glasgow, who has been a

0:21:250:21:29

leading voice, in his words he wants

to establish some understanding. So,

0:21:290:21:35

whether the concrete link will be

proved, we will wait and see but

0:21:350:21:38

people say it is long overdue.

You

can imagine worried parents. Your

0:21:380:21:43

kids play football, mine do. What do

parents to?

It is a good point

0:21:430:21:48

because this is looking at

professional football but it is such

0:21:480:21:52

a wide mass participation sport and

you see a ten or 11-year-old heading

0:21:520:21:56

the ball, part of you wants to say,

"Well done, that's great," and part

0:21:560:22:00

of you wonders whether you should

tell them for doing that. In the

0:22:000:22:04

United States already you aren't

allowed to head a football under 11.

0:22:040:22:09

We all know the real benefits that

come with playing sport, especially

0:22:090:22:13

perhaps team sports, and the dangers

of inactivity.

Indeed. Thank you.

0:22:130:22:19

A toddler has died in hospital

after being discovered seriously

0:22:190:22:21

hurt at a house in Birmingham.

0:22:210:22:23

Police say the 21-month-old girl,

found at a house in the Northfield

0:22:230:22:26

area of Birmingham on Sunday,

died at the city's children's

0:22:260:22:28

hospital yesterday evening.

0:22:280:22:33

A 30-year-old woman

and a 28-year-old man have been

0:22:330:22:35

arrested on suspicion of causing

or allowing serious

0:22:350:22:37

injury to a child.

0:22:370:22:40

There's some good news

for coffee drinkers.

0:22:400:22:42

Research published in

the British Medical Journal suggests

0:22:420:22:44

that drinking three to four

mugs of coffee a day,

0:22:440:22:46

compared to drinking none,

is more likely to benefit your

0:22:460:22:48

health than cause harm.

0:22:480:22:50

Researchers say it's linked

to a lower likelihood

0:22:500:22:52

of developing heart problems.

0:22:520:22:53

Helen Briggs reports.

0:22:530:23:03

A daily caffeine fix. For many of us

it is an essential part of the day

0:23:050:23:09

but it has long been debated whether

that cup of coffee is good or bad

0:23:090:23:13

for you.

0:23:130:23:16

I think any more than two cups

of coffee kind of accelerates

0:23:160:23:18

the stress a bit more so I draw

the line at two.

0:23:180:23:21

I feel like most things

are good in moderation

0:23:210:23:24

and if you drink good coffee,

then it should be

0:23:240:23:26

good for your health.

0:23:260:23:27

I can sometimes drink about six cups

and then I can't sleep at night.

0:23:270:23:30

So it's learning

what that balance is.

0:23:300:23:34

To try to find the answer,

doctors at the University

0:23:340:23:40

of Southampton sifted through 200

studies, looking at how

0:23:400:23:42

coffee affects the body.

0:23:420:23:45

They say the benefits of drinking

3-4 cups a day outweigh the risks

0:23:450:23:52

for most people.

0:23:520:23:55

Pregnant women are still advised to

limit consumption. Coffee drinking

0:23:550:24:00

was linked to a lower evidence of

heart disease and some cancers that

0:24:000:24:05

the researchers could not prove

coffee drinking was the cause. The

0:24:050:24:08

doctor who carried out the research

says unbalance coffee in moderation

0:24:080:24:11

is likely to be beneficial.

Most of

the studies have been an caffeinated

0:24:110:24:18

coffee but there is less evidence on

decaffeinated but where we have

0:24:180:24:20

looked at those, they seem to find

some of the benefits that are there

0:24:200:24:26

with caffeine aided studies,

suggesting it is more than just

0:24:260:24:31

caffeine and that coffee has a lot

of active substances that might be

0:24:310:24:33

good for our long-term health.

And

experts say further studies are

0:24:330:24:39

needed before drinking coffee to

prevent disease could be

0:24:390:24:42

recommended, not least because it is

often accompanied by cream, sugary

0:24:420:24:47

syrup or cake. Helen Briggs, BBC

News.

0:24:470:24:59

The UK has been told that none of

its towns and cities can now compete

0:25:070:25:12

to the European capital of culture.

0:25:120:25:25

The 70th Ashes series

is under way in Australia,

0:25:260:25:28

and England have done

better than many expected.

0:25:280:25:30

They reached 196-4 at the end

of the first day in Brisbane.

0:25:300:25:33

They recovered from the loss

of Alastair Cook in the third over,

0:25:330:25:36

with Mark Stone and James Vince

sharing a partnership of 125

0:25:360:25:39

on their Ashes debuts.

0:25:390:25:40

Our sports correspondent

Andy Swiss sent this report.

0:25:400:25:42

It is almost a national hobby.

Beating England is what Australia

0:25:420:25:44

have done so often hear and their

fans flocked to the stadium with the

0:25:440:25:48

confidence to match the visitors'

caution. Without Ben Stokes,

0:25:480:25:52

England's low-key line-up began as

the Ashes underdogs and after opting

0:25:520:25:56

to bat, it didn't take long to see

why. Mitchell Starc snaring Alastair

0:25:560:26:00

Cook for just two. The script seemed

worryingly familiar. Australia's

0:26:000:26:07

pace man floundering in. Instead of

a collapse, a comeback. Not many

0:26:070:26:13

expected James Vince to be picked

for this tour but he set about

0:26:130:26:16

showing why, as Australia's passion

was dampened with a rain delay

0:26:160:26:21

helping England feel even more at

home. The hosts' much hyped attack

0:26:210:26:27

looking toothless until this.

Stoneman in statically bold for 53

0:26:270:26:34

before a moment of brilliance in the

field from Nathan Lyon. After his

0:26:340:26:39

pre-Ashes fighting talk, some way to

back it up. Vince ran out for 83 and

0:26:390:26:44

suddenly the pendulum had beard

Australia's way. Joe Root surviving

0:26:440:26:49

an LBW decision but not for long.

The review showed he was out, the

0:26:490:26:53

skipper gone for 15. Before a view

morale boosting blows from Moeen Ali

0:26:530:27:00

help to guide England through to the

close. For the fans, a first day of

0:27:000:27:06

fluctuating fortunes. England's

impressive start followed by

0:27:060:27:10

Australia's late resurgence. The

early signs suggest this could be a

0:27:100:27:13

competitive series.

I think about

moment it is reasonably even. The

0:27:130:27:20

first hour tomorrow will determine

how we look back at day one. Getting

0:27:200:27:26

through that new ball early in the

morning and hopefully building up

0:27:260:27:30

towards 300, 350, 400 if we go well.

And absorbing start to the Ashes but

0:27:300:27:35

England know the hard work has only

just begun.

0:27:350:27:41

Satellite images of the Earth

at night have revealed that

0:27:410:27:44

artificial light is getting brighter

and brighter every year.

0:27:440:27:46

Light pollution is expanding

across the planet by more than 2%

0:27:460:27:48

a year thanks to more and more

lights going on in South

0:27:480:27:51

America, Africa and Asia.

0:27:510:27:52

Scientists say the increase in light

pollution will have negative

0:27:520:27:55

consequences for human health

and the environment -

0:27:550:27:57

as our science reporter,

Victoria Gill, explains.

0:27:570:28:03

As the sun goes down on towns

and cities, the lights go on.

0:28:030:28:06

And those lights are getting

brighter all the time.

0:28:060:28:10

These images, gathered by a sensor

on a Nasa satellite,

0:28:100:28:14

show that more and more

of our planet is now

0:28:140:28:16

artificially lit.

0:28:160:28:20

I can remember back to the time

when I was a grad student and first

0:28:200:28:23

saw the pictures of Earth at night.

0:28:230:28:25

I was really astounded by how

beautiful they were.

0:28:250:28:27

But, of course, you have to think

that this is a very dramatic

0:28:270:28:31

physical change to the biosphere

and it actually costs

0:28:310:28:33

a massive amount of money,

so it's really kind of a problem.

0:28:330:28:36

In developing nations, including

India, the increase was dramatic,

0:28:360:28:38

from this in 2012...

0:28:380:28:43

to this in 2016.

0:28:430:28:45

The researchers expected that most

developed nations would actually

0:28:450:28:48

darken as they changed the type

of street lighting they used,

0:28:480:28:53

from older orange glaring lamps

to more efficient LED bulbs.

0:28:530:28:56

But that hasn't happened.

0:28:560:29:03

Urban bright spots in the UK

and other nations in Europe continue

0:29:030:29:06

to glow even more intensely

intensely, as towns and cities

0:29:060:29:08

increased their outdoor lighting.

0:29:080:29:10

That orangey glow in the sky

above the city, it's all too

0:29:100:29:13

familiar to so many of us.

0:29:130:29:14

It stops most of us from seeing

a natural night sky but it also has

0:29:140:29:18

an impact on our health.

0:29:180:29:19

Night-time lighting,

especially the blue light from LEDs,

0:29:190:29:23

can reset our internal body clocks,

depriving us of valuable sleep.

0:29:230:29:28

And in the environment,

it can disrupt cues that nocturnal

0:29:280:29:31

animals like bats rely on.

0:29:310:29:33

It has even been found to shift some

fundamental seasonal clockwork,

0:29:330:29:37

influencing the timing of plant

flowering and bird migration.

0:29:370:29:41

Scientists say that images

like these are evidence that we're

0:29:410:29:44

losing our natural night-time.

0:29:440:29:45

Victoria Gill, BBC News.

0:29:450:29:50

Time for a look at the weather.

0:29:500:29:52

Here's Tomasz Schafernaker.

0:29:520:29:54

It is going to be a lot colder this

weekend.

0:29:590:30:02

It certainly is. Frost is on the way

before I shed light on the forecast,

0:30:020:30:06

I am going. About the dreadful rain

in the north because that was

0:30:060:30:11

terrible. I want to point out that

it was actually a relatively small

0:30:110:30:13

area and it was disastrous in the

area itself but many areas didn't as

0:30:130:30:16

much rainfall. It was a persistent

area of rain that kept coming and

0:30:160:30:22

coming and in the space of one hour

in one or two locations, that's when

0:30:220:30:26

we have most of the rainfall and we

had the wind in so many parts of the

0:30:260:30:30

UK. But now I think the worst of the

rain and wind has cleared and we are

0:30:300:30:34

in for a cold snap. The air in the

jet stream is bringing colder air

0:30:340:30:42

from the North. This is what happens

around the globe, you get these tips

0:30:420:30:45

and peaks and troughs of mild and

cold so we are in this tip of cold

0:30:450:30:50

air and with that, also, wind and

air coming all the way from the far

0:30:500:30:54

north, from the Norwegian Sea, and

that will be in place across the UK

0:30:540:30:57

for quite a few days, probably for

the rest of this month and we will

0:30:570:31:02

experience some chilly weather.

Let's start the forecast, 4pm across

0:31:020:31:07

Scotland. Wintry showers and we have

had a doze of snow already, nothing

0:31:070:31:11

unusual and perhaps surprising this

late in the season we are seeing

0:31:110:31:15

some of that's no. Towards the

south, a clear end to the day but

0:31:150:31:18

one thing to point out is that

temperatures will drop very rapidly

0:31:180:31:20

through the course of this evening

so rather than temperatures rising

0:31:200:31:23

through the day, they will be

dipping away, such as the extent of

0:31:230:31:27

that cold air coming out of the

North. Through tonight, briefly,

0:31:270:31:34

some rain still for a time across

the South, clearing away, maybe the

0:31:340:31:37

far south of England by the early

hours of Friday morning, so most of

0:31:370:31:40

us wake up to clear skies, chilly

weather and a frost from the North

0:31:400:31:45

Midlands northwards. That is where

it will be frosty first thing on

0:31:450:31:50

Friday. Friday, a bright, crisp,

sunny day for many of us that there

0:31:500:31:54

will be some showers across Scotland

and Northern Ireland and maybe one

0:31:540:31:59

or two pesky ones developing in the

far south and south-west of the

0:31:590:32:02

country. From then onwards, it is

really chilly. We have wings are

0:32:020:32:07

straight from the North so some

frosty nights on the way. It will

0:32:070:32:10

feel chilly, particularly across the

North, and it is not to sunshine

0:32:100:32:14

because there will be showers

around, particularly on Saturday,

0:32:140:32:18

across many northern and

north-western areas but by far the

0:32:180:32:20

best of the weather on Saturday will

be across the south, the south-east

0:32:200:32:25

and eastern areas. Sunday morning

dawns on a very chilly note. There

0:32:250:32:28

will be a widespread frost around

and a lot of bright weather for the

0:32:280:32:35

day itself and look at the

temperatures, you have to go down to

0:32:350:32:37

the Channel Islands before you get

temperatures of around 10 degrees,

0:32:370:32:40

quite tropical compared to what will

be happening in the far north of the

0:32:400:32:44

country with temperatures into

single figures. So, yes, colder

0:32:440:32:48

weather for sure on the way.

0:32:480:32:52

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