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Stephen Lawrence's best friend in tears as he tells the court about

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the fatal attack. Duwayne Brooks said he heard racist remarks before

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the brutal assault. He broke down as he remembered how confused

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Stephen was as he tried to run away from the scene.

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Also on tonight's programme: The nationalised bank Northern Rock

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sold to Virgin Money. Taxpayers lose hundreds of millions on the

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deal but it's defended by the Government. We are going to have a

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powerful new presence on the high street, offering better deals to

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families and real choice and competition. It is also good for

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British taxpayers. We are getting some of the money back.

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The NHS in England is told to treat those on a hidden waiting list.

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250,000 patients could benefit. And whatever happened to our golden

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age of engineering? The Queen gives her name to a prize to find new

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talent. I will be he with a Sportsday later

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in the hour, including more on Martin Johnson's resignation as his

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former captain said he should have Good evening. Welcome to the BBC

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News at Six. 18 years on from the fatal attack on Stephen Lawrence,

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his best friend, Duwayne Brooks, broke down in court as he

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remembered what happened that night. He told the jury about the racist

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remarks he heard and the brutal assault that followed. Mr Brooks

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said Stephen Lawrence was bleeding and confused. Our home affairs

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correspondent has returned to the scene of the crime in south-east

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London. Yes, George, in this case we have

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heard from a number of people who have stood at that bus-stop, who

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caught a glimpse of what happened to Stephen Lawrence that night, but

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we have not yet heard from Duwayne Brooks, who was walking with

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Stephen a long this at Bath when they were attacked. That evidence

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came today -- along this a footpath. It was difficult for Duwayne Brooks

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to remember. This report contains a racially aggressive form of words

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that were said in court. We are reporting it as it was said.

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Duwayne Brooks met Stephen on the first day at secondary school. His

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description of their relationship: Stephen was my best friend. Facing

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the court and the media would have been daunting on the best of days

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but Duwayne Brooks's father died last night. He told the judge he

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wanted to give his evidence nonetheless. The jury heard an

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emotional description of Stephen's last minutes. It focused attention

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on Eltham, south London, and on the night of the killing. That two had

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been waiting for a bath. The service had been disrupted. They

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went to the corner to see if it was Duwayne Brooks told the court they

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gang shouted, using racially abusive language, "What, what,

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nigger". The other had what looked like an iron bar. Duwayne Brooks

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He showed a jury how the weapon was raised and bore down upon his

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friend. After the gang ran off, Stephen struggled to his feet. They

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both ran past watching passengers At this point in court, Duwayne

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Brooks was in tears. He was asked if he wanted to take a break. No,

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he said, I want to say what Stephen had managed to make it more

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than 200 yards. He was later found to have two knife wounds. Today, a

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simple memorial marks the spot where Stephen Lawrence died. For

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Stephen's father and his mother, Doreen Lawrence, it was another

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difficult day of evidence. David Norris, on the left, and Gary

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Dobson, both deny murder. The court heard this eyewitness evidence will

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be the start of the case. Duwayne Brooks gave a graphic account of

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the attack but it was clear that he could not identify the attackers

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and so much of the rest of this case will focus on forensic

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There was some questioning of Duwayne Brooks's evident in court.

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A police officer, the first on the scene, was told she said by Duwayne

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Brooks that he did not see the attack, that his view was

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obstructed. Perhaps that is why this is not because built on

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eyewitness evidence, it will be BUILT on forensic. The forensics on

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to come in the weeks that follow -- it will be a case of built on

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forensics. Northern Rock, the collapsed bank

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that was nationalised by the Government nearly four years ago,

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has been sold to Richard Branson's Virgin Money. The taxpayer could

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stand to lose �400 million on the deal but the chancellor, George

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Osborne, said it was the best one available. Robert Peston reports on

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the bank that came to symbolise the start of the financial crisis

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forced of Northern Rock, whose near-collapse and nationalisation

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became a symbol of the global financial crisis.

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It is becoming part of Virgin Money. At the same as Northern Rock brand

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dies, is there a bright new dawn for British banking? We have been

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following Northern Rock for nearly four years, says the crisis of the

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2007, and we have kept focused on it and the reason for that is

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because it has got so much that it can bring alongside Virgin Money to

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increase competition in UK banking. Virgin Money is buying Northern

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16 billion of savings, a 14 billion of mortgages, and it has said the

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headquarters will be based in Newcastle. There will be no more

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compulsory redundancies for at least three years of. Really good

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news for the region. Whatever Richard Branson touches turns to

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gold. It is very good news, particularly for the North East,

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when so many jobs are going. So why did the Chancellor decide to sell

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We hired independent advisers, we looked carefully at all the figures

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and it was clear that this was the best deal for the British taxpayer.

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We were getting more back than any other deal on that table. So what

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1.4 billion of taxpayers' money has gone into the Northern Rock. That

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is much more than the 747 million that Virgin Money will pay when the

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deal is completed. Virgin could pay a further �280 million if the Bank

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performs well but even so, taxpayers will end up losing

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between �373 million and �653 The question the Chancellor will

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need to explain is why he has chosen now to make the sale when it

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still means a loss to the taxpayer. We need to look in detail at this

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to make sure the taxpayer is getting value for money.

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September 2007, the queues outside branches like this told the world

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of the looming banking disaster so dull but Northern Rock's

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privatisation means there are better times around the corner?

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Maybe, but what is striking is that the Chancellor has chosen to sell

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the Northern Rock now and generate a substantial loss rather than wait

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for the better times, which may mean that he fears that no

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significant recovery in markets or the economy is given to happen

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anytime soon. Of course, Northern Rock was not the only bank rescued

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by taxpayers in the last crash. We also had to bail out Lloyd's and

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the Royal Bank of Scotland to the tune of �65 billion, and unlike

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Northern Rock, the time for getting any of that back his many years

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away. Robert is with me now. Picking up

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on that last point, where do you not think we will get the money

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back from the other banks soon? Well, as I said, we put �65 billion

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into the Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyd's when we built them out. If

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you look at the current market price of those banks, were we to

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sell those stakes now, I hope you are sitting comfortably, the loss

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for taxpayers would be a staggering �40 billion. Totally unaffordable!

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There is not the faintest chance of George Osborne trying to privatise

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the stakes for years and years and years. In that context, a few

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hundred million that we will lose from Northern Rock does not look

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too bad and actually, some of that loss is to do with the fact that

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this is a business losing money at the moment. If you look at the

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price that Richard Branson is paying compared to the net assets

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of this bank when the deal closes, in my view the price does not look

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too bad. A Tory MP has said that Richard Branson is getting this

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business for a steel. I am not sure this is exactly prove that.

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Two British soldiers from 1st The Queen's Dragoons Guards have been

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killed in a roadside bomb attack in Helmand Province in Afghanistan

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today. Their families have been informed. Yesterday, another

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soldier was also killed by an explosion in Helmand province. He's

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been named as 25-year-old Lance Corporal Peter Eustace, from 2nd

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Battalion The Rifles. His commanding officer said he was an

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utterly professional rifleman who served on two very demanding tours

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of duty. Earlier today, the body of a

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Territorial Army soldier killed last week in Helmand was

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repatriated to the UK. Private Matthew Thornton, from 4th

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Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, was killed by an improvised

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explosive device. His commanding officer described him as a fine

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soldier and an even finer man. The NHS has been told to tackle

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what ministers are calling a hidden waiting list in English hospitals.

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They are currently doing well at meeting the target for treating

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most patients within 18 weeks. But about a quarter of a million

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patients are having to wait longer than that. Our health correspondent,

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Branwen Jeffreys, is here. How important is this?

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Waiting times for treatment is one of those issues that really matters

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to patients. In the last ten years in England, they have fallen

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dramatically. That's partly due to tough targets. For most patients,

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that means a wait of less than 18 weeks between the GP deciding to

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send them to hospital and treatment beginning. Hospitals can be fined

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for treating patients later than 18 weeks. So there is no incentive for

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them after that point, leaving some patients feeling they have been

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forgotten. For a farmer like David Evans,

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there is not much time to be ill. He needed an operation to repair a

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hernia. Damaged muscles in his stomach meant his organs are not

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being held in properly. After waiting more than 18 weeks, the NHS

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still haven't given him a date. One delay after another meant David

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struggled on for almost a year before finally being treated.

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got increasingly were so that up to three times a day, the intestine

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would come out and I would have to hold it to get back indoors until I

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could use the ultrasound scanner that I had four scanning my sheep

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in order to have and look to see what had come out and get it back

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properly. Some cases are not straightforward. One reason why

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delays can happen. Not everyone can be treated quickly. But not all of

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the long waits can be explained away. The target now just counts

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patients who have already been treated so in September, that was

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just under a million people. From next year, all the patients waiting

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will also be looked at. In September that was around 2.5

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million people. And from next year, most of this group will also have

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to be treated within 18 weeks. So how has the NHS in England been

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This graph shows the number of patients waiting more than a year.

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You can see a big drop from four years ago. But some hospitals are

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treating patients very quickly, so of that 20,000, one big life is

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down to just one hospital Trust. St George's in south London has more

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than 5,000 patients waiting for If I was in charge of pith and

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trying to do something, I would target the particular hospitals

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which are contributing to the long waiting lists and I would try to

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solve the problem at a local level. Whichever way you look at it, this

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is a new waiting target for the NHS. In the past, targets really helped

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cut waiting. This is more modest but it will help tackle a group of

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patients who have been overlooked. Our top story tonight: Stephen

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Lawrence's best friend Duwayne Brooks breaks down in tears in

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court as he recalls the night he was killed.

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Coming up: Bringing back that loving feeling. Why the hug could

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I am not back to this, I am sorry! Later on the news channel, the

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Virgin on the Rocks. Virgin Money buys Northern Rock from the

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government. And we ask Donatella Versace what

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she makes of the economic crisis in The Queen has given her name to a

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new �1 million prize for Engineering, funded by industry. It

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will be awarded every two years and people from around the world will

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qualify. The idea is to encourage a new generation into the profession.

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Organisers hope it will eventually achieve the status of the Nobel

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Prize. So, whatever happened to Britain's golden age of

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engineering? As the birthplace of the Industrial

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Revolution, Britain was the great pioneer. In everything from steam

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travel, to dramatic constructions like the Clifton Suspension Bridge,

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spanning the Avon gorge. Engineers like Isambard Kingdom Brunel were

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leaders in new technology. Logie Baird and the first television.

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Recently, British Engineering has slips from the public imagination.

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Today, to rekindle that enthusiasm, a rare show of unity. The Prime

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Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister and the leader of the opposition,

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together, launching a new �1 A photo opportunity to push the

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message. David Cameron, on the McLaren assembly line. Just the

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kind of world-leading technology committee says, that Britain needs

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more of. Is there a risk of another Wimbledon, a British contest, but

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never a British winner? I think it is right to open it to the world.

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This is not just about inspiring scientists and engineers in Britain,

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it is about saying something to the world about Britain's respectful

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silence -- science. Amid this gleaming technology, it is obvious

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that Britain has the ideas and the expertise. The problem is a

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desperate shortage of the people with the skills to do this kind of

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work, just as other countries, China, Japan and Germany are

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forging ahead. The key is attracting new recruits. Yeah, and

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Little Formula One Stardust to enthuse. Jenson Button and Lewis

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Hamilton see a model car powered by a mousetrap. It is a start to a

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life in engineering. I would say to kids looking into it, I think they

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would take a serious consideration for it. It is good fun and you can

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come and work for us, which is not a bad job to half. The country that

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bought you the mini and the inventor of the World Wide Web is

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trying to get back into the lead. Is that really possible? A what is

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really good is that the leaders of the political parties were here

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today. The problem is, none of them have set out a strategy and a

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vision to show how Engineering will be at the heart of the British

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economy in 20 years' time. Ambition for a bright new future in

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engineering is one thing. Delivery is quite another.

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They have been some of the most distressing stories we have

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reported on. Now, the children's minister in England says that the

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courts need to be more sympathetic and understanding to victims of

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child sexual exploitation. Tim Loughton has said that changes to

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the legal process must be made. Late at night in Burnley, the

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police are checking houses. Their primary concern is the safety of

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vulnerable children. Officers have found girls who they believe are at

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risk of sexual exploitation here before. This visit raises familiar

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worries. She is talking about a couple of nights ago, a high risk

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girl was picked up in a car by a 25-year-old male. That is a real

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worry for you guys? Yes. Similar work, specifically trying to

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prevent grooming, is not being done in every part of the UK. Some

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police forces have even indicated that they don't believe sexual

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exploitation is a problem in area. It's difficult to say exactly what

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goes on in other forces. I would say until four or five years ago,

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Lancashire turned a stone over, we didn't know the scope of the

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problem. I think it is endemic across all society. The Government

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agrees. Next week, the coalition will publish an action plan,

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putting pressure on all forces and safeguarding children bought to do

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more. Saying it is not a problem around here is not an excuse, it is

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an admission that somebody is not doing their job properly. I don't

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want to be alarmist, but it is happening in every part of the

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country. I am lucky for your brother. -- looking for your

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brother. The police can keep watching suspects they know about,

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but they say they need people to come forward with information about

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those involved. That doesn't always happen. Jane was 12 when she was

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groomed by a 21-year-old man. you stood there in front of that

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person and you are testifying against them, all it takes is one

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luck and then they are, like, no, he didn't. You are scared of that

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person, but you are also scared to lose that person. There have been

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high profile trials that have collapsed and other cases that

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never made it to court. The problem for the police is that they are

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often relying on the evidence of victims. Ministers are concerned

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that the legal process is putting too much pressure on vulnerable

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children. We need to change the courts. The courts are there to

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nail perpetrators, not to intimidate the victims. The

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Attorney-General has been part of the working group to see if we can

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make court processes simpler and more sympathetic. I think you are

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quite vulnerable. You are out on the streets. No parent wants to

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think their child will put themselves at risk. But the action

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plan will make clear that they need to be protected, just in case.

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There has been heavy security in new York's financial district as

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hundreds of anti-capitalist protesters took to the streets.

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There were several scuffles as police tried to arrest people

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supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement. In London, the deadline

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has passed for protesters at St Paul's Cathedral to leave. Eviction

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orders obtained by the Corporation of London gave them until 6:00pm

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this evening. Jeremy Cook is there. What is happening? Well, the clock

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on St Paul's Cathedral says that it is exactly 6.20, 20 minutes past

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the deadline on which these protesters were supposed to start

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packing up and moving on. That tonight is simply not happening.

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But the clock is now taking on a legal process that could eventually

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mean forced eviction, with all of the potential for confrontation

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that goes with that. As soon as the legal notices were posted, they

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were ripped down. A clear statement of intent by the activists, who say

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their anti-capitalist protest is here to stay. Certainly in the

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kitchen, nothing has changed. The meals keep coming and nobody is

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packing up. It looks like the kitchen is here to stay? Of course,

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we had everything, food, we are not putting up, no. We are not going

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nowhere. We are here to stay. Welcome to the Democratic Republic

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of kitchen! Here they are. Most of the men -- land is publicly owned.

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The City of London's legal notice says that all tents must be removed.

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Some are on the pavement and it is not clear if those are subject to

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legal proceedings. A handful of protesters are parked on church

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owned land, which has ruled out taking any eviction action. That

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has led to speculation that some protesters could move on to church

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property. The Corporation of London has said that the demonstrators

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have made a point and should go. They have raised issues which are

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resonating with the public and which we are very happy to look at.

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But a permanent campsite is not the place, it is not the time and it is

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not the way to do it. The church itself is in a potentially

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uncomfortable position. It said it would not sign up to any eviction.

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But if the main bulk of protesters do move on to church land and

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effectively close down St Paul's, as we approach Christmas, they

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would come under severe pressure. The atmosphere here is chilled out.

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In any case, if they evict us, it will not change anything. We will

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grow bigger and bigger. I know that. I am sure. You really believe in

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this, you believe in what you're doing here. Yes, 100%. There is no

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immediate prospect for forced eviction. That would take a legal

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process that would probably take months and could cost millions of

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pounds. Well, some of the protesters here

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tonight have told us they are determined to stay here for months

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to come. If that happens, we can only expect the legal battle to

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escalate even further. Now, it is a simple gesture. But

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apparently it can mean a lot. Today, hundreds of people queued up in

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London to receive a hug. The woman giving them is Amma, known as the

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Divine Mother. She is an Indian spiritual leader who, for the last

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30 years, has been offering what I cannot describe how you feel.

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Blissful. There is, in this hug, something unusual. Very comfortable,

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very warm, very loving. She is known as The Hugging Saint, Amma.

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It is claimed that she has given 30 million hugs in her lifetime.

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not back to this world yet, sorry! And who was here? Hindu, Christian,

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believers, non-believers, the slightly curious. I watched a

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documentary with Louis Theroux. I wanted to see what it was like.

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he has had a hug, where it began in Amma's home, where she defied

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taboos by offering a hug to those in need. She now travels the world,

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attracting huge crowds. Richard Gere and Sharon Stone have joined

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the huggers. Over the last three days, 10,000 people have queued up

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waiting for their hug from Amma. But is there an explanation? What

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is going on here? For Georgina, who you can see receding hair hug, it

:25:26.:25:36.
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was all rather overwhelming. -- I am crying because off the love. I

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felt this overwhelming feeling of love. It was so beautiful.

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science behind the hug is actually a burgeoning area of research. It

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has revealed some startling chemical reactions. Boxy toxin in

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the brain. In turn, that activates our fight and flight fear response.

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It reduces fear and increases Trust. How was your hug? Good. The crowds

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here were certainly feeling something. The Amma effect, the hug,

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Well, we will not be hugging each other to keep warm over the next

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few days. It is a mild outlook. The satellite pictures show a huge heap

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of cloud pushing to the West. There is very heavy rain now a cross-

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party Scotland, particularly in the West. Windy as well, gales across

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the Irish Sea. All the while, further east across the UK, it will

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stay dry. The bit of mistiness, but any fog will not be widespread and

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it will not be cold. No problems with Frost or anything like that.

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It will be a dumb start to the day across northern and western areas.

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Some regional detail, which I will talk about later. The further east

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and south you go, it will be drier, brighter and mild. Mid-afternoon,

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let's get into that detail. In south-west England, just the odd

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spot of rain. With some shelter, for instance the north coast of

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Devon and Somerset, some brightness. It at a brightness across parts of

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Wales, with dribs and drabs of rain across western areas on and off.

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For Northern Ireland, a fair bit of cloud. A hint of brightness in

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eastern areas, rain threatening in the West. For Scotland it is

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complicated, so bear with me. Along the Moray coast it should be

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reasonably bright. For the south and west, the southern Highlands, a

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whole dollop of rain. For central and eastern parts of England, it

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should be dry with some reasonable spells of sunshine. Mild, 14 or 15

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degrees, the wind is not too strong. That is good news. What about the

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weekend? It stays mild virtually nationwide. Some places are seeing

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a lot of cloud, other places seeing quite a lot of sunshine. Check out

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the new weather website. It is full of facts, features and forecasts,

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including an explanation about just how dry and warm it has been this

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The main news: Stephen Lawrence's best friend, Duwayne Brooks, breaks

:28:29.:28:34.

down in tears in court as he recalls the night he was killed. I

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