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An historic visit - David Cameron becomes the first British Prime

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Minister to visit Burma. He meets the pro-democracy leader Aung San

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Suu Kyi, and calls for sanctions to be suspended in recognition of

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political reform. But I think there are prospects for change in Burma.

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And I think it is right for the rest of the world to respond.

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Also on tonight's programme - a horrific case of domestic violence.

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Shane Jenkin admits launching a 12- hour, vicious attack on his

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girlfriend, that left her blind. feel like a ghost. I can hear

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everyone around me, and I cannot even see my own hand in front of my

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face. A big price rise at the end of the

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month - the Royal Mail is now rationing supplies to stop people

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stockpiling stamps. Hailed as a moment of national

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pride - North Korea's rocket launch ends in failure as it crashes into

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the Yellow Sea. But the regime brushes off the embarrassment,

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staging a mass rally to unveil colossal statues of the country's

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founders. And they're off - it's Ladies day

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at Aintree as preparations are under way for the world's greatest

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Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six. David Cameron made

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history today as he became the first serving British Prime

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Minister to visit Burma. He met the pro-democracy campaigner Aung San

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Suu Kyi, who spent 15 years under house arrest during Burma's

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dictatorship. Mr Cameron called for economic sanctions against the

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country to be eased, in recognition of political reforms, and invited

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Ms Suu Kyi to visit Britain in June. Our deputy political editor, James

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Landale, is travelling with the Prime Minister. His report contains

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flash photography. This was the moment a British Prime Minister set

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foot in Burma for the first time in more than 60 years, the moment he

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met the woman whose confinement for more than 40 years captured the

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attention of the world. But today, she was free to receive her guest,

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no longer a political prisoner, instead, a new member of Parliament.

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Her aim was to persuade Mr Cameron that her country's move towards

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democracy is genuine. Mr Cameron said EU sanctions against Burma

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should be suspended, although not lifted. Of course, we must respond

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with caution, we must always be sceptical, because we want to know

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that the changes are irreversible. But as we have discussed, I think

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it is right to suspend the sanctions which there are against

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Burma, to suspend them, not to lift them, and obviously not to include

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the arms embargo. This suspension will have taken place because of

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the steps taken by the President and other reformers, and it will

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make it clear to those who are against reform that should they try

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to obstruct the way of reform, then sanctions could come back. David

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Cameron has never met Aung San Suu Kyi before, but the smiles and body

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language show he was clearly inspired by what she said. You're

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sitting in a garden where you were barely allowed to walk or to stand.

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It used to be a jungle, anyway. Only three years ago, you were

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threatened with prison. It is another example of David Cameron's

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willingness to play a bold roll on the international stage. But for

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all the symbolism, the real impact will only be known if reform

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continues and sanctions are lifted. And all of that depends on the

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military-backed government and how it responds. So, the Prime Minister

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travelled along the often emptied 20 lane roads leading to the Palace

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of the President. He went to meet a man once at the heart of the

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dictatorship, and now, he hopes, part of the country's move towards

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democracy. Along the way he was greeted by the traditional water

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festivities, which are believed to wash away people's sins. The

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meeting was more formal, but the Prime Minister welcomed the

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decision to allow new elections, and urged the President to go

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further in releasing political prisoners. He left the meeting

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convinced that the former general was at least sincere. In this

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country, one third of people live in poverty. They have waited

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decades for change. Leaving the country today, David Cameron

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believes that move is so deep- seated that he is inviting Aung San

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Suu Kyi to London this summer. She has never felt confident enough to

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take the risk of leaving her country before, but today she said

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she just might. A man has admitted carrying out a

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vicious attack on his ex-girlfriend, which left her blind. Shane Jenkin

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set upon mother of two Tina Nash at her home last year. Today he

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pleaded guilty, and he will be sentenced next month. Tina Nash

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says she feels like she has been buried alive. You may find some of

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Louise Hubball's report upsetting. Tina Nash was a confident young

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mother, who loved dancing and being with her friends. But her life was

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shattered when she was blinded at home in a brutal attack. The man

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responsible was no intruder, it was her boyfriend, Shane Jenkin. After

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the attack, he kept her imprisoned for nearly 12 hours. If I had seen

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someone in that much pain, looking like that, then the first thing I

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would do would be to get help, and he didn't, I cannot forgive him for

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that. I do not understand why he would hurt someone that he was

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supposed to care about. This was the house where Tina Nash lived.

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She has now moved, because of the appalling memories. She lived here

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with her children, and Shane Jenkin was a frequent visitor. It was a

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turbulent relationship, and he had been violent in the past, but she

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believed she could change him. Then, that night in April, everything

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changed. Detectives described her ordeal as a premeditated, sustained

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and vicious attack. It urged other victims of domestic violence to

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come forward. A lot of people, whom we do not even know about, will not

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come to us. But unfortunately, as we have seen today, this could be

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the end result. People need to come to us. We will help. Tina Nash will

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now have to live with the consequences of what happened for

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ever. This makes me feel like I have been buried alive. I feel like

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a ghost. I can hear everyone around me, but I cannot even see my own

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hand in front of my face. When I hear my kids, I can't... Sorry. I

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cannot see their faces. That's what does it to me. It could have been

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anything else, but the fact that I am not going to see the faces of my

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kids again, it is a bit harsh. He went too far this time. Shane

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Jenkin will be sentenced next month. Meanwhile, Tina Nash now wants to

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focus on being a mother to her two children.

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The Royal Mail is limiting the number of stamps it issues before a

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sharp increase in prices at the end of the month. Many customers are

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unhappy, and have been trying to stockpile stumps. The first class

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stamp will go up in price from 46p to 60p on 30th April, and second

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class stamps will go up from 36p to 50p. Emma Simpson joins us from a

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post office near Guildford, where supplies of stamps are running low.

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You join me in one small village, with its own sub post office. The

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counter at is tucked away at the back of the shop, like so many up

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and down the country. Here, they have seen a lot of bulk buying in

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the last few days. I guess it is not surprising - if you give

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consumers a lot of notice about a big increase in prices. Whether it

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is first class or second, for many of us, we have decided to stock up

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before these stamps go up in price. Superdrug says supplies are running

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low, and it cannot get any more stamps before the end of the month.

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Tesco, Sainsbury's and Morrisons all told us today that they had

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seen a significant increase in demand, although their supplies

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were still good. It is small businesses like this one that are

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most affected by the price rises. Richard Keys an eye specialist on

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the Scottish borders. He relies on Royal Mail. It will have a huge

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impact on our business. We will have to save the money, or pass the

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cost on to customers. So, we're buying the stamps now to avoid

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having to do that. No surprise, then, that he wants to stock up.

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Today he is trying to buy 3.002nd class stamps, and more than double

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that again Oving the coming days. It is too big an order for a small

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local post office like this, but he does get a few hundred. Royal Mail

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is trying to reassure customers. It's as it has enough stock, but it

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has capped supplies to retailers this month. They cannot get more

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than 20% of their annual allocation. Royal Mail says it does not want

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retailers profiteering, by buying stamps at low prices and selling

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them later. It also needs to protect its revenues. Royal Mail

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are under great pressure, they are losing money, volumes are declining

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rapidly, and consequently, something has to be done to retain

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the service that we all cherish, which is the Six-Day War weak

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delivery and collection service at a uniform price, anywhere across

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the country. -- six-day a week. has been amazing, people have been

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buying hundreds at a time. We get some in on a Monday, but I don't

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know whether it is going to last us. So, the message from the Royal Mail

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tonight is, we are not going to see a national shortage of stamps. But

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it all goes to show how price- conscious consumers and businesses

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are right now, that every saving accounts.

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Activists in Syria says several people have been shot dead during

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demonstrations after Friday prayers. Shots were fired into the air to

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disperse crowds as they left Mosques, but in some cases,

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demonstrators were killed or injured. Today's activities have

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been seen as a major test of the ceasefire which came into force

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earlier in the week. There has been international

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condemnation after North Korea launched a long-range rocket this

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morning, amid claims that it was a cover for testing missile

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technology. But what was supposed to be a moment of national pride

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turned into a national embarrassment, when the rocket

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exploded shortly after blast-off and fell into the sea. This report

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from Damian Grammaticas, from the capital, Pyongyang. The swagger of

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a man bred for power. He is 29 years old. Today he was anointed

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Supreme Leader. He is the third generation of the Kim dynasty. His

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father and grandfather ruled before him. People in this country are

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taught to revere them like gods. This celebration was meant to be a

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company by the news that the country had put a satellite into

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space. That achievement would help him reinforce his right to the

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mantle of power. There was no mention here of the rocket blowing

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up one minute into flight. There was just a brief statement earlier

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in the day that things had not gone to plan. North Koreans have been

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placing huge importance on the satellite launch. Its failure is

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embarrassing. But what effect will it have on the regime and the young

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Kim Jong Un? Toiling by hand, gangs of workers are lining the brood of

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bards of Pyongyang. The rocket was meant to be a way of showing the

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people that this socialist state is technologically advanced. America

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said the launch was a disguised to test an intercontinental missile.

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The young Kim's father also tested nuclear bombs. This is the last

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place Kim Jong Il visited before dying. The tears are genuine. She

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believes he is immortal. We visited before the rocket exploded. She

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told us, we are grateful to Kim Jong Il for making our nation a

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powerful and strong country. Strength and self-reliance -

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virtues which are taught to all North Koreans. But now, this

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country's neighbours fear that its young leader, who has suffered a

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blow to his prestige, may be tempted to respond with a new show

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of power, perhaps by testing a nuclear bomb. This is already a

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deeply isolated place, under sanctions. Developing both missile

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technology and nuclear weapons. Today there was only reverence for

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the Kim dynasty. North Koreans are either oblivious or unconcerned.

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But America, Britain and others may now seek at the UN to isolate his

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country even further. We can speak Yes, very much so. This rocket, the

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satellite, whatever you want to call it, was a clear failure. This

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country does have nuclear weapons and in the past has tested them

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twice. South Korea has said that satellite images suggest that North

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Korea has been working on the tunnels at that test site where it

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could carry out underground tests, and both his previous nuclear tests

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happened after failed rocket launchers. America has turned round

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and said today that the deal reached a few weeks ago with North

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Korea to supply food aid to this country will be suspended, because

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part of that deal, under which North Korea was going to suspend or

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halt all rocket tests. This is in a country that cannot feed its people,

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with a 29 year-old leader that may feel the need to prove himself.

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Thank you. Our top stories tonight: David

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Cameron becomes the first British Prime Minister to visit Burma.

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Will wiping the brand names of cigarette packets put people off

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smoking? Coming up in sport state on the BBC

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News Channel, an historic treble in the Topham Chase as the Grand

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Formula One bosses say that the Bahrain Grand Prix will go ahead

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next weekend despite calls from pro-democracy protesters in the

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country for it to be cancelled. Last year's event was called off

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following a crackdown by the Bahrain authorities and widespread

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violence. Against a backdrop of continuing

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political unrest in Bahrain, the pressure has been mounting for one

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of the Middle East's most prized sporting spectacles to be called

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off. As they practised in Shanghai, the drivers were told that while

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they may not like it, the controversial Formula One race will

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go ahead as planned next week. Some teams are apprehensive, but the

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head of crunch talks at the Chinese from three, Bahrain was given the

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green light. -- ahead of crunch talks. We should go into any

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country. We are not political or religious. We enter the country to

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perform with a contract that we have. It is not for us to decide

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how people run the country. Bahrain bought the sport to the region for

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the first time. But amid anti- government protests and a deadly

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crackdown, the race was cancelled by the authorities last year. This

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time they are in no mood to do so, and they insist that Bahrain is

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saved, along with the FIA. We have to trust in the FIA, and when we

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enter it, we signed up to doing 20 races and Bahrain is one of the

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races that we will go into, trying to do the best of that we can.

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Grand Prix is one of the most lucrative in the calendar. It is

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worth an estimated �25 million to the sport and takes place on a

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circuit that cost 92 million to build. The links go deeper still.

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The country owns 50% of one of the leading teams, McLaren. There are

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also fears that the tensions could be inflamed further by the race and

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some are angry about the decision today. My husband was in prison for

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10 months. I had to take to the streets to campaign for reforms in

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the country, but we have seen no progress at all. Our message to

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Formula One was always do not tarnish the reputation of this

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noble sport. It is a car race, at the end of the day, in a country

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that is repress in the majority of its people. With Bahrain, Formula

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One had hoped to win new friends. Instead, the sport could provoke

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further turmoil in an already troubled part of the world.

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Should the bobby on the beat be replaced by community support

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officers? South Yorkshire Police has a controversial plan to do

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exactly that in some circumstances, at least. It has prompted sharp

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criticism about how the police should be deployed. The man who has

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put forward the changes says that it is just a storm in a teacup.

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For many people, this is the traditional view of policing, a

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bobby on the beach. Reassuring and high profile. -- a bobby on the

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beat. Nowadays police numbers are generally in decline and in England

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and Wales they are complemented by Police Community Support Officers.

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In parts of South Yorkshire, they are a familiar sight. We do a very

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different job to the police officers. We spend a lot of time in

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the community. We have that time to spend in the community. Getting to

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know people and finding out what the big issues are to the residence

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in the areas that we cover. Police community support their offices do

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not have the same powers of arrest as police officers. -- PCSOs do not

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have the same powers of arrest as police officers but they can make a

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citizen's arrest, like any member of the public, meaning they can

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hold someone if they suspect someone of committing an offence.

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They can also take the name and addresses of people behaving anti-

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socialist. But in South Yorkshire they could have a new title of

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local beat officer. Their role is changing as they are set to become

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what the force describes as the first line of contact for the

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public. What do people living here think? What can a PCSO do? What is

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their ability to arrest people? think it is a good thing that there

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is anybody on the street that you can contact if you need help.

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Yorkshire's Chief Constable was keen to reassure people about the

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plans today. If they have got police officers working in their

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area now, they will still be working there in the future. If we

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need a police officer to deal with an incident, that police officer

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will be there. The same people that I used to dealing with the same

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offices in their locality, their community, on their estates, will

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still be working around there. one local MP is urging caution

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about the changes to the role of the PCSO. If we are not careful, we

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will go back to the said car days, where the uniformed police

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themselves were in cars, detached from what was taking place in the

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immediate community. -- and said card days. Because of squeezed

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budgets, the fear is that other forces will follow the lead of

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South Yorkshire and employ PCSOs to do the job that they have

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traditionally done. Tobacco companies should have no

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business in the UK according to the health secretary Andrew Lansley.

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His comments came as the Government said they would examine whether

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forcing firms to sell cigarettes in an branded packaging would deter

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young people from smoking. -- unbranded packaging.

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It is a habit under growing pressure. After bans on advertising,

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on vending machines, on displays in big shops, will unbranded packaging

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be the next restriction on cigarettes? Andrew Lansley thinks

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it should, saying that attractive packaging helps to recruit smokers.

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He went further, saying he wanted to reach the point where tobacco

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companies have no business in this country. They have hit back, saying

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that 5000 people in the UK are employed directly by the industry

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and another 60,000 indirectly. Imperial Tobacco said it was not an

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appropriate, and for a Government minister to make. They said they

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were a legitimate business and they make a contribution to the economy.

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The Tobacco Manufacturers' Association said that plain

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packaging only serve to make counterfeiting of cigarettes easier.

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The thinking is that brightly- coloured packets like these make

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smoking more attractive, especially to young people. If they have

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nothing but health warnings on them and in a drab coloured packet, the

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habit could be less attractive. The question is whether that would work.

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I think a lot of young people are swayed by packaging and by various

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brands. I think if someone wants a cigarette, or whether there is a

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picture of it or not, somebody will buy it. There is evidence that

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plain packaging might make a difference among those that are

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more likely to quit. The scientists in Bristol are using sensitive eye

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movement detection to see how much attention people paid to a health

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messages on a plane a pack. -- on plain coloured packaging. We do not

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see it in daily smokers because they seem able to override an

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automatic process, which is that your attention is drawn to the most

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salient thing on the packet. nationwide consultation on

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cigarette packaging begins next week, but consultants say that even

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if unbranded packaging does come in, the industry will find other ways

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to promote its products. It has been a day of horseracing

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and haute couture, stylish ads and fancy frocks. Ladies' Day at

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Aintree has always attracted thousands of women and some men, as

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excitement builds for the Grand National tomorrow.

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Record crowds already at Aintree this week, I have to say, and a lot

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of excitement about the big race tomorrow. Some soul-searching as

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well, because two horses died last year. That prompted a review into

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safety and welfare and there will be particular attention on that at

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the Grand National tomorrow. Here it has been business as usual today.

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On Ladies' Day, the dress code is uniquely Aintree. It is part of the

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fund. Months of planning go into Friday's display. The serious side

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is often unseen. We filmed animal welfare campaigners are inspecting

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the Grand National course with the British Horseracing Authority.

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Things have changed, to an extent. The entry rules are different.

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Older, better horses will run, and in some places the ground where

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they land has been levelled but most of the fences are just as big.

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At the end of the day, one has to ask the simple question of whether

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it is reasonable. Is there was prepared? As the jockey got the

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ability? -- are the horses prepared? Have the jockeys got the

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ability? Things are going towards that now. Ruby Walsh is the

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outstanding jockey, having won twice in the last few years. This

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time he is joined by his sister, Katie Walsh on Seabass. She has a

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genuine hope of winning herself, but she cannot rely on brotherly

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assistance. She was always tagging along behind me, and there are five

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years between us. It would be great for this race to have a woman with

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it. It would be absolutely fantastic. I don't know if that is

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going to be the case that if it happens... If that was the case, it

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would be unbelievable. Better story, me winning three, if you could not

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catch that! The thing that will make things safer his reign. The

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dress code can always be adapted. - - is rain. Organisers stress that

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this field will be the best ever assembled for the Grand National.

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Better horses mean that fewer will Thank you. Now the weather.

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For the Grand National itself, I am not expecting a picture like the

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one behind me. There will be lots of cloud and not much sunshine.

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There will be cloud and the breeze, so hold on to your hats, ladies. A

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chance of some rain, but not a deluge by any means, but showers

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around Aintree. Sharp showers around today. Some thunder in

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southern areas. Places becoming dry. Hill snow in north-eastern England

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later on. Dampness in South West England. In between, clear skies

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and a touch of frost. He also continues to move down between

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parts of northern England. -- hill snow. Those showers lingering in

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the South West but in between a better chance of staying dry once

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again. Disappointing on Saturday in the far South West of England.

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Cloud, dampness, and the breeze a feature wherever you are. Drier

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weather in South Eastern England and parts of England and Wales.

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Then that area of cloudy, damp weather with showers. Northern

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Ireland will see the most reliable sunshine tomorrow. Scotland, cloudy

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but some showers and some snow over higher ground. Sunday morning could

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be very cold and frosty with potentially damaging frost for the

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gardeners. That will lift, and it will be brighter and dry in most

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places. Some showers in eastern part of England. Enjoy it because

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it goes downhill next week. Clouding over from Monday with

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