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Two unarmed police officers are shot dead after attending a routine

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999 call. 32-year-old Fiona Bone and 23-year-

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old Nicola Hughes were responding to reports of a burglary. Clearly

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This is one of the darkest days in the history of Greater Manchester

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Police, if not the Police Service overall.

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The officers were killed in Mottram in Greater Manchester when a man

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attacked them with a gun and a grenade. I heard about ten gunshots

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and really, really loud gunshots, bang, bang, bang.

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Shortly after Dale Cregan handed himself into police, he's accused

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of luring the women to their deaths and has been arrested on suspicion

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of murder. This is the scene live. We'll bring

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you the latest on this developing story.

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Also on tonight's programme: Dancing for joy - William and Kate

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win their legal action preventing a French magazine from re-printing

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photos of her topless. The suspected arson attack that

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left three generations of one family dead.

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And inflation is down to 2.5%, but the bad news is it is expected to

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Kevin Pietersen makes his apology to Andrew Strauss, but he is left

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out of the squad to tour India this Good evening.

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Welcome to the BBC News at Six. Two police officers have been

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killed in greater Manchester after responding to what turned out to be

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a bogus 999 call. 32-year-old Fiona Bone and 23-year-old Nicola Hughes

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were attacked with a gun and a grenade outside a house in Mottram.

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Shortly after, a man handed himself into police. Dale Cregan, already a

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wanted man, is accused of luring the officers to their deaths. The

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Prime Minister paid tribute to the two women saying today was a

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shocking reminder of the debt owed to those who put themselves in

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danger. In a moment, we'll be looking at the daily risks faced by

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the police but first let's go live to the scene and join Danny Savage

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People in Mottram are milling around in disbelief. It is around

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the corner from the two officers were gunned down as they went to

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that bogus call earlier today. What happened today was described by the

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Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police as a dark day for

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policing. As everyone involved is trying to come to terms with

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today's shocking events. It was just before 11am when these

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two, unarmed police officers, Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes were called

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to an apparent burglary. It should have been a routine call. In fact,

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police say it was a bogus report. And believed they were lured here

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to the Mottram estate under deadly false pretences. I heard about ten

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gunshots and really, really loud gunshots, you know, bang, bang,

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bang, like that. About ten, maybe 11, quite close together and then

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after about 10 seconds after that there was a big bang like a real

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big explosion as if a bomb had gone off or something like that.

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We saw the police officers running up the road, there were four or

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five crying and shaking their heads. They were in shock obviously by

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that time. It was soon clear that both officers were dead. And

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Greater Manchester Police were dealing with the fact that two of

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their own had been murdered. belief either he made the call or

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he has got somebody else to make the call and it would appear, yes,

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for purposes of drawing these two officers to that particular scene

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and then he has come out and shot and killed them both. So certainly,

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it would appear to be he has deliberately done this in an act of

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cold-blooded murder. A short time after the shootings,

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this man, Dale Cregan, surrended himself at a local police station.

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He was a man they wanted to question for months for incidents

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like this where a hand grenade was thrown at a house in Greater

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Manchester. There was A �50,000 reward for information leading to

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his arrest. Police interest in Dale Cregan goes back to May this year

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when Mark Short was shot in a pub. His father, David Short condemned

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his son's killers as as cowards, but he was murdered in a gun and

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grenade attack in August. Detectives then said Dale Cregan

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was wanted in connection with both killings and Greater Manchester

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Police's biggest ever manhunt continued. Until today, when

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gunshots and an explosion were reported in Abbey Gardens in

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Mottram after which Dale Cregan was taken into custody. At the scene of

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today's police murders, the floral tributes are already being left. PC

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Fiona Bone was 32 years old. She was described today as a calm,

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gentle woman who was planning her wedding. 23-year-old PC Nicola

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Hughes was said to be a great bobby who was always smiling. And this

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evening a police force is in mourning, for two officers killed

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Now, remember the hunt for Dale Cregan, who police have been

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talking about at length today had been going on for sometime.

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Hundreds of officers and specialist units had been involved in that

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hunt. They are said to be shattered about what has happened today. As

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Greater Manchester Police try and take this inquiry on to establish

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what did happen here today and that sequence of events. Fiona.

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Danni, thank you. Today's deaths are believed to be

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the first time that two policewomen have been killed in the same

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incident anywhere in the UK. Our UK affairs correspondent Chris Buckler

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looks now at the daily dangers facing Britain's police officers.

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This is a force in mourning. But after the deaths of two of its

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officers, their colleagues are left with the difficult job of gathering

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the evidence of their murders. The women killed were unarmed, but they

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must have known the dangers. Not just of their profession, but also

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of the man who gave himself up after they were shot. Wanted

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posters for Dale Cregan and Anthony Wilkinson had been on billboards

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and police vans alongside the appeals was a huge reward for

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information leading to arrests. The �50,000 was put on display, an

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attempt to breakdown a wall of silence.

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In certain areas, there were armed police put on patrol in the days

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after the initial gun and grenade attacks. Tonight on this estate,

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again there are officers with guns, but police constables Nicola Hughes

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and Fiona Bone arrived here unarmed. It is a shocking reminder of what

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the police do on our behalf. There are more armed police officers.

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There are more armed response units, but this was supposed to be the

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response to a domestic domestic burglary and that wouldn't normally

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require armed officers. There is no sign that anything wrong was done.

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The only thing there was, was an act of shocking evil.

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Murder of police officers in England is rare and the deaths of

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officers unarmed on their duty duty always causes shock. The names of

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those who have died are remembered. Among them Yvonne Fletcher And Gary

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Tomms. The dozen of police victims are now

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joined by two more. We have been kept appraised by the force of all

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the events and of course, the campaign to bring these people to

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justice. We have continued to support GMP and we will continue to

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give that support. In Northern Ireland, the police carry guns. A

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recognition of the threat posed by paramilitaries and many more

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officers have been killed there than in the rest of the UK. But on

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certain estates in Manchester, the work -- there were concerns about

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guns and grenades. The police made that clear when they appealed for

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information about Dale Cregan and that raised questions about the

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circumstances of these deaths. The police are having to ask -- could

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more have been done to protect Our Home Editor Mark Easton is

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outside Greater Manchester Police Headquarters. The events today

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highlight the difficulty for the police of being sufficiently

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protected yet remaining close to the community they serve. That's

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right. We must remember this was a routine call on a sunny morning

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that became one of the blackest days ever in the history of Greater

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Manchester Police, but I think also of all the police services across

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the UK. But in responding to that, I know that the officers certainly

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here are determined that we don't lose sight of the principles that

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drive policing in this country. Principles indeed which are

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endescribed on the -- inscribed on the glass walls in Manchester. The

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principles of Robert Peel, the police are the public and the

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public are the police. I happen to know that the Chief Constable here

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in Manchester already has concerns that the regular wearing of stab

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vests and the carrying of Tasers can make his officers,

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neighbourhood officers appear militaristic and it feels that

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policing is imposed on communities rather than policing by consent. So

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I think that this evening while there is an understandable urge to

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ensure that this, the risk of this kind of incident of the officers

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safety is protected to the best of our possible degree. I think there

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is also concern that we don't lose sight of the greater principle of

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the relationship between the police officers themselves and the the

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communities they serve. A court in Paris has ruled that a

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French magazine cannot publish or sell pictures of the Duchess of

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Cambridge, sunbathing topless. The magazine has also been told to hand

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over all copies of the photos within 24 hours. The ruling is

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confined to publication in France, it does not affect use of the

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images elsewhere but the Duke and Duchess said they welcomed the

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judgement. Nicholas Witchell reports. They didn't look like a

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couple awaiting an important court judgement as magistrates in Paris

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finalised their ruling, William and Kate were relaxing on the final

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night of their tour on the South Pacific islands. After a difficult

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few days during which they felt affronted at the invasion of their

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privacy, they were about to have something important to celebrate.

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In Paris, lawyers acting on behalf of William and Kate had received

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the judgement. It is a good result said one of

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them. Under the terms of the injunction, future publication and

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resale of the photographs is banned. There will be a a 10,000 euro, an

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�8,000 fine for each breach of the injunction. All photos are to be

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handed over within 24 hours. There will be a 10,000 euro fine for each

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day of delay. William and Kate left the dinner to study the French

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judgement with their advisers. In a short statement, St James' Palace

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said they welcomed the court's decision. Although the judgement

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was against the French magazine which published the pictures,

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French media lawyers say that commercially the magazine has done

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well. Any magazine is going to make an economic analysis. They will say,

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"OK, we will be sued. We will have to pay 10,000 or 20,000 or 30,000,

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but we will sell sell so many issues, we are better off getting

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sued and paying the damages.". Criminal prosecutors are expected

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to investigate what happened at the the villa where William and Kate

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were staying. There is a public road, but the road is approximately

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500 meters from the villa. As the court court said, the the couple

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could only have been observed by someone with a powerful lens.

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William and Kate are hoping that the French will bring a criminal

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prosecution, but for that to happen, the photographer has to be

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identified and of course, this legal action only applies to France.

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There is no suggestion that the couple are planning court action

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elsewhere. The whole incident has been a

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distraction from what otherwise has been a successful tour. Have

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lessons been learned? It is safe to say the couple realise only too

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painfully how unwise it was to lower their guard.

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There are certainly regrets over that felt by both of them and

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particularly by William who has a keen sense of wanting to protect

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his wife, but there is a determination that blatant

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invasions of privacy, will wherever possible, be challenged in the

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More than 2,000 students in Wales have had their GCSE English results

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upgraded. Of those, 1,200 pupils had their grades changed from a D

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to a C. The Welsh Government intervened after students were

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awarded lower grades than expected in August this year. The decision

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in Wales differs to that in England where ministers have refused to

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intervene. Three generations of the same

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family have died in a suspected arson attack in South Wales. Six-

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month-old Kimberley Buckley, her mother Kayleigh Buckley, who was 17,

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and grandmother Kim Buckley died after the fire broke out in the

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early hours of this morning. A 27- year-old man has been arrested on

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suspicion of arson and murder. From Cwmbran, Sian Lloyd reports. When

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fire crews arrived at this flat in Cwmbran in Newport it was already

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too late. Inside, firefighters found the bodies of three members

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of the same family. Grandmother Kim Buckley along with her daughter,

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17-year-old Kayleigh and her six- month-old baby daughter Kimberley.

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Neighbours say the little girl had been born prematurely and only

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arrived home from hospital yesterday. It is just really

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upsetting to think there was a young baby involved. To murder a

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person is bad, but there was three people including a baby which is

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shocking and very sad. Dozens of police officers and

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forensic teams are now on the scene trying to piece together what

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happened inside the flat. A 27- year-old man has been arrested on

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suspicion of murder. Police have praised local people for their

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The residents are close-knit and support each other and that was

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echoed by the fire service coming to the scene, where local

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neighbours were trying valiantly to enter the residents and save the

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night -- save the lives of the family. A tightly operated Gordon

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projects this cul-de-sac. Only people who live in the neighbouring

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properties are being allowed through. Tonight, relatives of the

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family have asked for privacy. And in a new development, Gwent

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Police has voluntarily referred the case to the Independent Police

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Complaints Commission. It emerged that officers had visited this

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property in the past. Tonight, people who knew them are leaving

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flowers to remember the three lives lost here. One of them which was so

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short lived. Our top story tonight, two unarmed

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police officers, Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes, have been killed in

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Greater Manchester. A man is accused of luring them to their

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deaths with a bogus 999 call. Coming up, out in the cold, Kevin

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Pieterson is dropped from England's winter tour of India.

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And later on BBC London, had the capital's newest helipad could help

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save lives south of the river. And beating Hollywood to it, the

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schoolchildren putting the hobbit on to the silver screen.

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Inflation fell slightly in August with the annual rate down from 2.6

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to 2.5%. Slower rises in the costs of furniture and household

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equipment are caught -- are thought to have contributed to the fall.

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There are fears that fuel prices and a bad harvest could put it up

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again. It is one guide to how well the

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economic machine is working, the speed at which prices are

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increasing. In Berkshire at the weekend's County Show, families

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enjoying the sunshine had used on that. The latest news is that

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inflation, cost-of-living increases, has been shipped back, measured by

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the Consumer Prices Index. The rate was 5.2% last September but had

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fallen to 2.5% by August. This couple were at the show with their

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young family. They say they cannot cope with the current rate of price

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increases. We are in a lucky position. I have a new job but we

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are financially sorted. We have seen the bills going up but really,

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we are all right. Even with lower inflation, prices are still rising.

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The family needs to watch what happens to the cash. When you do

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the weekly shop, it seems expensive. Try to come up with seven meals,

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but the time you get to the tail, you think you've done well and then

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you see the price, up, and yes, it is very expensive for. Michael is

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one of the show's organisers. He farms in Newbury. Preparing to sow

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the seed for the next crop, he has been watching global grain prices

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rising, partly because of USA drought. He believes this will

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eventually affect consumers here. It is not just five or �10 for a

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ton of weeks that we get extra. The prices have gone up by 30, 40, �50

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a tonne. That would have a big knock on effect. The price of grain

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and other agricultural products are always important to shoppers. But

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where it goes from here is particularly significant for policy

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makers, as they try to work out where inflation is heading.

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What happens in the farmyard and on world agricultural markets could

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have an impact on prices paid by shoppers, but there is no certainty

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of that. It is simply a warning that while inflation is falling and

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may come down further, there could yet be a change of direction.

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The government has denied there has been a change of policy in

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Afghanistan following a series of attacks on international forces by

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rogue Afghanistan soldiers. NATO was announced it is introducing

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tighter controls on joint operations with Afghan security

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forces. More than 50 NATO troops have been killed by Afghan soldiers

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this year including two this weekend.

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13 lives lost, almost as many injured. This was the aftermath of

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an attack on a minibus in Kabul by a 22-year-old female suicide bomber.

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The majority of the dead were South African. An insurgent group said

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the attack came in retaliation for the controversial and he is lamb

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film produced in America. Today, it emerged that NATO told forces in

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Afghanistan on Sunday to lower their profile during this time of

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increased tension. And seek clearance from a general before

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going on low-level operations with Afghan troops. The deaths on

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Saturday of two British soldiers, Gareth Thursby and Thomas Wroe,

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shot dead by an Afghan policemen, were the latest in a string of

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insider attacks by Afghan forces, increasing the pressure on NATO to

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do more to limit such casualties. Amid confusion over what the orders

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meant for British troops, the Defence Secretary was summoned to

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Parliament to explain. We have taken prudent and temporary

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measures to reduce our profile and vulnerability to civil measures and

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insider attacks. He insisted there was no stranger -- change in

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strategy but Paul Flynn, the Labour MP, was suspended from the chamber

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after a few Rafique -- after refusing to withdraw of this remark.

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Isn't this similar to the end of the First World War, when it was

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said that politicians lied and soldiers died, and the reality was,

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as it is now, that our brave soldiers are being led by

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ministerial donkeys? Some MPs questioned what was being achieved

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in Afghanistan. But the UK still has 9500 troops, although that will

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come down to 9000 by the end of the year. It has -- combat operations

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will be finished by 2014. The MoD insists that British soldiers will

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continue to work side by side with their Afghan counterparts,

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remaining central to NATO's strategy. But some fear that the

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Taliban's use of insider attacks is having an impact in forcing NATO to

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respond. Health campaigners and Wales are

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calling on the Welsh Government to rethink major cuts to hospital

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services which they believe could up -- could lead to lives being put

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at risk. The health board to put under pressure to balance the books

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following a reduced funding settlement. How will Griffith

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joined us from Flint. Tonight, more than 500 have marched

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to the centre of flint campaigning for the future of a small hospital,

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earmarked for closure. It is part of reforms happening across Wales

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to improve patient care and save money. In Wales, politicians take

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great pride in claiming the NHS as a Welsh invention. Launched by

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Aneurin Bevan, it is perhaps in his homeland that it faces its most

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critical problems. Wales has the oldest population in the UK, but it

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is also where health spending has been cut the most. Leading to

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difficult decisions. Yvonne Briscoe is a patient who has had to face

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her own tough decision. Refused funding and Wales for cancer drugs,

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she has decided to go over the border and spend �400 a month

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renting a flat in England. So that she can qualify for treatment at

:23:49.:23:54.

this hospital in Manchester. It is like a postcode lottery. Depending

:23:54.:23:58.

on where you live and whether you get a drug that might prolong your

:23:58.:24:06.

life. I find it is completely ridiculous. This year, the NHS

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budget was �5.5 billion in Wales but to cope with rising costs, �250

:24:11.:24:15.

million of savings are also needed, million of savings are also needed,

:24:15.:24:17.

and over four years, local health and over four years, local health

:24:17.:24:21.

boards need to find up to �1 billion worth of savings. I have

:24:21.:24:24.

given them as much money as I had been given. I only have so much

:24:24.:24:30.

money but as a government, we give over 40% of the government budget

:24:30.:24:34.

to the NHS. Reform in Wales will mean rationalisation and fewer

:24:35.:24:42.

small hospitals like this one. But leaders of -- doctors' leaders are

:24:42.:24:46.

concerned. Cuts are too fast, which means that patients cannot be

:24:46.:24:50.

sorted out when they are admitted. It also does not seem to have a

:24:50.:24:54.

proper strategic direction. Change is seldom possible -- seldom

:24:54.:24:58.

popular. Reforms in England will mean more competition but in Wales

:24:58.:25:04.

Benin been doing more with less. -- in Wales they me mean.

:25:04.:25:09.

Cricket, and Kevin Pieterson says he is disappointed to be left out

:25:09.:25:13.

of the Test squad for South Africa this winter. The ECB said there

:25:13.:25:17.

were still issues to be resolved over the test message dispute. The

:25:17.:25:21.

announcement was made as the 2020 tournament got underway in Sri

:25:21.:25:26.

Lanka. -- Twenty20. Look at Kevin Pieterson and what do

:25:26.:25:30.

you see? One of England's greatest- ever players or simply a disruptive

:25:30.:25:34.

influence? The simple truth is that he is not play for England now had

:25:34.:25:38.

he will not be on the next tour. Talent alone is apparently not

:25:38.:25:43.

enough. Yes, he is one of the best batsman in the world but it is not

:25:43.:25:49.

just about an individual, it is about 18. It is about a unit and if

:25:49.:25:53.

there are issues, they have to be cleared. A Kevin Pieterson said

:25:53.:25:56.

today that he is still available to play for England but it is not his

:25:56.:26:01.

decision. Right now, there is an England team in Sri Lanka preparing

:26:01.:26:04.

for the world Twenty20 competition and they're getting used to getting

:26:04.:26:09.

on without him. As much as everyone else can talk about it, we are

:26:09.:26:14.

purely focused on the dressing room. Myself, I'm just thinking about how

:26:14.:26:18.

I will score runs and focusing on what I'm doing. If I start worrying

:26:18.:26:21.

about people who were not here, it will put us in a bad position.

:26:22.:26:27.

Remember, England are the defending champions. Their victory two years

:26:28.:26:30.

ago was their first ever win in a global cricket tournament but

:26:30.:26:34.

remember, then, they did it with Kevin Pieterson, who was the man of

:26:34.:26:39.

the tournament. Andrew Strauss may recall that Kevin Pieterson's text

:26:39.:26:44.

message affair soured his final days as captain but English cricket

:26:44.:26:48.

is trying to move on without Andrew Strauss and that means moving on

:26:48.:26:53.

without Kevin Pieterson. Perhaps permanently.

:26:53.:26:57.

permanently. Weather: Is the sunny weather going

:26:57.:27:04.

to continue? For some of us, yes, few enough. --

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Fiona. The good news is that the sharp showers are fading away for

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most of us. The wind will fall lighter tonight, and it will be a

:27:16.:27:19.

chilly night. Still breezy at the moment and that will be driving

:27:19.:27:22.

showers into Lancashire and Cheshire and maybe into the north

:27:22.:27:26.

and west of Scotland and Northern Ireland. Away from that, the wind

:27:26.:27:31.

is falling light. It is quite a cold night. In major towns and

:27:31.:27:37.

cities, the temperatures will be in single figures. Quite chilly in

:27:37.:27:42.

rural spots. Some showers peppering the North and West of Scotland and

:27:42.:27:45.

may be into Northern Ireland but the east should have a lovely start.

:27:45.:27:51.

A bit fresher. Still few showers for Lancashire and Cheshire, may be

:27:52.:27:55.

drifting into the Midlands but the bulk of Wales and central and

:27:55.:27:59.

southern England, are enjoying a lovely start. Yes, it is a bit

:27:59.:28:02.

chilly at 89 degrees but there will be sunshine and it is not

:28:02.:28:08.

particularly windy. Through the day, there will be showers developing.

:28:08.:28:16.

Still the potential for a sharper showers. The best at -- the best

:28:16.:28:19.

chance for staying dry is in the southern counties of England.

:28:19.:28:23.

Temperatures on a par with today. All change as we look towards

:28:23.:28:26.

Thursday because the next weather system is heading our way. That is

:28:26.:28:31.

going to bring persistent rain into Northern Ireland, southern Scotland,

:28:31.:28:36.

northern England, and bought Wales. Underneath that band of rain, it

:28:36.:28:41.

will be a disappointing reign -- will be a disappointing reign --

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day. -- North Wales. A reminder of tonight's main news,

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