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Homes evacuated and transport disrupted as floods spread across

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the north of England, Wales and the borders. There are nearly 90 flood

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warnings in England. Dozens of people have been rescued from their

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homes. No stopping the rising waters. For some, it is the second

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time they have been flooded, and they feel let down. How I feel

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abandoned, actually, like we have been left to our own devices in the

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hope that Mother Nature did not come knocking again, and of course

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she has. We will be live in the worst-affected areas.

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Also tonight: Get ready for another helping of

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cuts. Nick Clegg is warning that the welfare budget could be next in

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the coalition's sights. Abu Hamza's extradition to America

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- the BBC apologises after revelations that the Queen once

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raised her concerns about the terror suspect.

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Together on the ferry to France - police release pictures of the

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missing teenager Megan Stammers and her 30-year-old maths teacher.

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And the battle of the golfing giants - Europe's Ryder Cup players

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are told they can expect a fiery reception from American fans.

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And I will be here with Sportsday later on the BBC News Channel,

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including a setback for Manchester United as they lose their captain

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Good evening. Welcome to the BBC News at Six. There are hundreds of

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flood warnings and alerts across the north of England, Wales and the

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borders tonight as a band of heavy rain sweeps across the UK. Hundreds

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of homes have been evacuated and there has been disruption on the

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railways and roads. A 30 mile stretch of the A1 in North

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Yorkshire has been shut for much of the day. Our correspondent is in

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Morpeth, where dozens of people have been moved out of their homes.

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Over the last day or so, large parts of northern Britain have

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taken a real battering from the weather. The heavy rain has fallen

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in many places for more than statistics hours. The scene here is

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typical - a river in flood, and the emergency services standing by,

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should the situation get worse. As the heavy rain continued to fall,

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the inevitable happened. Rivers across northern England burst their

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banks, and chaos ensued. In Morpeth, the River Wansbeck washed out about

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100 homes and businesses. This is the second serious flood here since

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2008. He this is a repeat of four years ago at, but not quite as much

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water as last time. The owner of this riverside bed-and-breakfast is

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angered that flood defences have not been significantly improved

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since last time. I just think, four years of chit Chat, it is stuff and

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nonsense. These flood defences should have been built two years

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ago and completed. This would not have happened. And you are left

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with a ruined business? Again. emergency services have been on

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hand to help, but it is little consolation to those left homeless,

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wondering how much insurance will cost them now. West of the Pennines

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in St Helens, residents were left mopping up, and businesses were

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working out their claims. As you can see, it has wrecked the place.

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It has damaged a lot of the equipment. We are still assessing

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what damage has been done. County Durham and Cleveland, police

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declared a major incident. Schools were urged to close early and 30

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homes in Stockton were flooded. But some of today's most astonishing

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sights were on the roads. This is the A1 in North Yorkshire, a 30

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mile stretch was closed for much of the day because it was under water.

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The queues built up, and many were left stranded for hours. People

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struggled to get through on the diversionary routes as well, and it

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was not much better for those working off-road. There were long

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delays on the East Coast Main Line. Trains were diverted and passengers

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were advised not to travel, although tickets will be valid

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tomorrow. In Wales, there are problems tonight as well. A flood

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warning and several flood alerts are in place, with poor conditions

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in the north. In Haddington, the river burst its banks for the

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second time in just a few months, putting flood victims back to

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square one. Obviously, it is very distressing, particularly when we

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are watching and there is a minimum you can do. Today, with the lack of

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response, with the sandbags, we managed to contain it. Scotland

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also sought these extraordinary scenes. In Aberdeen, the waves

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whipped up a filthy brown foam which covered buildings, a messy,

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but relatively harmless consequence of today's terrible weather

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conditions. The irony in Morpeth is that work is due to begin in the

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next few months on a new flood defence scheme here, but I have

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talked to people who live near the river and they feel that is too

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little, too late. As you can see, the rain is still falling. Many

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people living near rivers tonight have some anxious hours ahead of

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them. Now, prepare for for another huge

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round of spending cuts. Nick Clegg said the government will have to

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agree where another �16 billion of savings can be made. That is on top

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of the austerity measures that have already been announced. Mr Clegg

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said ministers should consider whether the British pensioners

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should give up some benefits -- whether the richest pensioners

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should give up some benefits. If you thought the cuts were bad,

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be prepared. In Brighton, there have been cuts to school buildings,

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bus routes, council services and so much more we don't see. Now the

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coalition is beginning the negotiations about how to find a

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further �16 billion worth of annual savings to start in three years'

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time. No wonder Nick Clegg has warned his party of scars to come.

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That is a huge number, but it should be put in context. There

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will be a major debate. Do you accept that you will have to cut

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the welfare budget in part to meet those savings? It will not be

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possible to set the welfare budget entirely aside. It constitutes a

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third of total public spending. Being discussed by ministers

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behind-closed-doors is whether to stop benefits like jobseeker's

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allowance rising with inflation. The Lib Dem leader says no to

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freezing benefits, but... Of there is an understandable case that some

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people say, my earnings have only gone up by X amount last year. Why

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shouldn't people who receive support from taxpayers through

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benefits be on a similar footing? We can look at that. I am not

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prepared to introduce a huge cut in real terms to many vulnerable

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people who rely on benefits. Wood a fairer could be to stop

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better-off pensioners getting free bus passes, free TV licences and a

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winter fuel allowance? One Lib Dem minister with a bus pass thinks so.

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Somebody like me on an MP's salary should not be receiving a �200

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winter fuel allowance. That is money that could be saved out of

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the welfare bill. It would avoid us having to take more from the least

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well-off. The coalition will not do that, says the Lib Dem leader, but

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as for the future? There is a question mark about whether it is

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right that Peter Stringfellow or Alan Sugar have available to them a

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free bus pass, subsidised by normal workers paying normal taxes who are

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struggling to make ends meet. Lib-Dems say what they really

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wanted in is introduce a tax on mansions. If only the Tories would

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let them. If, as seems unlikely, the Conservatives agree to your

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mansion tax, how many more billions of savings, cuts or tax rises,

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would you still have to find? Considerably more, of course. A

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mansion tax in and of itself will not fill the black hole. In isn't

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the honest thing to say to the country be that it will not come

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from mansions or oligarchs or millionaires... It will come from

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you. You are missing the point. In politics, as in life, your values

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are reflected in where you start. When you have to tighten your belt,

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who do you first asked to make a sacrifice? Nick Clegg came to

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Brighton, having said sorry. He knows all too well there could be

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other difficult things to say in the next few months.

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The BBC has apologised after its security correspondent revealed

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that the Queen once raised her concerns about the radical cleric

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Abu Hamza. Earlier today, Frank Gardner said the Queen had told him

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she had spoken to a Home Secretary in the Labour government. The BBC

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said this was a breach of confidence. After losing his final

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appeal, Abu Hamza is now due to be extradited to the US on terrorism

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charges. Abu Hamza, a hugely controversial

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figure who for years appear to be making a mockery of the British

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justice system. There was public and press fury at the apparent

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inability of police and the Home Office to arrest a man regarded as

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a threat to public order. After a police raid on Finsbury Park mosque

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in 2003, where Abu Hamza had previously been the imam, he caused

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outrage when he preached in the streets. It has now emerged that

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the Queen herself shared the sense of frustration. This morning, the

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BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner revealed on Radio 4's Today

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programme what the Queen said to him about the affair over a private

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lunch. The Queen was pretty upset that this man, there was no way to

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arrest him. By the revelations have led the BBC to make an apology to

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the Queen her because they related to a private conversation held in

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2008. Frank Gardner has written personally to the Queen, saying he

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is extremely sorry for the embarrassment caused. The Queen is

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known to express her views to journalists at private meetings,

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but strict protocol dictates that her comments should not been

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reported. But constitutional experts say there is nothing

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surprising about the monarch asking questions of her government's

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ministers on matters of public concern. The Queen can discuss

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whatever she likes with the Prime Minister, Home Secretary and

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whoever. That is completely private. No record is ever kept. There are

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no others present when discussing it. And that is for the good.

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meanwhile, the Home Office today said they were hopeful that after

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an eight-year battle against extradition to the United States,

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Abu Hamza would be on a plane within weeks. Once there, he faces

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charges including allegations that he was involved in the 1998

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kidnapping of Western tourists in Yemen, three Britons and an

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Australian died during an attempted rescue. My concern is that I want

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him tried to see exactly what his involvement in Yemen was. I feel

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that there is so much evidence. Today has been another embarrassing

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reminder of the frustration that Abu Hamza seems to have been able

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to inflict upon the British establishment for well over a

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decade. The relatives of two murdered

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policewomen have joined hundreds of their colleagues and the public for

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a vigil and a minute's silence. It took place exactly a week after the

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attack in which PCs Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes died. Dale Cregan has

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appeared in court, accused of the murder of the officers.

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The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has said the police would have been

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within their rights to arrest the Government Chief Whip, Andrew

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Mitchell. His comments come after the Daily Telegraph published what

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it calls the official police log of comments Mr Mitchell made to

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officers in Downing Street when they stopped him cycling out of the

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main gate. The document appears to confirm that Mr Mitchell swore at

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officers and called them "plebs". Mr Mitchell has denied using the

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words attributed to him. It has emerged that concerns about

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a maths teacher and his relationship with teenager Megan

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Stammers were already under investigation before they went

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missing together last Friday. This evening, police have released

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images of 30-year-old Jeremy Forest, with Megan on board a ferry to

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France. Ben Geoghegan is at Megan's school in Eastbourne.

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Megan's School are extremely concerned about her. The police

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said today that they think it is her friends and classmates who

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perhaps hold the vital clues in this investigation both as to where

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she may have gone, but also as to her relationship with her maths

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teacher. This report contains flash photography.

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Arm in arm, hand in hand. These pictures appear to show a 15-year-

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old Megan Stammers and her maths teacher have just been released by

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Sussex police. The two are on board the ferry that took them to France

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last week. Megan has now been missing since last Friday, and a

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huge effort is being made to find her and Jeremy Forest. 30 years old,

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he is an amateur musician as well as a maths teacher. Megan had been

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having extra lessons with him before they both disappeared. Today

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it emerge that classmates at her school in Eastbourne had raised

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concerns about Megan and her teacher's relationship several

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months ago. They were reportedly seen holding hands on a flight back

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from a school trip to the United States. That has led to concern

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among some parents. They should have done something straight away,

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not waited seven months. He should have been suspended as soon as they

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were aware. To date, the local authority said it had been looking

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into Jeremy Forest's conduct, I am absolutely certain that when a

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report, and I gather that say a authority will be doing a report on

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this, that the school will come out in flying colours. Bishop Bell is

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that good a school. For the moment, the focus is on getting making home.

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I just want you home. Yesterday, her parents made an emotional

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appeal for her to get in touch. Other parents have sent e-mail

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messages to friends in France to raise awareness. At Jeremy

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Forrest's home today, the blinds were drawn, windows screened off.

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This afternoon, police arrived without commenting on their

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investigation. Megan is thought to have talked to some of her friends

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about going away. Police are still trying to find out exactly what she

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was planning. Well, it appears that Megan did

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actually contact a friend of hers after she left Britain to say that

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she was OK. Since that, there has been silence. In spite of this huge

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effort by British embassy officials, the British police, the French

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police as well, it seems that the authorities still do not know where

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Our top story: Homes evacuated and transport disrupted as heavy

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downpours caused chaos across parts of the UK.

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Coming up: Good news in the battle against cancer. Death rates are set

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for a big fall. Later on the news channel, morn

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Funding for Lending. Is the scheme working? And RBS, why is it back in

:16:55.:17:05.
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the headlines again over the libel President Obama has used his

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address to the Annual General Assembly of the United Nations to

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highlight the conflict in Syria. Calling for President Assad's

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government to call to one end, Mr Obama also denounced the violence

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in the wake of what he called a disgusting and internet film.

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In the Big Apple, it is the year's biggest concentration of global

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power. World leaders bring much of New York to a standstill as they

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converge on the United Nations. This year, it feels deeply

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disunited, paralysed in the face of Syria's bloodshed,. Today, the

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world's most powerful leader, focused both in getting re-elected

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and in speaking to the wider world. In Syria, the future must not

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belong too late dictator who massacres his people. If there is a

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cause that cries out for protest in the world today, peaceful protest,

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it is a regime that tortures children and shoots a rockets at

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apartment buildings. The President also confronted the anger against

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America, the murder of one of his ambassadors and the violent

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protests stirred by the anti Islam video made in the United States. He

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condemned the hate in the message, but not America's freedom of speech.

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There are no words that excuse the killing of innocents. There is no

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video that justifies an attack on an embassy. There is no slander

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that provides an excuse for people to burn a restaurant in Lebanon or

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destroy a school in Tunis. To cause death and destruction in Pakistan.

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There will be lots of frantic activity, comings and goings at the

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United Nations. The eyes of the world are on this concentration of

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global leadership. But while the words become backed by agreement or

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action? That seems much more unlikely. David Cameron will urge

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the world to stick to the promises of its Millennium Development Goals.

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The Government says British spending on aid cannot be cut.

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is in our own national interests for other countries to develop

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successfully and in a peaceful way. It is a characteristic of our

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country that we believe in the development and prosperity of

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others. Mr Cameron will also be stepping into showbiz, following

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Boris Johnson by appearing on the Late Show With David Letterman. The

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Prime Minister will bang the drum for British business and urge the

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watching millions to consider The death rate from cancer in the

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UK is forecast to fall by almost 17% over the next two decades.

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Cancer Research UK says the death- rate from ovarian cancer is

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expected to see the biggest drop. Fergus Walsh is here with me. Which

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cancers are we talking about? this is good news. Every family in

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the UK is touched by cancer at some point. 150,000 deaths last year.

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Cancer death rates have actually been falling for quite a while. It

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would look at the figures, in 2010, 117 people in every 100,000 died

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from cancer. Scientists from Queen Mary's University of London have

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done projections to 2030, and that will fall to 142 people in every

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100,000, a drop of 17%. In ovarian cancer, the fall is projected to be

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42%. The other big fallers, breast cancer will fall by 27% and bowel

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cancer by 23%. That is not taking into account a new screening

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programme for bowel cancer. So, why? Better treatment and earlier

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diagnosis. For some cancers, we are getting much better at treating

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them really effectively. There is a wider range of not just new drugs

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but also more sophisticated types of surgery and radiotherapy. There

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are many more treatments than they used to be. For some cancers, we

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are getting much better at finding them earlier. And it is it the same

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story for all cancers? Sadly not. Some cancers are projected to rise.

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In particular, liver cancer is projected to rise by a staggering

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39%, mostly due to alcohol and obesity. Also, oral cancer is due

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to rise by a significant amount. There, alcohol and a sexually

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transmitted virus are playing a role. We are still picking up far

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too many cancers far too late. Late diagnosis. That is one of the key

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reasons why the UK is still lagging behind on survival rates with many

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cancers against comparable countries. But we are beginning to

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bridge the gap. The Chief Constable of Strathclyde

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Police has been appointed to lead the new Police Service of Scotland.

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Steven House is expected to take up his role would be new force in the

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autumn, when the Police Service of Scotland begins to operate next

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April. It will be Britain's second largest police force.

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Former England football captain John Terry has returned to Wembley

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for the second day of his FA disciplinary hearing. He is accused

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of using racist language in a match against Queen's Park Rangers last

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October. A criminal court cleared him of the charge two months ago.

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Europe's golfers have been told to expect a fiery reception from the

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crowds when the Ryder Cup begins next week. Practice round start

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today. Even though the USA has home advantage, Europe's captain, Jose

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Maria Olazabal, says that the odds It is where dazzling golf meets

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dazzling knitwear. The European Ryder Cup team, relaxed, refreshed

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and resplendent in orange. They gathered at the Medinah Course,

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hoping once again to topple their American rivals. They did it two

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years ago in a quite spine-tingling finish. The hero of Celtic Manor

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believes that will count for nothing. If it is going to be an

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exciting week. Like I say, we all start from scratch. It is a lot of

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fun having the Ryder Cup in our team run this week. We certainly

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want to play hard and take it back to Europe with us. I don't think

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there is any advantage from history. The USA can certainly pack a punch.

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They have big names and, after last time's disappointment, they have

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high expectations. The USA will start this year as slight

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favourites, mainly because they have home advantage. Year Para

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against not just 12 American golfers, but thousands of American

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fans. In the past, that passion has spilled over. Remember the American

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team's premature celebrations in 1999? Such hostility between the

:24:16.:24:20.

players has suit. But American knows their fans will still make

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life difficult. It will be loud. It will be a ruckus. And it will be

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fun. It is the same as when we go to Europe. They get into it for

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their team and our fans get into it for our team. But the USA has lost

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four of the last five Ryder Cups. Once again, the prize is within

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their sights. The question is if, this time, they can take it.

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More now on our main news, the problems across a swathe of the UK

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caused by heavy rain. Bad weather is moving across North Wales now.

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Sion Lloyd is in the town of Rochester. What is it looking like

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there? Well, it is pretty bad. The owners of this pub are bracing

:25:11.:25:15.

themselves for the worst. The Rev Alan has already burst its banks. I

:25:15.:25:20.

am standing in the beer garden and half of it is already under water.

:25:20.:25:25.

Members of the Environment Agency have already been bringing in

:25:25.:25:29.

mobile flood defences as a precautionary measure. We are just

:25:29.:25:32.

metres away from the pub. This is the highest that this river has

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been for the last 12 years. Across North Wales, police are warning

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people not to travel unless necessary. There is a great deal of

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surface water and many roads are closed. There is great disruption

:25:45.:25:49.

on the trains as well. Arriva trains Wales has apologised for

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destruction. They are warning that there is more to come across North

:25:52.:25:55.

Wales and for people to check before they leave the house. It has

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also been a very busy time for North Wales Fire and Rescue. They

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have been called out for incidents from Anglesey right across the

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North Wales coast, Colwyn Bay, and it is still raining here. There is

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more rain forecast. People are being warned of more disruption to

:26:12.:26:18.

come. For all of the latest pictures and

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video on how different areas of the UK are experiencing floods, you can

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find an interactive map on the BBC Let's get the latest on the weather

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Very unusual weather for September. We have seen widespread floods,

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severe gales in places, bringing down trees. A lot of disruption to

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transport. No surprise that The Met Office has confirmed this is the

:26:46.:26:51.

most intense September storm to hit the UK and around 30 years. It has

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not left our shores yet. Still some problems to come, potentially,

:26:54.:26:58.

through this evening. Tonight, The Met Office weather warning is still

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out for that heavy rain across northern England and North Wales.

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Those other places that have borne the brunt of it so far. This is the

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wettest place I could find, over the last couple of days Ravensworth

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has picked up 117 mm. That is well over twice the September average.

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The bright colours are telling us that the rain is still heavy. It is

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curling across northern England and northern parts of Wales. You can

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say that it sticks around for a good few hours. Eventually, later

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tonight, we see the rain easing away from north-east England. It is

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affecting south-east Scotland for a time. It never gives up across

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north-western parts of England. Strong wind is still a feature for

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North West Scotland and Northern Ireland. Heavy rain and wind a

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future for some parts of England and Wales. Still some problems

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potentially through tonight. BBC local radio is a great source of

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information for the latest travel problems, and the BBC website will

:27:59.:28:02.

also give you the latest. Is it going to get better? It will

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tomorrow, but only slowly. The sun is coming out across northern

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England, eventually across North Wales. Northern Ireland and

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Scotland are looking brighter as well. Maybe one or two localised

:28:15.:28:18.

problems in the south-west, but if you get sunshine between the

:28:18.:28:23.

showers, 14 or 15 degrees should not feel too bad. We are moving

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back towards more normal September weather. By Thursday, much, much

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brighter. There is more in the way of sunshine and light the wind

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coming as well. Light at the end of A reminder of the main news: Holmes

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