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The Government pays over �2 million to the man who claims MI6 was

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involved in adopting him and forcibly taking him to Colonel

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Gaddafi's Libya. Sami al-Saadi says he was imprisoned and tortured when

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he was returned to Tripoli. His lawyer is critical of the

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Government. What is rather disappointing is the fact that the

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British government is continuing, in the face of all the evidence, to

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try and deny complicity. Also tonight, the controversial

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method for extracting gas, known as fracking, is given the go-ahead

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despite concerns from environmental campaigners.

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An inquest into the death of the nurse who wants to do prank calls

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from two Australian DJs was found hanging and left three notes.

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Claims that the former Russian spy, Alexander Litvinenko, was poisoned

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him Britain was working for MI6 and the Spanish Secret Service.

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The Queen visits the Bank of England and asks some pointed

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questions about the -- how the financial crisis and who is to

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blame. And the trouble with boys - house

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some lessons in old-fashioned etiquette might provide the answer.

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-- how some lessons. And coming upon BBC News, Chelsea

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set up a final with Corinthians in the Club World Cup as Fernando

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Torres helps them to race 3-1 win. Good evening and welcome to the BBC

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News. The gold has agreed to pay more than �2 million to the

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opponent of the former Libyan leader Colonel -- of Colonel

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Gaddafi as he says they were guilty of abducting him and taking him to

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Colonel Gaddafi. They kidnapped him and his family, it is alleged, and

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taken to Libya. Despite the payout the Government has not admitted

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liability in the case. Sami al-Saadi is a Libyan, an

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Islamist leader and long-time opponent of the Gaddafi regime. He

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says Britain betrayed him eight years ago and helped force his

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organised return to Tripoli, where he was imprisoned and tortured by

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Gaddafi's men here. CIA documents discovered last year and the Libyan

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capital of -- of to Gaddafi's fall show how British intelligence

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arranged for the man to be seized by the CRE in Hong Kong and flown

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back to Tripoli. -- the CIA. When I arrived at the aircraft, they

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handcuffed me and my wife. process known as rendition happened

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in Hong Kong. He says he and his wife and four children were victims

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of what he says was kidnapped. The plane stopped him Bangkok and when

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five Libyan agents joined the flight, he knew then the fate which

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awaited him. He was accused of plotting to kill Colonel Gaddafi.

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At a higher court, Britain has decided to cut short his case

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against the Government, MI5 and MI6. -- at the High Court. He will be

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paid for legal costs. The Government insists it has not

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admitted any liability and nor as the court found them liable. But he

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He is obviously disappointed there is no acknowledgement of their

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wrongdoing after all the talk about how Gaddafi was a monster and the

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other regimes in the West are the ones that recognise the rule of law

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and democracy and don't believe in torture. He was very upset.

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Government says the intelligence services cannot defend themselves

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in open court and cannot disclose details which would harm vital

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future operations to protect the people of Britain. But the methods

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used to force him into prison under a brutal dictator Britain later

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fought to bring down are now under greater scrutiny than ever before.

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James Robbins is here now. Can you give some of the wider context?

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picture that emerges from today's case is murky but that discovery of

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a vast trove of intelligence documents, some British, some

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American, some Libyan, told us a lot, and frankly it indicate to the

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CIA and British intelligence in a degree of co-operation and

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collusion with Colonel Gaddafi's intelligence services that people

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had only previously suspected. Most of this happened under Tony Blair

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at a time when Colonel Gaddafi had been rehabilitated, if you like,

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and the public mind, or at least in the minds of several Western

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governments, so they were paying back Colonel Gaddafi by giving him

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people who were of interest to him. That is how it is alleged Sami al-

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Saadi was forced on to the aeroplane. Estate and was put out

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this evening by Jack Straw and he said, at all times I was scrupulous

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in carrying out my duties in accordance with the law but he says

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he hopes to be able to say much more about this in the future at

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what he calls an appropriate time. I think he is hinting there is a

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vast accumulation of cases to do with Guantanamo Bay as well as

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Libya that top before the courts and it is owe -- only after those

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are over that Jack Straw will give more of their side of the story.

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Her its supporters say they could provide cheap gas for decades to

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come. Its detractors say it will drag us

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and keep us hooked on gas for decades to come. The process,

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fracking, extracting gas from rocks beneath the ground, or was carried

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out in Lancashire last year. It caused an earthquake. But we give

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cheaper bills? When drilling began last year

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implacable the hope was to find gas. Instead, the controversial process

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caused earth tremors on a site that was shut down. 18 months on, the

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God now says shale gas exploration is safe. Based on the latest

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evidence and advice, I have concluded that in principle,

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fracking for shale gas can be allowed to resume subject to new

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controls. It will be subject to Seismicity. Holes like this are

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drilled into the rock and sand, water and chemicals are forced in

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at high pressure, breaking open the rock and allowing this to happen.

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Gas trapped for millions of years is released and can be piped to the

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surface. Here in Lancashire, this site has been prepped over the last

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few months. Drilling could start here potentially from the new year.

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But of course the big questions are, just how much shale gas is down

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there and what impact could it have on our own domestic energy bills?

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The company behind the fracking project is certainly bullish.

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assessment is that there are 200 trillion feet down and the ground

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so even if we were unable to get a tenth of what was in the ground we

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would be able to supply Lancashire -- from Lancashire a quarter of UK

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gas for the next 30 years. As for our bills, in America, shale gas

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production has caused gas prices to plummet. Experts doubt that will

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happen here cottage would help. -- but it could help. We are not

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buying it from Russia or on the open market. So for once, if there

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is gas in these rocks, we might not see the gas prices go up the next

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time they do in Europe. But some say the risks outweigh the rewards.

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Environmentalists claim fracking can pollute our drinking water and

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will keep us hooked on gas for decades to come. It is far too soon

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to be giving it the green light and we think it is outrageous the

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Chancellor has been offering tax breaks to the shale gas industry

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were more we need to be doing is moving away from fossil fuels and

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developing green energy sources. go the lights on involves tough

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choices but here in the north-west of England, fracking is back and it

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could be coming to a place near you. -- keeping the lights on.

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The process has been highly controversial in Lancashire and

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processes -- protesters say it will cause immense harm. Others say it

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could help an ailing community. The promise is of a brighter future.

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But shale gas is dividing opinion, especially in Lancashire, after

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fracking caused two earth tremors. This is the crack. That was the

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earthquake, the earth tremor. think? Are no, I know it was.

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done there were rows in the world except here. The fear is that

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fracking will lead to more tremors. They have had two Wells, 100%

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failure. One has had an earthquake and damaged a well and the other,

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this meant did not set. -- the cement did not set. The campaign

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has now been taken to the streets. Every day, people come here to tell

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others how they feel. The whole lifestyle and culture of this

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country will change because of the shale gas industry. It is that big!

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But it can be done safely? No, nor with our government! And obedience

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to matter because the issues go beyond Lancashire. -- and it does

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matter. There have been sides in England, Wales and Northern Ireland

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project -- proposed for the future. Here in the Lancashire town of

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Kirkham, some hope shale gas will provide that solution. For Sharon

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it is about jobs and investment. Really positive for the area. It

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will bring a lot of jobs because at the moment a lot of shops and pubs

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are closing down. And speak to the tradesman down the road - here even

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more enthusiasm for shale gas. can create something that will

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bring prices down for the consumers and that will benefit, certainly

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benefit the guys put in central heating systems in and that. Places

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like Kirkham need jobs and Britain needs fuel. But the argument over

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shale gas have not been settled yet. The inquest into the death of the

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nurse who wants of the prank call from two Australian DJs has heard

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how Jacintha Saldanha was found hanging in the nurses' quarters of

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King Edward VII's Hospital. Henman is outside the Crown Court for us

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now. What can you tell us? -- Helen. This is where the details of a

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tragic death began to be formally recorded. The court heard how last

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Friday, Jacintha Saldanha was found by work colleagues hanging in her

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room, a nurse's accommodation near to the hospital. There were

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injuries to her wrist. Two notes were found at the scene and a third

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in her belongings. An inspector cuff -- told the court that friends

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and relatives were being interviewed to try to establish the

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sequence of events exactly that led up to her death. Emails and phone

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calls will also be studied and statements will be taken from the

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radio presenters in Australia who were initially made the hoax call.

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The inquest has now been adjourned until March.

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The Culture Secretary, Maria Miller, is to have her expenses

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investigated by a parliamentary watchdog. It follows a complaint by

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a Labour MP who claims she has claimed more than �90,000 in second

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home allowances for a house occupied by her parents. She denies

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any wrongdoing. The former Russian spy, Alexander

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Litvinenko, was working for both British intelligence and the

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Spanish Secret Service at the time of his murder, an inquest hearing

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has been told. He was poisoned with polonium in London six years ago

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and his widow claimed MI6 recruited him but failed to protect him.

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Evidence submitted by the Government also suggests the

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Russian state was implicated in his murder.

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Alexander Litvinenko - a former Russian spy and fierce critic of

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the Kremlin. He met a slow, painful death in London, poisoned by

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radioactive polonium. But who should be held responsible for his

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death? New evidence emerged at today's hearing. For his widow,

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after six years of waiting, this was an important step forward.

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would like to say I appreciate what was already done today and I am

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looking forward to any decision which will be taken by the coroner.

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Today's hearing was looking at the scope of the inquest. We learned

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the British Government had provided documents pointing to the role of

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the Russian state itself. And we learned that Mr Litvinenko's widow

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wanted the inquest to examine if the British government had failed

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to protect him. Prosecutors have said this man, Andrei Lugovoi, had

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administered the polonium in a cup of tea. But the British government

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has never previously said the Russian state was behind the

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killing. He has always denied his role, including in a BBC interview.

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TRANSLATION: Are we going to fight about it for the next 100 years? We

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should be looking for a way out and the ball is not in the Russian

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court, it is in the English court. At today's hearing, a lawyer for

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Litvinenko's widow said the inquest should look at whether the British

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state had failed in its duty of care towards Mr Litvinenko. The

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reason it was said it had such a duty was because he had been a paid

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agent of the British Secret Service, MI6. Today, the court heard the day

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before he was poisoned at this hotel, Litvinenko met his MI6

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handler. MI6 had apparently put Litvinenko in touch with Spanish

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authorities and he was due to travel to Spain. This was with

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Andrei Lugovoi, undertaking these dangerous tasks. His lawyer said

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therefore he should have been protected. So was Alexander

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Litvinenko killed on the orders of the Russian Secret Service? And

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could he have been targeted because of his relationship with the

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British Secret Service? The inquest The Queen made a visit to the Bank

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of England's gold vault today and ended up having a chat about how

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the financial crisis started and who was to blame.

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Trying her hand at high finance today - the Queen, putting her

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signature on a special �1 million souvenir bank note. It has not

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improved much, you know! A bank note, worth �1 million, which will

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stay inside the bank, seemed like small change as the Queen and the

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Duke of Edinburgh were shown the vaults where Britain's gold

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reserves are keptd. There is �27 billion in this vault alone. That

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is not something you see every day, even when you have been doing this

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sort of thing for 60 years. As the tour went on, the talk turned to

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serious matters. The Queen, remember is the monarch who once

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asked why nobody has seen the financial crisis coming. Today an

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official launched into a three-part lecture into what caused the crisis.

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Both the Duke and the Queen listened intently. Then, finally,

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it became a two-way conversation and the Queen offered a few

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thoughts of her own. First, a question about the bankers.

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Complacency. Then a query about the regulator - the Financial Services

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Authority. It didn't have any teeth. So, bankers become lax and the

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regulator, perhaps, was toothless. The tuebg wanted to know, will it -

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- the Duke wanted to know, will it happen again? Nobody knew what to

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say. The Duke, naturally enough, had advise of his own - don't do it

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again. Our top story tonight - the

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Government pays over �2 million to Sami al-Saadi, who claims MI6 was

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involved in abducting him and taking him to Colonel Gaddafi's

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Libya. Coming up - Pietersen's persistence helps England against

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India. Later in business, on the News Channel, as the share price

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tumbles, is HMV facing the vinyl countdown? Why are people lending

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money to the Government, knowing An entirely deliberate, planned and

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intentional act of vandalism - that is how a judge described the

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actions of a man jailed for two years today jailed for defacing a

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Mark Rothko painting T work, estimated to be worth millions, was

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attacked by Wlodzimierz Umaniec. He said he was doing it in the name of

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an artistic movement, called "yellowism." Mark Rothko's large

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paintings, designed to evoke calm, contemplation in the viewer. That

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was not the effect they had on Wlodzimierz Umaniec, who choose to

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assault this work, black on maroon, with an ink pen. He said the action

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was a work of art in the name of yellowism. The judge sentencing him

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today for criminal damage did not He was handed with a two-year jail

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term, which according to a fellow yell yoist was a bit harsh. He's

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not guilty in my point of view, because he did Something New. Now

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it's two years in prison. I think it's too long. The incident took

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place on 7th October at Tate Modern when Umeniec walked up to the

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painting and wrote on it with black pen. It was an act of vandalism.

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Because of his complex painting techniques it caused damage which

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will take a great deal of effort, money and time to repair. The ink

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from the pen soak through the canvass, affecting layer after

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layer of Rothko's specially-mixed paint. It is extremely complicated,

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involved and takes a lot of thought and experimentations and mock-ups

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before you can come to touching the painting. It is quite normal for

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that to take a long time. A lot of that will be the planning process

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rather than the treatment. As to which will be the first to be seen

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in public again - it is likely to be a closely-run thing. Either way,

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it would appear Rothko's artwork did have the desired effect after

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all, as Umeniec has plenty of time for quiet come templaigs. A

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National Audit Office said the Audit Office is making good

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progress in implementing savings. The NHS was asked to find

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efficiencies of up to �20 million. What is really clear is what has

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helped the NHS keep costs down has been the public sector pay freeze.

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That has been a big factor. There have been impacts for patients as

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well. The NHS is not doing some minor procedures. In some areas it

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is asking patients who need hip or knee operations to wait until they

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become a little worse before they have that operation. Hospitals are

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being paid less when they do those operations. A real-terms cut of

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around 4%. They have been squeezed. Despite those financial pressures,

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waiting performance is good for routine treatments and hospital

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infections have been falling. about the tough decisions which lie

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ahead? The easy decisions have been made first and the tough decisions

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about what happens to hospitals if you look after more elderly people

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at home or in their local surgeries, might that mean closing some

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hospital wards or even as this report says some whole hospitals.

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The NHS has not begun to grasp that yet. Thank you.

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A deal has been struck in Brussels to place around 200 of Europe's

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biggest banks under the drebg su ver vision of the European Central

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Bank. It will not include British banks. Our correspondent is in

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Brussels. How significant is this? Well, I think this is a big deal.

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It's only a first step. 200 of Europe's biggest banks will be

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supervised by the European Central Bank. Some of those smaller banks,

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if they get into difficulty, well, then the ECB will intervene to try

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and help them out. Make no mistake, a big chunk of national authority

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or sovereignty is going to be passed to a European institution.

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Why does all this matter? Because banks have been so much at the core

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of what has gone wrong in the eurozone. So often banking problems

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have ended up on the Government's books and that has forced up the

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Government's debts. Now there's an attempt to try and try and control

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that and bring it down. Where does this leave Britain? Britain will

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not be part of the banking union. It supports it. Why? Because it

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believes it will bring greater stability to the eurozone.

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Thank you. Cricket and England's batsmen have

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struggled on the first day of the fourth Test. They lost early

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wickets before Kevin Pietersen helped his side recover. England

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only need a draw in this Test to win the series.

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In Nagpur every street can bring a surprise. If you are preparing for

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a close shave, who can you trust? India looked to their bowlers.

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England, for once, won the toss. They batted first. Compton gone for

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three. Then the real shock - Cook was out for just one. LBW that was

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debatable. When Kevin Pietersen is at his best

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he can dominate responsibly. It is all in the timing. Pietersen passed

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50 after lunch. India employed four spin bowlers. Trott made his way to

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44. A momentarily lapse can end everything in embarrassment. Trott

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dismissed. Bell endured a miserable series on one he presented a gift.

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Scoring had almost stopped. Pietersen just pass 70, he through

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off the shackles. A low catch, low moment, England, 195-5. The

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recovery was led by Matt Prior. England reached 199 at close.

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Recognise the other batsman? 31, not out, on his debut. Steady

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strides towards the big prize. If England do beat this team here or

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draw, then England will take the series. They have been waiting to

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do this here for nearly 30 years. No need to rush now!

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Now, they say manners make the man. That is what pupils at Fowey

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comprehensive in Cornwall think. When the girls complained the boys

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were dirty, messy and rude, the head teacher came up with the

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answer - lessons in etiquette. Out of the classroom, and off to

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charm school. These boys have been sent for some extra tuition by the

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girls in their class. They don't use the correct language sometimes.

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It is rude. When they don't shave and then wear white socks and stuff.

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They are never quite clean, are they? So, for the next six months

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the lads will spend Thursday afternoons at the hotel next to

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their school, learning how to be gentlemen. You have got it on your

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shirt. Look! And on my tie. He's getting up to the top... Lesson

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number one is personal grooming. Mark is learning how to use an iron.

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Have you ever done this before? Never ironed before? Never ironed

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before. How old are you? 16. Shirt pressed, Mark's next lesson

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is learning how to greet a lady. You might expect this at a Swiss

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finishing school, but not at a Cornish comprehensive.

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The wine might only be fruit juice, but they are taking it very

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seriously. I'm doing this to obviously become more charming for

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women and something like that. all about getting girls, is it?

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The teachers say it is also about getting jobs. Once their GCSEs are

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over. If you cannot get on in all the

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social environments, then you will find your future limited. We don't

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want to limit the future of our students. In June, there will be an

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end of year ball and the girls might be in for a surprise.

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Let's look at the weather now. Everyone keeps saying to me, had

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enough of the cold weather now. Hopefully a change for the better

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on the way in the next 48 hours or so. It will turn milder. Milder

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from the south of the UK, actually from the south of the UK, actually

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as we speak. This evening, pretty chilly. As we go into the night,

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temperatures will start to come up - going in the opposite direction

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to the last few nights. The wind will be up. We will have

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patches of fog to England and Wales for a time. Chilly across Scotland

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and northern England w a frost here. Milder to the south, as the rain

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starts to push in first thing on Friday. Actually the rain could be

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heavy for a while along the south coast. With high tides there may be

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some flooding here and indeed in land, where we have heavier rain

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for a while. By the afternoon we have a scattering of showers over

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south-west of England. A wet afternoon for the south-east and

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East Anglia. The south-east of Northern Ireland, again we could

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see some flooding here, thanks to high tides and heavy rain. For

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Scotland, ice first thing a possibility. Blizzards across the

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Grampians over the afternoon where we have strong winds and snowfall.

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Later on strong winds in Scotland could be damaging. Things improve

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on Saturday. The wind is south- westerly. Milder than we've had in

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a while. Sunday looks similar as well. So,

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