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We'll be looking at accusations that jobs in England have been sacrificed

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because of next year's referendum on Scottish independence. Also tonight:

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A mother's desperate attempts to save her four-year-old daughter from

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being mauled to death by the family's bulldog. Taken from prison

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to court - veteran broadcaster Stuart Hall faces fresh charges of

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raping two teenage girls. Victory for disability campaigners who win a

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court battle to stop the Government changing a benefit they say gives

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them independence. And sizing up a new image for women - how one high

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street retailer is making its mannequins larger.

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Rafa Nadal will end the year as world number one following victory

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today over Stanislas Wawrinka. Good evening and welcome to the BBC

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news. More than 500 years of shipbuilding will come to an end in

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Portsmouth next year after the defence giant, BAE Systems,

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announced cuts added shipyards across the UK. Almost 1800 jobs will

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go in total. 940 of those will be in Portsmouth, home to the Navy. More

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than 800 will also go at other sites, most of them in Glasgow and

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Rosyth. In a moment, reaction. First, Duncan Kennedy is in

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Portsmouth. Tonight there are many angry and many frustrated people

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here in Portsmouth. Angry because they are losing their jobs.

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Frustrated because many see this as a political, not a commercial

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decision. This afternoon, I saw one man almost in tears, so distressed

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was he at losing his job. One MP described it as a disaster for this

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city. It is Britain's oldest naval base,

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where chips have been made for more than five centuries. Today the

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decision was made to bring military shipbuilding in Portsmouth to an

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end. After being told the News, many workers sounded off their anger.

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Many accused Bae and the Government of sacrificing their jobs for

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Scottish ones. We build a better product than Govan. We have been

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told they are better -- we are better. Then they pulled us out.

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Most of the directors are Scottish. It is mostly political. The Scottish

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workers would be quite happy. Everything has been taken away from

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them this yard. It is a sad day for the South yet again. A political

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decision for Scotland to have all of the work and asked to have nothing.

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More than 900 shipbuilding jobs will be lost. Skills built up over

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decades in some cases. Nearly everybody blames Scottish and

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Westminster politics for the decision. It has been a cold,

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calculated political game. The independence vote is pending in

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Scotland. Portsmouth is the sacrificial lamb in delivering a

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rejection of independence in Scotland. The Government insisted

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the ending of shipbuilding in Portsmouth was a commercial and not

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a political decision. Work is soon to end on building Britain's row

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aircraft carriers. -- Britain's. The loss of jobs is regrettable but was

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always going to be inevitable as the workload comes to an end. Labour

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played down the England versus Scotland row, concentrating instead

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on the human cost of the cuts. I deeply regret the job losses. This

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is a terrible blow for the workers and their families. The priority now

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is to do everything we can to help those people find alternative

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employment. They have been building ships in Portsmouth since the time

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of Henry VIII. 500 years of almost unbroken tradition. Now that long

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line of naval, maritime heritage and the livelihoods of hundreds of

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people will come to an end. Here on the River Clyde they are

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also proud of their shipbuilding heritage. This river sent ships all

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over the world. In recent years it has relied on the British state for

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their survival. Today was no different.

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The men and women of the Clyde arrived at work anxious for news.

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They had been summoned to the shipyard to hear their fate. It took

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just a few minutes to hear that 800 jobs were going. It is not good

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news, obviously. I think we knew this was coming. We have been

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through this before and we have gone through it again. We will come out

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the other end. Things are looking better for the Clyde. That does not

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mean to say we have not got feelings for our comrades in Portsmouth. For

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a decade, these workers have been busy building warships for the

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British government, including two aircraft carriers. That work comes

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to an end in 2015. The next order will not start straightaway. To keep

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the Clyde yard is ticking over, there is a plan to bridge the gap.

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Today is difficult news. On the other hand, it is very good news for

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the Clyde. We have secured a contract for the manufacture of

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three ocean patrol vessels which will take work through here in this

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area until 2016. This is the real price for the Clyde. The MoD wants

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to build 13 of these but it will not sign the contracts until after

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Scotland votes on independence. Nobody should be in any doubt of two

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things. Under this comment we will have aircraft carriers, submarines.

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If there is an independent Scotland, we will not have any warships at

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all. I think it is a preposterous suggestion, the idea that people in

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Scotland should be somehow punished for voting yes. I would hope that

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all serious politicians would distance themselves from that kind

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of suggestion. The Clyde is and will remain the best place to build these

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frigates. In the end, what happens you will not be a decision for the

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Scottish Government alone. These yards have been dragged into a

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political battle about the future of Britain.

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Nick Robinson is in Portsmouth. The question many people are asking

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tonight, is this a political or business decision? You wouldn't get

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much of a hearing for it in this city on this night. But if you ask

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the leaders of the company that runs the shipyard here, if you ask

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ministers, they would all insist this is about a business decision

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and not about politics. Before people scoff, it is worth noting

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that even the Labour Party don't really disagree. This is the

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reason. The possibility of closing shipbuilding here in Portsmouth was

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first discussed two or three years ago. Politicians and business

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leaders knew that once all that work on those two huge aircraft carriers

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came to an end, they simply would not be enough work for three

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shipyards in the UK to carry out. If one has got too close, why this one

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to Mac --? What I am being told is the work is cheaper in Glasgow. What

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I am being told also is that there is more expertise on the Clyde and

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there is here in building complex warships. They insist it is not

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about politics. The workers know one thing. Even if that is true, the

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Clyde in Glasgow has one thing they could never match. The view of

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politicians throughout Westminster that they simply could not stop

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shipbuilding in Scotland, not a year before the referendum. That would

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simply be too politically dangerous. Police say the mother of a

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four-year-old girl who was mauled to death by the family's bulldog,

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desperately tried to save her daughter by stabbing the dog with a

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kitchen knife. Lexi Branson was off school sick when she was attacked in

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her home near Loughborough. The family had only got the dog two

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months ago from a local rescue centre.

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Lexi Branson, described by her family as a bright, bubbly little

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girl. She was home from school yesterday, feeling unwell, and was

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playing in the lounge when her pet dog attacked. Her mother tried to

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save her daughter by stabbing the bulldog with a kitchen knife. But

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Lexi died in hospital. The dog was aged between six and eight years

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old. It had only been with the family for two months. Not

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dangerous, according to the law, but still it attacked Lexi. The manager

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of this kennels in Loughborough has confirmed to me that the dog did

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come from here. But while the police investigation continues, he said he

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is not able to comment further. Police say why this is a tragic

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case, it is not a criminal inquiry. We are going to look completely at

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the history of where the dog has come from. We are doing an

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investigation on behalf of the coroner to show the events leading

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up to the death of Lexi. There are thought to be 9 million dogs in the

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UK. Each year around 6000 people need hospital treatment after dog

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attacks. Since 2005, 17 people have been killed, ten of them children,

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including Lexi. Neighbours in Mountsorrel are deeply shocked.

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Glennis Goddard used to see Lexi playing with the dog. I said that

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was a nice dog. She told me they got it from the rescue. She said she

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loved him to bits. He looked so placid. Friends have been leaving

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flowers to remember a little girl who was lively and chatty. All

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thoughts tonight are with Lexi Branson's family.

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Five disabled people have won their court battle to stop the Government

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closing a scheme which provides them with money and support. The

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Independent living fund, which is claimed by around 20,000 severely

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disabled people, was due to be shot in 2015. This report from Clive

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Coleman. These two men both receive money

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from the Independent living fund. Gabriel is visually impaired. He had

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three brain tumours. The money allows him to live at home

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independently, with support for nine hours each day. You don't need

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health care. I can use the toilet whenever I want to. Schonberger and

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has helped at home and at his work in London. -- Sean McGovern. I have

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a life outside. The fund takes up the slack. The fund was established

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in 1988 and does what it says. It provides money to disabled people to

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assist them to live independently. Some 18,500 people receive money

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from it. This year, it will cost ?306 million. Each person receives

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on average ?300 a week. Last December, the Government decided to

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close the fund and devolve the funding to local authorities. That

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meant the money would no longer be ring fenced. It would be subject to

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normal budgetary cuts. Many disabled people feared they would lose it.

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The High Court initially upheld the Government plan. But five disabled

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people appealed, supported by many others. The Court of Appeal quashed

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the decision to close the fund because it found that the Government

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had not properly considered issues raised under the equality act. The

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court said these were not optional in times of austerity, and they

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included the need to improve equality of opportunity among

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disabled people, and to encourage them to take part in a full, active

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public life. The Government say the judgement was based on a

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technicality and has until Friday to start an appeal. It has not ruled on

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whether we were right or wrong. We spent ?50 billion a year on

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disability benefits. We are transferring that benefit to local

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authorities. For people like Gabriel, today has provided hope

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that the care which provides in with independence will continue.

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New figures show that nearly 400,000 people have lost their job seekers

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allowance due to tougher Government rules that claimants are actively

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seeking work. The number of sanctions handed out for failing to

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arrive at a job interview or leaving a job voluntarily has risen by 6% up

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to June 13th compared to the previous year. Critics have

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described the sanctions is all stick and no carrot, but ministers insist

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it is all part of getting people back to work.

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The former BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall has appeared in court to face

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fresh allegations of historic sex offences, including 15 counts of

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rape and one of indecent assault against two girls in the late 1970s

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and early 1980s. Judith Moritz was in court and her report contains

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flash photography. Stuart Hall was led into court in

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handcuffs, brought here from prison, where he is serving a 30 month

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sentence. In separate proceedings in May, he pleaded guilty to 14 counts

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of indecent assault. Last month, the 83-year-old was charged with 16

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further sex offences against two girls in the 1970s and 1980s, aged

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between 11 and 16 at the time. Stuart Hall is charged with 15

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counts of rape and one of indecent assault. Standing in the dock of

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courtroom number two, the pensioner struggled to hear and he craned

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forward, asking the clerk to repeat herself. He spoke to give his full

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name of James Stuart Hall. Stuart Hall is best known for hosting the

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game show It's A Knockout in the 1970s and was later given an OBE for

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services to broadcasting, but was stripped of it for bringing the

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system interviewed. He did not enter a plea and afterwards was taken back

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to prison, describing the weather outside is "not clement". He will

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next appear in court on November 29th.

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The time is just after 6:15pm, the top story this evening:

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The end of 500 years of shipbuilding in Portsmouth as the defence giant

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BAE cuts almost 1,800 jobs across the UK.

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And how these 18th century paintings that gave the British public their

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first glimpse of the kangaroo and the dingo have been saved for the

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nation. Coming up in the sport, three

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British clubs are in action in the Champions League. Celtic are in

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Amsterdam to play Dyaks, whilst Chelsea and Arsenal both phase

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German opposition -- to play Ajax. Skinny models and clothes draped

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over stick-thin mannequins in shops - such images have sparked plenty of

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controversy and debate. The standard dress size for

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mannequins on the high street is a size eight or ten - a far cry from

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the dimensions of the average British woman nowadays, who is a

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size 16. But now Debenhams has decided to

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make women's body images a little more realistic by becoming the first

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high-street retailer to bring in size 16 mannequins for their

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clothes. Sangita Myska reports. Beautiful, famous and slim. Driven

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by the fashion industry and celebrity culture, pressure on women

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to be thin, many argue, is, at best undermining, and at worst,

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potentially dangerous. Today, one High St retailer has decided to act.

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Debenhams has launched a new size 16 mannequin to appear alongside its

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standard size American mannequins. The retailer says it has a moral

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obligation to reflect the clothes size of the choppers, but it makes

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commercial sense to, with similar strategies receiving huge amounts of

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positive publicity. We think it is important to be as inclusive as

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possible. We started this four years ago, when we launched a campaign

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with a model in a wheelchair, and we moved on to lingerie and swimwear

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shots. Not all of our customers are a size 8. At is the theory in the

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boardroom but what do shoppers think? I think that is fair, we are

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not all size 8 and 10. I don't go and see if there is any for myself,

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because it will not fit to be. It is not a realistic look. Debenhams is

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trying to seize the moralistic high ground when it comes to female body

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image, but with arguably more serious issues that need addressing

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like equal pay, forced marriage and even Twitter abuse, is today's

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debate about mannequins simply an unhelpful distraction? Presenting

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the correct body image is important, says the Government, and came out in

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favour of the size 16 mannequin. A whole range of issues affect women

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and this is an important one, particularly when you look at the

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rising rates of eating disorders amongst young girls, and the impact

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that this lack of body confidence can have on people's lives, but it

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is one of many things we are working in Government. The debate about her

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clothes are presented on mannequins is likely to continue, as the

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average British woman now wears a size 16. So far, no other retailers

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have announced plans to follow the example of Debenhams.

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The artistic director of Russia's Bolshoi ballet has describing the

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moment he had acid thrown in his face in an attack which nearly

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blinded him earlier this year. A former top dancer at the Bolshoi and

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two other men are being tried over the assault, in a case that has

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revealed bitter in-fighting at the world-famous ballet company. Steve

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Rosenberg was in court in Moscow. He had been badly burned, and nearly

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blinded. This was the Bolshoi ballet's artistic director nine

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months ago. Someone had thrown sulphuric acid into Sergei Filin's

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face. Now he had the chance to confront his alleged assailants.

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From the crush of TV cameras outside the courtroom, you could tell that

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the drama inside would be as gripping as anything you had ever

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seen on the stage at the Bolshoi. That is because among those on trial

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here is one of the ballet troops own dancers, Pavel Dmitrichenko, accused

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of organising the attack. He is said to have felt seething resentment

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towards his boss. Here in court today, Sergei Filin described Pavel

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Dmitrichenko is a talented dancer who he had promoted, but who had

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turned against him. He angrily rejected claims by the dancer that,

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as artistic director, he had taken bribes or had intimate relations

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with some of the ballerinas. The Bolshoi has always been one of the

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jewels in Russia's cultural crown, but for one of -- this theatre, this

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court case is a huge embarrassment and shines a spotlight on the murky

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backstage world of jealousy, fierce rivalry and revenge. But that comes

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as no surprise to those who know the Bolshoi well. There is so much

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jealousy inside all of the theatres, but not in such a big thing like the

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Bolshoi. At the Bolshoi, it is something huge, and what we see now

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is criminal, it is criminal stories. Sergei Filin has had more

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than 20 operations to try and save his side. In court, he spoke of the

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excruciating pain he felt after the attack and he said he would never

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forgive those who had carried it out.

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Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has appeared at the High Court to

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defend himself against allegations that he made a "corrupt bargain" in

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a bid to stay as the head of Formula One. Mr Ecclestone is being sued,

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along with three other defendants, by a German media group. It claims

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that Formula One was deliberately undervalued when a German bank sold

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its stake in it in 2005. Our Chief Sports Correspondent Dan Roan

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reports. How do you feel ahead of today?

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Good. When it comes to the leadership of Formula One, there has

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been no revolving door. Bernie Ecclestone has been at the top of

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the sport for a generation, but as the 83-year-old made a somewhat

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stalled entrance to the high court this morning, he would have been

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hoping this case will not eventually force him out. The long-time

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commercial rights holder of the motorsports series is accused of

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deliberately undervaluing Formula One when it was sold in 2006.

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Konstantin, a German media firm, say they lost out and are seeking ?100

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million worth of damages, alleging he made a corrupt payment, a

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multi-million pound bribe to an executive in charge of the deal, go

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hard Gribkowsky, who has since been jailed, in order to stay on as chief

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executive. Speaking quietly and banging the desk in frustration,

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Ecclestone told the court he had only paid the bank because he said

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he would create difficulties with the tax authorities. He said...

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Later, Philip Marshall QC, said... Mr Ecclestone refuted that,

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saying... This is just up one of a number of

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legal cases connected to the sale of Formula One which could threaten the

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position of the most powerful figure in the sport. A German court is

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currently deciding whether or not Bernie Ecclestone should stand trial

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on bribery charges in the New Year. Bernie Ecclestone denies any

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wrongdoing, but if these legal challenges go against him, he could

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find it hard to retain control of a sport it is now hard to imagine

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without him. The case continues. When Captain Cook first sailed to

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the Pacific, he brought back sketches of some of the unusual

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creatures he'd seen on his voyage. They were later turned into

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paintings by the artist George Stubbs, giving the British public

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their first ever glimpse of the Kangaroo and the dingo. And now the

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18th century works have now been saved for the nation. Will Gompertz

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reports. A kangaroo looking back over its

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shoulder and a dingo walking in the Australian landscape. Two animals

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previously unfamiliar to those living in the UK, including George

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Stubbs, the celebrated artist who painted them. He worked from skins

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and information brought back on Captain Cook's Endeavour from his

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Voyage of Discovery. They were collected by the scientist Sir

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Joseph Banks. Stubbs, who was a very good biologist, very good anatomist,

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he was presented with this dried, shrivelled skin of a kangaroo, and

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he simply couldn't make head nor tail of it. So he actually sewed it

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up and then blew it up... Well, he moistened it, so it was pliable,

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blew it up and then saw that it really did have these tiny, small

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arms and this huge tail and these whopping great legs. I really like

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the way that Stubbs has tried to make a very three-dimensional

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creature. I think given that he was literally either working from verbal

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descriptions or a stuffed pelt, he did tremendously well to give a

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sense of life and blood pumping through these creatures. They were

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in a private collection and have now been acquired by the National

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Maritime Museum in London, much to the annoyance of the National

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Gallery of Australia. They had been negotiating

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to buy the paintings. Australia's earliest coat of arms was based on

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Stubbs's kangaroo. But the British Government stepped in, giving the

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National Maritime Museum time to raise the ?5.5 million needed to buy

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them. It will now sit here with famous pictures from Captain Cook's

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voyages across the Pacific. Let's have a look at the latest

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weather, with Peter Gibbs. We will use a bit more blue later

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on, and there will be more to come across England and Wales, especially

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wet in the next two or three hours across northern England and the

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Midlands, the rain pushing southwards but it will be a slow

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process. Brisk winds across western Scotland into Northern Ireland, the

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showers in Scotland are still falling snow over the higher ground.

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A at lower levels -- a frost at high levels across Scotland. Quite chilly

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start across northern England tomorrow morning. At eight o'clock

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in the morning, more heavy showers are moving into western Scotland,

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but temperatures are fairly close to freezing, so there could be some ice

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around elsewhere. A nice, bright, crisp spell if you don't mind the

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cold. Through northern England, the Midlands and much of Northern

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Ireland starting drive. Further south and east, the remnants of that

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rain is still sitting there across the south-east corner, Kent and

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Sussex particularly, but it won't last too long. As we go through the

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morning, that rain is creeping away, taking strong winds with it. A

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fairly blustery day across northern parts, the showers feeding through

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one or two western fringes of England and Wales but generally a

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lot of dry and bright weather, chilly but nothing colder than you

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would expect this time in November. Friday, we keep the sunny spells and

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showers been going, a fairly brisk wind blowing in from the West, dry

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weather in between the showers. Similar temperatures and we start

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with similar temperatures into the weekend. A pew showers on Saturday,

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more persistent rain spreading in from the west on Sunday.

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from the west That is all from the BBC

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