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Tonight at six: We're in Edinburgh, where the Scottish Government has

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published its blueprint for independence. With ten months to go

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to the referendum, the First Minister and his deputy call it a

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mission statement, but opponents say it's a work of fiction.

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With independence, we can have the powers and responsibilities we need

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to seize opportunities to build a wealthy and fairer nation, but also

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to face our major challenges. They were supposed to come up with

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all the answers anyone could want to know about everything to do with

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independence, but there is absolutely nothing new.

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But what do Scotland's voters make of it? We'll be in Dundee asking

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people for their reaction to the prospect of independence.

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Also tonight: A police officer is charged over the plebgate affair -

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it's alleged he falsely claimed to have witnessed the incident. But the

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Crown Prosecution says there is no evidence that Andrew Mitchell was

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the victim of a police conspiracy. A court hears that Nigella Lawson's

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former husband accused her of being off her head on drugs.

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Children as young as 11 are involved in sexual violence - a shocking

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report into gang culture. There were more than 30,000 extra

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deaths during last year's freezing winter - doctors say fuel poverty

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was factor. In the sport, Chelsea can qualify

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for the knockout stages of the Champions League with a draw against

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Basel tonight, Arsenal and Celtic are also in action.

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Good evening from the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, where

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ministers have set out their vision of an independent country with ten

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months to go before next year's referendum. Alex Salmond, the First

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Minister, is promoting independence as a way of changing Scotland for

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the better. He's set out a long list of policy pledges. It is a pretty

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hefty document, 650 pages packed full of big statements and detailed

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policies. Alistair Darling, Labour's former Chancellor, has dismissed the

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document as a work of fiction, full of meaningless assertions. First our

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special correspondent Allan Little reports on the shape of the

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independence plan unveiled today. For nationalists, the campaign has

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moved into an ambitious new phase. The most significant milestone to

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date on the long march to independence, and the first detailed

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account of the character, shape and spirit of the new nation they hope

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will soon be born. One independent Scotland could have the eighth

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highest economic output and the 10th highest national income per head of

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population in the whole of the developed world. What would an

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independent Scotland look like? It would be a kingdom with the Queen as

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head of state, it would join NATO but demand the removal of submarine

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born Trident nuclear missiles within four years, and it would keep the

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pound is part of a sterlingzone with the rest of the United Kingdom. This

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is not a final blueprint for independence, it is the Scottish

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Government's starting point for an 18 month period of negotiations

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after a yes vote. It assumes that the EU will accept Scotland as a

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continuing rather than as a new member, that NATO will accept a

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nuclear free Scotland without Trident and that the UK Government

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will agree to share the pound with an independent Scotland in a

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currency union. And what of the UK Government

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refused to share the pound? An independent Scotland, Alex Salmond

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told me, I'd refuse to share Britain's national debt. These

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follow as night follows day. We have indicated the willingness that we

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will accept the financing of some of the mass of obligations and

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liabilities alter by Alistair Darling and now George Osborne, but

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that is predicated on a share of assets, you have to share both

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sides. Sterling on the Bank of England are these assets.

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This country has two national identities interwoven. Many are

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genuinely torn. But opponents of independents say the blueprint is

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wishful thinking. The idea that 27 European countries

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will roll over and give him what he wants is nonsense. For

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pro-independence campaigners see this as a battle between the sunlit

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promise of a new start and the fearful caution of the status quo.

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Might that yet swing it? Central to the debate on

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independence is the impact on Scotland's economy and how it might

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perform if the country broke away from the union. Alex Salmond insists

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that Scotland can become a more prosperous nation, but his opponents

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say he has no answer to the practical challenges of leaving the

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UK. Our chief economics correspondent

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Hugh Pym looks at the economic questions posed by independence.

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Scotland's history is well documented. The White Paper today

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looks to a possible new chapter, and a central part of that is the

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economic narrative. There is an attempt to lift the veil on crucial

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areas of the financial debate. On the currency, interest rates,

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banking, jobs and growth, there are many questions as to how an

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independent Scotland could relate to the rest of the UK. The white paper

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said said how the economy might work. The currency is a key factor.

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The white paper says Scotland will keep the pound, the Bank of England

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will set interest rates but there will be Scottish and put up the

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bank. It is not clear how much says Scotland would have in this

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important area of economic policy. It is very possible that the UK

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would allow Scotland to use the pound, they never said they would

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not. Whether they would allow Scotland a seat on the board of the

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Bank of England is another question, and if Scotland had a seat on the

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board, the question is, what influence would it have?

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A plan for Scotland's economy is set out. It says it would be the eighth

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largest leading economy in terms of output per person, government debt

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would be split with the rest of the UK. It says Scottish debt would be

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proportionately lower than currently forecast for the UK. But a lot

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depends on how much tax Scotland receives from North Sea oil and gas

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production. There is a big difference of opinion, and who knows

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who is right? But the paper takes quite an optimistic view about North

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Sea oil revenues as they might be at the time of independence. With the

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more pessimistic view, it is more difficult for Scotland to balance

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the sums. What about Scottish banks and how they are policed? The Bank

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of England will regulate financial stability, according to the paper.

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Taxpayer bailouts will be shared between governments. For individual

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banks, the white paper says there could be a separate Scottish

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regulator, but some say that might create confusion. For example, you

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might have the regulator looking after the entire system come out and

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say, well, we think a certain bank needs help, and you might have the

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regulator in Scotland, for example, say, we don't think so. It creates

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the potential for conflict. The outcome depends on the

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negotiation between two governments, which will only happen if Scotland

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votes yes to independence. My colleague Brian Taylor, the Scotland

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political editor for the BBC, joins me. How does today change things and

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what does it say about the months ahead? We have a structural debate.

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Would Scotland be in the European Union, in NATO, in that preferred

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sterlingzone that Alex Salmond favours and, if so, on what terms?

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We will have a debate, and the White Paper entrenches the debate and

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opens up a second front, which is the offer from the Scottish

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Government and the SMP on all sorts of welfare policies. The idea of

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enhanced childcare, protecting pensions, scrapping the so-called

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bedroom tax, all of these combining to offer a retail and populist

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offered to the electorate over the head of the, to some, slightly use

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terror debate about the how and where four of independence. Then the

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second front leads to the second set of arguments. Could Scotland afford

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it? If she could afford childcare, why not do it now? I think the

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campaign will be down the two silos, and an extremely interesting

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development with how the campaign progresses.

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We'll be back a little later with some thoughts from Dundee on what it

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means to be Scottish, and there's plenty of extra information for you

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on the BBC website, bbc.co.uk/news. You'll see the link to our section

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on Scotland's future. But, for now, it's back to George in London.

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The former Government Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell has launched a

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scathing attack on the police officers involved in the so-called

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plebgate affair. It follows the announcement that one of the

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officers has been charged with misconduct in a public office. But

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crown prosecutors say there's insufficient evidence of a police

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conspiracy against Mr Mitchell. June Kelly's report contains flash

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photography. A September evening last year, and

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Andrew Mitchell, then the government chief whip, begins a bike ride which

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would end his Cabinet career. His departure through the gates of

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Downing Street was marked by what he has admitted was an ill tempered

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exchange in which he swore in front of police. But he has always denied

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claims that he used the word plebs to describe the officers on the

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gates. It was that word and all its class associations which caused his

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downfall. The Plebgate 's gamble was born and battle lines were drawn,

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with the police Federation, which represents rank-and-file officers,

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lined up against the government. Under massive pressure, Andrew

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Mitchell quit. That as more details of the episode you merge, Scotland

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Yard began and -- you merge, Scotland Yard began an investigation

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of its own and one officer has been accused of misconduct in public

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office by falsely claiming to have witnessed the incident. Together

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with seven others, he faces internal disciplinary seedings. He is one of

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five accused of gross misconduct. The Crown Prosecution Service says

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there was insufficient evidence to show Andrew Mitchell was the victim

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of a criminal conspiracy. It was this officer, Toby Rowland, who

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wrote in his note that the MP had used the word plebs. He is not

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facing any disciplinary measures. But this afternoon, Andrew Mitchell

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announced that he would be pursuing PC Roland. PC Toby Roland, who was

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responsible for writing those toxic phrases in his notebook, was not

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telling the truth. I will seek to say this on oath in a court of law

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and it is our intention to ensure that PC Toby Roland has two

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similarly swear. The Police Federation was considering its

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response to his attack on PC Roland. Meanwhile, the Independent Police

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Complaints Commission said some officers may be responsible for

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turning a short altercation which could hardly be heard into a

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national scandal. 14 months on from there are let these gates, the

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controversy continues. -- from the roll at these gates. The police

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officer who has been charged makes his first court appearance next

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month. The former husband of celebrity chef

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Nigella Lawson has claimed that she was so off her head on drugs that

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she allowed her personal assistants to spend whatever they liked. The

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allegation emerged during the trial of two women accused of committing

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fraud while working for the couple. Sangita Myska reports from Isleworth

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Crown Court. It contains flash photography. The flavours are so

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complex that it is very rewarding to eat. Nigella Lawson, daughter of a

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top alteration and one of the most celebrated television chefs in

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Britain. A string of TV series and books has earned her ?20 million and

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a place on the celebrity circuit. Today her two former PAs, Elisabetta

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and Francesco Grillo, came to court to face charges that they defrauded

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both Ms Lawson and her former husband to the tune of ?300,000.

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Charles Saatchi, a multimillionaire art collector, and Ms Lawson,

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recently divorced amid acrimonious claims that Mr Saatchi grabbed his

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ex-wife by the throat outside a London restaurant. Today, as part of

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the fraud trial, the judge read an e-mail from Mr Saatchi to Ms Lawson

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accusing her of being a drug user. It said, now the Grillos will get

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off on the basis you were so off your head on drugs that you allowed

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the sisters to spend what they liked. Yes, I believe every word

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they have said. A court had previously heard from the Grillos'

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defence team that Nigella Lawson was using cocaine and description drugs

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and the personal assistants had been allowed to use credit cards with the

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tacit understanding that they would not reveal Ms Lawson's drug use to

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her ex-husband, Mr Saatchi. Francesca and Elisabetta Grillo

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denied the charges. The proceedings continue. Children as young as 11

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are involved in sexual violence against other youngsters, that is

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the shocking verdict of the Children's Commissioner. In a report

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into child exploitation and gangs published today, researchers say

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that rape is seen as normal and inevitable. This report contains

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some disturbing details from the beginning.

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Voices rarely heard, disturbing voices, young girls witnesses to

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appalling sexual violence in Britain's street gangs, committed

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against children, often by children. It could be eight guys and one girl,

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treating the girl like a piece of meat. I don't know, it is not right,

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but what can you do? Today I spoke to a girl, now getting a help from a

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charity, who was repeatedly raped by a gang of young boys in London. Out

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of everybody there, I was the youngest, I was 11, and like they

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was all 13 and 14. They just undressed me themselves, and was not

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caring about what I said to them, was not caring how they made me

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feel, because they could see I was upset and I was crying. I told them

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to stop, and they wasn't really bothered, they was laughing at the

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time. Lapping? They did not see it was serious. The report spoke to 288

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young people in gang neighbourhoods, 41% were aware of

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breaks, 39% said young girls exchanged sex or drugs or drink. One

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of the most scary things about the research findings is that young

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people feel it is an inevitability, part of what happens in their lives,

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they have no option but to live through it, because that is what

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happens. Panel members said they were aghast at the chilling evidence

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presented to them and wrote of a deep malaise in society, children,

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they said, being badly let down by the agencies which should be there

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to protect them. This reformed gang head says he has had sex with a very

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large number of young women, sometimes deliberately to disrespect

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a member of a rival gang. I could sleep with one girl one night, and

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then another three or four people the same night. Used as sex objects?

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That is what they are there four, that is their purpose. The report

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wants authorities to do much more to deal with child sexual exploitation,

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but above all it calls for one thing, that we see and we hear the

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child victims. The time is 17 minutes past six, our

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top story this evening: The Scottish Government unveils its plans for

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independence, ministers say Scotland faces a choice between two futures.

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And still to come, more details on the suspected slavery case, we speak

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to a former neighbour. Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News,

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Manuel Pellegrini denies there is any chance that Joe Hart could leave

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the club in January, he returns to the site in their Champions League

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match tomorrow. -- the side.

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It was one of the coldest spells on record, and now there is new

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evidence of a sharp rise in the number of deaths last winter.

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According to official figures, there were more than 31,000 extra deaths

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in England and Wales, an increase of 29% on the previous winter. The

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majority of the deaths, more than 25,000, were among the over-75s.

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Doctors have called the figures disturbing and as a fuel poverty is

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a major factor. Branwen Jeffreys reports.

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It felt as though last winter went on for ever, snow in March and

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bitterly cold temperatures, cold that claimed the lives of thousands

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of elderly people. Roy, from what I can see... Jane is a snow angel, a

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project visiting pensioners, checking up on them to make sure

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they know to keep warm. In his 90s, Roy has had heart problems, and last

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winter was tough. It was the coldest winter are member for a long time,

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and the snow lasted for a lot longer. -- I remember. It is 60

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years at least since I experienced anything approaching this. He keeps

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his spirit up in winter, and his heating, but not all pensioners do.

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It may be that they keep warm room warm, but the others will be very

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cold, which can in itself be very dangerous, so people may end up

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sleeping in bedrooms which are too cold to be safe. Energy prices have

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been going up, leaving doctors worried about those in their 80s and

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90s. Their bodies are not as good as they were to resist the cold, and

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they become victims of the energy price crisis that we have got and

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the poverty of the poor pensions they are on. More people die in

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winter than at other times of year. If we look at this graph, the longer

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term trend has been for winter deaths to fall, but in March the

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average temperature was just 2.6 Celsius, and a very low temperatures

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are links to more deaths. Death rates vary, the highest in the

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north-west, the lowest in London. Health officials say there is help

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for the elderly in winter. We really understand the difficulty that it

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causes if people feel that they have to make a choice between spending

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money on heating and spending money on eating, both of those are

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absolutely essential. With winter unfolding again, the latest figures

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can only fuel the debate about energy prices.

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Now to the case of the couple suspected of holding three women as

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slaves for 30 years. As the police continue their investigation into

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Aravindan Balakrishnan and his wife Chanda, the BBC has been speaking to

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a former neighbour of the couple. Home affairs correspondent Tom

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Symonds takes up the story. Caught on camera in an ITV

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documentary from 1997, Aravindan Balakrishnan attending an inquest

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into the death of a woman at a house where he lived. She fell from the

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upstairs window. The inquest failed to explain why. Today Scotland Yard

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confirmed it was re-examining the case. You are part of the fascist

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state... It is believed that these are two of the three women who

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called a charity last month, triggering the investigation.

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Charlotte Watts lived two doors down for more than a decade. She caught

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glimpses of the group, and the images still stick in her mind even

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today. They appeared quite vulnerable, they did not have any

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social skills whatsoever, and they used to walk in a line, they never

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made eye contact, and I used to regularly say hello to them, and

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they always either looked through you or away from you. She describes

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the occupants of the house, the Indian man who came to the door when

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she once called, three women, one Malaysian, a face in an upstairs

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window. She used to stand up in that window for hours, staring for a long

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period of time, and I used to wave at her and never get anything back.

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I do remember her sliding these notes in front of, but because they

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were so high up, I could never read what they were saying. The group

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later moved to this flat in Peckham, yesterday boarded-up, where

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Aravindan Balakrishnan and his partner Chanda were arrested. They

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are on bail until January as police inquiries continue.

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That visit from me, more now on the main story, the Scottish

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Government's unveiling of its independence plans. We can return to

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Huw in Edinburgh. George, thanks very much, that

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document published today lists some of the advantages of independence as

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the Scottish Government sees them, but the appeal is not simply about

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policy. Alex Salmond and his team are urging Scots to think of

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independence as a natural step, but what do Scott understand by building

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some kind of modern Scottish identity? James Cook has been

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talking to people in Dundee, and this is what he found out.

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The skies are clear now, but once Dundee roared with industry and

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echoed with radical ideas. Socialism thrived here. Today, though, this

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old Labour city is a stronghold for the Scottish National Party, and the

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air is alive with change. Dundee is undergoing an extraordinary

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transformation, the whole waterfront here is being redeveloped, and it is

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an exciting time. Campaigners for independents want to tap into this

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sense of optimism to persuade people to vote yes, not out of fear, but

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out of hope. There is no shortage of hope at the university, where these

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physics students are brimming with energy and ideas, but will they vote

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with their heads or their hearts? At the start, when there were whispers

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of a referendum, a lot of people thought, I am Scottish, I will be

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patriotically stuff, but I think people are becoming a lot more

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thinking about it practically. I would not say that the future of

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Scotland depends on how I feel about being Scottish, it depends on what

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is best for Scotland. A lot of people think they would be better

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off if independent, but it is not really trading away a 300 year

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partnership for the price of an iPad. But does Dundee benefit from

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its British identity? It certainly build hundreds of ships for the

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Empire. These visitors think a shared history should count for

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something. This is our island and not mine and not yours, it is ours.

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I think we both need each other. You might as well stay in the UK with

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us, you will be better off, tourism and financially. Stay with us.

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Whether Scotland does or not is up to 4 million individuals, but this

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is Dorinda not think it will drive their decision. -- this is Dorian.

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It is coming down to his use of how you want the nation to be governed.

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Even as Scotland's identity is settled, it must decide on the road

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and the miles it wants to travel. Nick Robinson, our political editor,

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is with me, your impressions of the day? I thought I might be witnessing

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the birth of a nation, at least the side of the first scan, a glimpse of

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what a new Scotland might be like, and yet the First Minister and his

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deputy were not like excited parents, they were low-key,

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downbeat, like business executives at a corporate rebranding exercise,

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because I think their message today to Scotland and everybody in the UK

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is that everything will change in an independent Scotland, but not that

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much will change. The pound will stay, the Queen will stay, it will

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still be in the EU and in NATO, pensions will be paid. And yet the

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things that Scots do not like, the bedroom tax and Trident, that will

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change. The messages, keep the good from the UK and get some more

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goodies, too. What the critics will then say is, isn't that a bit too

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good to be true? There may be 650 pages in that document, but are

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there really answers in its? Nick, thank you very much indeed. Time to

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have a quick look at what the weather is doing, we can join Tomasz

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Schafernaker. The weather is fairly quiet, and

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over the next couple of days we will see cloud and drizzle, and tonight

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it is going to be mostly frost free. Last night some of us had a frost,

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there will be many temperatures were it will dip away quite a lot. Plenty

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of bad across northern part of the country, and that is going to be

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toppling over the UK, a warm front, and that does not necessarily mean

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warm weather, but slightly milder than recently. On top of that, lots

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of drizzle, hill fog, murk on the way. No blue boxes on the charts,

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five degrees across northern part of England, two at the very lowest. A

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drizzly start to the day across the South, many areas hanging on to a

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lot of cloud, but a bit of sunshine, not an awful lot, mainly to the east

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of the Pennines. Here are probably feeling least cold, around nine

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degrees in Leeds, ten in London, but feeling cooler. On Thursday, a

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similar picture, a lot of cloud, the best brightness across eastern

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areas. The further west you are, the thicker the cloud will be, one or

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two spots of rain. A change in the weather through Thursday into

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Friday, this area of low pressure between Iceland and Scandinavia is

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going to shunt colder weather our direction. That is coming from the

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central North Atlantic, rather than the Arctic, so it will be a cold,

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but not necessarily because the temperatures are lower but because

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the winds will be strong, especially across Scotland. This is the

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summary, milder for a time, rather cloudy, cold and windy on Friday

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with wintrinesss across Scotland. That is all from BBC News At Six, I

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will be back with more from Edinburgh at ten. Now

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