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It'll mean another ?25 billion of cuts on the way for Britain. The

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Chancellor wants half the extra savings to come from the welfare

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budget. He says there's a long way to go. It is far too soon to say job

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done. It's not even half done. That's my 2014 is the year of hard

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truths. We'll be looking at just how far there is to go before Britain

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balances the books. Also tonight: Another wave of storms

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batter the south and west. Winds of up to 80 mph are recorded.

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The Savile scandal. Dozens of his victims call for a single, major

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inquiry into how he evaded justice for decades.

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Barristers stage their first ever protest across England and Wales.

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They warn legal aid cuts threaten criminal justice.

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And the disaster down under - we'll hear from a former England captain

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on where England go after the 5-0 Ashes whitewash.

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Tonight on BBC London: Health experts warn the capital is on the

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cusp of a TB epidemic, as a new strain proves resistant to drugs.

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And 13,000 fines are issued in the Met's operation to make our roads

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safer. Good evening. Welcome to the BBC's

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News at Six. George Osborne has set out plans for another ?25 billion

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pounds of spending cuts if the Conservatives win the next election.

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Half the proposed savings would come from the welfare budget. The

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Chancellor says Britain has to face the hard truth that the job of

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cutting the deficit is not even half done. But his comments prompted a

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stern rebuke from within the Coalition. The Deputy Prime

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Minister, Nick Clegg, said the Conservatives were making a

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monumental mistake by attempting to balance the books on the backs of

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the poor. Our political editor, Nick Robinson, reports.

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If you thought the New Year would ease the pressure on the nation's

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purse, think again. The Chancellor said today the economy may be moving

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again, but billions more in cuts are needed now and after the next

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election if the deficit is to be eliminated. It is far too soon to

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say job done. It's not even half done. We've got to make more cuts.

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George Osborne says this will be a year of hard choices, and with an

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eye on the next election, he wants you to know that the Tories Trice is

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to cut the benefits bill. If we want to fix the deficit problems and not

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leave debts for our children to pay off, cutting the bill further is

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what we need to do. The nation is not forecast to be back in the back

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for another four years. The Chancellor says that means cutting

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another ?25 billion of government spending by 2030 -- by 2018. He gave

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to small examples of how. Stopping housing benefit for the under 25 and

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stopping social or council housing for high earners. Cutting spending

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that way would be a monumental mistake, says this man. You might

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just recall he is in the same government as Mr Osborne. I think it

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is simply not serious politics for the Conservative Party to say that

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they are so reluctant to ask the wealthiest in this country to make

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even a smidgen of extra contributions, they are going to ask

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all future sacrifices to come from the working age poor. That is

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unrealistic. The Tories proposals were, he said, and fair, unrealistic

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and unbalanced. He says the deficit should be cut, but by targeting the

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rich with a mansion tax, and taking away the winter fuel allowance and

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TV licences from richer pensioners, something the Tories say would raise

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very difficult. Both parties proposals would raise just a

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fraction of the ?25 billion they both agree is now needed. Who

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exactly should pay now to get the deficit in eliminated? That's the

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debate that began today, and it has pitted one side against the other.

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But the row between the Tories and the Liberal Democrats is, for the

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moment, about little more than loose change. It is always ask that

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suffer, not the rich people. We've all got to take cuts and stomach the

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consequences. Today's speech was as much about politics as economics.

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George Osborne wants his opponents to choose between his plan or

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admitting they will put your taxes up or run a higher deficit. Not

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surprisingly, it is a choice Labour reject. Whether or not we need cuts

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on that scale will depend upon whether we can get the economy

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growing more strongly, whether we can get young people back to work,

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and whether we will face fairer decisions to take away the winter

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fuel allowance. Whose purse should be raided next to pay off the

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deficit? Welcome to one of the main debates between now and election

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day. George Osborne says the austerity

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would have to continue for some years if he is transferred after the

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election. How much has been achieved so far? Our chief economics

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correspondent is with me. How is he doing? Not nearly as well as he had

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first hoped. His original deficit reduction plans were thrown off

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course by a weaker than expected growth outturn. Let's look at the

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deficit in the coalition's first year in office. Borrowing ?140

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billion in that year. He had hoped to wipe all of that out by the end

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of this Parliament, but in the current financial year just coming

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up, he will have to borrow ?96 billion. So it is down a fair amount

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but there is some way to go. His target is to get to a surplus,

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balancing the books and making a small surface -- a small surplus in

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2018-19 of ?2.2 billion. That is his plan if he is still in office. That

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is why he is setting out spending cuts after the election. Putting

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that into perspective, 12.5 billion amounts to less than 2% of total

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public spending. That is an indication of what he is trying to

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do. Thank you. The stormy weather has continued for

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many today with more than 100 flood warnings are still in place as rain

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falls on saturated ground. Forecasters are warning of winds

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gusting up to 70 mph. The Welsh coast has been badly hit again.

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This is the fourth day the Welsh coastline has been pummelled by the

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waves. Flood defences have struggled to cope with a mixture of high

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tides, strong winds and heavy rain. This footage, filmed at Aberystwyth

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at the weekend, shows why the authorities are so keen to keep the

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seafront is clear. A very lucky escape for this man. Today, at the

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bandstand, the latest victim of the elements, the promenade is now a

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beach. Sand is nearly covering the benches. Students have been

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evacuated from their seafront halls of residence for the second time

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since Friday. I live just behind the seafront. They said we had to be

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evacuated because of the high tides. A bit nervous. A bit sad that we

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have to leave, but we have a place to go now. We are going to take our

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laptops and do our essays in town. In Pembrokeshire, sea defences

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struggled to cope with the power of the waves. This is the main road

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which leads through this part of Pembrokeshire, and it has been

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completely covered by shingle which, until a few days ago, was part of

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the sea wall. The water is coming over again today because the flood

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defences just cannot cope with such ferocious weather, day after day. It

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is certainly spectacular, but locals say they have never seen such

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conditions. I have lived here all my life and I have never seen anything

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like this before. This is exceptional. Areas like this are

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suffering for a third day. The only consolation is better weather is

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forecast for tomorrow. One of the areas where people have

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been preparing for the worst is the Somerset levels. Some villages have

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been cut off by the floodwaters. Jon Kay reports from one of the villages

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affected. Until last night, you could still

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drive down this lane, but now, the boat is your only option. Muchelney

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is cut off. 100 villagers stranded. We joined the rescue teams as they

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took in supplies. It is people in the boat, getting the food

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delivered, journeys back and forth now until we have delivered all the

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food. What is your day job? Swimming pool manager. How appropriate. It is

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a dangerous business. We see an aerial sticking out of the water.

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That was a car. It shows you how deep the water is here. The first

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supplies reach Muchelney. Sent by local supermarkets to Somerset's new

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island community. This should last a few days at least, but they will not

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be wasting it. There's a lot of old people in the village, and you feel

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very sorry for them because they are very reliant on outside factors to

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help them at times like this. When you are on the outside, it carries

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on, the world, but you feel isolated because you are trapped in. You feel

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this could happen again? It looks like it. The Church becomes the

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village shop, where supplies can be picked up, along with medication

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that has been shipped in for residents who can no longer get to a

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chemist. Last winter, Muchelney was cut off for weeks, and people say

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the flooding has got worse in recent decades. It's much deeper. It comes

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up much faster and it stays much longer. This volunteer rescue team

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normally patrols the Somerset seaside, but they have spent all day

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ferrying supplies and villagers in and out of Muchelney, like getting

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Clare to the care home where she works. In Saxon times, Muchelney

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meant big Island. Tonight, it is living up to that name.

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Jimmy Savile's victims are calling for a single enquiry ins to how the

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TBC -- the TV presenter managed to evade justice. Dozens of those who

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were abused by him say the current investigations will not answer the

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key questions about the scandal. The year is 1964. The programme...

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It's Top of the Pops. One man remembers the studios rather too

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well. He is now 64, but we met to discuss an encounter when he was

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just 15 years old. And in counter with Jimmy Savile. It was

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unbelievable what he'd done to me. With both of his hands.

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Unbelievable. This is a difficult moment for you. I'm sorry. As I

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said, it's like yesterday. Yesterday. Why do people do these

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things? It ruins your whole life. He was speaking to me because he wants

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answers. An enquiry that answers all his questions. If there was just one

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enquiry, then we might know exactly why Jimmy Savile got away with

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serious sexual abuse for 50 years. There has been no shortage of

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investigations into Savile. The Metropolitan Police and the NSPCC

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report came out just under a year ago. Since then there's been enquiry

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after an enquiry after enquiry. The BBC, the police, the Crown

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Prosecution Service, 32 hospitals. Will it answer all the questions?

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One solicitor representing victims thinks not. There's no ability to

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compare the documents, or the production of people to appear

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before those enquiries and to be questioned and to be subjected to

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tough questioning. But 15 months have already gone by. The NSPCC has

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some Sears. All the time the overarching enquiry was going on,

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every question to be answered was booted into that enquiry and the

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lessons which wanted to the land quicker will be pushed off into the

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future. At the heart of this is Savile, and how did the victims get

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the truth? How did he get away with it? The time is 40 minutes past six.

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Our top story this evening: The Chancellor says there's another ?25

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billion of cuts to come to balance Britain's books. And still to come,

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we speak to the landlord who wants to evict 200 of his tenants for

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claiming housing benefit. Later on BBC London, paying more to

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drive into the congestion charge zone. The Mayor announces plans for

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a 15% increase. And we are with the Riverside

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community learning to live with the effects of the floods.

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For the first time, thousands of barristers and solicitors working on

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criminal cases have gone on strike, walking out of courts in England and

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Wales. They're protesting against a ?220 million cut in the legal aid

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budget. That could mean a 30% cut in lawyers' fees when working on the

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most complex cases. The Government says that last year 1,200 barristers

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in England and Wales earned more than ?100,000 from legal aid. But

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the Criminal Bar Association say half their members earn nearer

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?27,000 a year. Our legal affairs correspondent, Clive Coleman, has

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the details. No legal aid cuts! This has not

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happened before, barristers and solicitors downing wigs and breathes

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and bringing the criminal courts to a standstill. They are careful not

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to call it a strike. But that is what many will think it is. They are

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protesting against the government's proposed reforms to legal aid, some

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due to come into force in April. One junior barrister told me what he

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earns for making a bail application. I would be expecting to be paid

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around ?50 from the legal aid agency for covering that hearing, which

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could last the whole day. And out of that ?50, I have to cover my own

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travel costs, and I will mention that is before tax and VAT. We need

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to take the Government enough is enough, we are not paid enough to

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survive. Barristers and solicitors say this dispute is about more than

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just money. They say it is about the quality of legal advice and

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representation, that any member of the public can expect if they happen

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to be prosecuted for a crime by the state. Janis Sharp's son, Gary

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McKinnon, received more than ?250,000 in legal aid over a

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ten-year period to successfully challenge his extradition to the US

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on charges of hacking into government computers. Without it, we

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would have lost him, and it is no exaggeration, it is not

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sensationalist to say would have taken his own life, he would have.

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But because we have that hope and trust and it also gave us more time

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to get medical evidence. But the government says that at around ?200

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billion the year, we have one of the most expensive legal aid systems in

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the world and funding needs to be reduced. We are talking about

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taxpayers the' money, hard-working taxpayers whose money is going into

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the legal aid budget, and my responsibility is to ensure that

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money goes as far as possible, and I am confident that, at the end of the

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day, the legal aid budget will be adequate to make sure that those who

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qualify for legal aid are properly represented. This unprecedented half

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day of action will delay, not jeopardise, trials, but if this

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dispute isn't resolved, murder, rape and other trials due to start after

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April could be put at risk. An inquest into the death of David

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Rathband, the police officer who was shot and blinded by the gunman Raoul

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Moat, has been hearing from his former wife. Kath Rathband said he

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called up to 100 times a day shortly before he was found hanged at his

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home in Northumberland nearly two years ago. Ed Thomas reports from

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the inquest in Newcastle. He was called a hero, PC David

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Rathband, the officer who survived being shot by killer Raoul Moat. But

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within two years of the attack, he was found hanged at his home. Today

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his family arrived at the inquest into his death, still looking for

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answers. The findings of the coroner may be a foregone conclusion too

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many. Our hope is that he finds David's death was preventable in the

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circumstances. This is David Rathband before he was shot and

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blinded, but in July 2010 Raoul Moat was on the run. He had vowed to

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target the police. PC Rathband was his victim, alone here, he was shot

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twice at point-blank range. One week later, the manhunt ended after Raoul

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Moat killed himself in Rothbury. But it was not the end for PC Rathband,

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and as the months went by, he told the BBC how we struggled to cope.

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When I wake up in the morning, The first thing I see is darkness.

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PC Rathband's widow told the coroner that her husband's behaviour became

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erratic. Kath Rathband said he began an affair with another woman and

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sent hundreds of abusive messages to a mobile phone. The court also heard

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from a survivor of the 7/7 bombings and at the time David Rathband's

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partner, who said he often talked about suicide. She told the coroner

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she knew he was depressed but never believed he would take his own life.

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The court was also told that before PC Rathband died, he had refused to

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see health professionals. The inquest is expected to last five

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days. Ed Thomas, BBC News, Newcastle.

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Drivers on part of the M1 could be facing a 60 mph speed limit under

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plans from the Highways Agency. The restrictions would apply along a

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32-mile section of the road in Derbyshire and Yorkshire. Danny

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Savage is at the motorway for us now. Danny, why are they doing this?

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Well, George, the highways agency says tougher European guidelines on

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air quality are behind today's proposals, so they have come up with

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what many are saying is a radical suggestion, to impose an almost

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permanent speed limit on a 32 mile stretch of motorway from Mansfield

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up to Chesterfield to Sheffield and Rotherham. Many of us are used to

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variable speed limits on the roads at peak times, when the limit comes

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down to 60 or 50 mph, but the plan on this 32 mile stretch is to put a

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60 mph limit in place from 7am in the morning until 7pm at night seven

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days a week. There has been a mixed response, and we have been talking

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to some people here at services this evening. I think it will work,

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because it will stop them tearing about. And there is no need for it

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whatsoever. The way cars are built, it will not help the environment, it

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will not help traffic delays. If anything, it will multiply it. Now,

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the RAC say this is a landmark proposal, it shows how much

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emissions can be affected by a small reduction in the speed limit, but

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they are concerned that it could be the first of many similar speed

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restrictions around the country, and the Sheffield chamber of commerce

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this evening has said this is an illogical solution to the problem.

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It is open until March for consultation, and if it comes into

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force, it could last several years. A 36-year-old man has been found

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guilty of dangerous driving after being filmed speeding at over 60 mph

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with both hands behind his head. Richard Newton was caught on police

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camera travelling on the A171 between Whitby and Guisborough last

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August. Magistrates, who said the evidence was conclusive, gave him a

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12-month driving ban and 100-hour community order.

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A landlord who owns nearly 1,000 properties in Kent says he'd rather

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have eastern European migrants as tenants than people on benefits.

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Fergus Wilson has issued eviction notices to every one of his 200

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tenants who receive housing benefit. The National Landlords Association

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says Mr Wilson is not alone. Andy Moore reports.

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22, which is just over 10% of the estate... Fergus Wilson owns and

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runs over 1000 houses in Kent. More than 200 used to be occupied by

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people on benefits, but not any more. Those tenants have or are

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being evicted, and in many cases they are being replaced by Eastern

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European is with jobs. With our tenants who are working, in the last

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two years there has not been one who has defaulted. Whereas, as far as

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those on benefits are concerned, it is now over 50%. They perhaps cannot

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help it, but I am not the DSS. Mr Wilson says many of his colleagues

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in the property will agree with him. The National Landlords

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Association is four out of five of the members will not consider

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renting to anyone on benefits. We are certainly seeing landlords

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moving away from tenants claiming benefits. The progress of the

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welfare reform agenda of the last three years, which means benefit

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levels have not kept up with rent levels, means it is a greater risk,

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and so they are looking to let to working tenants who do not fall into

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rent arrears as easily. The housing charity Shelter are worried that

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people on benefits are being squeezed out of the private rented

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market. This is extremely worrying news for families across the

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country, and if more landlords follow this type of behaviour, we

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could see black spots where ordinary families cannot get somewhere to

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live if they fall ill or lose their job. Mr Wilson says he feels sorry

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for those he has had to evict. The fundamental problem, he believes, is

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that there are too many people and not enough houses.

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Andy Moore, BBC News, Ashford. England cricket coach Andy Flower

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says he is determined to stay on after the crushing 5-0 defeat to

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Australia in the Ashes. He and captain Alistair Cook have come

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under pressure to resign, but he says it's time for a new start. Our

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chief sports correspondent, Dan Roan, reports from Sydney.

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And that is eight, 5-0 to Australia... It was one of sport's

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most spectacular from grace, England's cricketers whitewashed by

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an Australian team they were expected to beat. The inquiry into

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what went wrong has begun, the coach remains in charge. I do not feel

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proud of the way we played this Test series. So why will you not resign

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if you are not proud of what happened to Mike why have you

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decided to stay? I am proud of my involvement in England cricket. I

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think it is important that we review this logically and, as I said, learn

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from some of the mistakes we have made. And ensure that we get English

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cricket moving in the right direction again. Flower conceded

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personal agendas had been at play in the dressing room, Graeme Swann

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accused unnamed players of arrogance, having retired

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mid-series. He denied he had been referring to team-mates including

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Kevin Pietersen, but the star batsman cut an isolated figure here,

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and some believe he has played his last test. While Andy Flower and

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Alastair Cook will keep their jobs, what now looks certain is that the

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England team left the field here at the Sydney Cricket ground yesterday

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will look very different when it's place again next summer. It does

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feel like the end of some type of era, and there will be some sort of

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new start for the England cricket side. Preparations for a one-day

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series here began today, and with the next Ashes 18 months away, some

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now want a complete change in approach. The players, the

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management, the Haidara keep of the ECB, they need to look at the way

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that England have played cricket for two or three years now. -- the

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hierarchy. They have got to be dynamic and realise it is an

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entertainment business as much as a business that you have to win games,

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but you play the dynamic and you will win games. Having enjoyed the

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good times, the captain and coach are now experiencing some of the

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worst. The true test is about to begin.

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What about that whether? Susan Powell is here with the latest.

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We have another challenging 24 hours to come, it will remain when the

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overnight and through tomorrow, and there is more rain on the way as

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well. But the rain will come in the form of showers, and that means not

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warriors will see the worst of it, but for many southern counties of

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England there are showers this evening and overnight, and more

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showers too for Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England. A

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continued risk of coastal flooding along the south coast as well. It is

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at least a mild night, overnight lows of seven or eight degrees. We

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start Tuesday with a windy feel, and we will also see quite a few showers

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initially across the south-east and further north. But the story really

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as the day pans out is for things to become quieter, so by the afternoon

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more in the way of dry weather than we have seen today, more in a way of

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brightness, and the wind will start to become lighter. Temperatures of

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11 or 12, on the mild side, but we must keep a close eye on southern

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England, this weather front looks like it is going to bring more heavy

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and persistent rain into southern England through the small hours of

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Wednesday, and then another little area could come running in later on

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Wednesday. So we are not out of the woods yet, particularly to the

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south, but Wednesday on the whole much drier and brighter than we have

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seen in awhile and with lighter winds, temperatures a little lower,

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a chilly appeal, but again a reminder that we need to keep an eye

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to the south on these little waves spinning up, because we could be

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talking about another ten or 20 millimetres, the best part of an

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inch of rain across southern England and Wales before get into Thursday.

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But towards the end of the week, high-pressure washing towards us

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will open up the isobars, killing off the winds, allowing things to

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become drier. I am not promising new and entirely dry story, but it looks

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significantly improved by the end of the week.

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