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court. The actor was accused of preying on young girls, and he had a

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message after the verdict. In these situations there are no

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winners, and I think we should all be much kinder to ourselves. Now, if

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you'll excuse me, I'd like to get back to work.

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We'll have all the reaction, including from his friends in the

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world of acting. Also tonight: One storm after

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another - severe weather on the way as the Government pledges more money

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for flood defences. A boost for the Midlands after

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Bombardier seals a billion-pound contract to build trains for

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London's new Crossrail. The police officer who lied about

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the Plebgate affair is jailed for a year.

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This is going to be the double backside double ten.

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And the jump of his life - Team GB are off to a flying start at the

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Winter Olympics. On BBC London: Day two of the Tube

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strike. No sign of an agreement, but more trains have been running.

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And eight years in jail for abusing boys. Nick Clegg's former

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headteacher is sentenced. Good evening and welcome to the BBC

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News at Six. William Roache, one of the stars of Coronation Street, has

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been found not guilty of historic sex offences. He was cleared of two

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counts of rape and four counts of indecent assault after a four-week

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trial at Preston Crown Court. As he walked free today he said "in these

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situations there are no winners". Our correspondent Judith Moritz has

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been covering the high-profile case for us.

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The stakes could not have been higher for William Roache. He could

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have been going to jail. Instead he walked out if caught with his

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freedom, career and reputation intact. I have just got one thing to

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say. In these situations, there are no winners. And I think we should

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all be much kinder to ourselves. So now, if you'll excuse me, I'd like

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to get back to work. Thank you. Just minutes before, the court room

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had fallen silent as the actor stood in the dock to hear his fate. As the

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not guilty verdicts were returned one by one, his children sobbed and

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sighed with relief. William Roache's career on Coronation Street

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is as old as the soap itself. He has appeared as Ken Barlow since the

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first episode in 1960. But it was alleged that in the 1960s, the actor

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had indecently assaulted teenage girls in the studios of Granada

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television. He always denied both that and separate charges of rape,

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saying such offences were against his nature, and he was a spiritual

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man. I was given exclusive access to film William Roache as he meditated

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with a group called the Circle of Love. It is the best way that I have

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available for you in this room at this time, and that word is love.

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Today, William Roache thanked this group for supporting him. We filmed

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the just for the trial began, at which point legally we couldn't

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interview the actor. And the glory shall manifest, and the glory is

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peace. However, the group's speaker, known only as James, gave him their

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support. We have always treated him as a friend. We don't need him to go

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through bad times to be treated any differently. We treat in the same

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day today as we have always treated him, as a friend, trial or no

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trial. This is also support for William

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Roache at the Coronation Street studios. Michael Le Vell was himself

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accused of sexual offences. Absolutely delighted. Other cast

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members were pleased, too. I think it is brilliant news. We're looking

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forward to seeing Bill back at work soon.

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William Roache hasn't appeared on Coronation Street since his arrest

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last year. ITV has said it is looking forward to working with him

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again. Now the way lies open for the street's most in during residents to

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return. And Judith is at the Coronation

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Street set in Manchester now. There have been some questions about

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whether this kind of celebrity case should have been brought to court in

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the first place. Yes. William Roache's barrister told

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the jury that this was a trial which was haunted by the spectre of Jimmy

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Savile, and the actor himself, when asked why these allegations may have

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been brought, speculated that I could have we motivated by the wish

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to sell a story, all for a moment of fame. But today, the Crown

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Prosecution Service has defended its decision to prosecute, saying this

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was a case treated like any other, and Lancashire police said they

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believed there had been enough evidence to secure a realistic

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proposition of conviction. It came down, though, to whether the jury

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believed William Roache or the women making the allegations. The judge

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described this as a head-on collision of evidence. In the end,

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the jury believed the actor. And tonight, he has his freedom as a

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result. Judith, thanks very much. The South

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West has barely had a chance to catch its breath after yesterday's

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storm damage and already it's preparing for another onslaught.

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Forecasters are predicting more heavy rain into the weekend. Today

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new figures indicate that over 5,000 properties remain flooded across

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England. An extra ?35 million has been pledged by the Government

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today. Two severe flood warnings, meaning danger to life, remain in

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place in the Somerset Levels. Jon Kay's there. He has spent the day

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with a farmer, and joins us now. Yes, a danger to human life and a

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danger to animal life, and today we have seen large numbers of livestock

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just taken away from this part of Somerset. When we got here this

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morning, there were 150 cattle in this barn. Tonight there are

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absolutely none at all. But getting all those animals away to places

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that are high and dry has proved quite a challenge.

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In flooded Somerset, a modern-day arc. Here to take the animals away.

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Farmers who have been up all night trying to save their terrified

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livestock, two x two. It has been a long morning. The water is rising

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and inch an hour, they tell me, so I reckon the whole farm will be

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underwater. There are 60 cows here, but only enough room to take six to

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safety. The rest will have to wait. All farmers are used to mark and

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water, but this is something else. The whole barn has been flooded. 100

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yards up the road, another mass evacuation of livestock. Calves,

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just a few weeks old, but now have to go. The family who farmed here

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for generations are racing to save what they can before they get

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flooded, too. I haven't washed, I haven't showered, I probably stink.

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Becky is desperately trying to get her goats taken the higher ground.

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The horses will have to go somewhere else. This entire farm is being

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broken up. I don't know what to do. I really don't know what to do. This

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community has been ripped to pieces. It is not on, and it's not right.

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It's not right at all. For Becky's partner, James, it's time to hand

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over the paperwork before the cards are taken away. This is a business,

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but it is also a way of life, and he can't imagine a time when it will

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return to normal. It has taken me quite a long time to build up to

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this level, and it's almost gone within moments. I don't know if I

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will be able to bounce back from this. The farrier is here to take

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Becky's horses. She doesn't know when or if they will return. This

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will soon be a farm without animals. We have just ripped the heart and

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soul out of this farm with the livestock that we have. Without

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them, it's nothing. What's the point? Do we go under? That's it.

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When you say go under, you talking about water or business? Both. I'm

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talking about both. It's taken just over an hour, but that's it. Gone.

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The animals should be safe now, but with the river still rising, James

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feels anything but. Jon Kay, BBC News, on the Somerset Levels.

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Well, today, engineers in Devon have been assessing the damage to the

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train truck Dawlish which was ripped apart by the storms. Experts say the

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risks were well-known, and there have been warning about the threat

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from bad weather. Our science editor J Vince Shipman reports on

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Britain's coastal defences. A machine cuts through the first

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twisted rail lines at Dawlish, the start of at least six weeks of work.

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It is huge in terms of the engineering scale, and in response

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to other things we have done in the last five or ten years, it is up

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there with the biggest challenges we have had. This is the scale of the

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task ahead. The huge waves yesterday tore through the defence is the role

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where relies on. This is a key link between Cornwall and the rest of

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Britain. There have been repeated warnings that it is vulnerable, even

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before the line opened back in 1847. Now a massive repair operation is

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needed. What striving all this is the jet stream flowing high above

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the Atlantic. It has been stuck on a route that forces endless bad

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weather our way. Here is the system hitting the country right now, but

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it is just one of many. The next one will reach is tomorrow night. But

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the conditions have created a kind of conveyor belt out in the ocean,

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the mean yet more storms to Britain in the coming days.

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As huge waves batter the coastline, this was Cornwall yesterday,

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engineers who work on flood defence say the country needs to wake up to

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the dangers. We are an island nation, and we have a lot of exposed

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coastline. Much of it is of Victorian era, and it is

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deteriorating. On top of that, we have got rising sea levels, adding

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pressure. More people living along the coast. So yes, we are very

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vulnerable nation. A bus on the Cornish coast caught in

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a weird swirl of foam. No real danger, but the storms are causing

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some very strange effects. At Lyme Regis yesterday, proof that flowing

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water really is dangerous. The country's resilience, its ability to

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cope, are being tested like never before. David Shukman, BBC News.

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A Metropolitan Police officer who lied about witnessing a row in

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Downing Street that led to the resignation of a former cabinet

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minister has been jailed for a year. PC Keith Wallis admitted committing

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misconduct in public office. He had sent an email to a senior

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Conservative official falsely claiming to have witnessed Andrew

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Mitchell insulting policemen at the gates to Downing Street in 2012.

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Let's talk to Nick Robinson, our political editor. Is that it? Do we

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finally know who was telling the truth? We don't know it all. What we

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do know is this. A police officer is in jail tonight for conduct which

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according to the judge in the case was devious misconduct, and I quote,

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which fell far below the standards expected of a police officer. Let me

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simplify. He said he was here on the fateful night. He wasn't. He said he

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heard Andrew Mitchell use a swear word and the word pleb. He didn't.

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He said he was a member of the public who was just passing. Of

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course he wasn't. He lied. We also know that five other police officers

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now face gross misconduct charges for their role in spreading this

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story and putting it into the press and into the media. Now the police

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watchdog, the IPCC, said that this was evidence of collusion, but not

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of a conspiracy designed to bring a cabinet officer down. That's the

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seriousness, that is why the case matters. What we do know, though, is

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that what actually happened behind those gates, what actually was said.

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Was the word pleb used is still a matter of debate, and may never be

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settled. Only two men know, the Cabinet Minister at the time, Mr

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Mitchell, and the police officer, and they are both sticking to their

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side of the story. Whatever happened, the police watchdog said

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tonight that the conduct of police officers, plural, not just one, had

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brought shame on the police service. Those of us who go in and out of

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these gates almost every day know that there are decent, honourable,

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hard-working people, but others have let them down and let down badly.

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Nick, thank you very much. A new report into the NHS in England

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says the problems that contributed to the scandal at Stafford Hospital

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have not gone away. The report, published on the anniversary of the

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Francis Inquiry into Stafford, says there are profound tensions between

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financial constraints and the aim to provide high-quality care. Our

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health correspondent Branwen Jeffreys reports.

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This busy cancer unit is being reorganised. Ahmed is having a quick

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blood test. But they also give rapid, urgent care to other cancer

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patients. It has freed up beds, so it has saved money. Every hospital

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is trying to think like this, but it is getting harder. We have probably

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got a couple of years where we can keep finding savings and changing

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the way we do our internal practices. The real opportunity now

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is to disrupt the way we think, to work right across the whole system.

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They call it the Stafford effect, the crossing and hospitals have been

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hiring nurses. But only of say they won't be busting their budget this

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year. Every single hospital in England has

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felt the impact of what happened at Stafford. The NHS has been through

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an intense period of soul-searching. But it still faces many of the same

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challenges. Trying to meet its financial targets without

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compromising the quality of care for patients. Stafford Hospital has

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tried to move on. It is not so easy for those whose relatives died here.

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Julie says money should never be an excuse for poor care. Mistakes cost

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the NHS more money than getting it right. We spend a fortune on harming

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patients. It is also unnecessary. There is no need to harm patients in

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the NHS. Today but my research suggests managers are still under

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pressure to meet targets. -- today's research. The man who led

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the standard enquiries says it worries him. We can't continue to

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have stories of patients left in their own faeces. If we really can't

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afford to provide care at that level, we need to have a frank

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conversation about what the NHS can do. There is also evidence of

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managers listening more to patients and staff. One of the big lessons

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from Stafford. Hospitals are taking on the lessons. 80% are saying they

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have taken on new actions and they have started. It is encouraging.

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Hospitals are getting busier. They are seen more elderly patients. It

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is going to get harder, not easier, to do that well within their

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budgets. Our top story this evening: The

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Coronation Street actor William Roache is cleared of rape and

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indecent assault after a four-week trial in Preston.

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And still to come: On the eve of opening ceremony, how no expense was

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spared to bring the Winter Olympics to Sochi.

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Later on BBC London: We analyse what's at stake for Boris Johnson

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and Bob Crow as the tube strike continues.

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And unregulated and bad for your health - why the authorities are

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cracking down on the use of shisha in the capital.

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It's a big boost for the East Midlands and one of the biggest

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manufacturing deals of the year. The Derby train builders Bombardier have

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won the contract to make trains for London's new Crossrail. It's ?1

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billion worth of business, and it will see the Canadian-owned company

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build 65 trains for the service set to open in 2018. It's thought the

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contract will secure 500 manufacturing jobs and the project

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will create over 550 more. Our transport correspondent, Richard

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Westcott, is in Derby with the latest for us tonight.

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They have been building trains in this workshop for around 100 and

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years. That ironwork in the roof if the original Victorian ironwork.

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This is the last train building factory in Britain. A few years ago

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there was talk of it closing down. Today, its future has been secured.

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You can feel the relief. After a tense few years, the future of

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Britain's last train building factory and the people who work

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there is safe. I was sat in the office at the time the announcement

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came. It was a joyous moment for us all. All of the guys who work here

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will be looking forward to hear the news. It is great. I have been here

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since was an apprentice, about five years. It has secured my future

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work. Eventually, the new trains will end

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up down here, on Crossrail, the multi-billion line to dissect

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London. Contracts like this don't just benefit all the people working

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around me now in the factory. They benefit tens of thousands of people

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all around the country. The money, the business, ripples out across the

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region. A couple of miles down the road, the

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company that makes, among other things, toilets the trains. The boss

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says this could mean taking on new staff. This announcement means we

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can replace staff that were lost, we can grow and train more young people

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and bring them into engineering. It is a far cry from 2.5 years ago.

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This march stopped traffic in Derby for four hours after another huge

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contract went to a German train maker. Bombardier shared 1400 jobs.

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-- cut 1400 jobs. The company blamed European rules. The rules are the

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same but different factors are taken into account these days.

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Is British jobs one of those factors? It is one of the factors I

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would take into account and it is one we have to take into account

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when we have to award the contract. They have to be one within the rules

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but we have to apply across all countries -- companies. Derby is a

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rail city. It is in the DNA. They built trains on this site alone for

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nearly 150 years. It had its own iron afford to make every nut and

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bolt. It employed five times the number of workers. Today's news

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keeps the tradition alive. In a week's time political parties

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will face their first electoral Test of the year when voters go to the

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polls in the Wythenshawe and Sale East by-election. The safe Labour

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seat became vacant following the death of former minister Paul

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Goggins. Here's our deputy political editor, James Landale.

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Damp streets, a few posters, bit of light canvassing. A typical

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by-election in a safe Labour seat. Of interest, you might think, only

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to those who live in this corner of Southern Manchester. Archie would be

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long -- wrong. It matters because it is a Test of UKIP's ability to take

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votes of Labour in seats like this. If it can do this, the consequences

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for the general election are huge. Within a short is classic Labour

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territory, a sprawling suburb just north of Manchester airport

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containing one of the larger housing estates in Europe. It is here that

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UKIP is hunting for votes. They came fifth at the last election. Now they

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are hoping to come second. To do that, they are deliberately pitching

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for disillusioned Labour supporters. Just listen to this. The Labour

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Party has betrayed the working class in this country, consistently

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betrayed their interests. Everybody can see that now with the mass

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uncontrolled immigration that is driven wages and living standards

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down. But our poll today has put a smile

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on Labour's faces, suggesting they have a firm grip on the campaign.

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This might be the first electoral cost of then -- Test of the cost of

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living campaign but they don't sound worried. There have been other safe

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seats for other parties that haven't gone that way. We're not taking any

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vote for granted. We are working incredibly hard. The Tories have

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some support in the leafy suburbs of Sale but they need to stop their

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voters staying at home. All lending UKIP their vote as a

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temporary protest. If people want to see Ed Miliband in Downing Street,

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they will vote for UKIP. It takes away support from David Cameron.

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Support for the Lib Dems has fallen here lately.

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Their candidate is working hard to buck the trend. As for her party...

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Well, we had to find a spokesman in London. Labour hold the seat with a

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big majority, and nobody would be surprised if they continue to do

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that. It doesn't mean we are not going to have a jolly good try. Next

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Wednesday, voters have a choice over which road to take.

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There are few signs there will be any change in direction.

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If you want more information on the candidates running in the

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Wythenshawe and Sale-east by-election, details of all seven of

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them can be found on the BBC website.

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Russia says the Winter Olympics at Sochi are as safe as anywhere in the

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West, despite warnings from Washington about potential militant

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attacks. The Games saw their first action today - qualification for one

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of the snowboarding events. But as our sports editor, David Bond,

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reports, security concerns still dominate.

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Everything about Russia's first Winter games is designed to

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impress. Sochi's Olympic Park has been built from scratch at no

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expense. The wow factor of the brand-new venues is impossible to

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ignore. The centrepiece is the ?500 million stadium which will host to

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my's opening ceremony. But is it all going to be an extravagant waste of

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money? The man in charge says it's worth every ruble. This is the

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greatest ever catalyst. It is exhilarating. What we have built

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here in seven years, they have said it would take years to develop the

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region. Up in the mountains, the first action has already been taking

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place. Here, too, there have been a remarkable transformation, and yes,

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there's even a bit of snow. With a price tag of more than ?30 billion,

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the Sochi politics are the most expensive in history. For Russia,

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it's a big gamble. Now, on the eve of the games, the question is, can

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they pull it off? Central to the question is security. No modern

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Olympics is free from the threat of terrorism. Sochi is a target for

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Islamic extremists. Today, the US warned that planes bound for Russia

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could be at risk from bombs smuggled inside tubes of toothpaste.

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All the athletes can do is focus on competing. Today, Team GB's

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snowboarders took to the slopes in spectacular style. Those leading

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Briton's delegation are confident everything is being done to keep

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people safe. One of the big psychological cushions that an

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athlete needs to know is that everything has been done to make

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sure they really don't have to think about anything else other than

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performance. I am satisfied that the arrangements here are in good shape

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and the arrangements that we have made for the team, both in travel

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and while they are here, are in good order, too. These Olympics are a

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showcase for modern Russia. The challenge for Sochi is to insure

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that all of these anxieties don't spoil their moment in the sun.

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Let's get the latest now on the weather. Only one question, is there

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any end in sight? In a word, no. It is relentless. We have severe

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warnings at the moment, amber warnings, for heavy rain in south

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Wales and much of southern England. They are in force right through to

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Saturday. We have got more storm system is heading in. It is not just

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rain but some strong winds picking up, too. Through this evening, we

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have already seen some heavy showers in England and Wales. More heavy

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rain will push back in here as the evening wears on. The rain is

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heading northwards all the while, turning to a bit of snow on the high

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ground of the Pennines. It is a bit colder as he gave further north.

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Strong winds in the English Channel. Lighter winds, though, in

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Scotland and Northern Ireland. Here, it is going to be a chilly starting

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tomorrow. There could be some ice around. That is unlikely in northern

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England. Much in the way of cloud here. Not much rain further south,

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just the remnants across the south-east corner of England, where

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there will be gusty winds, too. Head west and we have got more problems

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with the flooding. Then a dry start at least tomorrow with some sunny

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spells coming through. The brighter weather spreads across the UK as the

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day wears on. One window of fine weather, but it is not going to

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last. Even the wind is easing down tomorrow. Temperatures eventually

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are around five or six degrees in the North. Up to ten in the south.

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You might convince yourself spring is on the way until Friday evening,

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because there is the next storm. Gales are coming in from the south.

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It is a bad direction for places in Cornwall. A stormy start a weekend

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with to come. Peter, thank you.

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That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye

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