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an early election. But as the dead are carried through the central

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square in Kiev, the protesters show no sign of leaving.

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We'll be asking if this deal, brokered by the EU, really can bring

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an end to Ukraine's political crisis.

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Also tonight: At the hacking trial, former News International boss

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Rebekah Brooks reveals for the first time details of what she called her

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"car crash" private life. Under water - the farmers who say

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they're struggling to survive after the wettest winter on record.

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Crushed by the Canadians - Britain's men's curlers have to make do with

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silver at the Winter Olympics. And ?300,000 a week - Rooney signs a

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new deal with Manchester United. Criticism of the Mayor as he fails

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to spend millions of pounds allocated for affordable homes.

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And an appeal for witnesses after a robber shoots a shop owner.

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Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

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The Ukrainian President and opposition leaders have signed a

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deal to try to end the battles between police and protesters that

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have killed dozens of people and left hundreds more injured. Under

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the plan, a presidential election will be held three months early, in

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December this year, presidential powers will be limited within 48

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hours, and a coalition government will be formed within ten days. The

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question now is whether the thousands of protesters camped

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outside in the centre of Kiev will accept the agreement and return

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home. Daniel Sandford is in Kiev for us tonight.

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Yes, it has been a momentous day in the Ukraine. A president who seemed

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to be able to act at Will three months ago has been humiliated. It

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was the horrendous death toll this week that led to his downfall but it

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was touch and go until the end. The Polish Foreign Minister had to warn

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protest leaders that there could be martial law and they could all be

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killed in order to get them to accept the compromise. My report

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contains distressing images of violence.

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Entering the heavily guarded presidential buildings in Kiev this

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afternoon, the European Union Foreign Minister is who led

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negotiations. This was the moment they came back to say the deal had

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been done. For the Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovych, who

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has presided over his country's descent into chaos, a humiliating

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defeat. He has had to give up many of the powers he took in

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controversial changes to the constitution and he will be gone by

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the end of the year. In the meantime, his party and the

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opposition will form a power-sharing government. I am satisfied it is the

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best agreement that could be had, and that it gives Ukraine a chance

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to return to peace, to reform and to hopefully resume its way towards

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Europe. The trouble is that any deal needs to be approved by these young

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men on the front line, men who only yesterday saw their comrades gunned

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down on this very spot. It was a slaughter. Some 50 people died in

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the gunfire, most of them protesters who charged forward as the police

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retreated. It is unclear if these highly motivated fighters will

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accept anything less than the immediate wreck -- resignation of

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President Yanukovych. On the front line today I met a 35-year-old

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father of two and former policeman. He rushed to Kiev yesterday and says

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he is prepared to die to get a better future for his kids. I want

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to build Europe in Ukraine, not to go to Europe. I want to build Europe

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in Ukraine. This famous old Kiev cathedral that has opened its doors

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to injured protesters became drenched in blood at the height of

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the fighting. Some of those most seriously injured yesterday with

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gunshot wounds were brought here to the old monk dining room which has

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been turned into a makeshift operating theatre. It was here that

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volunteers battled to save the lives of men shot by police wielding

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automatic rifles. I am a plastic surgeon of head and neck. And

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usually I make people smile and beautiful. And it is not normal for

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me to save lives after gunshot. This evening, parliament voted in favour

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of the release of Yulia Tymoshenko, the jailed opposition leader and

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long-time enemy of President Yanukovych. Then, tonight, the

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coffins of some of those killed yesterday were paraded through the

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main square. They have been hailed as heroes. Certainly, their deaths

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have accelerated the downfall of the President.

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Our diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall is here with me now.

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Thousands and thousands of protesters still packed into

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Independence Square tonight. Is this deal going to be enough for them? I

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think the next few days are going to be absolutely crucial. If you are

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one of the people on that square, being shot at yesterday, how hard is

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it the very next day to agree to a power-sharing deal with the same

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leaders? That is the challenge for the opposition leadership, to try to

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persuade their supporters that even if President Yanukovych is not going

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to resign, which is what they have been calling for, he will be a lame

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duck president, very weakened. As Daniel said, this is symbolically,

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sort of, his downfall. But it has to be tested. An important role is

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being played by the parliament, passing decisions in favour of the

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opposition, calling for troops to be withdrawn to barracks, calling for

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the interior minister to be sacked. They have asked for Yulia Tymoshenko

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to be released. We'll President Yanukovych agree to that? That is a

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test. There will be a tricky part to the deal, which also says the

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squares are supposed to be cleared and people are supposed to leave

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occupied buildings and give back weapons. Many people on the street

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will feel that people power is their leveraged and they will not want to

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give it up immediately. It will depend on who is in government, who

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is in local governance in the west of the Ukraine. But it does feel as

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though President Yanukovych has been fatally weakened by this

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confrontation. There was not that much support on his side. There were

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resignations in the army and police. He does not seem to have had many

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people rallying to him. He is just holding onto power but will probably

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be a lame duck. The former chief executive of News

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International, Rebekah Brooks, has spoken of her "car crash" personal

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life at the phone hacking trial. Mrs Brooks denied having a six-year

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affair with Andy Coulson, the former editor of the News of the World, but

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admitted to "periods of intimacy". She also said she knew nothing about

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the paper's contract with the phone hacker Glenn Mulcaire while she was

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editor. Our home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds is at the

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Old Bailey. During 11 hours in the witness box,

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Rebekah Brooks has told the jury about her struggles with budgets,

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editorial headaches and a personal life she described at times as being

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like a roller-coaster. And that just covers the three-year is she was

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editor of the News of the World. There are days of this to come.

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An actor, EastEnders star Ross Kemp, an editor, Andy Coulson, and a

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racehorse owner, Charlie Brooks. Today, Rebekah Brooks was forced to

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talk about her relationships with each of these men. The prosecution

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made it part of the case I suggesting that her closeness to

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Andy Coulson meant that she knew what he knew. -- by suggesting. And

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that she must have known about phone hacking and illegal payments for

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stories. At one point in the witness box she was close to tears and asked

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for a break. She told the jury her relationship with Andy Coulson began

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in 1998, was at times intimate but had not been the six-year affair

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described by the prosecution. In February, 2004, she composed a

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letter to Andy Coulson in which she said, I confide in you, I seek your

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advice. Asked about it in court she said, you come home with a few

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glasses of wine, you probably should not get on a computer but that is

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what I did. I wrote my feelings down at that moment. The letter was never

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sent, but she told the court, Andy and I were incredibly close during

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that time. He was my best friend. Rebekah Brooks later married Charlie

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Brooks, who is also charged with concealing evidence. She seemed most

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emotional when speaking about her struggle to have children, which

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ended when a cousin agree to act as a sorrow that mother and their

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daughter was born. Earlier, she denied knowing that confessed phone

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hacker Glenn Mulcaire was being paid ?92,000 by the News of the World

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when she was editor. But she was directly involved in this story,

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obtained by secretly filming Sophie, Countess of Wessex, making a

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series of indiscreet Cummins. The paper was criticised and Rebekah

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Brooks e-mailed colleagues. We have to maintain a high standard in order

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to be able to hit back when people say these things. Today, Rebekah

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Brooks defended the use of subterfuge in that story and the use

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of private detectives to track down paedophiles, another of the paper's

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campaigns. But she denies being involved in phone hacking and

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illegal payments to public officials for stories.

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The private company ATOS, which has been running the government's tests

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to decide whether sick and disabled people are eligible for benefits,

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says it wants an early exit from the contract, partly because its staff

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have received death threats. The firm has been strongly criticised by

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disability campaigners and MPs over its fitness for work tests. Reeta

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Chakrabarti reports. The private company delivering a

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controversial government policy wants to get out. For years, ATOS

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has felt the full brunt of public anger, with campaigners insisting

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they are not up to running assessments of whether people are

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fit to work. It says it now wants an early end to the ?500 million

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contract, partly because staff are being routinely abused. One example

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is this general threat posted on Twitter. If you know anyone from

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ATOS, kill them. The company said of the contract with the government, in

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its current form it is not working for claimants, for the Department

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for Work and Pensions, or for ATOS health care. For months, we have

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been endeavouring to agree an early exit from the contract. It went on.

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Despite the ongoing discussions we will not walk away from a front-line

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service. Jean is someone who feels that ATOS got her case completely

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wrong. She was assessed as being fit for work despite her saying she is

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still recovering from long-term sickness, including paralysis,

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depression and memory loss. She appealed against the findings six

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months ago but has not heard. They are not going about it the right

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way, how to ascertain the truth from people. I feel as though the real

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people that have problems are not getting recognised, and they are

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getting penalised for it. The controversial scheme is known as

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work capability assessments, introduced six years ago to decide

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who should get sickness benefits. In the past year, 39% of claimants were

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judged fit for work and denied benefits, but last year MPs said 38%

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of appeals were successful, and blamed poor decision-making by the

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assessors. Inevitably, such cumbersome, slow, bureaucratic

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process is delivery problems on the ground. Even if the department gets

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new providers in to deliver the assessments, many of the problems

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are still going to be there. They are to do with the nature of the

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assessment and the complexity of the task the government has set itself.

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The government says that those who can work should work, but the

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relationship with ATOS is under increasing strain. Last summer it

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said it was bringing in other private companies to carry out the

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work. No minister was available for comment, but Whitehall sources

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criticised ATOS as unprofessional for saying it wanted an early

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except. ATOS is hoping to limit further damage to its name but the

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blame game between company and government looks set to continue.

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They had high hopes of gold but in the end it wasn't enough. Great

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Britain have won a silver medal in the men's curling at the Winter

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Olympics in Sochi after losing out to Canada in the final. But it's the

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first medal for the men in 90 years and it means Team GB has equalled

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their best ever medal tally at a Winter Games. Andy Swiss has been

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watching the action. It is a sport and a team that has

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captured the country's imagination. As British fans flocked to the

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arena, the feel-good factor was plain to see. David Murdoch and his

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players had reached the final by a series of cliffhangers, but now they

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faced the toughest of tests. Canada were the reigning Olympic champions

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and they were soon showing why. In a flash, Murdoch's men were 5-1 down,

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already with a mountain to climb. Murdoch, so unflappable until now,

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was suddenly making mistakes. A shot to get Britain back in it went

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horribly wrong. By the tiniest of margins, another one to Canada. The

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captain's face said it all. There was simply no way back. After so

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many final stone thrillers, this one did not get to the final end. With

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two to go, and trailing by six points, Murdoch conceded. Canada,

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once again, champions. Britain, beaten but proud of their

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achievement. It has been a lot of hard work, a lot of training. There

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have been many dark days. This is a good day, a silver medal. It is

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incredible, something I have chased for a long time. Although it has

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been a bit of a kick in the teeth today, I am proud of these guys.

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After such high hopes, not the result the British fans came for.

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Still a fantastic achievement, but they had hoped for even better.

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After the women's bronze, a second medal completes an excellent Games

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for British curlers, and a day when disappointment came with a silver

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lining. And in the last half-hour, more

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dramatic news about Britain's speed skater Elise Christie. She was

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disqualified from her first two events here today. Today was her

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main event, the 1000 metres. She looked be heading through to the

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final when another skater crashed into her. The British team thought

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she would be reinstated but she was not and was in fact penalised, so

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she is out. For a third time here in Sochi, heartache for British speed

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skater Elise Christie. Our top story this evening. Ukraine's president

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and opposition leaders have signed a deal for an early election, but

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thousands of protesters remain in the centre of Kiev tonight. Still to

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come... How Britain's Olympic curlers have inspired a new

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generation to take to the ice. On BBC London, the parking signs which

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give motorists 20 minutes to load, so why are they getting tickets

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after five? And the ferries gear back from Sochi. Chemmy Alcott on

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Team GB's successful Winter Olympics.

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More could have been done to stop some of the flooding that has hit

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Britain this winter. That's the conclusion of a group of experts who

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are calling on the Prime Minister to adopt a clear strategy to reduce the

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risk in the future. Farmers have been particularly hard hit. Some say

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they're struggling to survive, with their crops still underwater and

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livestock moved into barns. And that's on top of a bad year in 2012,

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again because of wet weather, when total income fell 14% in real terms.

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This year will be much worse. The Government says it's set aside ?10

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million to help restore farmland as quickly as possible. But farmers say

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that's not nearly enough. Jeremy Cooke is in Bridgewater in Somerset

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for us now. Jeremy. This is the livestock market, where

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some of the farmers flooded out on the Somerset Levels brought their

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doctor says Dave and dry. Many of those same farmers will find

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themselves agreeing with this open letter from experts to the

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Government, essentially saying that what is needed is a better and more

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coordinated response to the increasing threat of flooding.

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Beneath the floods, the crops are dying. Much of this oilseed rape has

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been underwater since December. Not only is it covered in silt, but it's

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starting to die as well. In the Thames flood plain they expect this,

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but not for weeks on end. Already the loss in this field alone is

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running at ?40,000. Simon agrees with the experts who told the

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Government that more flood prevention work is urgently needed.

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It is basically maintenance. Making sure that there's not vegetation in

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the rivers. On sand bars, that there aren't trees allowed to grow, the

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banks are proper maintained and desoldering in areas where there are

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pitch points. So to dredge the whole river would be money not wisely

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spent. For all farmers whose land is under water the floods mean lower

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production. Most will simply absorb the loss and Buffon. But many are

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facing an increasingly predictable future. Adding to the stress the

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fact that some farms are flooded for the second year running. One in 100

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year weather events are impossible for any business to absorb. The

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financial impact of this, as farmers go to the future and look forward,

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is going to be substantial. Brian Franklin and his grandchildren are

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feeding his cattle on Hake at last summer. But it's hard to see where

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this year 's crop is coming from. Brian's grassland is six feet under

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and the entire herd may have to go. Disaster. It's just ruined

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everything. It will cost me a fortune, well, my livelihood really.

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My livelihood and probably my grandchildren's livelihood. That's

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heartbreaking. That's terrible, to think those kids could have had a

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future. What future have they got? The Government says it will cost me

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a fortune, well, my livelihood really. My livelihood and probably

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my grandchildren's livelihood. That's heartbreaking. That's

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terrible, to think those kids could have had a future. What future have

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they got? The Government says it's better that Macs pending a record

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2.4 million -- in pounds. The best way to target the money needs to be

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found out for businesses and farms, too. Despite the upturn in the

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economy and falling unemployment, there's been some disappointing news

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for the Chancellor on the state of Britain's public finances. It comes

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just a month before the budget. Our chief economics correspondent, Hugh

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Pym, is here. So the public purse isn't looking as healthy as

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expected? Usually the tax revenues come flooding in in January because

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companies pay tax and there a self-assessment deadline for income

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tax, so usually there is a surplus. Indeed, in January this year there

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was a surplus of ?4.7 billion. It sounds good, but if you look at the

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previous January there was a surplus of more, ?6 billion. So even with a

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growing economy the surpluses down a bit, which is not looking good ahead

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of the budget. That being said, if you look at the borrowing across the

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first ten months of the financial year, that is below the previous

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year and most experts are still saying he's going to be on target

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for the full year. Government sources are saying with

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self-assessment tax you sometimes get it paid a bit late, so it might

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help the February figures. But Labour are saying all of these

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billions are a lot more than George Osborne says he originally needed to

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borrow. It shows deficit reduction is not that easy. ?300,000 a week.

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That's how much Wayne Rooney will be earning after signing a new

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five-and-a-half-year deal with Manchester United. It brings an end

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to months of speculation about his future. And also makes him the

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highest paid footballer in Premier League. Here's our sports editor,

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David Bond. He is already English football's top player. Today, Wayne

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Rooney became the best paid, too. The header forced to Rooney. The BBC

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understands the 28-year-old striker has pledged his future to Manchester

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United in a new five and a half year deal worth ?300,000 a week. Speaking

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ahead of any official announcement, the club's manager explained why

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they couldn't afford to let him go. Everybody knows he's a terrific

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football player. If we can get it done, that will be great. Since

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David Moyes took over from Sir Alex Ferguson, United have lost their air

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of invincibility. They are already outsiders in the title race and face

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a struggle to qualify for next season's Champions League. Many say

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the team needs a complete overhaul. After such a difficult season here

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at Old Trafford, Wayne Rooney's record-breaking new Deal is a major

:22:52.:22:55.

boost for Manchester United. But with the wages paid to top players

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continuing to rise, it also tells us something significant about the

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financial state of English football. Just look at how players salaries

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have exploded in the last 20 years. In 1994, Blackburn's Chris Sutton

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became the first player to be paid ?10,000 a week. In 2001, Sol

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Campbell became the first star to break the ?100,000 a week barrier.

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Now Wayne Rooney is the first player in England to earn a ?300,000 a

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week. It is all down to the huge growth in television income, with BT

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Sport not taking an Sky for the best live rights, the economic boom is

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unlikely to end soon. At is all this wage inflation good for the game?

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Players certainly believe that they are the ones who generate the

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revenue for the clubs, the league and make it an exciting product for

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people to buy. At the same time, there is a question whether this is

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sustainable in the long run. Rooney's record-breaking new Deal

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has certainly giving him and Manchester United something to

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celebrate. The big challenge for the player now is to prove he's really

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worth all that money. French police say they are not going to charge a

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man they arrested in connection with the shooting of a British family in

:24:15.:24:18.

the Alps. Saad al-Hilli, his wife and mother-in-law were shot dead on

:24:19.:24:21.

a remote forest road near Lake Annecy in 2012. 48-year-old Eric

:24:22.:24:23.

Devouassoux, who's a former police officer, was arrested on Tuesday.

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Prosecutors say they can't establish a direct link between him and the

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murders. Finally, curling. It has been one of the surprise hit of the

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Winter Olympics. In the town of Lockerbie, when three members of the

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British team grew up, their success has inspired a legion of new

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players. Lorna Gordon joined friends and fans this afternoon at the rink

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in Lockerbie where the Olympic curlers played as children, to watch

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the final match. In Lockerbie they like their curling, and the town

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turned out in force to cheer the men's team on. Skip David Murdoch

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hails from here, many know him. And there were nerves and hope and pride

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when he and his team conceded the gold. It was heartbreaking, but

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they've done so well. Nerve wracking. They've got a silver,

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they've brought it back to Lockerbie, it's amazing. Most Sochi

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ringside seat for his wife, she watched the family from -- watched

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the action from the family sofa, but was behind her husband all the way.

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I couldn't be more proud. I can't wait to see Dave on the podium

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tomorrow. I'm so excited. Three of the Sochi curling medallists started

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out here on the rink in Lockerbie. This sport will be hoping for a

:25:50.:25:52.

surge in popularity as a result of their success. For these youngsters,

:25:53.:25:59.

David Murdoch and his fellow curlers are an inspiration. Brilliant

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player. He's played some really good shots. I think he's fantastic. He

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got them into the semis, brilliant. Curling is hundreds of years old

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and, in places like Lockerbie, as popular as ever. Here, and Olympic

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curling medal, whatever its colour, is a huge achievement.

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Quite a blow we weekend for many others, particularly in the West.

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Windy, gales on the way. Some rain in the forecast, but I don't think

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it will spoil the weekend for all of us. In East Anglia, you might get

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away with a dry weekend. At least most of the time it will be dry.

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Now, some showers around through the course of this evening. The chance

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of a number of the showers affecting the southeastern coastline.

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Eventually it will be a clear night for a number of us. Clear enough for

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maybe a touch of grass frost, maybe a frost in a couple of places. Then

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the area of low pressure will be nearing us as we head into the early

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hours of Saturday morning. This will upset the weather across western

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areas. This is how we start Saturday. Lots of bright weather

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across the bulk of the country, wind increasing all the time. Also, rain

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will eventually get into Belfast and Glasgow as we head into the

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afternoon. England at least should stay bright and breezy. We are

:27:32.:27:34.

talking about temperatures of around 12 in London, eight in Edinburgh. As

:27:35.:27:40.

we head into the second half of the weekend, this area of low pressure

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will swing into the general neighbourhood a bit closer. This

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weather front will be stuck across western parts of the UK, wet weather

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around across the Cumbrian fells, the north-west of England, hills of

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Wales, too. Very strong winds. In eastern areas, from Portsmouth,

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London and into Norwich and maybe Hull, it should stay mostly bright.

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The weekend is looking mixed, but we've had a lot worse this winter.

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