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Iraqis flee for their lives. Tonight tens of thousands are

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on the road, running from the militants of the Islamic State.

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They're flooding into nearby towns and have been without food,

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water and shelter for days. We just have a bottle of water and

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no more. Not me, thousands of people.

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water and shelter for days. The race is on to drop aid to those

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stranded, as their plight triggers mounting international concern.

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We'll be tracking the advance of the militants and assessing a

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major crisis unfolding in Baghdad. Also tonight.

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Proposals to introduce mandatory health warnings on bottles

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and cans of alcohol. Why sheep rustling's on the rise and

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at what cost to the rural economy. And glory for Rory McIlroy puts him

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alongside the golfing greats. Tonight on BBC London.

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The former boxing promoter Frank Maloney,

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who guided Lennox Lewis to a world title, on her new life as a woman.

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And how London's top police officer was called upon to make an arrest

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himself - his first as Commissioner. Good evening and welcome to the

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BBC News at Six. Ten of thousands

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of Iraqis are tonight fleeing for their lives, desperate to avoid

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the advance of the Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS.

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Many are stranded on a mountain side and have been without the basics

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of life, proper food, water and shelter, for seven days or more.

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International concern is focused on those who've been driven from

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their homes in the town of Sinjar. There are thought to be 30,000

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members of the Yazidi community now in desperate need.

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Some refugees have made it to the town of Dahuk.

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The forlorn and desperate track continues to some kind of safety.

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Some of the thousands of members of the Yazidi community fleeing the

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violence and brutality of the militant fighters now known as the

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Islamic State. TRANSLATION: I had to walk halfway here alone. I have

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three children. This one is with me, I had not seen the others or my

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husband. I have walked from the mountain to

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Syria or walking. We just have a bottle of water. There is no more.

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In their anxiety to escape the militants some have purposely

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crossed into the Kurdish rebel held areas of neighbouring Syria, itself

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a war wracked country where the Islamic State has a powerful hold.

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This camp may offer relative century for some but not real safety or

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long-term future. With the help of US air strikes, and there was

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another major one late last evening, Kurdish forces in Iraq have taken

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some ground from militants in the North. Washington says it is now

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providing the Iraqi Kurds with weapons to try to turn the militant

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tide. But in their own videos the militants have celebrated their

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successes. And there is word that they have made in advance closer

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south, near Baghdad. It is the humanitarian crisis of tens of

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thousands of other threatened Iraqi minorities that is focusing

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international concern and alarm on the threat posed by these Sunni

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militants in Iraq and beyond. Western governments are trying to

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grapple with and understand the scale of the challenge.

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the town of Dahuk. Well tonight,

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as Iraqis continue to pour out of Islamic State territory, a political

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crisis is emerging in Baghdad with a stand-off between the country's

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prime minister and president. And,

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in a separate move Washington said it had begun to send weapons to the

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Iraqi Kurdish forces to help them in the fight against the militants.

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Our Diplomatic Correspondent Bridget Kendall has this report.

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Much needed aid been dropped from US military planes to help trapped

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Iraqi civilians as well as US air strikes on the militants from

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Islamic State who threaten them. But this crisis seems to be drawing the

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Americans in. Now they have decided to arm the Kurdish forces directly.

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In Syria, supplying their allies with weapons was something the

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Americans would not do in case they fell into the hands of extremists.

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But now those same extremists, sweeping through Iraq, have got

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their hands on American heavy weaponry anyway, looted from fleeing

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Iraqi soldiers. They flaunt their war spoils jubilantly. And the

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Kurdish state unless they get more outside military support and will be

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helpless to stop them. So far we have been outgunned by the Islamic

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State so this will help us match that. If this had been done in

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Syria, if there had been an earlier intervention, we would not be seeing

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what we are now seeing in Iraq. From their original stronghold in Syria

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Islamic fighters now control broad swathes of northern Iraq. They

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captured Mosul in the north and moved south to towns like to quit.

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Now they're advancing his towards Kurdish areas. But yesterday Kurdish

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Jeff Maggert fighters we took a couple of town. -- Peshmerga

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fighters. Most at risk or the non-Muslims, they have threatened to

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destroy. Like the Iraqi Christians. And the ancient communities like the

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Yazidi, stranded on the barren slopes of the mountain. But the

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biggest strategic risks claim that the dam has been seized and could

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read entire regions. Or they could take the Kurdish capital. And they

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could claim control of Baghdad. All this as tensions there are rising.

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The city paralysed by a row over who should lead the new government in

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the country. This morning the old prime Minster Nouri al-Maliki put

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his troops on the streets to back up his claim to stay on. In a counter

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move this afternoon the new president invited the Deputy Speaker

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of parliament to form a government instead. A move welcomed in London

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and Washington. Nouri al-Maliki and his supporters declared it illegal.

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And while the bickering continues, the threat from Islamic State

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extremists edges closer. What is the view from Washington? They are

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concerned about the crisis and do not want it to end badly with Nouri

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al-Maliki threating to hold onto power and mobilising troops. They

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have responded to the steps so far positively. They have welcomed the

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appointment of the new Prime Minister at the vice president here

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Joe Biden called it a key milestone. He has said that the steps taking

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place at the moment he believes are constitutional. And he called the

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Iraqi president and said that Washington is quite keen to offer

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more assistance to coordinate with the new Iraqi government, to combat

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these threats from the Islamist militants. Washington had been

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reluctant to be overt in helping the Kurdish Iraqi government because

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Nouri al-Maliki is seen as a divisive a minister and steering

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ethnic and sectarian tensions. So President Obama has said all along

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the key is to get a new and because of government in Baghdad and then

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they could help the government. So the Americans hoping that the

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process that has started will continue and the government will

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complete its change. Kendall has this report.

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There should be mandatory health warnings on alcohol to help stop

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people from drinking too much, according to MPs.

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Labels similar to those used for cigarettes should be used,

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they say, to warn about the risks. The MPs also propose lowering

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the drink-drive limit. Our Health Correspondent Branwen

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Jeffreys reports. If you're pouring a drink tonight,

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would cigarette style warnings on the bottle make you buy or drink a

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little less? I do not look at the label, I just grab it and pay for

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it. I will not be reading the label. Maybe I would not buy as much. It

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would be quite putting. Responsible drinking is promoted throughout the

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drinks industry to a degree that you would hope people would take heed

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and do what is sensible. We now by almost half the alcohol we drink in

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shops. It is much more affordable than 20 years ago. So MPs from all

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the parties have drawn up and alcohol manifesto. It calls for a

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minimum price per unit, already planned in Scotland and Wales. A

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lower drink drive limit and stronger health warnings on all alcohol.

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People know you are endangering your liver if you drink too much. They do

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not know however that drinking alcohol is also implicated in heart

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disease, in strokes and dementia and cancers. A whole host of areas where

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it is a danger if you drink too much. Alcohol is killing one person

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per hour through ill health or violence according to the MPs. They

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argue that that cost to society justifies much tougher controls.

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Cigarette packets are often covered with graphic health warnings. Now

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MPs are calling for something similar on bottles. But there is one

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big difference. The evidence that smoking damages your health is

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really clear. The evidence against moderate drinking is much less

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clear-cut. And the alcohol industry says many bottles already carry

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enough information. Graphic health warnings are a step too far or stop

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the majority of us to drink responsibly and there is lots of

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information for consumers. And we know how to get information. Most

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people may know that they should drink moderately. But there is now

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growing pressure to make sure that we change our habits.

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Jeffreys reports. The Foreign Office Minister Mark

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Simmonds has resigned from the government, saying he had

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to put his family life first. Mr Simmonds' departure comes just

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days after Baroness Warsi also quit the Foreign Office, over

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the government's policy on Gaza. Downing St said Mr Simmond's

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resignation was not triggered by a dispute over policy.

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He told the BBC he rarely sees his wife and children because

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parliamentary expenses mean that he cannot afford a flat for them in

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London. I have been mulling over the decision for so -- for some months.

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And the support for Members of Parliament with children who live

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outside of London is not there in my opinion. The situation has become

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intolerable. by a dispute over policy.

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Our Political Correspondent Vicki Young is in Westminster for us.

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This is the second loss in a week to the Foreign Office? When the story

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broke I think most people thought, is this another protest at

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government foreign policy? It seems that is not the case. His complaint

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is a different one though one that we are hearing more and more from

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MPs about expenses, the life of an MP, travelling back up to their

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constituencies and not having time with their families. What is also

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interesting is when the BBC started reporting the story, the independent

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body which oversees MP expenses not in touch very quickly to say that

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actually MPs with children to get extra help. They can claim up to

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?28,000 per year to rent a flat in London. Of course on top of the

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ministerial salary of around ?90,000. So there would not be much

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sympathy for Mark Simmonds from members of the public. He says he

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understands their angry about MP expenses scandals but he thinks have

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gone too far. Another former Mr I spoke to said he was concerned that

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MPs who become ministers and then stand down, they have decided to

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turn their back on public service and walk away from this place.

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Young is in Westminster for us. Indirect talks between Israeli

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and Palestinian negotiators, aimed at finding a long-term

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solution to the conflict in Gaza, have been taking place in Egypt.

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After the bloodshed of recent weeks, there are signs of normal life

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returning to Gaza, as a three-day ceasefire continues to hold.

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Our correspondent, Yolande Knell, sent this report from the Rafa

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border crossing where much-needed supplies are getting through.

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Supplies rolling in to Gaza today. Coming across the border from

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Israel. Most of these is bought by Palestinian businesses. And there is

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also aid. But the Israelis imposed tight control. Almost no exports

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leave here. No one talks about a longer term

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cease-fire deal back on in Cairo, maintaining Israel's security and

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lifting the Gaza blockade by the key demands. These lorries are bringing

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goods into Gaza from Israel's only commercial crossing point. It is

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just down the road. Palestinians want it to be open more fully so

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they can trade effectively stop and then behind me you have the Rafa

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crossing point with each -- with Egypt. It has been mostly close to

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travellers for the past year by Palestinians should -- said it

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should be the gateway to the world for Gaza. Currently only those with

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foreign passports or residency can't leave to Egypt. But all sides in the

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mirror gushy Asians are being pushed to make difficult compromises. --

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all sides in the negotiations are being pushed. We want people to be

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able to travel abroad and come to Gaza. Across Gaza are scenes of mass

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destruction. After five weeks of fighting with Israel. But now a

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temporary truce is allowing families to think about rebuilding their

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lives. Many are returning to the neighbourhoods they fled. And not

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far away some Israelis are doing the same. Neighbours greet each other as

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they go back to their properties near the Gaza border. TRANSLATION:

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I'm happy. This is our home. We had not been here for one month and two

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weeks. Now the challenge is to build on this truce so that the calm can

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last. Our World Affairs Correspondent,

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Wyre Davies, is in Jerusalem. What hope is there for these

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negotiations going on in Egypt? These sides have sat down together,

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albeit with Egyptian mediators and the talks are going on - that is a

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good sign. They are so far apart that many people expect the talks to

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fail and in two or three years will be back here again talking about the

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latest Gaza war. There is a lot of pressure from the outside, for the

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talks to achieve something. The Israeli government is facing

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pressure from within, there are more hardline members of the government

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here who think the Israelis shouldn't be talking to Hamas, that

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the Israeli Army should have defeated Hamas militarily. That, of

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course, would have led to more civilian deaths in Gaza and in

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Israel. But many Israelis think that is the only way to bring an end to

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this long-term conflict, four wars over Gaza in the last ten years. A

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lot of pressure internationally and internally for this truce to achieve

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something. Two days left of the ceasefire and everybody's eyes still

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on Cairo to see if those talks can achieve something rather than the

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big piece -- peace everybody is hoping for.

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Tens of thousands of Iraqis are continuing to flee for their lives -

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on the run from the militants of the Islamic State.

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And still to come: how a boy born without ears was given a new pair

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after reconstructive surgery. Later on BBC London.

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Heathrow and Gatwick passenger numbers hit a record high, so

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what does it mean for their bids to expand and build new runways?

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And the freedom to dig - why one council is rewarding its pensioners

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with free allotments. There's been a big rise in rural

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crime, affecting communities up and down the country, according to new

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figures out today. A spate of sheep rustling is pushing

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the numbers up, with agricultural equipment also being targeted.

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The overall figure shows a 5.2% rise, making 2013 the worst on

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record for livestock theft. One of the areas most badly affected

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is the North of England and our correspondent, Ed Thomas, joins us

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now from a farm in Cheshire. Yes, this is deepest Cheshire. We

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have more than 2,000 sheep on this farm alone. It makes it ideal for

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the rustlers and the thieves have been back here again and again to

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take as many as they want. It is a stunning place to work, but

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more than ever, thieves are damaging farmers' livelihoods.

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Chris's family have farmed here for several generations.

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But in the last three years, more than 200 sheep have been stolen.

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Is this your tag here? Yeah, that is our tag. Heath.

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It's cost him nearly ?30,000. When you see these disappearing

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from your farm, your land... It hurts. It gets worse and worse

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and worse. It feels like you don't own it

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anymore. It's as if you are always being watched by somebody.

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Thieves? Thieves - whatever movement you do, 24/7.

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It is not just livestock. All the tools that farmers rely on are being

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stolen and sold on. Thieves took Phil Hodgson's tractor.

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Without it he couldn't work. It's a huge impact. We were unable

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to feed the livestock because the machine we use was stolen so we had

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to stop going hungry whilst we were trying to sort out a replacement

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machine. Police believe organised criminal

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gangs are involved, with sheep and lambs being butchers illegally and

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farming equipment, tools, being sold on in Eastern Europe and even

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Africa. What we are noticing - and my

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colleagues in other counties are saying the same thing - it is the

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high value, easily saleable items that can be exported, often to

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Eastern Europe, where agriculture is flourishing.

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Police say they are making arrests. But for farmers like Chris, thieves

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are making an already difficult job even harder.

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It's also worth remembering, like many farms, this isn't just a place

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of work, it is also a family home. That makes the stress and the panic

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of constantly being targeted by the thieves even greater.

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Each year around 100 children are born in Britain with a condition in

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which one or both of their ears are missing. It's called Microtia.

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The BBC has been given exclusive access to treatment at London's

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Great Ormond Street Hospital, where doctors create new ears, and graft

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them onto the head. Kieran Sorkin is one young patient

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who's benefited from the technique and our Medical correspondent,

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Fergus Walsh, went to meet him. Kieran was born deaf, with

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just small lobes where his ears should be. The nine-year-old has

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already had successful surgery to implant a hearing aid, the small

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red box on his head. Now, he wants to look like other children.

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I'm going to keep this part, but this is going to make the outside

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bit like that big. I might have, like, big elf ears.

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I don't want children bullying him because he looks different, so I

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want him to be accepted like everyone else. Morning.

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Kieran's new ears are to look like his mum's. This sketch will be taken

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into theatre. I'm going to have your ears?

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Surgeons at Great Ormond Street Hospital remove cartilage from

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six of Kieran's ribs, shape and sew them. Once inserted into pockets

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under the skin, a key moment - using suction the skin wraps around the

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ears and they take shape. This type of surgery is for cosmetic

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reasons, not to improve hearing, so what difference does it make to the

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dozens of children helped each year? There's huge psychological benefit

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for them and I think if you can change the confidence of a patient

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at this young age, you will change their whole trajectory in life, so I

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think it's a very beneficial procedure and you see that when they

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come back to follow up. There is a huge boost for them.

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Within a decade, this kind of surgery could be done using a very

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different method. Advances in tissue engineering mean that cartilage,

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indeed the whole framework of the ear, could be grown in the

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laboratory. This is the future, fat cells under

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the microscope, which will be turned into cartilage, far less

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invasive than taking material from ribs.

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Three days after surgery, and Kieran is getting used to having ears.

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Woah. He will need a second small operation to complete the procedure,

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but he's already happy with his new look.

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A rescue operation was launched in Northern Ireland earlier after

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dozens of sailing dinghies capsized in stormy weather.

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Almost 100 people were thrown into the water at Strangford Lough on the

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country's east coast, where a regatta was taking place.

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Two people were taken to hospital with minor injuries, others were

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treated for hypothermia at the scene.

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Footage has emerged of a child in a buggy being blown on to the tracks

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at a London Underground station. The CCTV images released by British

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Transport Police show a strong gust of wind blowing the unattended pram

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off the platform in July. A couple had left the pushchair at the bottom

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of the stairs while assisting other family members. The child's mother

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rushed on to the tracks to carry the baby and the pushchair back to

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safety. scene.

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Last month it was the Open. Yesterday, it was the

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PGA Championship. Today, Rory McIlory called it a

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'summer beyond his dreams' after picking up his second Major title of

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the season - the fourth in his career. So is he on the way to

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becoming one of the all-time greats? Richard Conway has this assessment.

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The report contains flash photography.

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McIlroy stood illuminated in glory. McIlroy took a leap to becoming a

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sporting legend. He kept his nerve and the trophy lid! I was happy

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being a two-time Major champion coming into this year, now I'm a

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four-time Major champion going for the career Grand Slam at Augusta.

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After securing the Open title three weeks' ago, golfers at McIlroy's

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home course are getting used to the sight of him winning. This is the

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golf course where Rory McIlroy honed his talent. There are those here who

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say they always knew he would go on to achieve great things. Could they

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have imagined being mentioned as perhaps one of the game's all-time

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greats? Jack Nicklaus is considered the greatest golfer of all time.

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Like Rory McIlroy, at the age of 25, he too had won four of golf's

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biggest prizes. Tiger Woods has also won four Majors at 25. After a

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marriage break-up and serious injuries, he hasn't added to his 14

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Majors since 2008. Europe's most decorated golfer, Nick Faldo, waited

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11 years to win his first Major. He's the best player - and I have

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seen them all in the last 70 years - he is the best player we have ever

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had at this stage. A summer of silverware, proudly displayed online

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by Rory McIlroy. Now, given his desire to secure a place in golf's

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illustrious history, his rivals may have to get used to the sight of him

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driving off with more Major trophies.

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Matt has the weather. 24 hours ago, the start of the duck race in the

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Highlands. 24 hours later, that idyllic scene turned into a torrent.

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The same bridge, the river rising rapidly. We have seen flooding

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across many parts of northern Scotland today. Also problems across

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the roads. This swirl of cloud linked to the remnants of Hurricane

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Bertha. We have more bursts of rain pushing into the far north. South of

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that, some lively showers pushing through on the breeze. Overnight,

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the showers will ease from eastern areas. It will be a much fresher

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night than we have been used to of late. Temperatures into single

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digits, so it could be on the cool side tomorrow morning for the

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commute. Through central and eastern areas, it should be a dry and bright

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start. More persistent rain across Scotland. For England and Wales, a

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story of sunshine and passing showers. The heaviest of those

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showers through the Midlands towards parts of Yorkshire. With winds

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easing down a bit on today, here feeling a bit warmer. Generally,

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temperatures disappointing for this stage in August. A case of spot the

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difference for Wednesday. There are differences. A brighter day across

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parts of Scotland. The showers will get going into Thursday,

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particularly across Wales and the South West. A better chance of some

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dryness as we go into Friday. That is all from the BBC News at

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6.00pm. So goodbye from me and now we

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