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The appalling sexual abuse suffered by nearly 1,500 children

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in Rotherham over 16 years. A report finds girls as young

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as 11 were raped as recently as last year, the local council

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and police failed to stop it. They were trafficked to other towns

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and cities in the north of England. They were abducted beaten

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and intimidated. I think because the police were

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aware and social services were aware and he knew that and they still

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didn't stop him it became like a game to him he was untouchable.

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It's also emerged three earlier reports into the abuse

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were ignored or suppressed. The head

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of Rotherham Council has resigned. Also tonight:

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After after seven weeks of fighting the Palestinian

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authorities and Israel agree a long-term ceasefire in Gaza.

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The UN 1,400 children sexually exploited in

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this one town. All of this was in plain sight of the police and the

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council. For more than a decade, young

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children faced For more than a decade, young

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children brutality in Rotherham. They werely exploited, raped and

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beaten and we now know the council both knew. It is hard to describe

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the appalling nature of the abuse the child victims suffered. Today

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that failure was revealed in an independent report. It said victims

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were treated with contempt They were raped by multiple perpetrators. They

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were trafficked to other towns and cities in the north of England. They

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were abducted, beaten and intimidated. There were examples of

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children being doused with petrol and threatened with being set

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alight. They were threatened with guns, made to witness brutally

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violent rains and threatened they would be the next if they told

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anyone. The report reveals despite the scale of the abuse, victims,

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young children, many in care, were repeatedly ignored. There are some

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things that I don't remember, but, you know, there are also things I

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will never forget for the rest of my life. We have protected this woman's

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identity. Speaking to the BBC's Panorama programme, she said she was

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14 when the abuse began. The man who allegedly groomed and raped her has

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never been arrested. I think because the police were aware, social

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services were aware and he knew that and they still didn't stop him, I

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think it encouraged him and it almost became a game. He was

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untouchable. The report says the abusers were mainly from British

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Pakistani community. These men were jailed for child sex offences. Today

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report says there was concern about highlighting their ethnicity. This

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report says the police wanted to downplay what it called the ethnic

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dimension. There were more concerned about community cohesion than

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protecting children. Today the council said sorry but confirmed not

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one of its employees has been reprimanded.

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There were many young people who ought to have been protected and

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weren't. I'm deeply sorry. Should you resign and consider your

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position? The report makes it plain that services have improved and they

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have improved under my tenure. Can people have confidence under

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Rotherham council, under your watch? I think the report indicates that

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they can. The report indicates that services have improved

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significantly. An apology, too, from South Yorkshire police. The force

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ignored victims and was said to be in denial. I think, importantly, we

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recognise we have failed. We have let our young people down and

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certainly from the start I want to offer a sincere and unreserved

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apology for the victims and families we should have done more with. We

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are told change is here. The council and police now say victims are

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listened to. Too late, though, for the childhoods, ruined by years of

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abuse. Fee ownia, as soon as the council leader here -- Fiona, as

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soon as the council leader here read the report and feelings, he

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resigned. The report also makes clear that children today are still

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at risk in Rotherham. Such is the concern that every page of this

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document has now gone to central Government. So Rotherham's failings

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are not repeated. Thank you. Our home editor, Mark eson is here.

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In the last few minutes, Downing Street has commented on this saying

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the failings of local agencies exposed by this is appalling. We

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know Rotherham is not isolated. Appalling is the word. And once

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again we are forced to confront an uncomfortable truth. The sexual

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abuse of children in this country is rife. The Government has had an

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inquiry after a similar case in Rochdale. The report came back and

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said the scale and nature of this form of sexual violence has left

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panel members aghast. Now what appears to have happened,

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in the same way as, after Jimmy Savile, we saw other celebrities

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being convicted of abusing children, is that local thoshgts after some of

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these gangs were convicted, looked to see if the same problem was in

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their area. They looked and they found in Rochdale, in Rotherham, in

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Oxford, in derby and Telford. They found predominantly Pakistani men,

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grooming and abusing young girls. Appalling crimes in which children

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are left exposed, and the perpetrators are protected. Perhaps

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protected in a passive way. People not asking the right questions.

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Perhaps they were bore quid about race relations, or something, in

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some case, cover-up too. And I think what has changed is that

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institutions can no longer ignore this. There will be further

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inquiries. We will look and we will find. There will be further scandals

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but hopefully, at the end of it, our children will be safer.

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Thank you. In what looks like a breakthrough in

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the seven-week long conflict in Gaza, Israel and Palestinian

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officials say they have agreed an open-ended ceasefire T started an

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hour ago. Israel has also agreed to partially lift its blockade of the

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area to allow into Gaza humanitarian aid and building materials. More

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than 2000 people, mostly Palestinians, have died in the

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conflict. Let's talk to Quentin Sommerville in Gaza. There have been

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cease-fires before. They have broken down. What hope for this one? Well,

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they certainly believe this one is different here in Gaza. Thousands of

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people are in the street. They are celebrating. They are firing their

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guns into the air and they are celebrating because they believe the

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blockade, Israel's blockade has at least been partially lifted and that

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the rebuilding of Gaza - something like 300 thoid people have been

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displaced by this conflict - 3 under,000. The rebuilding can begin.

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From Israel's point of view, it must no longer feel threatened by rock

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frets here and certainly since the ceasefire began, we have not seen

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any going out. You can hear right now celebratory gunfire and

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fireworks. Israel demands no threat from rockets. This is the 9th

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ceasefire but they believe here, at least, that this one may way hold.

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OK. Thank you. least, that this one may way hold.

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Let's hope so. Electronic cigarettes should be

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banned in indoor public spaces according to the World Health

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Organisation. Their health experts have also recommended under-18s,

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shouldn't be allowed to buy e-cigarettes, even though some

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researchers believe they can help some people give up smoking.

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is stocking up despite the news. He is wanting to use them to cut down

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on nicotine. You have not got half of the concoctions in this

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There are scientists in America, who have been studying, second-hand

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effects of tobacco smoke, who are raising these issues now, about the

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e-cigarettes. We really can't allow these things to get established

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before we know what the long-term effects are going to be. You can't

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light up a cigarette in a pub or bar any more. It was the effect on

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second-hand smoke on staff that led to the ban. What do customers in

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this Bristol pub make of the idea of a ban on e-significants? I

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to the ban. What do customers in this have ap -- e-cigs I have a

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friend who lost both grand fierpts passive smoking T should be banned

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altogether. Cigarettes, the lot. What we will have eventually, there

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will be law of drinking in pubs, because it is damaging for children

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to watch it happening. Wales is already looking at the idea of a

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ban. Sales of e-cigs to under-18s could be restricted across the UK.

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The row over whether they are good or bad for our health won't finish

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any time soon. Doctors at the royal free hopted in north London say they

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have given the experimental drug Z map to a British man they are

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treating who has Ebola. Will Pooley contracted Ebola while working as a

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nurse in Sierra Leone. He is being treated in a unit for patients with

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highly infectious diseases. Doctors say the next few days are crit K It

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is difficult for us to predict what is going to ha. We want to give him

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the best-possible chance and care that we can and that's why we used

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the ZMapp. One of the main motivations is we had a long chat

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with the patient about the option we had of using it and he was very,

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very keen to go ahead and wanted us to do so. The President of Russia

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and Ukraine have met in bell aruche for their first face-to-face talks

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this afternoon. Hours after Ukraine claimed to have detained ten Russian

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soldiers on its soil, supporting claims that Russia is providing

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military assist tans to separatist rebels. Officials in Moscow are who

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wered to have said the soldiers crossed the border by accident. Our

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correspondent reports from close to the frontline.

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Ukrainian tanks were on the move today. The frontline is ten miles

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from here but it felt much closer. This is the town of Shses text ia.

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They have grown used to the sound of war here. At the

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They have grown used to the sound of war here. At local hospital, the

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casualties keep arriving. This man has lost a leg. An artillery shell

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exploded near her moment. It is Russia she blames, believing Moscow

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is behind the rebellion in eastern Ukraine.

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"Dear Mr Putin, we are told that fighters and weapons are coming

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across from Russia, take pity on us because we are choking from grief

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and in blood. Please take back your men." Today Kiev presented what it

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said was involvement of Russians in the fighting. It released pictures

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of a paratrooper that had been captured in Ukraine.

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Russia said the men had crossed over by zevenlt embarrassing for Moscow

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but it didn't stop the President, Petro Poroshenko shaking hands with

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Vladimir Putin in M nicks sk. Expectations are low -- in sms

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Minsk. In recent times, forces have made

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gains against the pro-Russian separatists but militants are

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digging in and there is no end in sight to the fighting. There was

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Donetsk today. The pro-Russia fighters that controlled the city

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accused the Ukrainian military of indiscriminate shelling. In one of

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the city's underground shelters, marina says she wants her old life

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back. A peaceful life, when children can walk outside, without fear. For

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now, life in the basement that is the safer option.

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A report finds police and social services failed to stop

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"appalling" abuse suffered by hundreds of children in Rotherham.

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And coming up: On stage again.

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Can Kate Bush's first gig for 35 years hit the heights?

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Later on BBC London, doctors at the royal free Hospital say they are now

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using an experimental drug to treat Britain's first Ebola sufferer. And

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is Hackney getting too pooch? Some locals

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is Hackney getting too pooch? Some claim generalitification is

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destroying the community spirit. for 35 years hit the heights?

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The first postal votes have been sent out today for the Scottish

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independence referendum on 18th September.

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Following last night's debate between the SNP leader,

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Alex Salmond, and the head of the Better Together campaign, Alastair

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Darling, a snap survey suggests Mr Salmond came out on top.

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But a recent poll indicates support for an independent Scotland stands

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at 43% versus 57% in favour of remaining within the UK.

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Live now to Aberdeen and our Special Correspondent, Allan Little.

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One of the most hotly contested issues in Scotland independence

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referendum is that of North Sea oil and gas. Here in Aberdeen the oil

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economy is still booming. But how long will that last? In a moment,

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I'll be looking at the argument over Scotland's remaining oil reserves,

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but first, with just three weeks to go before that historic vote, our

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Scotland Correspondent Lorna Gordon assesses reaction to last night's

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televised encounter between Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling.

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Alex Salmond is a ferocious campaigner and buoyed up after his

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performance in a bruising debate, he wasted no time in trying to

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translated his arguments into votes. The "yes" campaigners and supporters

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work like this, up and down Scotland today they will have an extra spring

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in their step as we go into the last three weeks of the campaign.

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Motivation and morale and momentum is now with the "yes" campaign. And

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this is why he is feeling so confident. A final debate, in which

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he was widely seen as the winner. I want to know what plan B is, so do

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you, tell us. You can get three plan Bs, tonight. Come on. They are like

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buses. You expect one and three turn up in a row This set-piece event was

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fiery, often ill-tempered. I am a Labour politician. New bed with the

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Tory Party. Both protagonists aware that this was their final chance to

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go head-to-head. I have looked at your figures. You are spending more

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than bringing in. Alistair Darling out campaigning faced questions from

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journal journalists over his performance. REPORTER: Do you think

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you lost? With time now tight, both sides are heading out to meet the

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voters. Alistair Darling and the Better Together campaign remain

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ahead in the polls. I'm told there will be no change in the tactics

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over the final few weeks, they will keep questioning those who believe

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in independence, and what they see as key, unanswered questions, in

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particular, over the currency. I think the arguments, the questions

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that we are asking about currency, about who will pay for public

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services like pensions in the health service, are cutting through. And

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this is' why a lot of people are increasingly saying, I will go with

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the majority. Televised debates may engage the electorate. What is less

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clear is whether they affect their vote. Direct comaning and

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conversations across Scotland may play a bigger role in that.

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Throughout this independence campaign voters have appealed again

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and again for facts - reliable, verifiable, objective facts, amid a

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barrage of claim and counter-claim. But how much can we know for sure

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about what the future holds, whichever way the vote goes? One of

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the most hotly-contested questions is that of North Sea Oil - how much

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is left out there? And what will it generate in tax revenue in the

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decades ahead? This report contains some flashing images.

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For centuries this was a fishing port.

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Now Aberdeen's crowded little harbour, less than a square mile

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in surface, supplies the whole of the North Sea Oil industry.

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Oil production may be past its peak but there is no decline

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in activity - far from it. I have worked here

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for over 20 years now, at the port. When I came here, they said - oh,

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there is another 20 years left in the oil industry.

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20 years later, they are saying the same thing.

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They are going into fields and waters that they wouldn't have

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thought about before. And there is a lot

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of confidence here. As technology has improved,

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reserves that were once too costly to drill, have become accessible.

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Aberdeen's oil economy is still booming.

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From the water here you get a sense of how crowded this harbour

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is becoming. These oil supply vessels are

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getting bigger all the time and there are more and more of them.

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Aberdeen Harbour is bursting at the seams.

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So much so that a major expansion is planned

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before the end of this decade. Is all this activity deceptive?

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One leading oil analyst says oil production will taper off to almost

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nothing over the next 35 years. There is a very significant

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depletion taking place. What we need to understand for

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the long-term future of Scotland, if you look 20-30 years ahead, you

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can't count for significant numbers of income coming from oil and gas.

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Sir Ian Wood says there are no more than 16.5 billion barrels

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of recoverable oil left. That's disputed by the industry

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body, Oil and Gas UK, which says there are up to 24 billion barrels.

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The Scottish Government says oil revenues could bring nearly ?7

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billion in tax revenues to Scotland in the first year of independence.

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The UK Government says it'll be less than ?3 billion, leaving a big hole

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in Scotland's public finances. "Yes" campaigners say the UK

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Treasury has a 40-year track record of deliberately underestimating the

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value of North Sea Oil reserves. This is where we plan 170 or

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so new houses, on part of of our East Lodge development.

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This is the richest part of Britain outside London and the south-east.

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The economy and the population are still expanding, as is

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the demand for high-end housing. We are seeing a huge amount

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of inquiries. We are getting 200 new inquiries

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a week for our development at the moment.

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I'm hoping to translate those into sales very soon.

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Two-thirds of the traffic at Aberdeen airport is oil-related.

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It'll keep ferrying workers to the rigs and the oil will keep

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flowing until 2050, at least. Each side in the referendum

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makes bold assertions about how much revenue this will generate.

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But they don't know for certain. The truth is, no-one does.

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So, it all illustrates something very general about the very nature

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of this campaign, that all too often objective fact - frustrating though

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it is to the voters - is all too hard to come by. On oil, on the

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public finances, on the question of EU membership, there are competing

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claims, warnings, reassurances and educated guesswork. Voters will,

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three weeks from now, simply have to choose whose narrative they prefer.

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Whose they trust more. I will be travelling throughout Scotland

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throughout this week. I will be back tomorrow from a different location

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in Scotland, trying to assess the temper of the public debate. Back to

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the studio. The truth is, no-one does.

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Two of the best-known politicians in the UK are hoping to become members

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of Parliament at the next election. The UKIP leader, Nigel Farage,

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will find out shortly whether he's been selected to represent

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his party in Thanet South in Kent. While the Mayor of London, Boris

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Johnson, has announced he wants to become the Conservative candidate

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for Uxbridge and South Ruislip. Our political correspondent,

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Eleanor Garnier, is in Ruislip. This could mean interesting changes

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at Westminster. What more can you tell me about Mr Johnson 's bid,

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first of all. Well, I think it is no surprise that Boris Johnson has

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picked Uxbridge and South Ruislip as his target seat, after he announced

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at the beginning of this month that he intended to return Parliament,

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this has been the favourite. And it is an attractive constituency to go

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for. The current Conservative MP here, Sir John Randall who is

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standing down, has a majority of more than 11,000. It would be a

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surprise, if Boris Johnson, did not secure the Conservative candidacy

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here, but he has now just over two weeks to wait until the local party

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association makes its final decision. The UKIP leader, Nigel

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Farage, on the other hand, has just a few hours to wait to see if he

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will be the party candidate in Thanet South in Kent, the county in

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which he was born, the area he represents in the European

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Parliament. He is taking on three other contenders in a hustings

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tonight. He is expected to win but the high-profile politician says

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it's no shoe-in. OK. Thank you.

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Eleanor Garnier, is in Ruislip. After just one tour 35 years ago,

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the hugely successful singer-songwriter Kate Bush,

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who shot to fame in the late 1970s, is to make her comeback on stage -

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appearing at the Hammersmith Apollo in London in just a few hours time.

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Tickets sold out in less than 15 minutes

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when they were released in March. Colin Paterson is at the Apollo.

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Colin, there will be great anticipation among Kate Bush fans, I

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would imagine. The last time Kate Bush played a concert was 14th May,

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1979. The venue was the same. The Hammersmith Apollo or the

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Hammersmith Oweden as it was known then. Tonight I have spoken to

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people from Australia, Thailand, Los Angeles. Some without tcts,

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desperate it get in, and see this singer, who they thought would never

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perform live again. -- some without tickets.

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This is the moment which made Kate Bush a stacks her Top of the Pops

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debut at the age of 19, in 1978. Wuthering Heights was the first song

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written and former by a woman to top the UK charts. The following year

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she went on tour. It was an experience she loved. Report report

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are you really happy? I can't believe the audience.

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# I make a deal with God... # Since then, Kate bush has released

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eight albums, won a Brit award and become one of music's most

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influential artists. They are not normal songs. None of her songs have

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been normal. ! She is just who she is, unique. She is a mystery. What

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she has never done s play another show -- is play another show, until

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tonight. But why? The time has not been right. I think she spent her

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time writing and recording these albums and she is a complete

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perfectionist. I think that's what she wants - she felt her time was

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best doing, creating music and also, obviously, raising a family. But now

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the wait is finally over. I can't wait. I'm so excited. I have been

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excited for months. I have waited 35 years. It is going to happen now. I

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have no words. Just like her life, the shows have been shrouded in

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secrecy, although the concert poster shows her in a life jacket, leading

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to speculation there could be a watery theme. Tonight we find out.

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Colin Paterson is at the Apollo. Time for a look

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at the weather with Nick Miller. The Wuthering Heights of 22.

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You had to get it in! A for effort.

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Corn England has been played with -- plagued with heavy showers. The good

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news is they are edging into the channel and edging away. Overnight a

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lot of dry weather. The odd rogue light shower. A few spots of rain in

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south-west England. Enough cloud and breeze across southern areas to stop

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the temperature going down too far but cooler than last night. Under

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some clear spells, northern England northwards is chilly in the

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countryside and in Highland Scotland, a touch of frost on offer,

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as tomorrow begins A fine day. If you start with broken cloud and

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sunny spells, it is likely you will stay that way throughout the day and

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have dry days. The next weather system is knocking on the door of

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south-west England, thickening cloud all the while and outbreaks of rain

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coming in. In Scotland in the sunshine it'll feel pleasantly warm,

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all the while and outbreaks of rain coming in. in the afternoon for

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Northern Ireland and northern England. There will be a freshening

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breeze not just here but across the UK but a difference for south-east

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England and the Midlands. Not just drier and brighter but it'll feel

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warmer. All the while, some outbreaks of rain edging into

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south-west England and wae.s turning more persistent into the evening but

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whoever bats second in the cricket one-day international at Cardiff may

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deal with rain late in the day, certainly a strengthening wind. By

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Thursday the rain is moving north across Scotland, clearing eastern

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England, then a bright, across Scotland, clearing eastern

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breezy day with a scattering of showers. It looks as if the showers

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will be more widespread on Friday, heavier, windier, too. They ease on

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Saturday. Going into next week t looks like the weather is planning

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on settling down and turning warmer. That is all from the BBC News at

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Six. Goodbye from me. On BBC

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