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This is BBC News. The headlines: A couple who used the Twitter name

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Silent Bomber to ask for advice on carrying out a London suicide

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bombing have been found guilty of plotting a terror attack. Emergency

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services have been told to prepare for more possible flooding in the

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north of England. Storm Frank is expected to bring gales and heavy

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rain in south-west Scotland and parts of Cumbria.

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Looking at all of this water from this height it's easy to think it

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looks spectacular, dramatic, even quite beautiful, but what we have to

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remember is that it's down there on the ground that things get really

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ugly. This is the scene in north Yorkshire

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at the town of Tadcaster why a 300-year-old stone bridge has

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collapsed. An RAF chinook helicopter has helped shore up the banks of the

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River Douglas in Lancashire. In Syria, an Islamic State leader with

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direct links to the ringleader of the Paris attacks has been killed by

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US strikes. Snowstorms and blizzards batter the United States, killing

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over 40 people in the past five days and leaving thousands without power.

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The music world pays tribute to Lemmy of Motorhead who's died at the

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age of 70. His bandmates said he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of

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cancer on Boxing Day. They urge fans to play his music loud. And England

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are well on their way to beating South Africa in the first Test in

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Durban, needing just six more wickets on tomorrow's final day.

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Good evening and welcome to BBC News.

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A married couple have been found guilty of planning to carry out

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suicide bomb attacks that could have rivalled 7/7.

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Mohammed Rehman and Sana Ahmed Khan had been charged with planning

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The court heard that using the Twitter user name

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"Silent Bomber" they asked for advice on London targets

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to attack, including Westfield Shopping centre

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The trial had heard that they were within two days

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of having a working bomb before they were arrested.

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A back garden in Reading and Mohammed Rehman tests his

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The bang was so large it brought neighbours out.

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Mohammed Rehman had made his test device with the help of Sana Khan,

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the woman he married in secret, and whose salary they used to buy

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Mohammed Rehman lived with his parents.

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They didn't want their faces shown, but told me they had no

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idea their son had been involved in a terrorist plot.

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When I heard that, I thought oh my god, what if he had done that

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for, you know, made the mistake and done it somewhere else?

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A lot of people would be in danger and lost their lives.

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The court heard the prosecution say that he was two days

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or so from having a proper bomb and that could have caused

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I'm really grateful to the police that they came on time

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and saved our lives and everyone else's lives.

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Rehman and Khan bought chemicals and other equipment online,

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the pair idolised so-called Islamic State and the bombers

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Did his character change in recent months?

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Because he was too much into the computers and somebody

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Somebody must have put him on the wrong track.

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On Twitter Mohammed Rehman called himself the Silent Bomber and asked,

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"Westfield shopping centre or London Underground?

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Any advice would be appreciated greatly."

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A hint, say police, of his possible targets.

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What have Mohammed's actions done to you and your family?

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Oh, heartbreaking and he just makes us really want to hate him.

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I still can't believe that he is my son and he's doing

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Police believe Rehman and Khan wanted to play their part

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The couple, who didn't tell their families,

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they had married and who also plotted to surprise the world

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Those verdicts came through at the Old Bailey earlier. Let's go there

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now and our correspondent has been following the case. I suppose people

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watching that report will be struck by how close these two came to

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having a workable bomb. You are right. In fact, I think but for the

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very heavy Twitter presence that Mohammed Rehman had, it's unlikely

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that the police have have been alerted when they were about what

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was being planned. The fact is he made himself very clear on Twitter,

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his Twitter handle was Silent Bomber, he used a profile picture of

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Jihadi John, the man we have seen execute so many western hostages

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before he too was killed. So his intentions were really very clear.

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He said in various messages that he was prepared to strap on explosives

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to his chest once he worked out how big the bomb needed to be. He said

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that he was planning a martyrdom operation and he put out that tweet

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saying Westfield shopping centre or London underground, any advice

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greatly appreciated. It was no surprise when the verdict came back

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of guilty for him today, given he Telegraphed so clearly what he was

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preparing to do on social media. Guilty verdicts today. Reaction from

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the CPS and the police. When do we get sentencing? The sentencing

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hearing will start here at the Old Bailey tomorrow. The judge will

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begin that process tomorrow. It could take a day or two. We will

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probably get some sense of that tomorrow. The sentence itself may

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not come tomorrow, it might be the next day, depending on how long the

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process lasts. For what they've been convicted of, the possible maximum

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sentence is a life sentence, so it's taken extremely seriously, even

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though the attack they were planning thankfully was not carried out.

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Thank you. Storm Frank is due to hit northern

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parts of the UK tonight, bringing the risk of yet

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more flooding misery. Cumbria and south and central

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Scotland are the most at risk. The Floods Minister Rory Stewart has

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said he's very concerned and has urged members of the emergency

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services to rest, to be ready for what he said could be

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a very bad situation. There are currently three

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severe flood warnings - meaning danger to life in place

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in the north of England, mainly centred around York,

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from where Fiona Trott Hundreds of homes evacuated,

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many more without heat and light. Floodwater can recede

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in a matter of hours, but it takes months for homes

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and businesses to recover. How does it make you feel, Sarah,

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looking at the museum like this? The Jorvik Viking Centre gets

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400,000 visitors a year. They don't know

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when they'll re-open. We managed to get all

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of the artefacts removed so that was all the viking-age,

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the ninth and tenth century objects which are irreplaceable

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out of the centre. It was hundreds of objects

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from the only remaining Viking sock that we think or the shoes,

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the home wares or the jewellery, the precious items we managed

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to get out using the team In another part of the city,

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cleaning has already started Guests had to be evacuated

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through a back window when the Environment Agency

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opened a flood barrier. The pumps failed because of

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the record river levels. Why wasn't there any

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contingency plan? Why before you actually lifted it

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up, did you not come round an hour beforehand, tell everybody,

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bring sandbags, at least give Commuters are being kept away

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from parts of York today. The Floods Minister says

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the Government is doing all it can for the city and other

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cities in the north. If we have to spend more,

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we'll have to spend more. We're going to look at this,

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very, very carefully. It is a horrendous thing that

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people are going through. We have spent an incredible amount

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of money on flood defences over the last ten years and we will over

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the next six, but if more needs Back at the Jorvik Centre

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they don't know how much It will take a long time

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to assess the damage - just one part of this historic city

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that's counting the cost. In Tadcaster in North Yorkshire,

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a bridge has collapsed into the River Wharf

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and there are concerns that a gas There had been fears about the

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bridge. It had been closed to traffic and to pedestrians since the

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flooding on Boxing Day. However, during the day it was clear that the

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bridge was looking iffy, I think you could say. A short time ago suddenly

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it collapsed on the eastern edge and there are concerns too that collapse

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may have severed a gas main. People certainly have been able to smell

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gas near the bridge. For now, we have all been evacuated away from

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the area about 150 metres up Bridge Street to a junction. People here

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are gathered. The police are in attendance. We are waiting to see

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whether there is any gas problems. Gas engineers, I have seen vans

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arriving, so that's the situation at the moment. But it's really

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difficult here in Tadcaster, the town is dissected by the river and

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the bridge is a vital link. They've been unable to cross it since

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flooding on Boxing Day and obviously the collapse of the bridge means

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that difficulty will continue for some weeks to come. It's an example

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of not just the devastation that the floods have caused to people's

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homes, but the sheer force of the water in these conditions and what

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it can do. Yes, that's right. Certainly the real surge was on

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Boxing Day, that's when the flooding happened and the levels here rose

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and higher than in living memory. The river here does run past homes

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that are used to flooding and expect it, but they've had water go into

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hair houses where they never have before, even in serious floods in

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previous years. -- their houses. They did know the bridge had been

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damaged, which is why they closed it. The irony is in some ways it's

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been clear today the flood waters are receding, the level is going

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down, but obviously the damage perhaps was done a couple of days

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ago and what's hopped now is just the inevitable consequence of the

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damage done on Boxing Day. -- what's happened. There's now a severe flood

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warning in Tadcaster as a result of that bridge collapse. Significant

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flooding is expected in the area. Those in the area are advised to

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evacuate immediately as Ben Ando was saying. The situation is described

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as serious and there is a significant risk to life, which is

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what a severe flood warning means. And the instruction is that people

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should follow the advice of the emergency services and officials in

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the area. Let's bring you up to date on the wider picture. On the line is

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Doug Wilson, director of scientific and evidence services at the

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Environment Agency. What is the picture this evening? Good evening.

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Over the last couple of days we have actually seen river levels falling,

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as a result of the dry weather we have had. Even places like Selby and

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York which have taken sometime, we have now seen those levels have

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peaked and are starting to recede. As we heard before, still very much

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an evolving situation. Our teams have been out today inspecting

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assets and repairing defences with good support from the Army. What we

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are expecting over the course of this evening and into tomorrow is

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another weather front coming in which will bring some rain with it.

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We are expecting the heaviest rain to be in Lancashire and also

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Cumbria. But we are looking there at up to 40 milimetres in Lancashire

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and maybe 60 in couple playia. Nowhere near the levels we are

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expecting to see previously -- Cumbria. This is Storm Frank you are

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talking about? Exactly, yes. You talked about the levels there being

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less than people had to endure before, sufficiently less for you to

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be reasonably confident that people will not be flooded again? No, we

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can't say that. The ground is very wet already, rivers will respond and

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there is a risk of some isolated flooding and travel disruption, as

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well. We have issued, still have severe flood warnings out which

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means there is a risk to life and we also have other warnings. What we

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will be asking people is to keep an eye on the Environment Agency

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website and contact our floodline number to keep up to date with the

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situation. With regards to people in their homes tonight who fear Storm

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Frank drawing near, is there anything they can usefully do beyond

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following the advice online? Well, they can use our floodline number to

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get the most up to date information there and any advice as well if

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people are concerned, but really it's then taking the advice there in

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terms of warnings and if people are concerned to make contact. Thank

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you. An assessment there of the current

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picture and the impact that Storm Frank may have in south-west

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Scotland and Cumbria and Lancashire later on.

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The headlines: A couple who used the Twitter name Silent Bomber to ask

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for advice on carrying out a London suicide bombing have been found

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guilty of plotting an act of terror. The Floods Minister warns of a very

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bad situation for flood-hit residents, Cumbria, Lancashire and

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southern and central Scotland are most at risk from the anticipated

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arrival of Storm Frank. An Islamic State leader with direct

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links to the ringleader of the Paris attacks has been killed by US

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strikes in Syria. Now all the sport. Tributes are being paid today

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to the former Newcastle United and Czech Republic goalkeeper

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Pavel Serni-check, who has died Srnicek was in an induced coma

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since having a cardiac arrest last week, and his agent confirmed that

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a decision was taken to switch off his life support

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machine earlier today. Former Newcastle striker

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Alan Shearer wrote on Twitter that he's "so very sad to lose my friend

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and former teammate," while fellow keeper Peter Schmeichel said

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described Serni-check as a gentleman Leicester could return to the top

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of the Premier League tonight Claudio Ranieri's side suffered

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only their second defeat of the season at

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Liverpool on Boxing Day. Speaking after that loss,

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Ranieri was already focusing on bouncing back at the King

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Power Stadium tonight. Now it's important to recover

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energy and more mental, because after match there is another

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match, a big challenge. It's OK, sooner or later

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we must lose, have to lose. They are top of the table

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because they deserve, they have important players

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in a very good moment It's not easy for Leicester to beat

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Liverpool, that's why we had confidence that when we had to play

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with them maybe we can Now we have an important game

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and to finish the first round of the fixture we have

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to play 63 points more, that's why I say that December

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you never win the title. Everton forward Steven Naismith is

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set to join Premier League rivals Norwich in an ?8 million deal next

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month. He started only four league match this is season but scored a

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hat trick after coming on as a substitute against Chelsea in

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September. Championship game against Derby,

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having initially barred cameras The fixture is Leeds' ninth league

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match to be shown this season and the club were protesting

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at the number of fixtures changed for live coverage,

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with owner Massimo Chelino claiming Leeds would have been

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charged with misconduct by the Football League if they had

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carried out the ban. England head into tomorrow's final

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day of the first Test against South Africa needing six

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wickets to seal victory. The visitors were all out for 326 in

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their second innings after lunch today in dur lan.

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-- Durban. South Africa, the top ranked

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Test team in the world, were set the highest ever chase

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at Kingsmead to save the match. Three wickets from Steven Finn

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reduced the hosts to 136-4 at the close, still 280

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runs behind England. They've still some high

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quality players to come, Obviously, De Villiers would be

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a big one to get because he is such We come back tomorrow

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with six wickets to get, as long as we get six and for less

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runs than what we have British number three Kyle Edmund has

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been handed a place in the main draw of next month's Australian Open,

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following Richard Gasquet's The 20-year-old was three spots

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outside automatic qualification when the entry lists

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were released earlier this month. But world number nine Gasquet has

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now pulled out with a back injury. Edmund made his Davis Cup debut

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for Great Britain in their victory over Belgium in

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the final last month. That's all the sport. I will be back

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later. Snowstorms, blizzards and tornadoes

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are causing severe disruption across parts of the South

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and Midwest United States. Extreme weather over the last few

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days has killed at least 40 people. ABC News's, Clayton Sandell,

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sent this report from Oklahoma. The Midwest is in a blinding

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weather bull's-eye. Drivers in Des Moines are sliding

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off icy slick pavement Those managing to stay

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on the road and the ploughs Sleet and snow snarling traffic

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from Kalamazoo to Kansas. People off in a ditch,

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a couple just stuck on the side In Oklahoma, the Governor has

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declared a state of emergency There's flooding in the east

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and, farther west... an ice storm is causing

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the big rigs to slide, Nearly 200,000 homes

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are without electricity. Power lines everywhere,

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including these, are dead. There are so many power outages

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here in Oklahoma because freezing rain came in overnight

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and deposited heavy icicles Add in the high winds and these

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poles are no match for that In Amarillo, Texas,

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along Interstate 40, snowdrifts bury big rigs,

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and in New Mexico entire houses. Near Clovis, a 12-foot snowdrift

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trapped Betty and Jimmy Anderson in their car as they delivered

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newspapers, entombed for 20 hours until rescuers broke

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the windshield to free them. My wife was shaking,

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the driver's seat was full of snow. This is Interstate 40 just west

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of Oklahoma City and you can see behind me one of many wrecks,

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two trucks pulling two trailers went sliding off this icy highway,

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rolling several times. Luckily, no one here was seriously

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injured but it gives you an idea of how dangerous driving conditions

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are in a lot of places. American military officials say ten

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members of the Islamic State group have been killed in the last month -

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including two who had direct links with the alleged ringleader

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of the Paris attacks. Charaffe al Mouadan -

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who is said to have been planning more attacks against the west -

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died in an air strike in Syria Abdul Qader Hakim died two days

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later and military commanders gave December 26th, Abdul Hakim, another

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Isil external operations facilitator, he was killed in Mosul.

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He was a veteran fighter, a forgery specialist and had links to the

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Paris attack network. He was part of Isil's e ternl operations group who

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enabled attacks against western targets. -- eternal. His death

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removes an important facilitator with many connections.

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Belgian police have arrested two people suspected of planning attacks

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in Brussels on New Year's Eve Raids took place in Brussels

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and the provinces of Flemish Brabant and Liege.

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Police seized military clothing and computer equipment in the raids,

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Lemmy - the frontman of the British heavy metal band Motorhead -

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He'd been diagnosed with cancer on Boxing Day.

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The band said they could not express their shock

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But they encouraged fans to celebrate his life

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Lizo Mzimba looks back at his career.

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Fast, raucous, loud, no one sounded or looked quite

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like Motorhead or their bassist and singer Lemmy, every inch

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Grinding out hit after deafeningly-loud hit.

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All very different to one of his first bands, '60s group

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A few years later he joined rock band Hawkwind, supplying the vocals

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They tried everyone else singing it except me.

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They had to ask me to try it because nobody else could do it.

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No-one else could reach the high notes.

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After being ejected from Hawkwind he formed Motorhead.

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After a faltering start they recorded their breakthrough album.

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The title track became their anthem and they never looked back.

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The line-ups may have changed over the years but 40 years

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after he created the group, Motorhead and Lemmy were playing

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to thousands as recently as the summer's Glastonbury.

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For decades he embraced all aspects of rock style excess.

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Some days you do not feel like it as much as others,

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but I'm sure that is the same in plumbing.

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Fellow musicians have been paying tribute.

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Ozzy Osbourne described him as a warrior and a legend.

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Gene Simmons said, "Rest in peace, Lemmy."

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Many more will miss one of rock's great characters.

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The next 24 hours are going to see more potentially damaging winds but

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more heavy disruptive rainfall. It's this area of cloud that's been

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developing into the latest storm that's responsible for all the wet

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and windy weather. Because it's a very deep area of low pressure it's

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getting steered up towards Iceland. We will miss the eye of the storm

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but we will still have gales or severe gales and a spell of heavy

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rain too. The winds are starting to pick up through this evening as the

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rain begins to arrive. Gusts of 70, 80mph in the Outer Hebrides. But

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it's the rain that's the main concern. We have an amber rain

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warning from The Met Office. Be prepared warning, it's for Northern

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Ireland initially where we see the rain arriving, 60 milimetres over

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hills. Could get double that as it spreads to the south-west of

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Scotland and across Cumbria. Four inches of rain or more over the

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hills. Further south we will see heavy rain developing over the hills

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of Wales and for the south-west of England. By the morning the winds

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will have dropped in Northern Ireland and western Scotland. The

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rain beginning to clear away from western Scotland. It should be dryer

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in Northern Ireland. We will have this band of heavier rain pushing

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slowly eastwards into eastern England allowing Scotland and Wales

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and western parts of England to become dryer through the afternoon.

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Temperatures double figures, it's mild air, but it's wet air once

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again. That rain is going to cling on to eastern parts of England into

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tomorrow evening. Once that clears, behind that weather front we will

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introduce a showery air stream, particularly focussed on that band

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there. Behind that cold air just in time for the clocks to strike

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midnight. For New Year's Eve, during the day, for most in the morning,

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particularly the east, it's a dry and sunny picture. We will see bands

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of showers gathering in the west pushing across the country during

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the afternoon, they could be heavy and snow over northern hills. It's

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going to feel colder across the northern half of the UK.

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Temperatures falling away even further by midnight. Close to

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freezing in Edinburgh and Belfast, if you are going to be out and

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about. At least it should be fine and dry. Different from what we will

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experience in the next 24 hours. Still severe flood warnings. There

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is the floodline number and the latest is also online.

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