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Guilty verdicts in the trial that exposed the exploitation

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of vulnerable teenage girls in Rotherham.

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Three brothers systematically preyed on the young.

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They're guilty of multiple rapes and assaults.

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These men's actions and those of the women who facilitated them

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Such depravity has no place in our society.

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The case raises questions over whether the local community ignored

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For too long as a society, as a Pakistani community,

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From personal friends to referendum rivals -

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Michael Gove says David Cameron's EU deal is not legally binding.

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Three people still missing after the Didcot power station

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collapse, rescuers say finding survivors is unlikely.

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We won with young, we won with old, we won with highly educated,

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we won with poorly educated. I love the poorly educated.

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Only Donald Trump could get away with that.

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He wins again in the race for the White House.

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Coming up on Reporting Scotland at 6.30pm.

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The budget is passed at Holyrood with an extra ?80 million for

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education. And extra tips on her forehand.

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Good evening and welcome to the BBC's News at Six.

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Three brothers, along with their uncle and two women,

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been convicted of taking part in the sexual abuse of teenage

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Victims told Sheffield Crown Court they had been raped,

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beaten and used as prostitutes by a criminal gang which was led

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It is a case that has exposed once again the extent to which political

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correctness may have prevented the authorities from pursuing

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This report form our correspondent, Alison Holt, contains details

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For years the South Yorkshire town of Rotherham was regarded by the

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three Hussain brothers as their domain. Here the court heard how

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they dealt in drugs, guns, violencend and the abuse of girls.

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The brothers operated in a brutal criminal underworld. Ash Hussain,

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seen here arriving in court, was left paralysed by a gang land

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shooting. He was described as the ringleader. Very quickly he started

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being controlling and I wouldn't like to do anything without his

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permission. Jessica was just 14 when she was groomed by 24-year-old Ash

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Hussain. We have disguised her identity. He were very violent

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towards me. There were times when I thought he was actually going to

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kill me. That was on a daily basy. The Hussain' UNNing l Qurban Ali was

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convicted of conspiracy to rape and two women Karen MacGregor and

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Shelley Davies were found guilty. The offences went back more than 25

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years. Outside court the victims were praised for their strength.

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Some had listened from the public gallery holding hands as the

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verdicts were read out They have shown incredible bravery reliving

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vicious events for the court. These men's actions and those of the women

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who facilitated them are utterly abhorrent. Such depravity has no

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place in our society. It's hard to describe the appalling nature of the

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abuse. In 2014 an inquiry estimated more than 1,400 children in

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Rotherham had been sexually exploited over a 16-year period. A

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number of gangs were involved. The Hussains were key.

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This report says by October 200154 young women had been linked to the

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brothers. 18 of the women had identified one man, Ash Hussain, to

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project workers as their boyfriend. It gives a sense of the scale of

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what was going on and just how much was known. Adele wrote that report

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as part of of a Home Office research project. She welcomes today's

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convictions but says we still need to know why action wasn't taken

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years ago. It is a bit of a hallow result because it should have

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happened 15 years ago. The evidence was there is 15 years ago. We all

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know the price the children of Rotherham have paid because that

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information wasn't acted on there and then. A number of police

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officers are now under investigation. It's also been said

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because many of the exploiters were of Pakistani origin the authorities

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had concerns about seeing as racist. These sort of men have a very

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negative and, in many cases, a racist attitude towards white young

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girls. For too long, as a society, as a Pakistani community we turned a

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blind eye ho these crimes. Both the police and council in Rotherham have

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Allah poll guised for past failings and say today's convictions

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underline their determination to take action against abusers past and

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present. Alison is with me now. Do we have a clearer idea of why these

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girls were ignored for so long? In the end, it's a complicated answer,

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it comes in many parts. Part of the problem was attitudes at the time.

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The girls, by their own admission, were difficult, stroppy teenagers,

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lashing at those trying to help them. People didn't understand

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grooming they took it when they said these men were their boy friends.

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The issue of political correctness raised in the Jay Report. It's worth

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saying the independent police Complaints Commission is

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investigating 55 police officers for allegedly failing to act. There has

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been major change at the council. This case today is a marker in the

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ground for Rotherham that tide is being turned and things are

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beginning to change. Certainly, that's what the victims hope. All

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right Alison, thanks very much. Thank you.

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They are personal friends and kindred spirits in politics

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David Cameron and Michael Gove are at loggerheads today

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after the Justice Secretary questioned whether the Prime

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Minister's EU deal is legally binding.

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Mr Gove, who's one of five Cabinet ministers backing the leave

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campaign, told the BBC in an exclusive interview that some

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of the changes could be thrown out by the European Court of Justice.

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Our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, has the story.

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The black and gold robes aren't just for fun.

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Michael Gove is the Lord Chancellor, a job with heritage,

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the man in charge of the law in England.

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And he finds himself in a good old-fashioned legal row

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with his close friend and colleague, David Cameron.

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The Prime Minister says his EU deal cannot be reversed,

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but Mr Gove says judges in Europe we don't control

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could pick the agreement apart, because the deal isn't yet

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written into European treaties, the pillars of EU law.

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interprets the European Union treaties, and until this agreement

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then the European Court of Justice is not bound

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So as the man in charge of the legal system,

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you are saying clearly, what David Cameron has got

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from Brussels right now could be chucked out by European judges?

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What David Cameron has got is an agreement amongst

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It's an international law declaration.

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and the facts are that the European Court of Justice is not bound

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by this agreement until treaties are changed, and we don't know

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So David Cameron's assertion that this is a done deal is wrong?

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You're trying deliberately, and understandably, to get me

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in stating that this was a legally binding agreement.

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But I am asking you to make the distinction,

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because the Prime Minister's campaign

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is to say to the British population that the changes

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he secured in Brussels will definitely happen,

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that he has got them legally bound up, that his commitments

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are essentially cast-iron guarantees,

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and you're saying, on your side of the argument,

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The law is clear that until the treaties change,

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the European Court of Justice is bound only

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He's telling people this is a done deal.

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I don't believe he is being misleading, but I do

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think it is important that people recognise

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that the European Court of Justice

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stands above every nation state and, ultimately,

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it will decide on the basis of the treaties.

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because Mr Gove and his wife are close friends

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of the Camerons, but the clash is core to the arguments

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So the Government sent out its top lawyer to say

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The status of this agreement is not of no consequence,

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This is an agreement which the court will be

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just as they're bound to take account of the wordings

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This agreement sets out clearly

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what the 28 nation states want to happen.

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Mr Gove's warning has rattled our Government

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We unanimously agreed and adopted a legally

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Its president tried to bolster their case today.

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This is our Supreme Court, but this row is about the power

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Number Ten says because every country in the EU signed up

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to the deal, the European court has to pay attention.

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But it's also true that unless and until the changes

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are written into European law, they are subject to legal challenge

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in the European court, and the judges could dispute them.

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In a funny way, both David Cameron and Michael Gove are partly right.

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But the Government cannot say with certainty that the changes

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the Prime Minister fought hard to achieve

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But for many voters and politicians, the most striking part

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of being in the EU is the numbers of people who can make their lives

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Our immigration policy means that we have some people who can

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come into this country, who we might want to say no to,

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and others who we might want to attract

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For me, it's not a matter of numbers,

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it's a matter of the type of people thta we want in this country.

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I've always been suspicious of a transfer of power away

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Given the opportunity, in a referendum, to make

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a decision about whether or not we should be a democracy or not,

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then I'm afraid I'm going to have to conclude

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that we need to leave.

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We're not currently a democracy, then?

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I don't think we are properly self-governing.

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will decide whether we stay or leave the EU.

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Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Westminster.

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Within the last hour, West Mercia Police have issued

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It's understood that the nine-week old boy was taken from his home

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in the Arleston area of Telford this afternoon.

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It's thought that he may be in the company of a white woman

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She is believed to be approximately 5ft 5 inches tall.

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Emergency teams searching the site of the collapsed Didcot power

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station say it's "highly unlikely" three missing people

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One person died and five people are in hospital after part

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of the derelict building in South Oxfordshire

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Our correspondent, Duncan Kennedy, is at Didcot now.

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One name has been named by friends on Facebook as being part of this

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accident. Although the Fire Service not yet confirming whether that is

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the case. They say they are speaking to the families of all thes ming

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workers as their search operation continues.

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and the search operation facing them.

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Here, just some of the 100-strong rescue team

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A few clambered onto the edges of the dangerous pile of wreckage

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to look for the three missing workers.

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But it's now been more than a day

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haven't picked up any signs of life.

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However, regardless of that information, our conduct

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and our professionalism iis the same and we will continue to work

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through that building slowly, with the absolute intention

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of locating the loved ones

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This was the moment the power station collapsed,

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and when the 44-year-old structure caved in on itself.

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It's only when you get close that you get a sense of the destruction

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that's gone on at this power station.

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You also get a sense of the scale of the fire and rescue operation

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Some of these vehicles have been arriving

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this afternoon from as far afield as Merseyside and Hampshire.

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Even the army has been brought in with one of its robots

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to scour the debris with specialised cameras.

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The weight of the power station's springs would have meant any

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collapse would be unstoppable. They are about two foot wide and about

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six foot high. There's hundreds of them on each unit. It suspends the

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whole boiler. You are talking of thousands and thousands of tonnes.

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Coleman Company, the Birmingham-based firm

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behind the demolition, said it was trying

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and called on relatives of missing workers to get in touch.

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The search operation is not over, but it is now moving

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into a different and, for the families involved,

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Three brothers of Pakistani heritage are found guilty of the sexual

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exploitation of young teenagers in Rotherham.

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It's Bond's favourite motoring brand, and now a new model is to be

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built in South Wales.

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And coming up on Reporting Scotland at 6.30:

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Calls for action on long waiting times

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for NHS mental health treatments.

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A housing estate in West Lothian is flooded by a burst water main.

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There seems to be no stopping presidential hopeful,

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Donald Trump, after his third victory in a row in the race

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to become the Republican Party's candidate.

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All eyes are now on what's known as Super Tuesday,

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when a dozen states will vote for their choice of candidate.

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As James Cook reports from Las Vegas, the property tycoon

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turned politician's victory speech was vintage Trump.

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Not so long ago, his presidential bid was dismissed as a curiosity.

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Now, the businessman is the Republican frontrunner,

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With the smartest people, with the most loyal people.

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You know what I'm really happy about, because I've been saying it

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for a long time, 46% with the Hispanics.

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That was a blow for his Hispanic rivals, including Ted Cruz,

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The Texas Senator's own state votes next week, on Super Tuesday,

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He says that will be the most important moment of the campaign.

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The only campaign that has beaten Donald Trump,

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and the only campaign that can beat Donald Trump,

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As long as the anti-Trump vote is split between Ted Cruz

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and his rivals, the more the property tycoon reaps

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the rewards, which is why senior figures in the Republican Party

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are now beginning to panic at the thought of an outsider taking

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And so, they are rallying around Senator Marco Rubio,

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from Florida, who is now urging other candidates to stand aside.

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65%, 70% of the Republican Party does not want Donald Trump

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The problem is, they're divided up among four people now.

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They just don't like the fact that a non-establishment candidate might

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Mr Trump is energising voters angry with the political system.

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There's a long way to go, but he's beginning to look unstoppable.

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A brief look at some of the day's other news stories.

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Jeremy Clarkson has apologised to the former Top Gear producer

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he punched and has agreed to settle his compensation claim.

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Oisin Tymon sued for racial discrimination and personal injury

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after the incident at a hotel in North Yorkshire last March.

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The settlement is understood to be in excess of ?100,000,

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with both Jeremy Clarkson and the BBC contributing to it.

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North Wales Police has referred itself to the independent complaints

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watchdog after two officers deliberately ran over and killed a

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dog which was out of control on a road. The foxhound was running

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towards oncoming traffic. Police said it was posing a serious threat

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to motorists. The Scottish Government's budget

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for the next year has been passed by MSPs after a heated

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Holyrood debate. Opposition parties continued

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to press for a 1p rise in income tax rates to generate

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funding for education. Trade union members protested

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outside Holyrood over cuts to council budgets

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prior to the debate. A Muslim convert from Walsall has

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been found guilty of failing to alert the authorities

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that her husband was leaving the UK Lorna Moore, who's 33,

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was suspected of planning to take their three

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children to Syria. The couple's friend, Ayman Shaukat,

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was also convicted of helping men They were part of an extensive

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network, as our home affairs These friends were all based

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in Walsall and some had admitted their crimes,

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others are already in Syria. Today, Lorna Moore was convicted

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of withholding information. She was found guilty of failing

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to inform the police The jury which convicted her also

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found Ayman Shaukat guilty of helping two of the men

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to travel to Syria. One couple, who left

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Birmingham Airport, were stopped Some of the women were pregnant

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and the intention may have been for them to give birth

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in land controlled by IS, Isis or Daesh are reaching out

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and wanting women and families to go and join, and it puts a huge onus

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and responsibility on the police and other authorities to try

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and interrupt that travel and keep It was a mother who

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alerted the police. Susan Boyce, a Church

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of England minister, was horrified when her son,

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one of the group's Muslim converts, In a message to her,

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Jake Petty said: Shortly after this,

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he was killed in the fighting. These men had known each other

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for years, some of them had gone It's understood they did have links

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to extremists in other parts of the country, but the Syria plan

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was hatched here in Walsall and now their families,

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and in some cases their children, are forced to live

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with the consequences. Whilst some of the group will never

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return, those left behind The junior doctors dispute dominated

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Prime Minister's Questions today with the party leaders arguing over

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exactly how many people die after being admitted

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to hospital at weekends. The heated exchanges

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between David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn ended

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with a personal jibe when a Labour MP called on Mr Cameron

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to "ask his mother", who has signed a petition

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about local Government cuts. Oh, I think I know

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what my mother would say. I think she'd look across

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the despatch box and she'd say, put on a proper suit,

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do up your tie and sing the national It's the motoring brand

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made famous by the high-octane driving

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of the world's most famous agent. Now a touch of the James Bond style

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will be coming to South Wales after Aston Martin decided

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to build its latest model there. As Hywel Griffith reports,

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South Wales beat off competition Coming soon for the super wealthy, a

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souped up racer that thinks it's a family car. The Aston Martin DBX

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will be made to order in Wales and sold mostly abroad, with a starting

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price of ?150,000. Just as British handbags and fashion sell the world

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and image, so, according to the Aston Martin Chief Executive, could

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this car. In the luxury business, it is about what the brand stands for.

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Perhaps you would think about our James Bond heritage. Making drivers

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feel a little like 007 is a big part of the proposition, although the new

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Aston Martin SUV's target customer, I'm told, will be an imaginary

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female driver called Charlotte. The idea is that this is the type of car

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James Bond would use on the school run. The marketing blurb talks about

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being practical and family friendly. But it is a growing global market.

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Most of these cars would not be driven on British roads. Instead,

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you would see them here, on the streets of Beijing. The Chinese

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economy may be slowing down, but the appetite for luxury here is still

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growing. TRANSLATION: I have heard of Aston Martin. It's a British

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brand. It's very beautiful, looks great. TRANSLATION: Nice logo, and

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looks very modern. There is great pride of work and craftsmanship

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inside these walls, where nobody will admit that any other car is

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made in any other country to touch theirs. The appetite to take on the

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world has always been part of Aston Martin, but for decades, it

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struggled to make a profit. The new business plan means a new factory in

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their South Wales aircraft hangar were chosen above Aston's existing

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factory in Warwickshire. The DBX will be up against others, like

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Bentley's new SUV, and there is even more competition coming. Rolls-Royce

:24:41.:24:43.

will be launching an SUV in the next few years. Those brands you would

:24:44.:24:48.

not normally associate with an SUV, they are looking at potentially 20

:24:49.:24:51.

million SUV sales by 2020 and thinking they will have a slice of

:24:52.:24:56.

that. Today's Beale will bring 750 new jobs. The Welsh government

:24:57.:25:00.

refuses to say how much public money to spending for the privilege. But

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it hopes the world's super-rich will from now on want their cars to come

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exclusivity from south Wales. Hywel Griffith, BBC News, Cardiff.

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You will be stripping the windscreen of your Aston Martin in the morning.

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It is going to be cold again tonight. We have some cracking

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pictures from our weather watchers this morning of the frosty scenes as

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the sun rose. But under those sunny skies, it was a pleasant day for

:25:31.:25:37.

most. Now, under the clear skies, tumbling temperatures for most. It

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could be icy out there. Maybe a few folk patches. Temperatures even in

:25:41.:25:45.

towns and cities are getting to freezing. In rural areas, well

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below. Maybe negative double figures in Scotland. Could be icy with a few

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for patches tomorrow morning. Then we are left with a few showers

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across Western and north Wales and the East of Northern Ireland. Quite

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a few showers through the day across Shetland, blown in by a strong wind.

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But for much of mainland Scotland, it is dry and sunny. After a frosty

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start, quite pleasant. Glasgow and Belfast have similar conditions,

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northern England as well. Generally a dry and bright winter's day.

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Plenty of sunshine and light winds. It is the south-west where we look

:26:31.:26:34.

for Friday's complication. This weather front is trying to push in.

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Some uncertainty about how far it gets, but it could bring cloud and

:26:39.:26:42.

wet weather to the far south-east. For most places, it is a dry and

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find a after a frosty start. Quite a bit of sunshine. The winds will be

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picking up through the course of Friday. Starting to feel a little

:26:52.:26:55.

colder, and that stronger wind develops further into the weekend,

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particularly across England and Wales. So it stays cold. A bitter

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wind for some of us, but not much in the way of rain.

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

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