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Hikes in council tax in England and steep cuts to public services,

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that's the warning tonight from council leaders.

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They say the cost of care for increasing numbers of elderly

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We are struggling to balance next year's budget and we are really

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struggling to balance and make it sustainable over the next

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I think our services are at breaking point.

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And new figures show the pressure on hospital beds because social care

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shortages have contributed to a much higher NHS deficit than expected.

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That's despite a major injection of government money.

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We'll be asking why the NHS is facing such problems.

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Listening in - the Prime Minister makes a rare appearance in the House

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of Lords as peers debate the Brexit bill.

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The UKIP leader Paul Nuttall under pressure as two officials

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in Merseyside resign after his claims about

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No more bashing the bottle - science finds the solution

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to getting that last drop of ketchup.

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And Sutton United prepare for the game of their lives

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in their FA Cup match this evening against Arsenal.

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And in sport later in the hour on BBC news, seven sports including

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I live at National League side Sutton United. They played giants

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Arsenal. Nearly every local authority

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in England is planning to raise council taxes in the coming year

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in order to provide care for people From April, council tax

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could increase by nearly 5% But the Local Government Association

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says that won't be enough and it warns there will have to be deep

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cuts to other council services. There are 151 councils in England.

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147 of them plan to raise council tax specifically to pay

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for social care provision. Here's our social affairs

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correspondent Alison Holt. Hello, Margaret!

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How are you? This is where the pressure

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on the social care system can 81-year-old Margaret Williams has

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been in hospital since she had a fall but is waiting for the care

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she'll need to help And its social workers

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in Surrey who are trying Because I've been in here for how

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many weeks, so obviously Yeah, so we think you need

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somebody to come in at In a busy hospital,

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she knows her bed is in demand, but for the council,

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finding funding and companies to When I met her, she'd been

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in hospital for more than a month. Since before Christmas,

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and then they sent me home, but I had to come back in two

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or three days, and I've I'm just following up

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regarding Margaret Williams, which we are waiting

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for the joint funding... Social workers were able to get

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the care Mrs Williams needed a few days later,

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but according to today's local government survey,

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most councils are struggling with the sheer demand for this sort

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of support for people in care In Surrey, they say

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the demand is unrelenting. I've worked in adult

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social care for 20 years, and I've never known the pressure

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that we've got now, and there's no People are getting older,

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people are living longer, and their needs are increasing

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with more complexity. And Surrey's chief executive

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believes they have no choice but to raise council tax to meet

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the growing costs of social care. We're struggling to balance next

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year's budget, and we're really struggling to make it sustainable

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over the next two or three years. I think our services

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are at the breaking point. Surrey's Conservative-led council

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abandoned plans to ask voters for a 15% tax rise

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after what were described as government reassurances,

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but like most authorities in today's survey, council tax here is likely

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to rise by nearly 5%. And many councils warn

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other services, like bin collection and road mending,

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may still face cuts. There has been a united voice

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of local government to say that they need to have more funding

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in social care, and that the crisis But the Government says

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extra money is already being put into social care -

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particularly services like this, which help people

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regain some independence. It also says local authorities

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will soon be able to keep all the money raised by council tax

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and business rates, giving them more Meanwhile, NHS Trusts in England

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have reported a deficit of nearly ?900 million in their latest

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figures, way above the The service has been under severe

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pressure this winter and Trusts say the figures reflect a larger

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than expected rise in numbers attending Accident and Emergency

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and in hospital admissions. I'm joined by our

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Health Editor Hugh Pym. We have all got rather used to

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seeing how much red ink there is across NHS finances in England and

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today we learn a bit more. Ministers say progress has been made on

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cutting expensive agency staff bills, but the figures are worse

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than expected. What was predicted last November by the regulator for

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this financial year for all trusts in England was a deficit of ?580

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million. Today we have learnt it will be higher. They think it will

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be Nero ?850 million. One of the reasons they give is the sheer

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number of patients, more than expected. Let's look at the numbers

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going to A in October and December, a key barometer of patient

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numbers. There was an increase on the same period the previous year of

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200,000, up to well above 5 million. Another reason was the delayed

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transfers from hospitals, making it difficult for hospitals to find

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enough beds. If you cannot move a patient on, you cannot find room for

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somebody who need routine surgery and hospitals lose income. They

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cannot move patients on because of the lack of social care in England.

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Social care again has come back to cause problems for the NHS in these

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figures. All eyes will be on the budget. Ministers we are told by

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working on a new packet for social care in England.

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The House of Lords has begun debating the bill which will pave

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The legislation passed the Commons with no amendments,

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but the government doesn't have a majority in the Lords.

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Opposition and crossbench peers are seeking guarantees

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about the rights of citizens from other EU countries

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Our Deputy Political Editor John Pienaar is in Central Lobby.

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John, Teresa May took the unusual step on sitting in on the debate.

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She did. It is an important debate. Here in the House of Lords the

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opponents of Brexit and those who have deep doubts have begun their

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final stand. It is a fight they expect to lose, but not before they

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do all they can to make the government think again about who has

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a say on the final deal and about how much freedom to give Theresa May

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and her ministers as they plan forbidden's future after the EU.

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Blue lights flashing, Theresa May was determined not to miss this. She

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had already sent a clear message, Brexit is coming, get out of the

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way. There will be debate and scrutiny in the House of Lords, but

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I do not want to see anybody holding up what the people want. She rushed

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in for a rare appearance, perched on the steps of the throne. 100 peers

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wanted to speak, a modern record, political big hitters among them,

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like Lord Mandelson. Yes, they did want to leave the European Union.

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But they did not want to turn Britain into Abu Ghraib, politically

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isolated, offshore tax haven without reach or influence in the world. The

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Lib Dems want a second referendum, no one now thinks they will get one.

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Brexit is the most important single issue which has faced the country

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for decades. For many of asked the approach being adopted by the

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government is little short of disastrous. These EU migrant workers

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protesting today want their rights to live and work in Britain

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guaranteed, not later in talks, but now. In coming days ministers will

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be pressed to agree. But here were over 50,000 letters demanding that

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the law to get Brexit started should be passed quickly with no changes,

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an argument supported by some who campaigned against it. I voted to

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remain in the European Union, but I support this bill because I believe

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the referendum was decisive. A former chancellor said no deal was

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better than a bad one. As soon as it is clear that our European Union

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partners will not accept our offer, we should move on. There is nothing

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to be gained by doomed negotiations. Peers are just getting warmed up,

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they will be talking to the early hours and tomorrow until midnight.

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Next week, the government may just lose votes on migrant rights and buy

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the rights of Parliament to demand a better deal. When it comes to a test

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of who backs down, the betting is the Lord's will not defy the elected

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MPs or the referendum. Talks to quit the EU looked like starting on

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schedule next month. But there is more wrangling to come and that is

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just the start of Brexit. Two senior officials have resigned

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from UKIP in Merseyside, claiming that senior party figures

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have shown "crass insensitivity" The party's leader Paul Nuttall has

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admitted that claims he'd lost close personal friends

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in the disaster were inaccurate. And party donor Aaron Banks later

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said that he was "sick to death" From Liverpool, our Political

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Correspondent Carole Paul Nuttall had hoped

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to unite his party and take on Labour in its heartlands,

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but he's suffered a serious setback with two resignations

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on his own home territory. Ukip's Merseyside chairman

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is one of those standing down. He told me Mr Nuttall should

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apologise for claims on his website that he lost personal friends

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in the Hillsborough disaster. but he should get his

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facts right, really. It's a judgment of error,

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he's put an error out there on the web page, you know,

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he's got to correct that, and what he should do,

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I know he has apologised for it, but he should come to this city

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of Liverpool to say, "Listen, I'm sorry for

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that error." But it was this tweet

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from Ukip donor Arron Banks Mr Banks said he was sick to death

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of hearing about Hillsborough. I'm not going to be

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serving the party. I can still serve the people of this

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city, which I do every day anyway. if it's got Arron Banks as a donor,

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sorry. Ukip's Liverpool chairman,

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Stuart Monkham, has also resigned, saying "this unprofessional approach

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and crass insensitivity from high-profile people,

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closely within and without Ukip, Paul Nuttall is well aware that

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Hillsborough remains a painful, Questions about his personal

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experience have dogged his bid for Parliament

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in the Stoke Central by-election. And the timing of these

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resignations, just as voters are preparing to go to the polls,

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could hardly be worse. Neither he nor Arron Banks

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would comment today. The Ukip leader says

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he was at Hillsborough There was a mistake on my website,

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which was put up by a press officer. I take full responsibility.

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It's now been taken down. I was there, I was at the game,

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I can prove I was at the game. I thought I'd seen all lows

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in politics. This just isn't scraping

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the barrel, he could face further

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resignations from his party. Our top story this evening:

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The rising cost of social care - local councils warn

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of cuts to public services I am at Sutton United were a squad

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of just a small budget will take on the might and the millions of

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Arsenal in the FA Cup. And sevens sports including wheelchair sport

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and badminton had their funding rejected by UK sport.

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A state of famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan,

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the first to be announced in any part of the world since 2011.

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The government and the United Nations report that

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around 100,000 people are currently affected, with another one million

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South Sudan is the world's newest country, having gained

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But hopes of prosperity have been shattered by three years of civil

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Alistair Leithead has sent this report from the capital city, Juba.

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When famine hits, the smallest suffer. In a hospital ward in the

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capital city, children are severely malnourished. A distended belly and

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a painful skin condition are obvious symptoms of hunger. Malnutrition is

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really bad, because it has increased here for some years, but this year,

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it has really increased. The rate it has increased. This is unity state,

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where 100,000 people are now feeling the effects of famine. Some aid has

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been delivered to this worst affected region, but people are

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dying of starvation every day. Civil war means many are out of reach, and

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are not getting this type of help. The real tragedy is that this is

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largely man-made. We do have famine and food insecurity, and it has

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worsened in many parts of this country, largely because of this

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unfortunate conflict. It is because of the fighting, but also because of

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access challenges that humanitarian 's have had in the parts of this

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country. A clash between former Vice President Riek Machar and President

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Salva Kiir, in the Hat, sparked civil War. For more than three

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years, there has been fighting across the country, largely along

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ethnic lines. Last year, a peace deal dramatically collapsed,

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bringing violence to a wider area. Economic crisis has priced food

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beyond the reach of most. Well over 3 million people have been forced

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from their homes by the fighting. Hundreds of thousands of them are in

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camps set up by the United Nations for their own protection. 1.5

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million have fled to neighbouring countries, creating one of the worst

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refugees crises in the world. Towns like this have emptied as the

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violence has spread to the food growing south of the country. In six

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months, 450,000 people have fled to Uganda. Thousands cross the border

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every day, and describe atrocities, rape and murder, by soldiers from

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both sides. The UN has warned of the potential for genocide, and now a

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deepening famine, unless the war is stopped.

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CCTV footage has emerged apparently showing the moment

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when the half-brother of North Korea's leader is attacked

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with poison at Kuala Lumpa airport in Malaysia.

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The grainy footage is said to show Kim Jong-nam walking

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through the terminal - before a woman attacks him from

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The footage hasn't been independently verified

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After the attack, the alleged victim -

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in the blue-looking jacket - walks out seeking help from airport

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Iraqi forces are continuing their advance into Mosul,

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Iraq's second-largest city, after launching a major attack

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yesterday to remove Islamic State fighters from their last major

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Progress has been slowed because of huge improvised explosive

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devices that the militants have placed along the route.

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UK Sport has rejected appeals by seven sports that won't receive

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funding ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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Archery, weightlifting and wheelchair rugby

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won't get any money, and badminton, which came out

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of the last Olympics with a bronze medal,

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Our Sports Editor, Dan Roan, is at the National Badminton Centre

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Dann, there must be some dismay there. Absolutely. Enthusiasm for

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the sport continues, but they are reeling from losing not summer but

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all of their ?5.7 million of funding, as a result of UK sport's

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decision. They learn today that their appeal against that decision

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has failed. The fear here is that there could be job losses and that

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the scale of the Olympic programme could be cut back. And more dismay

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because that is in spite of the fact that they met their Olympic medal

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target of a bronze in the men's doubles, despite that bad news

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today. UK Sport say they have to prioritise and make some tough

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decisions, not least because the number of ticket sales in the

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National Lottery, so crucial for sport funding, is on the way down,

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and that has meant they have had to been ruthless and cut some funding.

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Here is what Liz Nicholl, the Chief Executive of UK Sport, told me

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earlier today. We do believe that badminton -

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and wheelchair rugby and other sports -

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have medal potential, but it's not strong enough

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for it to be higher and we've just run out of resources

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to be able to reach that far. Are you not just too ruthless,

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too obsessed with medals? We're very focused on an outcome,

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which is delivering more medals and more medallists

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to make the nation proud. The approach that

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we take has worked, UK Sport are investing hundreds of

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millions of pounds into both Olympic and Paralympic sports in this next

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four-year cycle, building up to Tokyo in 2020. They have been

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credited with transforming Britain into a powerhouse nation in their

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game, that there is more controversy than ever before when it comes to

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giving up that money. Thank you. Scientists in Boston have found

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a solution to the age-old question - how do you get every last drop

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of ketchup out of the bottle? Their discovery should be welcomed

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by consumers and reduce waste, as our Science Correspondent,

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Pallab Ghosh, reports from Boston. It's always an effort, and everyone

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has their own technique. Well, you put it on its side,

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and you just karate chop it. You have to really shake it

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up a ton beforehand. I try to give it a good shake, kind

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of like just go like that a lot. It's something we've

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all struggled with - how to get that last drop

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of ketchup out of the bottle. Well, scientists have come

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up with an invention It can work for toothpaste, make-up,

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hand cream, even glue. Here at MIT, they've developed this

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clever new technology. What I have here is our patented

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super-slippery coating technology. You'll see that the toothpaste

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glides very easily. And you can do that with food

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as well, can't you? So here I have mayonnaise

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in a regular bottle. You will see that mayonnaise

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is stuck, sticky. Here is our liquid glide-coated

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bottle, and you will see that the mayonnaise slides

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very easily as well. The container has been specially

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engineered to enable the ketchup, or any other sticky liquid,

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to slip out easily. Scientists coat the inside

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with a rough surface. They then put a thin layer over it,

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and they cover that with a liquid which fills in the troughs and forms

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a very slippery surface, The ketchup hovers on top,

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and just glides out of the bottle. This coating process

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could cut huge amounts of waste. We dispose of

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40 billion containers that The technology is already

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being used for paint. Look how the untreated tin compares

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with the coated one on the right. 200 million gallons of material

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is thrown away by industry each year when the super-slippery bottle

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is available in a few years' time, mealtimes will be

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a little less tricky. In just over an hour,

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all eyes will be on a football pitch in south London,

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when the part-time players of Sutton United will take

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on the Premier League giants Arsenal For Sutton United, it's the biggest

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game in the club's history, as they attempt to produce an upset

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and reach the quarterfinals. Our Sports Correspondent, Natalie

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Pirks, is at Sutton's ground. This club is run by a dedicated team

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of volunteers. If players are paid just ?10,000 a week in total, in

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contrast to Arsenal's Mesut Ozil, who earns 14 times that amount,

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alone, in the same time frame. The task facing Sutton United tonight is

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a mammoth one, but football has a habit of creating fairy tales.

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Sutton United's cup run has seen their captain living the dream.

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Not bad. You?

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That is, when he's not on a building site.

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Jamie Collins only trains twice a week, working elsewhere to

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make ends meet like the rest of his team-mates.

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With no strict athletic regime to follow, Collins enjoyed six pints

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with the boys the night before he did this.

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COMMENTATOR: Collins for Sutton. 1-0!

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The draw for the fifth round gave him even more reason

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Sutton United will play Arsenal in the next round of

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It's either been the media or friends or family, or

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people I haven't spoken to for God knows how mant years,

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It's been enjoyable, but when you're at work

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trying to get things done, it's sometimes a little bit distracting.

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Sutton United's motto is "In it together".

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The bijou away dressing room takes that rather literally.

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There's more than ?170 million worth of talent in the Arsenal first 11.

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Most won't have experienced an away day like this before.

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And it's not just the changing rooms

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The chairman's had his hands full with a leaking roof.

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So are you in a position now where you are going to be able

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I was going to say we are going to splash out!

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This community club can afford to now.

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The estimated ?700,000 they've made from this Cup run means they can pay

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off their debts to their wealthy benefactor, who happens

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Paul Doswell hasn't been paid a penny in the eight years

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Instead, the property developer has poured ?1 million

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of his own cash into the club, half of it to lay this 3G pitch.

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Doswell is practically unsackable, regardless of the result tonight.

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If we beat them, I don't know what I'll do.

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I think I'll be up there for a long, long time, and I don't know

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It's something I haven't even thought about,

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If it happened, it would just be one of those moments

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It will be, "Where were you when Sutton beat Arsenal?"

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The club already knows about giant-killing.

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They famously beat top-flight Coventry in 1989.

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There will be no dodgy pitch this time,

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The away fans sitting here tonight can be assured,

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though, that Sutton's desire is the real thing.

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We have talked a lot about Sutton. What about Arsenal? Arsene Wenger is

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a man under pressure after his side was thrashed 5-1 by Bayern Munich

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midweek. But Arsenal are 105 places above Sutton United in the Sokolik.

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Defeat tonight would be unthinkable, but as Lincoln City proved in the

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week by beating Burnley, not impossible.

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I'm sure there's many a spring blossom bursting into life this

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afternoon, as temperatures peaked at 18 degrees in and around the London

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area. It felt more like mid May. However, February once its month

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back. It will get its weather back later this week. Some areas will

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struggle to get above mid-single figures. Colder air isn't far away.

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Tonight, milder conditions across the southern half of the UK. Patchy

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rain and drizzle at the moment, but turning wetter overnight across

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Wales, the west Midlands and East Anglia. A chilly night than last

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night in parts of Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Here's the best of

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your Tuesday sunshine. It will turn cloudy and wetter from the west

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later on. The day starts wet and misty across Wales and the South

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West, struggling to brighten up. It turns a bit wetter in the South West

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later on. Brighter weather for the Eastern high ground. We will finish

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the day with a lot of rain across the west. Tomorrow night, it will be

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wet and windy. Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England, after

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the promising start. Those conditions extend to all on

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Wednesday. Low-pressure pursing into Scotland could cause 60 miles an

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hour gusts. Some showers will be wintry. England and Wales start of

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cloudy and damp, with patchy rain and drizzle. A cloudy couple of days

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on the way in Southern counties. Further north, it turns colder, and

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that colder air will be with us all, after that potentially windy spell

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on Thursday. Thank you.

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