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A cluster of avoidable baby deaths at an NHS Trust in England -

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the Health Secretary orders an investigation.

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Many of the babies died in Shropshire following failures

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to monitor their heart rate properly during labour.

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They had four missed opportunities to deliver my girls.

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So now I get to spend the rest of my life going, "What if, what if?"

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At least seven babies died in the space

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of just over a year and a half - we have an exclusive report.

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The US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

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holds talks with Vladimir Putin as the Russian leader

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says relations have worsened since President Trump.

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A rapturous welcome for the German team Borussia Dortmund

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a day after a bomb attack on their bus.

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A suspected Islamist has been arrested

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America's First Lady, Melania Trump, wins damages and an apology

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from the Daily Mail after false claims

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she'd provided services beyond simply modelling.

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A steam train reaches 100mph on Britain's mainline rail network

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And coming up in the sport on BBC News,

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an historic night for Leicester in Spain,

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and a big challenge too - they face Atletico Madrid

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in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal.

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Good evening and welcome to the BBC News At Six.

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In the space of just over a year and a half,

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at least seven babies died during or shortly after birth

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And the cluster of deaths was avoidable.

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Five of the babies died simply because their heart rate

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wasn't being monitored properly during labour.

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Their deaths have prompted such concern that the Health Secretary,

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Jeremy Hunt, has now ordered a review

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of the Shrewsbury and Telford hospital trust.

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But it says its mortality levels are in line with the national average.

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Our correspondent Michael Buchanan has this exclusive report.

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Basic errors at this trust have caused healthy babies to die.

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I don't want another mum to feel this.

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I don't want another dad to have to put the lid

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Promises to learn lessons have not been kept.

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They were interpreting my heart rate as hers.

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They missed the opportunity to see that there was any distress.

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But now a family long denied justice themselves have prompted

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How many more babies need to die at this trust

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"Enough is enough, we need now to investigate"?

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A memory box is all Kelly Jones has of her twin girls Ella and Lola.

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Her daughters were stillborn in 2014.

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The trust admitted the deaths were avoidable.

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They'd failed to spot their heart rates were deteriorating,

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so the twins suffered fatal brain injuries.

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That midwife come in crying, saying, "Oh, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry."

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Hospital staff ignored Kelly's repeated calls

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for them to deliver the twins, leaving her now utterly bereft.

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They had four missed opportunities to deliver my girls.

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So now I get to spend the rest of my life going,

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Following the twins' deaths, the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital

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Trust promised Kelly they'd improved how

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they monitored babies' heart rates during labour.

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Errors with foetal heart monitoring contributed to the deaths of five

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healthy babies between September 2014 and May 2016,

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the most recent of which was Ivy Morris.

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It was just something that she couldn't do.

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Ivy died last May aged just four months.

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A brain injury at birth gave her little quality of life.

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The hospital had mistaken her mother's heartbeat for Ivy's

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and failed to spot the baby was in distress.

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I've had an apology from the hospital.

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I've had assurances that this won't happen again, and I accept those.

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But other families have had those assurances

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if they were followed up in the way that they said that they would,

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and in the way that they'd assured those families, then I wouldn't be

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sat here talking to you, and I would have my daughter.

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Foetal heart monitors are commonly used on women in labour

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to ensure the baby isn't in distress.

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Mistakes are made, but the repeated errors at the Shrewsbury

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and Telford trust have prompted the Health Secretary

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Jeremy Hunt has ordered a review of deaths and other maternity errors -

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a move prompted by the tireless campaigning of one family.

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Richard and Rhiannon have fought the trust for years

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over the avoidable death of their daughter Kate.

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Isabella's big sister died in 2009 following numerous

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their determination eventually got them a full apology.

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But they say the trust could have avoided more deaths

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They haven't just killed my daughter,

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but they have disregarded the value of her life, her memory,.

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Her life had value and meaning, because there was so much from it

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that they could have learned and improved from.

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The Shrewsbury and Telford trust have promised

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they'll cooperate fully with the upcoming inquiry.

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The medical director admitted to me they'd made mistakes.

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Sadly, there are cases where losses occur.

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But what families expect when a loss occurs,

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as an absolute minimum, is that lessons are learned.

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I would acknowledge that, in the case of foetal

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heart-rate monitoring, we've identified a number of cases

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where that hasn't been fully implemented and where we have learnt

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both in terms of human error and in terms of analysis and monitoring.

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Too many families have been failed by this trust.

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The upcoming review will hopefully stop such unnecessary heartache.

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Just tragic for the families involved - who is to blame, though?

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Well, our reporting cannot pin it on any single individual at all, we

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found errors by doctors, by midwives, by doctors and midwives

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not working properly together. It is fair to say that it is a cultural

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problem of the trust going back a number of years, and that is based

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on an official NHS England commissioned report last year that

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found there was a lack of safety culture at this trust going back to

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2009. There was also a second review analysing all NHS trusts in England

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that was published last year. It found that this trust had a poor

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reporting culture, didn't learn lessons from incidents. In fact, it

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is one of the worst in England when it comes to that aspect of care. I

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think the thing to point out is that the reporting today is mainly

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focused on 2014 - 16, but you heard a case going back to 2009, and that

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family told us it would be arrogant of them to assume they were the only

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avoidable deaths, and that raises the question of what else might have

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been taking place. The review will be too late for too many in

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Shropshire, but all of them say that if it stops other families from

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suffering the heartache that they have, it will be worthwhile. Michael

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Buchanan, thank you. The US Secretary of State

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is holding talks now in Moscow Rex Tillerson is trying to persuade

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the Russians to drop their support in the wake of last week's

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chemical attack on a rebel town. Our Moscow correspondent

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Steve Rosenberg reports. The body language

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told you everything about the state

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of US-Russian relations. Right now, Moscow and Washington

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are not the best of friends. No sooner had they sat down

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than Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, accused America

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of an illegal attack on Syria. Rex Tillerson said he was here

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to talk things through. And to further clarify

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areas of sharp difference so that we can better understand

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why these differences exist. There's been a sharp

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difference over this. Last week, America launched

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cruise missiles targeting a Syrian government airbase -

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an act of aggression, said Russia. But Washington called it

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an appropriate response to the recent chemical weapons

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attack on Syria. America says it's certain

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the Syrian regime was behind this. Today, President Trump

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urged Russia to drop its support

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for President Assad. Putin is backing a person

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that's truly an evil person, and I think it's very bad

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for Russia, I think it's very bad for mankind,

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it's very bad for this world. But President Putin told Russian TV

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there was no evidence the Syrian government had

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carried out a chemical attack. Moscow has no appetite

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for regime change. If you dismiss Mr Assad,

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it's not a solution of Syria. It is also a kind of illusion,

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a Western illusion - "Let's change this dictator

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and we will have a paradise." Americans did it in many places,

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and we know the results. When Rex Tillerson was

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an oil executive, he did business

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with Vladimir Putin - toasted deals with him,

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received an award from him. But convincing the Kremlin

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to abandon President Assad have drunk champagne

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with Vladimir Putin. He may even have got

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a medal from him. But that was business -

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this is geopolitics. The reality is that Russia

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believes it has nothing to gain and a lot to lose

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from abandoning President Assad. And until that changes,

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it's not going to do it. Russia sent its military to Syria

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to keep President Assad in power. To Moscow, he is the guarantor

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of Russian interests there. The West may call him an evil -

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Russia calls him an ally. Police in Germany say

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they've detained one suspect, thought to have Islamist links,

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after three explosions hit a bus carrying the Borussia Dortmund

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football team last night. They say they're treating

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the incident as a terror attack. The match against Monaco

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is now being played tonight. Our correspondent Jenny Hill

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is in Dortmund, where it has just got

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under way. Jenny.

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Stringent security here, as you'd expect a night, as the match got

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under way about half an hour ago. Police are still trying to establish

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who was behind last night's attack, and what the motive might have been.

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As you heard there, they have made one arrest today, and they are

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believed to be looking for another man, though prosecutors are refusing

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to comment on fairly widespread media reports that one of those men

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was an Iraqi national, the other a German citizen. Nevertheless, right

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now the focus here at the stadium here in Dortmund, Germany's largest

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stadium, is very much on the game. This is how Germany

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defends home ground. Last night's attack after all

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struck at the very heart TRANSLATION: Football

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is stronger than terror. We want our children

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to enjoy football. This was, police believe, a targeted

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attack on the Dortmund team. Three explosive devices

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packed with metal pins, planted on their route

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to the stadium. Explosives with a range

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of 100 metres. Investigators have yet

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to establish a motive, but they are examining

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letters found at the scene. TRANSLATION: Three letters

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were found at the site, they suggest a possible

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Islamist background. Among other things, they demand

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the withdrawal of German Tornadoes from Syria and the closure

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of the Ramstein airbase in Germany. These letters are being investigated

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by Islamic experts. But in the meantime,

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there is a match to play. The Dortmund team arrived tonight

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without Marc Bartra, who posted this picture earlier

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following surgery on his wrist. A policeman was also

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injured in the attack, TRANSLATION: We were all appalled

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yesterday when we heard about the attack on the bus

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of the players in Dortmund. We sincerely wish the injured,

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the player Marc Bartra and also And we all agree that we are dealing

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here with a disgusting deed. Tonight there is fear,

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and there are questions, but as Dortmund clash

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against Monaco, That the match is being played

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at all, is for many here, America's First Lady, Melania Trump,

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has accepted damages, reported to be in

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excess of ?2 million, from the publishers

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of the Daily Mail, after it printed allegations about

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her past career. The paper, which has also agreed

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to print an apology, suggested that work

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undertaken by Mrs Trump in the 1990s Today it accepted that

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those suggestions were untrue. Our media correspondent

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David Sillito reports. My wife Melania, who

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is here right now... Melania Trump, First Lady

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of the United States - it's a position that is always

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going to attract press attention, but when the Daily Mail published

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an article last August making a series of accusations about her

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past, she called in the lawyers. Today, that process

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came to a conclusion. And in a statement read out in court

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today, they address the allegations in that article headlined "Racy

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photos and troubling questions", in which the Daily Mail republished

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allegations that Melania Trump had provided services beyond simply

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modelling, all of which it now accepts is entirely untrue,

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defamatory, and for which the Daily Mail has now

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apologised unreservedly. The size of the settlement

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hasn't been made public, but a figure of just under

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$3 million is being widely reported. It's a big figure for a libel claim,

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but Melania Trump had, at the beginning, been seeking

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150 million for what her claim said was the loss of a once-in-a-lifetime

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opportunity to extend her brand. There was no mention of business

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or branding today's statement, rather, "The allegations strike

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at the heart of the claimant's "The claimant has not

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acted as alleged." "The suggestion that such

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allegations even merit investigation is deeply offensive and has caused

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a great deal of upset Melania has been a very soft

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and easy target for the press. In terms of the criticism

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levelled against her, and the specific types

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of allegations that she has suffered from, it really

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is a kind of lazy sexism. She's been criticised because people

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want to attack her husband. In court, the statement on behalf

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of the Daily Mail was brief - an apology, a retraction,

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and publicly setting The Health Secretary

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orders an investigation, after a cluster of avoidable baby

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deaths at an NHS Trust in England. Still to come, Leicester City

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prepare to take on Atletico Madrid. Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News,

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double Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso will miss

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the Monaco Grand Prix next month so he can race in the Indy 500,

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and the Spaniard has the full support

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of his McLaren team. Threats and abuse on social media

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need to stop, and the likes of Facebook and Twitter must do more

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to police what is posted online - that's what an MP said today,

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after a man was sentenced to four months in prison for posting

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messages on social media, Mark Sands pleaded guilty to sending

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the grossly offensive messages on Facebook to the Eastbourne

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MP, Caroline Ansell. She's the latest female MP to be

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singled out for abuse online, brazen hand gesture, Mark Sands

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arrived in court. Never in trouble with police before, now in jail for

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threatening to kill his local MP. When police found his Facebook page,

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it was full of posts described as hateful and vitriolic, showing

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entrenched political views. He referred to himself as a trainee

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murderer. He wrote, end poverty, kill a Tory now. And the one for

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which he was jailed, if you vote to take my money, Al come round your

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house and presently stabbing to death. That was aimed at Caroline

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Ansell. She received a call from police last year saying there was a

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credible threat against her life. Seen it on the front page of your

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local newspaper, and then seeing it in every cafe in the town,

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supermarkets and newsagents. It was very powerful. I sat with my

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12-year-old son and his eyes widened, as you'd imagine, as he saw

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the red that message and saw my photograph alongside the man who had

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been charged. In her Eastbourne constituency come she has had to

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tighten security, wanting to stay accessible to constituents, but now

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mindful of the risks. The very nature of an MP's job, public

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facing, openly political, means they have always been subject to

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criticism, not least from local people who may not agree. But in the

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last few years, there has been a substantial increase in the level of

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online abuse that has been reported, according to police. The nature of

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it can be very personal, highly offensive and sometimes threatening

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and violent. The murder of the Labour MP Jo Cox last year has

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heightened awareness about the potential consequences of public

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anger towards politicians. Prosecutors say even online threats

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are taken seriously, and are a growing problem. When you see some

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of the impact it has on individual to have suffered online abuse, it is

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quite devastating for their lives. If threats are made, they are

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concerned for their own safety and others they may work or live with.

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The threats made to carry a -- Caroline Ansell or call sinister.

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While she is not put off politics, she fears unless there is a change

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in public opinion, others might be. Alex Forsyth, BBC News.

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Customers of the energy company EDF are facing another price rise -

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The company's standard variable price for electricity

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will increase by 9%, and gas will go up by 5.5%.

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The energy regulator has described the hike as "difficult to justify".

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It follows price rises by other leading energy companies.

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Leicester City's European dream continues this evening,

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as they take on Athletico Madrid in the first leg of the Champions

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After their fairytale win in the Premiership last year,

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Leicester have had a difficult season, which saw them

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slide down the table - but it seems their fortunes

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Joe Wilson is in Madrid this evening.

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It is hot, it is Madrid, it's the Champions League quarterfinal -

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Now, honestly, where will this ever end?

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Sadly the pleasant scenes of fans enjoying the sun were far from the

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full story. Leicester City have officially complained about the

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behaviour of the police here. Some Leicester fans have experienced

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policing which went over the top. There are a couple of people openly

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antagonising the police. But they took out all of these people, people

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with children, they battered us. A 70-year-old man, kids with children.

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Security, naturally, is an issue here after Dortmund.

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This was the Leicester team bus last night.

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But there is no nonspecific threat to

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Football goes on. Atletico Madrid have been Champions League finalists

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twice in recent years. Now here they will -- will walk at a man who

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starred as a player for Walsall, Craig Shakespeare. It is his eighth

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game as Leicester manager. Sometimes you have new experiences,

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of which this season is But make no mistake,

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we're there to compete. We're not there just

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to make the numbers up. This is the most famous

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Leicester side ever. But in Madrid, do

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they know this team? The Leicester effect is spreading

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across Europe, slowly. It is the champions

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of England, it's called Leicester fans came here to follow

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their dream further. A steam locomotive has been driven

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at 100 miles an hour, for the first time since steam power

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was abandoned by British Rail, The locomotive, Tornado, reached

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the speed as part of an experiment to assess whether steam trains can

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safely run faster than the current It may look like something

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from a bygone era, but the Tornado steam locomotive

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is a very modern train. To run competitively on today's

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railways it must hit top speeds. Which is why in the middle

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of the night, its volunteer crew did something that hadn't been

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done since 1966. On the line between Newcastle

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and Doncaster, they took the train to the max,

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past its normal running speed, The guys have had an inspection

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and we seem to be all This is all about gathering

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data, that is what the And then we will take the engine

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to the shed, put it to bed, The Tornado was built in 2008

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at a cost of ?3 million. But to fit into the modern

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rail network timetable, its crew had to show that it

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could cope at more A lucky few were on board last

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night as the train hit She's just the only loco

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that could have done it. Tornado is still cooling down. Now

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they have seen what she can really do, it is hoped by the end of this

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year, this locomotive will be making regular express trips. For now, it

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is celebration time, with a copper rather than champagne. The crew

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thrilled at an achievement built on sweat and steam.

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Now the weather. Hello. A lot of us thinking about the Easter weekend

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and what it is going to bring. Not an awful lot is happening with the

:25:15.:25:18.

weather. That is quite good news. We are not necessarily expecting a

:25:19.:25:22.

wash-out but we are not expecting a lot of sunshine or warm weather.

:25:23.:25:27.

Somewhere in the middle. Pretty much what you would expect at this time

:25:28.:25:30.

of the year. That is what we had today. We had a weather front

:25:31.:25:34.

crossing the country. Fresh air from the north-west. Winds from the

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Atlantic. And also some showers this evening and overnight. But these are

:25:42.:25:44.

showers and they are very hit and miss. A lot of us have dry weather

:25:45.:25:48.

this evening and overnight. Pretty chilly. It will be on the cool side

:25:49.:25:54.

overnight. A touch of grass frost way before dawn. Tomorrow, it is not

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going to be a lot different to what we have today. There will be a fair

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bit of cloud. But also some sunshine poking through the clouds and some

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more April showers in the north-west. Temperatures not

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particularly exciting but not desperately disappointing either. It

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is all about the strength of the sunshine. Even 11 degrees in the sun

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feels good enough. It is going to be cloudy on Friday. Even some rain

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occasionally in the southern half of the UK. Brighter for a change. Good

:26:29.:26:33.

Friday definitely the most dull day of the Easter weekend. And then

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Saturday, this weather map is pretty complicated. A lot happening.

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Nothing is very dynamic in the atmosphere. I think it is just going

:26:44.:26:50.

to be a pretty uniform area weather across the UK. All of us will have

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some sunshine. Most will be at risk of getting a shower and it is very

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cool. That's all from the BBC News at Six.

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So it's goodbye from me, and on BBC One we now join the BBC's

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news teams where you are.

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