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A damning report accuses Royal Bank of Scotland of the systematic abuse

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A leaked report shows that hundreds of the banks' business customers

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complained they were mistreated, one man tells us he

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It was like the Gestapo walking in, the aggression,

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the divisiveness, the whole way in which they'd talked.

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RBS, the biggest lender to companies in the UK,

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We'll be asking what more can be done to protect customers?

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Convoys of lorries, linked by Wi-Fi, with only one driver,

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they'll be tested on Britain's roads next year to try to cut emissions

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More than 20 people have been killed in violence in India

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after a self-styled spiritual guru was convicted of rape.

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Millions based for bank holiday disruption.

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And one of the most hyped contests in boxing history,

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Floyd Mayweather comes out of retirement to take on Ireland's

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Ben Stokes hits a crucial century for England's cricketers

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as the West Indies control the opening day of the second

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Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

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They were small businesses that found themselves in need of help

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during the financial crisis almost a decade ago.

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But instead of helping them their bank, Royal Bank of Scotland -

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which itself had to be bailed out - has been accused of systematic

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A leaked report by the Financial Conduct Authority, seen by the BBC,

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says it mistreated almost all of its customers with 92%

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of viable firms experiencing "some form of inappropriate action"

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One small business owner has told the BBC he considered suicide.

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Here's our business correspondent, Joe Lynam.

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It's Britain's biggest lender to businesses, it's customers are the

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backbone of our economy, but a major report has highlighted the scale of

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mistreatment faced by some at the hands of RBS. We opened in December

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98... This man used to own bowling complexes and was an RBS for deck

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decades. When when profits fell during the recession, his bowling

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bigs was placed into the restructuring unit, supposedly to

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get the company back on its feet. It was like the Gestapo walking in. The

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aggression, the divisiveness, the whole way in which they'd talked.

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They would bang tables, shout, point fingers. The whole thing was, like,

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they weren't in anyway here to help us through a difficult time. They

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were trying to sub gentleman indicate us. They loaded additional

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debt on the company and they had to surrender 80% of the company. I was

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referred to a counsellor for treatment and prescribed

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antidepressants and I became suicidal. He is suing RBS for breach

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of duty and conspiracy. RBS said that the case was currently the

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subject of litigation and that the bank would be vigorously defending

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these claims. Hundreds of RBS customers had long complained of

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mistreatment, so the Financial Conduct Authority commissioned an

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independent report which it received last year, but only published a

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limited summary of. Now the BBC has acquired the full report and it

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highlights the extent of the widespread inapolicewomaniate

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treatment faced by RBS' own customers some of which was

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systematic or orchestrated from within the bank. Crucially for RBS,

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the report said the bank had shown narrow compliance with the

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investigation instead of co-operating fully as it said it

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had. The report for the Financial Conduct Authority found that 92% of

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viable or otherwise healthy companies experienced some form of

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inappropriate action by RBS, such as hiking up lending costs and fees

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unnecessarily. Only 10% of those companies placed by RBS into GRG

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returned intact to the main bank. Many of the rest were sold off,

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forced to hand over substantial stakes to RBS or liquidated. In the

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Ied IDst of reare reseeings they were earning ?1.2 billion for RBS.

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The bank said they had not handled complaints well and put in new

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complaints process overseen by a retired High Court judge. The issue

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of mistreatment has been examined by MPs who urged the Financial Conduct

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Authority to pub publish the full report. They forced lots of

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companies who that could have survived and back into health, they

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went out of business because they were mistreated because the bank

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wanted to make a profit out of them. We have to learn that lesson. The

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Financial Conduct Authority said: For the bank, which is 73% owned by

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UK taxpayers, this is yet another obstacle on the road to full health.

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Being accused of wholesale mistreatment of its own customers

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may delay that rehabilitation. The mesh you spoke to felt suicidal

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what more can be done to protect customers like him? The FCA admits

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that in this report there may be regulatory gaps in what it can do if

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a company is mistreated by its bank. If it has the power it will act. So

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if you are a former RBS business customer and you feel as if you may

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have been mistreated by the bank's he rerestruring division, GRG, the

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first port of call is the compensation scheme, overseen by a

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retired High Court judge. I think the is pretty keen though to put

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this latest chapter in its checkered CV behind it. Thank you.

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Semi-automated, self-driving lorries will be tested out

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The trucks will be connected wirelessly with up to three lorries

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The technology has already been tested elsewhere in Europe

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The Government says it will mean cheaper fuel bills,

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Our correspondent, Richard Lister, looks at how it will work.

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This could be the future, the driver in the second

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lorry is only steering, his speed is controlled

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by a computer, which is monitoring what the lead driver does.

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These Dutch trials suggest lorries, linked by Wi-Fi like this,

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can drive much closer together, and that may have benefits.

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That means 10% less fuel, that's money off yours

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It's 10% less CO2, so we're going to be really helping the planet.

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Congestion, if we get platooning, vehicles are running smoother

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together, we're not going to get the traffic jams we have together.

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We're going have robots and sensors not making mistakes hopefully that

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This is one of the specially equipped lorries that'll take part

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in the British trials - first on test tracks and then,

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This technology is moving fast, some cars can already

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The haulage industry wants to catch up.

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So the big question is, do sophisticated lorries

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Well, the short answer is, yes, most British roads are too small

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and too complex for mighty road trains, but vehicles

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like this could revolutionise long distance haulage.

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So Daniel, what we're going to do now, is jump into the vehicle

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and then we'll pull forward and start the exercise.

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Les is training the next generation of lorry drivers here in Slough.

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Daniel's almost ready to take his test, neither is keen

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on sharing the driver's seat with a computer.

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If a driver sees something is wrong, they can deal with it,

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but if a machine breaks down, which is my main concern,

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Wi-Fi connections, what if that breaks down?

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I really don't think it's a good idea.

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We should be fully in control of the vehicles we're driving,

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there's other road users and you have to account

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for all these things, all these factors all the time,

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when your driving these size vehicles.

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The British trials will have three lorries in a platoon,

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but even that, say some, is too many.

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UK motorways are the most congested in Europe,

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we have more entrances and exits and if you've got a platoon

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of driverless lorries, it's very difficult to see road signs.

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It'll be difficult to exit the motorway.

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But with several countries now testing this technology,

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it looks like it is coming and the UK will have

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At least 28 people have been killed in clashes in India

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after a controversial self-styled religious leader

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Violent protests have broken out in the states of Punjab and Haryana,

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which includes the home town of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.

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Thousands of his devotees went on the rampage after he was found

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guilty of raping two women, 15 years ago.

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There are also reports of arson attacks in the capital, Delhi.

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From there our South Asia correspondent,

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Violence broke out almost as soon as the guilty verdict was handed

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down by the court in this town in North India.

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More than 100,000 followers of the self-styled godman Guru,

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had blocked to demonstrate their support.

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They went on the rampage, burning cars and attacking the police,

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who responded with tear-gas and water cannon.

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When they didn't subdue the crowd, they fired live ammunition.

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And there have been clashes elsewhere, too.

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This train was torched by an angry mob here

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in the Indian capital, Delhi.

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Elsewhere in the city, buses have been set on fire.

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The guru has an absolutely enormous following.

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He estimates 50 million people and the fear is,

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that violence could spread in North India.

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Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is a charismatic figure.

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He calls himself the Messenger of God,

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sports a huge beard and has a taste for enormous motor cycles.

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He has been dubbed "the Baba of bling", and stars in his own

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movies and pop videos and, despite his extraordinary

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appearance, he's regarded as a living saint by many

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This is the latest in a series of scandals here in India,

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involving those who claim exceptional spiritual powers.

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Guru Ram Rahim says his sect is a social welfare and spiritual

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group, but he's been accused of involvement in murder

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and it is also claimed he persuaded 400 of his acolytes to have

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themselves castrated in order to get closer to God.

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It's that kind of devotion that explains the scale and intensity

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of the violence here in North India and also why the authorities

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A Pakistani man who is suspected of being an international

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drugs dealer has been arrested in north London.

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Muhammad Asif Hafeez is wanted in America for importing heroin

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Known as 'The Sultan', he's thought to run a global drug

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A former rock star, who's been jailed for multiple

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cases of child abuse, could have been caught years

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earlier if the police had investigated him properly.

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Ian Watkins, the lead singer of the band Lost Prophets,

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was sentenced to 29 years in prison, four years ago.

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But an investigation by the Independent Police Complaints

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Commission found that South Wales Police missed a series

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Our Wales correspondent, Sian Lloyd, reports.

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A rock star and a hero to his fans across the world,

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but in private Ian Watkins was a paedophile, his behaviour

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was described as "having plumbed the depths of depravity."

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His sexual interest in children was reported

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Watkins had sent indecent images to Joanne Mjadzelics' mobile phone,

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but when she took it to the police, her allegations

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The police watchdog, the Independent Police

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Complaints Commission, has found officers' bias

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against her meant Watkins was able to carry on abusing children.

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Joanne Mjadzelics spoke today of the toll it's all taken.

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South Wales Police didn't begin investigating Ian Watkins until four

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years after they were tipped off that he was a danger to children.

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He was arrested during a drugs raid at his home here, in Pontypridd.

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What they then found on his mobile phones and computers showed

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that those earlier warnings should have been acted on.

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In all, six people made complaints about Watkins,

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South Wales Police missed opportunity after opportunity

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to bring him in for questioning, to arrest him or to

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The force says it's truly sorry for its failings and has

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The IPCC has also criticised South Yorkshire and Bedford Police

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over inaction in investigating Watkins.

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The singer manipulated fans to get access to his victims,

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the extent of his abuse may never be known.

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A damning report accuses Royal Bank of Scotland of the systematic abuse

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And coming up, I'm live in Las Vegas with the build-up to this weekend's

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mega fight between Connor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather.

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Conor McGregor and Floyd Maywetaher junior weigh-in this evening

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for the fight that's got everybody talking.

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The stage is set in Las Vegas for a record breaking bout.

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The great Bank Holiday getaway is on and there are more

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Major engineering work on the railways is expected

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London's Euston station - one of the main lines

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into and out of the capital - will be completely

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There's also disruption on routes serving London Bridge,

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London Liverpool Street, Cardiff and Bristol.

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Adina Campbell is at Euston Station and Dan Whitworth is on the M6

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Deli. Well, you only have to look behind me to see just how busy it is

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here at Euston Station tonight. Hundreds of people packed out under

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those information boards, hoping to get to where they need to be over

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the bank holiday weaning. This, of course, because of this major

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enfwleerg project which starts tomorrow. It'll close Euston Station

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for two days, it is a multi-million pound project costing more than ?130

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million, involving 17,000 engineers. They will be extending platforms it

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make way for longer trains and also making improvements to signalling

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and tracks, as well as preparation for HS2. This will mean major

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disruption for passengers up and down the country, including the

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Midlands, Wales and the North of England. Network Rail says it has to

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do this work because it is the perfect time to do it because 50%

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fewer passengers use the railways during this time of year. The advice

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- check before you travel and plan your journey.

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Well, of course all those engineering works will have a

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income-on effect on the road network. The RAC is forecasting

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Monday will be the busiest day with 5 million cars expected on the

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network. The M60, the M1, the M62 will all still be affected by

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roadworks. At the M6, it is flowing freely now but has been at a

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standstill for much of the afternoon, affected by roadworks,

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despite the Highways Agency moving around about 450 miles worth of

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roadworks to ease the pressure on the network. Other pinchpoints, the

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M5 in the south-west. All routes in and out of the Lake District and the

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M1 and M3 motorways heading out of London. Like Adina said, if you are

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thinking on getting on the roads, check before you travel, plan your

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route and if you have one of these, then you probably do, search BBC

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August bank holiday travel. You will have all the information you need at

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your fingertips. Thank you both. An aristocrat who was jailed

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for making threatening comments online about the anti-Brexit

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campaigner, Gina Miller, has abandoned an appeal

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against his sentence. Rhodri Philipps was sentenced last

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month for suggesting on social media that he would pay people to harm

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the Ms Miller. Phillips was told by the court

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that his sentence could be increased Lung disease is expected

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to be one of main causes The condition is particularly

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prominent in former mining areas but it's not just former miners

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who are being diagnosed In the second of our reports

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on former mining towns in the North of England, our

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Disability Affairs Correspondent, Nikki Fox, has been to a specialist

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clinic in Rotherham which is treating some

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of those most affected. Patients at this specialist

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centre all have some kind of lung condition,

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an occupational hazard for those who worked

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in the coal mining industry. So the combination of coal dust

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and smoking was never a good one. But hindsight is a great

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thing, isn't it? Many of the patients

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here would've ended up in A I was coughing so much,

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I couldn't inhale. In Rotherham, the number of people

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with lung disease is higher Demi-Leigh has a chronic lung

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condition, exacerbated It seemed like everybody were doing

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it, so I wanted to do it. She gave up cigarettes

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when she was diagnosed but has spented much of her life

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in and out of hospital. Even though I am an adult,

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I still feel like I'm not grown up, because I can't go out

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to work every day. If I'm like this at 21,

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what am I going to be The kind of industrial legacy

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of areas like Rotherham means that young people have been brought up

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sometimes in conditions and exposed to an environment

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which doesn't give them the best So that could be poor nutrition,

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it could be poor housing. This clinic opened ten years ago

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and in that period not only has it helped cut hospital admissions,

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it's also reduced the number of deaths from

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industrial-related lung disease. Will, who was a former miner,

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came here when it first opened. The staff helped him get fit

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for his double lung transplant. Do you think that they were

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responsible for saving you? I wouldn't have seen

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my granddaughter, You know, walking my

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daughter down the aisle. Will is now able to piece his life

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back together, thanks to the centre. And the demand is great,

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with other miners looking There are plans for more clinics

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so many others, young and old, can get the treatment

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they desperately need. The countdown is on in Las Vegas

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for what could prove to be the boxing match that

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breaks all records. The American boxer,

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Floyd Mayweather, has had 49 fights Now he's come out of retirement

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to take on the mixed martial artist, It's a pay-per-view match and it

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could rake in ?550 million. ?175 million - that's how much Floyd

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Mayweather could earn. Connor McGregor would have to make

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do with around ?60 million. And it's all happneing

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in Las Vegas on Saturday night, or rather the early hours

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of Sunday morning here. Sophie, in a city full of stars,

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Connor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather will outshine all the big name

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performers here on the Las Vegas Strip this weekend. This mega fight

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is not without its critics or controversies. Without that,

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thousands are flocking in to watch in person, millions will watch on TV

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at home. To them it is an exciting and intriguing clash of styles and

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anticipation is building ahead of fight night.

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On face value, it is an unlikely match up.

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Floyd Mayweather, one of boxing's all-time greats will,

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this weekend, step into the ring with Connor McGregor,

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the 29-year-old Dubliner who has never boxed professionally.

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Most experts give him little chance of victory.

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But then this is Las Vegas, where the bright lights act

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as a beacon for those hungry to make their fame and fortune.

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Exact figures are hard to pin down, but both men are expected to earn

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tens of millions of dollars in the most lucrative

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What will the impact for boxing if you were to win?

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There will be a new king and that's it.

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They'll begin to implement my methods and that's it.

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McGregor, ornately tattooed and nicknamed The Notorious

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is already a star of the Ultimate Fighting

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Championship, in which competitors use a brutal mix of martial arts.

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Claiming unemployment benefit four years ago,

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he's had a meteoric rise and a shock win on Saturday would see him

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propelled to a whole new level of global recognition.

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His opponent, meanwhile, insists this fight will be his last.

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At the age of 40, an undefeated Floyd Money Mayweather wants

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I'm not the same fighter I was 21 years ago but,

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mentally, no athlete is stronger than me, mentally.

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The usual hype and hoopla in the build-up to the first bell

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Last month's publicity tour was tarnished by homophobic slurs,

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allegations of racism and pantomime behaviour, with both men now

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Such behaviour, though, has not prevented thousands of fans

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from flocking to Las Vegas, or millions around

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the world are purchasing the fight to watch on TV.

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Connor McGregor may never have fought professionally

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but he is being greeted here as if he was the champion.

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Floyd Mayweather, in this his home town, is being seen as very much

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the outsider and McGregor the man that the crowd

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But one former champion, who has fought and lost

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I think genuine boxing fans and UFC fans probably feel a little bit

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like I'm feeling, that it's a little bit -

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it's making a little bit of a farce of our sports.

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What happens in Vegas, should, according to

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Finally, a major storm - named Hurricane Harvey -

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is on its way to the US mainland, threatening lives

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Thousands of residents are battening down their homes

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and mandatory evacuations are in place.

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Up to 35 inches of rainfall and sustained winds of 110mph

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Ben Richards is here with the weather. How is it looking, is it as

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bad as they weather. How is it looking, is it as

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bad as they fear there? They are right to be making the preparations

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for this storm. It is a major hurricane, you can see it on the sat

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slight hurtling towards the coastline of Texas and the utter

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rain bands of the storm making contact with the land. -- the outer

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rain bands. The winds will be a feature, they will have an impact, a

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storm surge that will inundate coastal surge with flooding. The

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rain will be the main feature, 900 millimetres of rain in places, more

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than we get in the UK in a whole year, which could cause catastrophic

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flooding. Here in the UK, things are obviously quieter than that. Some

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rain in some places but for many, dry, warm with sunshine and the

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weekend not looking too bad. Spells of warm sunshine and a few showers

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particularly in the north. Showers continue across Northern Ireland for

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a time this evening, also across Scotland and northern England.

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Further south largely dry with clear spells, perhaps the odd fog patch

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and temperatures around 12-16. Into tomorrow, actually a lot of fine

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weather around, with some spells of sunshine. There will be showers,

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too, particularly for north-east England and eastern Scotland where

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some of the showers could be heavy and under thisry at times. Northern

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Ireland having a much -- thundery at times. Northern Ireland having a

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drier day than of late and temperatures up to 18 or 19. Further

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south and east, in the sunshine we could get up to 25. For Sunday

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another fine day for the most part. Good spells of sunshine. Perhaps

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damp weather into the far north-west of Scotland. Those temp tu, a bit of

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a range, around 18 or 19 in Glasgow and Belfast but 24, 25 in the

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south-east. Split fortunes into Monday. A bank holiday for many. We

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will see lots of sunshine across England and Wales. For Northern

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Ireland and Scotland thicker cloud, outbreaks of rain, increasingly

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blustery. Temperatures here around 17 to 19. As we look towards the

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south-east, 27 or 28 is possible. Given it is a bank holiday weekend

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for most, not looking too bad. Summer at last.

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A reminder of you are a main story this evening:

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A damning report accuses Royal Bank of Scotland of the systematic abuse

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