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International pressure mounts

on Facebook over allegations

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about the use of millions

of people's data.

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Founder Mark Zuckerberg has been

summoned to parliament

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to answer questions.

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It follows allegations

that a British firm,

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Cambridge Analytica,

used data from 50 million

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Facebook members.

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Of course individuals

should be careful.

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Of course they should think

twice about who they're

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sharing their information with,

but on the other hand it's really up

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to the companies to get this right

and comply with the law.

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We'll be asking what impact

the claims could have

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on the giant tech firm.

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Also tonight.

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A Red Arrows Hawk has crashed

at an RAF base in North Wales.

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Two people were on board - it's not

yet known if they survived.

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Expelled after the nerve agent

attack - a plane carrying 23 Russian

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diplomats leaves Britain

on its way to Moscow.

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Cheaper fuel and food lead

to a bigger than expected

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fall for inflation -

it drops to its lowest

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level since last summer.

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And on the brink of extinction -

the last male northern white rhino

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in the world has died in Kenya.

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And coming up on

Sportsday on BBC News.

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England scrum half Danny Care

admits they let the fans

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down after their worst

Six Nations finish.

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But they're still aiming

to win the World Cup.

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Good evening and welcome

to the BBC News at Six.

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There's growing international

pressure on the social media

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company Facebook tonight,

over measures it's taking to ensure

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the security of the personal data

of the two billion people who use it

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around the world.

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It follows allegations

from a whistleblower that

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information about 50 million

of its users has been harvested

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from the site by the British firm

Cambridge Analytica and used

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for political purposes.

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Facebook's boss, Mark Zuckerberg,

was today ordered to appear before

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MPs to answer allegations.

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Here's our business

editor, Simon Jack.

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In the information age personal data

is the new currency s and we spend

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it liberally on social media

platforms, how old we are, whether

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we are in a relationship, what our

political leanings, this could be

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gathered an used. Cambridge

Analytica is a company which does

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exactly that and it is at the centre

of a storm that has rocked some of

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the biggest companies in the world.

It starred with an app which invited

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Facebook users to do a personality

test, 270,000 downloaded it. It

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collected personal information on

them, their friends, their friends,

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friends and so on until it had info

on 50 million user, but that data

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was passed to Cambridge Analytica,

which allegedly used it to influence

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the Presidential election in the US,

using targeted messages, a charge

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denied by the company.

The UK's data Watchdog said she had

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concerns about the company for some

time.

These allegations are very

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serious, they came to the attention

of our office some months ago and on

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the 7th March I issued a demand for

information to Cambridge, they did

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not comply with that, so now I am

moving ahead to seek a warrant so I

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can search premises and data.

Separately Cambridge Analytica

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executives were veeblingtly filmed

by Channel 4 on advice on how to

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influence politicians.

-- secretly.

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Cambridge Analytica said it has been

grossly misrespected.

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Whether this tiny consultancy was

involved in inflews the election

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there is an old adage which says

that if the services you are getting

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are free, then you are the product,

served up to advertisers who are

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convinced that highly targeted

messages constructed round detailed

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personal information really work.

Since the scandal broke, Facebook

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has seen £50 billion wiped off its

value and the pressure on the

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company was cranked up today, when

the federal trade commission

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announced it will investigate its

handling of customer data. It has

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the power to Levy enormous fines.

Facebook denied any wrongdoing,

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could this be a moment of reck cob

for the way our data is used?

For

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the first time things that people

suspected have surfaced, thanks to

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the testimony of whistle-blowers,

now we are finally seeing the

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leaders of these companies are being

called to testify in front of

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Parliament. Analysts are dumping

their stock as a vote of no

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confidence. This is a moment it will

incentivise change.

The facts of our

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lives have value. Mark Zuckerberg

will have the chance to tell MPs how

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safely the information is kept.

Simon Jack, BBC

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Simon Jack, BBC News.

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Our North America technology

correspondent Dave Lee

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is in San Francisco.

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Facebook, a huge global company now,

the pressure is mowning, how

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significant a moment is this for

them?

I think this could be a hugely

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significant moment for them, indeed

for Silicon Valley in general. The

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mood here is that the era of tech

self regulation may be reaching an

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end, we nuns the last hour, there

has been a meeting at face book with

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employees but it wasn't chaired by

Mark Zuckerberg or his deputy, we

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haven't here from either of them

since this news broke on Friday.

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Internally and externally as we have

been hearing they are facing

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investigations on both sides of the

Atlantic and the impact on the

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company's value has been to the tune

of round $50 billion, so in the

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short-term, hugely significant and

also as we are learning in the

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long-term it will have real impact

on how this company does its

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business.

Thank

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Thank you.

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A Red Arrows jet has crashed at RAF

Valley airbase in Anglesey.

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Two members of crew were onboard

the Hawk aircraft -

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their condition is unknown.

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Our correspondent Sian

Lloyd is at RAF Valley.

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Yes, the Red Arrows Hawk crashed

round 1.30 this afternoon shortly

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after take off. It was on its way

back to RAF Scampton which is where

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the Red Arrows were based. Two

people were onboard, currently we

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don't know anything about their

condition. An investigation has

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already begun here, and this

afternoon we have seen a great deal

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of activity, both in the skies and

also on the ground. The air

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ambulance was called, an emergency

ambulance was called to the scene

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and we have seen a number of police

vehicles which have secured the

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perimeter here of the base. Now,

later on this evening, we are

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expecting a statement, but the

Ministry of Defence have said that

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they would not be speculating about

any of the details, or the possible

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cause. It is far too early days for

that.

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When we get that information we will

bring it to

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23 Russian diplomats

and their families have now left

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the UK after being expelled

by the British government over

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the Salisbury nerve agent

attack on a former spy.

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They left on a plane bound

for Moscow this afternoon

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as the Prime Minister Theresa May

chaired a meeting with

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the National Security Council

to decide if further sanctions

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should be imposed on Russia.

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Our diplomatic coreespondent,

James Landale reports.

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It was dubbed 'expulsion day' -

the moment Russian diplomats

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and their families began the long

journey home from their embassy

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in London, sent packing

after their government was blamed

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by Britain for the nerve agent

attack in Salisbury.

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Those staying behind gathered

outside to hug their colleagues,

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wave goodbye and, yes,

shed the odd tear, as the long

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cavalcade of coaches and cars

left for the airport.

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The embassy released pictures

of a reception last Friday,

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in honour of the 23 departing

officials accused by Britain

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of being undeclared intelligence

officers, forced to swap

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the attractions of London diplomacy

for a new and perhaps

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different life in Moscow.

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At sunset, the Russian Ambassador

shook the hands of the departing

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officials, spouses and children,

as they boarded the aircraft home.

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His embassy said in all,

about 80 people were leaving,

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in what is the biggest expulsion

of Russian diplomats

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from Britain since the Cold War.

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In a tweet, he bade

farewell to his colleagues,

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after what he called 'the hostile

move of the UK Government'.

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Morning!

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What's our next move

against the Russians?

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Today, ministers gathered to decide

what Britain should do next.

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Russia's already announced that 23

British diplomats must leave

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Moscow by the weekend.

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And the decision was

to impose no further

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sanctions on Russia -

at least, for now.

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The Government clearly wants to keep

up international pressure and not

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get sucked into a bilateral

tit-for-tat row with Moscow.

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Today, the Foreign Secretary,

Boris Johnson, confirmed

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that the former Russian intelligence

officer Sergei Skripal

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and his daughter, Yulia, have been

in a coma since they were poisoned

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two weeks ago.

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This afternoon, the Russian plane

carrying its diplomatic cargo

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finally took off from Moscow.

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This weekend, British

diplomats will travel

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in the opposite direction.

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James Landale, BBC News.

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The rate of inflation dropped

sharply last month, from3 to 2.7 %.

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The price of petrol and food played

a key part in the fall.

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Economists believe the fall

will ease the pressure on the Bank

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of England to raise interest rates.

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Here's our economics

editor, Kamal Ahmed.

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Mixing in a new ingredient,

after over a year of rising

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inflation, today better news,

a fall, as food costs ease

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and fuel costs drop.

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Inflation can often start here,

firms that make the stuff we buy.

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If their costs are cut, then prices

for us often go the same way.

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There's not many costs that

are coming down Down,

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but the two things we have

identified are distribution

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costs for us.

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We've definitely seen

those ease off, but also

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in digital and technology.

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A bit more upbeat maybe.

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Were people in East London though

feeling the effects quite yet?

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All the necessities

you need to live, nothing's

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cheap - gas, electric.

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You spend more day-to-day on things

that are going up than what you go

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to buy that's going down.

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For millions of people today's fall

in inflation brings into sharp focus

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one of the most important issues

facing the UK economy.

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That income squeeze,

prices rising faster than wages,

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leaving people worse off

month by month.

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Today, a glimmer of hope.

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With inflation easing and wage

rises strengthening,

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could that income squeeze be coming

to an end this year?

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Before 2017 wages were rising faster

than prices, meaning that people

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were slightly better off each month.

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Then last year that reversed,

inflation rose quickly

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following the Brexit referendum,

which saw a fall in the value

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of the pound and an increase

in the price of imports.

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Now the pound is stronger,

inflation is falling

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and wages are catching up.

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Could those lines cross in 2018.

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The impact of the fall in the pound

of course meant that imported

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inflation was quite high.

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Thatle effect is fading.

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Increasingly now we're

seeing inflation coming

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from domestic sources.

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So higher wage growth in particular

is driving up costs.

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Inflation risk has not drained away

and wage growth will keep mind

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focused at the bank.

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Its signalled that it will raise

interest rates in the next few

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months to control any

future price rises.

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Kamal Ahmed, BBC News.

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Our top story this evening:

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International pressure mounts

on Facebook over allegations

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about the use of millions

of people's data.

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Why this air ambulance team is

heading to the is a haarwhere for

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the toughest foot race on earth.

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the toughest foot race on earth.

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Coming up on Sportsday, on BBC News:

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We meet the man trying

to take Anthony Joshua's

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heavyweight titles away.

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WBO champion Joseph Parker takes

on the British fighter in just under

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two weeks in Cardiff.

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Now, if there's one thing that can

really unite motorists and cyclists,

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it is potholes and the state

of Britain's roads.

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One in five roads is in a poor

condition, according to new figures,

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and local authorities are struggling

to fund improvements.

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The recent snow and cold has

certainly not helped.

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The BBC's looked at data for roads -

it doesn't include motorways -

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in England, Scotland and Wales

and found that in England just 5%

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of them were deemed to be

in a poor condition.

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Meanwhile, 10% of the roads

in Wales are in a bad way.

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In Scotland, more than a third

of the roads are of poor quality

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or in need of inspection.

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Lorna Gordon reports from Glasgow.

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Cracking, crumbling and potholes.

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Look familiar?

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You don't have to go far

to come across them.

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As you travel on our roads.

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Well, dreadful, aren't they?

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Potholes everywhere.

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Do you find yourself

dodging them much?

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Very much so, especially in the wet.

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My car and my van we've had broken

springs due to potholes.

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They're just everywhere,

you can't avoid

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them really.

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You just keep going over them

and hoping you're not

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doing major damage to your car.

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Hitting potholes could hit

you in the pocket as well.

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Can do suspension damage.

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Damage to the tyres,

which is the most common,

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where you will get weather bulge

on a tyre or a nick or a cut.

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On this back one here.

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Generally you will find it's

on one side if it goes

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through a pothole on the near side.

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Costly?

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Costly.

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Very costly as well.

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On average, about £100 is the damage

damage per customer because this

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one's a bit more exes Spencive.

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Expensive.

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Going to be looking probably

about £1,000 for the four

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tyres.

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Many of us, whether in a car

or on a bike, will have found

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ourselves dodging potholes.

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Motor organisations

say the recent cold

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snap will have led to some roads

deteriorating further still to the

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point where the potholes are not

just annoying and potentially

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costly, but increasingly

dangerous too.

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Keith Ralph has cycled all his life.

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In January, while commuting

through south London, he went over a

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pothole, was knocked unconscious

and left with several injuries,

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including a bleed on the brain.

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When I came to a guy

got me to the side

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of the road and apparently I was

unable to remember my name, where I

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lived or anything.

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Then I got popped into

an ambulance and taken to

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Lewisham Hospital where I was dealt

with quite swiftly.

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Put on painkillers

and had the CT scans on

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my brain, etc.

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I was there for two-days.

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From Silverstone to Suffolk,

motorists have been

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recording the state of the roads

and the damage caused to their cars.

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Oh.

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Across the country,

from the centre of

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Leeds to leafy lanes

on the

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Norfolk borders, there are now

thousands of miles of roads that

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need fixing.

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Those responsible say

they are going as fast as they can,

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but warn it will cost billions

to get them all back

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into a good state of repair.

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Lorna Gordon, BBC News, Glasgow.

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A two-year-old girl has died

after the car she was in plunged

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into a river in Wales.

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Kiara Moore was pulled

from the vehicle in

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the River Teifi in Cardigan.

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Police officers say they're

investigating the incident and have

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appealed for witnesses.

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From Cardigan, Tomos Morgan reports.

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Kara Moore, just two years old, had

it not been for the tragic events of

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yesterday afternoon, she would have

been celebrating her third birthday

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a week today. It's understood that

two-year-old Kiara was left in the

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silver mini while a family member

went into offices nearby. By the

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time the family member returned the

car car had disappeared. The police

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were contact and a search was under

way. They believed the car to be

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stolen. It transpired that the car

was in the River Teifl just yards

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away. The toddler was airlifted to

the university hospital of Wales in

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Cardiff, but doctors were unable to

revive her. Young families in the

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town today have been paying their

own tributes by laying flowers by

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the river.

She was a very lively

little girl. Very smiley. Cheeky

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little smile she had all the time.

She... Her and her mum were always

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together, always fun days out.

And... She had a happy little life.

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Short life, but a happy little life.

Commenting on Facebook, Kiara's

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father thanked the work of the

emergency services whilst also

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paying tribute to his daughter

saying she had an "amazing but short

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life." It's unclear as to how the

Mini came to be in the River Teifl

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as family and friends mourn the loss

of young Kiara the investigation

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into exactly what happened

continues. Tomos Morgan, BBC News,

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Cardigan.

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Hundreds of disabled people

are to benefit from an increase

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in funding for a scheme designed

to help them into work.

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From next month, the maximum grant

will rise to £57,000,

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money designed to pay for support

workers and transport costs.

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Our disability news correspondent,

Nikki Fox, has more details.

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Ben has worked at this

large accountancy firm

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for more than 17 years.

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Work is hugely important to me.

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I always had the goal of having

a career, to have a job,

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to be able to support myself.

0:18:240:18:27

He has cerebral palsy and needs this

specialist wheelchair

0:18:270:18:30

and his support worker,

Mohamed, to help him do

0:18:300:18:32

the things he can't.

0:18:320:18:33

Thank you very much.

0:18:330:18:35

Ben relies on funding

through access to work,

0:18:350:18:43

a government scheme set up to help

with extra costs like this.

0:18:430:18:46

But in 2015 a cap was implemented

and because of this Ben was denied

0:18:460:18:49

the funding he needs

to replace his ageing wheelchair.

0:18:490:18:51

You feel that you battle so hard

to be able to come to work and work

0:18:510:18:55

full-time and hold down a job

for the length of time that I have

0:18:550:19:03

done and, in order to be able to do

that, you do need support,

0:19:040:19:07

and there seems to be

a complete lack of support

0:19:070:19:09

through the imposition

of the funding cap and the way

0:19:090:19:12

that it's managed.

0:19:120:19:13

Could problems like Ben's be

a thing of the past?

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Today the Government has announced

an increase to the cap from just

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over £42,000 to £57,200,

twice the average salary.

0:19:180:19:20

But campaigners say any limit

on the amount of money available

0:19:200:19:23

will have a negative impact,

particularly for deaf people.

0:19:230:19:30

Many need multiple interpreters,

and that comes at a cost.

0:19:300:19:33

The best way is to remove

the cap altogether.

0:19:330:19:36

What's most important is that people

have access to the employment market

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regardless of how much that costs.

0:19:400:19:48

I think a slight raise in the cap,

we'll still be facing and dealing

0:19:490:19:52

with the same situation.

0:19:520:19:54

There are lots of disabled people

and campaigners that feel

0:19:540:19:55

there shouldn't be a cap at all.

0:19:550:19:57

Would that not be something

that you would consider?

0:19:570:19:59

We've really carefully worked

with our stakeholders and I'm

0:19:590:20:01

confident that this level of support

will meet the vast majority

0:20:010:20:04

of needs of disabled people,

enabling them to get into work,

0:20:040:20:07

stay in work and make

progress in work.

0:20:070:20:11

So while I am sat at my desk

during the day, I can move my feet.

0:20:110:20:19

Without this chair, Ben would be

unable to work and he's spent

0:20:190:20:22

thousands of pounds of his own money

keeping it going.

0:20:220:20:25

But the Government says it's

confident he and many

0:20:250:20:27

others will now be benefit

from the increase.

0:20:270:20:29

Nikki Fox, BBC News.

0:20:290:20:34

A 45-year-old male northern white

rhino has died in Kenya,

0:20:340:20:37

he was the last of his kind

in the world.

0:20:370:20:40

Sudan was in poor health and was put

down on Monday after his condition

0:20:400:20:43

worsened significantly.

0:20:430:20:46

His daughter and granddaughter

are the only female northern white

0:20:460:20:48

rhinos left, which means that

species is now on the

0:20:480:20:51

brink of extinction.

0:20:510:20:52

From Kenya, Alistair

Leithead reports.

0:20:520:20:56

And then there were two -

the last remaining northern

0:20:560:21:02

white rhinos on earth,

now that the last male, Sudan,

0:21:020:21:05

has died of old age.

0:21:050:21:13

A subspecies of rhino ever

closer to extension.

0:21:130:21:15

One is Najin, 27 years old,

Sudan's daughter, the other is Fatu,

0:21:150:21:18

his teenage granddaughter.

0:21:180:21:20

The last of what was once a great

species that roamed central Africa.

0:21:200:21:28

This was Sudan and for the last

few years scientists

0:21:300:21:32

and conservationists have been

trying to get him to mate.

0:21:320:21:34

They even put the 45-year-old

on Tinder as part of

0:21:340:21:37

a publicity campaign.

0:21:370:21:39

There was no other

animal quite like him.

0:21:390:21:42

It highlights first and foremost

the fact that human greed

0:21:420:21:46

and sometimes human activities that

are not controlled can drive

0:21:460:21:49

species to extinction.

0:21:490:21:52

The last wild northern

white rhinos were seen

0:21:520:21:56

here in Garamba National Park,

in the Northern Democratic

0:21:560:21:58

Republic of Congo,

but that was many years ago.

0:21:580:22:03

They became extinct

in the wild in 2008.

0:22:030:22:07

Well, Fatu and Najin are now

the last two remaining

0:22:070:22:10

northern white rhinos,

and obviously they're both females.

0:22:100:22:17

They are here under armed

guard 24-hours a day,

0:22:170:22:19

such is the continuing threat

to these animals from poachers.

0:22:190:22:21

They are now incredibly rare.

0:22:210:22:25

There are only 30,000 rhinos left

on the planet and Sudan

0:22:250:22:28

was unusual for his kind,

in that he died of old age.

0:22:280:22:33

Now it's up to the scientists

and a never before tried fertility

0:22:330:22:37

treatment in a last gasp effort

to save these animals

0:22:370:22:39

from extinction.

0:22:390:22:41

Alastair Leithead, BBC

News, in northern Kenya.

0:22:410:22:46

The television and radio personality

Katie Boyle has died aged 91.

0:22:460:22:51

Now our first model is Reg,

and he's wearing a navy blue

0:22:510:22:54

suit and a peaked cap.

0:22:540:22:55

Well, no.

0:22:550:22:59

She appeared in a number of TV

shows, but was perhaps best

0:22:590:23:02

known for presenting

the Eurovision Song Contest

0:23:020:23:03

for the UK during the '60s and '70s.

0:23:030:23:10

Its paramedics, pilots

and doctors save lives

0:23:100:23:11

across the capital every day.

0:23:110:23:15

Next month a big team

from the London Air Ambulance

0:23:150:23:19

are taking on the toughest foot race

on earth - the Marathon des Sables.

0:23:190:23:22

They'll be running 150 miles

across the Sahara desert,

0:23:220:23:25

six marathons in six days,

carrying all their own kit, to raise

0:23:250:23:28

money for the air ambulance charity.

0:23:280:23:31

And running with them will be former

patients and families

0:23:310:23:34

who owe them their lives.

0:23:340:23:36

I went to meet them, and a warning,

there are some flashing images.

0:23:360:23:40

I remember wheels turning across me,

and then I don't remember the impact

0:23:400:23:44

as such, but I remember

being on the floor, and really

0:23:440:23:51

panicking because I tried to get up

and I couldn't move my legs.

0:23:510:23:54

She was deathly white.

0:23:540:23:56

She had lost a lot of blood,

she looked like she was dying.

0:23:560:24:01

Can you hear me?

0:24:010:24:02

Three years ago, Vicky Labrecque

was cycling to work

0:24:020:24:04

when she was knocked off her bike

by a lorry.

0:24:040:24:12

Vicky, what we're going to do now,

is we're going to give

0:24:150:24:18

you an anaesthetic.

0:24:180:24:19

Her life was saved thanks

to a pioneering medical technique

0:24:190:24:21

carried out at the roadside.

0:24:210:24:22

So we really need to then crack

on and get her into the ambulance

0:24:220:24:26

and get her to the Royal London

as quick as we can.

0:24:260:24:28

I mean, if it hadn't been

for the air ambulance then

0:24:280:24:31

I wouldn't be here because they're

the only people that do this

0:24:310:24:34

procedure, and if that

hadn't happened then

0:24:340:24:36

I would definitely be dead.

0:24:360:24:37

They managed to save her life,

but the surgeon Tom Koenig wasn't

0:24:370:24:40

able to save her leg.

0:24:400:24:41

Now, three years later,

he will be part a team of medics

0:24:410:24:44

and patients heading to the Sahara

to raise money for

0:24:440:24:46

the air ambulance.

0:24:460:24:47

Joining them is Vicky's

sister, Marie.

0:24:470:24:49

I'm forever in debt to this charity.

0:24:490:24:50

What they did for me,

Vicky and my family is incredible

0:24:500:24:53

and they do it every day.

0:24:530:24:54

It's going to be an incredibly

emotional experience to be doing

0:24:540:24:57

this big challenge with a team

of people who saved my

0:24:570:25:00

sister's life, ultimately.

0:25:000:25:01

Running alongside Marie and Tom

will be another cyclist

0:25:010:25:03

who also owes her life

to London Air Ambulance.

0:25:030:25:05

I remember it happening.

0:25:050:25:06

I remember going under the wheel,

trying to get the wheel off,

0:25:060:25:09

trying to speak to the driver

afterwards to say sorry,

0:25:090:25:11

because I thought I was going to die

and he would have to live with that.

0:25:110:25:15

Chloe Baker, now a doctor,

was a medical student

0:25:150:25:17

when she was knocked off her bike

11 years ago.

0:25:170:25:20

The pilot who came to rescue her

remembers that day vividly.

0:25:200:25:23

This patient was self-diagnosing

herself and she, being a medic

0:25:230:25:28

of some sort, knew what she thought

she'd done, which is is really

0:25:280:25:36

rare, and we'd never

really heard of before.

0:25:360:25:38

For Chloe, just over 15 minutes

to get a trauma team

0:25:380:25:40

service right next to her,

I think that makes a massive

0:25:400:25:43

difference to any patient

in that situation.

0:25:430:25:45

Chloe now works alongside

the team who saved her,

0:25:450:25:47

and in three weeks' time they'll

all be swapping the London chill

0:25:470:25:50

for the Saharan sun.

0:25:500:25:51

We will suffer in those seven days,

but I think our suffering pales

0:25:510:25:54

into insignificance when you think

about the suffering that

0:25:540:25:56

our patients suffer.

0:25:560:25:58

I think from the first step to that

very finish line, which we hope,

0:25:580:26:06

I hope that we will all

pass together, it's

0:26:070:26:09

going to be emotional.

0:26:090:26:10

It will be great.

0:26:100:26:11

It will be great to bring everybody

home, and I'm thoroughly

0:26:110:26:14

looking forward to it.

0:26:140:26:15

The trauma surgeon Tom Konig,

who's about to set off

0:26:150:26:17

on a gruelling challenge.

0:26:170:26:18

Time for a look at the weather.

Here's Tomasz Schafernaker.

0:26:180:26:20

Different in The Sahara.

Certainly

not 45 degrees.

Today is the first

0:26:220:26:29

day of astronomical spring. The

weather has changed in time wem have

0:26:290:26:33

milder, I want to emphasise the word

"milder" weather for the next few

0:26:330:26:39

days. Tonight it will be pretty

chilly. The jetstream is broken up

0:26:390:26:43

here. That means that things are

starting to change in the

0:26:430:26:46

atmosphere. This side of the

Atlantic we are starting to see this

0:26:460:26:52

strong winds putting in weather

systems in our direction. That is a

0:26:520:26:55

clear side sign that the atmosphere

is reversing rather than weather

0:26:550:27:00

systems from the east, they will

come out of the west. The

0:27:000:27:03

temperatures will start to rise.

Relatively compared to what we've

0:27:030:27:09

had. Tonight, lots of clear weather

across the country. Good touch of

0:27:090:27:14

frost around, even in city centres

first thing in the morning on

0:27:140:27:18

Wednesday. The weather going down

hill, the jetstream pushing in

0:27:180:27:22

weather fronts. From the word go for

Scotland, Northern Ireland, pretty

0:27:220:27:26

cloudy here. Rain to the Western

Isles during the course of

0:27:260:27:32

Wednesday. To the south the skies

will clear over a little bit.

0:27:320:27:35

Temperatures up to 10 degrees.

Despite the cloud in Belfast it is

0:27:350:27:39

still up to around 10 Celsius I

think on Wednesday. Wednesday into

0:27:390:27:45

Thursday we see this plume of milder

air coming in our direction. We

0:27:450:27:49

could get into the low teens

depending on how much sunshine we

0:27:490:27:54

will get. Thursday the mildest day

out of the lot, not necessarily

0:27:540:27:58

sunny. We have a weather front

bringing rain to Belfast, cloudy

0:27:580:28:02

skies here. In the east and south it

will be dry and brighter. Despite

0:28:020:28:07

the rain in Belfast temperatures up

to around about 10 degrees. Spring

0:28:070:28:12

has kind of sprung. Kind of. Thank

you.

0:28:120:28:16

A reminder of our main story:

0:28:160:28:19

Two people were on board. The RAF

has said an engineer died in the

0:28:220:28:28

crash. The pilot survived and is

currently receiving medical care.

0:28:280:28:30

That is the latest from the RAF in

the last few moments.

0:28:300:28:37

That's all from the BBC News at Six,

so it's goodbye from me

0:28:370:28:57

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