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into the directors of the collapsed

company Carillion. That is all from

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the BBC News

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Good afternoon.

the BBC News

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I'm Asad Ahmad.

the BBC News

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A woman from east London,

who underwent a gall bladder

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operation which she says went wrong,

has made a commitment to return any

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compensation she gets

to the health service.

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Nicola Jane Cook is suing the NHS

for hundreds of thousands of pounds

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and Sarah Harris has been

to meet her.

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After years of operations,

Nicola Jane Cook needs a mobility

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scooter to get around even

at home in Barking.

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She says it was a gall bladder

operation that went wrong

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that was the start of her troubles.

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She's had surgery at several

different hospitals in and around

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London including, she claims,

a lung procedure

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that was unnecessary.

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It's absolutely destroying.

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I mean it stops you from working.

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It stops everything.

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It stops relationships

with your family.

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You shut yourself away.

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I never left the house

for four years.

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I slept on the sofa for two

and a half because I couldn't move.

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It's absolutely disgraceful.

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She claims she's been told

by her legal team she's owed

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hundreds of thousands of pounds

in compensation from the NHS

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which she is determined to give

to the charity at her local

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hospital, the Queens in Romford,

which she says has done everything

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to support her health.

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The King George and Queens hospitals

charity raises thousands of pounds

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every year to supplement

what the NHS does.

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It raises money for things

like toys for children

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who are having invasive surgery,

and mobility scooters for patients

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who have had a stroke.

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NHS insiders say off the record

this doesn't help them,

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as it will rack up large legal bills

but Nicola believes it will raise

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standards and benefit patients

and doctors in her own area.

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They are the ones that

are on the front line, you know.

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They are a national treasure

and we have to look after them.

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I want to give it back because it's

a legacy for my children and it's

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a health care that they can rely on.

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All Nicola really wants is to get

well and to support medical staff

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at her local hospital.

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Sarah Harris, BBC London News.

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Two men have been charged

with the murder of a man

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who was stabbed in the heart in west

London on Thursday.

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25-year-old Harry Uzoka worked

as a model and was attacked in broad

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daylight in Shepherd's Bush.

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George Koh, from Camden

and Jonathan Okigbo,

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from Kentish Town, will appear

at the Old Bailey on Thursday.

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An elderly cancer patient

who was attacked outside his home

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in east London for

his watch has died.

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82-year-old Ahmet Dobran

was on life-support

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following the attack by three

men in August.

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One man has been charged

but police are still trying

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to identify two men seen on CCTV

running away from the scene.

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Lawyers have put a figure on how

much thieves managed to steal

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in the Hatton Garden safety deposit

box theft in London three years ago.

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They say it was around 13

and a half million pounds,

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which is less than some estimates

had put the total.

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A judge will now decide how

much five of the gang,

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all of whom are in

prison, will pay back.

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Much of what was stolen has

never been recovered.

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One of the robbers

is still on the run.

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The BBC and Premier League have

started a campaign called

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Super Movers to help primary school

teachers encourage children

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to become more active.

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The scheme intends to

enhance their learning

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through the activities

and Tim Muffet has been finding out

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more at the Ashmount

Primary in Crouch Hill.

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more at the Ashmount

Primary in Crouch Hill.

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more at the Ashmount

Primary in Crouch Hill.

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We've just pushed back the desks

slightly in this classroom

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and everyone is getting active.

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You might rescue recognise one

of the super movers here.

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It's Gabby Logan.

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A supermove ambassador.

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Can you dance and talk

at the same time?

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Can I do it without dancing?

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Is that all right?

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You're allowed to stop briefly.

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Explain to us how

Super Movers works.

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It's a brilliant resource

and it's online for teachers

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and families to access.

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50 videos we've made and this

is the one we've got on now

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which is a numeracy video.

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Dance moves with a song

that was also educational so you've

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got the cognitive ability improving

because they're having to think

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about the words and the moves.

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There are literacy videos as well,

and people that the kids know

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who made these videos.

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I would love every kid to do an hour

of PE every day but that's just not

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always possible at these schools.

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I'll let you carry on your dancing.

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Thank you.

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You might recognise another super

mover here, Alex Scott,

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Arsenal football and former England

player as well.

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Why did you decide to

get involved in this?

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Because it's so important to let

the children know that physical

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activity has so many benefits,

health benefits as well,

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but most importantly that you can

have fun whilst you're working out.

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Do think it's harder and harder

for kids to stay active

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and keep moving around?

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It is but it's so important

and that's why I wanted to be part

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of this because if you engage

the children at this age

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and they realise it's fun

they will carry on with that.

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Let's talk to some of them now.

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Guys, are you enjoying it?

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Yes.

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What's the best bit about doing

this in the classroom?

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If it's a rainy day then you can

go inside and if it's

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not a rainy day...

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And you don't have to get changed.

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You can incorporate it

into your normal day.

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You don't have to go outside.

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What's it like being active

and getting your brain working?

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It relieves your mind

from all the hard stuff you've done.

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If you've been writing a lot,

and if you do super movers,

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it will de-stress you.

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You know what, let's

carry on dancing.

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Thanks very much indeed.

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Tim Muffet reporting.

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A new outdoor gym has

opened in Tower Hamlets.

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What's the big deal?

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Well, it's constructed

from the metal of recycled knives.

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It's in Poplar and its

hoped to draw young

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people away from crime.

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Amelia Martyn-Hemphill

went to take a look.

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This gym is made from melted knives

taken off the streets of London

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to try to change attitudes

about knife crime.

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Knife crime in the capital is

at its highest level in seven years.

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Every month the police seize

about a tonne of knives off

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the streets of London.

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A charity called Steel Warriors

wanted to transform all that metal

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into a positive symbol.

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For many young people it's not seen

as a shocking thing to carry

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a knife and we want to get

people rethinking that.

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We feel like there aren't enough

spaces across the city

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and across the country where young

people can build more

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physical confidence.

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So they melted down the knives

and built a steel gym.

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Snap chat QR codes generate mobile

videos showing people how

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to use the equipment.

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So they won't even need to pay

for a personal trainer,

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they won't need to pay

for a gym membership.

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They'll have a free gym and a free

trainer there for them.

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One of the online trainers is Derek.

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He spent ten years in jail

for knife-related crime in the US.

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Why do young people feel

they need to carry knives?

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One of the main things

is to feel protected.

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Once you start building that muscle

and feeling more kind

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of confident about yourself,

you don't feel the need

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to carry weapons.

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It's too early to say

whether the gym will change

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attitudes to knife crime,

but the team is hoping

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to build more.

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Hopefully this will play a part

in not only getting people talking

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about the issue of knife crime,

but also play a part in giving

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people more of a positive way

of spending their time.

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Ben Wintour ending that report

from Amelia Martyn-Hemphill.

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The new American Embassy has

opened its doors in Battersea.

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With a price tag

of a billion dollars,

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it's one of the most expensive US

Embassy's anywhere in the world.

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But it's already become

famous for being snubbed

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by President Donald Trump

who said he wouldn't come

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to London to open it

because he didn't like the location

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and was unhappy about the cost.

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Now the weather with Kate.

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Good afternoon.

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Well, it's not been

a bad day all in all.

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Near enough a cloudless sky

for much of the morning.

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Blue sky, sunshine, but we have had

quite a cold wind and that's

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going to stay with us

into the afternoon.

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Now there is more cloud

around so sunny spells

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in general, and, yes,

it is still going to

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feel rather chilly.

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Now it's a westerly wind.

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One or two isolated showers.

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Many of us avoiding them though.

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We'll get some sunny spells

through the afternoon.

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If you do get a shower later on,

could turn a little bit

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wintry on higher ground,

the Chilterns for example.

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Maximum temperature in the meantime

at five Celsius so still some

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showers whizzing through overnight.

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The breeze staying quite brisk

as well so they won't last for long,

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and again higher ground,

they could fall a little bit wintry.

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To lower levels, probably

just falling as rain.

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Minimum temperature, 1-2 Celsius,

which could lead to maybe one

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or two icy stretches first

thing tomorrow morning.

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Now for Wednesday,

plenty of sunshine.

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Yes, we've still got that breeze

so it's going to feel quite chilly

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but less showers around,

maximum temperature

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up at seven Celsius.

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It probably is not going

to feel that warm though.

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Now, as we head into Wednesday

night, all eyes towards that,

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a storm tracking across the north

towards the UK and the Met Office

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has issued a yellow weather warning

for the strong winds,

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coupled with some heavy rain

and that will continue

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through to Thursday morning,

so some disruptive weather

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potentially over night Wednesday.

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That's it.

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Riz will be back at 6.30

with our next news on BBC One.

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From me, for now,

have a lovely afternoon.

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Bye bye.

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