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Hello and welcome to Look East. In the programme tonight:

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On the road with the Transport Minister as the government

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hints there could be cash to pay for a complete dualling of the A47.

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The Lord Hanningfield expenses scandal.

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He should manner, he should do the right thing and return many he has

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spent back to the people of Essex. think the County Council probably

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owes me ?30,000. The moment a policeman's

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leg was broken in Norwich. And the Tour de France is

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on its way to us. Standby for a beginner's

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guide to all those jerseys. First tonight,

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another minister visits the A47 So are we finally getting closer to

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seeing this notorious road hmproved? The A47 runs from Great Yarmouth

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across to Peterborough Despite being classed as a Duropean

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highway, most of it is actually These bits in yellow are

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the only dual carriageway sdctions. And among the pinch points

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at the moment. And this stretch to the east

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of King's Lynn. Dualling the whole lot

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would cost ?1.4 billion. Here's our political

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correspondent Andrew Sinclair. This is all part of the ongoing

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campaign to keep the A47 in the government spotlight. From Great

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Yarmouth to Peterborough, MPs lined up to meet the Minister and drive

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along this stretch of the road. All the regions want to get the

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Minister, we have got him today, and it is very important we speak with

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one voice. At every stop thdre were the road was improved, it could be

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worth ?3 billion to the economy government has identified shx key

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routes in need of investment. The A47 was one of them. What I have

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real pinch points are, with the dangerous

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able to be progressed more puickly, but the overall messages that

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We have been reporting on campaigns to improve the

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still congested and accident frequently

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cusp of something really exciting. This is a very strong

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After this visit, expectations are now very high.

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I was told by someone at Westminster last month

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to go into the next election with a bold promise to improve the A47 It

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is going to happen. It will not happen overnight and it will not be

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the full ?1.4 billion but it will make a difference. If Labour

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next general election and ddcide to redraw the priorities, which is what

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Labour also appreciate the importance of this road.

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And despite all the publicity there will no doubt be thousands of

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I am about halfway between Braintree and Chalford and this village is

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getting into the Gallic spirit. Painted especially for the dvent.

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Monday, this village will bd packed just before midday.

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about 180 vehicles will hand out freebies to the onlookers and then

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the scale will really hit home. About 2000 vehicles passing down

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here full of team mechanics, people passing through. The

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helicopters overhead. 1:45pm, the moment everyone has been

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waiting for. After that has all happened, there is going

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public event held on this tarmac and they are

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village and the organiser s`ys it is one

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on the route on Monday. This is the World Cup of cycling.

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expectation is, unless you go to France

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wife has painted this, she hs 3 weeks pregnant. It is great fun.

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painted this colour for eight weeks. The route comes

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day. Road closures start at 7:30am in the morning and

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can't go to the website. Our colleagues at BBC Essex

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after admitting attacking two police officers in Norwich.

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Our chief reporter Kim Riley was in court.

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Mohammed Labead admitted two counts of assault, one of wounding and when

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of inflicting grievous bodily harm. The attack happened in the Prince of

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Wales Road on January 19. CCTV pictures show him struggling with PC

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Lee Wilson the 19`year`old grabbed hold of a

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young woman After a punch to the head, the

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constable Mohammed Labead's level of

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aggression tibia. Reading an impact statement

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in court, PC Wilson painful and it will be several

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months about daddy being heard by the

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Batman. We economy. `` by the bad man. The

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judge said the courts shown an extreme level of vholence

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and if he had the was sentenced to 21 months hn a

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young offenders Institute. have been long delays for drivers on

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the A11. The council insists he owes more

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than ?50,000, but has decided not Today,

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the peer responded by saying he'll 18 months after they published

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details of Lord Hanningfield's credit card spending, Essex County

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Council has admitted it probably won't get any of it back. The former

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council leader spent ?287,000 on corporate credit card in five

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years. The council claims ?51,000 was not on official business.

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the Conservative council's leader decided not to take his predecessor

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more in legal fees than the council stood to win.

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thing, he should return mondy he has spent back to

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He should do the decent thing and put his hand in his pocket. Three

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jailed over his expenses but he has faced no action over

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feels vindicated. The council maintains you owe

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and that is quite categorical. I have looked at some of it

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ministers here and entertaining them.

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Council. They clearly don't think they are not going to take a legal

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procedure. I think council, it could yet find htself

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spending 300,000 fans are expected

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at Silverstone this weekend as the Northamptonshire circuit

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holds its 50th Grand Prix. To mark the anniversary, fans have

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already been allowed into the And all weekend there are special

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parade laps, with F1 cars It is a special year at Silverstone.

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They are celebrating 50 years of Formula One and look at that line of

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vintage cars. Sir Jackie Stewart, vintage cars. Sir Jackie Stdwart,

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what was it like to be back behind the wheel? They are not vintage

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cars, some of them are quitd modern. But

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a great job and to bring so many great

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probably the best race car I ever drove,

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win in front of a home crowd? Great.

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of your home crowd. To win the British Grand

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how much Formula One technology has evolved. Sure. My rear

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have today. But the technology in this country,

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champion to one who wants to be a champion again. I caught up

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weather like this and knowing we get a great crowd every year. I know I

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dream opportunity this year so I am working my hardest.

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And Stage Three starts in this region in two days,

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in Leeds. Later we have got a beginner's guide to the tour. First,

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this taster from Yorkshire. The calm before the storm that is

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the world's Coffey but no cakes for this French

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team. with pain and suffering are

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guaranteed. Leeds city centre the race for the

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yellow this race and they are making the

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most of it. my lifetime. I have cycled from

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Oxford and up to this big day. The 200 cyclists

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just go with it told. Cambridge is right up there. It is a

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very famous. One of the and 2000 people will cover the race.

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Chris Froome for a third successive year is great

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to be part of. learned so many things. 350

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kilometres of cycling roads. know but it is different. Mark

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Cavendish has is a huge opportunity

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for many businesses. But are there any

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longer term benefits? Our business correspondent

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Richard Bond's been finding out Heath Johnson is getting into the

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spirit of things. His business is in spirit of things. His busindss is in

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prime position to benefit from the tour. He has sold 80 VIP tickets

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entitling guests to a champ`gne breakfast, a four course lunch and a

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great view. The VIP tickets have been sold at ?150 per head. The Tour

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de France and another like this is unprecedented for us.

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Hotel 's are also busy. This hotel in Cambridge will be packed out.

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coming to Cambridge, we are full on Sunday and Monday. But it is not all

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Hauliers are worried about disruption. It is a problem when we

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and services to shops and pdople's homes while

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holidays? Northern Ireland has been through this already.

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The biggest benefit is this ?10 million of free publicity which much

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it is very hard to prove ond way or another if you

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than enough to worry about catering for visitors.

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its own language, so we askdd our sports reporter for his beginner 's

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Cambridge, UK's cycling capital. An historic city, no better place to

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host the 101st edition of the world's premier cycle race. Stage

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three on Monday starts right here, short 155 kilometre, just under 100

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miles `` The Tour de France is the oldest,

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most famous of the three gr`nd Tours. The route is

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stages. Wright is average speeds of 25 mph. `` riders average speeds. It

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has not always been high`tech. There is a cooling spray that is open to

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everyone. Modern`day feed zones as they are known are a little less

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chaotic. Former cyclist Jerry Taylor represented Great Britain in the

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1970s and 1980s and won a stage of the British milk race.

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the most gruelling sports to take part in.

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kilometres in all sorts of weather conditions.

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take over an hour, and something like

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even Chris Froome, it will take them two weeks to get over it.

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leader. Chris Froome heads up Team Sky. The other teams will ptt the

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what they can to get to Paris first. Yellow is warned by the overall

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leader. The green is for sprinter. Poker. For the king of the

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Mountains. And the best nearly 200 riders involved but how

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many can realistically about a dozen stand a chance of

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winning. The thing is, someone become ill, they have the wrong diet

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in the hotel. can have an overall winner who does

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not win a single stage. be sporting yellow when the tour

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heads east? And when you're out,

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remember to send us your pictures. We'll get the best ones on our

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special Tour de France programme on They will not be much hill climbing

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in our region. What is the weather looking

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Good evening. It has been a very hot day across the region. We rdcorded

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the highest temperatures across the country. But all the way down,

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temperatures of 28 and 29 Cdlsius. But changes are on the way. We

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got this weather front headhng in from the west. It is already turning

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a little bit cloudy. There hs some us later. But for the majorhty of

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us, nightfall. The chance of sole rain

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before the sun goes down. initially it will be quite light and

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patchy but there will be a night. Quite humid and these are our

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overnight temperatures. rain and they could be quite

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persistent through the fresher conditions following.

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Certainly a drop in temperatures. it may remain quite cloudy. There

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will be some showers. It is not that you are going to see any thing

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brighter. the Grand Prix and the Tour de

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France on Monday. A cooler forecast.

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