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The Hillsborough disaster wrongly blamed on drunken Liverpool fans. | :00:15. | :00:18. | |
Were ticketless supporters also a key factor in the tragedy? | :00:18. | :00:23. | |
We will be gauging the reaction to my aid. | :00:23. | :00:27. | |
Potholes from a cyclist's point of view as the state of our roads are | :00:27. | :00:29. | |
condemned. Clowning around, the brothers who | :00:29. | :00:34. | |
have become the first double-act to win the International clowning | :00:34. | :00:38. | |
crown. And it turned out sunny for most of | :00:38. | :00:48. | |
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us this afternoon. I will have the full weather forecast later. | :00:54. | :00:57. | |
First tonight, angry reaction to claims by a senior police officer | :00:57. | :01:02. | |
that the Hillsborough disaster was caused by drunken fans. For years | :01:02. | :01:07. | |
families of the 96 Liverpool supporters who died in 1989 have | :01:07. | :01:10. | |
campaigned for the release of confidential documents about the | :01:10. | :01:14. | |
tragedy. Some of them have been leaked to the BBC. | :01:14. | :01:24. | |
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One officer, born and bred in Liverpool, said he was deeply | :01:26. | :01:32. | |
ashamed to say it was caused by Liverpool fans, another says a key | :01:32. | :01:40. | |
factor was Liverpool fans turning John Cundy was at Hillsborough 23 | :01:40. | :01:44. | |
years ago, and he was back there today. | :01:44. | :01:47. | |
The Hillsborough scrutiny Board, charged with examining every | :01:47. | :01:52. | |
document about the disaster. But today, some of the vital papers | :01:52. | :01:57. | |
still to be published were leaked, with allegations from some senior | :01:57. | :02:02. | |
Merseyside police officers of the time that ticketless and drunken | :02:02. | :02:06. | |
Liverpool fans caused the tragedy. It probably come from some | :02:06. | :02:13. | |
suspicions, that initially sections of the police were briefing the | :02:13. | :02:17. | |
press and others to try to deflect criticism away from the real | :02:18. | :02:23. | |
responsibility, which was found to lie with the police. Today's | :02:23. | :02:27. | |
comments by some senior Merseyside police officers of the time are | :02:27. | :02:32. | |
bound to create air rage among the families. They were reported to | :02:32. | :02:35. | |
Margaret Thatcher under cabinet within days of the disaster, but | :02:35. | :02:40. | |
the subsequent inquiry dismissed claims of ticketless or drunken | :02:40. | :02:45. | |
fans being to blame, and concentrated on serious could -- | :02:45. | :02:48. | |
crowd control errors by South Yorkshire Police. | :02:48. | :02:51. | |
But one former police officer on duty at Hillsborough said today | :02:51. | :02:56. | |
that at least some Liverpool fans, in her opinion, had been in the | :02:57. | :03:00. | |
wrong. Was it your assessment they were drunk, and if so, what portion | :03:00. | :03:10. | |
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of them? Yes, a minority. And I would say, the people that were the | :03:10. | :03:15. | |
early and inside the ground, no problems at all. It were those that | :03:15. | :03:20. | |
were late, waiting in the pub until the last minute. If we have to put | :03:20. | :03:26. | |
a percentage on it, I would say about 5%. I thought Merseyside | :03:26. | :03:28. | |
Police condemned the South Yorkshire Police for what they did | :03:28. | :03:35. | |
at Hillsborough, so this was a shock. It is now expected that the | :03:35. | :03:39. | |
report will be delayed until so timber. | :03:39. | :03:43. | |
-- September. John joins me in the studio. What | :03:43. | :03:50. | |
is the significance of these documents? They have muddied the | :03:50. | :03:54. | |
waters. We have to remember that the statements from the Chief | :03:54. | :03:57. | |
Constable at the time were made within days of Hillsborough, and of | :03:57. | :04:01. | |
course, all the blame of the Liverpool fans was rubbished by | :04:01. | :04:06. | |
Lord Justice Taylor, so it will have served to upset the families | :04:06. | :04:10. | |
on Merseyside because it was old information that was later done | :04:10. | :04:15. | |
away with. It was completely rejected. I have been listening and | :04:15. | :04:22. | |
reading, and there has been extreme anger at these leaked documents, | :04:22. | :04:29. | |
and what they complete -- what they contain. For years, the families | :04:29. | :04:33. | |
have had it clear that South Yorkshire Police's lack of crowd | :04:33. | :04:36. | |
control was to blame, that is what Lord Justice Taylor said, and that | :04:36. | :04:41. | |
has been accepted by various chief constables who have apologised. Now | :04:41. | :04:46. | |
we get this business of raking out the documents about apparently old | :04:46. | :04:50. | |
and out of date information. they would say completely wrong and | :04:50. | :04:55. | |
for nation. Yes. The thing about this is, the documents were due to | :04:55. | :04:59. | |
be released, there was due to be a debate in Parliament, but because | :04:59. | :05:04. | |
of the leaks, that has been delayed now, I gather. I would not say it | :05:04. | :05:08. | |
was because of the leaks. They were due to report next month, then it | :05:08. | :05:15. | |
was June, and now it should be September. But that was the sheer | :05:15. | :05:18. | |
weight of documents the scrutiny Board have had to get through. | :05:18. | :05:22. | |
Literally thousands upon thousands of documents. This story is not | :05:22. | :05:26. | |
over. Also tonight, drivers will not be | :05:26. | :05:30. | |
to be told this, but we live in one of the worst places in the country | :05:30. | :05:35. | |
for potholes. Last year's Frost and spar was taking his tolls, and a | :05:35. | :05:40. | |
survey says it could take 11 years to clear the backlog. Last year or | :05:40. | :05:45. | |
authority repaired 19,000 potholes, across the 25,000 miles of roads. | :05:45. | :05:50. | |
There were nearly 7,000 complaints from motorists, but it is not just | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
driver suffering. We were out with a crowd of cyclists. | :05:54. | :06:01. | |
A present ride and it was sunshine, marred only by the traffic. | :06:01. | :06:07. | |
smoothest it seems to be nearest the pavement. If you get too close, | :06:07. | :06:13. | |
it is not safe. And too far out into the road, you have to look out | :06:13. | :06:21. | |
for the cars. You do not know which line to right-on. -- to ride on. | :06:21. | :06:25. | |
This is Rotherham, where cyclists have become used to dodging the | :06:25. | :06:30. | |
potholes. It is not very pleasant, honestly. With the level of traffic | :06:30. | :06:34. | |
and the state of the road, it is an upsetting experience, and the | :06:35. | :06:39. | |
sheikhs of ripping off the bicycle. It is not a road that I like to | :06:39. | :06:45. | |
cycle on. According to the asphalt industry alliance, complaints about | :06:45. | :06:51. | |
road have risen by 10%. It has cost Humberside's councils over �100 | :06:51. | :06:58. | |
million to repair, a backlog which is impossible to catch up with. | :06:58. | :07:02. | |
wonder why they have a backlog. Around 19,000 potholes in the | :07:02. | :07:06. | |
region were filled in last year, but it is a short term effects, | :07:06. | :07:11. | |
rather like painting over cracks in a wall. The long term and cost- | :07:11. | :07:14. | |
effective solution would be to completely resurfaced. Wintry | :07:14. | :07:21. | |
weather has added to the problem. As soon as the potholes are filled, | :07:21. | :07:26. | |
more it appear. Constantly rumbling over them can bump up the cost of | :07:26. | :07:31. | |
driving. People do not realise that has happened, and then in a couple | :07:31. | :07:34. | |
of months, they are having to buy new tyres, which they would not | :07:34. | :07:41. | |
have needed had they not hit a pothole. �3 billion will be spent | :07:41. | :07:45. | |
on highway maintenance by 2015, but the Transport Secretary says the | :07:45. | :07:50. | |
problem cannot be sorted overnight, when you consider the average road | :07:50. | :08:00. | |
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Sean Gordon as a solicitor who deals with accident claims, many | :08:03. | :08:06. | |
involving potholes. He says his company has seen a steep rise in | :08:06. | :08:12. | |
the problem. It is an increasingly common problem. We have noticed | :08:12. | :08:16. | |
with an our practice and with the harsh winters, there has been a | :08:16. | :08:20. | |
drastic increase in accidents, and we deal with the personal-injury | :08:20. | :08:25. | |
side. They are caused by predict -- pedestrians coming off bikes, | :08:25. | :08:31. | |
potholes and the roads, or people trying to cross and a safe place. | :08:31. | :08:34. | |
We are told that in these times of austerity there is not enough money | :08:34. | :08:39. | |
to repair the potholes, but presumably more people claiming | :08:39. | :08:43. | |
personal injury that cost society more in the long run. Absolutely. | :08:43. | :08:51. | |
It is not cost-effective. It is the equivalent of leading a chip -- | :08:51. | :09:01. | |
leaving a chip on your windscreen, hoping it will go of May. People | :09:01. | :09:05. | |
say we live in a compensation culture, but my response is that | :09:05. | :09:11. | |
the local authority have a responsibility to repair damage | :09:11. | :09:20. | |
caused by the roads. Sean Gordon, thank you. | :09:20. | :09:24. | |
Perhaps you have discovered the biggest or deepest potholes. We are | :09:24. | :09:28. | |
keen to see your photographs. You can post comments on the | :09:28. | :09:37. | |
Facebook page, or you can send a sunny well. -- send us an e-mail. | :09:37. | :09:44. | |
Or you can tweet us. Stay with us for look north, for | :09:45. | :09:47. | |
life in the fast lane. The accountant whose other life | :09:47. | :09:53. | |
involves being a professional motocross champion. | :09:53. | :09:57. | |
North Yorkshire police have confirmed a body found in the River | :09:57. | :10:01. | |
Ouse is that of missing teenager Jordan Sullivan. The 19-year-old | :10:01. | :10:05. | |
disappear one month ago on Valentine's Day, and a major | :10:05. | :10:08. | |
underwater search was launched at the time without success. His | :10:08. | :10:12. | |
family have been in for armed. The Liberal Democrats have been on | :10:12. | :10:17. | |
the campaign trail for the Bradford West parliamentary by-election. | :10:17. | :10:20. | |
Candidate Jeanette Sunderland was joined by the Minister for Children | :10:20. | :10:30. | |
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and Families, Sarah Teather, and polling day is much 29th. | :10:31. | :10:35. | |
You take a look of -- look at the records of David Ward and Bradford | :10:35. | :10:39. | |
East, and see what a Liberal Democrat brings to Bradford. We | :10:39. | :10:44. | |
have campaigning some very tough things. Bringing Bradford to the | :10:44. | :10:47. | |
attention of ministers and people in government in a way that they | :10:47. | :10:50. | |
have never had the attention of government before, despite the fact | :10:50. | :10:57. | |
we have had three Labour MPs here for you us. | :10:57. | :11:01. | |
Car parks near Leeds city centre are expected to be made official, | :11:01. | :11:05. | |
despite the council saying it wants to close them. There were plans to | :11:05. | :11:08. | |
shut 16 of them to encourage people to use public transport, but now | :11:08. | :11:11. | |
most of the car parts will be approved. | :11:12. | :11:15. | |
Two Radio Leeds presenter is aiming to ride a swan pedalo the whole | :11:15. | :11:20. | |
length of the Leeds Liverpool Canal have managed another two miles | :11:20. | :11:28. | |
today. Adam Pope and Katherine Hannah have managed 30 of the 117 | :11:28. | :11:33. | |
miles. They arrived at their first stop on the dark, four hours late, | :11:33. | :11:39. | |
and they had been peddling for 12 hours. | :11:39. | :11:42. | |
It is a heroic effort. They are doing so well for. | :11:42. | :11:46. | |
It is that time of the year where schoolchildren across the country | :11:46. | :11:50. | |
get a chance to have a go at what we do every day, being presenters | :11:50. | :11:54. | |
and camera operators are. It does not always work. It is all | :11:54. | :11:59. | |
part of the BBC -- BBC School Report day, and this year students | :11:59. | :12:03. | |
at Horbury School have made their report about how they are using the | :12:03. | :12:13. | |
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Welcome to Horbury School. Today we are reporting on how we tackle | :12:16. | :12:24. | |
bullying. Just over 1000 children come here. Bullying is a problem | :12:24. | :12:28. | |
but here at Horbury School we are using technology to solve the | :12:28. | :12:35. | |
problem. This is the technology we use. Can you tell us more about it? | :12:35. | :12:40. | |
Basically, people who have a problem canned message as an There | :12:40. | :12:45. | |
are mentors who can help them deal with any problems. Brendan and | :12:45. | :12:53. | |
Matthew were rare forward and they feel it helps. -- referred. People | :12:54. | :13:01. | |
pushing me around and saying nasty things. I felt like I didn't have | :13:01. | :13:09. | |
many friends and hours by myself. I didn't feel good about coming into | :13:10. | :13:17. | |
school. Having mentors, I have grown in confidence and I would | :13:17. | :13:23. | |
recommend it to anyone. There are face to face mentors who can offer | :13:23. | :13:30. | |
advice. They have been telling us what they do. I was bullied so I | :13:30. | :13:35. | |
can see where they are coming from. People like to talk -- talked to | :13:35. | :13:41. | |
their own age group because we can relate to them. He you have to show | :13:41. | :13:49. | |
empathy and try and help them in a way that is best for them. That is | :13:49. | :13:53. | |
how Horbury School tries to stop bullying. They think it's working. | :13:53. | :13:59. | |
This is Jess Sayers reporting for BBC News School Report at Horbury | :13:59. | :14:02. | |
School. Horbury School is one of over 1,000 | :14:02. | :14:10. | |
schools reporting the news as part of BBC News School Report. | :14:10. | :14:20. | |
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To see the news from other schools Before 7 o'clock, they keep it in | :14:22. | :14:28. | |
the family. I am the best plan of 2012. Join us later for more fun | :14:28. | :14:35. | |
and games. -- the best clown. We have been given an exclusive | :14:35. | :14:39. | |
preview behind the scenes at a new archive charting the history of | :14:39. | :14:43. | |
Marks and Spencers. There is someone -- something for everyone | :14:43. | :14:50. | |
Rugby League is well-known for being family-friendly and | :14:50. | :14:53. | |
respectful. And today the sport has publicly welcomed a Super League | :14:53. | :14:56. | |
coach back to work, after the devastating loss of his son. | :14:56. | :14:59. | |
The Castleford Tigers coach, Ian Millward, lost his teenage son, | :14:59. | :15:02. | |
Robbie, when he suffered a sudden heart attack less than three weeks | :15:02. | :15:06. | |
ago. But Millward will be in charge for their match at Huddersfield | :15:06. | :15:12. | |
tomorrow night, as Paul Ogden reports. | :15:12. | :15:19. | |
Walking back into the daily routine. It can't have been easy fork Ian | :15:19. | :15:24. | |
Millward today but since when did a man like him or a club like this | :15:24. | :15:29. | |
shy away from the hardest of life's challenges? Facing the media for | :15:29. | :15:33. | |
the first time since his son's death, he was understandably | :15:33. | :15:37. | |
reluctant to talk about it but typical of the man and his sport, | :15:38. | :15:43. | |
he still offer and as much as he could bring himself to say on his | :15:43. | :15:48. | |
return from compassionate leave. need to beat in the situation to | :15:48. | :15:55. | |
lead the club. I know what my son would have wanted me to do so I | :15:55. | :15:59. | |
just need to get back and start coaching again. I am very | :15:59. | :16:09. | |
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appreciative of the support I have had. It has been very comforting. I | :16:11. | :16:17. | |
don't -- we need to move forward and try and get back to a bit of | :16:17. | :16:21. | |
normality because I understand it affects everyone in different ways. | :16:21. | :16:27. | |
The sport of rugby league, meanwhile, it just needs to keeping | :16:27. | :16:31. | |
its supportive self to Ian Millward, starting tomorrow night. | :16:31. | :16:35. | |
All the best to him. Now I don't want to be too | :16:35. | :16:37. | |
stereotypical, but what is your view of the average accountant. | :16:37. | :16:40. | |
Sensible perhaps, conservative maybe, with a small "c" of course, | :16:40. | :16:47. | |
someone who errs on the side of caution. Well, Tanya's been to meet | :16:47. | :16:53. | |
a young man whose an up and coming accountant and whose going places... | :16:53. | :17:03. | |
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Fast! I and 20 and an accountant studying | :17:04. | :17:14. | |
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at university. I am also a I was six years old, my dad was a | :17:17. | :17:23. | |
former champion himself. It went from there. He got me into the | :17:23. | :17:28. | |
racing itself. In 2002, I won my first British championship and | :17:28. | :17:33. | |
after that I have been Scott -- sponsored. This year I am moving | :17:33. | :17:39. | |
into the highest possible rank. He has completed two years of his | :17:39. | :17:47. | |
accountancy degree and completes -- has achieved firsts. Alongside his | :17:47. | :17:51. | |
successful motocross career. I trained in the morning and at | :17:51. | :17:58. | |
night. The motor -- motivation side health at University it as well. | :17:58. | :18:02. | |
An accountant is normally a sensible and solid person, are they | :18:02. | :18:09. | |
two sides to you? I think so. I have my racing side | :18:09. | :18:15. | |
and my accountancy side. Here it is a different ball game. Jekyll and | :18:15. | :18:22. | |
Hyde. As soon as he puts the helmet on, who knows? The red mist | :18:22. | :18:26. | |
descends and his determination and aggression are taken out on the | :18:26. | :18:34. | |
bike. Last again, he kicked off his campaign in Doncaster. He is | :18:34. | :18:38. | |
working also on a placement for his degree. This is a man who wants to | :18:38. | :18:43. | |
get to the top in both of his Koreas. | :18:43. | :18:48. | |
He doesn't seem you're difficult -- typical accountant. | :18:48. | :18:51. | |
For 20 years they've slaved in their chosen profession, mastering | :18:51. | :18:56. | |
the skills needed for their jobs. Now their efforts have finally been | :18:56. | :18:59. | |
recognised. After years of juggling, stilt walking, unicycling and | :18:59. | :19:02. | |
generally having fun, two brothers from Ossett have been awarded Best | :19:02. | :19:09. | |
Clowns of the Year award. They are Ian and Gavin Radforth, | :19:09. | :19:14. | |
also known as Izzo and Malteser, The Rapide Brothers. And what's | :19:14. | :19:24. | |
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more, Ian's son, Owen, also known Good evening. | :19:26. | :19:32. | |
And congratulations. I noticed that you are very good at what you do | :19:32. | :19:38. | |
and your make up his understated. Apparently there is a new look for | :19:38. | :19:45. | |
clowns of this year. What is it? People can see the person behind | :19:45. | :19:55. | |
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the make-up. Our plans always sad? Do you weep a lot? Not really, no. | :19:57. | :20:01. | |
I think it came from the record, didn't it? | :20:01. | :20:09. | |
What makes a good clown? What is the essence of success? Enjoying | :20:09. | :20:14. | |
yourself and just being happy. It is how you come across to the | :20:14. | :20:19. | |
children as well. We said you are keeping it in the family and you | :20:19. | :20:28. | |
certainly are. I will call you Owen on the if that is all right? How | :20:28. | :20:34. | |
long have you wanted to be a clown for? Is it what you want to do when | :20:34. | :20:44. | |
you grow up? Yes. Who has the best red nose? Me. You absolutely have. | :20:44. | :20:49. | |
I think you look fantastic. What reaction do you get when you | :20:49. | :20:54. | |
perform? We get a lot of reaction, especially from the younger | :20:54. | :21:02. | |
children. We don't wear too much make-up so they're not used get. | :21:02. | :21:08. | |
Did it start in America? It is more European. When I was a cared i | :21:08. | :21:18. | |
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really was -- when I was a kid, I really was scared. You have stop | :21:18. | :21:26. | |
juggling? I was always hopeless at these | :21:26. | :21:32. | |
sorts of things. Even a day Pablo is hard. | :21:32. | :21:37. | |
It is a family business but when you were a kid and went to school | :21:37. | :21:42. | |
to your careers teacher, did you say, I want to be a clown? I'm sure | :21:42. | :21:49. | |
did. How old were you when you knew you wanted to do it? I've always | :21:49. | :21:57. | |
liked juggling and the circus. might need an assistant. | :21:57. | :22:04. | |
I'm not so sure. Come with me owing and let us give him a big build-up. | :22:04. | :22:09. | |
Ladies and gentlemen, with our brand-new assistant, a man with the | :22:09. | :22:18. | |
red nose in the middle. Here we go! It's a good job this isn't fire! | :22:18. | :22:23. | |
Don't move. It's very good, this. | :22:23. | :22:28. | |
You stand here and will continue because it what we want to say is | :22:28. | :22:32. | |
we love a success story here and Marks and Spencers is certainly one. | :22:32. | :22:42. | |
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Marks and Spencer's has been a high street name for nearly 130 years. | :22:49. | :22:54. | |
It began in Kirkgate Market selling things like buttons and clothes | :22:54. | :22:59. | |
pegs. At Marks and Spencers, we have a | :22:59. | :23:04. | |
whole range... By the 1970s, there was an M&S | :23:04. | :23:09. | |
store in virtually every major town and city in the UK. There are | :23:09. | :23:14. | |
70,000 artifacts in the archive. This is the bit the public won't | :23:14. | :23:19. | |
see. Relax having -- housing everything from documents to | :23:19. | :23:24. | |
household goods. All were stored in London but they are now kept at a | :23:24. | :23:28. | |
specially designed building at Leeds University. What treasures! | :23:28. | :23:33. | |
It is a wonderful resource here for academics and for the community and | :23:33. | :23:41. | |
it is wonderful that it is here in Leeds. M&S archivist and gave us a | :23:41. | :23:48. | |
tour. Let me show you by favourite items. A 1950s Children's tally | :23:48. | :23:58. | |
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till with a personal message. With love from mummy and daddy. | :23:59. | :24:03. | |
Percy pig is one of the modern day faces of M&S and it is interesting | :24:03. | :24:08. | |
to see he is already in the archive. The good times and bad times are | :24:08. | :24:13. | |
reflected here, aren't they? Everything to do with the history | :24:13. | :24:23. | |
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of MMS. The 1990s and that to thousands are represented also. The | :24:23. | :24:33. | |
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The this fascinating exhibition at Leeds University opens its doors | :24:34. | :24:43. | |
this Friday so we can all take a shopping trip down memory lane. | :24:43. | :24:46. | |
And you won't remember any of that, when you? | :24:46. | :24:53. | |
What would be an obvious link would only work if Paul was here so we | :24:53. | :25:03. | |
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will not mention plans. Today, we saw it brightening up | :25:20. | :25:26. | |
towards the close line and tomorrow will be dry with sunshine. Going | :25:26. | :25:32. | |
downhill later in the day. The weather front will arrive from the | :25:32. | :25:38. | |
north-west. The Pennines have seen some cloud today but lots of | :25:38. | :25:42. | |
sunshine elsewhere. The cloud is starting to fill back in again. | :25:42. | :25:46. | |
This evening and overnight, one or two clear spells but mostly cloudy | :25:47. | :25:56. | |
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skies. Die with missed or fog Tomorrow at may get off to a mostly | :26:18. | :26:23. | |
cloudy start. That will thin and break in places to give us some | :26:23. | :26:29. | |
sunny spells. The best will be through the Vale of York. Cloud | :26:29. | :26:32. | |
will increase with the approach of the weather front and that will | :26:32. | :26:40. | |
bring outbreaks of rain. One or two ice patches in the Dales. Wins will | :26:40. | :26:43. | |
increase to moderate by the end of the afternoon. Temperatures just | :26:44. | :26:53. | |
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above average for the time of year. Rain will push across all of us | :26:54. | :27:04. | |
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