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week. Great, Peter, thanks very much.

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Welcome to North West Tonight with Annabel Tiffin and Roger Johnson.

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The teacher who abused vulnerable boys at a leading Catholic school.

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We'll talk exclusively to the man who first complained

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A warning over travel agents who sell pilgrims bogus trips to Mecca.

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How the city's new port could help guarantee a prosperous future.

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Liverpool will face Champions Real Madrid in the

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Champions League ` Manchester City are in a group with Bayern Munich.

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He was a respected teacher at a high performing school

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But ` for nearly 20 years ` Alan Morris used that image

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of respectability to abuse the pupils in his care.

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Today Morris ` from Hale in Greater Manchester `

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was jailed for nine years for sexually abusing ten school boys at

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In a moment we'll we speaking to one of his victims.

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But first, our reporter Clare Fallon is outside the college now.

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Clare tell us what happened in court today.

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It was described as a sustained campaign of abuse.

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For more than 20 years, the name Alan Morris instilled fear

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As the school's self`styled head of discipline ` the beatings he dished

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They satisfied his sexual desires for schoolboys.

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That moment marked the beginning of years of sexual abuse

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The sexual abuse... It was the final straw.

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Run by the Christian Brothers ` when corporal punishment was legal `

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Discipline enforced with leather straps, blackboard rubbers `

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But when Alan Morris hit boys it went beyond corporal punishment.

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Some were were abused on a weekly basis.

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Others were forced to hit each other ` while he watched.

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75 people came forward. For me, that shows the confidence these people

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have in the justice system. But despite

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a major police investigation. He had access to thousands of boys.

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I always thought sex was dirty after what he did.

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And many of the victims are still living with the impact

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Although many knew the truth about Alan Morris ` for decades `

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Tonight though ` he's behind bars ` starting a nine year sentence.

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Questions now about how he went unpunished for so long. He was

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interviewed in the past but no action was taken. Allegations were

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made against two other teachers. But they died. Alan Morris's abuse was

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brought to light by a former in 2012. He reported an incident

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which had happened to him in visited the teacher's house for an

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extra lesson. We won't go into but earlier his victim ` who asked

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to remain anonymous ` told I wonder whether that has

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something to do with it. I was frightened I was going

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to be sexually assaulted. I never want to feel

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powerless again. Why had you not gone to

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the authorities before? To this day,

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I feel guilty about that. Potentially,

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I could have let other people down That is

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a great personal embarrasment. How do you feel now `

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your actions led to this trial coming forward, and so many other

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victims have now come forward? I hope I've been able to give some

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of those people who hadn't had their day in court,

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or had unpleasant experiences like What do you think of him now,

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personally? That sounds odd,

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given the things he's done. Peter Saunders is the Chief

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Executive of the charity National Association for People Abused in

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Childhood. They recently opened an office in Stockport ` he joins us

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now live from our London newsroom. I would like to say to the man just

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on, do not feel responsible. Likewise, with the other person you

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spoke to. His voice echo'ed the things we hear every This programme.

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Today, trading standards officers in Lancashire issued new warnings after

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finding that less than a third of. Some could now face prosecution.

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Across Lancashire, mosques and businesses are receiving these,

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leaflets warning of the dangers of Hajj fraud. Some agents weren't each

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EOL registered. Some of the paperwork wasn't clear and they were

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bogus address being used. People are paying a lot of money and often

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going in large family groups. Hajj takes place in October this year and

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every Muslim is expected to make the pilgrimage. In Preston today, some

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Muslims said that has led to problems with agents. You have got

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to go by word`of`mouth, with someone who has been recommended. Around six

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or seven people perform `` six 7000 people perform Hajj each year.

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the company is now helping farmers take court action against the

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demonstrators. These fields near Kirkham have become the battle

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ground for the fight against fracking. It's here that the gas

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company quadrille wants to carry out drilling. Today, the battle moved to

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Manchester. The landowners have taken quadrille to court. We were

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told that the farmer had willingly let his land. We didn't know that he

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wouldn't have wanted us there. The farmer said that he was compulsorily

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purchased. In a statement, quadrille the campaigners were joined today by

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bears. How representative are you a general opinion in the area? Across

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the country it went from a handful of groups three years ago, we now

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have 280 groups. Used stood for election and gained 25 votes? It was

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a paper candidacy. The judge will make a final decision in October.

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Still to come, we take a tour around Liverpool 's new home for

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super`sized ships. And the draw is made for the

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revocation? This poster was put up to spread the word about a man's new

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novel. When I first saw it, I thought it was a sick joke. The

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poster shot this local councillor, his mother was a victim of shipment.

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Unfortunately, we have had one or two things happen here which we are

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trying to get over as best as we that somebody could actually produce

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a book and try and promote it in manner which she did. At the bus

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stop, people had mixed views. With the problems that we've had, it

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is a bit insensitive. It wouldn't bother me at all really. The author

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has also put up posters across Manchester. His idea was to whip up

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interest, but when he realised he had put up anger, he did go round

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and remove the posters. I have apologised for any offence that I

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have caused. That wasn't my intention. I have gone down and pull

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the posters down. This incident does illustrate how hard it is to raise

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the memory of the impact of the crimes that have happened here.

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Construction on Liverpool two, the deepwater container terminal is

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already well underway. The port will handle the new generation of super

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sized containers and recruitment is underway to find the staff to run

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it. Liverpool to represent the future for the sport and its

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embryonic state is clearly visible on the city skyline.

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embryonic state is clearly visible on This ?300 million deepwater

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terminal will drive growth in the North West. Apprentices were taken

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on last year. North West. Apprentices were taken

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on last I've always been interested in engineering and when an

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opportunity like this arises for a career in the industry I just had to

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Over the next year or so, 500 new jobs will be created. With the

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potential for upto 400 500 jobs, this is a major project. This is

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great place for next day delivery and service. It is hoped, the goods

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currently imported through the south of England will be heading up to

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Merseyside. Liverpool will be very different from the ports of

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yesteryear. The project is set to be within budget. That could mean that

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Liverpool two will be open for business by the end of the year.

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Sport now and it's been five since Liverpool fans had a Champions

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League draw to look forward wouldn't you know it Richard they'll

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face the Champions, Real Madrid? Yes they'll have to take on Ronaldo

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and the rest of the Galacticos. They won't be up against Barcelona

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and a certain Luis Suarez which will no doubt have the powers

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that be breathing a sigh of relief. We'll look at who Manchester City

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have drawn in a moment but this is Group B which includes Real

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along with the Swiss Champions Basel and PFC Ludogrets who won

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the Bulgarian title. Could have been

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a lot worse that couldn't it? I think Brendan Rodgers will

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be quite happy with that. Real Madrid with Ronaldo and Bale

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and Benzema will be very tough. But Basel went out in the group

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stages last season and PFC Ludogrets Having said that Lady Luck

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might be shining on them. But the Blues do have Bayern Munich

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in their group The German champions won it two

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years ago and with the likes of Arjen Robben are one

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of the very top sides in Europe. City have also got CSKA Moscow,

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the Russian champions But City are getting stronger each

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season in the Champions League and showed in that thrilling 3`2 win

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in Munich last season they can live So Manuel Pellegrini might also

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be pretty content with that. Some great ties for City and

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Liverpool fans to look forward to Capital One Cup has produced an all

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Premier Middlesborough at Anfield. But

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Bolton have the toughest tie of captain as beyond his

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"wildest dreams". The striker who got his first World

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Cup goal in Brazil this summer succeeds Liverpool's Steven Gerrard

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who's retired The 28`year`old has led the national

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side twice before , scoring 40 he's scored, and all of the things

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he's already done... prepared to take responsibility and

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continue to push on in his career. Manchester United's recording

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breaking signing Angel Di Maria says former United star and Real Madrid

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team mate Christiano Ronaldo encouraged him to ask

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for the club's famous number seven shirt worn by George Best,

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Eric Cantana and David Beckham. The Argentine winger joined the Reds

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from Real Madrid for almost ?60 The 26`year`old says it's

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a great honour to wear a shirt worn When I was in Madrid, Cristiano

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Ronaldo told me how important this was. He wanted me to wheel the

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number seven. `` wear. Hopefully, I can live up to it.

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In Super League tonight fourth placed Warrington Wolves host

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Huddersfield Giants as they try and close the four point gap

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The Wolves go into the game off the back

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of an impressive 48`10 win over Challenge Cup finalists Castleford.

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But they'll be forced into at least one change to their starting

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line`up, as half`back Chris Bridge is out with a hamstring injury.

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The champions league is exciting? Brilliant. It has got to be

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Liverpool's year. The temperatures will not change too

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much over the next few days. Tomorrow, showers and it will also

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be windy. Eventually, the sun came out as we went through the

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afternoon. Most places were looking good. Settled picture. Possibly some

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showers from time to time. Of course, the cloud, the rain, it is

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going to be a minute late. Temperatures around 11, 14 degrees.

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Tomorrow, not a brilliant start. `` going to be a mild night. The

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showers will push in from time to time. You can see some breaks in the

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showers. It is not a day like today. Nothing in the way of significant

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sunshine. It looks like some of the showers will begin to melt together.

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`` merge. It is not going to look or feel particularly good. What the

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numbers are not bad. 17, 18 degrees. At the weekend, possibly some

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showers, but also an awful lot of dry weather. It is a little bit bit

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better... We should point out that the school involved in the abuse

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story as St Ambrose College. The school next door was not involved in

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any way. Here is a telephone number on the screen. Goodbye.

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Go away if you don't me to speak to you like that!

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Most schools exclude disruptive pupils.

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I ain't putting up with this any more.

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But one school takes them in and promises five GCSEs.

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