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storm isha wreaks havoc across the uk, causing major travel disruption and leaving tens of thousands of homes without power gusts of up to a hundred miles per hour were some of the strongest a warning that many schols in england are not fit for purpose, with children wearing coats and gloves to keep warm during lessons.
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let's head to the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. cameron norrie�*s hopes of reaching a first ever men's quarter final at the australian open were dashed in a thrilling five—setter with alex zverev. he hadn't won a set against his german opponent in their previous four meetings — but the british number one came back to force a tie break, in the decider. nesta mcgregor reports. facing an old foe, cameron norrie promised to do the homework necessary to finally ace this german test. however, the maths didn't favour him. in four previous meetings with alexander zverev he hadn't won. an extraordinary rally. and when the first sets went against the british number one, another tennis lesson seemed on the cards. the pair know each other well. they practise together. but some things you just can't study for. 0h, he needed something special to get over the line. a set apiece, the german again showed his class a delicate touch at the net. oh, wow. remarkably, the 28—year—old brit had
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never taken a single set off his german opponent. but after three hours on court, he'd now taken two. sensational. going into the decider, history beckoned, norrie, eyeing a place in the australian open quarterfinals. but in the end, the top marks went to the german. cameron norrie on the way home, but a performance he can be proud of, and he can always retake the test next year. nesta mcgregor, bbc news. so no british players are left in the singles draw but norrie will take plenty out of his run to the last 16 in melbourne. with goals of breaking back into the world's top ten. he is probably one of the best players in the world at the moment and plain within somewhat deep into the grand slam, those five sets, a few points in it, i think it is exactly where i want to be and i can take confidence from that, there is still lots to come. there is still lots to come,
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i'm still 28 years old and i think, you look at the longevity of the other players playing now, i think they are getting better so ijust want to keep learning and keep pushing and keep improving. i learned a lot last year and be years before and i know i've got the top ten level in me. brighton return from their winter break later, when they host in—form wolves at the amex tonight. after a warm weather training camp in dubai last week, roberto de zerbi's side will now aim to pick up where they left off, having gone four games unbeaten across all competitions before the premier league break. they are a bold team, a brisk team. they have important players with big quality. we know the level of the difficulty of the game, but we would like to win the game, we want to win
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the game and play well. looking forward to it, a big test against one of the best managers around, and incredibly well coached side, they know what they are doing, very difficult to stop, especially at the amex, they are a very good side there. they have beaten some big teams there are already so it'll be a tough test for us, but we are looking forward to it, i am looking forward to it. we have some players away on international duty which is a big blow for us. india's virat kohli has withdrawn from the first two tests against england for personal reasons. kohli's withdrawal comes a day after england batter harry brook returned to the uk for personal matters. former captain kohli told india skipper rohit sharma and the side's management that "certain personal situations demand his presence and undivided attention". .. the five—test series begins in hyderabad on thursday. and that's all the sport for now. we will be back with more later on.
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to breaking news here in the uk — train services across scotland will be suspended from 7pm on tuesday night due to strong wind and heavy rain associated with storm jocelyn. a met office amber warning for strong wind covering western and northern parts of scotland comes into force from 6pm on tuesday and ends at sam the following morning. it comes after storm isha has wreaked havoc across large parts of the uk. here are some pictures showing the intensity of storm isha, there are submerged cars and several flood warnings in place. in cumbria severe flooding has submerged cars. there are several flood warnings in place across the region. large waves have also been battering much of the coastline,
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like here in blackpool. rescue authorities are warning people to stay away from the sea. the storm also churned up waters around ireland — these are boats on the water at dun laoghaire harbour. just some of the pictures from the last 2a hours. we can cross live to sarah in belfast. winds of up to 80 mph, causing a lot of damage to an earlier today we got the sad news that a man in his 60s was killed after his vehicle that he was killed after his vehicle that he was driving collided with a fallen tree in county londonderry, and there's been a lot of travel disruption as well, cancelled flights and train journeys and ferry crossings, and that has hit today as they try to work through that backlog. we are hearing reports of
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obstructions as well, nearly a thousand reports of things like trees and debris down on roads. we saw one earlier in county down where several trees had fallen, taking with them power lines and hits in a car, so there is a lot of damage out there. today has been about the clean—up operation, which has been under way for much of today. so clean-up operation, which has been under way for much of today. so the travel disruption _ under way for much of today. so the travel disruption and _ under way for much of today. so the travel disruption and clean-up, - under way for much of today. so the j travel disruption and clean-up, what travel disruption and clean—up, what about the homes that were without power after what happened overnight? what is the current number they are saying has been restored and the current number still out? electricity are the lack of electricity has been hitting a lot of people in northern ireland, the latest figures we have are that 17,000 homes across the country remain without power, we are told that 53,000 didn't have electricity at the storm's peak overnight last night, and we are told that hundreds of staff have been brought in today. they have been working through the
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night and today, to try to get that power back up and running, but there was a warning because a lot of those power outlets have been very damaging, with more bad weather coming in, more heavy rain and wind with storm jocelyn, that might delay things, and we heard from northern island electricity earlier this afternoon that it may be one to two days before the repairs are made and that every home in northern ireland is back up and running with electricity again.— is back up and running with electricity again. is back up and running with electrici aaain. ., ~ , ., ., live now to matt taylor, our weather presenter. why are we seeing so many storms this season was to mark?— why are we seeing so many storms this season was to mark? it has been an incredibly — this season was to mark? it has been an incredibly active _ this season was to mark? it has been an incredibly active winter _ this season was to mark? it has been an incredibly active winter season - an incredibly active winter season and last year we had virtually nothing until august, the reason is before christmas and during christmas, there is high pressure over norway and greenland which is sent pressure on our way and since christmas and the last week, we have had a big temperature contrast
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across the us, the freezing cold arctic air there, across the us, the freezing cold arctic airthere, clashing across the us, the freezing cold arctic air there, clashing with the warmer air across the mid atlantic and firing up a jet stream which helps develop storm isha and is helping to develop the next storm headed our way. in helping to develop the next storm headed our way.— headed our way. in terms of that next storm. _ headed our way. in terms of that next storm, what _ headed our way. in terms of that next storm, what are _ headed our way. in terms of that next storm, what are we - headed our way. in terms of that next storm, what are we likely . next storm, what are we likely to expect? next storm, what are we likely to exect? . ~ , , next storm, what are we likely to exect? ., ~' , , ., expect? thankfully, things will not be as bad as _ expect? thankfully, things will not be as bad as through _ expect? thankfully, things will not be as bad as through storm - expect? thankfully, things will not be as bad as through storm isha, i be as bad as through storm isha, that has not moved away and is affecting parts of norway and denmark with widespread gale force winds, but looking at the bigger picture, the next one on the face of it looks a bigger storm, that is a good news in some respects, it is a more mature storm and the winds won't be quite as potent but it is double prongs because i had of the strongest of the winds through daytime on tuesday, we could seep intense rainfall, grounds already saturated and snowmelt as well, so there is the risk of flooding, and then into tuesday night, the back edge of this is where we see the
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strongest winds. widespread gears again but compared to storm isha, most of the uk covered by met office and amber warnings but we're just looking towards the north with the greatest impacts of the 80 miles per our possible through tuesday night, but as we are strong winds, but because things are weakened by the passage of storm isha, we might see less problems going into wednesday morning in other parts of the uk. thank you for taking us through that, matt,, bbc verify has been looking at the impact —— impact. nick eardley of bbc verifty has been looking at the impact on people's tra the weather last night was wild in the uk, multiple weather warnings covering almost all of the uk, unsurprisingly that led to a lot of trouble disruption, —— travel
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disruption, particularly in the airports and the skies, have a look at this plane trying to land at heathrow in london. bumpy. and there were more than 100 flights that did this, try to land but could not on sunday. are there flights were diverted before they got to their destination. i want to show a few examples from open source flight data from flight radar about what went on yesterday. if you're already a nervous flyer, you might not want to see this. this flight was supposed to go across the irish sea from manchester to dublin, pretty short flight, that didn't happen. instead, it was diverted all the way down here to paris. similar story here, this flight went from the canary islands, gran canaria, all the way to belfast, and it couldn't land in belfast so it had to divert all the way to paris as well. 550
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miles from where it was supposed to be. a final example for you. from the south of spain, this plane all the south of spain, this plane all the weight to the capital of scotland, edinburgh, and couldn't land because of the wind and rain and ended up 560 miles away in germany. there were a lot of surprise destinations, lots of people ending up in places they didn't want to be. including nicola. her manchester to dublin flight didn't go according to plan. we flew over dublin. — didn't go according to plan. we flew over dublin, made _ didn't go according to plan. we flew over dublin, made an _ didn't go according to plan. we flew over dublin, made an attempt - didn't go according to plan. we flew over dublin, made an attempt to i over dublin, made an attempt to land, and then we were back up in the clouds and told we will be brought back to it manchester, that was updated to going to the east midlands, and we landed in paris last night. midlands, and we landed in paris last niuht. . midlands, and we landed in paris last niuht. u, . ., , last night. nicola did eventually aet back last night. nicola did eventually get back to _ last night. nicola did eventually get back to dublin _ last night. nicola did eventually get back to dublin last - last night. nicola did eventually get back to dublin last night - last night. nicola did eventually i get back to dublin last night after several hours waiting in paris. why did all these flights and up so far away but you mark a lot of the normal diversion routes were not possible because the weather was so
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bad in so many parts of the uk, and airports where you could lend, that had space with planes is up quickly, meaning there was left, hence the fact that hundreds, perhaps thousands of people like nicola, ended up hundreds of miles from where they wanted to be. that was nick eardley. joining us now is cormac kelly. he's been caught up in the delays, and is currently stuck in liverpool waiting for his flight home. he had much about divergence. welcome to bbc news, take us through the journey, welcome to bbc news, take us through thejourney, i know initially welcome to bbc news, take us through the journey, i know initially you were to go from copenhagen to dublin, so tell us what happened? i work in copenhagen and i was new to return home yesterday and around about 12:30pm in dublin, the flight to dublin was relatively smooth and the minute we got towards ireland it got downhill from there. we tried ourfirst got downhill from there. we tried our first attempt to land in
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got downhill from there. we tried ourfirst attempt to land in dublin, and as we came down that plane went back to the sky and the captain told us we were going for a go around to try again, we try the second time in dublin and it wasn't going to work, the winds were too strong and the plane was going side to side, it was very rough to stop so we were told 10-50 very rough to stop so we were told 10—50 minutes after that we were being directed to manchester, and we landed there at relatively smoothly, it was fine. but we were held on the plane for five to six hours, not allowed off the plane, nobody knew what was happening, iflew allowed off the plane, nobody knew what was happening, i flew with allowed off the plane, nobody knew what was happening, iflew with ryan air emma they were contacting their office trying to find out where we were going next or staying in manchester, and eventually a few passengers on the plane disembarked and went inside to manchester and stayed in manchester for the and went inside to manchester and stayed in manchesterfor the night. people who didn't get off the flight were told we would be returning to dublin and i opted to stay on the plane because i wanted to get home. we were told the weather had subsided in dublin and it would be
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possible to land, so i remember speaking to my family and i mentioned we were going to depart in again it was about 5:30pm uk time then, we departed, my phone died mid flight, we made our way towards dublin, and then we were diverted to belfast, the captain said we couldn't land in dublin with the wind so strong about 60 mph. we try to land in belfast, and belfast was a disaster, it was very scary, the tension there was so thinned. no one knew what was going to happen as we try to land. we got to about 1500 feet, i was told, right above the runway, and the pilot had to go back into the sky again, he couldn't land, it wasjust into the sky again, he couldn't land, it was just so dangerous. we eventually got back up into the sky, no one knew what was happening again, this is about an hour and a half after i told my family i was
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going to dublin. we were flying for 20-30 going to dublin. we were flying for 20—30 minutes, heading towards newcastle, then we diverted back down to liverpool, again, so what was meant to be a 45 minute to one hourflight, ended up being 3.5 hours. hour flight, ended up being 3.5 hours. ., , hour flight, ended up being 3.5 hours. . , . , hours. that is the most incredible sto , hours. that is the most incredible story. i'm — hours. that is the most incredible story, i'm surprised _ hours. that is the most incredible story, i'm surprised you - hours. that is the most incredible story, i'm surprised you can - story, i'm surprised you can actually remember and work out where you are and where you have ended up, but in terms, we were showing some of the footage, i know your fleming were following you on flight tracker and actually filmed your flight as it attempted its dissent in dublin before you actually had to go on, but in total, how many hours did you spend on the plane? i but in total, how many hours did you spend on the plane?— spend on the plane? i would've cotten spend on the plane? i would've gotten on _ spend on the plane? i would've gotten on the _ spend on the plane? i would've gotten on the plane _ spend on the plane? i would've gotten on the plane at - spend on the plane? i would've gotten on the plane at 10am, l spend on the plane? i would've - gotten on the plane at 10am, danish time, so nine irish time, so i remember we landed in liverpool and got off the plane at around 11 30p.m. , so close to 12 hours or
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more. �* , , 30p.m. , so close to 12 hours or more. ~ , , , ., more. and briefly, in terms of accommodation _ more. and briefly, in terms of accommodation and, - more. and briefly, in terms of accommodation and, where i more. and briefly, in terms of. accommodation and, where you more. and briefly, in terms of- accommodation and, where you are now, you still have to get home, so all of that, harvey worked out how you would do it and the cost to you, the additional cost?— the additional cost? thankfully once i charue the additional cost? thankfully once i charge my — the additional cost? thankfully once i charge my phone _ the additional cost? thankfully once i charge my phone i _ the additional cost? thankfully once i charge my phone i bring _ the additional cost? thankfully once i charge my phone i bring my - the additional cost? thankfully once l i charge my phone i bring my parents and they booked a hotel for me within liverpool, i had to rebook my own flights, we were promised accommodation on the flight by ryan air, but once we got off the plane and got into the airport lots of planes were redirected there, or even planes that were scheduled, it was just carnage, there was nobody there to help us, we didn't know what to do. everyone on the flight were asking each other what to do next and everyone had the same answer" i don't know". everyone got off in manchester it was promised their luggage would be returned to dublin when they landed, their luggage has been left in liverpool, i don't know what happened to the
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luggage in the hold, so i don't know what happened. luggage in the hold, so i don't know what happened-— luggage in the hold, so i don't know what happened. that's likely to hold new stories about _ what happened. that's likely to hold new stories about the _ what happened. that's likely to hold new stories about the luggage, - new stories about the luggage, thanks for taking the time to go through all of that, cormac, and i hope that you in the first —— in the next two hours get home. hope that you in the first -- in the next two hours get home. a coroner has ruled that a 13—year—old boy who died after being deliberately pushed into a river in south wales, was the victim of a "dangerous prank". christopher kapessa drowned in the river cynon injuly 2019, after being pushed in byjayden pugh, who was 1a at the time. the coroner said there was no evidence that christopher's death was caused by any racially motivated action, and that there was no "evidence of animosity" between any of the children who were there, schools in england that are in urgent need of repair say they're struggling to keep children warm in buildings that
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are "not fit for purpose". at one primary school in devon, temperatures are so low that children have to keep their gloves and coats on during lessons. the department for education says the safety of pupils and staff is paramount. bbc panorama's rahil sheikh reports. this is st peter's primary school in devon. morning, morning, morning, you all right? these are our sheds. i call these affectionately our sheds because that's really what they are. they were temporary accommodation that's been here for a long time. they're older than i am! these modular buildings were added in the 19605 to save money when the school expanded. they've never been replaced. temperatures inside have dropped to below seven degrees celsius. workplace regulations say classrooms should be at least 16 degrees. i'm really cold. i have to wear gloves and it's really hard to use a pencil or a pen when you've got your gloves on.
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so there are more than 10,000 temporary classrooms just like this in england alone — many of them are facing serious structural defects. according to government figures, the average primary school in england needs an estimated £300,000 worth of maintenance or upgrades, while for the average secondary it's £1.5 million. last year, 276 schools in the uk had to be partially closed because they'd been built with a dangerous crumbling concrete known as raac. experts say that's only part of the problem. professor chris goodyear says we're living with the consequences of deep cuts to school maintenance. we could talk about austerity and recession and the pressure on the economy over the last few decades. we only have a finite amount of money, and if you try and save money on that and don't spend enough, it's a false economy because you end up saving maybe a pound today, but you'll spend £5 next year
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or in ten years because you've fallen further behind on that maintenance. and the big worry is, obviously, these buildings have children in, and the more poor these buildings become, you are increasing the risk of a collapse, a fatality, of someone getting hurt. the department for education says, in england, it's allocated £15 billion of capital funding since 2015 — including nearly £2 billion committed this year for essential maintenance and improvements. in 2021, the government graded every school in england, depending on its condition. the lower the grade, the greater the school's priority forfunding. and the farcical situation is that we are considered a grade a—rated school, which means we're the highest condition band — as in we're the best—kept school — even though we have three classrooms that are just sheds that are just not fit for purpose.
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we're never going to qualify for money from school rebuilding. you've had your coat on all day, then? is that normal for you, for you to come in and just keep it on? yeah. and it's so, so cold, you start shivering. so your writing goes really wobbly when you're actually writing it because our hands are shaking so much, because we're so cold. while they wait for new classrooms, pupils and teachers at st peter's primary are hoping for warmer weather. rahil sheikh, bbc news. live now tojordan philliskirk, assistant headteacher of scalby school in scarborough. thank you for being on the programme tell us what happened at your school and the impact on the pupils. we are and the impact on the pupils. we are a secondary — and the impact on the pupils. we are a secondary school _ and the impact on the pupils. we are a secondary school in _ and the impact on the pupils. we are a secondary school in the northeast l a secondary school in the northeast of england in scarborough my three days before the start of our academic term, we got the news that
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unfortunately two thirds of ours school was condemned with raac concrete, which had a huge effect on our staff and community. we have worked tirelessly to be able to try and make sure our students are least impacted by this as possible, and unfortunately we are in a difficult situation. one of our biggest concerns and something people are finding difficult at this moment in this time, the dfe are making the announcement of our year 11 students were about to take their gcs e exams in a summerwill were about to take their gcs e exams in a summer will receive no mitigation and support despite lost learning hours and time closed for school, huge loss of specialist classroom and equipment, and all of a sudden our students have to go and compute with other students across the country in examination that will determine their future careers and
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opportunities, and is completely unfair, completely and avoidable situation. it is something our students are paying the price for. it's a disgrace, really, from where we are sitting. we it's a disgrace, really, from where we are sitting-— we are sitting. we were showing teachers of _ we are sitting. we were showing teachers of the _ we are sitting. we were showing teachers of the scaffolding, - we are sitting. we were showing teachers of the scaffolding, how| teachers of the scaffolding, how much, in terms of the scaffolding and additional bid in cost, has it cost the school? i know government is giving funding for that and i think it is 37 thousand pounds extra to provide extra classes, has that not helped alleviate some of the problems you just took us through? it scratches the surface. logistically, we have had help in terms of preparing new sites and providing cabins and some other logistical issues, but we are not in the business of logistics, we are in the business of logistics, we are in the business of improving life
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chances for our young students and people who will step into war communities and economy in the future, so the big worry for us is our students are about to embark on the biggest examinations of their life and the dfe are currently not making any mitigations and allowances for the issues they've had this year. we can't forget that these are the students that come through coronavirus and this is another hurdle for them to overcome, and every student is in competition with each other, and how can our students sit in on exam and have a fair and properfight with students sit in on exam and have a fair and proper fight with students with no disruption?— with no disruption? thank you for “oininr us with no disruption? thank you for joining us mike — with no disruption? thank you for joining us mike jordan, _ with no disruption? thank you for joining us mike jordan, thank - with no disruption? thank you for joining us mike jordan, thank you j joining us mikejordan, thank you for your time, that brings us to the end of today's verified life, thank you for watching my own hopefully see you at the same time tomorrow. hello there. all in all, it's shaping up to be a rather stormy few days of weather. storm isha on sunday night brought
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us plenty of disruption, damaging gusts of wind, gusts of wind in northumberland of 99 mph and widely across the central belt of scotland, we saw gusts of 70—80 mph. even towards the south of england, odiham and hampshire, east malling and kent saw 70 mph gusts. now, the winds have been easing down today, a day of blustery showers and some sunshine, but it's not long before the next named storm rolls in from the west. that is storm jocelyn, the tenth named storm of the season, again, damaging gusts of wind with already trees and structures weakened by isha. there could possibly be some more disruption. but overnight tonight, it's a fairly quiet night of weather. there will be a lot of clear skies around, they will last longer out towards the east where it's going to feel locally quite chilly into tomorrow morning. temperatures rising along with this milder air, pushing outbreaks of rain into south west england, wales and northern ireland, by the time we get to dawn, thickening cloud here. and there's that deep area of low pressure, storm jocelyn passing to the north of scotland, taking the same sort of track as storm isha.
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so again, we could see some damage and some disruption with the worst of the winds on tuesday night. but through tuesday morning, it's a dry early start. towards the east, there'll be heavy rain piling into north west england and through western scotland. the rainfall totals will start to mount up here. there could possibly be some localised flooding. strong gusty winds, particularly towards irish sea coast, a gust of wind here of up to 65 mph. very mild air tied in with this storm. but the area of most concern is northern and western parts of scotland where there's an amber weather warning in force for tuesday night. right up until wednesday morning, we could possibly see within the warning area gusts of 75—80 mph, yet again. still blustery on wednesday, the storm clears away into the norwegian sea and we'll see a quieter day of weather on wednesday. the winds taking their time to ease down towards the north and the west. and here there will be some blustery showers, again moving southwards and eastwards. the further south and east you are, the drier day is likely to be. there'll be some spells of sunshine,
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feeling a little cooler again with highs of 7—12 degrees celsius. we look out towards the west again on thursday to find more weather fronts sweeping eastwards, bringing, again, some outbreaks of rain, but not as potent as either of the storms. bye bye.
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today at six: two people are dead after storm isha lashed the uk, leaving tens of thousands
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of homes without power. gusts of up to 99mph caused widespread damage in many parts of the country, with trees and power lines brought down. there was major travel disruption, with some air passengers stranded in unexpected destinations. we were told we were being brought back to manchester. that was quickly updated to that we were going to the east midlands, and we landed in paris last night.— paris last night. also in the programme... _ we take you inside gaza with the story of one man and his family as they try to survive the war. would you put your hand up if you are cold in your classroom? the schools in england struggling to keep their pupils warm because they need repairs. and the pensioner�*s home riddled with damp, mould and rats. how her neighbours rallied round to plan a makeover.

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