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to its targets. we have a committed to its targets. we have a lot of policies in place commits a price to the question of delivery and implementation stop a damn bit of a special report on how fraudsters use social media to offer to help people fraudsters use social media to offer to help mapl— fraudsters use social media to offer to help peepl_ to help people illegally pass their drivin: to help people illegally pass their driving tests. _ let's return to that breaking news in the last half hour or so. , one of the candidates the london mayor election has dropped out of the race and has been accused of groping in downing street a decade ago. she's made a formal complaint, he has denied the allegations. let's go straight to westminster, straight to our political correspondent. helen, tell us more. 50
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our political correspondent. helen, tell us more-— tell us more. so korski has pulled out of this — tell us more. so korski has pulled out of this contest _ tell us more. so korski has pulled out of this contest to _ tell us more. so korski has pulled out of this contest to become - tell us more. so korski has pulled out of this contest to become the | out of this contest to become the next london mayor. there are three candidates now go smack now that he has pulled out and he has issued a statement in which he's decided with a heavy heart to withdraw from that contest. he categorically denies the allegation made against him but he says the pressure on his family because of what he calls this false and unproven allegation and the inability to get a hearing for his message makes it impossible for his campaign to carry on. so that statement has been issued in the last hour. he said that his agenda was becoming a distraction from the race and the conservative party. there may be other reasons that have prompted him to stand down at this point. there had been some indications that some of his backers had started to move away from him. a couple of government ministers said that they were causing their support when they asked about it earlier. and the bbc has spoken to one
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heavyweight backer who said they have contacted mr korski earlier to say they could no longer support him and another who said that they felt this was the inevitable outcome. there was also a suggestion that there could be further allegations made. daisy good men who made that original accusation had said that she was confident then another woman could come forward in the coming days. now, of course, we don't know any more about the detail of that. he said that when he was asked yesterday if he expected anyone else to come forward that he did not. certainly as well as daisy good when making a formal complaint, this was an issue that was unlikely to have gone away. i an issue that was unlikely to have gone away-— an issue that was unlikely to have one awa . , ., gone away. i was listening to them and the radio _ gone away. i was listening to them and the radio this _ gone away. i was listening to them and the radio this morning - gone away. i was listening to them and the radio this morning talking | and the radio this morning talking about what you have been talking about, but also making the point that she said she found it difficult when she tried to make this formal complaint in the last few days both to the cabinet office and conservative central office. it we heard anything from either? know, we haven't. heard anything from either? know, we
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haven't- and — heard anything from either? know, we haven't. and there _ heard anything from either? know, we haven't. and there does _ heard anything from either? know, we haven't. and there does seem - heard anything from either? know, we haven't. and there does seem to - heard anything from either? know, we haven't. and there does seem to be i haven't. and there does seem to be some confusion as to what sort of investigation may or may not be carried out. in downing street spokesman said it was right that the claims were put through the appropriate process, but as to exactly what that appropriate process is, that at this stage is still unclear. now, daisy goodwin has responded in the last few minutes to mr korski pulling out of the race. she said i'm glad he's withdrawn and commit says that women can speak out against misbehavior in the workplace and to be believed. she said if i was in the ethics department, i would she said if i was in the ethics department, iwould be she said if i was in the ethics department, i would be wondering why such behaviour went unchecked in downing street.— downing street. helen, thank you very much- _ the government watchdog has suggested the uk has lost its leadership on climate issues. the report, written by the climate change committee, criticises ministers for their backing for new oil and coal production. airport expansion plans are also cited as being incompatible with climate change commitments. and slow progress on installing heat
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pumps is seen as another problem. overall, the climate change committee has described the government's efforts as "worryingly slow". ministers have responded to the criticism, saying they were committed to their green targets. earlier i spoke to the present of the climate conference and he gave me his reaction to this climate watchdog report. the government itself is committed to its targets. we the government itself is committed to its targete— to its targets. we have a lot of olicies to its targets. we have a lot of policies in _ to its targets. we have a lot of policies in place _ to its targets. we have a lot of policies in place commits - to its targets. we have a lot of policies in place commits a - to its targets. we have a lot of - policies in place commits a question of delivery and implementation. that is what needs to be speeded up. examples of where we are not going fast enough. there are other examples like not planting of trees, not pushing forward fast enough on renewables like solar and onshore wind, and not doing enough fast enough to reform our planning system so that we can get my green infrastructure built. the solutions
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are there, we just need to go a lot faster to deliver than. in are there, we just need to go a lot faster to deliver than.— faster to deliver than. in terms of their overriding _ faster to deliver than. in terms of their overriding thoughts, - faster to deliver than. in terms of their overriding thoughts, do - faster to deliver than. in terms of their overriding thoughts, do you | their overriding thoughts, do you think they might be right that there is a danger that the uk no longer is a world leader in this if we can't keep that pace up in all of those objectives that you've just gone through? we objectives that you've 'ust gone throu . h? ~ ., objectives that you've 'ust gone throu~h? ~ . , ., objectives that you've 'ust gone throu~h? ~ . , . ., through? we have been a world leader, through? we have been a world leader. and. — through? we have been a world leader, and, you _ through? we have been a world leader, and, you know, - through? we have been a world leader, and, you know, we've l through? we have been a world l leader, and, you know, we've the carbonised our economy faster than anyone else in the g7, we talk about cap 26, because we had ambitious domestic targets, we can encourage other countries to do more and we ended up at the end of our presidency with over 90% of the global economy covered by a net zero target. of course, it is the case that if you want to take the leadership mantle, you need to deliver on your domestic agenda, on your domestic policies and to make sure that your policies are consistent with getting to net zero. one of the examples that they talked about is the granting of permission for a new coal mine in the uk. going
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into comp 26 we said we wanted to seek coal consigned to history. for the first time, we managed to get language on phasing down coal. and of course people raised question marks about our commitment when we gave permission to open a new coal mine. , ,. , ., gave permission to open a new coal mine. , ,. , . , ., . mine. they described that is total nonsense- — mine. they described that is total nonsense. would _ mine. they described that is total nonsense. would you _ mine. they described that is total nonsense. would you agree, - nonsense. would you agree, fundamentally, you to see that as a totally backward step, do you? 50. totally backward step, do you? so, the totally backward step, do you? srr, the argument totally backward step, do you? s57, the argument that totally backward step, do you? s513, the argument that is totally backward step, do you? sr3, the argument that is made is that this is a coal mine which will produce cooking call, but, of course, it's also the case that 85% of this whilst it's extracted will be exported and create around 500 jobs. the look government has estimated that there could be many more jobs created estimated that there could be many morejobs created in estimated that there could be many more jobs created in green technologies and green industries in cumbria. that's what i went to see us pushing forward on, rather than looking backwards in terms of these technologies. it's also worth
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pointing out that, actually, you know, two of the biggest steel producers in the uk have basically said they are unlikely to use this anyway and therefore you have to question why we are doing this, because it is certainly not going to because it is certainly not going to be for domestic consumption. {lin because it is certainly not going to be for domestic consumption. on oil licenses, be for domestic consumption. on oil licenses. let — be for domestic consumption. on oil licenses, let me _ be for domestic consumption. on oil licenses, let me redo _ be for domestic consumption. on oil licenses, let me redo the _ be for domestic consumption. on oil licenses, let me redo the quote - be for domestic consumption. on oil| licenses, let me redo the quote from the committee chairman. how can we ask countries in africa not to develop oil, how can we ask other nations not to expand the fossil fuel production if we start doing it ourselves? is that another area that in terms of how the rest of the worldview the uk and the trajectory we are on, that, again, is perhaps off—kilter? i we are on, that, again, is perhaps off-kilter?_ off-kilter? i don't think anyone is suggesting _ off-kilter? i don't think anyone is suggesting that _ off-kilter? i don't think anyone is suggesting that we _ off-kilter? i don't think anyone is suggesting that we turn - off-kilter? i don't think anyone is suggesting that we turn off - off-kilter? i don't think anyone is suggesting that we turn off the i suggesting that we turn off the taps overnight on oil and gas. i think they'll understand that this is a transition. we will need oil and gas for many years to come in our economy, in the global economy. that what the climate change committee, and of course, the international agency have said is that we
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shouldn't really be contemplating new oil and gas if we want to see the pathway to net zero by 2050. in fact, we could be looking to rapidly move off of fossil fuels, and 75% of global emissions are energy related. so of course we need to look very carefully about new oil and gas licenses. i would just say that, you know, if any government is looking to do this, whether it's the uk or anyone else, they then have to explain how that is consistent with their legally binding commitments as we have a net zero by 2050. i will make one other point, which is that the climate change committee has said that we are not going fast enough and pushing forward on renewables like solar and onshore wind. once you've got that in pushing forward on renewables like solar and onshore wind. once you've got that emission, it takes a matter of months to put up a solar farm, it takes about a year to put up and onshore wind farm. it takes years to extract oil and gas from a new field. ifeel we should be doing is incentivising renewable energy. it's
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cheaper, it's faster to deliver, and at the end of the day, you know, it is good for the environment. find is good for the environment. and when ou is good for the environment. and when you look— is good for the environment. and when you look at _ is good for the environment. and when you look at what the us is doing, that is the template, when you look at the subsidies from the investment in green industries. i have said this over a number of weeks now, which is that i think the uk needs a substantive response to the us �*s inflation protection act. this is providing green incentives for the private sector to invest in the us. it is working. billions of dollars are flowing into the us, and i think there is a risk that we get left behind. i know there are people who will make the argument that somehow we cannot afford it. i would just say that in the six months to march this year, we supported businesses and individuals to the tune of £40 billion with energy bills, the right thing to do, but just imagine if a few years ago we hadn't invested an extra however
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many billion pounds into more insulation come into marketing technologies, we would be reading those benefits now. but i do think the government needs to come up with a substantial response. they talked about some response in the autumn, i wish they would come forward with it now. ., ., ., ., 3, now. you agree that the about erha -s now. you agree that the about perhaps the — now. you agree that the about perhaps the slow _ now. you agree that the about perhaps the slow pace - now. you agree that the about perhaps the slow pace of - now. you agree that the about perhaps the slow pace of this. | now. you agree that the about - perhaps the slow pace of this. you agree that the committee about new coal production. you agree that the committee about two new oil licenses. i come back to the fundamental conclusion, that there is a danger the uk no longer is a world leader. it sounds as if you agree with the danger, the potential of that conclusion as well. i agree with the danger, the potential of that conclusion as well.— of that conclusion as well. i have said this already _ of that conclusion as well. i have said this already come _ of that conclusion as well. i have said this already come i - of that conclusion as well. i have said this already come i think - of that conclusion as well. i have i said this already come i think there is a risk that we lose our leadership position in the world, but it is not irretrievable. we can do this. we can deliver on these policies. we have shown, for instance, and electric vehicles that we are going faster than the forecast. we have built the second
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biggest offshore wind sector in the world. the government, the united kingdom has shown that we can, when we put our shoulder to the actually deliver on these policies, and that is the conclusion of this climate change committee report is that we just need to be going a lot faster in implementing and let me give you one very quick example on this, onshore wind, cheapest form of energy there is, the government has had a consultation which concluded at the start of march this year looking to change planning laws. three months later, we have not had a substantial response from the government on changing the planning laws. those of the sort of easy wins that we need to be putting forward now. fraudsters who offer to help people illegally pass their uk driving tests are advertising their services widely across social media, a bbc investigation has revealed. hundreds of pages, groups and accounts were found on facebook and tiktok promising licences without taking tests — with tens of thousands of followers.
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the driver and vehicle standards agency says the number of cases with more on this, our news correspondent chi chi izundu. learning to drive is a nerve—racking experience that most of us will have to go through. learning to drive isn't cheap and it can be time—consuming, and in some parts of the country, there is a six month waiting list to get a test. the practical, disaster. it is causing huge problems. but now it is when am i going to get another test? how long have i got to wait? six months if you are 17 seems like an awfully long time. that months if you are 17 seems like an awfully long time.— awfully long time. that long time could be helping _ awfully long time. that long time could be helping fuel— awfully long time. that long time could be helping fuel illegal- could be helping fuel illegal services which claimant to offer genuine driving licenses potentially
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without ever getting behind the wheel. we found hundreds of advocates for illegal services across facebook, instagram and tiktok. ~ ., ., , tiktok. we are here to help you get our fill of tiktok. we are here to help you get your fill of the _ tiktok. we are here to help you get your fill of the bla _ tiktok. we are here to help you get your fill of the bla at _ tiktok. we are here to help you get your fill of the bla at driver's - your fill of the bla at driver's licence in ten days without doing any test or exam. text us for more details. ~ ., ., . details. we got in touch with them in offerin: details. we got in touch with them in offering to _ details. we got in touch with them in offering to help _ details. we got in touch with them in offering to help people - details. we got in touch with them in offering to help people cheat i details. we got in touch with them in offering to help people cheat on their theory test and send an undercover journalist to their theory test and send an undercoverjournalist to meet him. this is how much he charges. he even told us how he does that. he feeds answers to the test using an earpiece. after the meeting, we called the number we had for the man. the person that answered wind by the same name but denied knowing anything. these other men caught here on cctv have been convicted for
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another common type of driving test fraud, impersonation. they have been paid to take a test on behalf of someone else, something authorities say is on the rise. this is a someone else, something authorities say is on the rise. this is a hidden problem say is on the rise. this is a hidden roblem ., ., ~ ., ., ., problem and we also know from our investigations _ problem and we also know from our investigations that _ problem and we also know from our investigations that there _ problem and we also know from our investigations that there is - problem and we also know from our investigations that there is more i investigations that there is more going on, so we don't know the true scale of it. �* ., , ., scale of it. authorities are concerned _ scale of it. authorities are concerned that _ scale of it. authorities are concerned that getting i scale of it. authorities are concerned that getting on | scale of it. authorities are - concerned that getting on the road before being tested to the right standard could be leading to serious accident or fatality. let's talk a little more, fascinating investigation. tell me a little more about how the fraudsters are doing it and the scale of add. this about how the fraudsters are doing it and the scale of add.— it and the scale of add. as you heard there _ it and the scale of add. as you heard there from _ it and the scale of add. as you heard there from the - it and the scale of add. as you heard there from the drivers l it and the scale of add. as you i heard there from the drivers and vehicle standards association, they don't actually know the scale of it because the things that they are aware of they say after a certain period of time, fraudsters actually out with them and find new ways to cheat the system. but what they do
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know is that this is a problem. they do believe that it has travelled since 2018. the amount of people impersonating others, pretending to be you, to go and take your driving theory test or your driving practical test. theory test or your driving practicaltest. now, theory test or your driving practical test. now, the way that the fraudsters are doing it on social media is very simple. they put an advert up, they show you exactly what services they provide. there is a number, normally a whatsapp number that you can call or message, and then they will basically arrange to come and either meet you to do your theory test. you normally pay after you've taken the test, or the practical test, you decide whether you want to pay someone that looks slightly like you to take the test on your behalf. or sometimes they will even offer to pay for or by, provide you with a fellow uk fake licence. the impact, and ou fellow uk fake licence. the impact, and you touched _ fellow uk fake licence. the impact, and you touched upon _ fellow uk fake licence. the impact, and you touched upon it _ fellow uk fake licence. the impact, and you touched upon it from the i and you touched upon it from the obvious dangers, in terms of
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combating this, what are the authorities doing in the tech firm saying? authorities doing in the tech firm sa in: ? . . , authorities doing in the tech firm sa in.? ., . , 4' authorities doing in the tech firm sa inc? ., . , ~' ., saying? that tech firms, tiktok and facebook, instagram, _ saying? that tech firms, tiktok and facebook, instagram, say- saying? that tech firms, tiktok and facebook, instagram, say they - saying? that tech firms, tiktok and facebook, instagram, say they will| facebook, instagram, say they will remove this kind of content because it violates their rules come effectively. tiktok told us that as a result of our investigation, they have taken down a number of these accounts. the police say it when they are on their road patrols, it is a concern for them because obviously they are trying to make sure that everybody is safe on the road. the drivers and vehicle standards agency are also concerned because, again, if you are not learning to a standard and therefore not being tested to a standard, you are a danger to all road users, whether you are cycling, whether you are walking or whether you are driving another car. there is the initial concern that actually, this could cause accidents and increase fatalities. we could cause accidents and increase fatalities. ~ ., ., ., fatalities. we have to leave it there, fatalities. we have to leave it there. but — fatalities. we have to leave it there, but fascinating - there, but fascinating investigation. thank you for taking
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us through more of that, thank you. another bbc investigation has found that paedophiles are using artifical intelligence and virtual reality technology to create and sell child sexual abuse material. they market the illegal content using accounts on mainstream platforms. responding to the bbc�*s investigation, the government says ai abuse is no different to other kinds and tech companies will also be required to identify and remove it. live now to cambridge and ross anderson, professor of security engineering at the universities of cambridge and edinburgh. welcome to the programme. this is a disturbing, aia actually creating these images.— these images. principal, it's nothina these images. principal, it's nothing new. _ these images. principal, it's nothing new. we've - these images. principal, it's nothing new. we've seen i these images. principal, it's- nothing new. we've seen various types of abuse over the years, and we've got a reasonably good idea of what works in terms of taking it
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down. now, congratulations to the bbc forfinding down. now, congratulations to the bbc for finding out that the patron site in america that used to monetise the staff, the way to take it down is to go after their credit card payments. when the new york times discovered that lots of transsexual abuse materials were on tour and they found that the way to get that done was to go after visa and mastercard and threatened to remove their ability to take credit card payment. if that an opportunity here to actually move the needle of that stuff but it was going to ask you that and perhaps flesh out in more detail where the owners should be to try to combat this. is that the police? is that legislators? is it tech companies? abuse images of children have been illegal in britain since 1978, and it is entirely up to a jury to decide whether an image is indecent or not. so this is not something that is dependent on technology. there are
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new means of producing pornography coming along all the time of which most significant been aia, it's been the smartphone, because that made it possible for kids to make indecent images of themselves and each other and get into extortion and so on and so forth. and i will certainly add to the problem. but if you want to mitigate the problem, you've got to look intelligently at where the control points are. now, for example, the only time that my ten—year—old granddaughter has got to fend off advances from creepy old guysis to fend off advances from creepy old guys is not, of course, on page with a whatsapp or whatever, it is on roadblocks, a gaming site and am afraid that the government's recent initiatives around the online safety belt are entirely ignorant around theseissues belt are entirely ignorant around these issues and gaming sites. —— roblox. these issues and gaming sites. -- roblox. ., _, , these issues and gaming sites. -- roblox. ., , , ., roblox. have countries legislated for this differently? _ roblox. have countries legislated for this differently? countries - roblox. have countries legislated. for this differently? countries have leaislated for this differently? countries have legislated differently _ for this differently? countries have legislated differently because - for this differently? countries have legislated differently because in i legislated differently because in america, for example some of the
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supreme court has ruled that if child pornography is made without an actual child being harmed, then it's more complex, but in some circumstances, you may be able to claim your right to freedom of expression. however, in case of a site like page rank them if they've made it clear that child sexual materials are against the terms of service, that it's difficult to see how they would have a defence and it's difficult indeed to see how visa and mastercard could resist pressure to pull the plug on them. if you can show that they are doing this at scale. if you can show that they are doing this at scale-— if you can show that they are doing this at scale. professor, we have to leave it there. _ this at scale. professor, we have to leave it there, but _ this at scale. professor, we have to leave it there, but thank _ this at scale. professor, we have to leave it there, but thank you - this at scale. professor, we have to leave it there, but thank you so - leave it there, but thank you so much for your time. an independent review has found a mental health trust lost track of the number of its patients who have died. the report said numbers on public documents did not match internal figures at the norfolk and suffolk nhs foundation trust. the authors grant thornton say the trust doesn't know the circumstances around thousands of deaths. our health correspondent
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nikki fox reports. a person, not a statistic. ellen armstrong was 41 when she took her own life in 2018. she was a high achiever who taught english abroad, but suffered from severe anxiety and after the birth of a child, spent a short period in hospital before being discharged without support. well, i was desperately worried because i knew that she was no better, mentally, than she had been when she tried before to take her own life. and she was physically worse. ellen was a patient of the norfolk and suffolk foundation trust. no more deaths, no more cuts! foryears, campaigners and politicians have been asking questions about the unexpected deaths of people in their care. what in this bill will make a difference to them, - after almost a thousand excess - deaths in our mental health trusts?
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i know the secretary of state has committed to meeting with me. i it's what prompted the trust to commission the report. this independent review will provide the single version of the truth in relation to the deaths in our trust. but that review, that version of the truth, only highlights the confusion. in the year up to 2021, the trust's computer system recorded more than 3,000 unexpected deaths in the community. but during the same period, in a board meeting, the public was told a very different number of people had died — 320. and it isn'tjust confusion over how many died, but why they died. the trust failed to establish a cause of death for 77% of people. it maintains most died from natural causes. we need to know who's dying and what the causes of those are. just having the bold figure that we've got those deaths doesn't help. we need to know why.
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there aren't enough mental health services for adults, for children, for young people. bereaved relatives worry if patterns in deaths aren't investigated, help won't get to the right people. year, on year, on year. with ellen, "yes, ye apologise. yes, we've learned from this." yeah, really — really? let's return to those pictures we showed you a few moments ago, the wreckage of the titans submersible that imploded has been it recovered and brought back to shore. as of the pictures that you can see some of the wreckage being loaded up. five people of course dying when the titan broke apart close to the sea
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floor less than two hours... a crane used there to unload the debris from the horizon arctic ship in the harbour at the canadian port of st john's. so those are just some of the first pictures, and you can see some of the familiar markings they are on the side of that submersible, so that the rescue operation in terms of the wreckage continuing and just being brought back to shore. those pictures coming to us us in the last little while. almost the end of the programme. some great pictures to show you before we go because you can get —— can't get much cuter than this. take a look at the moment 28—year—old chimpanzee vanilla sees the outdoors for the very first time. these are her first steps outside of a cage or enclosure. vanilla is one of the surviving chimps from an experimental medicine laboratory.
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here she is with her sister, shake, at their new animal sanctuary home in florida. just exploring the grounds. extraordinary moments as she gets a glimpse of it for the first time. that is it from me. i will make my way to the outside too. hopefully see you at the same time tomorrow. bye for now. hello there. there has been a lot of cloud around today, cloudy skies at lord's for the test match. some parts of england, though, have seen some sunshine coming through. for example, here in hampshire, it's been very muggy and very warm across many parts of england. scotland and northern ireland will be turning cooler and fresher with some sunshine around, mind you. that sunshine followed the rain that we started the day with. and this band of rain has been quite heavy as it's pushed across scotland, had a few thunderstorms in northern england. the rain is becoming more fragmented. it's going to squeeze down through the midlands, head to the southeast of england
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and across east anglia later, and still a few heavy bursts of rain in there as well. clearer skies will continue to follow from the west. a few more showers along the west coast of scotland, but a chillier night for scotland and northern ireland. single figure temperatures here, much warmer and still quite humid across east anglia and the southeast because we've still got rain around first thing tomorrow on that weather front there. it does shuffle away, and then we'll introduce this westerly breeze that will bring cooler and fresher air for all of us tomorrow. but that rain will hang around into the morning across east anglia and the southeast, then it will clear away, and then it'll be sunny spells, a few showers for a while in northern ireland, pushing eastwards across scotland and the odd shower likely across england and wales, although many places here will probably be dry in the afternoon. temperature—wise not too impressive, despite the sunshine, it is cooler air. so 18—19 celsius quite widely, a bit below par, really, for this time of the year. weather�*s coming in from
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the atlantic, keeping this unsettled theme going. more weatherfronts bringing cloud and rain into friday, wrapped around that area of low pressure, that's going to hang around through the weekend. we'll look at that in a moment, but for the eastern areas of the uk, friday starts dry and bright with some sunshine. it does cloud over, though, from the west. a little bit of light rain or drizzle mainly over western hills and coast. the more persistent rain comes into scotland and northern ireland as the wind picks up, and look at the temperatures, only 16 celsius in glasgow, 21 celsius perhaps in london. that area of low pressure, i mentioned it, it's going to hang around to the north of scotland, and around that we're going to find some stronger winds, particularly for northern parts of the uk, touching gale force maybe in northern scotland. and that's where we're going to see most of the rain saturday and into sunday. some showers and a bit of sunshine for scotland and northern ireland, one or two showers for northern england. but further south, it should be dry.
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at six: the government says it's at six: the government says it's making plans to protect customers making plans to protect customers amid reports that the uk's biggest amid reports that the uk's biggest water company, thames water, water company, thames water, may be on the brink of collapse. may be on the brink of collapse. thames water, which supplies around thames water, which supplies around a quarter of the country's water, a quarter of the country's water, has been under pressure over has been under pressure over performance and huge debt. performance and huge debt. it's about certainly quit yesterday it's about certainly quit yesterday and now there is concern in and now there is concern in westminster. i and now there is concern in westminster.— westminster. i and now there is concern in westminster.— and now there is concern in westminster. ., , . ., and now there is concern in westminster. . ., ., and now there is concern in westminster. ., , . ., and now there is concern in westminster. . ., ., westminster. i was concerned to hear the ceo had — westminster. i was concerned to hear the ceo had — westminster. i was concerned to hear the ceo had resigned _ westminster. i was concerned to hear the ceo had resigned promptly, - westminster. i was concerned to hear the ceo had resigned promptly, but l the ceo had resigned promptly, but westminster. i was concerned to hear the ceo had resigned _ westminster. i was concerned to hear the ceo had resigned promptly, - westminster. i was concerned to hear the ceo had resigned promptly, but l the ceo had resigned promptly, but we need to make sure that thames we need to make sure that thames water as an entity survives. iloathed water as an entity survives. itruihat
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water as an entity survives. what water as an entity survives. what has happened — water as an entity survives. what has happened is _ water as an entity survives. what has happened is an _ has happened — water as an entity survives. what has happened is _ water as an entity survives. what has happened is an _ water as an entity survives. what has happened is an absolute scandal. water as an entity survives. what has happened is an absolute scandal. hu-e has happened is an absolute scandal. huge dividends paid out, huge debts are taken— huge dividends paid out, huge debts are taken on, customer bills rocketing _
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