in third place from south korea we have peggy gou, who makes incredible uplifting music. her presence. the london. a incredible warmth to her resence. . , , ., , presence. the last dinner party, the s le of presence. the last dinner party, the style of that — presence. the last dinner party, the style of that is _ presence. the last dinner party, the style of that is that _ presence. the last dinner party, the style of that is that something - presence. the last dinner party, the style of that is that something that l style of that is that something that has come back into fashion? it hasn't yet. guitar music has been in the doldrums for a few years, we haven't seen a big indie band breakthrough and so it is interesting to see this prize for critics and djs to say that these are the people we are most excited about. and maybe it will herald a new era of rock and indie music in the uk. and a female rock and indie era, this time last year we were talking about there was no women nominated for the brit awards, and we have heard that seven of the top ten selling musics were b

and in third place was the korean superstar dj peggy gou.year's voters. this has alljust happened. it's still sinking in. but how will you celebrate? shall we go for a drink? yeah, we're going to have a pint. stay with us we are keeping an eye on ceremony in paris where european leaders have been arriving to pay homage to the former president of the european commission who died just after christmas at the age of 98. we have already seen in the crowd picked aubin from hungary, and others. this will be presided over by the president. and it has been many years since he was in the european stage but he is still well remembered for trying to set up his vision of a deeper political union within europe. and he was also a socialist minister, finance minister. we will bring you more on that in about ten minutes' time. stay with us here on bbc news. the weather has caused a lot of disruption over the past few days with relentless, heavy rain. still lots of flood warnings in force. the weather is going to be improving over the next few days, it's goin

and in third place was the korean superstar dj peggy gou.inking in, but how will you celebrate? shall we go for a drink? yes. we are going to have a good time. mark savage, bbc news. time for a more detailed look at the weather. here's louise again. we were talking about it earlier, what awaits people as we head into the weekend? it what awaits people as we head into the weekend?— what awaits people as we head into the weekend? ., , , , , the weekend? it has been relentless, this icture the weekend? it has been relentless, this picture could _ the weekend? it has been relentless, this picture could be _ the weekend? it has been relentless, this picture could be almost - this picture could be almost anywhere across the country. i'm sure you don't need me to reinforce the story, but the statistics are breath—taking. we have only had five days of january so far and breath—taking. we have only had five days ofjanuary so far and some of us have seen just about or close to the whole monthly average rain fall forjanuary. that is how relentless it h

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