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Our latest headlines two of the three teenage boys killed after they were hit by a car in hayes in west london have been named locally, as George Wilkinson and harry rice. A 28 year old man who was in the vehicle has been arrested. The attorney general has acknowledged that very serious mista kes over the disclosure of evidence by prosecutors have led to the collapse of recent trials in england and wales. A bomb hidden by the taliban in an ambulance in the Afghan Capital has killed at least 95 people and left more than 150 injured. It comes a week after an attack on a hotel in kabul killed more than twenty people. Paris is on high alert for flooding. Water levels are continuing to rise along the river seine, following some of the heaviest rain for a century. Now on bbc news, hundreds of industrial towns across russia face extinction. Once the pride of the soviet union, many have been abandoned and millions have lostjobs and homes after the collapse of their local industry. The government now has a plan to save at least some of russias dying towns. Jenny norton reports for our world from eastern russia. Once the pride of the soviet union, hundreds of towns which helped to power russias industrialisation are under threat of extinction. Failing industries, a falling population and the sheer vastness of this country mean many places have been abandoned. Often leaving remaining residents in squalid conditions. Nearly one in ten russians now live in places whose long term future is at risk. The situation is so serious that the government has come up with a plan to try to save at least some of russias dying towns. To explore kadykchan is to step back in time to the glory days of the ussr. A time when life was good for Industrial Workers and their families. Like many towns in the russian far east, kadykchan was a mono town, a settlement built around a single industry. Kadykchan was one of thousands of coal mines that powered the ussr towards its goal of becoming the greatest nation on earth. In its heyday kadykchan was a good place to live, with its schools, cafes, shops and a cinema. Vladimir voskresenskiy moved to kadykchan with his parents and lived in the town for 13 years. Tatiana and Gennady Shchepalkin live and run a business 700 kilometres away. They left kadykchan 20 years ago but they still think of it as home. Soviet leaders came and went at coalminers were always referred to as the heroes of the soviet union. The first ton of coal was mined here in 1937 as part ofjoseph stalins brutal push to modernise the russian economy. The first miners were labour camp prisoners but as the decade progressed, ordinary workers were attracted to the far east because they could double their salaries and get an apartment for theirfamilies. Its hard to imagine this ghost town was once a thriving place. The fall of communism and the economic crisis that engulfed the whole country reduced demand for kadykchans coal and as soon as the mine got into trouble, everyone suffered. In the end, it was an accident which dealt the final blow. On the 15th of november, 1996 a methane explosion ripped through one of the mines just as the morning shift was coming to an end. As their world came crumbling down, everyone scrambled to sell up and leave. From one end of russia to the other, life in moscow couldnt be any more different. The government has acknowledged the vulnerability of single industry towns. It has identified 319 at risk mono towns and hopes a 450 Million Development fund can help them. Definitely having one industry increases risks, thats why its a story for each city to develop different incomes. The programme developed by this prestigious Moscow Academy aims to give local leaders a crash course in the skills needed to get their towns off the critical list. We have during a year and a half to educate all 319 cities and each city sends us a team of five people. The programme combines Governmental Public Services techniques but its based on the Business School approach. For People Living in some of the remotest parts of russia, this is all a pretty big ask. But the message from the top is clear, if you want to turn things round, you have to do it yourselves. This region used to be the centre of the coal industry in the russian far north. But in the last 20 years its lost half its population. Local leaders have been in moscow to take part in the mono Towns Programme and are developing a strategy to rescue this place. Susanna is one of the last residents still living in one of the districts. Most of sovetskys residents left when the coal mine was closed down, leaving those remaining to fend for themselves. For Civic Leaders involved in the monotowns redevelopment programme, the solution to vorkutas problems is to focus attention on bringing the city centre back to life. There is no infrastructure for the development of new areas and at the moment for keeping people staying there. Thats why they plan to renovate the city a lot. They plan to build their educational and entertaining centre and people will develop there Small Business enterprises. But outlying districts like sovetsky are not part of the regeneration plan. And for susannas neighbour, anna, it has become an occasionally dangerous place to live. For anna, susanna and the other last remaining residents of sovetsky, the only thing to do is to wait for the local council to rehouse them. But its clear they are not on anyones priority list. Re inventing a new future for a city built on coal will not be easy, all the more so when that city is in a remote and inhospitable part of the country. So why would the russian government even want people to stay in such a far flung place . There are lots of patriots in the far east or the north who like living there, who are very interested in developing these traditional businesses there, so our idea is to give them possibilities. For the russian government its important to try to maintain a population on the outer edges of the country, but not every place on the list of monotowns will survive. Some that still have a viable local industry could bring workers in and out on short term fixed contracts. Others will shut down altogether. Some cities will be closed, but not closed as the government decides to close, but because people will leave them for better. Up in the arctic circle, near the border with finland, is the town of kirovsk. From above it looks like a prosperous place, but the government says its one of russias most vulnerable monotowns. Founded in 1929, its Main Business is mining, but kirovsk has also established itself as a popularfilm location. Its dramatic landscape makes it a perfect stand in for everywhere, from the american midwest to the russian far east. Its also ideal for people who like the outdoors. Alyona danilova is a botanist and keen cyclist. Shes lived in kirovsk for most of her life. Kirovsk was also hit hard by the chaos of the 1990s. It survived the economic crisis because it has another incredibly valuable asset massive deposits of apatite, an ore used in agricultural fertilisers. Phosagro, the company that now owns the mining business here, dominates kirovsk. It employs one third of the local workforce and has funded much of the infrastructure. Its also trying to diversify the local economy. To encourage the tourists to come, theyve even reopened the local airport. But again, its dependent on phosagro. If this plan is to work there will be challenges. The last two decades have been a struggle and its still not easy to make ends meet. The 1990s also spelled the demise of the once grand kirovsk railway station. Its ruined facade looms over the town. A reminder notjust of the past, but of how precarious the future could still be. Could kirovsk go the way of kadykchan . Its tempting to see the parallels. If kadykchan relied on coal and the state, then kirovsk is no less dependent on apatite and phosagro. Its reserves of apatite are expected to last for another 80 years. Thats longer than the soviet union existed. But markets can be fickle and in russia politics has spelled the downfall of many a successful company. So could kirovsk survive without phosagro . On the other side of russia, vladimir has already had to come to terms with the unimaginable. All around him, every day, hes seen the ruins of the old soviet world he and his family worked forfor decades to build. This weekends brought us some mild weather with more to come during sunday. As so often at this time of year, the price we pay for mild weather is cloudy weather. The cloud will keep coming in from the west on sunday. The clouds are stuck in the west of the airflow where well have this weather front unable to move very far. Colder to the south where we have all of the cloud. If we get lucky and the cloud breaks out, we could get to 1a or 15 where the sunshine is around. The weather front pushes south. The cold front appears then Colder Weather will work its way in. During monday, along the frontal band, outbreaks of heavy rain. Behind that rain band, that is where we get into the colder air, that is also where we get to see brightness and spells of sunshine. The temperatures will drop away as the day goes on behind the weather front on monday. Into tuesday, this area of High Pressure tries to take area of High Pressure tries to take a bit more control of the weather. So tuesday actually not a bad day in many places. Could be a touch of frost, particularly down towards the south on tuesday morning. Then well see some spells of sunshine. A two pronged attack from weather systems, one pushing in towards the south west. There could be some rain here later in the day and another weather system moving in towards the north west. Thatll bring heavy rain across the north west of scotland. The two weather systems willjoin together tuesday night and will then slide south and east. Once again, with the cold air, we should get to see some spells of sunshine. You will notice at this stage on wednesday, a few showers as well. Theyre wintry over high ground towards the north west but perhaps even to fairly low levels as the day goes on, especially the further north you are, quite a blustery day and single digit temperatures for many. Into thursday, this area of low pressure could bring some strong winds indeed in the north east, it slides south and leaves us with a north or north west wind, and pretty cold weather. The show, should tend to fade at this stage. More dry weather, more spells of sunshine. Highs of six to eight. As we move towards the end of the week, well continue to lose that cluster of showers as the low pressure moves away. A frontal system comes in from the west. More cloud with that outbreak of rain temporarily with the extra cloud, some milder air. So perhaps something milder for a time into the start of next weekend. Not as mild as it has been this weekend. But, hot on the heels of that brief incursion of milder air, there is more cold air thatll eventually head our way. Generally speaking next weekend, well see spells of rain at times. With that some milder airand rain at times. With that some milder air and brighter periods too. Cold enoughin air and brighter periods too. Cold enough in the brighter spells for wintry showers and temperatures variable over the next few days. This is bbc news. The Headlines Police confirm two 16 year old boys and a 17 year old boy were killed in west london last night when a car ploughed into them as they waited near a bus stop. All current rape cases to be urgently reviewed to ensure evidence has been disclosed. There is a need for more training for Police Officers and prosecutors. But disclosure is not new. It has been there since 1996. Really, police and prosecutors should know what they have to do. At least 95 people have been killed and 150 injured in a bombing in the Afghan Capital, kabul. Also in this hour paris is on high alert for flooding. Water levels are continuing to rise along the river seine in paris,

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