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a former contestant on the uk s x factor, has revealed she was raped, forcing her to leave the competition. lucy spraggan, who was a favourite to win in 2012, has written a book about her experience, and told bbc news her time on the show was like an abusive relationship . she s calling for industry change, to better protect people taking part in reality tv. she s been speaking to our correspondent, chi chi izundu, and you may find some of the details distressing. i ve been petrified of telling the truth because i ll lose what i have. i m 31 now and i ve never lived through that kind of experience again, where somebody completely takes the reins of my life. and if i had experienced that again as a normal human being, i would have said that i would have been in an abusive relationship. # last night i told you i loved you. lucy spraggan is talking about her time on the x factor. she became an overnight
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of the heatwave around parts of sardinia and also into italy. rome is likely to see temperatures around 40 degrees or more. let s have a look at past records. they have been in the high lios in recent years and officially the highest temperature is actually 48 degrees celsius in athens in the late 70s. we could be approaching those values, but not a guarantee. this is why we ve got the heatwave in the south and the cooler air across the uk all because of that jet stream and that fresher air coming in from the north. this pattern is actually not likely to change for many more days. in fact, there are indications that for the rest of the month it is going to stay relatively on the cool side across most of the uk. today it s a mixture of sunshine and showers. where you see the lightning symbols we may have one or two thunderstorms. today s temperatures typically between around 17 to 22 degrees, maybe a little bit warmer in some of the sunniest spots further south. the weather is going
for this time of year, 14 22 as the overall high. now, as we move into sunday, it s likely that the low will drift away, but we still run the risk of more significant showers or longer spells of rain in the north west of scotland. sunny spells and scattered showers elsewhere, and as we go through the day for the rest of the country, hopefully the showers should start to ease. again, highsjust peaking into the low 20s. a little bit disappointing for this time of year. so it stays disappointing across the uk. but as you ve already heard at the same time across much of the mediterranean, we ve got heatwave conditions at the moment, with the hottest weather likely across the south east mediterranean. if you are heading on your holidays into next week, that heat is going to continue through spain, through italy and also through greece.