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low skilled workers. this basically redefines our immigration policy, so the brightest and the best, people with skills need to come to the uk, and we will no longer have the routes for cheap, low skilled labour that obviously has dominated immigration and our labour mark forfar too long in this country. caroline flack s family have shared a new instagram post she wrote before she died, describing how her arrest for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend meant her whole future was swept from under her and insisting she was not a domestic abuser. and we ll have all the news from the brit awards last night where dave, who won album of the year, made this statement about boris johnson. # it is racist, whether or not it feels racist. # the truth is our prime minister s a real racist. # they say you should be grateful we re the least racist. # i say the least racist is still racist. hi, welcome to the programme. we re live until 11 this morning. if you ve been through the family c
wales investigates. hope this postcard finds you well. i am in a monastery at the moment in a place called taize. it has been fascinating talking to people about their different views and opinions on god and life in general. looking forward to seeing you again and telling you all about it. love, craig. it was getting late, but i was waiting because i knew he d ring because it was his first day of selection. then at 11:30 there was a knock on the door. and as soon as he said mod i knew craig was dead. he came in and explained how craig was going up a hill and he d had a heart attack. craig roberts from penrhyn bay, near llandudno, signed up as a reservist at university. he wanted to join the reserve sas. it s not what we wanted to hear, but he was passionate and said he wanted to be the best soldier that he could be, and they were the best of the best. we were worried about what he could be asked to do if he was deployed. but the thought of training didn t occur to us a
from the west, some of that rain turning heavy, particularly over high ground if wales and north west england. the further east and south you are, that rain will be lighter and patchier. snow on the high ground in scotland. maybe brighten in the far south west. temperatures of seven to 11, and it is windy in the north of the uk as well. notice the north of the uk as well. notice the way in which through tonight the rain continues to pile up on the hills in the west, and there is going to be a renewed surge of wet weather through the second half of the night. a windy and mild night, temperatures by the start of tomorrow. seven and ten degree, colder up to the north west. that is a sign of things to co come. as the rain works east ward it will introduce colder air. along the rain band we are likely to develop a narrow band of really intense downpour, you can pick it out here on the graphic, this line of dark blue and green. heavy downpours with briefly some squally gusty winds.
now on bbc news: a family breaks their silence after their son died not on the battlefield, but after mistakes during a military exercise in wales. hope this postcard finds you well. i am ina hope this postcard finds you well. i am in a monastery at the moment. i am in a monastery at the moment in a place called taize. it was getting late, but i knew he d ring because it was his first day of selection. then at 11:30 there was a knock on the door and as soon as he said mod i knew craig was dead. he came in and explained how craig was going up a hilland he?d had a heart attack. craig roberts from penrhyn bay, near llandudno, signed up as a reservist at university. he wanted to join the reserve sas. it s not what we wanted to hear, but he was passionate and said he wanted to be the best soldier that he could be, and they were the best of the best. we were worried about what he could be asked to do if he was deployed. but the thought of training didn t occur to us at all. craig a