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<TEXT>(updating figures)

We've had the wettest April in more than a century.

Rainfall in the UK was almost double the average forecasters would expect for
the month.

Around 40 flood warnings are in place across England and Wales - and the
figure continues to rise.

Yesterday a man died trying to cross a flooded ford in his car in Hampshire.

Met Office forecaster Dan Grey expects the wet weather to continue over the
next few days:

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<TEXT>A former world karate champion, who taught kids in Poole for almost 20 years - starts a 30 month jail term today - for sexually abusing children and filming it.

Timothy Stephens who's 50 and of Alcester Road in Parkstone, pleaded guilty in February to 43 offences including assault, voyeurism - and having 37 thousand indecent images of children at his home.

The Crown Prosecution Service says he used his 'local fame to gain the confidence of many.
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<TEXT>A small plane had to make a controlled crash landing at Bournemouth airport last night...

The runway was closed for about half an hour after the pilot had difficulties with the nose wheel of the jet.

Fire crews were on stand by but the 3 people on board all got off safely around 6 o clock.
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<TEXT>Teachers' pay could depend on their performance under new proposals.

A group of MPs says a new results-based system is needed to stop bad teachers being paid the same as their more successful colleagues.
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<TEXT>Veteran DJ Tony Blackburn has told a magazine that he's slept with around 500 women.

The I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here winner put it down to the fact he was single in the Sixties.
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<TEXT>In football - there was a Blue Moon over Manchester last night after City beat United 1-nil to go top of the Premier League.

Meanwhile West Brom head coach Roy Hodgson is continuing talks with the FA over the England manager's job.
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