Hilary and Jackie
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1:47:15
Hundreds
of roads are blocked,

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and large parts of the rail
network are out of action.

1:47:20
The home secretary is chairing
an emergency meeting

1:47:23
to discuss ways of dealing
with the emergency.

1:47:26
The cellist Jacqueline Du Pré
has died at her London home.

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She was 42.
Jacqueline Du Pré...

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oh, god.
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And won several awards
1:47:37
before rising to the top
of her profession.

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She will be
particularly remembered

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for her performances of
Elgar's cello concerto.

1:47:48
Stop the car, Piers.
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Stop the car!
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Oh, god!
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Jackie!
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Hil, where are you going?
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When I was but 13 or so,
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I went into a golden land.
1:48:28
Cimbarozo Cotopaxi
took me by the hand...

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over the Orinoco...
1:48:36
across the blazing
Kalahari desert...

1:48:39
through the untamed
grasslands of the veldt...

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over the steppes...
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and home.

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