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from BBC News. It is goodbye from me.

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Hello and welcome to Look East. In the programme tonight: The mother

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of a teenager rushed to hospital after a neknomination challenge

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warns other families it could easily happen to you. People have died with

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less alcohol in their systems. She's lucky.

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Can a buyer be found for this troubled sheepskin firm which has

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been trading since 1846? Actor John Hurt supports a project

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to use cinema to help dementia.

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And professional facilities at last for our Olympic gymnasts ` no longer

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left to train alongside toddlers. First tonight a warning to all

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parents ` don't just assume your children won't take part in the

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latest internet drinking craze. Dawn Lister's daughter Megan is 16. On

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Sunday she was rushed to Southend Hospital with alcohol poisoning

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after downing a bottle of vodka as part of a challenge in an online

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game called neknomination. Her mother is speaking out to stop other

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families experiencing what she's been through. Three young men are

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taking part in the latest craze, called neknomination. Friends

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challenge each other to film themselves drinking alcohol. Some

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end up in hospital. They take it too far. Don Lister's teenage daughter

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nearly died after drinking a bottle of vodka. `` Dawn Lister's. She

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couldn't stand. She was shaking. Her eyes were going to the back of her

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head. She was screaming. She was lucky. It could have turned any

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other way. She could have died. People have died with less alcohol

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in their systems. This could kill you. Blind you. Paralyse you. At

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Southend Hospital, a consultant described how dangerous it can be.

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The most common side effect of drinking alcohol is that it will

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affect your conscious level. You could become unconscious. When that

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happens you could effectively supplicate to death. It induces

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vomiting. `` suffocate. They are playing roulette. Particularly if

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they are drinking spirits. This boy died after drinking a concoction of

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wine and spirits. Meanwhile, neknomination footage becomes more

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and more outrageous. This woman rode a horse into a supermarket to reform

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our challenge. She defended her actions as harmless fun. But there

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is concern about the risks. `` perform her challenge. So what

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motivates students to take part in neknomination? This afternoon I

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spoke to Dr Tim Snelson, who lectures in media studies at the

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University of East Anglia, and third year student Ollie Osborne. Dr

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Snelson said social media wasn't the only issue to blame. There's a risk

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of downplaying some issues ` seeing this as a social problem. If you

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remove that from the equation, you resolve the problem... There's been

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pressure on Facebook to remove the content. This is something that can

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be problematic. You can't play down issues of bullying and binge

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drinking. They're persistent issues. They need to be addressed. To

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simplify it to social media can be a problem and can even amplify the

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problem. Have you been neknominated? Would you do it? No. I don't feel

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the pressure. It's down to being in those social groups. We've got to

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remember it's your own choice. People don't fake it... You're often

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on your own. There's no party going on. People don't actually have to

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consume? I guess so. But there's an area around it. A discussion

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happening offline. The aspect of moving from online to offline...

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Social media is a big part of students lives. `` students' lives.

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The boundaries are blurred. We might become digital by default. What

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advice would you give a student? To use social media for what it's

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intended to do ` to be an individual, to express who you

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are... Rather than be pressured into things you don't think are about who

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you are... Thank you. The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick

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Clegg, has rejected claims by more than 40 Christian leaders `

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including the Bishop of Chelmsford ` that government cutbacks and

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benefits failures have led to an increase in the number of people who

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rely on food banks. Late this afternoon I spoke to the Bishop of

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Chelmsford who joined this attack on the coalition and began by asking

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whether the church should interfere in matters of politics. I don't

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think it's kind of feeling. The church is one of the few

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organisations which has a presence in literally every community. We

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have a presence in every community. We have a good sense of what is

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happening along the ground. Part of our responsibility is to hold up a

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mother to the rest of society and say this is happening. The hard

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truth is that there is a lot of hunger and poverty around. The Mid

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Norfolk MP George Freeman has been defending the government this

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afternoon ` this is what he said. If you look at the child family tax

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credit, it's gone up under this government. If you look at

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disability support, we're targeting the disability support on those who

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most need it. I have constituents who come to my surgery ` disabled

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constituents ` saying 'please stop giving money to those who don't

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deserve it, give it to those of us who really do'. So, there are two

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sides to this argument. I don't think it's as black and white. First

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of all, I don't think any of the bishops say it is a black and white

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issue. You have to make a distinction between what we have set

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and how it has been reported. We have great sympathy for our

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politicians. We know it is a difficult situation but we feel it

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is our responsibility to say that if one of the functions of welfare is

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to provide a safety net for the most pro`and our society then we have to

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say that some people fallen through it. `` most poor. It is an

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uncomfortable truth which cannot be ignored. This is an unprecedented

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move. Now it is not. `` No it is not. We have a duty and

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responsibility to speak for those who do not have a voice. We are

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working for a united and cookies and society and we want life to be

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fair. `` cohesive. This is the reality of the situation. Thank you.

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A Suffolk firm which became world famous for making sheepskin coats

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says it's hopeful of finding a buyer. Nursey of Bungay has been in

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business for more than 200 years but in recent times has been making

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losses. If it can't find a buyer the company will close next month. Tim

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comes from a long line of people making hats, coats and slippers in

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Bungay. But now this family firm has reached the end of the line. A photo

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of Tim's father and grandfather outside the shop around the turn of

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the last century. They made their first sheepskin coat in 1944. The

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company ended its heyday in the 60s and 70s. When lots of young people,

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ladies would get coats for their 21st... We were doing around 1,500 a

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year. Wonderful days. A long time ago now. It was manic. Then it

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tailed off. Now you find them on vintage websites and in shops. In

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its heyday, they couldn't make enough coats. They had to ration

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them to certain areas. David Jason wore a sheepskin as Del Boy in Only

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Fools and Horses. But in the 90s they were going out of fashion. The

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barbers came along... All sorts of things... It really isn't as cold as

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it used to be. Currently, it's wet. It's great for other jackets. Staff

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have been offered redundancy but Tim is still hopeful he can find a

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buyer. He's had interest from at home and abroad but if a buyer can't

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be found the business will close down next month.

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A police officer from Essex has been sacked for having a relationship

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with a vulnerable crime victim. The 45`year`old officer was based at

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Colchester police station and hasn't been named. A disciplinary hearing

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was told he'd met the woman through his work then tried to cover it up.

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He's been dismissed without notice. People who were flooded in the tidal

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surge before Christmas say they feel forgotten and vulnerable. The

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Environment Agency were holding a drop in session in Snape in Suffolk

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this afternoon where local people are trying to form their own flood

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action group. We were on our own. We didn't see the emergency services.

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Residents in Snape are frustrated. Today the Environment Agency held a

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meeting to discuss concerns. It annoys me that all of this is going

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on and everybody is complacent. The message we got wasn't very clear. As

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a result we suffered the consequences. What Michu think they

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are complacent? `` makes you think. They do nothing. There wasn't a

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proper structure. In other communities, even though they are

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slightly bigger, we could do something like they do. This cottage

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was flooded at three in the morning. Her home has been gutted and she

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will not be able to return until July. She thinks they need to be

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more planning. `` there needs to be. To hear people saying they don't

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have wellingtons and can't come across as quite scary. That was

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police. We had to work incredibly hard to get any publicity and to get

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anybody to listen. We went to the Environment Agency meeting to see if

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we could get cancer is. Get answers. I'm not sure if a plan would have

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made any difference. But lessons have to be learned. Sarah is hoping

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to set up an action group to put in place a proper plan for the future.

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Still to come: Elite facilities for the gymnasts.

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Plus find out if Stuart was lost for words when he won another award!

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The actor John Hurt launched a ?50,000 appeal today to help create

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a screen heritage centre in Norwich. Mr Hurt is patron of the film

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education charity behind the ?660,000 project. It is hoped that

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people with a disability and others living with dementia will

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particularly benefit. Cinema City in the centre of Norwich was founded in

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the late 1970s ` the first regional film theatre in the country. Seven

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years ago, after a major rebuild, it re`opened as a state of the art,

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three screen cinema. Alongside its commercial operations, there's the

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film education charity Cinema Plus. Currently, these rickety stairs are

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the only way to get to the top of the building, where they have big

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plans! We want to turn this floor into what we'll call the Screen

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Heritage Centre. They have planning permission, listed buildings consent

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` now they must raise ?50,000 to unlock support from the Heritage

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Lottery Fund. The first thing we want to do is make sure this space

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is accessible to every member of the public. At the moment the disabled

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can't come to this first floor. The plan is to make sure it's completely

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accessible, and attract more audiences to this floor, and the

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activity of Cinema City. A new entrance, via the courtyard, and a

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lift to the first floor will open up the space to all. Pictures of old

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cinemas and theatres ` like the Norwich Hippodrome, demolished in

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the 60s to make way for a multistorey car park ` can trigger

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memories in those who live with dementia. People have all sorts of

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memories of going to the pictures. It's powerful. Being able to work

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with people with dementia, and using film, is great. 22`year`old Ruth

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loves cinema. I don't have a disability but I need support with

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other things. What excites you about cinema and the images you see? I get

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really excited. I've got an interactive brain so I can dream of

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anything I want. It takes me to a different world. Early next month

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they'll hear whether they're to receive a ?500,000 grant from the

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Heritage Lottery Fund. If all goes well, the new centre could open its

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doors this time next year. I spoke to John Hurt, who is supporting the

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campaign. It's opening up an understanding of the language of

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film. It's a very specific language and it's still quite young ` only

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100 years old. It's inextricably part of our lives now. I don't think

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we could survive without cinema of some sort. It's such an evocative

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art form. I know they want to help people with dementia because it can

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evoke such memories? This is true. It's hugely helpful. Do you look

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back at your childhood and remember getting interested in film? Did it

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inspire you to become an actor? It did! I go back to comedies... Alec

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Guinness. I said that to somebody the other day and they asked who he

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was! Help, I thought! It's those things that are so evocative. You

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never lose them. You see film from a different perspective. When you

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watch, do you watch differently? I have a more critical eye. Sometimes

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I wish I didn't know this or that, and could just sit and enjoy. On the

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other hand, it's also what I'm arguing. One should have a critical

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faculty. The same way you do with literature. You can read a book and

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nobody finds it difficult to describe why they like a certain

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writer. We should talk about film that way. Everyone can be a

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film`maker now. We all have our own gadgets. People look at things in

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different ways ` through their phone... All the more reason for

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education. You don't want to have a flood of not very good films. It

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worries me. We had a very strong voice before the First World War.

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That's when film was young. We became kind of second to America.

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Their voice is different from ours. It's taken us a long time to get

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back to an appreciation of our own society. I'm supporting this because

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any support you can give that helps that voice to be heard properly

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again is essential. John Hurt talking to me earlier.

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Huntingdon Gymnastic Club is celebrating the opening of its new

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extension today. It's cost almost ?1.5 million. The Gymnastics Club

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launched the careers of Olympic medallists Louis Smith and Daniel

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Keatings and it's hoped this new extension will increase our chances

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of producing more elite athletes. Our reporter Ben Bland is there now.

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We often hear about the Olympic legacy. This is what it looks like.

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It is a brand`new hall at Huntingdon Gymnastic Club. They are training

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young gymnasts. We may well see them performing sometime in the future.

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An impressive display. They were performing under pressure. In the

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audience were two world`class gymnast. `` gymnasts. I remember

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coming into the building one day. It was finally happening. It is great

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to see this. Louis Smith performed his Olympic routine. He still trains

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here. He has been since he was six years old. Sir John Major was also

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there and he did the official honours. I remember opening the

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official gymnasium 23 years ago. All that has happened in between, with

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Louis Smith and so one... It is a fantastic sport. `` so on... The

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refurbishment has cost almost ?1.5 million. This young boy slept in a

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tent in his garden for almost a year to respond just shut. It is worth

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it. `` raise sponsorship. It is fun to use it. He hopes that one day he

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will perform at the level of people like Dan Keatings. We had the gym

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and it showed what level we could get it. With this one then you don't

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know what level anybody could get to. The more talent that comes

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through, they could reach even better levels. The club now has 900

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members. Up from 500 before the members. Up from 500 before the

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London Olympics. They know that space for even more to join. We can

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be more easily. We have more space. Louis Smith was having to do his

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routines with toddlers running around. We can now have a good

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programme will not shrink elite talent. `` while nurturing our elite

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talent. We even spotted a possible future champion taking her first

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steps! They are back at work now. The classes have started. Let's

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speak to one of the cultures. `` the coaches. These guys have now got

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more space to push themselves. We are now able to push them on. We are

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able to see their potential. In times gone by, we have been clamped

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into one whole but no longer. `` cramped. `` hall. Some people have

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asked me to take a go myself but I have the excuse... I don't have my

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gym kit! Harry looks like a star of the future.

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Now for the weather. It has been the wettest winter on record. Over the

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next week, we will be seeing more rain. There was a lot of cloud and

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drizzle this morning. The satellite picture shows this huge bank of

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cloud. Here is a photograph. This was sent in by Pete. We don't have

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your surname! It shows the cloud. We are seeing some showers tonight.

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There are some around Norfolk. They are likely to be on the light side

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and over the second half of the night they should clear away. There

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is cooler air coming and as well. `` coming in. Temperatures may get down

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to close to freezing. Two to three Celsius in some parts. Restart

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tomorrow quite chilly. It is not a bad day. It will feel a bit cooler

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and fresher. We will see plenty of sunshine. A mortal bright and sunny

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weather to come. But for many the temperatures will be in single

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figures. You will notice the difference. Eight or nine degrees. A

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moderate wind. There is a risk of showers for the afternoon and that

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continues to the evening. We may well see some showers developing

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through the evening. This is the price chart for the weekend. There

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are a few fronts out there. For the most part it looks like there will

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be very dry weather. Saturday looks a better day of the two. It will be

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windy on both days. Increasing amounts of cloud by the end of the

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day on Saturday. Some drizzle around. On Sunday, it will be cloudy

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with some drizzle. Temperatures will go motor again. Some showers are

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arriving on Monday. Here is the barometer check. Thank you.

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Finally, before we go, huge congratulations to Stewart who

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scooped the Royal Television Society's Regional Presenter of the

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Year award at a ceremony in London last night. It's the second year in

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a row he's won the accolade! Thank you very much indeed. I'm astonished

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nobody's mentioned my appearance in the Alan Partridge film. I'm very

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lucky that I work with people who are very talented and put a lot of

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trust in me. Three of them are here tonight ` Shaun, Tony and Matt. They

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are director, technical manager and cameraman. Nicky O'Donnell is always

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the most supportive you could wish for. Most of all, my wife Jane is

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here. Thank you to the judges and thanks to the Royal Society. It

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means a lot. Well done! Hail need a bigger cabinet! Goodbye.

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