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Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight.

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Our top story: Eight years after her murder,

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Shafelia Ahmed's parents appear in court. Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed

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deny all the allegations. All the investigations will be contested in

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court. Also tonight: no case to answer - a

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pensioner is told he will not be charged for killing an alleged

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attacker because he acted in self- defence. For most people it's a tad

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windy and a little rainy for most at the beach, but for this lot, the

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conditions are perfect. And teaching the boys a thing or

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two - Imogen's leading the way as the only girl in her class. I think

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she probably controls the boys. She'll probably have them playing

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with Barbies and all sorts, so we know she can hold her own!

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Also tonight, Tony's at a glitzy awards ceremony in the heart of

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Salford. Yes, it is glitzy. I can tell you, the dinner suits will be

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bulging at the seams because the big boys of rugby will be here to

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present the Lance Todd Trophy. Join me later on the red carpet.

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The parents of Shafelia Ahmed have appeared before magistrates at

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Runcorn in Cheshire charged with her murder. Iftikhar and Farzana

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Ahmed, from Warrington, were remanded in custody. There will be

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bail hearing at Manchester Crown Court on Friday. They were charged

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earlier today with killing their 17-year-old daughter on September

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11th, 2003. Andy Gill is outside their home in Warrington now.

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blinds are down at their home. You can see Mr Axe hmed's car. It was a

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very brief court appearance, five minutes, if that. By contrast, it's

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eight years since anybody last saw Shafelia alive.

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When Shafelia Ahmed went missing eight years ago, it was a teacher

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who reported her absence. In the months before that happened, she

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had been on a family trip to Pakistan, during which time she

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drank bleach. Cheshire Police searched wasteland near her home,

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be there was no sign of her until early 2004 when a body was found on

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the banks of the river Kent in Cumbria. A coroner ruled she had

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been unlawfully killed, probably by strangling or smothering. In a BBC

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interview at the time, her father denied any responsibility.

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REPORTER: Did you have any involvement in your daughter's

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death? None whatsoever. In fact, her paints have always denied any

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wrongdoing, once interrupting a press conference to assert their

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innocence. Last year, her parents were arrested on suspicion of

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murder in connection with the alleged honour killing of their

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daughter. Today they were brought to the Magistrates Court at Runcorn

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to face the single charge they murdered their daughter on

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September 11 2003. They made a five-minute appearance in court,

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speaking only to give their names, dates of birth and address. Mrs

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Ahmed spoke through an interpreter. Magistrates remanded the couple

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until Friday morning when they'll appear by a video link. Their

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solicitor continued to assert their innocence. They have been charged

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with allegations of murder concerning the death of their

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daughter Shafelia Ahmed. Both vehemently deny the allegations.

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This was the reaction of their neighbours in Warrington? It's a

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bit of a surprise today. I don't know why they just decided now to

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arrest them again. This afternoon, the couple were taken away by a

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prison van until their next court appearance.

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The couple made no entry of a plea today. It's too early in the legal

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process for that to happen, nor was there any application for bail, but

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the family's solicitor, who you saw in that report just now, he has

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said the couple will apply for bail. The earliest opportunity they'll do

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that is on Friday morning at Manchester Crown Court. Whether he

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will apply for bail then remains to be seen. From Warrington, back to

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you. Thank you very much.

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Six weeks ago, 72-year-old Cecil Coley was locking up his family's

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florist's shop in Old Trafford when he was confronted by a gang of

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armed men. What happened next left Mr Coley with serious injuries and

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one of the suspected robbers dead. Today the pensioner was told he

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won't be charged with murder after stabbing 30-year-old Gary Mullings

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to death. The Crown Prosecution Service says it's satisfied he was

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acting in self-defence. Naomi Cornwell reports.

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Today the florist's shop on Shrewsbury Street was closed. It

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was here in late July that 72-year- old Cecil Coley was confronted by

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four men armed with guns and a knife. The men forced their way in

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as Mr Coley and a friend were locking up. In the scuffle that

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followed a shot was fired from a blank firing pistol. Mr Coley also

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suffered serious injuries to his face, his friend was knocked

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unconscious and two of the suspected robbers were stabbed. One

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of them, 30-year-old Gary Mullings, died from his injuries. All the

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evidence indicates that when he took hold of a knife that was on

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the shop counter and struck out, he was acting in a way that was

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instinctively necessary to protect himself whilst fearing for his life.

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Mr Coley had been arrested and questioned on suspicion of murder,

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but today the Crown Prosecution Service announced that no charges

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would be brought against the pensioner for Gary Mulling's death

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or for the stabbing of another of the suspected robbers. It is cheer

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from the evidence I have seen that Mr Coley was acting in reasonable

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self-defence and used a degree of force that he reasonably believed

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was necessary to stab Gary Mullings and injure another of the intruders.

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In Old Trafford this afternoon one neighbour said the whole community

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would be relieved. It's a relief for him, his family and the rest of

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the community and his neighbours as well, who, at the end of the day

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couldn't believe what happened. Three men have been charged with

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robbery and are due in court next month. Pakistan International

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airways say they have found nothing suspicious aboard a Manchester-

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bound plane that was diverted earlier this afternoon after a bomb

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threat. It has now left the Turkish airport to continue its flight. A

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spokesman for Manchester Airport says the threat now looks like it

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was a hoax. Publicist Max Clifford says his new

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client, Rebecca Leighton, the nurse who was accused of causing the

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deaths of patients at Stepping Hill Hospital, wants to get her life

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back to normal as soon as possible. She was arrested after saline drips

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were tampered with. She was released on Friday when the Crown

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Prosecution Service said there was not enough evidence to convict her.

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All she said to me was, "Look, I have been poisoned by sections of

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the media. Hopefully, you can provide the antidote to get rid of

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all of that poison because mud sticks," and a lot of the things

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that have been written have been absolutely awful. She wants her

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life to get back to normal as soon as possible.

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Wards have been closed to visitors at two Wirral hospitals after an

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outbreak of the vomiting bug Norovirus. Restrictions have been

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imposed on some wards at Arrowe Park and on a rehabilitation ward

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at Clatterbridge Hospital. Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology

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has not been affected. Planners in the Lake District have

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turned down a proposal to build a mile-long zipwire at the Honister

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Slate mine. The owners of the mine near Keswick wanted to install the

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aerial slide, like this one in South Africa's Sun City, but they

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were told it would be noisy, and out of place in a national park.

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The village of Tideswell in Derbyshire is in the spotlight

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tonight as part of the BBC Village SOS series. It follows the fortune

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of villagers as they try and halt the decline of rural life and

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transform the local economy. Yunus Mulla has had a look. This was a

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betting shop. This one used to be a general store-cum-sweet shop,

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electrical store over here, and then a shop here - all gone now.

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What we're just left with is the village pub.

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Tideswell in Derbyshire is like many rural villages. These are

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tough times. Shop closures and the state of the economy have left

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businesses struggling. It is good news. Your village has been chosen

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE The Village SOS series has an

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attempt to survive thanks to a new cookery school. The attempt is to

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make this a foody village. food? Food is great. We're all

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passionate about food. We all need food, and it brings all ages

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together. A consultant has been drifted in to help Team Tideswell.

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It's terrific to see that already the project seems to be having an

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impact. Over the 12 months, there are highs and lows and some doubt.

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I think we've got to bring a lot of people in - an awful lot of people

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in. Yeah. And I don't know whether a cookery school is going to bring

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that amount of people in. In the end, the villagers managed to

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create their very own food brand, but it will be many months yet

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before we know if it's all been a success.

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And you can see more on Tideswell's Village SOS project on BBC One at

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8.00pm tonight. If you're interested in getting more involved

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with your community, check out the website for tips on getting started.

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You can also find out how to tap into the new �5 million fund for

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the brightest ideas. Right away - well, after the

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programme. Still to come:

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Trophy time again for Wigan via Salford. What links the Warriors

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and their rivals at the City Reds. And life's a breeze on Wirral -

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perfect conditions for Europe's elite paracarters - what's that?

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Find out later. Making the leap from education to

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the working world can be a challenging time for anyone but for

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people with Autism its even harder. Statistics show that although the

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majority want to work - the majority aren't sucesful. In the

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latest in our series on autism, Kate Simms has been been speaking

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to two adults with autism, with very different experiences of

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finding employment. Tom and Jack both have autism. Both want to be

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independent adults. Both want to work, but only one does. I do all

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the admin work. I am involved with this entire floor. We have member

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services and the Chief Executive. Do you enjoy it It's busy. I enjoy

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it. Jack said being employed was his biggest fear, but found work

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after taking part in the council's scheme. His colleagues say it has

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been a learning process for all the team, but well worth it. He's very

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bubbly. It takes him quite awhile to learn something, but once he

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does, he gets quite precise about that job, and he likes to make that

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job his own, really. But Jack's story is not the norm. Only 15% of

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adults with autism are in full-time employment. A third are without a

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job or benefits. That's despite 61% saying they want to work. Tom is

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part of that group. I would like to have a job because it feels like I

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would have a bit of independence, and to fill my day, because it's

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not really good when you're stuck at home watching the TV or playing

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on your computer games, and I really want to work. Tom finds the

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Jobcentre a frightening place - application forming, then there is

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the interview. Like, I can't maintain eye contact, like - I

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can't look at them directly, and I tend to slur my words. Tom is now

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being supported in his search by a job coach who works for a charity.

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Given the opportunity to be able to show that he's really hardworking,

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he can follow instructions really well, and he's intelligent. He's

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really bright, and he has got the ability to work. Tom just wants a

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chance. I could work like a day for them and show that I am actually

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hardworking, and I will be an asset to their company.

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Yeah, bye. Meanwhile, back in Preston, Jack is thinking about the

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future. I am interested in working in the IT department. I have

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various different interests. I'm just interested in just working my

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way up the scale. Earlier we spoke to Peter Sackett

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from the Bren Project in Chester which helps people with learning

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disabilities find supported work placements. And we asked him what

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attitudes were like amongst employers to people with autism.

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Most people are willing to give people a chance. The difficulty I

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think is just a lack of awareness on the part of employers about the

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needs of people with disabilities, but also about it their abilities

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as well. It's just a lack of awareness, really. We saw from that

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film Jack's worth to the company that described him as valued and

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bubbly, though it took him a little time to learn things. He was

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meticulous and precise, and he made the job his own, but in these tough

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economic times, are companies going to be prepared to invest time in

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people like Jack and others? think lots of organisations are

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under pressure at the moment. A few years ago everyone had a little bit

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of capacity and found they could give some extra time maybe to

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supporting people, whereas maybe that's not the case now. People are

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losing their jobs. There's extra stresses on employers, and there is

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generally fear that if you take on someone with a learning disability,

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they will be a burden rather than an asset really, and they'll take

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staff time, so you'll lose productivity or sales. That's not

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the case. What is the case? You obviously are there to support

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these people in work. What would you say to employers what the

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benefits are? The benefits can be many. People with autism, their

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attention to detail can be amazing, their reliability, their time

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keeping, their focus - all of which makes them a perfect employee. It's

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just about giving them the opportunity and the chance to

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experience the workplace, you know? At our project, what we do is we'll

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help people to find a place, and we'll then support them one to one

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with a job coach. That way they can learn the job. The employer gets to

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learn about them. So if there is an employer watching this now who is

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tempted, therefore, to give someone a chance, what do they do about it?

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How should they go about it? There are organisations like ours

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throughout the county. I don't know that everyone provides the level of

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support we do. I don't know quite how they are in terms of access,

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whether places are oversubscribed or whether organisations have

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capacity, but to speak to the National Autistic Society and to

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get in touch with charities like ours to see if there are any

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opportunities. But they're under no obligation, are they, to do that?

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Would you like to see that change? I think it's very difficult - no,

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they're not under any obligation. When employers work with us, they

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offer a placement. What we say to the beneficiary at the start of the

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placement that we can't guarantee any long-term employment, but all I

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would say is for employers to give people a chance to see what they

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can do. If you are a company interested in

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employing someone with a learning disability, the website address is

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www.brenproject.org.uk. Let's take a look at sport. Tony is the man of

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the moment. It's a big night out for a very special man of the match.

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Tony has all the glitz and glamour there, although without your tight.

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Yeah, I haven't got a dicky on but everyone else has I am afraid.

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Yes, the stars are arriving at the Lowri Hotel to present the Lance

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Todd Trophy. More on the trophy and more on the

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man in just a moment. Let's start off with a round-up of the day's

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other news. Sale Sharks winger Mark Cueto is a doubt for England's

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opening Rugby Union World Cup match against Argentina in Dunedin on

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Saturday. Cueto has been struggling with a back problem since he was

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forced off early in England's warm- up game against Ireland last month.

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Let's turn to cricket now. A great effort from the lower order

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has ensured a good first day for Lancashire's cricketers in their

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crucial County Championship match at home to Hampshire in Liverpool.

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An unbeaten 76 from skipper Glenn Chapple helped them recover from

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125 for 5 to 337 for 7 when bad light stopped play. A victory would

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take Lancs' title hopes into the final round of games. It's the

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European Championships. Paracarting means being tugged along at 50mph

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on a kite. It wasn't for me, but we went along to investigate.

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They're used to harnessing the power of the wind in this part of

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the world, and this week the turbines have got company.

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# I've got to get away # Dodging other racers at speeds of

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up to 50mph, this is Europe's best men and women dealing with the best

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the north-west climate can throw at them. How much are you enjoying

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your holiday in England? Not so much.

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LAUGHTER I love these conditions. For me,

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the hard part is when I like it the most. When the sun is shining, it

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is so beautiful, but in the rain, it is also nice.

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LAUGHTER We have wet clothes, but that

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doesn't matter. We have 74 registered pilots from all over

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Europe, from as far away as Germany, Holland, Scotland, Ireland, England,

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Switzerland and Spain. Homegrown talent comes in the form of Tommy.

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You live a mile away. Does home advantage account for anything? It

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does because there are a few little places where you can get more speed

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on the bank. We'll just keep them to ourselves. Enfor dare-devil

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sportsmen, there comes a time when conditions are too fierce to

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continue. They have only managed one race before the heavens opened

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up again. They have all packed up for lunch. If the sun continues,

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they'll be back out on the beach for the rest of the week.

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I don't know. He thinks he's John Noakes!

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Back to the big night here. The Lance Todd memorial trophy has been

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awarded to the Challenge Cup man of the match since 1946. This year's

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winner, Wigan's Jeff Lima joins a list of legends. But the story

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behind the trophy itself is fascinating and joining me now is

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Salford Reds Chief Executive Dave Tarry to explain his club's links.

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Salford are inexplicably linked with this trophy. What are those

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Lings? The club supported the dinner since its inception, and

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Lance Todd was a famous coach at Salford in 1928 and worked with the

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club for 12 years bringing every honour available to the game

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including the Challenge Cup, so it has been a very long association.

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How hardly regarded within the game is this trophy? What do the players

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think about it? We like to think it's probably the most prized

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individual trophy that a player can win, you know? It - from the Man of

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the Match at Wembley I don't think you get anything bigger than that

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in our game. We can have a look at Jeff Lima now. He's won it in two

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great tries for the Wigan challenge. What do you make of him? A very

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good player, and he played very well on the day and certainly with

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the result the way it went, I thought he was outstanding. What

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kind of a guy is Jeff Lima for Rugby League, a character? He's a

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larger-than-life character. In the main the lads who demand that sort

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of position are. He's a big lad, as you'll see. He has a bit of

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presence around him.Ing See from the banners around this exception

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area, there are some big names that have won this trophy. All legends.

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A lot of people have come here tonight to pay homage to those

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people and the history behind the trophy, a mark of respect for that

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category of player. Hope you have a good night. Thank you very much.

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That's the Chief Executive of the Salford Reds.

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Finally from me tonight, the opening to one of the Isle of Man's

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biggest ever sporting events is to be broadcast live on the internet

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There we are. That's pretty much all from me at the hotel of the

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stars. I once shared a bowl of peanuts with West Life in the floor

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below me. I think the boys behind me are on something stronger - lots

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of meat on the menu tonight. Thank you. I am sure you can try to

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muscle your way into a meal, if you can. Better than peanuts. The wind

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must have blown itself out and the rain must have rained itself out.

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The rain is still around. Through the day today the showers weren't

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as widespread through the afternoon, but it's worth noting we still do

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have a flood warning, and one flood alert in force for rivers in

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Cumbria. Here is the Environment Agency number because in parts,

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showers will keep coming through the night tonight. I am afraid

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they're going to add to the problems we have already. Through

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the night, the showers died out in some parts of the north-west. Here

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is our latest picture. If I move out of the way, you can see they're

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starting to take hold. The Manchester skyline very grey and

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wet now. That line of showers works its way through the region over the

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next couple of hours. Over the high grounds, those will be heavy and

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prolonged. By the time you get to midnight, you'll start to see a

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back edge, and drier weather comess in towards the early hours of the

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morning. It will not be dry everywhere, but some places will

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get a few hours of dry weather. That is welcome. The rain through

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the day, it has been up to 40mph in gusts, so not quite as strong as

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yesterday, but it has been fairly blowy. It continues to be gusty

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through the night tonight, but it's easing down tomorrow. Overnight

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tonight, your temperatures 10-12C. Now, tomorrow, still one or two

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showers if you're up very, very early, but then a portion of the

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morning will be dry, and actually, there will be some breaks in the

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cloud cover, so from time to time, you'll see a glimpse of sunshine

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developing here and there. A change in wind direction is important for

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us tomorrow. It's coming from the south, so the showers won't be as

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widespread. You can see through the afternoon, another little line is

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working its way through. For most of the region you'll have quite a

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few hours of dryness. It's no-where near as gusty and blustery as today.

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The next line of rain is waiting in the wings for this time tomorrow.

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Your daytime temperatures tomorrow Midmy I think we should just make

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your screen smaller... So we can't see! Exactly. Next,

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hundreds of youngsters will be experiencing their first day at

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school this week. But not many will be going in to a class quite like

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the one Imogen Williams is joining. She is the only new entrant in her

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year at a tiny church school in the north Lancashire village of Melling.

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Peter Marshall has gone along to Breakfast time at the Williams home,

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and little Imogen is excited about starting school. The four-year-old

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is the only youngster in her school's new reception year, so she

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knows what she'd like... More girls! It's a brisk walk through

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the village to Meling St Will Friday School.

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Because it's so small, classes have various age groups in them. The

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infant class is Imogen and three older boys, but who is in charge?

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Actually, I think she probably controls the boys. She's had them

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playing with Barbies and all sorts, so we know she can hold her own.

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The whole school has just 23 pupils. With house prices high in the area,

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young families with children are We put a lot of thought in where to

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send her to, to send her to a school that's slightly bigger, but

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we decide we have such a lovely school right on our doorstep that

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it's a privilege. It's your turn now!

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It may be small, and it may be full of boys, but Imogen appears to be

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loving life in her little village She's not going to be upstaged, is

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she? You know what? She'll be Prime Minister, won't she? She's in

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charge of everyone already. Those three boys will be her advisors, I

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