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Welcome to South East Today, I'm Polly Evans. And I'm Rob Smith.

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Tonight's top stories. The prime minister pledges his

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support to the family of a woman believed to have been beheaded by

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kidnappers in India. We'll have the latest on the Surjit Kaur case live

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from chatham. The family of Keith Brook, who

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drowned in the River Medway yesterday, say they can't

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understand how it happened. I had to wait to ID him. And it's not

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very nice when you have to ID your own son.

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Also in tonight's programme. The financial strain of taking the

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train. Labour urge the government to tackle rising prices for road &

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rail commuters. Keeping a watchful eye on the

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birdies. A Kent cameraman's mission to protect wildlife on the golf

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course. And swapping four wheels for two,

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the Sussex school mums' scooter Good evening. The Prime Minister

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has promised to do everything he can to help the family of a Kent

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woman who's believed to have been kidnapped and beheaded while on

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holiday in India. Surjit Kaur, a 67-year-old mother-of-three from

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Chatham, was killed during a trip to the Punjab region of her

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homeland. Two men are awaiting trial on kidnap and murder charges.

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Simon Jones reports. A son who needs to know why his

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mother was found dead, some 800 miles from the area she was staying

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in, while holidaying in India. numb. Absolutely numb. Totally numb.

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Just couldn't believe it. We still don't really believe it now. She

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was always there for us, you could always turn to her. Day or night.

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This is just terrible for us. We have got no want to give us advice

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and stuff these days. The family's concerns have now been taken to the

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top. Can I ask the British Government to urge the Indian

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authorities to carry out a full, transparent, thorough investigation

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and bring to account those responsible for this horrendous

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murder so that my constituents and his family can get some justice

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format -- for their mother? Foreign Office has been providing

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the family with support. I have to say to him, responsibility for

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investigating crime committed overseas have to rest with the

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police and judicial authorities in that country. Punjab journalist

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told us the latest on a two men So the Prime Minister says he is

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going to give you what help he can. What do you make of that? Just give

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us help and support with it, really. We have never been in this

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situation before. I would just like to get the best hope I can, really,

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to get justice. We have put diplomatic pressure on the Indian

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authorities to say they have to investigate this fully, thoroughly

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and fairly, and bring those to account. Beyond the horror, now,

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the fight for justice. Simon Jones reporting, he joins us

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live now from Chatham. I understand the Foreign Office has promised to

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meet the family? That's right. The family feel they have had very

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little support from the Foreign Office has so far, particularly as

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they have been here in Chatham and that events have been unfolding so

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far away. They welcome this offer of a meeting. David Cameron is keen

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to stress there is only so much the British Government could do. That

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attack elite -- the family were particularly upset that they were

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unable to get to conjure up before the body was cremated, and they

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will now be holding their own memorial service.

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The family of a man who died after falling into the River Medway say

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they simply can't understand how it happened. 42-year-old Keith Brook,

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from Snodland, drowned yesterday afternoon. In an emotional

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interview today, his mother told us he was able to swim. Our reporter

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Jon Hunt is at the scene of the incident in Maidstone. Jon, what

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more do we know about Mr Brook's death?

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Police have given nothing more or way, but accounts I have been

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hearing suggests that Keith may have been with friends, may even

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have been joking around before falling into the river. Now with

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Keith's mother saying that he could swim, combined with the speed of

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his demise, it raises more questions.

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Pat was there when Keith was pulled from the river. And had to confirm

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to police that it was her son. is not very nice when you have to

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ID your own son. The only thing I am thinking, because he could swim,

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I don't know why he didn't get out. I can't say any more, and just

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going to miss him, sorry. Emergency services on the scene in minutes

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after reports Keith had fallen into the river. Eyewitnesses say

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strangely he seemed one minute to be swimming, the next minute,

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lifeless. I didn't think I would find my son drowned. I haven't had,

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the police haven't told us what he has died of or anything. He was on

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a lot of tablets. He was not a very well man. He wasn't very well.

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family and friends say he was a happy man who like a joke. It is

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possible his death was because of the debt -- a joke gone wrong.

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looked over to see two people pursue each other next to the world

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-- next to the river. I didn't think anything of it, I walked back,

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but as I was coming back from where I had been, I saw them pushing each

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other and the next thing I knew they were both in the river. The

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girl was screaming and panicking. Then the man, whoever it was, just

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did not come back up. It is clear it Keith like to drink. Whether

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that was a factor here will be a matter for the coroner. His family

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will miss his humour. He always laughed, no matter what he said to

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him. When he was drunk, if you said something, he would laugh at you.

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Even when you had a go at him, he would laugh at you, trying to make

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a joke. That was Keith. I will just remember that he was a cheerful

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bloke. Cheerful is how two of Keats

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friends have described in this afternoon, Gary and John say they

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went to school with him and known him all his life. His death of the

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River Medway here, the third in eight weeks, appears to have been a

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tragic accident. In a moment: From boom to bust. The

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Ashford businesswoman who used to turn over �1 million a year on

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bankruptcy and the struggle for Rising prices on the roads and

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rails are hitting commuters in the pocket, and tonight the Shadow

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Transport Secretary Maria Eagle is in Chatham to urge ministers to

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rethink their plans to increase train fares. Prices are set to rise

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by inflation plus 3% every year for the next three years. At the moment

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that means a rise of 8.2%. For a commuter travelling up from Chatham

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to Victoria, the annual season ticket would go up by �273, to just

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under �3,600. The commute from Hastings to Charing Cross would go

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up by �324, to almost �4,300. is about covering a financial gap

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that the government have politically chosen to create. And

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so instead of cutting the deficit at a more sensible pace, over the

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next four years, they have decided to do it all at once, and as a

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direct result of that choice, hard- pressed families here in Chatton

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are going to pay the price in massively increased rail fares at

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the next three years. But rail passengers faced big rises under

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Labour too. In 2008 the cost of regulated season tickets rose by

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4.8% on average. In 2009 they went up 7%. There was an average

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increase of 1.1% last year too. And fares on some unregulated services

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went up by far more, leaving commuters at Chatham Station

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struggling to afford their tickets. It has gone up, and it has affected

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the amount of spare money I have especially on proper childcare

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bills. Everything else at the moment, with a young family. With

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the job do -- the job I do, there is no or else to work but London.

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It is expensive to travel up, nearly �4,000 per year. Mind has

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gone up �400 in one go, but I have had a pay freeze in the last three

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years. With the cost of petrol, it is no cheaper to drive, it is

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almost like I can't afford to go to work. Whatever government have to

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say about these inflation-busting fares in the south-east? I spoke to

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the rail minister earlier, and she said that basically, they have had

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to increase prices on the railways to improve the rail infrastructure

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and increase capacity because of overcrowding. She said that is all

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a necessary thing they have to do. She also pointed to the fact that

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3% above increasing -- and the 3% above inflation increase was

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introduced by the previous Labour government. Next year's fare rises

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will be based on the July inflation level, so we'll have to wait a few

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weeks until we find out the exact figure. In the meantime, passenger

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groups say they will continue to lobby the government to try and

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keep fare rises to a minimum. Four men have been arrested after

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an attempted armed robbery at a bank in Surrey. They were captured

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outside the Santander Bank in Oxted yesterday evening. Police say a

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gang armed with hammers smashed their way into the bank and

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assaulted two security guards. Officers used a Taser gun to

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disable two of the men. Campaigners fighting plans to

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extend a quarry in woodland near Maidstone are calling for a public

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inquiry. The Woodland Trust says if ministers allow the plans for the

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33 hectare site in Barming to go ahead, they'd be breaking a pledge

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not to allow developments on ancient woodland.

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The retailer John Lewis has announced plans to create 160 jobs

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by opening a new superstore in Ashford. It will open in autumn

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2012. It follows the opening of a similar store last year in

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Tunbridge Wells, which created 190 new jobs.

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Claire Morris was murdered by her husband, who drugged her and faked

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a car crash to claim the life insurance money. Now her brother is

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hoping to create a foundation in her name that would provide year-

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round support for the families of murder victims. Peter Morris, from

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Gillingham, wants to build a retreat, where grieving relatives

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could receive support and therapy. Sara Smith has more.

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It was just eight months after Claire Morris married Malcolm

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Webster that he would kill her. This car crash are assumed to be an

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accident. For Claire's family, morning her death at the time was

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bad enough. When years later it was revealed as murder, it was like

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losing her again. Now her brother wants to help others cope with what

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they are going through. I think it would be a good thing for people to

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be able to go to a good, homely, holiday environment, where they can

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recharge their batteries and also, if I was able to, to re-inspire

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them to get their lives back together. I hear so many stories of

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people who feel that they suffer themselves a life sentence, even

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though they are not the criminal. He it is 17 years since the crash

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which killed his sister. Five years later, Malcolm Webster, a former

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nurse, would try to kill his second wife in a similar plot in New

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Zealand. Last month he was found guilty of Clare's Berger and the

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attempted murder of his second wife. While make -- while Malcolm Webster

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will be spending a long time in jail, Clare's brother is planning

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the retreat. Do you understand what it is like to have your loved one

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kept in a mortuary for three or four months? Do you have an

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understanding of having your loved one have three post-mortems?

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Somebody who has been through that, understand, you do not have to go

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through great detail, it is just that immediate empathy. If he and

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other people had somewhere to go, just to try and get back into

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normality, to us to try and build himself back up so that they can go

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out and deal with the big wide world.

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Peter is now trying to raise the funds for his plan to do just that.

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Our top story tonight. The Prime Minister has promised to do

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everything he can to help the family of a Kent pensioner who's

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believed to have been kidnapped and beheaded while on holiday in India.

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Surjit Kaur, a mother-of-three from Chatham, was killed during a trip

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to the Punjab. Two men are awaiting trial on kidnap and murder charges.

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Also in tonight's programme. Giving wildlife a fair chance on the

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fairways. The Kent camerman on a mission to let nature thrive on the

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golf course. And are we going to get a lunar

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look-in with the total lunar eclipse tonight? I am going to let

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you know when and where to look, and if the cloud will actually

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For the last 30 years they've operated as a family business,

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making bespoke animal shelters near Ashford. Forsham Cottage Arks had

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an annual turnover of more than �1 million and employed 35 people, but

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this month they've gone bust. Across the UK almost 280,000

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businesses go under every year. The figure in Brighton, Sussex and

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Surrey was almost 15,000 in 2009. And more than 7,000 in Kent and

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Medway. Our business correspondent Mark Norman has tonight's Special

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Report. We were a big family, we enjoyed it,

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it was a lovely place to be. They made posh chicken cooks and kennels,

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exhibited at Chelsea Flower Show, and won prizes from BBC's

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Gardeners' World. This is now a family business that has gone bust.

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Mortgaged to the held, they owe the taxman and the Bank huge amounts.

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After 33 years, this is hard. had a magic Ward, -- magic wand, I

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would still borrow against my house and I would still have my company.

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We love it and we leave it. I am going to cry. Yes, it is a problem.

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Some of the most common reasons for businesses to fail include failing

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to control the cash going out and coming into the business, failing

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to control costs, ruthlessly, and failing to pay Crown taxes,

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including PAYE and VAT. Experts believe many people who run

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companies do not recognise when they are getting into trouble and

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do not ask for help soon enough. they face a bad month, they

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recognise that head for the next month will be better. One month

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sometimes becomes three months, it becomes two quarters of VAT they

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have not paid, becomes, shall we remortgage the House? So they are

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optimists and it is fine at the right time when they seek advice.

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Despite a bulging order book, despite -- every pin it represents

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new work, Cindy has found that bird flu and the recession has brought

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her business to the end. You get behind with your bills, you can't

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pay your tax. We are up-to-date with paperwork, but we cannot claw

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away out. Although you try, and to beg and control and ask for time,

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in the end, time runs out. Cindy feels not enough is being done to

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help people in her position. Time has now run out. She is now

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personally bankrupt, and in the next few weeks, she will likely use

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Bath lose her home, her business and any hope she might have had of

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saving her company. Lots of these businesses that fail

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are sole traders of family firms. How tough this -- how tough is it

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for them in the current climate? They are quite vulnerable. Three

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and a half million people run small family businesses, and retell is

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one of the most popular ways of opening a new business. Even here

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in a vibrant economy of Brighton, they go under. Just behind me, a

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kebab stall has gone down, and here, a town store. Many small businesses

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use their house as collateral to finance the business, so when it

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goes wrong, they lose their business, their income and their

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home. As we saw with Cindy, we saw how distressing that whole

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situation can be. Cindy Pellett did contact us with

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her story. If you have a story you think we should be covering,

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Next month the eyes of the world will be focused on Kent for the

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Open Championship at Royal St George's near Sandwich. But one

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local cameraman has been looking beyond the finely manicured greens

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and carefully tended fairways to focus on the wildlife that thrives

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there. Across the UK, golf courses cover more land than all of the

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RSPB's nature reserves put together, and as part of the BBC's

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Springwatch series, Kent cameraman Richard Taylor-Jones has been

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finding out if sport and nature can Gosh! Literally, a minute ago,

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nothing. Then suddenly, the air is just alive with skylarks singing.

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Well, there is one. A bit of a territorial dispute. Saying, this

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is my patch, go back to your patch. Golf courses often get blamed for

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whipping up good habitat. Clearly here, this is good skylark habitat.

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I think they realise -- the reason for that is because you have got

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this rough area where the birds like to nest in, next to the very

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short fairways and greens of which are ideal skylark landing pads.

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There is a wheat beer. Sorry, got distracted by another bird. A

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female hen harrier. Well I never! I have to say, I was not expecting to

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see a hen harrier on the golf course. Gosh! Ay sound surprised at

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all this wildlife, but I should not be. These courses are amongst the

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best in Britain for Nature. Classified as European Special

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Areas of Conservation. Golf courses are nature reserves in my opinion.

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We are looking at something in the order of 3200 golf courses in the

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UK, occupying 100,000 Heck tears of land. We need more of them to

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recognise the importance of managing wildlife. All's work shows

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his can be done. I hope more golf has become more aware of the

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wildlife that surrounds them. After all, long before mowers were

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invented, golfers had to rely on grazing rabbits to keep the grass

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short on their greens and fairways. Back then, golf needed later. In

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today's world, nature needs goal. - - back then, both needed nature. In

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They say it is like a good walk spoiled.

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Those little chicks were like the news run during the sandwich

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around! In cricket, there are few more

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frightening prospects than facing a genuinely quick bowler and having

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just a fraction of a second to decide whether to try and play a

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shot or get your head out of the way of the ball coming at you at 90

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miles an hour. But psychologists at the University of Brighton have

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come up with a new kind of training simulator that they claim can help

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a batsman anticipate what the ball is going to do, and buy a few

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valuable extra moments. Natalie Graham reports.

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In comes the legendary Pakistani bowler who also played for Sussex.

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Facing him at the crease, in a run in Eastbourne, is Jimmy Adams, the

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former West Indies captain. They have never played like this

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together before. It is a simulation developed at Brighton University to

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help batsmen make better split- second decisions. Maybe going back

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20 years, if I had more practice of this, maybe I might have played him

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a little bit better! Seriously, I think this is something which could

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probably help players of any ilk. Just because it is such a vital

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part of batting, the facts that you have to concentrate on particular

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areas, get information in from visual cues. The idea of this set-

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up is the player can train his brain. Anticipate how the ball will

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land by looking at the borders -- bowler's body movement. If you can

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find some fast bowlers, let us see how well they handle it. Getting it

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wrong can be catastrophic, as many batsmen will testify. The fearsome

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four, the West Indian bowlers who terrified their opponents in the

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Seventies and Eighties, inspired a recent film. He has hit him! That

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may have broken his jaw. simulator developed in Eastbourne

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will be used to train Sussex cricketers. It is also a good tool

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for players to get warmed up, drill their skills, it is a mental warm

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up, you're not necessarily hitting balls but you are getting the

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mental process. If I am getting ready to bat in a Test match, at

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next man in, I do not have time to get into the net but they could do

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five minutes and this in a quiet room. This could held top flight

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batsman fine-tune their sports -- response to spin bowling.

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Serena Williams' competitive comeback at the Aegon International

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in Eastbourne is over. The American, who's spent the past year out with

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injury and illness, has been beaten by top seed Vera Zvonareva by two

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sets to one. Most of us take on the school run

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on foot or by car. But increasing numbers of children get to school

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on two wheels, and some parents are travelling by scooter too in order

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to keep up. It's led one group of mums in East Sussex to form a

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scooter club and they say it's helping them keep fit. Alex Beard

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Exhaust fumes, traffic jams, the fight for a car parking space. A

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familiar story for many parents But a group of mothers from

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Eastbourne may have found a more tranquil and healthy solution to

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the school run. You quickly realise you are either going to have to get

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a good pair of shoes to keep up with them, or you're just going to

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struggle to keep up with the school run. It is a great way of being

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able to do the school run and peace -- be fit with them. Taking a

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scooter to school has become such a success that a group of parents now

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week -- meet every week for eight per adult owner -- adult only

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session. It is great fun, really exhilarating, it is not hard work

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at all. It is not just the mums to enjoy the new school run. It is

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really fun. I can go really fast, going down hills. I go really fast.

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The usual complaints around school gates at drop-off time is too many

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parked cars. Not the issue here. The company that supplies the

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scooters have been so impressed with the ski to fit this group, it

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may now act as a blueprint to roll- out across the country. -- the

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scooter fitness group. It is going to roll out across the

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country! Do you see what she did We are all waiting in anticipation

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for the lunar eclipse, then the June weather comes a rank and you

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cannot see a thing! The SouthEast's will be the best

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place to see the longest eclipse, and by -- but we have got a lot of

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cloud. We might seat it later on. The total eclipse will be from 9pm

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till 10pm. Look towards the east or south-east any time after 9 o'clock

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and you are more likely to get the chance to see that total lunar

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eclipse in that -- if the sky is clear. After that, you will see

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just a partial lunar eclipse. Are we going to get these clear skies?

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This is the weather front I mentioned. It is bringing some

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drizzle and a few showers as well. You could not have timed this worse.

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It is across as just for me once the clear skies. Although there are

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not too many showers, there will also be a few breaks. Hopefully,

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some breaks between 9 and 10 and some of us could see the total

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eclipse. If you miss it to write, you get another chance at the end

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of this year, December tent, a ball that -- although that will not be a

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total lunar eclipse. If you share - - a few showers tonight. Tomorrow,

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we will see even more showers, particularly in the morning. Some

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of them will be heavy, thunder and lightning and Hell is possible. It

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will be heaviest in the morning, a little bit more sunshine in the

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afternoon. Some good sunny spells in the afternoon, but in the

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morning, a few showers. Definitely take a waterproof or an umbrella if

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you're heading off to the Antiques Roadshow at Hever Castle. There

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will be showers, and the showers will eventually fade away. Some

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such have and dry weather to end for some of us tomorrow, before on

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Friday, another complicated weather system. For the majority of us, the

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most of Friday will be dry with sunny spells to start. This area of

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rain could affect us later on on Friday. For the weekend, possibly a

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little bit more positivity to look forward to. Breezy on Saturday,

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