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

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And I'm Polly Evans. Tonight's top stories.

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She scared off a hammer-wielding burglar with an air rifle - a

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pensioner tells us tonight she'd do it again. I would do it again

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simply because it's my home. You know, how dare they?

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A mother fights for her life in hospital after being run over by

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her 17-year-old daughter as she was practising reversing. We're live

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tonight in Cuxton with the details. Also in tonight's programme:

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The restaurant accused of demonising children for using a

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mosquito alarm to make groups of youngsters buzz off.

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A real case history - the cigarette holder used by high-speed record

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breakers Sir Malcolm and Donald Campbell is up for auction. They

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never turned on the central heating it's like having to work in a sauna.

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And the instantly recognisable Sir Donald Sinden is made an honorary

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Doctor by the University of Kent. Good evening. A pensioner who

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scared off a hammer-wielding burglar with her husband's air

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rifle says she wouldn't hesitate to do it again.

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Mavis Britcher from Saltwood near Hythe helped to secure a five-and-

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a-half-year jail term for the intruder Malcolm Haben. But the

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stress of the experience left her needing treatment for a serious

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heart condition. She's been speaking to our reporter Simon

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Jones. She says she instinctively reached for the rifle when she

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heard a window smash downstairs, and 73-year-old Mavis Britcher

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didn't hesitate to confront the man, who was trying to get in through

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the window. I was terrified. I was angry. I think it was rage, not

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anger. It was pure rage. It just he went whoof! I don't know why I

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picked it up, really. It was just there, and I grabbed it.

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husband owns the rifle legally to shoot Jermyn. If it had been a few

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seconds later, the guy would have gained access to the house, and who

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knows what would have happened then. I mean, he did have a hammer in his

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hand. After being confronted, the burglar fled empty handed. He had a

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bike around the corner, but Mavis Britcher got a good look at him.

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Her description helped get him to court. Malcolm Hayburn was jailed

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this week for a string of burglaries. She was a brave lady.

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Her actions helped us find that criminal. I wouldn't advise people

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to follow the same actions she did, but I would say help us. Gather

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intelligence. Remember faces, vehicles if they're used, and

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remember to call police - 999 - straight away. The ordeal has left

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her needing treatment for a rare heart condition, which is caused by

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stressful events. I'm very angry that he - a complete stranger -

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should cause a health problem like this, because it's going to be -

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I'm at 73. It's going to be there for the rest of my life. It's not

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going to go away. I want to live as long as possible. I don't want to

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be cut short by some person breaking into my home. Kent Police

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say they're winning the war on burglary with 83 arrests in one

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week in a new crackdown. A mother is fighting for her life

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after being hit by a car driven by her 17-year-old daughter as she

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practised reversing. Sue Duke is in critical condition in a London

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hospital after suffering serious injuries in a car park of Cuxton

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Social Club. Ria, what do we actually know about what happened?

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As we understand it, Sue Duke is still in a critical condition in

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hospital. Now, this is where the accident happened. Emergency

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services were called to the scene at around 11.00am Monday morning,

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and shortly afterwards, an air ambulance turned up and took Sue

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Duke to the Royal Thon Hospital. Police say they still haven't taken

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any formal statements from the family members as they're at Sue

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Duke's beckside. What kind of injuries did Susan Duke actually

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sustain? She was taken to the neurological unit of the hospital

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with very, very serious head injuries, and as I say, she's in

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critical condition. The social club here has been locked up all day. I

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haven't seen anyone coming or going. No doubt we'll learn more about the

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circumstances of this accident in the coming days. OK, Ria, thank you.

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In a moment, the decline of the honey bee leads Kent scientists to

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come up with an alternative to help pollinate our crops.

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A fast-food restaurant in Maidstone is being accused of demonising

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children and discriminating against young people after installing a

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controversial alarm which is only audible to teenagers to stop them

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hanging around the doorway. The manager of McDonald's says they

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only use the "mosquito" device, which emits a high pitched whine,

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as a last resort following complaints from other customers.

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Rebecca Barry reports. You can probably tell why it's

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called the mosquito. It rings in your ears, and yeah, it makes you

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stop, and then you're like - it does your head in. It's just a very

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high-pitched annoying sound like your ears are ringing. It does move

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you. It does the job, I suppose. It's just constant ringing in the

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ears. It's very annoying. It doesn't help when you're trying to

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have a conversation with your mates outside. We have adjusted the sound

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so we can all hear it, but usually people over 25 can't detect such

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high frequencies. When a group of people are seen to be making a

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nuisance outside, the manager inside can activate a high-pitched

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noise which only young people can hear, but charities say it's

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demonising children. This device is indiscriminate. Those young people

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who are doing some kind of an offence need to be possibly moved

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on, but this demonises young people who aren't causing any offence

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whatsoever, and it's just not acceptable. Paul Ashby is used to

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more pleasant sounds. He works at a high high shop next door. He says

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it helps to reduce anti-social behave euro in the area. On a busy

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day, there is loads of people hanging around, so it can get quite

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noisy, quite intimidating, and the effect of that noise being on, as I

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work here, you can see people reacting, without their knowing it,

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they just disperse. McDonald's say they only ever use it as a last

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resort. The company that makes the Mosquito says it's harmless. Until

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that's proven otherwise, young people here will just have to live

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with it. We have had lots of comments from

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you on our Face The Problem page today. Daniel Smith says, "I can

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see why they wouldn't want gangs of teens standing right outside the

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doors. They'd be intimidating to anyone who wants to go inside".

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Michelle says "What's the problem? It's a deterrent. If you were of a

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different age group, I am sure a different deterrent would be in

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place, so it's not discriminatory". Three people have appeared in court

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over an incident in Brighton on Saturday which left a 33-year-old

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man in hospital with serious head and chest injuries. Patrick Lyons

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is charged with attempted murder and causing grievous bodily harm

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with intent. Louise Lyons is charged with grievous bodily harm

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with intent and actual bodily harm. Both were remanded in custody.

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Katie Lyons, who is charged with grievous bodily harm with intent,

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was released on bail. All three are due to appear at Lewes Crown Court

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on Friday. A mother told police her former

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partner had threatened to kill her days before she allegedly killed

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their two children, a court heard today. Fiona Donnison is on trial

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for the murder of Harry, who was three, and Elise, who was two.

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Their bodies were discovered in hold-alls in the boot of a car in

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Heathfield in January last year. The murder of a football coach who

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managed a team in a Kent league remains a mystery two years after

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he was shot dead in front of his team-mates. Ryan Musgrove was

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killed by a masked assassin at the team's training ground in Bromley.

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Two years on his inquest has been held, but nobody has ever been

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charged with his murder. Thieves have targeted an Eastbourne

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business set up by a soldier who nearly died while serving in

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Afghanistan. Chris Howard lost part of his hand and his lower leg in an

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explosion in Helmand province. He used his compensation payout to

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fund the funeral parlour which his mother now runs. But after two

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tonnes of roof lead was stolen, the premises have been severely damaged

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by rain. Sara Smith reports. This business was about a family

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taking a disaster and making something good come from it. When

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Chris Howard told his Army mates he was planning to use his injury

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compensation money to set up a funeral parlour, it raised a few

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eyebrows, but the business was going well - until this. Thieves

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had stripped the roof of its lead, letting the rainwater pour in.

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was just disrespectful not for just us, but also for the people what

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actually come here and want their husbands, wives, sons, daughters to

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rest. It's now two years since Chris was almost killed in an

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explosion while on duty in Afghanistan. But instead of giving

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up home, he used �80,000 of compensation money so his mother, a

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Mortition at Eastbourne Hospital, could set up this family business.

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She found the damage caused after two tonnes of lead had been

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stripped from the roof. It was horrible to see the business

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targeted, she said, "But this is a family which will cope." And for

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something like this to happen was such a knock-back, but we'll get

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over it, you know? We have had worse. I have had to stand there

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watching Chris dying in front of me. He had minutes to live, so this is

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nothing, really. We'll keep going. We'll keep on opening, no surrender,

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so we're going to keep going and going. We don't care. We're not

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going to back down to them. while police are appealing for any

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witnesses to the theft to come forward, it's business as usual

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here. As they say, they have faced and overcome much worse.

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Chris Howard's mother contacted us with this story. So if you have a

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something you think we should be covering on South East Today, we'd

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like to hear from you. Call us on 0845 300 37 47, send us an e-mail

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to South East Today at bbc.co.uk, or text us on 81333, making sure

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your text message starts with the letters "SE".

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The Conservative MP for Dover has told Parliament that the Prime

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Minister's pledge to publish details of all his meetings with

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the media since he was elected doesn't go far enough.

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This afternoon David Cameron defended his conduct in the phone

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hacking scandal, admitting with hindsight he wouldn't have offered

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the former News of the World Editor Andy Coulson the job of being his

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press chief. Our political editor Louise Stewart has been watching

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the debate in Westminster. Louise, so what exactly did Charlie

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Elphicke have to say? As you said, the Prime Minister has offered to

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publish all details he's had of meetings with the media over the

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past 15 months since he became Prime Minister, but Charlie

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Elphicke said that's simply not enough, and he has to - all details

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of meetings have to be published going back as far as the past

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decade. The Prime Minister has said that contacts with the media will

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be published since the general election. I have to say I don't

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think that's good enough. What we need to know is the contacts the

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Government has had for the last ten years with the media. We need an

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investigation into the Home Office and what Home Office Ministers are

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doing. Obviously, his point is it's not just David Cameron who has had

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close ties to News International, but Labour Prime Ministers too. Now,

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the debate is still going on behind me in the Commons. Many south-east

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MPs have taken part in it today. It's a debate about public

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confidence in the media and policing. The MP for Rochester and

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Stroud is a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee. They have

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published a damning report today into the Metropolitan Police's

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handling of the hacking scandal. He's now renewed his call for

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locally elected police commissioners.

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Thank you. It's just gone 20 to 7.00pm. This

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is our top story tonight: The pensioner who scared off a

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hammer-wielding burglar with her husband's air rifle, has helped to

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secure a five-and-a-half-year jail term for the intruder. Mavis

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Britcher who lives near Hythe says she wouldn't hesitate to do it

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again. Also: celebrated actor Sir Donald

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Sinden is given an honourary Doctorate from the University of

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Kent. And a case of like father like son

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- Sir Malcolm and Donald Campbell's cigarette holder is up for auction.

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Future fruit production in the garden of England has become a

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focus for studies on honeybees. The number of managed colonies has

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fallen by 54% in just two decades. But now a new five-year initiative,

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costing �10 million, is looking at identifying other species to help

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with pollination. Our environment correspondent Yvette Austin reports

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for the latest in our food chain series. The honeybee, the source of

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all our honey, but that's not all. More importantly, it's a key player

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in pollinating our crops, but honeybees are in decline. They have

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fallen victim over the years the disease and pesticides, so now some

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of the UK's leading researchers are looking at how pollination can be

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safeguarded in future. The idea of the study is to find out which

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pollinators are important to apple production. It's not just the

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honeybee. There is 300 species of solitary bee, 30 species of

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bumblebee, and any number of them could be important pollinators for

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apples. We want to find out which are important. Bumblebees are being

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studied closely, and the red mason bee, has been found to improve the

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final crop. It's all leading to a change in the way our traditional

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orchards look. What this trial has shown is actually a wide range of

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insects are responsible for pollination. This is a traditional

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orchard with grass strips up the middle. In the future we're looking

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at cult a VATing flowers up the middle to try to entice these

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insects in. Rather than strips of grass, we may have something like

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this, which is a more natural habitat nor pollinating insects.

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Other studies are look at doing the same with black currants.? When we

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were doing the studys of these crops across Kent, we didn't find

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any honeybees pollinating the crop. It was only wild bees. Those

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numbers are in decline. Although we're not seeing at the moment an

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effect on fruit yield, there is a worry if this decline continues,

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there will be an effect into the future. Introducing native

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bumblebees, it's thought, could be one solution. Whereas the normal

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honeybee doesn't work under a 15 degrees, the bumblebee will work at

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lower temperatures, and probably for longer hours and in poorer

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weather - in cloudy and wet weather. The bumblebee will work. Ultimately,

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the aim is for harvests like this to be guaranteed in the future, so

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there needs to be an insurance that if one species is lost, there will

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He's got one of the most recognisable faces - and voices -

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of the British stage and screen. And today Sir Donald Sinden was at

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Canterbury Cathedral to receive an honorary degree from the University

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of Kent. Now 87, Sir Donald grew up in Ditchling in East Sussex, made

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his stage debut in Brighton, and now lives in Tenterden in Kent.

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Claudia Sermbezis reports Three days after becoming the Open

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champion at Royal St George's, Darren Clarke has been back in Kent.

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I am certainly not loaded. You say my books are lousy. Can't I say

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you're a lousy butler? If you have said that who am I to disagree?

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Donald Sinden was spotted in an amateur show and asked to join a

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company entertaining the troops during World War II. This launched

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his career on stage, then film. Corral Sea, 1952, yes. That's a

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long time ago. I can't remember it, but I started working in 1942, yes.

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A couple of years ago, my only sea experience was mucking about...

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distinctive voice and commanding presence soon led to a seven-year

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contract as a rank film artist at Pinewood. Yours? From the Admiralty.

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Knighted in 1997, today Sir Donald Sinden received an honourary degree

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in Canterbury Cathedral from the University of Kent. Do I look

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stupid in this? LAUGHTER

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I thought they were joking, I am afraid. Suddenly, to be made a

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doctor - I thought they were going to say, "He's going to be

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doctored," not quite the same thing! But it's terribly exciting,

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as a matter of fact, and I follow a long line of illustrious

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predecessors, and it's very flattering. May I complement you on

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your malt whiskey? In 1975, Two's Company made Sir Donald a star on

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TV. See what I did - I played the butler in that, yes. You have a

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better memory than I have. His next big hit was playing a snooty

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antiques dealer in the '80s. I did that for eight years - no, 12 years,

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yes. I have forgotten that, you know? Oh, dear - never the twain.

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With such a full, varied career behind him, it's no wonder some of

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Sir Donald's biggest successes have slipped his mind.

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There's a plan that was born to wear a cape and a hat. Indeed,

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indeed, with aplomb. A silver cigarette case owned by

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speed record breaker Sir Malcolm Campbell is to be auctioned in

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Lewes. It was given away by his son Donald - another speed merchant -

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who was killed trying to break the water speed record in 1967. The

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case was given to Beryl Norris, from Hove, who was the wife of the

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chief engineer and designer of Donald Campbell's famous Bluebird

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craft. Robin Gibson reports. They were a 20th century speed

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dynasty. This is sir Malcolm Campbell, a heroic figure, who

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captured records on land and water for his country. His son Donald

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followed in his footsteps, only faster. With just one more step run,

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the water conditions were really beautiful, and the only ship

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behaved magnificently. So it's engraved with all the... Names of

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friends of his. It's a Campbell heirloom, a cigarette case passed

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from father to son. That's his name up there. It carries many

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signatures etched in the silver, friends of Sir Malcolm, a precious

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family memento. He said to me, "Come on, Beryl," always called me

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darling. "I have a present for you." I said, "I can't take that

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Don. It belonged to your father." He said, "You're the one that's

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going to have it. Now put your cigarettes in it." I said, "I

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haven't got any." Her husband designed the famous Bluebird cars

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and water craft for Donald Campbell. He says, "Will you design a

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Bluebird for me, a car?" He came and told me, "What do you think?" I

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said, "Go ahead. Do it." Seen here with Prince Philip, two Bluebirds

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and a boat were designed. A lot of people sit on their behinds in the

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comfort of their home and watch TV. What do they know? He broke eight

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records before his death on Coniston water in 1967. To bay,

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complete accident I'm afraid. Over. It's a piece of history. Having the

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connections to the Campbell family, then through to Lou's wife Beryl

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Norris and he playing such a major role in the design of the Bluebird,

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it ticks all the boxes. Memories never come cheap. The

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estimate at auction in September is A quick mention of a special

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programme being broadcast tonight to celebrate 50 years of regional

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television news. It's called Regional TV: Life Through a Local

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Lens, and it's on at 9.00pm on BBC Yesterday was fine enough, but it

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has been wet at times today. You probably don't like reminding that

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yesterday last year was the hottest ever temperature, getting up to 19C

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and 36C. Today, just a measly 19C, 66 in Fahrenheit, not even scraping

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into the 70s. Things aren't massively improving. I think we'll

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get better slightly for the weekend. It's not warming up. Neert getting

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a snifter of those temperatures. For the rest of this evening and

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tonight, we're looking at a lot of high cloud. That is producing a bit

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of rain. It's tending to evaporate as it hits the ground. A lot isn't

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reaching the surfas. You might see the odd little bit of rain here and

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there. It is certainly going to be cloudy for the rest of the evening

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into tonight. The rain not especially heavy. It's just a

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little bit drizzly in places. That's how it stays for the rest of

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the evening, overnight, into tomorrow. No huge improvements as

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we go into tomorrow. Temperatures will get down to about 13-14C.

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We're keeping hold of the light winds as well. It will be light

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winds into tomorrow, but we'll start off fairly cloudy. I think if

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you're along the north and east Kent coast, you may see rain edging

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in again. Showery in east Kent. Further to the west, maybe a dry

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start. You'll get your showers later. On and off with the showers

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through tomorrow. They'll be dry in between. It's not going to be a

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wash-out through the day. Some places staying dry altogether and

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still some sunny spells. Where we get the sunshine, it will be quite

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warm. We don't get much of it - getting up to 18C-19C and light

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winds. Tomorrow, a few showers here and there, but the good news is as

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we go into Friday and the weekend, high pressure really is trying to

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push in, so I think it should be drier on Friday, with some sunshine,

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and even across the weekend as well. We're hope we'll hang on to the

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drier weather and that high pressure starting to spread its way

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in, but I think at best across the weekend, it will be fairly cloudy

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with just some sunny spells, but hopefully staying a little bit

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drier than it has done for today, tonight and tomorrow. So the

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weekend is looking a little bit better.

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David Cameron has admitted that with hindsight, he wouldn't have

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hired the former News of the World editor Andy Coulson. During an

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emergency debate, he told MPs he was extremely sorry for the furore

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caused. A pensioner who scared off a

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hammer-wielding burglar with her husband's air rifle says she

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wouldn't hesitate to do it again. Mavis Britcher from Saltwood near

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Hythe helped to secure a jail term for the burglary.

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A McDonald's in Maidstone has been accused of discriminating against

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young people by installing an audible alarm to fend off teens.

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We have had e-mails in. "Making young people disperse can

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only be a good thing, but does open up the prospect of authorities -

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for those to hang out there in the first place." Another, "Let me be

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clear - it is targeted, discriminatory. The problem is

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being dispersed elsewhere." He's unhappy. I think you would have a

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good argument with Adam. He says "In this maelstrom of political

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correctness, children have more rights than adults without any of

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the understanding of responsibility. In the long run, it does children

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and young people more harm than good not to show them what the

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boundaries are." Ray says, "Good for McDonald's. Having had a shop

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myself where there were lots of teens outside the door, it scarce

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off customers." "I think the Mosquito is a good

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idea. It's necessary to move youngsters on. More importantly,

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gangs of teens can be intimidating on their own for people who want to

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