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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: Victim of an unprovoked attack, the student left

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afraid to go out at night. I hate him. I don't hate anyone,

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but I hate him. I didn't deserve this at all.

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A great campaigning victory for the Ghurkas, but two years on, has it

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actually done enough for the former soldiers?

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Also in tonight's programme: Kent politicians hit out at plans for

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US-style elected police commissioners. Love it or loathe it,

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you won't be able to miss it; the new football season's set to start

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and we look at our teams' chances. And she's off: The Sussex rider

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who's leapt into the commentator's saddle, becoming one of the first

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Good evening. The teenage Kent student who was punched and not to

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the ground in an unprovoked attack in Canterbury says she is scared to

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go out at night. Kristina Parker needed stitches after she and her

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boyfriend was set upon outside a take away by two men.

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Left battered and bruised. Kristina Parker didn't know the man who

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attacked her, but she knows what she thinks of him. I hate him. I

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don't hate anyone, but I hate him. I didn't deserve this at all. I

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don't know what I would do if I saw him again. This is where the attack

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took place, on her way home from the pub. She popped in here for a

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kebab with her boyfriend, but as they were leaving, a man approached

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her boyfriend and started hitting him. She screamed out for him to

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stop and another man approached her and punched her to the ground. The

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police have issued a description of the two men. They are both white.

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The first was of slim build with straight brown hair, wearing a

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purple polo shirt and blue jeans. The second was of stocky build with

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dark brown hair. I'm sure there are people who saw what happened and

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know who is responsible. Violent crime is a real priority for us and

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we would like anybody with any information who can assist us to

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come forward. Kristina can barely look at pictures of her injuries.

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It makes me sick. How can someone It hurts so much. Every time I look

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at those photos, I just remember how much that hurt. Howard made me

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feel. She says that she needs the attackers caught to rebuild her

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confidence. Simon, I understand that staff at the takeaway actually

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stepped in to stop matters getting worse? That's right. After the

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attack which happened here on the doorstep, the two men ran off.

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Kristina's boyfriend wanted to go after them, but staff here at the

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takeaway prevented him from doing that cover fearing -- fearing it

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might escalate out of control. The police say as well as the two

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attackers, there was a third man who was with them. They want him to

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come forward. It was a story that made national

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headlines as the actress Joanna Lumley led a campaign which forced

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the government to change the way the former Gurkha soldiers are

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treated, many of them wanted to live up there all day in Kent.

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is now being suggested the campaign did not go far enough and it should

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have dealt with the problem of their pensions.

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Gurkhas given equal rights of residents. The moment Nick Clegg

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described as an immense victory and David Cameron as an historic day.

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We are heard by a politicians add we can change things! This man is

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struggling to make ends meet. He served for 15 years in the Gurkhas.

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Like many others, he came to Folkestone after Joanna Lumley's

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campaign for settlement rights. He Gurkhas are entitled to two schemes.

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Those who retired before 1997 only get about a third of the amount of

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pension received by their British counterparts on the Gurkha pensions

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in. Years later, the rules changed. It gave Gurkha soldiers who retired

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after 1997 equal pension rights. But those who have won said someone

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writes in 2009 remain on the old scheme. -- those who won a

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settlement rights. The cost of living has led -- was an inner Paul

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so some say they left in a catch 22 situation. -- the cost of living

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has risen in Nepal. Once they're here, they're making it difficult

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to make a living. Peter Carroll also agrees that burka campaigns

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are unfair -- but the Gurkhas settlement is unfair. If a man was

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prepared to face death with us, he has the right to choose to live

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with us. The Court of Appeal has previously ruled that the MoD's

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provision for pensioners is fair. In a moment: Kent Cricket Club

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fears that is the latest victim in the rising tide of metal theft.

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The government's policy of introducing collector police

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commissioners which has already come under fire in House of Lords

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is now being criticised by the leaders of Kent County Council.

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Despite the fact it is a mainstay of Conservative policy, the

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Conservative leader Paul Carter has joined forces with Trudy Dean to

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oppose the idea. The idea is to have existing police authorities

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scrapped and replaced with elected police and crime promised --

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commissioners. It was announced by the Home Secretary Theresa May last

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July. First we will transfer power back to the people. We will

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introduce directly elected police and crime commissioners by 2012.

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The commissioners will set the police budget, determined police

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priorities and will have the power to hire and when necessary fire

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their chief constables. Speaking in a recent council meeting, the

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leader of Kent County Council made clear his opposition to that idea.

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I'm not a supporter of elected police commissioners. I'm very

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happy to share your views and my views with the Prime Minister.

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corrupt as the government think that the benefit would be -- so,

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what does the government think the benefits would be? It hoped that we

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will reconnect the public with policing. Unlike the UK proposals,

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the US commissioners are not usually directly elected. I'm

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joined now by the deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats on Kent

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County Council Martin Vye, and by the Conservative MP for Rochester

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and Strood, Mark Reckless, who is on the Home affairs Select

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Committee. Martin Vye, why don't you like the idea of elected

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commissioners? We think it is going to politicise a whole business of

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policing in Kent. It is extremely costly to run a campaign. Anybody

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who has stood for Parliament knows how much it would cost. When you

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think of that replicated right across Kent, we believe that either

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you have got to have deep pockets or you have got to have a party

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behind you. Mark -- Mark Reckless, it is very difficult to stand for

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election and it would police the ties the police force? What is

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important as that we make the police directly accountable. I'm

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sorry to hear that Kent county councillors are not supporting this.

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But here we do support direct election for those who oversee our

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police. When I was on the Kent Police already, I was the person

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appointed by the administration and Medway. When he stood in 2007, we

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had street prostitution in Chatham and we were told nothing could be

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done. But he led a campaign and for working with the police and Medway

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Council, it has eradicated a problem. He gave political

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leadership on that. Martin Vye, in that case, it would put the issues

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that matter most to people at the top of the police agenda? I believe

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that local councils are doing exactly what they should be doing,

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which is to represent the views of ordinary people to the police

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authority and to the Chief Constable, and in that way achieve

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the changes which need to be made. Personally, I have found a Kent

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police force very responsive in this regard. I don't think we need

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to go through this very costly and dangerous procedure of going to

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elected commissioners. Mark Reckless, it is expensive to scrap

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police authorities and set up elections. Is there really any

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point in doing this? When I joined the police authority in to govern

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and seven, I but there was not the efficiency and focus that they

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should have been -- in 2007. I voted against the budget in 2008

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because the police abroad he was not making the savings. -- the

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police authority was not making. Ultimately, the people in Kent must

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decide who should be overseeing their police, what sort of policing

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they want, and if they are not happy, they should have the

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opportunity to throw out the person in charge and bring in someone who

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will deliver the service they want and deserve. Thank you for being

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with us this evening. The government's original time --

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timetable for implementing the plan would be next summer. But we

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understand like that the coalition remains committed to to it having

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it in May. A bus driver has been arrested over

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the murder of a 21-year-old student from East Sussex who was found

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beaten to death in Poland at the weekend. Catherine Zaks from

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Robertsbridge was attacked when she was a passenger on a bus. She was

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the only passenger on the bus and he hit her with a metal bar. Then,

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when she was unconscious, he dragged her out of the bass and

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Two men arrested at Dover have appeared in court charged with

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terrorism offences. Christian Emde and Robert Baum, Muslim converts,

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are alleged to have been carrying computer files containing

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ideological material related to al- Qaeda inspired extremism. They will

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appear in court again later this month.

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They Sussex dairy farmer is giving it up because he cannot make the

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job pays. Mike Carr said that with an average price of 26.1 pence per

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litre, supermarkets do not give him enough money for milk. 20 years ago,

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there were thousands of dairy farmers. It has gone down to 10,000.

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There are 250 dairy farmers in the South East. Some are already

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leaving the industry this year. Our environment correspondent has the

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latest in a Food Chain series. Preparing for a farm sale. The

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dairy cows have gone there from this farm in Saltdean and most of

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the machinery is to be sold. This was winter facilities for the

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carols. They would have been kept in tubercles on sawdust and

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mattresses. My court and his brother took over the business in

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the 1970s when times were good. Last year a decision was made to

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convert to arable and beef farming. The 1970s were good and the 1980s

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were not too bad. It has gone down ever since on the dairy side. We

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have been squeezed by the supermarkets. We have gone out of

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dairy farming. I think two a week go out nationally. In 2002, nearly

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100 dairy farmers took part in a protest near Haywards Heath

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demanding a fairer price for milk. Three years later, South East farm

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has poured away milk to highlight low prices. In 2007, a farmer in

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East Sussex auctioned his herd, saying he was driven out by falling

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prices. Some like this farm have taken to making ice cream to boost

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income. Costs have escalated beyond belief. Fertiliser is up, probably

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trebling in price. Wages, everything has gone up. The milk

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has not kept up. The National Farmers' Union says the industry is

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in danger of disappearing. There needs to be good arable welfare and

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we need to invest into the environment. To do that, if the

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milk price is right, we will have this industry. If not, consumers

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will not find British milk because, sadly, the British dairy farmer

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will give up. The organisation, which represents the major

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supermarket says that retailers pay a price that allows farmers to

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invest in their future. Farmers say it is not the case.

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The top story. Police are hunting two men who launched an unprovoked

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assault on a teenage girl and her boy friend. Kristina Parker needed

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hospital treatment after the incident in Canterbury.

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Also on the programme, limbering up for the football season. We assess

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our team's chances. And breaking into the male world of race

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commentary. The Sussex course woman taking a brave leap into the

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unknown. -- horsewoman. It is estimated the crime of metal

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theft is costing the UK �800 million a year. The figures did not

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reflect the human face of what the crime means. Ashford Town Cricket

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Club could be forced to close after thieves broke in and still copper

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piping, causing thousands of pounds of damage.

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This was the sight that greeted the two members who turned up on

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Tuesday. The club house was open and February was strewn everywhere.

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This is the changing room. They have taken the copper piping out

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and left it all. There is more to damage where the water has come

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through from the pipe. And into the other area of the Changing Room,

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they have knocked the basin off football to steal the piping that

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supplies the taps. And they heating pipe work. Through into the shower

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area, and this was stainless steel piping and four showers, which have

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gone. It is the same next door in the way changing rooms. The club is

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still recovering insurance from flooding over the winter. They fear

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this setback could force them to close for good. Estimating to put

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things right will be �10,000, possibly more. Our concern is it

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might put off people coming to the club, knowing the facilities are

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not as good as they should be. club has a long history. Ashford

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Town Cricket Club merged with another in 2008. This man who

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played for Kent and England opened the pavilion. We were getting

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ourselves back to a good footing. We are absolutely devastated.

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Everybody has been pulling together. The lady across the pitch has

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offered to provide teas for our match. It will be difficult but we

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will make the effort to get cricket bat. The thieves knew what they

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were doing. This still spades from the groundsman's heart. They break

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the fuse box so that lighting and alarms could not be activated.

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Depending on your point of view, you might have been looking forward

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to this weekend with excitement or des -- dreading it.

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That is because the football season gets under way. Our reporter joins

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us from Chatham. Every side could be up for promotion.

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It would be quite an accumulator at the bookies. Crawley were promoted

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in May and Gillingham and Charlton in the play-off positions for much

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of last season. There is optimism from Gillingham fans. They will be

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joined in League Two by Crawley, promoted for the first time in

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their history. They are favourites to be top of the table this time.

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Having enjoyed the best season in their history with promotion and an

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epic cup run, the question is, can Crawley continued their remarkable

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transformation? We have kept our best players. We have signed in the

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summer players who will hopefully make us better. We have a chance.

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We have a lot of support and if we get that, we could go again.

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experience we have is unbelievable. I think we can play every game as

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if we can win it. There is no reason why we cannot do well this

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season. Despite a poor start this time last year, Gillingham missed

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out on a play-off promotion place in the final minutes of the final

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game of the season. We must get off to a better start than last year.

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We ended up playing catch-up. have a strong squad this season. It

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is very young with energy and enthusiasm. They are high-spirited

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and very much together. It reminds me of the team of 2000. I would say

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it is probably the best squad we have had because of its age and

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enthusiasm since I became chairman. In League One macro it will be a

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different -- different shafts and with a host of new players. I am --

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Charlton. I am happy with the club. The board has said which way we

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will go. I have a vision for Charlton and what we would like to

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do. We are excited about the season. Last season will take some beating

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for the top clubs in the region. But there is optimism. It is a

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massive weekend for Brighton and Hove Albion who will begin their

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new season at to their Amex Community Stadium. It will be an

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historic game against Doncaster Rovers to start off with. After the

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jubilation after the friendly with Spurs, it is back down to business.

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I know for the fans it is a special day. They will be looking at the

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big screens. They will be thinking it is for them. For us, it is

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concentration and winning the game. A radio phone-in has started on BBC

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Sussex and Surrey. The Crawley Town management and the other teams will

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be in good mood at the moment. She is taking a brave leap into the

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unknown. A horsewoman from Sussex is taking up the reins to be a

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professional commentator. Hayley Moore won a competition at Ascot

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and today she called in the first riders and runners.

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In a sport dominated by men, Ladies' Day is the chance for women

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to have a moment in the spotlight, even if it was a damp affair at

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Brighton racecourse today. It did not stop 23-year-old Hayley Moore

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and she made preparations to become the first professional woman to

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commentate at the races. I am excited and looking forward to it.

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Unfortunately, the weather is not on our side. It will be difficult.

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One thing to contend with was how difficult it was to see. It is

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incredibly for Keane. Less than one furlong visibility. -- there is a

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lot of fog. It is a baptism of fire. In the early stages... It can only

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be easier after today. Visibility is bad. Even on a monitor, you

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cannot see a lot. She has done exceptionally well. I am proud of

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her. With idols like Sir Peter O'Sullivan who called this Grand

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National victory, Hayley Moore is aiming high. Her father is a well-

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known trainer and her brother is a champion jockey, Brian, who won the

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Derby in 2010. If she continues commentating, another member of the

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family could become an integral part of the racing scene.

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Good luck to her. I felt sorry for the ladies. In that weather. She

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could not have asked for worse weather. It has been miserable.

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weather. It has been miserable. Will it get better?

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I like a little bit of rain every now and then. And there has been

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plenty around today. Almost one inch in some places. That will be

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clearing tonight and tomorrow will be a drier picture. The unsettled

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weather will be back. Tomorrow, fresh and decent spells of sunshine.

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Plenty of rain today. Southerly breezes up to 25 miles per hour.

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And top temperatures of just 19 degrees. A good ten degrees down on

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yesterday. We have this band of rain spreading eastwards through

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out the day. We have got clearer skies behind it. We are holding on

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to those clearer skies as we move into tonight. It will be dry. Just

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the off-chance of a scattered shower. Temperatures will be around

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14 degrees, so still humid, but fresher than the last couple of

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nights. Plenty of sunshine around. More cloud around around lunchtime

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but plenty of sunny spells end the day. The wind swing into a south-

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westerly direction. The temperatures creeping up along the

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East Kent coast to 23 degrees. And Nye's dry day. It will not last.

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Another band of rain pushing in -- it will be a nice day. Plenty of

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cloud around on Saturday. And more rain around on Sunday and for that

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you week. A warm sunny be to round

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Broadstairs. Which is handy, because tomorrow is the start of

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Allah four special programmes this month.

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When the sun is shining and some are in full swing, there is nothing

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are in full swing, there is nothing better than going to the seaside.

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That is what we have planned every Friday in August.

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We are entering the festival spirit by taking the programme out on the

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road to join you in some of the biggest summer celebrations.

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We will be live on location each festival Friday and we want as many

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festival Friday and we want as many of you to join in the fun. Come on!

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