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Welcome to the programme. Tonight's top stories: Accused of conspiring

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to sell missile parts to Iran, a Kent businessman will be extradited

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to the US to face charges. We are live at the High Court, where

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Christopher Tappin lost his legal fight.

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Cut down exclusions - concerns over the disproportionate number of

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students expelled from academies in Kent.

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Waiting for the axe to fall - how the Gurkhas could be the most badly

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affected regiment in the next round of redundancies.

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Closed down the tiger farms - the Sussex Wildlife artist campaigning

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for the illegal trade in China to be stopped.

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The egg has gone! I cannot believe my eyes!

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And the Kent magician who has been teaching pupils a few tricks that

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Good evening. A retired a Kent businessman accused of trying to

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export part to Iranian -- for Iranian missiles has lost his

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appeal against plans to extradite him to the US to stand trial.

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Christopher Tappin, the President of the Kent Golf Union, as always

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claimed he believed he was exporting batteries to the European

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car industry. He faces up to 35 years in jail if convicted in

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America. Christopher Tappin now knows he

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will probably face trial for conspiracy to export missile parts

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in a Texan court. And absolutely devastated because I won't get a

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fair trial. All my witnesses that in this country and we can't test

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the evidence because the evidence is all in America, and we never had

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the opportunity for the British courts to look at the evidence.

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Christopher Tappin, who worked for a shipping firm, has always tonight

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knowing the batteries he was helping to export were four Iranian

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missiles. He said he believed they were for the car industry in the

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Netherlands. He was trapped by US agents who had set up a fake

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company which dealt with the deal. He was arrested at his home in 2010.

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Last February, a judge ruled he could be extradited for trial in

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America. Today, his appeal against that ruling was dismissed.

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It is quite difficult to overturn an extradition decision from a

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district judge up. The whole point of extradition with countries like

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the United States and Europe is that we trust their legal systems,

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they trust our legal systems. Christopher Tappin wants, though,

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is to face trial here and he has some support. Liberty is calling on

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a British judge to be able to consider whether it is in the

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interests of justice for a person to be prosecuted in the UK or

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shipped off to face the crumb of Exeter did -- extradition. The only

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chance for him to avoid extradition now it lies with the Supreme Court.

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A you can only appear to the Supreme Court. Now we have the

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judgment, we are going to look through it to decide whether there

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is a point of law and we are very hopeful there will be. For now,

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Christopher Tappin's wait goes on. The number of pupils being expelled

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from academies in Kent is disproportionate and a matter of

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concern, according to educate and leaders. Last year, 237 pupils were

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permanently excluded from schools and the county. Of those, 103 were

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from council-run secondary schools but 95 were from independently run

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academies, which make up just one third of the total schools in the

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county. The council now wants to reduce the number of excluded

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pupils from all schools to just 50 a year by 2015.

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This former says the education system has failed her sons. I got a

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phone call to say they want to exclude my son for the next four

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days. Her elder son has severe dyslexia and has been excluded a

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number of times for his behaviour. Last year, he was excluded

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permanently. A I would rather they actually looked at the issue - why

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is this boy being considered for exclusion? There has always got to

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be an underlying reason and if they can find that and tackle that

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reason, maybe there would be no need for an exclusion. He is one of

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198 pupils excluded from secondary education last year. Nearly half of

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those came from academies. One academy Head Teachers says he has

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had to exclude two people's this year but it is a last resort.

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have high standards and when we get to the stage where we are just not

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working with that student and a continuing -- and they are

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continuing to break the rules and disrupt and cause mayhem, we do

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take that decision to permit Lee exclude. The council's education

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committee has been a meeting today to work out how they can reduce

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those numbers. -- permanently exclude. The council have

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commissioned a report in how to progress. A very disappointing

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figures. We have been seeing a decreasing trend in the number of

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exclusions from school in the last five years, which has been very

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positive. This has been disappointing to us in the last

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year to see a rise. Carel weight of expelled pupils and their families

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and says exclusions should be avoided. If you exclude any child

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from school he will have a very negative impact on them. That is a

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queer and resounding no to you. changes to exclusion policy may

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come too late for this woman and her sons. She welcomes any changes

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to the system. -- Clear and a resounding no.

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Coming up: Eastbourne's dark past. A new film reveals the genteel

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seaside town used to be a hotbed of rioting.

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There are fears that cuts to the army due to be announced next week

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could fall most heavily on Kent- based Gurkhas. More than 100 lost

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their jobs because of cuts last year and there are concerns that

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changes to the solders' employment terms following to one a lovely's

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de 1009 campaign make the regiment vulnerable. -- Joanna Lumley's

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campaign in 2009. In the second round of army cuts,

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it is predicted that the Gurkhas will face more redundancies than

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other regiments. That has led former Gurkhas to say this could be

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the beginning of the end. Cutting down at this way indicates to me

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that one day Britain will lose one of the bravest soldiers in the

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world, and it's also raised -- embraced the very great history

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between two countries. -- deleted the history. As a result of changes

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to the Gurkha buts' employment terms, there were more than needed.

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And none of us want to see more reductions in service of the

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Gurkhas. If there of reductions and the numbers, we want to know why

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they are being made and why the level of redundancies is being made.

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Last year, 140 Gurkhas were made redundant with 12 months' notice.

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To meet MoD targets, hundreds more could lose their jobs when the

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announcement is made next week. Peter joins us from a barracks in

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Folkestone. What have the MoD had to say? At a moment, the MoD are

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saying that redundancies are merely speculation. The scale and which

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rain to mince will be affected will not be announced until Tuesday -

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but regiments will be affected. But they say that the Brigade of

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Gurkhas is still overmanned. If there are cuts, it will be bitterly

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opposed by the local community which holds them in huge regard.

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This was the birthplace of the Decca justice campaign which saw

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them give it equal rights to British soldiers. -- Gurkha it

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justice campaign. But be but I do it has made them very expensive.

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The father of a teenager left brain damage after being attacked in

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Bexhill last year has banged the local community for their support.

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16-year-old Mo Bourner was beaten unconscious in October. Since then,

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many in the town have raised money to help with his rehabilitation.

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Brighton University Medical student Mundill Mahil was worried that TV

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executive Gagandip Singh was in danger from their gangster friends

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one month before he was killed, an Old Bailey jury was told today. A

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friend of Mundill Mahil told the court that some of her friends or

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wanted to take matters into their own hands after Gagandip Singh had

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allegedly attempted to rape her. Mundill Mahil denies murder.

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A one a-month-old baby taken to hospital with serious injuries has

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been released into the care of foster parents. A man and a woman

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from Gravesend who were arrested on suspicion of the salt in December

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remain on police bail. -- assault. Despite the worldwide ban on

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hunting tigers and trading in their third and body parts, Ben numbers

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have still been fallen catastrophically. Now a Sussex

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Wildlife artist is leading a campaign for Tiger pommes in China,

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where the animals are bred for the illegal trade in medicine, to be

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shut down. -- tie get farms. Thai days in captivity here at the

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Heritage Foundation near Ashford. They are given the best of care.

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Away from their luxury confines, it is a different story, which

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campaigners contend. Chinese tiger up bombs. They are farming taggers

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on an industrial scale, like battery hens. Very small enclosures,

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half-starved, being used as entertainment for tourists. They

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are doing that because there is still a trade in tiger parts in

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Tiger - and China. This artist is behind a new petition which he

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hopes can soon be presented to the Chinese government. He wants the

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ban on all trade in tiger parts properly enforced. We can't survive

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on this planet if we destroy everything around us. Every species

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we destroy it is our own self- destruction. A campaign to save the

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tiger is also involving breeding programmes. These clubs are

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Sumatran tigers of which there are only around 250 left in the world.

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If and when the poaching is controlled, there may be a chance

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for the recovery. We try to keep the captive breeding programme

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going with the hope that we can, at some point in the near future, be

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in a position where we can restock the wild in some shape. We cannot

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turn the clock back and the world as they do from place to 100 years

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ago but there is hope for the tiger. -- a different place. The campaign

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is supported by many celebrities and last year, Jeremy Brown told

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former model Samantha Fox that he would approach the Chinese

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government. Let me raised it with the Chinese again. It will you?

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course I will. Today, the Foreign Office said the minister has urged

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China to operators zero-tolerance policy towards the trade. As for

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the farms, the Chinese government says they help prevent poaching.

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Campaigners disagree and say they only fuel it. Pressure is mounting.

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This is her tonight's tot story: A retired a Kent businessman has lost

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his High Court appeal against being extradited to the US on charges of

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conspiracy to sell parts for Iranian missiles.

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Christopher Tappin denies the charges and had fought against

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going to America for trial, saying his ill or wife relied on him for

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care. Also coming up: It help -- by a supply teacher is magic.

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We need the supply teacher who has been paid to confuse youngsters in

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the classroom. It was one of the most exciting

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races at Brands Hatch ever. Now a Tommy Hill has made it to the big

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Eastbourne has the reputation of being a somewhat genteel seaside

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resort today, but in the early 1890s, a trip to the town on a

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Sunday was often overshadowed by rioting. In fact, many people

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visited Eastbourne just to view the spectacle as the Salvation Army

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band openly defied the law by marching through the streets to be

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met by organised gangs. The remarkable story is now the subject

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of a docudrama. They were called the skeleton army, a gang raised by

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hotelier's, concerned about the Salvation Army's attitude to

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alcohol. They were hit with staves, the Salvation Army women had their

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skirts pulled down, and were abused. The men were hit so that I am sure

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there were many injuries, quite serious ones, sustained. The

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Salvation Army marched in defiance of the Eastbourne improvement Act

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which legislated against marching with music. Every Sunday, they

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would take to the streets. Every Sunday, there would be battles. As

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they marched along the seafront, it would not only be the bandsmen

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attacked, but their instruments as well. This is one of the bugles

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from the march, and as you can see, it has been bashed about by the

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rioting. Now a drama by local film- makers aims to bring this piece of

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history to live. It tells the story Of and Eastbourne fishermen who

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tried to defend the marchers. were known as the Three Musketeers.

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That is how it all started. And that the event before he became a

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salvation must. He gave up the drink and took up the pledged. -- 8

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Salvation Army member. There is a piece of history to read that is

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not known. It is a bit gritty! bylaw was repealed in 1892. The

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most aggressive thing on the seafront but this sea gulls today.

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-- are the sea gulls. It's a great premise for a TV show

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- where magicians are sent into schools, pretending to be supply

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teachers, and inexplicable, strange and magical things start happening

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in the classroom. One of the stars of the new BBC series starting next

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week is Fergus Flannagan from Tunbridge Wells - we'll be speaking

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to him in a moment. But first, Wait until they, and you, see the

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trick coming up. Remember, there is an egg and a piece of paper in the

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jar. That micro fibre will begin to slowly absorbed. And now there is

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just the paper! Their egg has gone! I cannot believe my eyes.

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Well, earlier on today we sent Fergus out onto the streets of Kent

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and asked him to work his magic. This is the eight of clubs. If you

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watch it closely, you will see the moment it changes to the nine of

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clubs. Now look in your hand. You have got their eight of clubs.

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Don't let me force you to pick a card. Whatever you do, I might try

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and influence you, but I want to know what the top card is. Eight of

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clubs? You see! Now I will cut up to another card. I will use the

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eight of clubs. Eight of spades. Is that book one? Kelly, thank you

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very much that your time. -- is that the one. Can you just push the

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card in for me? Oh my gosh! How did you do that?!

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Fergus is with us now. The TV programme must have been fun to

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make. What reaction did you get from the pupils when they

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discovered you were a magician? children responded unbelievably.

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They just went nuts! We were all worried because I remember being at

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school, and when you had a supply teacher in, you thought "brilliant,

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I will cause a riot!" but they have responded so well. When they found

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out they would be on CBBC, then it was great. A did any tricks go

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wrong? Thankfully not. And we did not get rumbled either. It was an

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amazing piece of organisation from the production company and parents.

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We cannot have you here without doing a bit of the magic here fast.

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The of course not. A quick trick. Rob, left-handed? Yes. Place your

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right hand on doubled the deck. Think of any card in your mind. And

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then, on account of three, two, one, I want to change your mind to a new

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card. I did that to avoid Kingswood is a common joys, and queens. -- A,

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no choice. What is the card you are thinking of? I thought of the queen

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of hearts. Very interesting. One card, I made a prediction on. You

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chose the queen of hearts. Tell me, if you see anything that looks a

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bit different, you might notice, there is one face down. Look at

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that! That his magic! Thank you for coming in. Good luck with the

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programme. Help! My Supply Teacher Is Magic is

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on CBBC from next Tuesday. Talking of magic, last weekend's

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football was all about the magic of the Cup, but tomorrow, all our

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teams turn their attention back to the League. Neil Bell is in Chatham

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for that, plus I understand you've got details of how a champion

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superbike rider from the South East is set to become a star on the big

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screen? When Tommy Hill, from Lingfield,

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was crowned the 2011 British Superbikes Champion, it was after

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one of the greatest races even seen at Brands Hatch. Now, his exploits

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will be shown at 120 cinemas across the country in a new film charting

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all the drama of last season's extraordinary championship. You may

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have never been to, or seemed, bike racing, but this film will grab you.

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The film charts a highs and lows of last season, and its epic finale.

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For local hero Tommy Hill, it was an opportunity to but the pain of

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2010 behind him. There are a lot of knock backs in many sports. I have

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lost part of my internal body. To Basics month-long season came down

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to the last lap of a last race, He just had to win. This stand here

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was basically the Tommy Hill fan club - flags and so on. That must

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be used so much good, when you are sat here, on your bike and about to

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set-off. It was fantastic. story is so gripping that Tommy

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Hill says there are those that find it difficult to tell fact from

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fiction. There is a make-up artist that birds holes in your arms. That

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is all real. -- that put holes. I am not an actor. This is what the

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film shows - if you seek gruesome scars, but is made. With the cinema

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release around the country, the timing of's remarkable story could

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inspire an audience well beyond his already huge army of fans.

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Brighton take on Championship strugglers Bristol City at the Amex,

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hoping that Craig Mackail Smith can rediscover his goal-scoring touch.

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The Scottish international striker has only managed one goal since

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September, but remains the Albion's leading scorer in the League. And

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teenager Jake Forster Cayskey looks set to keep his place after two

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goals in two games. At the moment, or we could not get anyone. We are

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still having problems. But I will not cried.

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League One leaders Charlton have another tough test following their

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FA Cup exit at Fulham. The Addicks travel to third place Sheffield

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Wednesday hoping to avoid a third successive away defeat and maintain

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their four-point lead at the top of the table.

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Gillingham will be missing leading scorer Danny Kedwell for their trip

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to promotion rivals Shrewsbury. And despite signing for the rest of the

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season, Jo Kuffour is also doubtful with injury, so loan signing Gavin

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Tomlin, who joined yesterday from Dagenham, looks set to make his

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debut. He is a live wire. He can play right at the top, and he is a

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tricky one. I am looking forward to working to him, and he will bring

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something else to the table. League Two leaders Crawley Town,

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who knocked Bristol City out of the Cup, travel to Bristol Rovers,

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knowing that anything short of victory will probably see them

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replaced at the top after just one League win from their last four

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games. Good news for Kent County Cricket Club - eight alone. Also

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good for Sussex's cricketers. I do not think they will be too

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disappointed as they sit by their swimming pool in AD five degrees!

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Now a little bit of good news about Buster the cat, who's been found

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after going missing almost six years ago. The 11-year-old Siamese

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cross tabby was lost by owner Emma Spinks in Tunbridge Wells in 2006.

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But he's now turned up fit and well at a vet's in Bearstead near

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Maidstone. It's a mystery as to what he's been up to - but Emma

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says he does have a history of climbing into cars, which might

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climbing into cars, which might explain how he got there! What a

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difference a day makes! Yesterday, temperatures in double figures,

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today, six degrees. Over the weekend, we have got a frosty and

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foggy start with plenty of sunshine. But it will be feeling chilly again.

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Today - high-pressure in control of things. Plenty of sunshine around.

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Temperatures noticeably struggling to get above six Celsius. Below

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average for the first time in quite a while. Tonight, it clear skies

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for us all. Temperatures dropping to lows of-four degrees. Just

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holding on to the coast their. Some dense fog patches forming as well.

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High-pressure stays in a control of things. Those winds adding a chilly

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field to the day. Those pop patches will play in the afternoon, leaving

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it descend spells of sunshine. Temperatures still between 5-seven

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Celsius. Tomorrow night, a once that cloud cover players,

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temperatures drop to freezing. -- cover it clears. Sunday a repeat of

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Saturday. Monday, a very similar story as well. That high pressure

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