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We are live tonight in Dover as the Olympic torch arrives at the iconic

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white cliffs. It is day 61 of the torch relay and the crowds have

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turned out across Sussex and Kent to celebrate. I feel like I am

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going to explode. It is hard not to cry. The flame was carried to Dave

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on a historic tall ship. These are the latest pictures as it heads

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into town. Also tonight, the verdict on G4S

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from an employee who told him the company didn't have time to sit --

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to train him as a security guard. No one knows what is going on. No

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one gets back to you. Celebrations in East Sussex after plans for a

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wind farm of withdrawn. And a war of words, be fight to

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save Canterbury's collection of Welcome to South East Today live

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from a wet and windy Dover. I can guarantee you it is not dampening

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the spirits here. One day 61 of the torch relay, it is due to arrive at

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the White Cliffs. It is a crowd of around 16,000 people. It looks like

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there may be more of them. There is plenty of umbrella as. Where has

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the torch beam today? It has been to Ashford, Sandgate and Riley. It

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will come here where the torch will be lit up just before 8pm. Sara

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Smith has been following the torch on its route today.

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Less running, more riding as the torch set off today making its

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descent in Hastings. From then on, it was a more traditional mode of

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transport, carried by the people it visited. By the time it reached

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right, enthusiasm was as high as ever. It is as old as the Olympics.

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We are proud to be part of it. EC's Hamstreet. There have been

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people here for more than two hours Beautiful, brilliant, great.

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can't believe they're so many people in Hamstreet. The stars of

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the show whether torch bearers. am looking forward to it. Bigging

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up the crowd. He sets off. It is a great feeling. Historical moment.

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It was great to see that flame. Relatively few crowd members will

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remember the last British Alan Pakes. Even if you're would have

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seen the last torch relay at. last time, there was 20 people and

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one person with the torch. Was it different this time? Much different

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but better. Each torchbearer was greeted with the same cheers. In

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Hythe, it was Olivia Willard's 10. Reward for her fund-raising. Just

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as you thought the crowds couldn't get any louder, the procession

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arrived in Sandgate. What a contrast when it dipped into the

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Channel tunnel before emerging into the light and the noise once again.

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For his last journey of the day, it took to the Channel again on a tall

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ship before it moves on to light the cauldron.

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Where exactly has it been today? Day 61, it started this morning in

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Hastings. It went to Hamstreet, Ashford, Sandgate, Ashford and

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Folkestone. Tonight it is being hosted by a Dame Kelly Holmes and

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Rob Smith. What a privilege. What can we expect tonight? It is going

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to be amazing. The crowd is very excited. We are looking forward to

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it. It is a great atmosphere. It is miserable weather. People are still

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absolutely loving yet. They have tested the torch so it can

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withstand conditions like this. it can stand being in Dover Harbour,

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a can withstand anything. doesn't dampen their spirits. They

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are out in force. All throughout today it, people have been out on

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the route with smiles on their faces despite the weather. Before

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this started, they thought this would lose enthusiasm as it has

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gone round. Not a bit. It is building and building. They got

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here at 2pm and they were already lining up at the front of the stage.

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I will be down there later. You will be talking to some of the

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torch bearers that will be taking part. Absolutely. Also talking to

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Steve Backley and Hugh Robertson. get to have a chat with Dame Kelly

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Holmes. We are looking forward to it. From the very blustery day over,

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we will hand back to the studio for now.

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A man who was offered an Olympic job by G4S says he is now being

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turned away because a security company says it hasn't got time to

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train him. Dan Corke passed the screening

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process, got a contract and a pay roll number. He has described the

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situation as a fiasco after the firm said it cannot provide enough

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guards for the Games. After months of trying to find out

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what was happening, Dan Corke went to Stratford on Monday for final

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training and to get his accreditation. Only to be turned

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away because the company was overwhelmed. It is a fiasco. No one

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knows what is going on. There is no organisation whatsoever.

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important was that job? I put a lot of effort into it. Months of work.

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As far as wanting to work, it has been a nightmare. He applied for

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the job in December and was told he qualified when he chased things up

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and he received an e-mail telling them to give us time over this busy

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period. G4S do not have enough staff ready, leading to an

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admission to MPs yesterday. It is a humiliating shambles for the

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company. Yes or no? I cannot disagree with you. G4S has said it

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has run out of time to process all applicants. It seems like this

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organisation has behaved incompetently. There must be

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something we can do to punish the company for its incompetence.

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parts of Kent have been caught up in the G4S debacle. Troops here in

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Canterbury have had to go up to London to fill in security roles

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that the company itself was -- for the company that was unable to

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provide. It is frightening if they can't find people's paper work,

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can't find contacts. Dan Corke was unable to get answers today. They

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company told us it is sorry it some people have experienced

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Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted in

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Brighton and left with a blood clot on the brain. The 29 year-old was

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attacked on North Street just before 6 o'clock on Saturday

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morning. He was taken to hospital in Haywards Heath for treatment to

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his head and facial injuries. Two men aged 23 and 24 from Brighton

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and 27 year-old man from Lewes has been arrested.

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The unemployment late in the wider south-east has remained unchanged

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at 6.3% this month. One of the lowest in the country according to

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figures released this morning. The proportion of unemployed people

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aged 16 and over was 8.1% for the same period.

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Plans for one of the South East's largest wind farm suffered a

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setback today when developers withdrew their application.

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Campaigners near Polegate in the Sussex said they are delighted that

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the company behind the plans are having a rethink and it has been

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known that they are going to try again.

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For one man, this is good news. The five turbines will be in a road

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over her from his house. The test mast is in place and the turbines

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will be half as tall again. There are family homes here that would be

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deemed unsuitable for living accommodation which will in effect

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evict those families from those homes. We are not against Green

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Energy Solutions, we are against the location. It is the power of

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the turbines that makes them so effective. Twice the height of

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Nelson's Column, almost the size of the London Eye, producing enough

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energy to power nearly 7000 houses a year. A report into this runs to

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70 pages but its conclusion can be turbines would be too big. That his

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wife are now council officers have said they don't want these plans to

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go ahead. -- that is why. The developers need to come back

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with any plans taking into account the views and their houses.

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A last February, plans for a wind farm of the Brighton coast were

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unveiled but it emerged parts of the South Downs National Park would

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have to be dug up for the cabling. Last winter, the wind turbines off

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the Thanet only renting half its capacity. There is pressure to save

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money by cutting subsidies to companies that built them. We will

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not give up. This is a beginning of how we think about the production

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of energy and we want to be part of that movement of change. This is

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Polegate producing energy for the rest of Britain. It is fabulous.

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They hope to come up with new plans in the next six months.

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Our top story: Thousands of people have gathered on the streets of

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Sussex and Kent to watch the Olympic torch relay. On day 61 of

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its journey, the flame has been to Hamstreet, Ashford, Hythe, Ramsgate

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and Sampfire Hoe. Also, a war of words: The fight to save

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Canterbury's unique collection of it -- many scripts.

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A it has been a cloudy and breezy day. Well it's stayed dry for the

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lighting of the cauldron? If you have a story you think we

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should be covering, we were glad to An academic from the University of

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Kent says the sale of a collection of historic documents would punch a

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heart-breaking hole in its resources. Parts of the Mendham

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Collection, which is kept at Canterbury Cathedral, is due to be

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sold off by the Law Society later this year. But the University and

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the Cathedral say the collection should be kept together. Ellie

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Price reports. A collection of medieval

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manuscripts and rare books that up until today contain around 5,000

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items. It deters 400 years of the development of the Christian church

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and has been kept under the custodianship of Canterbury

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Cathedral and the University of Kent for 30 years. This collection

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is incredibly important as a witness to the development of

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Christianity in England and on the Continent. What happened today is

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that the most valuable items from that collection, about 300 of them

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were taken from these shelves, and you can see the gaps beside me.

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cathedral houses around 35,000 items and the Mendham Collection

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made up around one-seventh of that. To lose so many books and

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manuscripts is a massive blow to anyone interested in four centuries

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of Christianity. The collection starts with texts that might have

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been read by Martin Luther in the late 15th century. Martin Luther

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really did come up for the idea of the Protestant church on the toilet.

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It paved the way for the Church of England many years later. For more

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serious scholars the collection is a valuable resource. What is

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interesting about this book is the number of very fine illustrations

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but what has been removed it today were missals with an even larger

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and more interesting illustrations. In a statement today the Law

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Both say they will consider the offer but with some of the most

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valuable items already at the auction house, they fear they may

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be too late. Let's return to the subject of the

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Olympic Torch. All day you've been sending us some

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fantastic pictures of the Torch Relay. Please keep them coming.

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Here's a selection of some of the Holly Len's picture tells a 1,000

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words in Hamstreet. This one is from Hyde. This is the mood in

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The Torch is in Dover so let us return there now. Polly and a crowd

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of thousands of people are waiting for the final torch-bearer of the

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day. Polly I believe there's another Olympian to keep you

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company? I had indeed. A close to the Torch gets to London, the

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closer we are to the Olympic Games. Someone who knows about the

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excitement and anticipation is Steve Backley. He is a javelin

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thrower and a Kent-based athlete. How did it feel at this stage when

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you are approaching the Olympics? This is the home straight. It just

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gets more and more exciting. The athletes have had aimed for year

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planner and they have done all the hard work. It is all about getting

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your head right and not been distracted. You will not see them

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on the dance floor tonight. It is about getting your head right and

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staying out of the limelight a little bit until you dive into it

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fully. You just have to let yourself do yourself justice. Of

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course, for an athlete, if that is your first games, a home games will

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be enormous. Just walking out into a home stadium will be incredible.

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What do you think our hopes are metal wires? Everyone is optimistic.

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I am very wary of trying to predict medal hopes. 47 last time in

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Beijing, 19 gold. I think we can beat that. Maybe more than 20 gold

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and over 50 overall. That would be a huge target and we are capable of

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it. Thank you. The bidder taking are today are the Torch bearers. We

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have got have and Rachel. Thank you very much for joining us. You were

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both from Ashford, how was it when you took to the streets? It was

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really amazing, just to be able to be there with other family who have

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come from all over the country to support and all the friends along

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the sidelines who were cheering you on, it was amazing. Did you find a

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really amazing? It was incredible. Everybody came at and supported us

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on the route. The real thing about the Olympics as it is great to be

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part of it. When we were carrying our Torch, it was the only one in

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the whole of the world and we were the only one carrying a. It was a

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great responsibility. What we do with a Torch? I am taking it

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university to show all of my friends there and take it into the

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local hospital and I will show all my family and friends as well.

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Rach relations to birth of year. Thank you very much for talking to

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us. There are many, many Torch bearers taking part and many of

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them have a very moving stories, including a young man from Ramsgate

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who discovered that four members of his family had cancer.

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When I was first given the Torch on the coach it felt as though time

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stop. He handed me the Torch and said good luck to everyone on the

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bus. We cheered like mad. I stepped out and everyone on the Street

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roared. I felt tiny compared to the size of the crowd. The policeman

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said I had about 20 seconds and my legs turned to jelly. He said I

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would be fine. The lady came over and she put the Torch on mind and

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we had a hard and then I went off. My heart was just beating. We have

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had a very tough time. I find it very hard to talk about it. My

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sister and my mum, we have stuck together so well as a family

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despite everything bad that has happened, with all the cancer. We

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have always been very close and when I saw their faces, it fills me

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up and makes me so happy. Honestly, it is told not to cry. You feel all

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your emotions stirring up beside you and it is amazing. I will never

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forget it ever. Rizzle Kicks are entertaining the crowd here and the

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Torch is making its way to Dover. Our reporter is there now. It is

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expected imminently. Any sign of the lack?

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Yes, it came a few moments ago. It was up on the tower about five

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minutes ago. Graham Hutchison, a 52-year-old and a local man carried

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it up with 144 steps to the top of the keep and handed it over to a

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13-year-old, Sophie Waller, who is a national swimmer. They said back

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off again. It is are, of course very exposed and windy up here. It

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is cloudy as well. It is dramatic and there are more historic,

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dramatic and iconic landmarks -- there were few more historic

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landmarks than this. There is another Torch Relay being run by

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enthusiastic amateur runners who are going to run the whole distance.

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This is one of the local runners who will be doing now. In a few

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minutes' time you will take over your Torch Relay. Yes, I will run

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to Deal any moment now. Why are you doing it? This is a charity event

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raising money. We have run every step of the 8,000 miles of the

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Torch Relay with no buses or trains or anything. You're not taking

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anything away from the official relay but you want to do the whole

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thing? Absolutely. There are about 10 mile legs for each leg and we do

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it every day. Very best of luck. Here is there relay team. Travis

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full takeover in just a minute. Where have you come from? I have

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come from high youth. That is an excellent effort.

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They really are very special locations that the Torch has been

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visiting here in Dover. They are iconic locations. I am lucky enough

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to be here on the stage later on when it arrives here and the

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cauldron get slit. Join us for a special programme but for now I

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will hand you back to the studio. Five in a few moments time Dame

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Kelly Holmes will be presenting a special live programme from Dover.

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Tomorrow's is the relay's third full day in the South East. If you

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want to catch a glimpse of it, this BBC Radio Kent will be broadcasting

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live from Deal for their breakfast programme tomorrow morning. The

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court will travel towards Thanet, Canterbury and Maidstone.

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Throughout the week you can get involved in the Torch Relay on

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Let us get the all-important Let us get the all-important

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forecast now. Rachel, it is fair to say it has been pretty wet.

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It is a very great picture here now. It has been clouded throughout the

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day with outbreaks of rain. It is a cloudy and breezy picture with

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quite a muggy night. This is the satellite and radar Chard from

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earlier with plenty of cloud around and outbreaks of rain. Breeziness

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around. The torches heading from Hastings to Dover and at the moment

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it is a great picture.. It feels much cooler than the numbers

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suggest. Tonight the rain will ease. Plenty of cloud with a muddy field

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to the night. Tomorrow we start the day and it will be mostly dry but

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there is a chance of a shower from the word go. The Torch will travel

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to Canterbury and then to Maidstone. It is a breezy picture with

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westerly winds. Temperatures in the mid-teens. The best advice is to go

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out with a brolly. If you do get a shower where it will be pretty

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heavy but they are pretty hit and miss. The winds will ease off. The

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Torch will be leaving the South East and there is a chance of

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seeing a shower again. As we head towards the weekend we have high

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pressure building so in the next couple of days there is a chance of

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seeing a showers but the temperatures are increasing.

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Temperatures creeping up towards average for Saturday with plenty of

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sunshine and then through the weekend we could even see 22 on

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Sunday. Finally some much wanted sunshine. In the next couple of

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days the Torch makes its way through the South East and on to

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