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We do not want to go through that again if it is not necessarx. It is

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a nuisance. We'll be reporthng from Yalding, and getting political

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reaction from Westminster. Failing in four out of five key are`s `

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controversial private ambul`nce company NSL faces losing its NHS

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contract in Kent. Also in tonight's programme: The elderly couple from

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Kent subjected to a violent ordeal by masked robbers who stole money

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and jewellery worth thousands of pounds. Naked ambition wins

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Folkestone the chance to bare all for an international photographic

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exhibition, and it seems thd locals are game. As a former naturhst, I

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probably would. But not now, it is too cold. It is me. This is my

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fiance, Claire. And size is no disadvantage for actor Warwhck

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Davis, who will tell us abott his new show taking to the stagd across

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the South East. Good evening.

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The floods are back, with areas around Yalding already being

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affected and two flood warnhngs in place, as well as 15 more flood

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alerts. This winter has alrdady been the wettest on record. The `rea

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around Maidstone enduring 500% more rainfall than normal over Christmas.

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The weather is also causing a headache on the rails, with a

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landslip closing the line at Battle. Southeastern are saying that another

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storm forecast for tomorrow night will cause further disruption.

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Yvette Austin is in Yalding. The area could be hit a second time

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This is the river that everxbody worries about. The River Betlt,

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running through the centre of the village, but the reason Yalding gets

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hit badly is because it lies where three Rivers meet. While thd village

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is dry at the moment, there are problems downstream by the River

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Medway. Braving the flood water agahn. For

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the third time this winter, Little Venice caravan park is underwater.

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Some residents remain in hotels It gets to the point when you `re

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sitting in the hotel, you c`nnot do anything, you cannot do a normal

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routine. You feel that life is drifting past. I have come back

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because I have a washing machine being delivered because I lost my

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last one in the last flood `nd now I cannot get back. As rain falls on

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saturated ground, properties are honourable again. In Yalding, levels

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have been rising. Much ground is flooded in Headcorn and Barcombe

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Mills, the situation is simhlar There is concern over ground water

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levels close to Canterbury. Forecasters expect it to deteriorate

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over the weekend and we are watching conditions. We expect rainf`ll over

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Friday and strong winds and high tides at the weekend. We expect

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there to be isolated properties affected, but not a return to the

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conditions of Christmas Day. It seems there is no end in sight. Over

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Christmas and New Year, the area around East Peckham, this m`cro and

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stable Hearst saw rainfall 400% above average. Elsewhere in the

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region, a 200% increase, with no other county seeing a greatdr rise.

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The people in Yalding are fhghting back. The clean`up continues from

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Christmas. The figures add weight to the renewed campaign for flood

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defences. That again is one reason for pushing for flood defences,

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because with global warming, it will get worse. We could flood ydar in,

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year out, and that is not acceptable. There will be mtch

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deliberating over what can be done to reduce flooding. A former

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environment agency operations manager said there are short`term

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solutions. They could do wh`t we did in 2002 and repeat the dredging

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exercise, increase the channel capacity, so that the convexance of

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the river is increased, and you can increase the flow through the river

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rather than its going down the main street. But back at Little Venice,

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residents are carrying on as best they can. It is a small price to pay

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for living here because we absolutely love it. They hope the

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rain gives way to sunshine soon As you might expect, the flooding is

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causing travel problems with country lanes impassable. There are problems

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on the trains between London and Hastings and with more rain

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expected, trouble is predicted tomorrow. People here in Yalding are

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preparing for the worse with the sandbags coming out again.

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There are severe weather warnings in place for Kent and Sussex whth heavy

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rain expected tonight and for most of tomorrow. There are 15 flood

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alerts covering areas such `s Dartford and Crawley. Two flood

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warnings have also been issted. It means flooding is expected. The

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Anchor Pub, located on the River Ouse has been cut off since

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Christmas and is in danger of flooding again. The landlord said no

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authorities have been in totch. I am waiting for someone to come down and

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offer help. The neighbours have been fantastic, but the authorithes, they

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seem you want to `` they sedm to want you to pay the business rates

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and mortgage, nobody seems interested in helping. Why hs it now

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flooding so severely? I do not understand. Who exactly is

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responsible for helping with the clean`up?

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That question is not easy to answer. The environment agency,

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local authorities and insur`nce companies have a role to pl`y in

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different parts of the clean`up In the case of the gentleman you just

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heard from, I asked who would be responsible for pumping out water

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from his property and I was told he ought to ring the fire brig`de. His

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District Council said he was exempt from paying business rates, which is

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small consolation as he trids to save his business.

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There is a government meeting this evening. There is a Cobra mdeting

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just up the road. It is the second meeting in as many

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days. The government stress they have a handle on things and with

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more rain expected, flooding is top of the agenda. To keep up to date

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with the latest flooding and travel situation, you can tune in to your

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local BBC Radio station. And we ll have a full forecast later hn the

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programme. One of the South East's largest private ambulance providers

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could face closure after inspectors discovered a series of failhngs

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including a lack of backgrotnd security checks on staff. NSL Care

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Services, based in Larkfield, didn't meet standards in four out of the

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five key areas set by the C`re Quality Commission. The govdrnment's

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health watchdog also revealdd criminal background checks were

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missing for some staff examhned by officers. The trade union

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representing NSL workers have revealed tonight that they have

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voted for strike action. NSL provide nonemergency Ambulance

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Services the patients in Kent and Medway and claim a reputation for

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being trusted, reliable and caring. The health watchdog came to a

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different conclusion after `n unannounced visit in Novembdr. Among

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a number of concerns they found that care was not planned to meet patient

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safety and welfare. Staff h`d not been vetted or had criminal record

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checks. And it was said the impact on patients were serious. The

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company would not be intervhewed on camera. They highlighted sole areas

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we were becoming aware of and areas we have failed not to adherd to

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policies. They must be getthng used to criticism. We spoke to p`tients

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who have experienced poor sdrvice and care from NSL. We can rdveal

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their staff voted for strikd action. I can confirm we have had a 50%

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return in the ballot papers and of that 95% want to take strikd action.

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They have hurt to put up with this daily and have had enough. The

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public seemed to be more generous. If staff have not been vettdd

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properly and there is a concern maybe they have undesirable people

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driving ambulances... It makes life easier for elderly people gdtting

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into hospital when they know there is a service to take them. They give

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me a lift to hospital. They are on time and helpful. They do a good job

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for me. NSL claim they have an ethos of listening to learn. They will now

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have to listen to the care puality commission and their staff to learn

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from this highly critical rdport. Coming up: Brighton and Hovd's Green

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party faces a vote of no confidence over plans to raise council tax

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Within the last two hours, both the chairman, and the chief executive of

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one of Kent's most criticisdd hospital trusts have announced that

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they are to step down. The Ledway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham has

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one of the highest rates of unexpected mortality in the country,

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and was put into special me`sures last year.

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Our reporter has been following the story. Why are the Chairman and

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Chief Executive stepping down? The trust chairman and the chief

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executive have simply said tonight that the time is right for them to

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move on and hand over the ldadership to a new team. The chief exdcutive

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said after four years as Chhef Executive, I feel it is timd to

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encourage a new leadership to build on what has been achieved and take

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the trust into a new phase. That is the only reason given. Tonight we

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just got this reaction from the Medway MP. It has been diffhcult. If

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you have someone at the top of an organisation he has been in for a

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year or two, it is difficult to know whether you hold them responsible

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for failings or whether thex are the new broom who can turn things

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around. They have hired a ndw medical director and aid chhef

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nurse. I think they are doing good work and I have seen some

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improvements, but given the problems, I am not sure it has been

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fast enough. He mentioned problems. It is fair to

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say the trust has had a cat`logue of them.

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It certainly has. Last summdr the trust had put in special me`sures

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after a report revealed the trust had a higher than expected rate of

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mortality. A separate report from the care quality commission led to

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the trust being issued with warnings or its maternity department because

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it was failing to meet basic standards. The arrangements the two

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new successes into the roles is expected in the next month.

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Three masked robbers subjected an elderly Kent couple to extrdme

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gratuitous violence as they stole jewellery and foreign currency worth

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thousands of pounds from thdir home in Charing. The couple were left

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needing hospital treatment `fter the robbers beat them with a pickaxe

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handle. Kent Police are appdaling for help in catching the crhminals.

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You may find some of the im`ges in Ian Palmer's report upsetting.

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Robbed, terrified and beaten. The face of a homeowner from Pett Lane

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in Charing. The woman, who doesn't want to be named, was targeted by

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three masked men in her homd on Monday, 20th January. Her htsband,

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who also wants to remain anonymous, was beaten, as well. Police

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investigating the attack sax the men are dangerous. The couple dhd not

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put up any defence. One of them is 71 years old and vulnerable. The

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level of violence was at an extreme. The masked robbers stole a Rolex

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wristwatch, a diamond and rtby eternity ring and gold coins. People

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say they are shocked about what happened. We are sorry for them

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They are a lovely couple. Utterly out of character with anythhng we

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are used to. Police say they want to spe`k to

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anyone who may have been in the area at the time and may have sedn

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something unusual or suspichous days before. Anyone with information is

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being asked to contact them. A woman hit a bus in Brighton on Tudsday has

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died. Zhiying He, who was 18, was a student at the International Study

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Centre in the city. The collision happened around 8:30am on Ttesday.

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Police are appealing for witnesses. We have some breaking news. Within

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the last few minutes, a votd of no confidence in Brighton and Hove

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Green administration has bedn carried at a meeting as the

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controversy over the proposdd council tax rise has been

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intensifying. The Greens want to increase it by almost 5% to protect

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services that would need a lajority yes vote in a referendum will stop

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tonight, the Labour Party, which had the backing of the Conservatives,

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called on the leader Jason Kitcat is to stand down. Jason Kit Kat said

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the vote was a distraction, before the meeting. It is an attempt by

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Labour to distract from the debate people need to have. Funding cannot

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go on as it is without something shifting. We propose a referendum to

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protect the most runnable in the city and that is what we should be

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talking about `` the most vulnerable. Our reporter has been

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following this story. What dxactly does this mean?

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Legally, it does not mean vdry much. It is important because it could

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signify problems for the Grdens A budget agreed. If the opposhtion

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vote against it, they have to come up with a plan B. If they c`nnot

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agree on that the government could make the decision for them. Earlier

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I was speaking to people and there was a mixture of opinion, whth some

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thinking the Greens were dohng a good job with the saying thd

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administration should go. They are well`meaning, but, half the

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things they have done are ltdicrous. I am sorry, if the government is not

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giving us the money, we need to do something. I have not voted for them

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but I think they are brave. The money is needed to protect the

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vulnerable and services for everyone. It is ridiculous.

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Mindless. Just before we cale on air, the meeting came to an end and

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the people in the city will be watching as to what will happen

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next. The top story tonight. Flooding is

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back with areas around Yaldhng already affected. There are two

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warnings in place as well as 15 flood alerts. Today figures revealed

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the area around Maidstone h`s had 500% more rainfall than norlal over

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Christmas. And coming up, the serious business of honouring Jo

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Brand for her nursing work `t one of our leading universities. And I will

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be talking about my new plax with a reduced height fitter company. See

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How They Run. Along the South Coast, it's been a

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hard`fought campaign over the last few weeks ` to win the right for

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hundreds of people to strip naked and be photographed by the @merican

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artist Spencer Tunick. People in Hastings, Brighton and Folkdstone

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have been staging all sorts of publicity stunts, despite the

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inclement weather. Today it was been announced that the winner is

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Folkestone. Lucinda Adam is something of an art buff. This is

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her report. The people of Folkestone usdd an

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online campaign to show Spencer Tunick they are not shy abott taking

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off their clothes. You have to put your money where your mouth is. It

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is very natural. Where is the problem? It was a profile r`zor and

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you get the odd double guns when you are walking down the street. The

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photographer is coming to the Kent coast. We will get folks naked in

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Folkestone and that will be pretty incredible because I have ndver

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worked by the sea. Dozens of people are willing to strip off to keep the

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votes coming in. It is liberating. People have enjoyed taking part

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because it is something different, something they have not dond before.

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What was brilliant is it involved everybody in the community.

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Everybody spotted somebody they knew and we encourage them to vote and

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that is what they did. The photographs will go on display in

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the town. He makes such democratic art work, it is recognisabld, maybe

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even people who are not intdrested in the arts know his work. That

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captured imaginations. The puestion is where the photograph will be

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taken and how will he choosd around 200 residents to take off their

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clothes. Would you strip naked for art? As a former naturist, H

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probably would. But not right now, it is too cold. Never in a lillion

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years. No amount of money or any art could persuade me to take off my

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clothes. Yes, of course we would. If anybody wants to see this. H have no

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idea what the Folkestone folks look like, I have no idea what the

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streets looked like, I have no idea if the police. Me, whether H will

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get permission. Those who are willing to bear all for art will

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hope for warmer weather when it happens in May.

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Jo Brand grew up in Sussex `nd Kent and has been a huge success in

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comedy for years. For a dec`de, she had a different career, working as a

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psychiatric nurse. Today shd was given an honorary doctorate by

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Christ Church in honour of her work with mental health students.

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In our garden I saw the cat equivalent of me, it was so fact, it

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went through the cat flap and took the frame with it. `` it was so fat.

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Known for her deadpan humour, but today Jo Brand was in the spotlight

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for a different reason. The former psychiatric nurse received `nd Henri

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doctorate from Christchurch University for her work with nursing

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students. I feel very pleasdd about it. I am flattered and bonddd

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because it is an honorary doctorate, so I am glad to come here

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and do it rather than the normal thing at this time which is banking

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my head on the computer and shouting, right a funny jokd, you

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silly old bag! She is popping in later. She has never been in before.

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You are going to move that stuff out of the room. I am not Pickford. She

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spent ten years caring for lental health patients and said it inspired

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her sitcom that she stars in and co`wrote. It was a stressful job. I

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loved it. It required working with a dedicated team of people. Wd had

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some awful days and we had some good days. It was just how it was. Tell

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me about splash. Yes, I am going out with Tom Daley. You heard it here

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first. I hit a diving board when I was a kid. It's hilarious. H love

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being a judge. I am positioned in the middle of two serious dhving

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academics. I am just there the light relief and decoration. Being

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gorgeous! Something has happened in the last ten years that has made old

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people's life a misery and ht is called decking. As one of otr

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favourite comics, she hopes to be able to continue to work with

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psychiatric nurses in the ftture. That hat suited her. Warwick Davis

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has had a long and successftl movie career, including roles in Star Wars

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and Willow. He also starred in a comedy recently Ricky Gervahs with.

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He has created an agency and theatrical company fish or people

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and their production of See How They Run opens at Bromley's Churchill

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Theatre next month before going to Eastburn.

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`` Eastbourne. It was roles like Willow and in

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Harry Potter that catapulted Warwick Davis to the top of his gamd. But it

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was a lack of officer stage roles that inspired him to set up a

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theatre company. What I likdd about the idea was when I went to the

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actors and asked them to audition, they were so excited about the

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prospect of this. I am very moved because they can see an opportunity

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that they have not had before, which is to be respected as actors. Aside

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from them being short. Wherd do you get your normal clothes frol? Are

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they children's" smack this kind of comedy material might leave some

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open mouths. But Warwick sahd that it is important to have the sense of

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humour about his size. I will meet some kids and realise I havd the

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same sweater because I buy clothes fit ten years old and 12`ye`r`olds.

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That is embarrassing. You are just down with the kids. They cotld think

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that. I did not look at it like that. He has been in the business

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than 30 years and credits hhs success to luck, and playing in Star

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Wars. What is it? I think bding in Star Wars at 11 years old h`s to be

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the highlight. That film gave me my career. I met my heroes and worked

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with George Lucas. I have bden fortunate. I have ticked my ambition

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boxes. I suppose doing a pl`y is the last ambition I have at the moment.

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With this venture promising to be a comedy venture of huge small

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proportions. He has a lovely voice. We are going

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to check the web. Rachel, alazing statistics for the last month.

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Statistics for us in the sotth`east are remarkable. We have seen twice

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the average amount of rainf`ll that we would expect. It has been the

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wettest January since 1910 `nd we have more rain on the way,

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particularly tomorrow with ` weather warning. 20 millimetres of rain is

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expected. We will stay dry for much of the day. Strong winds will be

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picking up. By contrast, today, the winds are not too strong. It has

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been fairly wet and also re`lly cold. The wind is picking up along

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the coast, but not particul`rly breezy. Tonight, showers will

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linger, but drier as we get to the early hours. Some spots starting the

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day with a touch of frost tomorrow. A deep area of low pressure coming

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tomorrow. The wind is picking up on the south coast. In the aftdrnoon,

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wet, but tried during the morning. `` it will be dry during thd

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morning. It will move through pretty quickly as we go through tolorrow.

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The winds will be staying whth us. Further warnings out as we go into

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Saturday. This time about the wind, with gusts up to 70 mph along the

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south coast. There will be showers particularly for the south coast.

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The main story will be the winds. On Sunday, it will be mostly sdttles.

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As we head back into the new week, it will be wet and windy. Stnday is

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likely to be the best day of the weekend.

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likely to be the best It is relentless. That is it. We

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will have the late news at 8pm and 10:25pm. We will see you

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