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Welcome to South East Today, I'm Polly Evans. And I'm Rob Smhth.

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Tonight's top stories. The brother of Crawley suichde

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bomber Abdul Waheed Majid s`ys he wasn't a terrorist. My brother was a

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hero. He made the ultimate sacrifice to save the Syrian people.

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Tonight the Crawley MP Henrx Smith has responded by urging the

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Government to crack down on extremism.

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Headteachers of failing Kent schools should expect dismissal says a

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leaked county council documdnt. Unions say the tough stance is

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causing a recruitment crisis ` we're live at county hall with thd

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details. Also in tonight's programme: The

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travellers who have set up camp on Brighton parkland ` despite numerous

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legal pitches available nearby. An Olympian fundraising effort

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brings Sir Steve Redgrave to the Rochester School which colldcted

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more cash than any other for Sport Relief.

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And meet Jock the 6th; the latest marmalade cat to move into

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Chartwell, on the instructions of former owner Winston Churchhll. Good

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evening. The brother of a Sussex man who

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carried out a suicide bombing in Syria has spoken exclusivelx to the

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BBC ` claiming his brother hs "a hero". Abdul Waheed Majeed from

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Crawley drove a lorry packed with explosives into a jail in Aleppo

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last month. Tonight, his brother Hafeez Majeed said he'd madd the

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ultimate sacrifice to save the Syrian people. But the Crawley MP

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Henry Smith has urged Government action to tackle extremism. Louise

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Stewart reports. Abdul Waheed Majid's journex began

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in Crawley but it ended thotsands of miles ago `` away when he got behind

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the wheel of his truck and became the first British person to carry

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out a suicide bombing in Syria. His brothers spoke exclusively to the

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BBC. He said his family belheved he had launched the attack to rescue

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prisoners. My brother was not a terrorist, he was a hero. Hd made

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the ultimate sacrifice to s`ve the Syrian people. The suicide bomb

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attack happened a month ago at a prison in Aleppo. 41`year`old Abdul

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Waheed Majid was named a few days later. Yesterday the Sussex MP took

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to the floor of the House of Commons to demand to know what has been done

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to tackle radicalisation. I'm also saying to the local police `nd local

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authorities, we need to go beyond the present strategy which has been

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in place so far to tackle extremism. We need to support communitx is

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better to identify where people may be at risk of radicalisation. How

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did a man with three childrdn and a steady job become radicalisdd? He

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had attended talks when younger by now banned group. His leader claimed

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Abdul Waheed Majid regularlx drove him to in Crawley. Some of those men

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were rated `` Witter convicted under an MI5 operation. Abdul Wahded Majid

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was never implicated in the Bluewater plot. If my brothdr had

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been a British soldier, the British people in that prison, and the act

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of heroism he did, he would have been awarded a posthumous Vhctoria

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Cross. But his actions in Sxria had triggered alarm back home. The

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danger is when we see an individual commit an act publicly and be

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venerated publicly afterwards, it does have inspirational effdcts on

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others from the broader comlunity he comes from. There has been ` mixed

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reaction to the claims of hhs brother in Crawley. It is s`d that a

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member of the family regards a suicide bomber as a hero. You never

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really know what actually h`ppens. Probably in his mind he was a hero

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but in other people's he wasn't The family say they are still trying to

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come to terms with his death. My brother was not a terrorist, he was

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a hero. He was not a threat to the British public and never has been.

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Louise is here in the studio. What else have the family said about his

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actions? You can tell from that report it is fairly in waters. They

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claim he was not radicalised. He was moved by what was happening in Syria

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in Syria and wants to help the people there. It has to be said that

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we do not recommend that anxone travels to Syria and get involved in

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the conflict there. There are concerns this will lead to copycat

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style attacks. There have bden four further arrests on Syria related

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charges in Manchester. In Crawley, the local MP Henry Smith has written

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to the Chief con. He wants the local authority to take tough acthon to

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tackle this kind of extremism. Thank you.

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And you can see an extended report on this story featuring an dxclusive

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interview with Majeed's closest friend who travelled to Syrha with

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him on Newsnight at 10.30 tonight on BBC Two.

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Experienced headteachers whose schools go into special measures

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should be put on gardening leave and removed from their posts, according

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to Kent County Council. A ldaked consultation document says heads of

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failing schools should expect "significant action". But tdachers

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and union leaders say school leaders need support, not punishment,

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claiming the county council's approach is causing a recruhtment

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crisis because teachers no longer want to become heads. Peter

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Whittlesea joins us live from County Hall in Maidstone ` this document's

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causing real anger tonight. That is right. This report has got

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Headteachers fired up. They are saying this is evidence of the blame

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game which exist in education in Kent. Often they are not giving the

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support they need. At Countx Hall BC this is not the case. This policy

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comes from the Department of education and will be rolled out

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across the country. Hired and fired like football managers, that is the

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claim of head teachers after this report spells out what steps the

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county council will take to tackle underperforming schools. Thd

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document says... This headtdacher claims he was undermined whdn

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drafted in to turn around a failing school, alongside his successful

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primary. There is a culture of intimidation. Sadly, it is this

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culture which permeates through all aspects of the school

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infrastructure, from the director of education downwards. The cotnty

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council says the document is a draft which clarifies the governmdnt

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policy and they are not hidhng and filing heads. Absolutely not. We

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take action to provide a better leadership when it is needed. We

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never get payoffs. We give people what they are entitled to. @nd you

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are not bullying Headteachers? I would say we are not bullying

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teachers but we are being robust about this critical issue. Do

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parents think the buck should always stop the headteacher? If th`t was my

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daughter's school I would w`nt action to be taken. If he's not

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getting the results, it is harsh that he takes the full wrap. Retired

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headteacher Peter Walker saxs this approach is affecting recruhtment.

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When I left my job, there wdre 00 applications for it. When I left,

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there were 12 applications. `` when I first applied for my job. Kent

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County Council says that is no problem with recruitment. Tonight

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headteacher say they need more time to turn around struggling schools or

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it would be clear suicide to take on a difficult school. Parents seem to

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back the hard approach. Thex say the buck has to stop Headteachers. We

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want to know what you think. Is it right to remove experienced

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headteachers from their posts if the schools they run are put into

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special measures? Or are thdre better ways for local authorities to

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turn around struggling schools? You can send an email to the ustal

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address: or join the debate on Facebook or Twitter. We'll hear your

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views later in the programmd. In a moment ` signing off the so

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called "silicon beach" deal to pump millions into the hi`tech industry

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in and around Brighton. Travellers have set up an illegal

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camp on parkland in Brighton ` even though legal pitches are currently

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available in the city. Around 2 caravans have been parked in Wild

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Park since Friday. It's the second time in six months that travellers

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have occupied land there ` `nd the local MP has criticised Brighton and

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Hove City Council for opening the park gates, after they started to

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get in. Natalie Graham has our report. The gate into the whld Park

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had been wide open since Frhday Any suggestion this helped the

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travellers gain illegal accdss has been strongly denied by the police

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and council. The same thing happened last August and their explanation

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now is the same as it was then. We had to open a gate after thdy

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arrived in order to make it safe. They need to go in using thd

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pavement. You can see that looks like you are encouraging thdm. You

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are enabling them to get on the site. Once they are on the site it

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is better that it is safe for everyone. We do have a perm`nent

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site in Brighton and they should be using those powers to protect local

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residents and do the right thing. It is madness, I cannot understand why

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the council would give a grden light to travellers from all over the

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country to visit Brighton and Hove. Today the designated site to the

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north of the city had avail`ble pictures. The council wants to

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expand this facility but pl`ns are opposed by the Conservatives. Some

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neighbours are anxious. You are intimidated and you don't go to the

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park, you do not take your dog is there to walk because you are

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intimidated. The only way you would notice they are there is by seeing

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them, it has not been a big issue. It is very intimidating. It affects

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my business very badly. The council is now beginning the process of

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eviction, one which has been a common occurrence in the city for

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many years. Natalie joins us live outside the Brighton Hove city

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council offices in Hove. Natalie, there are plans to expand the

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permanent travellers' site ` is that likely to solve this ongoing

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problem? The council believds it will. They say by creating permanent

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pitches it will free up the temporary ones and alleviatd the

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problems of travellers arriving illegally. Other groups see that

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travellers do not necessarily want to pitch in together. The

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Conservatives believe it is in the wrong place. They have asked Eric

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Pickles to colder climes end. It is far from becoming a reality. `` to

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put a halt to the plans. It is a hot topic in the city.

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A 37`year`old man from Hung`ry accused of trafficking Eastdrn

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European women into the UK for prostitution has been remanded in

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custody by magistrates in Brighton. Attila Kolompar was arrested by

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police in Hungary over the weekend and flown to Heathrow. He whll

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appear at Lewes Crown Court on April third.

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Yoko Ono has been announced as one of several high`profile arthsts

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who'll be taking part in thhs year's Folkestone Triennial. She's been

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invited to create new works for the town's arts festival, which starts

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in August. The Prime Minister has given his

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backing to a deal dubbed "Shlicon beach", which could see millions of

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pounds invested in Sussex. Ht will help create a cluster of high tech

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companies to boost jobs and economic growth in Brighton, Worthing,

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Newhaven and parts of Mid Stssex. Business leaders say more than one

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hundred and seventy million pounds could be invested in the next few

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years, creating more than 8,000 jobs. It's part of the Government's

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City Deal programme, and will begin with a ?24 million investment

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supporting high tech companhes in Brighton. What everyone has done to

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date is get together to pool their strengths and say we will m`ke this

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area one of the best places in the world to locate if you have a

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creative or technical busindss. The City Deal investment centres on

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Brighton ` but includes funding for Worthing, Newhaven and parts of mid

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Sussex ` including specialist science companies based in Burgess

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Hill. And businesses in Brighton say they're confident the deal will

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benefit entrepreneurs right across Sussex. There is a lot of t`lent in

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the outlying regions. You nded a good infrastructure to bring those

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people end. You need to havd a bigger vision than just what is in

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the city. The sector in Brighton could be important to Sussex as a

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whole. It is not just about the city but the whole area.

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Our Business Correspondent Lark Norman joins us. This deal was

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agreed in Brighton today, so why's everyone so confident it will have

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an impact outside the city? It will be a challenge. Why would someone

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invest in Newhaven rather than Brighton? So what is Newhavdn bring

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to the party? There will be a multi`million pound investmdnt in

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the offshore wind farm. There will be a new marine college. Flood

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defence work will also take place. Someone said to me today, they would

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rather have this city Deal signed and sealed with government support

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rather than not have it and create jobs that towns like new` ``

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Newhaven really needs. Work will now begin to find private

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partners to help invest in the project and a new "Economic Board"

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will be established with businesses, universities and local authorities

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working together to implement the "Greater Brighton City Deal".

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This is the top story? The brother of Sussex man who carried ott a

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suicide bombing in Syria has spoken its quizzically to the BBC, claiming

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his brother a Healey `` hero. Abdul Waheed Majid drove a lorry packed

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with exclusives into the jahl in Aleppo. His brother said he made the

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ultimate sacrifice to save the Syrian people. The Crawley LP has

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called for government action to tackle extremism. Also tonight bash

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Chris Powell is out and Josd Riga is in.

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Winston Churchill bash his lesser`known legacy regarding

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marmalade cat. Sport Relief is just two wedks away

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now ` and when the event was last held two years ago, the Josdph

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Williamson Mathematical School, better known as Rochester M`ths

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was, by a considerable marghn, the biggest school fundraiser in the

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country, raising a staggering ?71,000. To celebrate their

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achievement, and inspire thd latest crop, a very special guest was

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invited along ` none other than our greatest Olympian, Sir Stevd

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Redgrave. And I was privileged to get to meet him as well. Sir Steve

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Redgrave! A welcome fit for a champion ` five times olymphc gold

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medal winner ` nine times world champion ` the unmistakable Sir

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Steve Redgrave. For half an hour a thousand students hung on hhs every

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word ` the aim was to inspire ` and he certainly seemed to achidve

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that. You need the nerves and that adrenaline pumping. If you don't

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have that you're not going to win so nerves are good thing. I was scared

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really. Just to talk and st`nd next to him to give him something. It was

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amazing. Sir Steve Redgrave, that was so cool. He is the most iconic

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person in the hall of the Olympics and probably the most amazing man in

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the world. One of the greatdst figures in Olympic history, a fifth

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Gold medal round his neck. When I competed, we did not win th`t many

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gold medals. At Allan Selby won one Gold medal and that was ours. My

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idea was always that when I retired, that was to make a large

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impact to raise money for good causes. I have been able to do that.

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I retired clergy years ago `nd I'm still involved. Two years ago, Sir

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Steve travelled to Zambia to see how the sport relief money is spent He

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was profoundly affected. Thd support we give and help through thd general

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public, they give their mondy to sport relief on comic relief, makes

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the difference between life and death situations. The day continued

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with a series of sporty events aimed at inspiring more fundraising ` last

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time around the school raisdd an enormous sum ` ?71,000. And with

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over ?21,000 already raised this year, they're stampeding towards

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another big total. If you w`nt to get involved in Sport Relief, go to

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our website ` all the inforlation you need to join in or donate is

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there. Charlton Athletic have sackdd their

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manager Chris Powell and replaced him with the Belgian Jose Rhga. The

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addicts are currently bottol of the Championship table ` and cr`shed out

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of the FA Cup at the weekend. But the news has still come as ` shock

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to fans who'd been told that Powell was on the verge of signing a new

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contract. Ian Palmer joins ts live from the Valley. The club's got a

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new Belgian owner, and he's decided to employ a Belgian manager. Yes,

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the owner is a business and worth around ?650 million and he wants

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Charlton to get into the premiership. If it can do that, it

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will receive a windfall of `round a windfall of around ?120 billion He

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believes Jose Riga is best piece `` best placed to deliver that. Chris

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Powell lifted by a joy of all when, two weeks later he is sacked. He

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thanked fans for their support over the years. A true gentleman.

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Hopefully we will see up and I wish them well whatever he does. I like

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the blog. That's what happens in football these days. `` the bloke.

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He was a popular appointment. They finished mid`table last year but

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there has been a struggle this year. The bottom of the table and in

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danger of relegation. One former England captain said he was

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surprised by the departure of Chris Powell. It is such a shame because

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he is a Charlton man through and through. And turns the hier`rchy

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want a change of direction. He is a fantastic manager. But not fantastic

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enough for the new chairman and club owner. The Belgian owns six clubs in

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Europe and hinted that his acquisition in England had to

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balance the books. I hope wd will break even by selling players also.

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The fans should expect us to sell players once in a while. Cannot keep

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them forever. Cannot pay thd bills at the end of the year. The new

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manager is 56`year`old Jose Riga. He is a former manager at from Belgium.

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He won the Belgian second dhvision. He worked at the aspire Academy in

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Qatar. He isn't outsider. `` he is an outsider but if he keeps them in

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the championship, that will be forgotten. Very supportive to its

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this afternoon. Joe Barton was very supportive of Chris Powell. The

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managership of Jose Riga will begin tomorrow night here against

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Huddersfield. The trouble is the Belgian has no experience of English

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football league. He has just 15 games to save the season for

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Charlton. Charlton are not in action tonight,

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but our other three league teams are. Brighton and Hove Albion

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entertain QPR at the Amex. While in League One, Gillingham are `t home

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to Coventry City, and Crawldy Town travel to Shrewsbury.

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They see a cat has nine livds. Jokar cat now on his six. The forler Prime

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Minister stipulated in his will that there should always be a marmalade

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cat with white paws at Chartwell in Westerham, after falling in love

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with a similar pet he was ghven while he lived there. Chrissie Reidy

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has more. Settling into his new home, Jock is the sixth marlalade

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feline to move into Chartwell House. He is incredibly famous. We get so

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many people coming and seen, we ve is the cat? He is a little

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overwhelmed at the moment. He's getting used to the attention and

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I'm sure he will thrive on ht eventually. Churchill loved animals

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so much he requested there `re always be a marmalade cat at

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Chartwell House in old age he became increasingly attached to Jock as a

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cat. The cat like to be cuddled and so on. It presents the very human

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image of Winston Churchill. Churchill got his first marlalade

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cat for his 88th birthday. Ht is rumoured that the first Jock would

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attend Cabinet meetings. Thd first Jock made such an impression on him

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there has been a tidy at Ch`rtwell House sins. `` since. I suppose

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reflects the fact he was an ordinary man with his domestic life. We have

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a red wine at home. Churchill was all is quite eccentric school this

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is a lovely story. His five predecessors spent most of the life

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at Chartwell House so I've spent this Jock will make himself

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comfortable. `` so I expect. That should be the start of the new

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series. Let's find out about the weather now.

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We were hoping for sunshine. There will be more sunshine tomorrow.

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White a bit of cloud cover today. It will be a brighter story tolorrow.

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Writing up into Friday. Chilly nights with readers guys. It will

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remain dry for the next few days. `` with brighter skies. These chilly

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winds will pick up. Temperatures cooler than recently. This hs the

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picture at the moment. Plenty of close cover tonight. We are

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expecting mist and fog patches. Temperatures will be relatively mild

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tomorrow, down to 560 bodies. `` down to live or six degrees. Lots of

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sunshine by the afternoon. Lots of mist in the morning. Warmer the

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further west you are. The north easterly breezes continue. Tomorrow

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night it will they try and warm with lots of fog around. It will be a

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cooler night as well with lows of four degrees. High pressure around

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tomorrow with temperatures reaching 14 degrees. It brightens up on

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Friday. Lots of dry weather for the weekend and hopefully some sunshine

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for tomorrow. And one of our top stories tonight.

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And experienced headteachers whose schools go into special measures

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should be put on gardening leave and removed from their posts, according

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to Kent County Council. A ldaked consultation document says heads of

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failing schools should expect "significant action".

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removed from their posts, according to Earlier we asked what yot thought

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` thanks for all your comments. Kate says, teachers are working

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under extreme pressure to ilprove standards. He cannot do that all the

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time and parents do not takd responsibility for their lazy and

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disruptive children. Mary, who is chair of governors at a prilary

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school in Faversham, says it would seem that the county council have

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already been doing this. Thd difficulty is good headteachers are

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hard to find and this policx will make it harder to recruit ndw ones

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and demoralised teachers currently in post. Cathy says she is chair of

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governors at a school in Sussex and says children `` teachers do their

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best to improve education. The government need to go and fhnd out

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what is really happening in schools. Paul West on Facebook says

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that means these headteachers will be on full pay while they are on

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gardening leave and council tax payers still paying for thehr

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salaries. Thank you for your comments. We will

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read out more tomorrow. Goodbye Hello and welcome to One Show with

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Matt Baker. And Alex Jones. Now tonight's guest is credited with

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some of the catchiest songs of the last decade, providing inspiration

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to many tabloid headline writers. Here is just a few that we

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