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Welcome to South East Today. I'm so it's goodbye from me

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Welcome to South East Today. I'm Polly Evans. I'm Rob Smith.

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Tonight's top stories: Crackdown on legal highs ` the MP who believes

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existing laws can be used to block shops from selling them on the High

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Street. We are live in Cantdrbury with the details.

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Manston could close as soon as ninth April ` news greeted with dhsmay by

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many local businesses. It is going to be a massive

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inconvenience. Cost effectiveness will be thrown out of the whndow.

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Also in tonight's programme: The Sussex woman demanding a Government

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apology after she was forced to give up her daughter for adoption in the

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1960s. A helter`skelter row over a

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statement work of art for H`stings ` how the artist received hatd`mail

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before his plans were rejected. Will Forces sweetheart Dame Vera

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Lynn chart again as she reldases a new album at the age of 97?

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Good evening. A Kent MP campaigning for a crack

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down on shops selling so`called legal highs says he believes our

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councils already have the powers they need, under existing

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legislation that's never bedn used before. The Canterbury MP, Julian

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Brazier, has met Home Officd Minister and Sussex MP Norm`n Baker

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this afternoon to push for new restrictions on the sale of legal

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highs, which have led to a series of deaths and serious injuries in the

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South East. Our Home Affairs reporter, Rebecca Williams, has the

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details. The human cost of so`called legal

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highs. Esther died at the age of 21 after mixing the substance of

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alcohol. Today her mother h`s welcomed plans to crack down on the

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trade of legal drugs. We have been looking for ages to find a law that

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exists that could restrict the use of legal dry `` legal highs through

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retail outlets. It is proposed is that these chemicals are allowed to

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be sold. Esther is not the only person to apparent reaction to legal

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highs. Two men drowned in Canterbury. Matt Ford nearlx had a

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heart attack after taking a substance bought from this shop in

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Canterbury. The local MP saxs he has found laws empowering counchls to

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shutdown and similar places. Two pieces of legislation back can give

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these powers. They can injunctions against things that can be damaging

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to the consumer. The legisl`tion is part of the 42 Google got b`ck. It

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allows councils to take any proceedings for the protecthon of

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its inhabitants. Julian Brazier is calling on the government to issue

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guidance to local councils `nd judges to use those powers. In

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Canterbury today, opinions were mixed weather shop selling legal

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drugs should lose. If it is illegal high, how can it be shot? I don t

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agree with legal highs. I think having it freely available for

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anyone to try out is just wrong If they are left open, people will know

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what they are buying. It is good in that way. Julian Brazier sahd that

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if his plans get the go`ahe`d they could come into force relathvely

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quick and as the legislation is already in place.

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Rebecca is live in Canterbury for us now. Rebecca, has there been a

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response from the shops that sell these legal highs? No. I contacted

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the shot behind me earlier on, but they didn't want to comment. It is

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important to point out that all the products sold in the shops `re done

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legitimately. Julian Brazier has been meeting Normanby, a minister

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for crime prevention. He sahd he is considering the proposals. He said

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he himself has said up a panel to look into legal highs.

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BBC South East has learnt that Manston Airport could close as early

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as ninth April. The Governmdnt has described the situation as very

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disturbing. But the airport says ongoing losses are no longer

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sustainable. Tonight, a taskforce is being set up to assess the hmpact

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and help support the 150 st`ff affected. In a moment we'll speak

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live to the leader of Kent County Council, Paul Carter. First, this

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exclusive report from Simon Jones. They envisaged millions of

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passengers a year, but 9pm could come in just 20 days. This small

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firm that sells products for computer work station repairers

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established at the dust `` the Discovery Park says that thd airport

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divides a vital link to the international market. We have the

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airport ten minutes away. For all the small businesses here it will be

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a massive inconvenience. Cost effect this will be thrown out the window.

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The chief executive officer of Manston Airport in an e`mail to

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customers writes that: that is despite the consult`tion

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with staff is due to last 44 days. It appears that the airport they no

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longer be wanting to stay open but that long. If the people go, and

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they will have to because they will need to find other jobs, it will be

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very difficult to put it back together again. In the Housd of

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Commons, the aviation Minister was concerned. It is very disturbing

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news. It is disappointing that Manston Airport could not attract

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some of the low`cost carriers there were hoping to do. Some want the

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government to go further. It must keep ongoing, even if the government

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has to put in some money. M`nston Airport have said today that all the

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staff are shocked that devastated at news of the potential closure.

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Anyone worried about flights or holidays booked for the futtre are

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advised to contact their tr`vel operator.

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So, what does the future hold for Manston Airport? The announcement of

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a 45`day consultation period yesterday suggested it would remain

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open at least until early M`y. But we attempted to book a KLM flight

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from Manston to Amsterdam today and found it impossible to reserve

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tickets after eighth April. When Pfizer pulled out of Sandwich, the

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site was awarded Enterprise Zone benefits to attract new bushnesses.

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Thanet councillors say that should be extended to cover Manston, if the

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airport does close. The Kent County Council leader Paul Carter hs live

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for us at County Hall in Mahdstone. The consultation on closure is

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supposed to last for 45 days, but, as you may have heard, we'vd tried

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and failed to buy tickets for KLM after eighth April. Is this a done

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deal? Well, I have no idea. Clearly the good work that has been done

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necessity of a merger meeting with the aviation Minister and the

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current owners. What you were saying to us yesterday seems to be at odds

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with the efforts of Roger G`le and Laura Sands. He said that the

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prospect of having an airport there'd admit promising. I gave

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backing the redevelopment of the site? No, the clip you shoot was out

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of context with the whole of the interview. They said that wd needed

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to do all we can to work together during this 45 day consultation I

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did listen to the interview and energy said that the market is

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normally writes and the market is telling us that having tried and

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failed on previous occasions, the prospect of having an airport at

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Manston doesn't look very promising. Exactly. That doesn't mean to say

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that it is necessarily dead in the water. If those close down to the

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wire and there is an offer for government to reduce the cost and

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losses currently made up Manston Airport to keep their stratdgic

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airport of some significant national importance, particularly as an

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airport that can be used in emergency contingencies, wotld need

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to have that conversation. H hope that in my conversations in the next

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few hours we can broker a mdeting with the new owners and the aviation

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Minister and see if there is anything that national government

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can do to help keep this airport open. Thank you. We want to know

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what you think. Is it time to admit defeat, and accept that Manston

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Airport is not commercially viable? Or do you disagree? You can send an

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email to the usual address or join the debate on Facebook or Twitter.

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We'll hear your views later in the programme.

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In a moment: She's done it! The moment Hilary Lister created a new

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record as the first quadriplegic person to sail across an ocdan.

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A Sussex pensioner who was forced to give up her baby daughter for

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adoption in the 1960s because she was unmarried when she fell pregnant

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is calling for an official Government apology. Veronic` Smith,

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from Seaford, says she's never fully recovered from the trauma of her

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experiences in a Catholic institution 50 years ago. She says

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the state`sanctioned adoptions in which women were "coerced, cajoled

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and conned" into giving up their babies. Yvette Austin reports.

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Veronica Smith was 24 when she had her baby or taken away from her and

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just one we call because shd was not married. She had been working as a

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nurse at a holiday camp in Sussex when she fell pregnant. Now`days it

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is very difficult for peopld to understand. I am appalled at how

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compliant I was. I did what I was told. I was brought up an and

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obedience is very dominance in that life. You did a Steward told all

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through your school life and beyond. Veronica's mother organised with the

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baby to be born at a London hostel. It was barbaric to separate a mother

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and child just because we wdren t married. The majority were not

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married and that was the re`son the babies were taken. In recent years,

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mothers like Veronica have been speaking out about their pahn. The

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story of the last child of Philomena, made famous in the

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Oscar`nominated film. Veronhca Smith leading a campaign for the British

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government to apologise to her and mother like `` mothers like her who

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works forced to give up thehr children. The Australian Prhme

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Minister has apologised. Thdre, tens of thousands of babies were taken

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from unmarried mothers. It hs set back this, we must apologisd. For

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somebody to recognise what happened to us. I was one of six children and

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my daughter was the first grandchild and she was just dismissed out of

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the family, almost forgotten about. Veronica has my find her datghter

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and has a good relationship with her and her own grandchild.

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Detectives investigating a serious assault in a St Leonard's ptb say

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they are pursuing several ndw leads following an appeal on BBC

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Crimewatch. A 44`year`old man needed 40 stitches

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after he was attacked with ` pool cue last March.

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Two new primary schools for more than 800 children could be built on

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secondary school sites in Eastbourne. East Sussex County

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Council says the town needs new places, and will discuss thd plans

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at a meeting on Monday. The Government is giving ?14 million

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to councils in the South East to help repair potholes after

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exceptionally bad weather this winter. Kent and Medway will receive

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?8.8 million, East and West Sussex will get ?6.1 million, and ?300 000

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will go to Brighton and Hovd. Dame Vera Lynn, the Forces

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sweetheart, is to release a new album at the age of 97. Damd Vera,

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who has been celebrating her birthday at home in the Sussex

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village of Ditchling today, already holds a record as the only `rtist

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over the age of 90 to top the UK album charts. Her new collection

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will contain some previouslx unreleased songs. It is timdd to

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coincide with the 70th anniversary of the D`day landings in June. Peter

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Whittlesea has tonight's spdcial report.

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DAME VERA SINGS. During the Second World War,

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soldiers turned out in their hundreds to hear of Vera Lynn. Newly

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discovered material from thd 19 0s will be remastered and rele`sed At

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97, Dame Vera makes few appearances. She expressed her to

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light about her new record. It is rather exciting at my age to bring

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wider record, even though I did record it years ago. It might give

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the young people and interest to see what the music was like in those

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days and what the songs werd all about. It is so different than it is

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today. It is brilliant! 97 `nd another album coming out! Wd felt we

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had to make a statement, if you like, but the fact that she is 7

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and has had 90 years in show business! It will be releasdd to

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mark the 70th anniversary of the D`day landings. Back then, the White

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Cliffs of Dover symbolised fortress Britain.

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DAME VERA SINGS. Dame Vera Lynn made her stage debut

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at the age of just seven. 24 she recorded the hit song the White

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Cliffs of Dover. She made hhstory at the age of 92, being the oldest

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living person to record one album. That is why so many people remember

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her songs. Give me a quick rendition!

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THEY SINGS. Judging by her past success, she

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could have a number one albtm soon. Dame Vera Lynn, the Forces

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sweetheart, is to campaigning for a crack down on

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shops selling so`called leg`l highs says he believes our councils

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already have the powers thex need, under existing legislation that s

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never been used before. Canterbury MP Julian Brazier is calling for

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restrictions on the sale of legal highs, which have led to a series of

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deaths and injuries in the South East.

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glory ` How South East hockdy glory ` How South East hockdy

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players could hold the key to British medals at the Commonwealth

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Games. Things will be turning much colder

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as we head towards the weekdnd. Join me later for the forecast.

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An artist whose plans for a sculpture of a helter skeltdr on a

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rundown town centre roundabout in Hastings were thrown out by the

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council says he received hate mail from local campaigners.

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The artwork was rejected, even though a local philanthropist had

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offered to pay the ?100,000 cost. It follows a high`profile camp`ign

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against the creation of the town's Jerwood Art Gallery two years ago.

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Piers Hopkirk reports. An artist denied his canvas. Henry

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at work in his London studio today. It appears his controversial

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helter`skelter sculpture will not make the jump from drawing board to

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public dominance. There was an opportunity to make something really

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extraordinary. Something th`t could shift the perceptions of people in

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some way and become a major part of that landscape. I think it hs a lost

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opportunity. The 43rd helter`skelter was meant to be a homage to the

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history of Hastings and the Northern `` a nod to the towns fairground

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fun. The proposed that she here also received some serious hostility The

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artist received hate mail over his design and an effigy of the

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sculpture was Burns at the Lewes bonfire celebrations. Even though it

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was to be lifted to the town by a benefactor, the council says it is

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not in keeping with the timd and not relevant to its history. Have you

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given into a vocal minority? No we haven't. We looked at a verx

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carefully and unanimously agreed it wasn't the right is for the

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sculpture. My commission in the first place? It was an exprdssion of

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interest, competition. When people looked at what was being

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considered, then perhaps thdy thought it wasn't the best location.

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You don't think a 43rd helter`skelter may have improved

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this roundabout? No! No chance! Why? Why would you? I wouldn't. H didn't

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think it was in keeping with the environment. I thought that they

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should have done something lore local to the area. There was a

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similar controversy in Hasthngs over the creation of the Jerwood Art

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Gallery. The council says they are going to renovate the fount`in here

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instead. Piers is live in Hastings. How much

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of a blow was this for the `rtist? It is a blow to him. When I spoke to

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him today he was amazingly stoic and philosophical. He said he created

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this design home he wanted to reflect the revolutionary spirit in

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Hastings and he said the fact that they have project did it only goes

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to show that that revolutionary spirit is still alive and wdll. He

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said that all good art should provoke a strong response from

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people. He said that no arthst wants to be met with deafening

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indifference. The quadriplegic sailor Hil`ry

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Lister has set a new trans`ocean sailing record. The Kent yachtswoman

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is paralysed from the neck down and controls her vessel by suckhng and

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blowing into a straw. She h`s successfully crossed 1,000 liles of

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the Indian Ocean, from Mumb`i in India to Muscat in Oman, along with

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fellow sailor Nashwa Al Kindi. The trip was amazing and testing.

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Everything that you could hope, really. We had every sort of

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weather. It was great. I loved every second. It is fantastic what they

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have achieved. To seal here from mum by, nine days at sea under those

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sort of circumstances, that is nothing short of astonishing. It is

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great to see them here. This summer, the England men's and

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women's hockey teams will bd favourites to win gold at the

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Commonwealth Games. The spine of both teams will be made up of

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players from Kent and Sussex. This weekend, East Grinstead's mdn and

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Canterbury's women are expected to be crowned national champions. The

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South East is increasingly the focus of top flight hockey in the UK. Neil

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Bell reports. East Grinstead and England star

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Ashley Jackson has played a vital role in the surgeons in British

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hockey in recent seasons. This weekend he will be trying to get the

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Sussex club to be national champions. He is already looking

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ahead to the summer. At the start of the summer we have the World Cup.

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That is the bigger of the two German months. The World Cup for us is our

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biggest journeyman 's and wd really preparing for that. We are not too

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far away from that and things are coming along nicely.

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Two years ago millions of pdople were cheering on the women's hockey

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team as they won Olympic bronze Two of that side have since movdd to the

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highly ambitious can't club in Falkland. They want to be a strong

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presence in years to come. They want to host European competitions. They

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are a great club with a gre`t setup. They have decided to invest. While

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the international stars are paid to play there, the Demon Canterbury is

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all `` are all amateurs. Victory on Saturday will see them crying

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national champions for the very first time. I have played in the

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first team for 24 years. Last year was the glucose `` the closdst that

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we got to winning and we bldw it on the final fixture. We are in the

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same scenario again this ye`r! With the players we have had in the

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past, it is something that we should have done before. Many of these

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players could also soon be dnjoying international success.

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We will be seeing some rain tonight. Behind that, much colder

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air. Into the weekend it will be feeling markedly cooler. Thdre are

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some wintry showers are particularly over higher ground. This is what is

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heading our way as we go into tonight. More cloud cover around and

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the winds strengthening throughout the day. Temperatures at 1203

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degrees. It will be turning wet for us tonight. It will stay brdezy

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Clearer skies behind the rahn. As we start the day tomorrow will be

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relatively bright and staying quite windy. One or two hefty showers

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around, particularly by the afternoon. The winds will bd up to

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about 25 miles an hour. We could potentially see a rumble of thunder.

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Also some sunshine. That thd Jews will struggle to get out of single

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figures. Further outbreaks of rain as you go through tomorrow night.

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Temperatures will drop to three degrees behind the rain. It will

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stay breezy for the weekend. Low pressure firmly in control. The

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chants of one of two hefty showers, particularly by the afternoon. If

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you get caught under one of the showers it will be feeling ` lot

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cooler. Some hefty showers. Back to one of our top storhes

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tonight. BBC South East has learnt that Manston Airport could close as

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early as ninth April. The Government has described the situation as very

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disturbing. The airport says ongoing losses are no longer sustainable.

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Tonight, a taskforce is being set up to assess the impact and help

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support the 150 staff affected. I hope in my conversations in the next

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few hours we can broker and meeting with the new owners and the aviation

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Minister and see if there's anything the national government can do to

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heal `` to help keep this ahrport open.

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Lots of you have been getting in touch. Jan says the loss of the

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airport will be devastating to the area. Chris says that he has flown

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from Manston Airport Amsterdam, it was a great experience, but he said

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without direct flights to more places, it will not stay but `` it

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will not be viable. Another of your says, wide and use Manston @irport

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instead of growing gap wet? Another viewer says, why are they stggesting

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building a new airport on a man`made islands when we have a perfdctly

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good airport at Manston? Another viewer says that she strongly

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disagrees that those people are going to lose their jobs. She says

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the government should we save and not a new one built in the Dsther E.

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Before we go, we'd like you to let us know what you're doing to raise

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money for Sport Relief tomorrow We'll be showing your images and

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videos on tomorrow evening's programme. Please get in totch!

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That is it from us for this evening. Have a lovely evening. Goodbye.

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