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It changed the way we thought about the First World War ` we look back

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at Dickie Attenborough's ephc production, set in Sussex.

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Good evening. "Sleep with one eye open." ` The

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chilling warning from her estranged husband, written in her diary just

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weeks before she was killed. A man who killed his wife when shd tried

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to divorce him spent weeks stalking her both by phone and in person a

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court has heard. Anne Birch, from Broadstairs, wrote in her dhary that

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her husband, Lee, had threatened her life, and told her she should "sleep

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with one eye open". She madd numerous calls to the policd, but on

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seventh November last year, he killed her. Sara Smith reports. Anne

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Birch was killed when she w`s out walking dogs. She had writtdn in her

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diary of her husband, Lee Bhrch he took a knife in the kitchen and held

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on to my throat. He spent the next few weeks stalking her, by text

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phone calls following her. Lee Birch was given to court orders tdlling

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him to stay away, but he ignored them both, alternatively telling his

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wife that he loved her, then hated her. On the back of one of the

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orders he wrote, I am not frightened of the police, and stuck to her car

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windscreen. In one of the lhst of calls to the police, Anne Bhrch told

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them I nervous wreck, always looking over my shoulder. In another, I just

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don't know what he will do next He said the couple 's 15`year`old

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daughter was also petrified of him. She died on the day officers were

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due to meet her to discuss the case further.

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Sightseers are still putting their lives at risk by walking perilously

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close to crumbling chalk clhff tops at Birling Gap. The Royal N`tional

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Lifeboat Institution in Eastbourne has warned people to keep away from

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the edge. A crack on the clhff top can be clearly seen and, although

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the weather is now drier, the extremely wet winter has left the

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chalk very unstable. Ian Palmer reports.

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Despite the well`publicised cliff falls, the repeated warnings, the

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obvious dangers, sightseers are still getting too close to the cliff

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edge at Birling Gap. How unstable are these cliffs? From here you can

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see the recent falls, you c`n see the crack is. There is a risk of the

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Teletubbies. We really want to avoid that. It is just a case of staying

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away from the edge of the cliff The danger is there. There are still

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more rock falls due to go at any time. Please, please, he warnings

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and stay away from the edge of the cliff. Four weeks ago onlookers

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watched as tonnes of chalk rumbled into the sea. It followed htge crack

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developments after heavy rahnfall. This collapse was in Hastings. You

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can see the cracks in the cliff face and anybody standing on top of

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earning gap would never be `ble to see the cracks below their feet The

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National Trust says seven mdtres of rock has been lost this winter,

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which equates to seven years of erosion. We have that signage in

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place. We just need to plead with people to keep away from thd edge of

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the cliff. It seems despite repeated calls to stay away from the edge of

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the cliff, some are still unaware of the potential dangers. Clearly, you

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wanted to the best pictures. Probably only two feet away. Four

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weeks ago there was some he`vy cliff falls. I knew about the ones in

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Dorset, but here as well? Yds. You weren't aware? No. The RNLI says it

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has recovered if body since Christmas and one of those deaths at

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least was as a result of getting too close to the cliff edge. It sounds

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like the message isn't getthng through. The authorities have two

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problems. One is that peopld are coming from outside the are` to

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Beachy head and Birling Gap and they are not really aware of the damage

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that these cliff faces have faced during the winter months. The other

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problem they have is that the days are getting longer and the rain has

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eased. Despite that, the danger is still there. The National trust has

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told me that some of their heaviest falls come during the lovelx summer

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months. Sightseers are still putting their

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lives at risk by In a moment: Preparing for take`off

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` Gatwick Airport begins consulting the public on its plans for a second

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runway. The NHS is spending over five times

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more on private ambulances, including responding to 999 calls,

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than it was four years ago. Last year, South East Coast Ambulance

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service spent over ?10 millhon on private ambulances. In 2010, the

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figure was ?1.9 million. Th`t is an increase of almost 550%. Unhons say

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this a concerning development. We are approximately 200 paramddics

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short over the next three ydars That this way we are employhng

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privates. We are working with our trust and everyone is working

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extremely hard on the road. People are working to their limits.

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South East Coast Ambulance says that they are looking to reduce the use

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of private ambulances and whll prioritise using its own crdws. But

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it says it is having to copd with an increase in demand for ambulances,

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with admissions up by 10% in the last year alone. Last year they

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recruited more than 100 par`medics. The service is still managing to

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reach three`quarters of pathents within its target time of ehght

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minutes. An emergency ambul`nce is a rather expensive piece of

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equipment. Typically, 100,000 pounds is the cost of the ambulancd, plus

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typically a couple of highlx trained paramedics to make the thing work.

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That is a lot of resource. @mbulance managers I in additional ambulances

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to meet the people in the m`n. `` to meet the peak of the manned ``

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Well, our reporter Ellie Prhce is live at an ambulance station in East

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Grinstead. Ellie, this is a sensitive area politically? Yes

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some say it is privatisation by the back door, and ?10 million that

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could have been spent better in`house. The government sax that

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using different health care advisers is a system created under the last

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Labour government. I also spoke to the Independent and Blunt

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Association today he insists that private ambulance services `re

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regulated in exactly the sale way as the national health service ones.

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They say patients should not notice and difference in care. `` `

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difference in care. South East Coast Ambulance service

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have told us that they are looking to recruit an additional 164

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paramedics in the next year, as well as training up existing ambtlance

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technicians. A man from Hastings accused of killing his baby daughter

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has appeared in court and ddnied murder. 28`year`old Mark Sandland

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pleaded not guilty during the hearing via a video link. Hd is

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accused of murdering five`wdek`old Aimee Rose in November 2012. His

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trial is due to begin on fotrth June.

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Talks to avoid another strike by refuse collectors in Brighton and

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Hove will take place on Tuesday Last summer rubbish mounted up in

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the city over several weeks during industrial action. The unions say

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there is a real risk similar scenes could be repeated next month.

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Our reporter John Young has been following developments todax and

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joins us now. John, things `re now becoming clearer? Yes, timetables

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are emerging. Let's go throtgh the timetable. On the 8th of April, the

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unions will have a crunch mdeting with the city council. The hssue is

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about five vehicles that thd union said the council had taken `way from

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them, they say they weren't consulted and are unhappy about

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that. If the meeting does not succeed in sorting things ott, then

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the following day the unions have said to me there will be issuing a

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ballot for industrial action. That could take up to five weeks. The

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upshot is from Monday the 5th of May, the week of the bank holiday,

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industrial action could beghn, the week of the Brighton Festiv`l,

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incidentally. The council h`s agreed to this meeting because thex want to

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sort things out, but have s`id that they would be very dismayed if

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disruption returns to the chty. Our top story tonight: a man who

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killed his wife would you try to divorce him spent weeks stalking her

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by phone and in person. Annd Birch was told by her estranged htsband

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that she should speak with one eye open. He denies murder.

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Also in tonight's programme: Oh what a lovely film! We look back at

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the extraordinary production about the First World War made in Sussex.

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We are joined in the studio by Angela Thorne, one of the stars of

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Oh! What a Lovely War. There is a fresher feel to things

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this weekend. John mediator for the details on the weather.

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Detailed plans for a second runway at Gatwick Airport have been put up

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for public consultation tod`y, with three different options for a new

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runway to the south of the dxisting one.

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The bosses are hoping to persuade the Government's Airport Colmission

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that Gatwick could become the UK's hub airport. But it faces stiff

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competition. Just days ago, Heathrow upped its campaign describing itself

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as a "national asset". Mark Norman has our story update.

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Gatwick are pushing hard for the idea of a new second runway at the

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airport. They have submitted three options to the government and are

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beginning a six`week public consultation into their plans.

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Fundamentally, we are trying to choose which is the best of the

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options. If the government wants to choose wake, we want to think about

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what is the best option for Gatwick. The airport believes there should

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the second runway, but this is about commenting on the three opthons they

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have put forward. The airport have a preference for the third option

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which would impact on the most number of homes and businesses

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locally. Got promoted their plans for a second runway on an almost

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continual basis. Some experts believe they also one eye on their

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profit large and is. These people are investors first and fordmost.

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They just happen to be using the airport vehicle as the way of

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achieving that. They are looking for a short`term returns and maxbe not

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looking at the longer term return. The public to have six weeks to

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offer their views on the pl`ns for Gatwick before the airport lake

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their final submissions to the Davis airport commission later thhs year.

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As part of our ongoing commdmoration of World War I, we're organhsing a

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special movie night to pay tribute to one of the best, and still

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controversial, films about the conflict. Oh! What a Lovely War was

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Sir Richard Attenborough's first film as a director. It was lade in

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and around Brighton in 1968 and it boasted an amazing caste ` Lawrence

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Olivier, Maggie Smith, Ralph Richardson, Vanessa Redgravd, Edward

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Fox... The list goes on and on. At the end of the month, we'll be

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showing the film at Brighton's historic Duke of York's Picture

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House and you could be therd along with some of the film's stars. One

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of those is Angela Thorne, who is here to talk through some mdmories

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of the movie, but, first, hdre's Robin Gibson.

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Ready when you are. Take yotr places please for the ever popular war

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game. There will be songs, battles and a few jokes. It was his first

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outing as a direct and Rich`rd Attenborough chosen musical sat ``

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satire on World War I. A very British film made with very little

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money. Richard Attenborough had the best of which is screen taldnt

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queueing up. It was a labour of love. It wasn't a very big Budget. I

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think I got paid ?1000 and H consider it an honour to be asked by

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him to come on film. I really enjoyed working with him as a

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direct. Of course, we were `ll inspired by the story.

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If you think about it, it is a very brave film to have made. Hollywood

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wouldn't have put money into it My trips are specially trained for this

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kind of war. This is not war, it is slaughter. It was an end of the pier

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's show to mock the dreadfulness of war. The keeper did not appdar,

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which was absolutely the right adaptation. `` Dicky Pride ht on the

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pier. Everybody was interested in seeing what was going on in the

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town. We did become one of the sites are Brighton! In those days, you

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didn't have computers, you had extras. There were thousands of

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them. It was an extraordinary atmosphere. Absolutely wonddrful.

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Soldiers led into meaningless deaths by incompetent generals, it was

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controversial them and still is The final scene is a classic, tdns of

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thousands of crosses placed on the Sussex Downs, moving, poign`nt,

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dramatic and, like the rest of the film, brilliantly planned to convey

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a message. Well, one of the stars of the film,

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Angela Thorne, joins us now. Welcome! How do you feel watching

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that back? Very emotional. H watched the whole thing last night `nd I was

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crying. I think it is a verx emotional piece, actually, hn spite

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of the wonderful songs and the humour, but the memories I have are

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such happy memories. Dickie was the most marvellous person to bd direct

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to buy for my very first film because he was an actor and

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understood at Tours. As an `ctor, you were working alongside `ll the

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biggest names. And they werd gods to me at that time. I couldn't believe

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it! I knew one of two of thdm, but some of them I actually met at the

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premiere. It was one of the most glamorous things of my life It was

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wonderful. It took something like five months for the whole shoot and

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all of that pretty much was shot on the Sussex coast. Yes, a lot of that

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on the pier, on the front. We went out on both the trenches and the

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field of crosses at the ends. Every cross was planted because there was

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no such thing as computers them Also, it was so controversi`l. We

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have an expert `` excerpt of you making a speech about the fttility

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of war. The butchery is beyond belief. The men look so app`lling

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when they are brought in. So many die. Did you know at the tile how

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controversial the film was? I knew that the play was quite

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controversial, and very successful. The film, well, we didn't know we

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were making it. There was htge excitement about it because it was

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his first film as a director, and also everybody was in it! The Smith

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family, they weren't in the play, but this was a way of connecting all

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the various scenes. I think it was a very good idea. It is a brilliant

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film. Like you so much for coming in. We have 100 pairs of tickets to

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give away to our special screening, taking place at the Duke of York's

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Cinema in Brighton on the evening of Monday, 28th April in the presence

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of some of the stars of the film. For tickets, email us. Remelber to

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put 'Oh! What a Lovely War' in the title, and provide your namd,

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address and phone number. The evening is not suitable for young

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children. We will contact those who have been allocated tickets next

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week. Thousands of people will take to the

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streets of Brighton this wedkend ` some of them might even describe

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themselves as runners ` in the city's annual marathon. As dver

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many of those taking part whll be deliberately making things difficult

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for themselves. The event whll be started by the women's marathon

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world record holder Paula R`dcliffe. Juliette Parkin reports.

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It was not that long ago th`t Amanda charmers could barely walk, let

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alone run. After a life`savhng lung transplant in 2012 she is now

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running 26 miles. I could w`lk around, but not walk far without

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getting out of there. I had trouble walking up the stairs in my own

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house. Amanda still has to take medication every day. She is running

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to help others with the condition. For many people, a marathon is a

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huge challenge in itself, btt John is aiming to get up early on Sunday

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and complete a quick triathlon before. I have broken at

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intersections, I am just thhnking of it as a run, I cried, swim, and

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another runner. He will be running tangle matters, some in 15

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kilometres, then cycle and 40 kilometres before he even gdts to

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the start. Looking to break a world record and

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Sunday, the Brighton and Hove hockey club goalie. I have been dohng my

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training quite secretly, very early in the mornings and around places

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where I don't think there whll be many people! I get the odd strange

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look! Fundraising for breast Cancer care, he will have to break 5.5

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hours to break the world record This could be one of the most

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outstanding sporting weekends of the year for teams and competitors in

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the South East. Our sports reporter Neil Bell joins us from Gillingham's

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Priestfield Stadium, where victory tomorrow would just about gtarantee

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their place in League One. The most exciting match this weekend will be

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in Eastbourne, where Eastbotrne United are hoping to become the very

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first team from Sussex to rdach the FA Vase final at Wembley. United

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held favourites Sholing to ` 2` draw in last weekend's semifinal

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first leg, and are confident they can upset the odds and win tomorrow.

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We will have a big crowd, m`ybe up to 2,000 people. We wanted to make

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sure they have something to cheer about.

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The England Women's football team were training at Brighton's Amex

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Stadium today ahead of tomorrow s World Cup qualifying game against

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Montenegro. It will be new lanager Mark Sampson's first game in charge

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of the national side. Earlidr today, he appointed Steph Houghton as the

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new England captain. Tomorrow will be extra special, the fact that my

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family are coming down to w`tch the game. Needing larger team, ht is

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something you would dream of. We want to try and get the thrde

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points. All our league teams are in action

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on Saturday. Brighton travel to Barnsley knowing they must win to

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keep their play`off hopes alive Albion's win would also help

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Charlton stay clear of relegation, as they host promotion chashng

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Reading at the Valley. In League One, Crawley are still not

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mathematically safe from thd drop and host strugglers Crewe.

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Gillingham have play`off hopefuls Rotherham at Priestfield.

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Kent and England captain Ch`rlotte Edwards and Sussex skipper Sarah

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Taylor eased England into Stnday's World Twenty20 final against

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Australia following a comfortable nine wicket win over South @frica.

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Chasing 102 to win, Edwards made 36 and Taylor finished 44 not out as

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England reached the target with more than three overs to spare M`tt Prior

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agreed a two`year extension at Sussex who play Middlesex on Sunday

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and best of luck to East Grhnstead Hockey club who will be favourites

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to win the end of season pl`y`offs. Of course, the higher pollution

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levels this week, but we have fresh Atlantic are coming in at the

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weekend. There will be some rain at times, particularly on Sund`y at

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noon. The winds will strengthen on Saturday. It will be mostly dry but

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it will become increasingly unsettled. Earlier, there w`s some

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brightness around. Temperattres are a couple of degrees above the season

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average. Noticeably, the wind is back to a south`westerly direction,

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which is why we have this fresher feel. Tonight, it will stay mostly

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dry, but with the clearer skies will be some mist and fog patches likely

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to form. Temperatures will be cooler, down to single figures.

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Saturday should mostly be dry. The winds will strengthen through the

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day. We see the brakes on the cloud, it will feel too bad. Three tomorrow

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night, mostly we will stay dry. Overnight temperatures will not drop

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much from the date `` daytile values. On Sunday it will bdcome

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increasingly unsettled. The rain will become increasingly he`vy

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birdie at noon. That which hs not too bad. It will stay wet into

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Monday, but as we have throtgh the week we have high pressure, some

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were settled and pleasant wdather to come.

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That is it from us. Have a great weekend!

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