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06/04/2014

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Good evening. A charity aimhng to And I'll be back with

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Good evening. A charity aimhng to restore Hastings seafront pher that

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was damaged by fire has sold nearly ?600,000 worth of shares. The whole

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project will cost ?14 million and the charity has received money from

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twice as many share`holders as expected. Jane Witherspoon reports.

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Derelict but not abandoned. The restoration of Hastings Pier is no

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longer the pipe dream that went up in smoke in 2010 when a fird

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destroyed it. Hastings Pier charity has beaten its ?500,000 target to

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aid the project. We closed the online investment last night at

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around 590,000. We have another two days of off`line investment to add

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to that so I would say we whll close at around ?600,000 raised, which is

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tremendous. I was hoping thdy did reach the target because I knew a

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couple of days ago that thex hadn't quite got there, so yeah, that's

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good news, definitely. I am very pleased that they have becatse my

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wife and I are both shareholders. Are you? Why did you choose to

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invest? Why do you think? What is a seaside town without its pidr?

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Hastings Pier Charity is a community benefit society, a kind of co`op,

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and for a minimum ?100 buy hnto the scheme, shareholders get a say in

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the future direction of the pier, and the company hopes to pax

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interest on that investment after three years of operations. We'll be

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hosting things that would bd seasonable, so a funfair, chrcuses,

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public art, music festival, open`air cinema. It is hoped it will reopen

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in spring 2015. Police are appealing for witnesses

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after a young girl was allegedly sexually assaulted while wahting for

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a bus in Canterbury. It's claimed a man approached the 16`year`old on

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Thursday afternoon and pulldd her top down. He was then pushed away by

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his friend. The man who wants to be the next

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Labour MP in Chatham and Aylesford says he thinks a control on

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escalating rent prices would be a good idea. Tristan Osborne has told

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the BBC Sunday Politics show that Labour are looking at the

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possibility of linking long`tem rental prices to the rate of

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inflation. He says it would prevent people from being priced out of

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their homes. It is looking `t long`term rental agreements between

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tenants and landlords. It is ensuring we have a national landlord

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register so standards are maintained, but it is looking at the

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indexation of increases to tenancy. Three men have been arrested by

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police investigating alleged racist chanting at Gillingham's Le`gue One

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match yesterday. It's said to have been directed at Rotherham Tnited's

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manager, Steve Evans, during his side's 4`3 win over the Gills at the

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Priestfield. The trio have now been released on police bail.

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Elsewhere, and in the Champhonship, Brighton drew 0`0 at Barnsldy, while

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Charlton's survival hopes took a blow as Danny Williams' second`half

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strike secured a 1`0 win for Reading at The Valley. And in Leagud One,

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this great strike by Jamie Proctor wasn't enough for Crawley to avoid

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their fifth successive defe`t. They were beaten 2`1 at home by Crewe.

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Almost 9000 people have completed the fifth Brighton Marathon, which

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was started by Paula Radcliffe. A new course record was set bx the

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Kenyan William Chebor today, who finished in under two hours ten

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minutes. Nicola Haseler was there. The finish line is a famili`r sight

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to Paula Radcliffe, but tod`y she was behind it, supporting Brighton's

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runners. I heard good things about it over the last four or five years

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and I think it is great to have another top`quality marathon in the

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UK. The Kenyan William Chebor set a new record despite stopping to tie

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his shoelace at the seven`mhle mark. First time here to run in Brighton

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Marathon and I enjoyed it. We are four hours in. The elite runners

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have all competed their racd. Now crossing the finish line ard all

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those people not just running for themselves but for a charitx that

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holds a special place in thdir hearts. Who is running the larathon?

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Auntie Roisin. She is raising money for MacMillan, because for le,

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really, I had breast cancer very recently.

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We are here to support my whfe Liz doing her first marathon. She's done

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the half marathon, doing it for Hospice Care Weston`super`M`re, so

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we've come all the way over to Brighton today. It is going to be

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really exciting to know how she s done and I'm going to be re`lly

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happy to see her. Let's see how the weather is looking

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now. happy to see her.

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Let's see how the weather It has been a mild but cloudy day. That

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cloud will persist overnight. We will see rain spreading frol the

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west keeping that south`westerly wind. Some outbreaks could turn

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heavy into the early hours of tomorrow, temperatures not dropping

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below double figures so it will be a mild start but a grey and wdt one,

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we will see outbreaks of rahn, some of which could turn heavy,

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especially towards us back towards coastal areas and we could see a

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brisk wind as well so wet and windy for much of tomorrow. By afternoon,

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rain will turn more showery so there will be more in the way of drier

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spells. For the rest of the week it looks a bit better. A cold front

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comes through on Monday and behind it it will be cooler but Tudsday

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looks like it will stay dry. Temperatures will have dropped by

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then and we will see cooler nights but also lots of dry weather with

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plenty of spells of sunshind. That's it from me. I will bd back

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tonight at 10:20pm. Until then, have a good evening.

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Good evening, after a fairly mild weekend, a fresher week in store for

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the week ahead. Moreshine at times but not a huge amount tomorrow

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because that's shaping up to be a wet day for just about all of us.

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The rain developing through the night and it is still wet at the

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moment in southern counties. Watch how the rain becomes more extensive

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and heavier with a strengthening breeze. For northern England and

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Northern Ireland, a colder feel to the night. In northern Scotland

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there will be temperatures in sheltered spots. A mild start for

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Monday. If you escape through the morning commute dry, you will one of

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the few. Heavy bursts around. So expect surface water and spray on

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faster routes if you are travelling in by car. The winds are a feature

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in the south. After a dry start for the early rises, for southern

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Scotland and east of northern, rain will spread in. Many western areas

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will stay dry as will the north

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