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Welcome to South East Today, I'm become a distraction.

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

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And I'm John Young. Tonight's top stories: New plans to regendrate the

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Port of Dover but will the public have as much say as they'd hoped?

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They just get on with what they want to do for themselves and blow the

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rest of us. After acid is thrown over a man in

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Crawley, the police are hunting the two men they think did it. We're

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live in the town with the ddtails. Also in tonight's programme: the

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moment a grandmother's body was discovered in the basement of a

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sharp as described in court. Remembering the olden days, Kent

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journalist Ian Hyslop on our fondness for nostalgia.

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And TV heart`throb Maxwell Caulfield on a 30 year career and Singing In

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The Rain. Good evening. New powers have been

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announced today that could pave the way for a multi`million`pound

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investment programme to regdnerate the Port of Dover. People who live

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or work in the town will get the chance to stand for election to the

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board that runs the port. Btt the Government has stopped short of

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creating a so`called "Peopld's Port" entirely run by the local community

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and some have questioned whdther it really is the best plan to guarantee

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jobs and investment in the `rea for generations to come. Simon Jones has

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the details. Betty who lives overlooking the

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port. She says it has given little back to the residents of thd town.

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I have had all sorts of argtments with them and it seems they just get

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on with they want to do for themselves and blow the rest of us.

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Today, this man said he wanted to bridge the gap between the people

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and the port. There will be seats on the board for those who livd in the

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town and community funds to kick`start regeneration.

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This is a win`win for everyone. You get the community much more heavily

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involved. The port its self has championed privatisation to fund

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future development. An MP or forward an alternative

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People's Port run by the people for the people. Today, the government

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came up with a compromise it calls a catalyst for regeneration.

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The government plans to sell our port of two the French or whoever so

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we said we would buy it. I think there is trust growhng

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between the two parties and this is the start of a major opporttnity.

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This family have had a shop in the town since 1945.

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Anything that comes from thd harbour to the town and vice versa hs good.

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There is plans for a new cargo terminal to create hundreds of jobs.

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This man has worked there for 1 years and is a union ret.

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As ever, you have to look ott for the Devil in the detail which is yet

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to be decided. But if it me`ns job security and future prospects for

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future generations then I'm all for it.

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Talk of a shared future but now the task is to...

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Simon joins us live from Dover. Simon, how much money is thd town

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likely to get for regenerathon? Nobody was prepared to put ` figure

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on it but the minister is m`king it clear that he wants the port to

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donate a percentage of its pre`tax profits to set up a community fund

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and to add to that year aftdr year. Today's announcement allows both

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sides to claim victory. The port bosses keep their jobs but the

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people get a bigger say. Both sides now have two work together `nd

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quickly. Detectives are hunting two people

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who attacked a man with acid at his home in West Sussex. The victim

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who's been named locally as Jack Grimshaw, was taken to hosphtal with

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injuries to his face and hands after the attack last night in Cr`wley.

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Piers Hopkirk is live there for us. This has shocked people livhng

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there, hasn't it, Piers? Indeed. This is a crime as rare as

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it is shocking. A crime that perhaps we would normally associate with the

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developing world rather than a leafy housing estate here in Sussdx.

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Detectives carrying out house`to`house enquiries ard looking

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for answers to an attack whhch stunned neighbours. It is shocking.

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There are young kids that go out and play. It is dark red here at night

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as it is and to see that happening is disgusting.

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I was wondering if it was a attack or something to do with drugs and if

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it would happen to us. Just happening around the corner

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with families about. It is believed the attackers lay in

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wait in a car, they had in dffect set an ambitious. Around 1120 last

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night, as their victim returned they came round the corner `nd

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doused him in acid. One man was elected to the victim's schdmes and

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ran over to give first aid. He describes seeing the man's phase as

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blistering in front of his dyes and smelling a corrosive smell.

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Lots of people were getting water for the victim. I believe there was

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an off duty fireman who was coordinating assistance to the

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victim in terms of water behng passed to him and been pourdd over

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his face. What is your reaction to thhs?

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This crime is horrible. Not something we are used to he`r. It

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goes against the grain of what this town is about.

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The victim has been named as Jack Grimshaw. Police are appealhng for

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witnesses. Specifically, police say thdy want

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to track down two black men wearing high visibility jackets. Witnesses

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have described them fleeing here at some speed and a white Astr` van.

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In a moment: Is it still thd home of movie magic? Brighton and Hove's

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latest attempt to win investment from film`makers.

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A shop worker has taken the stand in court this afternoon to describe the

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moment he discovered the decomposed body of a missing Kent grandmother.

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But Mohammed Islam and his two co`defendants all deny murddring

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69`year`old Harjit Chaggar. She d been missing for 12 days whdn her

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body was found in the basemdnt of the Sani Globe grocery stord in

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Chatham in September. Harjit Chaggar's body was found in the

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basement of Sani Globe. Her injuries were similar to that of a sdrious

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road collision. The defendant described the moment he found Harjit

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Chaggar's body. After he and another defendant went to investigate a

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horrible smell in the shop. On the first day of defence, the QC asked

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what did you say? Two brothers from Maidstone and

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Mohammed Islam deny murder. They are also charged with preventing lawful

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burial. All four deny the charges. The Environment Agency is estimating

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it could cost ?35 million to provide flood defences for the Kent village

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of Yalding and improved protection for the Tonbridge area. Possible

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schemes to help prevent a rdpeat of the Christmas floods includd

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upgrading the Leigh barrier on the River Medway, and building ` similar

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structure on the River Beult to protect Yalding and nearby villages.

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It's likely to take years for any scheme to be finalised.

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The former Brighton and Hovd Albion footballer Colin Kazim`Rich`rds has

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been fined ?750 for making ` homophobic gesture to fans during a

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match at the Amex stadium. The 27`year`old, who was playing for

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Blackburn at the time, had claimed he was merely bantering with the

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crowd. An MP from Kent is preparing to

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announce the results of a rdferendum in his constituency on whether

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Britain should leave the European Union. Mark Reckless, the

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Conservative MP for Rochestdr and Strood, sent ballot papers to 4 ,000

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households. Peter Whittlese`'s been following the story and joins us

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live from the Medway Towns. Peter, the result is due out tomorrow.

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That is right. People have had one month to vote in this unoffhcial

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referendum and over 80,000 people could have voted. The questhon is

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whether it will surely snapshot of pro`or anti`European feelings. You

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kept it and put a candidate up against Mark Reckless in thd last

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election cause he is so anti`European but they say they will

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put a candidate up against him this time.

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And staying with politics, on BBC Radio Kent's mid`morning show

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tomorrow, Julia George will be interviewing the Prime Minister You

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can e`mail any questions yot'd like her to put to David Cameron and then

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listen in from 11:25am tomorrow morning.

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An employment tribunal conshdering the alleged sexual and raci`l

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discrimination of a black policewoman has heard claims today

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that the way the Metropolit`n Police handles discrimination cases is

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corrupt and dishonest. PC C`rol Howard says she was harassed by

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Acting Inspector Dave Kelly, who's from Sussex, while they worked

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together for the force. Our Home Affairs Reporter Rebecca Williams

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has the details. An employment tribunal todax heard

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claims that Sergeant Dave Kdlly was fascinated and intrigued by PC Carol

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Howard. She is one of only two black women out of 700 officers working in

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the Metropolitan Police and diplomatic protection group. Part of

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her job involved working here at the American Embassy. The trial heard

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how they had been looking into a complaint by Carol Howard. She had

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been claiming misconduct and being treated differently from male

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colleagues. She was later advised to remove those conclusions, the court

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was told. Carol Howard says Dave Kellx made

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inappropriate comments about her sex life and singled her out amongst her

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colleagues. He denies the allegations. The Metropolit`n Police

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says it will defend itself from bustling.

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Rebecca joins us live from Central London. The tribunal has ended now

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so what happens next? Inevitably, it will take sole time

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to review all the evidence we have heard over the last eight d`ys.

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Enclosing statements, the l`wyer asked the panel to look into exactly

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what happened throughout 2002. She reminded that while one witness

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described David Kelly as a little weasel. The policy by The Mdt of

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dealing with this was also criticised. The Mets deny the claims

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and this case is likely to dnd around May. This is our top story

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tonight: New powers have bedn announced that could pave the way

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for a multi`million`pound investment programme to regenerate the Port of

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Dover. Local people will get the chance to

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stand for election to the board that runs the port but the government's

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stopped short of creating a so`called "People's Port" entirely

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run by the local community. Also in tonight's programme:

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exploring the British love of nostalgia and tradition.

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Ian Hyslop talks about his new series.

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And we have had some welcomd sunshine today. Is it going to stay

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for the rest of the week? Fhnd out later.

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Now, over the past few decades it's appeared as the backdrop to many of

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Britain's best loved films but even so, this afternoon Brighton and Hove

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City Council signed an agredment aimed at making the city more

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attractive to film`makers and producers. Brighton's "film`friendly

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charter" sets out to ensure filming there is, in their words, e`sy and

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straightforward. It will appear on a national database of locations and

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crews. The City Council clahms it all amounts to the equivalent of

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millions of pounds that would otherwise be spent on marketing But

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has Brighton and Hove fallen behind other areas of the South East in

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attracting investment from film`makers? I've been findhng out

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for tonight's Special Report. It's got the sea, the colour, two

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piers so why would it need ` charter? Can you name a fill film

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and then brighten `` filmed in Brighton? No.

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Much of the latest version of the film wasn't filmed in Brighton at

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all, this is Eastbourne and so is this.

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It was the classic 40s vershon which really put Brighton on display,

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mainly the dark bits. Can either of you name a film made

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here in Brighton. Not recently but...

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That was filmed in Brighton but not recently.

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We have a film school, we h`ve a course in University.

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And yet you need this chartdr? Why? Because everybody is in competition

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and we have to be smart. Yes, it is a competition to attract

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big hitting producers. That is not to say there isn't filming here

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Look what we stumbled across this lunchtime. But this is a local

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production company filming `bout a dog hotel.

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In fiction film`making, things are different. For as, our storx was

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here so we were going to have to film here anyway.

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Kent County Council remainddr does it has a film friendly statts. Who

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would have guessed back in the 0s are much effort would have gone into

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keeping the coast back in the spotlight.

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He's best known as team captain on the satirical quiz show Havd I Got

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News For You. But for his l`test TV venture, the Kent`based journalist

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Ian Hislop is looking back through history, to explore the British love

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of tradition. His new show Han Hislop's Olden Days begins tonight

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and considers how we use and abuse the past to help shape the present.

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Fiona Irving's been to meet him I accept your point that thd Tories

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are the Tories and thereford evil. But there was this poll sayhng he

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was a bit weird. And that the public weren't going to vote for hhm. Is

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that a problem for the Labotr Party? There aren't many who escapd Ian

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Hislop's biting satirical wht. Now in a new series for BBC Two, the man

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from Kent is turning his eyds to a nation who like to look at hts past

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through rose`tinted spectacles. You're looking for the good bits.

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No`one is saying the Middle Ages were great. The Black Death was

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fantastic. We really want that and death in childbirth.

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Women not having the vote. Women not having anything. No`one

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having anything. Essentiallx, the vote not being there. You phck the

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bits you want and we are quhte good at that. It is clear that m`ny of us

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in Britain are in love with the past. For me, it is partly therapy

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because I was brought up abroad I had an English mother who told me

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what it was like and a Scottish father and I imagined Scotl`nd was

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Burns Night all the time. They moved back to this country and we lived in

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Sussex. We couldn't have lived in a more green and pleasant ide`lised

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bit of the country. He now lives in Sissinghurst in

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Kent, a rural idyll ripe for satire. The rural is always disintegrating,

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it has been for the last 2000 years. That's the important thing.

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So we could see people making pilgrimages?

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There will be an offshore whnd farm and people would be saying, this is

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marvellous. You're ruining the landscape by taking them down.

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The olden days, they may be doing things differently there but it is a

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place we always like to visht. And if that's whet your appdtite to

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see Ian Hislop's new TV serhes, it begins at 9pm tonight on BBC Two.

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Onto football, and it was a good night for our Championship teams

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last night, with wins for both Brighton and Charlton, but there was

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more doom and gloom in Leagte One. Gillingham were beaten, and so were

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Crawley, who have now lost six games in a row. And their defender Paul

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Connolly could face disciplhnary action, after appearing to slap a

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supporter. Lynda Hardy has lore Crawley had trouble both on and off

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the pitch last night, as thd match drew to a close and a home fan threw

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the ball back at Paul Connolly, he lashed out. The FA is investigating.

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It followed a disappointing game. Elsewhere, there was disappointment

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for the Gills at Peterborough, giving away goal in the first half.

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After the break, the skipper doubled the lead. It could have been 3` if

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it weren't for a lame penalty attempt. But it was goals g`lore for

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the South East sides in the Championship. Brighton moved to

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within two points of the pl`y`off places with a comfortable whn over

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newly promoted Leicester. Stephen Ward headed in the opener bdfore

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Jesse Lingard nodded in the cross. Leonardo Ulloa rounded the

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goalkeeper for the third and then headed in the cross.

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To come here and play against the best side in the league, it is not

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easy. We did really well. Charlton boosted their survhval

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hopes, beating Yeovil. The visitors quickly equalised. In quick

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succession, Dorian Dervite `nd Marvin Sordell scored. Victory keeps

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the Addicks three points cldar of relegation.

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In an, then the Who's Who h`s named Ken's Charlotte Edwards is one of

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their five players of the ydar. She is only the second women's player to

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get the honour. She let her side to victory in the Ashes.

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As a complete unknown in thd 19 0s, Maxwell Caulfield became an

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overnight movie star when hd was cast as the lead in Grease two

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opposite another new face, Lichelle Pfeiffer. He went onto star in the

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decade's biggest soap opera, Dynasty and its spin off, The Colbys. But

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he's also an accomplished stage actor and for the next two weeks

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he's appearing in the music`l Singing In The Rain in Eastbourne.

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We sent Ellie Price to the Congress Theatre to meet him.

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It started with Grease 2 st`rring alongside Michelle Pfeiffer. Perhaps

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not the greatest launch pad. But Maxwell Caulfield was still making

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his mark in doing this day `` on American television.

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It was hard to lose that pax check and it was fun driving each new

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variety as it came off the line and all that good stuff and there was

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some fun personalities. Needless to say Joan Collins set the pace for

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all of us. But by arch enemx in the show turned out to be one of my best

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friends so that is always a blessing.

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In his newest role, Maxwell is taking on the 1950s classic thing

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Mac. He plays a studio boss and admits he is disappointed hd doesn't

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get to sing. I would be lying if I said otherwise.

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The part doesn't call for it. I have graduated to character acting and

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this show features young brhght things.

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Those behind the show will say they have kept it as close to thd classic

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film as possible, even making it rain inside.

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We will drop rain from the top and that will take about 12,000 litres

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of water. Every single performance. It looks as realistic as an ideal

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British summer. Unlike the British summer, ht is

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just as easy to switch off. Singing in the rain in Eastbourne

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but not much today and not luch on the horizon.

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Lots of sunshine today cert`inly but a chilly start. This was br`ve to

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cycle this early. Once the sun was up, we have this picture. A

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beautiful day for some of us today. Just a little bit of cloud `round

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but certainly plenty of sunshine. Very disappointing temperattres We

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are looking at these highs. For the rest of the week, it will bd cloudy

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at times. A dry night ahead. It is unlikely we will have frost tonight

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but if we do it will be in rural exposed areas. The cloud st`rts to

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build as we head towards tolorrow afternoon. Along the coast, that is

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where we are really holding onto that cloud. We have still only got

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the light westerly winds. Tomorrow evening, we may get just thd odd

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shower here and there. But with that blanket of cloud you will fhnd it is

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quite a mild night. Cloudy on Friday. Saturday is likely to be the

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cloudy as with the odd chance of a shower. But we are looking `t some

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sunny spells and largely drx and feeling quite warm.

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I will take that for mid April. That is it from us.

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