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Welcome to South East Today, I'm That is all from the BBC

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Welcome to South East Today, I'm Natalie Graham. And I'm Rob Smith.

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Tonight's top stories: Four men found guilty of murdering G`ry

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Pocock on a Kent beach in a so`called punishment beating ` we're

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live at Maidstone Crown Court. More anger over live animal exports from

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Kent, after animals taken 1,300 miles to Romania.

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Also in tonight's programme: The Sussex man feared drowned in the

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Netherlands after he went mhssing on a night out with friends.

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They've tormented their teacher for 75 years ` the Bash Street Kids

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celebrate their birthday with a pop legend.

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And how the summer of love hn 1 68 was the backdrop for Dickie

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Attenborough's Oh! What a Lovely War.

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Good evening. Three men and a teenage boy who lured a forler

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friend to a secluded beach before brutally attacking him with baseball

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bats, have been found guilty of brutally attacking him with baseball

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bats, have been found guiltx of his bats, have been found guiltx of his

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murder. 34`year`old Gary Pocock was killed on the Isle of Sheppdy last

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August. Police described his death as an execution. They believe the

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caretaker was attacked as a punishment, after allegations were

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made that he'd sexually ass`ulted a made that he'd sexually assaulted a

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girl. Lynda Hardy reports. He was lured to his death bx many

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had previously considered friends. And his body was battered so hard

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with baseball bats, that ond of the with baseball bats, that one of the

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bats broke. On the pretence of a night out drinking, Mark Terry, his

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21`year`old son Matthew Terry, 21`year`old Christopher Bones and a

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21`year`old Christopher Bonds and a 16`year`old boy, instead attacked

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Gary Pocock after being told he had molested a teenage girl. Rather than

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investigated as he could have done, or reported to the police as he

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should have done, he took it as proven and got a group of pdople

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proven and got a group of people together, including his son's best

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friend and others, to get involved in this vicious, brutal murder. Gary

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Pocock's body was found on the beach in Leysdown last August. Fotr days

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in Leysdown last August. Four days later, his family held a vigil.

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Later that month, detectives made a series of arrests. Kent Police Red

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series of arrests. Kent Polhce Red Ed a statement on behalf of Gary

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Pocock's partner. Gary was a happy`go`lucky family man who did

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not deserve what happened to him. My world was torn apart when hd

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not deserve what happened to him. My world was torn apart when he was

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not deserve what happened to him. My world was torn apart when hd was so

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cruelly taken away from me. Now all I can do is rebuild my life for the

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sake of my children and grandchildren. Police descrhbed the

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grandchildren. Police described the killing as staggering, callous and

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unprovoked. And the life sentences to be handed down as the right

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result for such a brutal murder. What will `` Nellis to Lind`. The

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judges handing down life sentences? Yes, Natalie. The judge told the

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convicted murderers they wotld Yes, Natalie. The judge told the

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convicted murderers they would be convicted murderers they would be

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jailed for life and he would describe the minimum term to be

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served next month. Jamie West was found guilty of manslaughter. Police

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say Mark Terry led the guilty men to give Gary Pocock a beating `s

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give Gary Pocock a beating as punishment for his alleged `ctions,

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punishment for his alleged actions, but when he's tried to escape, he

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was beaten to death. They will but when he's tried to escape, he

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was beaten to death. They whll be was beaten to death. They will be

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sentenced on the 9th of May. Animal rights campaigners say they

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Animal rights campaigners s`y they will strengthen their protests

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against live exports, after it emerged that British sheep are being

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sent by lorry as far as Romania. The animals face a 1,300`mile l`nd

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journey across the continent after being ferried from the Port of Dover

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over the Channel. The MP for Thanet South, Laura Sandys, says she

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intends to speak to the Department intends to speak to the Department

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for Agriculture after queryhng intends to speak to the Dep`rtment

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for Agriculture after querying the for Agriculture after queryhng the

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need for live stock to travdl so far. Peter Whittlesea reports.

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This incident, were too che`p This incident, were too cheap

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drowned and more than 40 had to be put down, led to the boss of channel

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livestock admitting transporting animals in a way likely to cause

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suffering. It also galvanised opposition to live exports. When it

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was revealed 367 she travelled to Romania from Dover, it prompted a

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local MP to question the tr`de. Romania from Dover, it prompted a

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local MP to question the trade. I don't really understand why we have

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two transport animals right across Europe, and particularly across the

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Channel. And particularly by operators who have had prosdcutions.

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Usually British sheep are transported to Belgium, Holland and

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France. But earlier this year, one consignment was sent to Rom`nia

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France. But earlier this ye`r, one consignment was sent to Romania. A

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consignment was sent to Rom`nia A total journey of around 1300 miles.

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The National Farmers' Union say live exports is a heavily regulated

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industry. Distances relatively immaterial. If you where thdy are

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transported. An enormous amount of scientific research has been carried

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out. The most stressful timd for an animal is when they are loaded or

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unloaded. Stress levels fall on the journey. Provided they are

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travelling correctly, which every animal has to be inspected by a vet,

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there is absolutely no problem. Despite those mandatory checks,

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campaigners argue the current limits of 14 hours in transit is too long.

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UK animals being sent to Rolania UK animals being sent to Romania

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means there is a potential risk they or their offspring could be sent

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into the Middle East and North Africa. We do another Romania

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into the Middle East and North Africa. We do another Romanha is

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Europe's biggest exporter of live animals to those regions. Back in

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animals to those regions. B`ck in Ramsgate, campaigners have vowed to

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increase protests. Peter is in Dover. Peter, what is

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the response been from the Government? Destro macro said this

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is one of the longest journdys in is one of the longest journeys in

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recent years. The NFU says these sheep were exported as breeding

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stock. Very expensive. Therdfore, stock. Very expensive. Therefore,

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the welfare standards would have been very high. The MP for South

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Thanet, Laura Sandys, says she will be writing to the Minister. She

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believes the maximum journex times believes the maximum journey times

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need to be reviewed and she wants to look at the licensing.

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In a moment, friends of a Sussex In a moment, friends of a Stssex

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teenager believed to be fighting in Syria, tell us of their fears for

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his safety after his brother's death.

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Dutch police say a missing Sussex tourist might have drowned hn a

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tourist might have drowned in a canal following a night out with

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friends. 22`year`old Wayne Davies went missing after leaving `

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nightclub in Leiden, in the west of the Netherlands last Saturday

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morning. Detectives believe that Mr Davies, who lives in East Grinstead

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and is an apprentice plumber, could have tripped into the city's

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extensive network of canals and waterways. Jon Hunt reports.

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Searches by police and volunteers have so far given no clues `s to

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Searches by police and volunteers have so far given no clues as to how

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have so far given no clues `s to how and why Wayne Davies vanished and

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and why Wayne Davies vanishdd and his friends are finding it hard not

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to fear the worst. I am still in shock now. Everybody at work is

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distraught. I am getting inundated distraught. I am getting intndated

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with messages from colleagues, with messages from colleagues,

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asking if I have heard anything Going to the merchants and I

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asking if I have heard anything. Going to the merchants and H am

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being asked where Wayne is. It is hard to tell them that he is

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missing. Wayne Davies was last hard to tell them that he is

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missing. Wayne Davies was last seen in the early hours of Saturday

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morning, leaving a disco in Leiden. It is feared he may have fallen into

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one of the city's canals. I Dover in the water to find him. `` I went

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into the water. We search every day, the whole week. After the

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weekend we will still search on the water to look after Wayne D`vies.

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Wayne Davies had travelled to the Netherlands for a weekend break with

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three friends. He has been described as a joker, a committed Crystal

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Palace fan. Friends say his disappearance is out of character. I

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spoke to him last Thursday. He said he was going away. I used to speak

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to him by text every other day. It is definitely out of character. As

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friends turn to social medi` to friends turn to social medi` to

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raise awareness of his disappearance, police are reviewing

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CCTV recordings and are considering a TV appeal.

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The controversial March for England event in Brighton may be moved,

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because of the partial collapse event in Brighton may be moved,

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because of the partial coll`pse of a because of the partial collapse of a

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road in the city. The annual nationalist march is due to be held

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along the King's Road in Brighton. along the King's Road in Brighton.

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Earlier this morning, part of the road collapsed where work h`d been

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carried out in a pub on the seafront below.

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An inquest into the death of Peaches Geldof will be opened next Thursday

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in Gravesend. The 25`year`old daughter of musician and campaigner

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daughter of musician and calpaigner Bob Geldof, was found dead at

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daughter of musician and campaigner Bob Geldof, was found dead `t her

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home in Wrotham on the 7th of April. A postmortem examination failed

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home in Wrotham on the 7th of April. A postmortem examination fahled to

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A postmortem examination failed to determine the exact cause of her

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death. Friends of a Sussex teenager

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believed to be the youngest Briton known to be fighting in Syria

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believed to be the youngest Briton known to be fighting in Syrha say

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they fear for his safety. 16`year`old Jaffar Deghayes, from

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Brighton, travelled to Syria three months ago to fight with a Jihadist

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group against President Asad's forces, a war in which his brother

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Abdulla died last week. Today it's Abdulla died last week. Tod`y it's

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emerged that ten British wolen, including a woman from Surrey,

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emerged that ten British women, including a woman from Surrdy, may

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including a woman from Surrey, may have travelled to Syria to join the

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fighting in the war`torn state. fighting in the war`torn st`te.

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Rebecca Williams has more. Brothers in arms. They left their

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home in Brighton to take on the forces of Bashar al`Assad in Syria.

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Abdullah was shot in the stomach. Abdullah was killed on the

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battlefield. With his Jaffa `` it is Jaffar, believed to be the youngest

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Jaffar, believed to be the xoungest Briton fighting in Syria, who missed

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family are concerned about. If he is fighting for his country, it is a

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bit `` it is OK, I guess. Do you think he should face crimin`l

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think he should face criminal charges when he comes back? I don't

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think it is fair. He is doing what he had to do, I guess. This video,

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posted by an unknown jihadist, shows the type of living quarters Jaffar

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may be living in. He left Brighton to travel to the country back in

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January. His father went to Turkey to try to convince his sons to

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return home but failed. It was last week that news broke that hhs

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week that news broke that his brother Abdullah had been khlled in

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battle. I just wanted to end and I want my brothers to come back. I

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don't want to keep worrying about them. It is hard to sleep at night

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when you know that your brother is in the middle of a war zone and you

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do not know what he is doing. He does not tell you what he is doing

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because it will just tell you things that will comfort you. Jaff`r

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because it will just tell you things that will comfort you. Jaffar was a

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student here are studying ptblic student here are studying ptblic

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services. Friends had no idea student here are studying public

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services. Friends had no idda he student here are studying ptblic

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services. Friends had no idea he was services. Friends had no idda he was

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travelling to Syria. They insist he should not face criminal charges

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travelling to Syria. They insist he should not face criminal ch`rges if

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should not face criminal charges if and when he decides to return. They

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could have been in attendance at a place where terrorist training

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could have been in attendance at a place where terrorist trainhng was

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place where terrorist training was taking place. They do not h`ve to

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taking place. They do not have to have received terrorist trahning.

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taking place. They do not h`ve to have received terrorist training. A

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mere fact of attendance could lead mere fact of attendance could lead

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to criminal activity. A Facdbook page has been set up paying tribute

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to Abdullah following his ddath last week. It comes months after another

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Sussex man died at driving a truck Sussex man died at driving ` truck

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full of explosives into a prison in Aleppo. Abdullah's father insists

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his son was not part of any radical group in Brighton. Concerns have

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turned to Jaffar, now 16 and fighting in Syria. His colldge in

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Brighton today have said they are Brighton today have said they are

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concerned for 's welfare, jtst like concerned for 's welfare, just like

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his friends and family. Rebdcca his friends and family. Rebecca

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joins us now. The Brighton `nd Hove Muslim forum has been speaking about

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the journey of the brothers to Syria? Yes, they say the boxs

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the journey of the brothers to Syria? Yes, they say the boys did

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not receive any permission. Nobody in the local permission had any idea

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what they were planning. Thdrein what they were planning. Thdrein

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lies the problem. The majority what they were planning. Therein

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lies the problem. The majorhty of people wanting to fight abroad

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rarely tell their loved ones because they know they will not get the

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permission to go. Jaffar is a young 16`year`old boy. His local college

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has today said they worked very closely with Sussex Police to

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enforce a counter`terrorism initiative by the Government. They

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are concerned for his safety. This is our top story tonight: Four

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men are found guilty of beating a man to death with baseball bats on a

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Kent beach in what police ddscribe Kent beach in what police describe

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as an execution. Gary Pocock, 3 , was killed on the Isle of Sheppey

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last August, attacked as punishment after allegations were made that

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he'd sexually assaulted a girl. he'd sexually assaulted a girl.

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Also in the programme: the Bash Street Kids celebrate their 75th

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birthday with a pop art makd over from Sir Peter Blake. And Vanessa

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Redgrave looks back on the summer of '68, when she starred in Richard

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Attenborough's anti`war mushcal set Attenborough's anti`war mushcal set

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in Sussex. The UK's first support group for

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people who claim to have been abducted by aliens is holding its

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inaugural conference in Hastings this weekend. An array of speakers

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who claim to have been in contact with extra`terrestrials will be at

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the event, which the organisers hope will allow people to share their

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experiences without being teased. experiences without being teased.

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Juliet Parkin has tonight's special report.

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The flying saucer mystery m`kes The flying saucer mystery makes

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headlines in France... For xears, headlines in France... For xears,

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people have been fascinated by the paranormal, the extraterrestrial,

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the unexplained. Those who feel they have had some sort of dealings with

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aliens are sometimes referred to as aliens are sometimes referred to as

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contact teas or abductees. One of them will be sharing her experience

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with others at a conference in Hastings. They put you in a tank of

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green stuff and you can bre`the green stuff and you can bre`the

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through it. I have had several people ask if I have had th`t. I

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people ask if I have had that. I have had that. You are really

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frightened because they immerse you. Based in Hastings, Joanne

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Summerscales describes herself Based in Hastings, Joanne

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Summerscales describes herself as somebody who knows. She has not had

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direct contact but believes she may have witnessed the paranormal. Three

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years ago she set up a helpline and has been contacted by 1500 people.

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They sometimes will see beings, creatures, entities, people they

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don't recognise. They will be aware of being taken into a craft. Fact or

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fantasy, the subject has been of being taken into a craft. Fact or

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fantasy, the subject has bedn a fantasy, the subject has been a

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film`maker 's dream. Stephen Spielberg's close encounters was a

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massive box office success in Spielberg's close encounters was a

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massive box office success hn the massive box office success in the

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late 70s. Some say it is only fuelled ridicule. It seems to draw

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in the incredulous, and I understand that. However, it does cause

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in the incredulous, and I understand that. However, it does causd massive

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isolation, loss of confidence. The conference is open to everyone from

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abductees to non`believers. Joanne wants people to come with an open

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mind. Two British icons have come together

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to celebrate 75 years of the Beano. Sir Peter Blake, who's most famous

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for creating The Beatles' Sergeant Pepper album cover, has deshgned a

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silkscreen edition of the comic based on a collage of cut`out Beano

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characters. Sir Peter, who's from Dartford, says the Beano

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encapsulates his love affair with popular culture. Jane Witherspoon

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went to meet him. He is the godfather of British

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went to meet him. He is the godfather of Brithsh pop

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art and it is the grand daddy of comic books. A collaboration between

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Sir Peter Lake and The Beano is the perfect creative mix. I am `

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Sir Peter Lake and The Beano is the perfect creative mix. I am a great

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perfect creative mix. I am ` great fan of comics anyway. I collect

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comics. I very first saw it the day after the Second World War was

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declared. I was evacuated. I was declared. I was evacuated. H was

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seven. The little boy in the declared. I was evacuated. I was

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seven. The little boy in thd house seven. The little boy in thd house

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we were evacuated too, had The Beano and the Dandy. I first saw ht

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we were evacuated too, had The Beano and the Dandy. I first saw it on

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September the 4th 1939, one year after it came out. There are just

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after it came out. There ard just 175 copies of the special limited

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edition prints. It is a verx edition prints. It is a verx

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significant piece because it brings together two Great British Bake Off

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is in Sir Peter Blake and the Beano. `` great British icons. Thex are

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very loved. Sir Peter is probably best known for designing the Beatles

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Sergeant Peppers album. He lay have Sergeant Peppers album. He lay have

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called status in the art world body has not forgotten his Dartford

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routes. It is a very strange has not forgotten his Dartford

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routes. It is a very strange area, that strip of Northwest Kent from

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the edge of London to the Medway the edge of London to the Mddway

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towns. It is very particular. People like myself came from it, the

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Rolling Stones, the pretty things. It formed me. I think you are always

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informed by what you come from. I think I am very much a north Kent

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boy. That North Kent boy did good and continues to make his indelible

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mark on popular culture. Football now, and Brighton Hove

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Albion will move back into the Championship promotion play`off

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positions with a victory ovdr bottom club Yeovil this evening at the

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Amex. Albion going into their final Amex. Albion going into thehr final

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home game of the season in seventh place, one place of the plax`off

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places. Meanwhile, Gillingham places. Meanwhile, Gillingham

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manager Peter Taylor says hd's places. Meanwhile, Gillingh`m

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manager Peter Taylor says he's not sure yet whether he will sthll be at

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sure yet whether he will still be at the Kent club next season, dven

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though a point at Preston tomorrow will guarantee the Gills avoid

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relegation. Kent snooker pl`yer relegation. Kent snooker player

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Barry Hawkins failed to caphtalise Barry Hawkins failed to caphtalise

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on a good start to his second round match at the World Championships.

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The 35`year`old from Maidstone, beaten finalist last year, took the

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first three frames against Ricky Walden, but the Chester player

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Walden, but the Chester plaxer fought back. Hawkins currently leads

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4`3. `` the match is currently level at

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four. `` 4`4. Filmed in Brighton, awash with stars ` Richard

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Attenborough's 1969 film, Oh! What A Lovely War, remains one of the most

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powerful treatments of the First World War. It's credited with

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changing many people's ideas of what happened, but is its portraht of

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happened, but is its portrait of useless generals leading men to

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pointless deaths, fair? Continuing our reflection on 1914, Robhn Gibson

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has spoken to its stars and its critics.

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It was a film of the 1960s, hippies, colour, kitsch. The same year

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It was a film of the 1960s, hippies, colour, kitsch. The same ye`r Oh!

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colour, kitsch. The same year Oh! What a Lovely War was being shot on

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Brighton, people were protesting against the Vietnam War in London.

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It is a film of its time in a way. A director's debut with music and

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satire and messages clearly thought through. The attack will be driven

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through with a bayonet. I fdel that through with a bayonet. I fdel that

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every step I take is guided by the divine will. There really was not a

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cause as far as the First World War was concerned. It was polithcal and

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was concerned. It was political and diplomatic manoeuvring, and pride

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and ego. There is no blood and diplomatic manoeuvring, and pride

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and ego. There is no blood `nd guts, and ego. There is no blood and guts,

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it is only a musical. But it was a musical with attitude. After 45

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years, it still provokes debate. musical with attitude. After 45

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years, it still provokes debate On years, it still provokes debate. On

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one side, the likes of Sir Lax Hastings, who thinks they got it

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wrong. The combination of Oh! What a Lovely War and Blackadder have given

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Lovely War and Blackadder h`ve given a lot of the British people the

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idea, first of all, that thd idea, first of all, that the

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generals of the First World War work just uniquely ghastly bonkers

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responsible for the sacrifice of a generation. And secondly, that the

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whole thing was futile. That it was for nothing. Most serious hhstorians

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for nothing. Most serious historians reject those ideas. Vanessa

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Redgrave, who stars in the film, was Redgrave, who stars in the film, was

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out of those anti`war protests. Lets just listen, as I am sure you have,

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too, over the last few years, to some of the very last veter`ns

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too, over the last few years, to some of the very last veterans of

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some of the very last veter`ns of World War I. Every single one said

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it was a huge mistake. Nothing was it was a huge mistake. Nothing was

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gained by it. And that war cannot gain anything. If, as is cl`imed,

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gain anything. If, as is claimed, the film has influenced perceptions

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about the great work it was achieved gory battle scenes but plenty of

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singing. When we go back to the songs, we

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hear the people who were present telling you what it was likd. There

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is more to be learned from ` close examination of the songs than there

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is from most history books. # when we are aghast, we ard

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is from most history books. # when we are aghast, we are sick as

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we can be. # they are warning of us, they are

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warning us. #1 respirator for the four of us.

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It is another example of how the British like mocking tragedx.

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It is another example of how the British like mocking tragedy. They

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feel tragedy as keenly as anybody else but they are going to make

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light of it if they possiblx else but they are going to lake

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light of it if they possiblx can. Comedy and tragedy, too, which

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Comedy and tragedy, too, whhch stayed with the film's director.

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Comedy and tragedy, too, which stayed with the film's director He

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stayed with the film's director. He goes now as a spirit. There is his

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mother. She feels his... It always makes me weep. She is aware of his

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presence. He goes and lies down in his grave, one of tens of

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thousands. A film of its tile his grave, one of tens of

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thousands. A film of its time maybe, thousands. A film of its tile maybe,

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but the messages are timeless. And on Monday, to continue our World

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War One commemorations, we will be at the Duke of York's cinem` in

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at the Duke of York's cinema in Brighton for a special scredning of

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the film. Polly will be presenting a special edition of South East Today

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when you can join us for the build up.

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Now the weather or the weekend. Remember that wall to wall sunshine

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we had last Saturday? It is nothing like that tomorrow! We have got some

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more of this rain showers on the way. Not a complete wash`out. Some

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brighter spells as well. Today, lots of drizzly rain around. Some

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of drizzly rain around. Somd thundery showers, too. Temperature

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thundery showers, too. Tempdrature is what we expect for this time of

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year. Not particularly pleasant today. We have just about seeing

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year. Not particularly pleasant today. We have just about sdeing the

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back of this rain. It is moving northwards. A brief clear spot in

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the night. Cloud builds ahe`d of the night. Cloud builds ahead of

:25:28.:25:32.

this band of rain. Depending on what time you get up in the mornhng, you

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time you get up in the morning, you may have a cloudy but dry start in

:25:35.:25:37.

the West. East Kent not seehng may have a cloudy but dry start in

:25:38.:25:40.

the West. East Kent not seeing the the West. East Kent not seehng the

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back of it until early afternoon. Temperatures up to around 13 or 14,

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but only reaching about 12. You hold onto that cloud and onto the

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but only reaching about 12. You hold onto that cloud and onto thd rain as

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onto that cloud and onto the rain as well. A mixed spell tomorrow. A

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window of opportunity for the sun to shine in between. Some showers

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window of opportunity for the sun to shine in between. Some showdrs as

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well. Sunday a day of sunshine shine in between. Some showers as

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well. Sunday a day of sunshhne and well. Sunday a day of sunshhne and

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showers. A fair amount of sunshine showers. A fair amount of sunshine

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but also the hard sharp shower. A fairly settled weekend. We continue

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with some cloudy weather in the next week. Some showers on the w`y.

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with some cloudy weather in the next week. Some showers on the way. Some

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week. Some showers on the w`y. Some cold nights for the end of next

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week. A bit of everything! It really is.

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That is it. I am back with the late bulletin and the eight o'clock

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update. I will see you next week. Bye`bye.

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