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Welcome to South East Today, I'm Rob the BBC News at Six, so it's

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

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Tonight's top stories. The Afghan migrant rescued from the channel on

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a makeshift raft vows he'll try to make it to Kent again. I until I am

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at my destination, I would do it again. You would not want to go much

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further than going across the village pond. 22 arrests during

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raids in Kent as police investigate alleged child sexual exploitation.

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Also in tonight's programme: five years after the E. Coli outbreak

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that affected schools of children, families feel they could be a repeat

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outbreak. Hastings faces out huge concentration to businesses that

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lost out when the peer had to be shut for safety reasons. Astrology

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come I am a Pisces. He has escaped from the monkey cage. Robin Ince

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comes to Canterbury. Good evening. An Afghan migrant

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rescued trying to cross the channel on a home made raft says he will try

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to make it to the UK again. Asif Hussainkhil spent three weeks

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building the vessel behind sand dunes in Calais, he made a mast from

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crutches and used a bed sheet for a sail. He had no rudder, compass or

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food and had started to develop hypothermia when he was saved two

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nautical miles off the coast of France. Jon Hunt has our report.

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This is the moment Asif Hussainkhil was rescued two nautical miles of

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the French coast. He later told reporters that he was not frightened

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of drama. `` drowning. I was unhappy they call me. I was thinking about

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going to my destination point in England. Until I am there and at my

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destination, I would do it again and again. There is no other way to get

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into England. His makeshift boat was built of six planks of wood, three

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buoys strapped underneath for flotation. The bed sheet as the

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sail. He had no rudder, compass or food when he was rescued. He was

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dressed only in a thin windcheater. I cannot get the village pond on

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this, but he would not would get much further. It gets choppy and

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choppier. He was close to the coast. But he was going nowhere. It was

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luck that he was spotted sooner rather than later. It was a crew

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member looking out from eight Bury who spotted him as he was kneeling

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near the busy shipping lanes. `` from a ferry. A 23`year`old Afghan

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migrant travelled through several countries to reach Calais. Last

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month, our cameras filmed migrants risking their lives riding on axles

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of vehicles. Five man died in February. It shows

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how well British border controls are working, but what we really need to

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see is to get France to clear the camps and repatriate people back to

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their home countries. It is hard to see why a man from Afghanistan

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should need a asylum claim given that we have liberated that country.

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His previous attempts to go across as being followed. He said he will

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try again to get England in the coming weeks. Our reporter is now

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live in the Port of Dover. By all accounts, he is remarkably lucky to

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be picked up when he was. He is fortunate. Just looking at the

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pictures of that contraction, but I am surprised that it would last only

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time in my bath tub. He was lucky that the conditions were good.

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Further out, it could have been a different picture. There was a sharp

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eyed crew member, for that very, who radioed the Coast Guard, and he even

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positioned the ship to provide breakwater. As a spokesman said, an

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attempt to cross the channel could have ended in disaster. Police in

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Kent have arrested 22 people during a series of early morning raids in

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one of the biggest operations of its kind into allegations of child

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sexual exploitation. Detectives targeted an organised criminal

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network accused of exploiting girls from the Slovakian Roma community.

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In a coordinated investigation arrests were made in other parts of

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the country including Leeds and Birmingham and also here in

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Gravesend, Folkestone and Dover from where our Special Correspondent

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Colin Campbell reports. The simultaneous raids began at 7am. 30

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is dresses were targeted. The men arrested were all of Slovakian Roma

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origin. These are final ball young girls `` vulnerable who have been

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drugged. The impact is indescribable. It is a case that

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seems to have similarities to the child sex pool `` sexual

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exploitation in Rochdale. This has been a challenging investigation

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involving multiple victims. It is claimed that the girls were sold at

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takeaway records `` restaurants. They were abused at Private

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addresses. The grooming and abuse of children, whether it be by

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individuals or gangs of people, is sadly very widespread. It isn't by

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any means confined to one particular community or one particular social

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grouping. Police say they have identified 14 victims. They are aged

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between 12 and 16. Seven of them remain in the care of social

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services. Others may be victims of the worst may not be. We will work

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hard to get the whole story is from the children, but it is not that

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easy, and we had to take it carefully. Making arrests in Dover,

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Folkestone and Gravesend, more than 300 police officers were involved in

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the operation, supported by the National crime agency. Kent Police

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say they acted as soon as they could.

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Coming up, plans to cut more than 50 jobs at Brighton's city College.

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The families of children who contracted E. Coli who contracted

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the disease at petting farm say that not enough is being done to prevent

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it happening again. 76 children fell ill after visiting Godstone farm,

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and they have won pay`outs totalling ?10 million. A new code of practice

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has been established. Struck down with E. Coli, Claudia was so ill

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that she was kept on dialysis for three weeks. We sat in shifts while

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the other one slept. It was terrifying as a parent. All of

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Lucy's children were taken ill with E. Coli after a day out Godstone

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farm five years ago. Only now both had they won compensation for what

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they went through. Ordered damages in the world do not make up for what

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Claudio and all of the other children went through at that time.

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But it is good to be able to draw a line and move on. Having to go to

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hospital again made me realise how series my case was, and how it

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affected my life. Godstone farm shut for weeks after the first case of E.

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Coli was reported, reopening three months later. 76 children became

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ill. The most serious ten cases have been awarded millions of pounds in

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compensation. Today, concern that more needs to be done to stop it

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happening again. Farms, and the open farming industry, could put

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something together so that parents can assess the risk, and informed

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risk, and decide whether or not to take the children to that van `` to

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that farm. With the threat of future kidney problems having `` hanging

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over them, Claudia will be living in the shadow of E. Coli for the rest

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of her life. Hastings Borough Council is facing a bill of hundreds

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of thousands of pounds after it lost a High Court appeal over the closure

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of Hastings Pier. The court upheld a ruling that it must pay compensation

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to businesses that missed out on trade after a large part of the pier

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was shut in 2006. Our reporter is in Hastings now. What is the background

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this case? Hastings Council took the decision to close the pier back in

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2006 on safety grounds. After commissioning a survey that found

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that there were serious defects to the iconic structure. As a result,

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businesses say that they were left out of pocket. Among them, stylus

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sports, who had to let go 40 people. They went into liquidation as a

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result in 2012. They are now seeking in excess of ?2 billion of

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compensation plus costs. `` ?2 million. What are the council

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saying? Hastings Council say that they are disappointed. The money

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will have to come out of the general part of Hastings Council. But the

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true culprit of this are the owners, who disappeared and left the

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council holding the bill. There are fears today for students

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at one of Sussex's largest colleges. Brighton's City College needs to cut

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nearly fifty staff ` unions say that'll mean some courses are

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scrapped, along with support for pupils who pupils who need extra

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help because of learning difficulties. The college has been

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told it's got to find one and a half million pounds worth of savings `

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and as John Young reports, it appears that some practical courses

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are already running out of basic equipment. It is a city centre

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college, not a university. A place for people who want to crack on with

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a hands`on career. Targeting students who may not have been

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high`flyers at school. But that means that the extra learning

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support on offer is often important. That is why unions are worried this

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will go. It is not just this soft `` this college that is suffering. But

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it is made much worse by this idea that you can cut the resources and

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the teaching and the help that is going to the most needy students.

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That is unacceptable today, tomorrow and for ever. It is vocational

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courses which are the mainstay, but to pupils say they have run out off

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the wallpaper and brushes for the causes that some of them are paying

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for. Two women on different courses told their stories. Rebecca has

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cancer. I have very low self`confidence. They do not

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understand how much the help means to me. It helps with everything. If

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I'm not there, they write my notes I can catch up. This woman has had a

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liver transplant. It is so important that people with disabilities are

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supported to stay in education, so that they can have social mobility.

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So people can achieve. This college is not the only one facing problems.

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This college in Hastings was suffering before but it is now rated

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highly. This evening, the college said that it was consulting on its

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financial difficulties, but stressed that its commitment to those with

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learning difficulties was as strong as ever. It has just gone 6:40pm. An

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Afghan migrant has been rescued trying to cross the Channel on a

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raft built of wood and bed sheets. He found `` he spent three weeks

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building the vessel. Also in tonight's programme. Robin

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Ince has escaped from radio to talk psychology in Canterbury. Sunshine

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and showers and more persistent rain tomorrow.

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It's just over two weeks to go until the polls open for this year's

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European and council elections. Today it was the Green Party

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launching their campaign for votes in the South East. They chose

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Brighton, a city where the party runs the council and has an MP. Our

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Political Reporter Ellie Price went along. What is big and red and green

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all over? A battle bus that runs on reclaimed chip fat. The Green party

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run `` won a European Parliament seat for the south`east. This time

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round, they want to seats. Green party is standing up for more jobs

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across the EU, social justice, challenging monetisation. But the EU

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needs to be far more accountable. That is but long been a policy of

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ours. But here, the Green party are established. Caroline Lucas won her

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seat in 2010. They also control the city council. But that has not been

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without controversy. But has the experience of power helped or

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hindered the party? Do think they have done a good job? I think people

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have to get used to it, because it is a different approach. I live in

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the city centre, and I am very happy with it. I have always voted for

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another party, but Caroline Lucas is good. I am very impressed with her.

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I think there are very pro`cyclist, and very anti`car. My business is

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with the cart. So you will not vote for them? With the bin strike, I

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will not buy them. I think there have been a lot of good

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achievements, the way the council have changed the seven dials area.

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These are popular policies. When it comes to the European elections,

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what people are voting on our the bigger picture issues. There will be

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taking that message across the south`east and the run`up to the

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22nd. Brighton and Hove an obvious place to launch the campaign? It is

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the party's spiritual homeland. They have an MP and a council seat. ``

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they run the council. Caroline Lucas's message was that they offer

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the only viable alternative to the established parties. She said that

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the UK Independence party had a high threat to the Conservatives, and any

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potential Green voters would not be tempted by that party anyway. UK

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Independence party are holding a special conference. You remember

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that a council candidate was accused of racism following message is that

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he made online. Today, we are told that Nigel Karadzic is launching a

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comeback. And in the run up to the Local and

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European elections, which take place on the 22nd of May, we'll be

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bringing you more details of the main parties in the south east and

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their campaigns, plus giving you information about all the other

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political parties asking for your vote. And there's in`depth coverage

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on our website, bbc.co.uk/news. And in the run up to the Local and

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European elections, which You can also question the candidates on BBC

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radio. Competing at the highest level

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requires talent, hard work and good health but Tonbridge bobsleigh

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athlete Dave Coleman is determined to continue his career despite being

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diagnosed with colitis. The illness attacks the digestive system and its

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symptoms include diarrhoea, tiredness and loss of weight. But

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the 27`year`old still managed to make it to the Winter Olympics

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earlier this year and has already set his sights on competing again in

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four years' time, as Neil Bell reports. For over a decade, Dave

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Coleman has dedicated his life to sport. A nationally ranked discus

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thrower, it was conversion to the Bobsleigh that earned him success.

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His preparations were disturbed by colitis, but with his team`mates

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encouragement, he made it to the Olympics. It is ported to understand

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that if you have to go, you have to go. It is huge benefit, because the

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stress factor, the embarrassment, it starts to flare up again. In the

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years pass, if you are a top sportsmen, you need

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to know that your body is not going to let you down. Your bowel is not

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going to let you down, and you're not going to be worried about where

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the next toilet is. It is also the aspects of being tired. Its actual

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energy. Imagine if you are trying to be the rest `` best sportsmen,

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their carbon losses bought, and he believes it is still possible to

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achieve your dreams. Young it is about raising awareness, but you

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should not be stopped from doing things. I always wanted to go to an

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Olympic Games and represent my country. Hurling down a mountain

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requires courage, and so does living with the aid disease. He loves a

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challenge. You may have heard Robin in sneezing

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about science. He has been on Radio 4 with Brian Cox, or alongside Ricky

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duvets. This is the planet Earth. I have

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always wanted to go to Mars eczema why are we not on Mars? For a

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thousand years, and it could be 1 million miles, we are not going to

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go that science is finished. Robin Ince promises that his life show

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will blow your mind. I have a very one`sided conversation. Sometimes

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the only conversation I have is with a wall of people standing opposite

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me, and then I get back into my site `` Silent world. Robin started

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on... Money doesn't make my blog go round. Is that a philosopher? I

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actually first met Ricky in 1993. He was the edits officer of the student

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union. We got on because we pondered on what is the best structure of a

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game of celebrity squares. Who would be in the top left? In the middle,

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it is all always Willie Rushton. His pairing up with Brian Cox on Radio 4

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is the pattern if `` perfect partnership. The monkey cage ID is

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ridiculous. I have to point at some stores again! I am pretending I am

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interested! He really does want to express those ideas. Those are the

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people who have inspired me. As I rest my brain, he has a bit of

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advice for our viewers. The most important thing is do not be scared

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of asking questions. Don't be happy with your ignorance. Always be

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fighting against it. For some of us, it is a constant daily battle.

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Lovely skies over Canterbury! We have a question for Rachel. What is

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the weather like? I would like to say clear blue skies, but it is wet!

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I am afraid for tomorrow, the winds are going to be picking up and it is

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going to be dark. Heavy rain from around seven or eight in the

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morning. It stays that way through the afternoon. Earlier, of course,

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we did see some showers around, but there was some brightness. Tebbutt

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is a bit fresher because there were some strong south`westerly winds.

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Balls 14 or 15, feeling cooler. `` temperatures. The winds are going to

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be strengthening. Tebbutt is staying pretty mild, mostly staying in

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double figures. If you are up early, initially, it should be overcast.

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From around eight in the morning, lots of blue on the map. The rain

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heavy at times. It is going to be slowly clearing its way towards the

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East, but it is a wet, greasy pig to. Much stronger than 20 mph. It is

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going to be a blustery and fresh feeling day. Temperatures of 12 or

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13 Celsius. You may... Solly the rain should be clearing, but still

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the chance of an isolated shower. Still it's going to be a breezy

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picture. With lots of cloud cover, it is going to be a mild night.

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Temperatures of seven `` 10 degrees. You may see a bit of

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sunshine. Temperatures rising a little bit. I attempted of 17 or 18

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degrees. As we head towards the weekend, it is going to be cooler.

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Balls of 12 13. The winds stay with us. These are the pressure charts.

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Tightly spaced isobars. It is going to be blustery. We have some showers

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and Suncorp winds around. I will be back at eight o'clock. I will see

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tomorrow. Goodbye. 'This is the story of Nick Clegg -

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a man entrusted by a nation 'to act upon the policies

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he proposed. 'But he soon became

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The Un-Credible Shrinking Man.' So, first on the agenda,

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tuition fees. that my manifesto says

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that we would scrap them. We shall abolish the ?3,000

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tuition fees and make them ?9,000. I-I'm just worried about

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the figures, sir.

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