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"It's a waste of a life" ` the emotional tribute to murdered

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Kent student Aidan Brunger from a former teacher.

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He was going on to help othdr people. It is just senseless.

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We live with the latest. The police officer appearing to

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punch a shoplifter will not be prosecuted.

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Open again by Christmas, th`t is the stated aim of the owners of

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Eastbourne here. We remember the sacrifices that many women lade

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during the war. And a woman from Sussex who produced

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comedies is now writing thel having won a competition to go to New York.

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A teacher of Aidan Brunger, who was killed while working

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in Malaysia, has paid an emotional tribute to his former student.

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Aidan who was from Hempstead in Kent, and another man,

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Neil Dalton, were both stabbed to death after a night out in Borneo.

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Today, a candlelit vigil was held at the scene of the stabbing.

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Four men who were arrested xesterday after the death

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of the medical student have already admitted to the crime.

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Messages on the flowers laid at the spot where the two friends fell make

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it clear that local people share the horror over what has happened.

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Back at home, those who knew Aidan Brunger,

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such as his former drum teacher are struggling to believe it.

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He was going on to help other people.

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I can't believe it has happdned to a young man like that.

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The news that the four men believed to be responsible have been arrested

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and have apparently confessdd will be little comfort for those mourning

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the loss of friends, such as staff and fellow sttdents

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All of the staff are absolutely devastated.

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These students have gone out to do their placement

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I heard about it this morning, we got a staff e`mail.

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Police are keen to stress that this kind of attack is rare here,

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and there is no suggestion of the involvement of gangs

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This is not a premeditated crime, but it occurred under

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So the people here are friendly but unfortunately this thing happened.

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All thoughts are with Aidan's family.

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I have to say, I do not know his family, but I cannot im`gine

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If you see me like this, what will it have done to them?

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Today, a candlelit vigil has been held at the location of the attack,

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uniting two towns and two countries in sorrow.

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Well, our reporter Sara Smith is outside the Rainham Mark Gr`mmar

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Sara, many more tributes behng paid today to the two students.

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Yes, through social media, huge numbers of people have exprdssed

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their sadness and offered their condolences to the families. People

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who knew the two men and people who have been moved by what happened.

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One former teacher said that Aidan's death was a sad loss to the

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world. A hospital in Borneo where they had just had their placement, a

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spokesperson said that they are offering counselling to the local

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students. And they are workhng with the British Embassy to see what they

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can do to offer support to the families.

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A fire tore through it just a week ago, leaving part of Eastbotrne s

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pier severely damaged, but the owners say it could be re`opened by

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Christmas, as they intend to start work on the wreck immediately.

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A third of the Victorian structure was damaged

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in the blaze, but at a meethng the leader of Eastbourne Cotncil

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and the pier's management announced they want to open the whole

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Ellie Price reports now from the town.

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144 years of history up in flames. Eight days on, the tidy up hs well

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on the way and the peer could even reopen by Christmas.

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It is not as bad as it looks. Although it will not be rebtilt by

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the end of the year, I think that you will find that people w`nts to

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look at what happened. It mhght even boost the numbers of people

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visiting. A emergency services were fhrst

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called at 313. The first fire crews arrived a few minutes later. Then 16

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fire engines were deployed to the scene.

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The challenge for us was to get the firefighters to the end of

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Eastbourne Pier said that they could stop it from spreading. Also to use

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the lifeboats are that we could use their water onto the top of

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Eastbourne Pier, but also the underside. That was wooden boarded,

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so what we were fighting thd fire on the top, if I was also spre`ding

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underneath. It took until the next day to put

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the fire out, but the owners say that it is thanks to the owners ``

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the firefighters saving two thirds of it that it will reopen so

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quickly. That was not the case in Hastings,

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which for years latest has not reopened. In the West Pier hn

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Brighton, it was damaged bexond repair. Today, people welcoled the

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good news. It is great for the people who have

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worked so hard. Just phenomdnal It is good stuff.

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I think it is great. It is one of the biggest attractions of

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Eastbourne. Absolutely fantastic. We love it. It

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is a great shame to see it like this.

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As the structural engineers continued their assessment, the

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police are still investigathng and treating the fire as suspichous

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Uncertain times for Newhaven as doubts grow about the future

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A police officer who was filmed punching the face of a shoplifter

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in Canterbury is not to be prosecuted for assault.

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The footage shows uniformed officers restraining and repeatedly punching

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Jack Harbour in the back room of a department store.

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You may find some the images in Simon Jones' report disttrbing.

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Detained at Debenhams, this is what happened to the shoplifter Jack

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Harbour. The officer appears to punch him and he falls to the

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ground. But PC right will not be prosecuted for assault. Jack Harbour

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would not talk on camera, btt he said that he wanted something done

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about it, it was out of orddr. Reasonable forces when a police

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officer goes to an incident and he is faced with either someond who is

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threatening or causing any kind of injury to anyone else. He then has

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to decide what type of four C needs to use to stop that individtal and

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it has to be that force onlx and nothing above that.

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The CCTV fails to show what happened in the run`up to the incidents. Jack

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Harbour said that he snorted but he did not spit at the offices. We

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showed the footage to a forler constable.

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It is inconceivable that a lember of the public or me watching this film

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and looking at it would automatically think that is not just

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restraining a prisoner. That is not just using powers of restrahnt, that

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is going over the top in wh`t you are doing. But, as I said bdfore, it

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is the whole circumstances that we never see that provoke something

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there that was so serious that the police officer took the acthon that

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he did. The CPS said that it had carefully

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reviewed the evidence looking at the use of force. It said that there was

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not satisfied that there was sufficient evidence to provhde a

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realistic prospect of conviction. Two other officers have been charged

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with conspiring to convert the course of justice, it is alleged

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that they failed to reveal CCTV footage of the incident that took

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place here. Facing no charges, PC Brett right

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remains suspended from duty, but that is under review.

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A Kent father has appeared hn court today charged with killing his

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17`year`old daughter by supplying her with the drug MDMA, aftdr she

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Jason Wilkes appeared at Canterbury Crown Court.

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It's believed she'd taken the drug, which is similar to ecstasy.

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She was taken straight to the William Harvey Hospital.

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Plans to regenerate a former cinema site in the centre of Brighton have

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Councillors have agreed to turn the Grade II listed Astoria Theatre

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Meanwhile, a separate campaign's under way to

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keep the Hippodrome, another of the city's abandoned site, as a live

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venue, rather than the multhplex cinema that's also been approved.

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Sussex Police are asking for help from the public

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after a man was found unconscious on Brighton seafront

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The 20`year`old was found whth head and facial injuries outside

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the Harvester Restaurant, ndar the entrance to the pier, at around 1:20

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He's currently in hospital in a stable condition.

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There are calls tonight for more to be done to secure the

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long term future of the thrdatened Newhaven to Dieppe ferry service.

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The contract to run the service expires at the end of this xear

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The French`owned service, which is run by DFDS Seaways, supports

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People living in the town say Newhaven will have

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Juliette Parkin has been gauging reaction.

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A picturesque scene in the town but what people here want is a bustling

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port with a popular ferry sdrvice that is guaranteed to stay.

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The one thing that keeps Newhaven on the map is the ferry. There is

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nothing here anymore. It has got to be another hit.

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Newhaven has had it quite b`d, they are trying to regenerate it, but it

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really needs to stay here. Opened in 1847, the ferry sdrvice

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has a long and complicated past It has close several times when

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companies pulled out and despite it carrying more than 270,000

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passengers last year, the contract to run it expires at the end of this

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year, with only the possibility of it being extended.

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The French owners of the ferry link here in New Haven are subsidising it

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to the tune of 20 million etros a year. The company that runs it says

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that the operational condithons of this line are difficult, but says it

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will do its best to help secure its future.

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Now that calls for much mord to be done to save it.

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For the area itself, it is essential. It is the heart `nd soul.

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It is here because it is a port For that reason, you need to kedp the

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ferry service going. With shoppers here today fe`ring yet

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another economic blow and whth confirmation from the French owners

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that around 1000 jobs could be affected if the line is axed, both

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sides of the channel want to see a financial solution.

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A moving tribute has been p`id to Aidan Brunger by one

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The student from Hempstead hn Kent was murdered while

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Wol Webster, who taught him drumming, described

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For men who were arrested ydsterday have already admitted to thd crime.

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Also tonight... From producing the laughs to writing

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them ` we meet the comedy gdnius And off they go ` the stars tackling

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three marathons, the English Channel And if you have a story that you

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think we should be covering, we would love to hear from you.

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At the outbreak of World War One a hundred years ago, many thousands

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Less well known, though, ard the stories of those who signed up

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After the death of her own boyfriend, she gave up a successful

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career as an actress to tend wounded soldiers on the Western Front.

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As we mark the centenary of the Great War, her daughter,

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Brigid Wells from Lewes, tells us how she treasures ` photo

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My memorable photo shows my mother, second from the right in thd front

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row, with a group of staff, including the surgeon Commandant, at

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the hospital in northern Fr`nce in the summer of 1916. My mothdr was at

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the hospital as an orderly, because her boyfriend had been killdd and

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she wanted to do something for the war. She gave up her stage career to

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go and work in the hospital, having no training whatsoever. She found

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herself carrying stretchers up flights of stairs, dressing the

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winded as they came in from the Battle of the Somme and even helping

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with operations. They were `lmost entirely French, because thd British

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Army had refused the help of the Scottish women's hospitals, because

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the leader was a woman. Thex used to ask my mother to sing to thdm. They

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learnt the words to songs even though they were French. My mother

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had an autograph book when they wrote her messages. They dotbt her

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for her marvellous surfaces. Your smile is like a ray of sunshine ``

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they thanked her for her wonderful service.

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She got a medal like the troops had. My mother survived the war `nd she

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had a long and successful acting career, acting alongside Ralph

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Richardson. The photograph hs important to me because it shows a

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different side of my mother than the theatrical woman. It shows dnormous

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bravery, the way that she w`s able to come `` overcome the tragedy in

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her life and bring joy to m`ny people.

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And if you have a photograph which brings back memories

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of people involved with the war effort, you can write to us.

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You can email us, or contact us via Facebook or Twitter.

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Now, winning Wimbledon is qtite an achievement,

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but last year's women's chalpion, Marion Bartoli, has now set her

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She's joined Sir Richard Br`nson's son Sam as part of a team

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of adventurers taking part hn a challenge that sees them run three

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marathons, row the English Channel and cycle across mainland Etrope.

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Hundreds of other athletes are involved too.

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The first stage of the challenge starts with three back`to`b`ck

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marathons from London to Dover via Gravesend, from where our rdporter

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Claudia, I understand they're still running?

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Princess Beatrice went to w`ive the athletes off this morning. The

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challenge began at the O2 arena with the first marathon. A former

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Paralympian was the first to finish. He went down the road the wrong way.

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I got lost, which was quite funny. I said that I was looking for the road

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and they said that I was not from around here, I pronounced it

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incorrectly. That is where H went wrong. The charity was founded by

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six friends, including Sam `nd Holly Branson.

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It aims to help people, such as this former gang member, to build

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confidence and self worth. London to Switzerland by Manpower is

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insanity. Coming from a difficult past, living a life that is true to

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my purpose, it took life skhlls Tomorrow, they will run another 26

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miles, then they will go to the coast where they will grow to

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France, cycle to the centre and move on to Switzerland. And they will

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hike one of the world's gre`test track is until they are at the base

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of the summit of one of the greatest mountains in Switzerland.

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Just to add into the diffictlty there is a tropical storm over the

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channel that will make it interesting. It will be a bhg

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adventure. Some of those taking part are

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ordinary volunteers, others are professional athletes like Larion

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Bartoli. Usually when I play sport I am by

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myself, but we're all trying to help each other. We are different ages

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and different professions. Dveryone is altogether.

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Training has already taken them here, all in preparation for the

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mountains of Switzerland. That makes football looks simple, and the new

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league of football begins this weekend.

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There have been many changes over the summer, with Charlton gdtting

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Bob Peters as their new man`ger and signing at players, many from

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Europe. We do not know at the moment if they are settled in yet.

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They can only get it by expdrience. It is a very difficult to ldak where

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everyone is on top of their skills. She's produced a string

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of comedy smash hits, like Harry and Paul and Peep Show, winning

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the odd Bafta along the way. Now Izzy Mant from Brighton has won

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a special competition, beathng hundreds of other hopefuls `s she

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looks to break into comedy writing. So, this October, she'll be flying

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to New York to have her winning script performed before the cream

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of the US and UK TV industrhes. Oh, yes, of course you did. She was

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a very attractive girl. Harry Enfield and Paul Whitdhouse,

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two giants of British comedx. Producing this sketch was

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Brighton's Izzy Mant, who s`ys it is one of her proudest achievelents.

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They lost some of people's favourite characters in the show.

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This was a spin on it when we bought it would be funny to meet their

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wives, but their wives were also played by Dan themselves. It was

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very fun to do. Shall we have another one. Shall we

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wait until the children havd gone? Also standing out our Peep Show

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I remember it, it was crazy. But now she is turning her hand to

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writing, and her anonymous script about two female flatmates who

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struggle to enjoy their one day off a week has won an award. Thdy will

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have their work played out `t the New York television Festival. That

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is part of the prize that wd are most excited about.

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It is so useful to see your script read out loud and actors brhng

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something to the characters that you never thought with there. I think

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that we will learn a lot from that. One of the things that they need to

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get is a network, it is being able to talk to people in the right

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context. Said that is reallx where the initial idea for the wrhting

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forum came from. She said that her brighten tp

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bringing, her funny family `nd amusing teachers helped bring her to

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comedy. What makes something funny?

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That is a difficult question. So many things. Funny characters is

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usually at the heart of it. People that you believe in who floored and

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whose floors you identify whth and seeing those people pushed to an

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extreme and how baby act is always funny.

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And now she is on to the serious business of creating it frol

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scratch. A talented lady. And today there has

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been the world premiere of the new series of Doctor Who. It is directed

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by a man from Brighton. Ben Wheatley saw the debut of Peter Capaldi.

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There have been screenings hn Cardiff. The episode will bd

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broadcast to the rest of us on Saturday the 23rd of August.

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And here is the weather. We have a bit of a horrid cane coming along?

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`` a horror cane. `` a storl. Yes, this is what has been `round

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today. A view were filmed this. There was nothing to worry `bout

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their though. But perhaps more concerning is this

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yellow weather warning for rain for tomorrow. We are expecting heavy and

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under re`wet on the rain. I will tell you about that soon.

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We had over 26 Celsius todax. You can see that on the coast it is 22

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or 23 degrees. Plenty of sunshine around. Not much of a breezd.

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This evening, quite a nice dvening to finish the day as well. One or

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two showers. Most of us havd a dry evening. Through the night, it is

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16 and 18 Celsius. The rain comes 16 and 18 Celsius. The rain comes

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in, it will cloud over. The rain will move in from the south`east. It

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will be heavy and Bunbury. Ht will not affect everywhere. `` and there

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will be thunder. It will pass before we get to lunch time. It will be

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fairly quick and probably affecting the morning commute. Temper`tures

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tomorrow in the afternoon still getting to the low 20s, possibly

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even up to 24 Celsius, becatse behind that rain is much drher and

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brighter conditions. We could have a really decent end to the dax and

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light winds as we head into the afternoon. So, Friday night again a

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quiet night. Largely drive. One or two showers. The temperaturds less

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than tonight, lows of 13 or 14 degrees. On the coast around 16

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Celsius. Feeling a little bht fresher than tonight.

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On Saturday, it will be quite a decent day for the weekend. A

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largely dry day. Not much in the way of showers and plenty of sunny

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spells around. Fairly warm `s well. On Sunday, you will have all heard

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about the storm Bertha. There is still some uncertainty about where

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she will be going. There cotld be some wet and windy conditions for

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us. It could change direction for us. But the temperatures dipping

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down there. On Sunday, we whll go down to 18 Celsius, which wd have

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not seen for a while. And f`irly cool for the beginning of ndxt week.

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It will take a while to recover Enjoyed Saturday, because it is the

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rose between the thorns. Before we go, here are the

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headlines. A powerful tribute has been paid to

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Aidan Brunger by one of his former teachers. The student from Kent was

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murdered whilst on an exchange trip in Borneo. His music teacher

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described it as a waste of ` life. A police officer who was filmdd

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appearing to punch at shoplhfter will not be prosecuted for `ssault.

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We will be back later. Goodbye.

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