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Evicted for complaining their flat was mouldy and now housed 30 miles

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from their son's school, the working family who say they have

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It's completely inappropriate for a family.

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Also in tonight's programme, an inquest hears how a mother

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of three children was told she was well enough to leave

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The half-million bill for rebuilding couple.

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The one-day old Happy Meal which made a primary school

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head teacher very unhappy about his primary pupils' packed lunches.

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And who would live in a pod like this?

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The 21st-Century prefab arrives in Kent.

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A Sussex family claim they are being punished

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by the housing system, after they complained

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about their rented home being full of mould.

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The council condemned the privately-owned property.

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Their landlord evicted them and will not give them a reference

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and there is no social housing available for them in Hove.

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The Lowe family are now in temporary accommodation in Eastbourne -

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a two-hour round trip to their five-year-old son's school -

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after being unable to find anything closer,

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Nerinda Lowe has been speaking exclusively

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A working mother desperate to find somewhere permanent for her family

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to live. This was the house for three years. It became riddled with

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damp and cold. Absolutely terrible. We could not use two of the

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bedrooms. It was extreme malt in the flat, going on every wall. The

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mushrooms growing up through the bathroom floor. We met at her

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mother-in-law 's house, after the meet the 60 minute journey by public

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transport from Eastbourne. The RNA hostel with just one bid between the

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three of them. It is an extreme situation which is impossible to

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maintain. A young family, working, trying to do the right thing. That

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is what the government keeps telling us they should be doing. They got an

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eviction landlord from the after complaining to the Council about the

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state of the house. The family say they are struggling to rent

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elsewhere. Because we are a working family, that is only a personal

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discount. This is a result of people's tendency is been ended by

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the landlords and, increasingly, people in work. People actually

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working who can no longer find appropriate, affordable

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accommodation in the area. The family feel stuck in a vicious

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circle. Working to make in minutes, but unable to meet the demands of

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the private rental sector. The schoolboy 's day began at five

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o'clock in the morning. It is unlikely he will get home before

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five o'clock in the evening. The rental crisis in the South East

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has been described as "a perfect storm" by housing

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support services. Latest figures show that,

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in Brighton and Hove, the average is ?1,353 per month -

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an increase of 7% on last year and yet families can receive

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a maximum of only ?834 in housing benefit and even less

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if the family have an income. Juliette, do tenants

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have any protection against landlords evicting them

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when they ask for repairs? We ask that question of the

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government and they said they have given councils new power to try and

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stop these kind of retaliation evictions. They said they have

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provided ?12 million to tackle rogue landlords. We does this leave the

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family? They have temporary accommodation in Eastbourne and CV

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will try and move them as soon as possible. There are hundreds of

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other families in the same situation. The long-term solution?

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One posting expert said that needs to be an increase in the supply of

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rental accommodation. An inquest has heard how

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a mother-of-three was declared well enough to be discharged

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from hospital just 25-year-old Sian Hollands died

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from a pulmonary embolism at the Darent Valley hospital

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in Dartford in November 2015. Her family say she complained to

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them about the way staff treated her and her partner says a nurse

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told him they needed the bed for another patient.

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Simon Jones reports. More than a year after her death,

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Sian Hollands' family arrive at the inquest,

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looking for answers. Yesterday being Mother's Day, it was

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another Mother's Day without her. Sian was admitted to A,

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complaining of breathing difficulties and pains

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in her chest and stomach. Three weeks earlier,

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she had suffered an an ectopic pregnancy at a different

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hospital and had lost But her family believe

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that, when when she went to Darent Valley Hospital,

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the family believe she was simply dismissed as a drug

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addict, because she had just come off methadone,

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as a recovering heroin addict, and they put her symptoms down

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to withdrawal, rather There is anger, there is upset,

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there is frustration. Sian's partner said,

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the following day, after she was given methadone,

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she was told she was well enough to leave, ebven though

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she was hyperventilating Her condition deteriorated

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and she died. But the A doctor on duty that day

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told the inquest that, when she examinded Sian

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on the day she was admitted, there was not sufficient evidence

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to consider a pulmonary embolism. Simon, how busy was

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the hospital at the time? The inquest was told it was

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extremely busy. Ambulances were queueing up on sleep. At one stage,

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someone was told they would have to go and get a scrum in nearby coffee

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shop. The inquest actually started back in January. It was abandoned

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because it was decided one of the witnesses needed the road legal

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representation. It is expected to last another five days.

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In a moment, the transgender woman angry that

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she's not allowed to use the ladies' toilets in her local pub.

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The headteacher of a Medway primary school has written to parents,

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asking them to make sure their children's packed

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after finding one child coming to school with a cold, day-old

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Happy Meal, another with four yoghurts and a tube of Smarties

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and a third with two packets of crisps and a crisp sandwich.

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Head teacher Jioh Carthy branded the lunche

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Our reporter Sara Smith is at Byron Road Primary

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School in Gillingham. Sara, you have been speaking

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with parents there today. What do they make of this?

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I did not meet anyone who admitted sending their child into school with

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their deal takeaway. There are government guidelines which outline

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all the food groups which should go into a packed lunch. Some of these

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could seem a bit daunting to do every day. The headteacher of

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another school I visited Saint, ideally, all the children would

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provide the hot news that the school provides, so that they would know

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they were getting the nutrition they required. It is a balancing act

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providing healthy food alongside food which your child will

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definitely eat. But the headteacher at the school believes the skills

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have been tipped for too far in the wrong direction. When the old happy

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meal, crisp sandwiches accompanied by a packet of crisps. Very few

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healthy minerals or facts. The unusually high in the things we're

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trying to educate people to avoid. He then said they were happy to be

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given advice and did try to pack healthy lunches. I think is

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important to do it as best as you can. How easy is it? It is not

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actually very easy. We ppm eight nutritional packed lunch for our

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children. We follow the same guidelines. Two years ago, sugary

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drinks were banned at the school. Headteacher is looking to improve

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the food, but says it is a sensitive area. There is a lot of peer

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pressure. You can imagine the pressure on parents to buy poor

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children perceive as being acceptable and cool with in the

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school context. There is a lot of issues at play. You want to bring

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your appearance alongside you to the school when you make these sort of

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changes. The message seems to get past the children. I like

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gymnastics, saw I try and eat healthily. I have here that if you

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eat a lot of broccoli, you have the huge beard when you grow up. The

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Commons health committee published a recent report saying the government

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was not doing enough to tackle childhood obesity. In a statement,

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the headteacher he said that schools have a very important place in

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making sure children eat healthily but it can be difficult for parents

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and carers to provide the healthy packed lunch every day, especially

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if they are on a tight budget. That is why he sent out the site with the

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guidelines. We would like to know

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what you think. Should schools dictate

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what goes in a lunchbox? E-mail us at

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[email protected], One of Brighton's biggest

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attractions, the i360, will remain closed for third day

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in a row, due to a temporary fault. The ride, which has been

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plagued with problems since it opened last August,

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will remain closed until Wednesday, at the earliest, while technicians

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continue to carry out checks. It is the seventh

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breakdown in eight months. People who have pre-booked tickets

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are being offered a refund. A 30-year-old drug dealer

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who was stopped by Kent Police in Ashford has been jailed for two

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and a half years. Daniel Dawson, of Wivenhoe

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in Ashford, had pleaded guilty to possessing Class A drugs

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with intent to supply. Police stopped his car

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in October 2015 and, after searching his vehicle,

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officers found nine bags of cocaine, along with tools under the passenger

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seat and more than ?400 in cash A brewing couple have been fined

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?500,000 after a lengthy dispute with the neighbour.

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A tizzy celebrated rock classic, but singing the song saw them arrested

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by armed police and stuck in a prison cell for seven awards. His

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neighbours told police said that the lyrics were roughing it against

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them, prompting his arrest. One bizarre moment in an ongoing

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boundary dispute. It has been rumbling on low for more than a

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decade. It has been anaemia. Very sad. I condemned to live in this

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beautiful place and it has become anaemia. There is no other way to

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describe it. -- a nightmare. Terry Simou moved into his house

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in the village in 1996. But in 2004, he says his

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new neighbours Michael and Hazel Salliss helped

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themselves to a chunk of land That part of land was taken? Yes,

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that used to be offence. He just dismantled it and took it away.

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People have no been landed with a ?500,000 legal bill. In these

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disputes, compromises often the best policy. But this may not even be the

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end of the line. Mr Salliss says he was not able to attend the trial

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because of illness and therefore she should have the right of appeal. The

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appealing as being -- the ruling is being appealed, but clearly is

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hoping the 14 year legal battle is no opinion.

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What have the Sallisses said about this?

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We asked them for a comment, but they would not talk in Camelot. But

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this is what the County Court judge said. They have attempted to bully

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the neighbours in order for them to adjust to boundaries to suit your

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own requirements, without any attempt at consultation or

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negotiation. Three Appeal Court judges will rule on the Salliss

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appeal that the future date. the kit-house community

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popping up in Kent. The pod homes which take

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just six weeks to build. Some glorious sunshine today, but is

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going to last? Find out at the end of the programme.

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The landlord of a Sussex pub where the Westminster terror

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attacker Khalid Masood carried out another knife attack 17

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years earlier says he was known locally as "a bit of a headcase".

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Alan Bellfield was behind the bar at the Crown Thistle in Northiam

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on the night Masood got in to an argument with

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another customer and slashed his throat.

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Khalid Masood spent many years living in various towns

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He was born in Dartford in 1964, as Adrian Elms,

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His mother, Janet Elms, went on to marry a man in Crawley.

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The family moved to Rye, before settling in Tunbridge Wells,

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He had two children with his first wife, Jane Harvey,

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and they lived in Northiam in East Sussex, before he moved

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to Eastbourne in 2001, where he carried out

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another knife attack. Peter Whittlsea reports.

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His name an unchanged, but the face of the Westminster attacker was

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instantly noticeable to Peter, the former landlord of the pub. He will

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never forget the night he calmly walked into the pub and slashed

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another customer with a Stanley knife.

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He obviously knew that he would come in here and have a quiet drink.

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He'd sit in there on his own, and, literally, the guy walked in,

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showed no emotions at all and just walked straight up

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and slashed him straight round the neck.

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Before that, many people had regarded them as a pleasant family

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man. A true picture of how he turned to a life of claim has begun to

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emerge. In 1983, he picked up his first conviction for criminal

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damage. In 2000, he was jailed for previous bodily harm for two years.

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Three years later, he was jailed for six months for the position of the

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knife of the another attack in Eastbourne. One of his former

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friends said he had a short fuse and struggle to control his anger. I

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backed up a truck in the car park. I saw in the. He had knife. I was

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walking towards him and I thought, he is a totally different frame of

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mind. Many people thought he was mentally unstable bike then and

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needed medical treatment to control his unpredictable and for violent

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behaviour. him as having that a split

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personality? It seems to be a constant theme. Very much a family

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man on one hand. But when it was on the zone, he could be aggressive and

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very violent. Seem to be looking for violence. At the personality of who

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he wanted to settle scores. He loved here in his mid-50s. The man he

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attacked with some 30 years older. The injuries were so severe they

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thought the man could die. After he was imprisoned for the attack, he'd

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never return to the Celia. -- this area.

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And there is a special BBC programme tonight on Masood

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and the attack on Westminster. That is at 7.30 on BBC One.

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A woman from East Sussex who recently transitioned after more

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than 50 years as a man, says she is upset that the pub

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where she regularly drinks will not allow her to use

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Ashleigh Haffenden changed gender three months ago.

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The landlord at the pub in Bexhill says he just wants to make sure

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all his customers feel safe and comfortable.

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He was born a boy but always felt like a woman trapped in a man's

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body. Ashleigh Haffenden It is no trans gender and is exploring ways

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of becoming a woman. But at a local pub, the blues have tried to stop

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using the ladies toilet. At the time, it made you feel like what?

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Terrible. I sat in the corner quietly. I had a few tears in my

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eyes. I felt like a. Under the 20 guinea qualities like, transgender

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is a characteristic which cannot be discriminated against ethnically or

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indirectly. Last Saturday, Ashleigh Haffenden wanted to use the wash

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area, but the owner of the pub after two use the disabled toilet instead.

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The manager did not want to give an interview, but often have the

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disabled toilet as an alternative because some of it customers

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complain. The owner said after nine o'clock, the pub they come nightclub

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and the need to make sure that the customers are safe. The issue can be

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very contentious. Headlines were made recently when a rate this

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transgendered and is no sting in a women's prison. There are occasions

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when that could be problems when people are maybe in a street --

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state of undress. Ashleigh Haffenden Has been attacked in the street for

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the way she looks and says nobody should be treated as a second-class

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citizen. I have with so many years to fly and I am no still being held

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back. The 52-year-old Wolseley she will abide by the rules of the pub,

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but hopes that they will change the rules shortly.

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It is being seen as a way of speeding up house building,

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The first so-called ready-made pod homes are being put up in Chatham.

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They are 85% complete when they arrive on site

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from Scotland, with only the roof needing to be added on-site.

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But a one-bed apartment will set you back ?185,000.

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Lowered in section by section, to create what is being called

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a kit-house community, these pods, made up of steel frames

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and brick tiling, are built hundreds of miles away, in Scotland,

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and then brought down south by lorry.

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It is a process that is much quicker than traditional methods,

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This is a 50% saving on time to build a house.

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If we had power and water, people could move in 45 days

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from the day you say, "I like the house".

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A whole house can be erected rapidly by manual labour.

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The temporary prototype houses are the first of 30,000 to be

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It brings to mind the penchant for pre-fabs after World War II to

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Now the local plan suggests 30,000 new homes are

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A three-bedroom pod house here costs in the region of ?330,000,

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but because only 15 new properties are being built on this site,

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none of it has to be classified as affordable housing and that is

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something the council says it will consider in future

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We, as a planning committee, have been given a number

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of opportunities to look at other companies' presentations.

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There are certainly smaller and cheaper models on the market.

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This, at the moment, is something we were prepared to go with.

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There is no reason why we shouldn't take this

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The first homes will be ready by mid-April.

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If they prove successful, the pods could be built in

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Now, back to one of our top stories - the headteacher who has written

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to all parents, asking them to ensure they provide healthy

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Jon Carthy outlined some of the recent lunches,

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which included a cold Happy Meal, and another with two packets

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We asked whether headteachers should get involved in kids' food choices.

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we have heard a lot of responses. Julie says it is good to have

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guidelines, but schools need to lead by example with the school dinners

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and only serve healthy desserts. Germanys says, good on the teachers.

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Many parents can be bothered to cook the children a good meal or take the

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trouble to is pack a healthy packed lunch. Elizabeth agrees with the

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school. And McDonald's from the nice night before is novelties suitable

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meal for a child. Peter says I do not think enough time is spent on

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the other side of the equation. If the children are more outdoor

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activity, they would soon run off the calories from an unhealthy diet.

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It is bit of the children eat something rather than nothing.

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Please keep up the debate on our Facebook page or on twitter.

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Now, we can catch up with the weather outlook.

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Not so much is sunshine around first thing for many others. But it was a

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lovely afternoon to get out and about. We started off with that

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cloud. Through the morning and into the afternoon, it headed to the

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North and the temperatures responded. 14-15 C. Average for this

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time of year. More sunshine to finish the day today. Temperatures

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will drop to 4-5 C in the countryside. A few degrees higher in

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the Thames. It could be a little rest tomorrow morning. It will burn

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away and we should see some showing once again in the afternoon. The

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small risk of the odd shower in the afternoon. If we do get one, it

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could be on the heavy side. Temperatures similar to today.

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Tuesday night. The cloud thickens. One of two light showers. A cloudy

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start to witness the. -- Wednesday. A predominantly dry during the

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course of the day. Temperature 15-14 C. Mainly dry this week.

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Sunshine attains. Temperatures average for this time of year. Rush

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hours on the way for the end of the week.

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