31/12/2016 South East Today


31/12/2016

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A couple from Canterbury who've fostered 150 children over 30 years

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are both set to receive MBEs in the New Years honours,

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joining a whole host of other volunteers,

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politicians and Olympic stars from across the South East

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When Rene and Ron Upton received letters saying they would

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be honoured for all their foster work they felt overwhelmed as they

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We have been in the right position at the right time and at the right

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age to be able to enjoy and assist children through their lives.

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It has worked out really well for us.

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Despite having five of their own children

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the couple decided there was a space missing at the dinner table.

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We had two children in placement and our

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own five children so that was seven and then they asked us to take

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a sibling group of four which we said yes.

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The youngest stayed for 18 years and the couple ended up

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Honours also went to Kent Olympic medallists.

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Members of the women's GB hockey team and Tom Ransley from the

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It was a letter in the post and it was a bit of a surprise really.

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Definitely didn't expect it, you expect the usual bills

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Canterbury MP Julian Brazier was knighted, as was Kent-born

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Oscar winner Mark Rylance, Sussex Police officer Louise Pye was

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given the Queen's Police Medal for her family liaison work and

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Paralympic champion Will Bayley receives an MBE.

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Since I was seven years I've played table tennis so it is a real

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honour and my family and really proud of me.

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Just last week Ron and Rene Upton finally retired.

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They are packing up all the children's bikes

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and are planning a motorbiking holiday, just the two of them.

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Kent police are investigating after two people were set upon

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South East Coast Ambulance Service say they're receiving so many 999

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calls they're struggling to reach patients in parts of Kent.

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Last year the Trust received an average of three calls a minute

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This year has already been one of the

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Kent police are investigating after two people were set upon

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by Staffordshire bull terriers in Folkestone after refusing

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The owners ordered the dogs to attack the first man

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on Dover Road around seven o'clock on Wednesday.

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The second was attacked on Stuart Road later that evening.

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She was a semi-finalist in the Great British Bake Off two years ago.

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And now Chetna Makan from Broadstairs has been crowned

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It's the last time the show will be shown on the BBC before moving

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to Channel 4, and the South East has had some of the programme's

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Watching the last episode on Boxing Day, I did get a bit

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emotional because I am a big fan of the programme.

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To just be a part of the final Bake Off on BBC but to actually win

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The show is known for its sprinkling of good-humoured drama.

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This looks like a tennis court from Hades.

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The net... Is standing.

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But for the contestants, the experience has left

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Time for the weather now with Sara Thornton.

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The remaining hours of 2016 generally pretty settled for us

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It is largely cloudy, mostly it is dry

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with just a bit of drizzle here and there.

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Not too cold either with the potential over higher

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Temperatures as you can see in the mid to high single

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figures as we head towards the early hours of 2017.

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Maybe just a touch of drizzle and thicker cloud.

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Then through the rest of the night into the start of your New Year's

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Day, it is generally dry at first but then a cold front sinking

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in from the north starts spreading rain by the end of the afternoon.

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Over higher ground it could be a little bit wintry as some cold air

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But much colder into Monday and Tuesday and we are talking about

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frosty stars but also plenty of sunshine.

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That is its from as far 2016. We're back tomorrow. Have a very happy New

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Year. wonderful New Year. You can keep up

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with all the best. Happy New Year. Good evening. As we head through the

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final few hours of 2016 the weather is on the change. We've got called

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her swooping in and there is a weather front bringing a soggy New

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Year's Eve. It is raining across southern Scotland and Northern

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Ireland and that will push south as we head towards parts of northern

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England. Showers moving in from the North Southwark could be icy

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stretches across there. Adding further south, mostly dry with a

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drizzly spell, that rain is moving through and it

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