19/02/2017 South East Today


19/02/2017

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Good evening. on the BBC News Channel,

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Two men have been injured after being attacked by a gang of ten

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The attack happened at around 3.45 this morning on Mount Pleasant Road.

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One man was taken to hospital with serious injuries.

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No arrests have been made and police are appealing for information.

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Farmers in Sussex are suffering a higher number of sheep deaths

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caused by dogs than anywhere else in Britain.

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The problem is at record levels according to

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In the latest incident 18 heavily pregnant ewes

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For sheep farmers it is the discovery they dread that a dog has

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been attacking their livestock. These are some of the 18 ewes found

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dead. It is believed they were panicked by loose dogs and driven

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onto the road. We are getting reports maybe four or five times a

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week if not more where we get multiple reports a day of dogs

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attacking sheep Inn Fields. It is under reported issue. Helen farms

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within a few miles of the latest attack. She doesn't know any farmer

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who has not suffered losses. With her sheep due to land, she says dogs

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don't need to make contact to cause damage. Sometimes there might not be

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obvious signs but a loose dog running amongst sheep in the early

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stages of pregnancy, they can abort them. In the late stages they can

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deliver early, it is an emotional cost to us and form a financial

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perspective. The estimated cost was one million. This year it could be

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higher. Sussex Police are part of a higher. Sussex Police are part of a

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working group looking at the issue. I have spoken to a number of farmers

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and all say this is a growing problem. They have spoken to their

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MPs and the police and crime commission to push for more action

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to be taken against those who let their dogs run wild.

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Seven prisons in the South East are set to pay their prison

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Staff will benefit at Cookham Wood, Elmley, Medway, Stanford Hill,

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Swaleside, and Rochester in Kent, as well as Lewes in Sussex.

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The government is trying to boost recruitment and retain officers,

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amid the pressures of violence and staff shortages.

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A construction company has been fined ?54,000 after admitting

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discharging silt-laden water into a tributary

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The incident happened in October 2014.

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ICL was contracted to South East Water at the Crowhurst

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Bridge Water Treatment Works to improve South East Water's

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RNLI volunteers helped rescue a man who went into cold

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water shock after jumping from Eastbourne Pier last night.

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Witnesses saw the 27-year-old struggled in the cold sea

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conditions after leaping from the Grade-II-listed pier.

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The man was hoisted aboard the RNLI inshore lifeboat.

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Hundreds of pounds worth of wild plants have been stolen

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Three men were seen collecting wild cabbage and wild samphire

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from Folkestone Warren Site of Special Scientific Interest.

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It follows a similar theft in January.

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Onto football and Brighton have gone back to the top of the Championship

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with victory this weekend at Barnsley - extra celebrations

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for manager Chris Hughton's 100th league game in charge.

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He had called for composure from his players after just

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three wins in seven games and the Seagulls delivered.

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The first of Sam Baldock's goals a superb half volley

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He later slotted home another pass from Naukar.

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Brighton now face tricky home tests against fourth placed

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In League One it was a six goal thriller between

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The Addicks with a slice of luck equalising in the 42nd minute.

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Jordan Botaka's second attempt successful.

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In the second half, Jorge Teixeira made it two and then another

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with just minutes to go made it a draw.

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Gillingham's winless streak continued at Coventry seeing them

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slip to 18th in the table just a point clear of trouble.

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The Gills captain Max Ehmer with a consolation goal

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It was a poor afternoon for Crawley in League Two at home to Morecambe.

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The visitors were three goals, including this before the break.

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Only a penalty from James Collins on 77 minutes got the Reds

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It felt very mild today and lots of sunshine around to

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It will be quite cloudy tomorrow and it will

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feel exceptionally mild for this time of year.

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It will turn windy at times and then through the middle

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part of the week, it will turn wet and windy before it eventually turns

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colder as we head towards the end of the week again.

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We may get some breaks in the cloud into the afternoon. If we do,

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temperatures could get as high as 15, 16 degrees. Exceptionally mild

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for this time of year tomorrow and then it will turn cooler from

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Tuesday onwards. Windy for much of the week, cloudy and then turning

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colder. We are back at 10:20pm. Until then, enjoy your evening.

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Goodbye for now. on and on. It is because of the

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direction of the wind. Tomorrow's temperatures might be higher than

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today by a couple of degrees. There has been a lot of cloud. But we had

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some lovely pictures coming in. Some sunshine, but predominantly the

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clouds have been -- the skies have been cloudy. This will continue as

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well as a smattering of rain. For all those reasons it isn't going to

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be a cold night. In fact a night's temperatures will be higher than the

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daytime maximum averages for this time of year. A murky grey start in

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the

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