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Hello. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's programme... What do we

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want? Angry protests over rising rail fares. We look at which

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commuters in the South will be hardest hit.

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Back to square one as for Ms's Imax as plans are rejected. -- for

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Bournemouth's Imax. The mother given 32 pints of blood

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to stay alive after an emergency Caesarean. Without those people who

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gave blood I would not be here today.

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And the houseboat owners losing Rail passengers in the South have

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been reacting angrily tonight to the news that fares are set to soar.

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There are more commuters here than anywhere else in the country. Fares

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are to go up a %. For most rail users that means hundreds of pounds

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extra per year. -- 8%. Rail fares have gone up every year for the

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last 15 years except one but for each of the next three years they

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will go up faster. An example. If you travel from Haywards Heath to

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London Victoria a season ticket costs �3,304. Next year that will

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rise by �264. It works out at 20 pence a mile, one of the most

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costly season tickets in the region measured per mile. From Reading,

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the turn up and go fare already works out at 52p a mile and that is

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before the fare rise. It is a lot of money to spend, up to �7,000 a

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year on a season ticket or in one go. Passengers cannot pay by direct

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debit but they can for a utility bills. Some train companies can put

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up fares by an extra 5%, so that his 13 % in total, as long as their

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average increase sticks to the rules. Every one of the ten most

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overcrowded services into London is a train through Reading.

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Overcrowding is now much worse on this bridge than any other in the

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country. So passengers are paying more but getting less. New electric

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trains of promised but the order has not been signed and four

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passengers, the benefits are still years away. It will be difficult to

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afford living in Reading after that. They need to justify the increase.

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We are not getting to an increase in service. 8% is too much. What do

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we want? At Waterloo Station this morning the Campaign for Better

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Transport and rail unions held a small protest. But is the first

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increase really so bad? A year ago, a litre of petrol cost �1.16. Now

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it cost �1.36. So it has gone up by 16 %, twice as fast as the cost of

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travelling by train. Insurance, service, car tax, they have all

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gone up, too. There is evidence most of us are now using their cars

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less and trains more, up 7% so far this year. We may grumble about the

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spiralling cost of travelling by train but it is certainly not

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putting us off travelling. Councils here in the South have

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been allocated more than �50 million to help deliver super fast

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broadband to tens of thousands of homes and businesses. Grant's range

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from �1.3 million for Surrey to around �10 million each for Dorset

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and East Sussex. But to receive the money from the Government, councils

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must raise the same amount again themselves.

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If you live in Bournemouth, it is difficult to ignore the form Imax

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cinema on the seafront, which is to stay there for the time being. The

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council has turned down all bits to develop this sight but today it has

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promised people living there will still see a translation by next

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summer. The old saying goes, location,

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location, location. This building on the seafront may enjoy one of

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the best views in Bournemouth but for many it is an eyesore. It has

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even been voted one of the most hated buildings in Britain. It is a

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bit of a blot on the landscape. You wonder how they ever got it passed

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in the first place. It opened 12 years ago as an Imax cinema but it

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had trouble showing 3D films. After closing for a revamp in 2005 it

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never re-opened. It is very sad because I can remember them trying

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to give tickets away. It is a shame but he wants a cinema on the

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seafront? I liked the building. I did not have a problem with it at

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all. If we remember it the 30 years ago when it was a swimming baths,

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very good. It may have been a success 30 years ago but others are

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keen to look forward. Because we have an older generation in the

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political class often they like to look at a golden age or do not like

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modern buildings. To create an economic fault -- future for the

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town you have to create modern facilities and modern things.

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council bought this building last year for �6.5 million and it is

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costing them �44,000 a year to run and in March this year, they had

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six bids for development. But the council has rejected all of them.

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It says none of the bidders could deliver what local people wanted.

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The Bournemouth Development Company, a partnership between the council

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and a private investment firm, will now develop this site. They will be

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looking at it with a view of, is it right to demolish it and what would

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be the best development to go there in the short to medium term to give

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the people of Bournemouth the view back but also a facility that will

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work? It may feel like it has been a bit of a merry-go-round but today

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the council is promising change. We will look at the political side

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of this. Why was it ever allowed in the first place? It is so hated now

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but people forget that back in the 1990s there was a campaign to make

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better use of the old public sight. The Liberal Democrat group were the

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old -- were the ones who approved of this. The developers made all

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sorts of promises but their run early signs of problems. When the

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design was changed during construction, they may dig taller

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to get the Imax screen in and the council considered putting a stop

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on it but would have ended up with a half-finished building. So they

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knew things were not working at the way they wanted to. Then they put

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it out to the public saying what do you want? And developers. This has

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not been sorted out. When the council bought it back from

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developers they said they would knock it down. But there is a

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problem with that knocking it down is that you may not be able to

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build anything on the site because of the laws about rising sea levels.

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It feels like a waste if it just went back to a car park. It is one

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of form of's best sides but it would be nice to see the sea.

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The prosecution has finished putting its case against three men

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conspire jink -- he conspired to kill a taxi driver in Wokingham.

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Kadir Hussein was shot as science has in September. His second cousin

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who lives in Reading is accused of plotting to kill him.

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The only defendant to speak to police following his arrest told

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officers, I have not murdered anyone. Jaspal Kajila made the

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comments as he was arrested at home in Coventry on 3rd March. Another,

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drew man, and Amjed Mahmood, and Imran Khan, were taking into

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custody at the same time. All three stand before the jury here in court

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accused of spitters it -- conspiracy to murder. Taxi driver

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Kadir Hussein had arrived home from work in September last year when he

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was shot three times by Ed asked much -- masked gunman when he got

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out of his car. Prosecutors say it was a bungled contract killing

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organised by Imran Khan been a family feud over land. Today they

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discussed the way in which the evidence had been brought together.

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The prosecution has now finished setting out its case and the

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defence is expected to start on Thursday, which is when the pull --

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the jury has been recalled. A road in Bognor Regis was close

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for a time this morning after a car hit several vehicles. Police were

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called did the incident which happened in Belmont Street and the

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rest was closed for an hour-and-a- half. Police have arrested a man

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Still to come in this evening's South Today: Fans start to arrive

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for a big game at Fratton Park. Tony husband is there. All the

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sport ahead of Portsmouth against Swift Loans Finance rented an

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office in this building near Gatwick and offered low interest

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loans to people with poor credit ratings. People have already

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contacted the police to say they paid money to the firm but never

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received a loan. The firm has closed and two men arrested on

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suspicion of fraud last month have been bailed. The building's owners

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and managers and other companies based here have no connection to

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Swift Loans Finance. A mother from Sussex says she is lucky to be

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alive after 32 pints of blood saved her life during a rare pregnancy

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complication. Hannah Gregory from Copthorne near Crawley suffered two

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cardiac arrests following her baby's premature birth. Doctors at

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the Princess Margaret Hospital near Haywards Heath say the amount of

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trauma to her body was the equivalent of surviving four near-

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It was only when her son arrived ten weeks early by emergency

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Caesarean and she began bleeding uncontrollably that doctors

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discovered Hannah Gregory had a very rare condition. The blood

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vessels of her placenta had started growing abnormally and aggressively

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into surrounding organs. She needed 32 pints of blood. The equivalent

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of four times her blood volume. They had to just keep pumping it in

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and in because it was coming out of me as fast as it was going in.

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Without those 32 people who gave blood, I would not be here today.

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Hannah was told that the medical team here at the Princes were

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hospital in Haywards Heath that it is unusual for a patient to lose

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ten PTS of blood in one go. So for her to lose 32 pts was extremely

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rare and life-threatening. Here onside, their only store 30 units

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of the most common blood types at any one time so that day she used

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up the entire bloodstock. She went -- we went to see her a few days

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later when she was up and about in hospital and she was actually

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walking around. To me, she seemed pretty well. Hannah is a great

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motivation for all of us. Once we have seen how our blood is used and

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how important it was for Hannah, how will it save her life... I have

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met her child and it is great to seek the end product. I do feel

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just unbelievably lucky. I know I am one of the luckiest people in

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the world. Lucky, she says, and vengeful, to 32 mystery people who

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saved her life. -- and great for. - - and sank four.

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They have lived in this home for 20 years and now they are about to

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lose it. A developer is about to take over the Bembridge houseboat

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of Christopher Mew, along with several others. The decision to

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hand over the site to a new owner by a High Court judge in London

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ends months of speculation, but it has come as a huge shock to some in

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the community. Move it or leave it, the two

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options left for the owners of these houseboat. Chris de Phinney

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it has been paying for these boat for the past 20 years. -- Chris

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Mead. Now the new owners are asking the couple to pay �110,000 for a

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long-term lease of the land, or they will put it on the market.

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am retired and my wife is nearly retired. We cannot raise that sort

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of money. We put a lot of work into this and someone just wants to take

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it offers. It is wrong. In a statement the company said it was

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always happy to accommodate the earners as the tenants but all such

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offers were consistently rejected as were offers of mediation. On

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that basis, the company had no choice other than to proceed with

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the claim. The couple went to the Appeal Court in London but were

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told because their house is not classed as a dwelling house and

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they live their on licence only, they have no protection under the

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Housing Act. They are, however, within their rights to move the

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houseboat. Unfortunately, the converted boat does not float. The

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only option is to try and moving it with a crane, which could destroy

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it. I felt very sorry for them. The houses do not float and the local

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council believe them to be fixtures. They believe them to have

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residential status. The couple now face an uncertain future, with an

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addiction murder -- an addiction order expected any day. We are

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The biggest piece so far of the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier

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has started a long journey around the north of Scotland. The 8000

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tonne section of the hull is being transported by sea-going barge from

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the shipbuilding hall at Govan to Rosyth for the next stage of the

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carrier's construction. 50 miles by road but 600 miles by sea. When

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complete, the ship will be based in the Royal Naval Dockyard at

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Portsmouth. Landmark public buildings across

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Reading, including the magnificent grade two listed town hall, could

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have their roofs covered in solar panels. Council leaders meet

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tomorrow to approve a �5 million plan to bulk-buy equipment to

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generate electricity. Several schools are already wanting to be

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included because the power they make would help cut their own

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energy bills. The solar panels on this school

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reef in South Reading have been in place for a while, generating power

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and reducing running costs for the score. Councillors across the

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political divide will tomorrow approved plans to replicate the

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model, taking advantage of a Government incentive scheme to

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encourage green enemy -- energy. Ideally, they will be its south-

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facing and in a good condition and the sort of buildings that will be

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around for a number of years. The same for schools. Among the

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buildings being seriously considered is the Grade Two listed

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Victorian town hall. Fitting solar power has here would be subject to

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planning permission but schools with their acres of Britspace, are

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queuing up to be involved. -- Ruth space. If we can give them solar

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panels to produce a free electricity they will not have to

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pay for that and are there will be educational benefits. The council's

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hope local firms and individuals will follow their lead and they

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have sit an ambitious target to reduce Reading's target by --

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carbon footprint By 600 tonnes. On to sport now and two of our

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region's clubs come face to face in the Championship tonight.

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Portsmouth and Reading have had contrasting starts, so how will

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they fare tonight? Tony is live at Fratton Park.

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Blustery conditions but the sun is shining. The Championship is a

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fantastic division to follow. The Holy Grail is to get into the

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Premier League. This season we have four of our clubs competing. You

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never really know what is going to happen in this division. Any team

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can really beat anyone on the day. It is fascinating to follow and

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provides great games along the way. The two teams meeting here tonight

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are Portsmouth, a lot -- a little bit of a difficult start but they

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are hoped to be boosted tonight by it the 33-year-old paraded on

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Saturday. He has signed a one-year deal. A real boost for them when on

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the field they have had two defeats so far been the three games so far

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this season. Contrast that with Reading and they keep being able to

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bounce back. Remember the play-off final defeat for them back in May,

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but haven't they done well so far this season? This great victory at

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Leicester against Senora Ericsson's side with how Robson canoe and Noel

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Hunt in a 2-0 victory for them. -- Hal Robson-Kanu. A South Today

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Derby. I have asked many fans today what do they reckon is going to

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happen? The Trent I think is slightly going towards Reading as

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favourites -- the trend. Tom Wallace who has travelled 2,100

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miles from Greece to be here tonight is a Reading fan. He got

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into Gatwick and is getting the train straight down here. Let's

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speak to the commentators. Tim Della from BBC Radio Berkshire in a

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moment but first Lawrence. So far not so good for Portsmouth. It has

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been a mixed start to the season. But plenty of character in evidence

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on the opening day against Middlesbrough. Barnet, an abject

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performance. They last a penalty on Saturday against Brighton. -- lost

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a penalty. Plenty of quality in the squad. Two or three players, former

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Reading players, in that Portsmouth dressing room that would love to

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beat Reading. The manager has made no secret of the fact he wants more

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players. He wants at least more -- two more. The new player will add

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fire. He may start on the bench tonight. The Royals keep

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reinventing themselves. They lost Shane Long can another player in

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the summer. It doesn't seem to matter. They have to keep

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reinventing been sold because players keep going out and without

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players coming in. They will be encouraged by the 2-0 win against

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Leicester. A decent start for Reading this season. A prediction?

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7-4. That is what happened here in 2007. To read in this time.

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would like to see 11 goals! That is one big game tonight. You can

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follow it on local radio. Elsewhere tonight, Southampton are going for

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three wins out of three. Saturday's one win over Barnsley was a club

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record, the eighth consecutive league win stretching back to last

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season. Manager Nigel Adkins is without the suspended Richard

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Chaplow at Ipswich. Saints have also admitted they are interested

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in signing Burnley's Jay Rodriguez. After selling Danny Ings,

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Bournemouth could play the youthful line-up of Ryan Doble and Lyle

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Taylor up front against Stevenage. Veteran Steve Fletcher stands by as

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well. In League Two, Crawley host Southend, hoping for a second

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league win in succession at the Broadfield Stadium. Aldershot hope

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to bounce back from Saturday's reverse against Northampton when

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they host Torquay. We will have all the goals for you

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here on South Today tomorrow night. Another story. The iconic Fastnet

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race. A second yacht has got into difficulties in the Fastnet race

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which set off from the Isle of Wight at the start of this week. A

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yacht has been towed into Cornwall today after a Mayday call 30 miles

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from the Cornish coast. Ten people on board the Inseyandra were

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rescued after it got into trouble North West of Land's End. Another

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yacht capsized off the Irish coast. All the crew were picked up. We can

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get this update on this story from our reporter in Plymouth.

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A presentation from the group of Abu Dhabi, the first home in the

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2011 Fastnet, breaking the existing record by an hour and a half. The

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skipper said it had been a classic race. As is often the case, we are

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still feeling the back end of it here in Plymouth. The weather came

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in from the West and we have approaching gale force winds. It

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led to some retirements, some damage to the boats. But to us the

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lead to a fast time. Happy days. The conditions proved testing.

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Another monohull had been leading until it capsized close to the

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Fastnet Rock off Ireland last night. All 21 crew members were rescued.

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One woman was treated for hypothermia. We were going up wind.

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I was driving and the keel snapped off. The boat capsized pretty

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quickly. It rolled over and went upside down. Meanwhile, another

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vessel, Inseyandra, was being towed inland tonight after losing its

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mast at over Land's End. The first vessel to cross the finish was this

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one, setting a new record time of 32 hours 48 minutes and pauses six

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seconds, beating the existing record set in 2002 by more than two

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Allah's. -- to hours. That is all the sport.

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So it is a bit changeable over the next few days but it is looking

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good at the end of the week. Light at the end of the tunnel. This week

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will be changeable. Some rain at times but also some sunshine, and

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you are most Riseley to see that tomorrow morning and towards the

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end of the week. Go wrapped up to the football tonight because it

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could be chilly when the sun goes down. Coverage on your local radio

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station. Patchy cloud for some of us tonight. The risk of cloud and

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fog patches. Expect a single finger -- single forget temperatures in

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Very warm conditions the further south and east you are tomorrow

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afternoon. Clearing skies for some of us tomorrow night and the risk

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of a shower through the early hours of the morning and then a band of

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rain arrives. Temperatures will stay mild but not as chilly as

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tonight. A wet day for some on Thursday. A little uncertainty as

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to how far north and east the rain will go. On Friday, and improving

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picture. The high pressure stops building in from the Atlantic. --

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starts building in. For Saturday daytime, not much changed. We have

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this weather front coming in from the Atlantic but it will just

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introduce more cloud for the afternoon and it should stay

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predominantly dry. Expect a shower tomorrow afternoon

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then rain overnight tomorrow into Thursday morning. Dry and sunny on

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Remember the 11-year-old who said he would cycle from Brighton to

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Scotland with his mother to raise money for charity? Well, he has

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done it! It was really far. I do not regret it at all. It has been

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amazing. When I was on this ride I really thought about what I am

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going to do next and people said that this was a lot, 500 miles, but

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