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Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's programme:

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Contractors bowled over at Hampshire Cricket's hotel development as

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developers call in the administrators. We thought it was

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running till February and that our jobs were safe. It is looking a bit

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worrying now. Drunk and high on drugs — the

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19—year—old driver who crashed a stolen car, killing his 16—year—old

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girlfriend. Honoured for heroism — the RAF pilot

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who flew in treacherous conditions to try to save a soldier.

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And try, try, try again — why this 74—year—old has set herself a

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triathlon birthday challenge. I think I want locking up and putting

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in a straitjacket. Work to build a multi—million pound

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hotel at Hampshire's Ageas Bowl cricket ground stopped abruptly this

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morning after the developers went into administration. Urgent talks

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are now going on to find a new development company to finish the

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job. The project to build a new 175—room Hilton Hotel has financial

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backing from Eastleigh Council. But the council leader Keith House says

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taxpayers won't lose out, and the cricket club says major events won't

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be affected. Mark Sanders has been following the

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story and joins us now. Throughout the day, there has been silence on

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this construction site. Some contractors have turned up and then

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simply left. All because the main contractor has gone into

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administration. At the end of the week, no work at

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all for these subcontractors. They arrived here to discover the

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contraction site was shut down. We turned up this morning and the

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security guard said it was closed. We thought it was running until

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February and our jobs were safe until Christmas. It looks a bit

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worrying now. One subcontractor got their air—conditioned units of the

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site. Why were you so kind? There is a lot of money there. We want to

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keep our staff. The company overseeing the building has gone

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into administration. It has been a controversial

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development, backed by taxpayers' money. Eastleigh Council has

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invested millions and there is £30 million earmarked to buy the

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completed hotel. We wanted to make sure that council taxpayers were

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protected in the event of unforeseen circumstances. This is one of them.

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The Hotel is about 75% complete. It is not actually a massive project

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which needs to be done now. We are confident it can be back up and

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running sooner rather than later. Any statement, Hampshire County

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Cricket club said: Tonight, the priority here is to try

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to find another contractor to finish the job.

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It has had a bit of a chequered history, hasn't it? Yes, back in

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2009, at work was due to start and then we had the financial crisis and

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the plug was pulled and the whole scheme was on the verge of

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collapse. Eventually, Eastleigh Council promised tens of millions of

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pounds of financial support. Some are asking whether that was

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appropriate. Tonight, the administrators have started their

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work and the main task is to find a financially stable backer.

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Her family says she was a shining light who brought happiness to many

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during her short life. Payton Sparks was 16 when she died in a car driven

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by her boyfriend, a man police say should never have been on the roads.

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Lewis Young was jailed for eight years today after admitting causing

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death by dangerous driving in Havant in May this year. James Ingham

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reports. Payton Sparks never stood a chance.

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Her boyfriend was driving so recklessly, an accident was almost

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bound to happen. Lewis Young was disqualified from driving and had

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never held a licence or insurance. He'd been drinking and taking drugs

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when he stole his parents' car, collected his girlfriend and another

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friend and sped through Havant, stealing petrol on the way. After

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overtaking on S—bends, he lost control. The car hit a telegraph

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pole, a tree and a building, impacting hardest on the passenger

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side where Payton was sat. He didn't care about anyone, let

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alone himself. It was a busy Saturday evening and many people

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were around. He had a total disregard for them, the law and the

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safety of his passengers. Evidence was given that during the drive, his

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passengers were asking him to slow down.

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Flowers were laid after the crash on Patersfield Road. Payton's friends

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paid tribute to a beautiful princess they knew as Poppy. Tonight, her

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killer begins an eight—year stretch in prison.

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The dedication, commitment and heroism of Britain's servicemen and

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women in Afghanistan was recognised today. Over 100 have received

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honours for their bravery, including an RAF helicopter pilot from

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Swanage. Flight Lieutenant Chris Gent, who is based at RAF Odiham

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near Basingstoke, flew through atrocious weather to try to save a

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soldier's life. He's been talking to our reporter Steve Humphrey.

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At the age of 31, Chris Gent is a veteran of six tours of duty in

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Afghanistan. He has been awarded the Queen 's commendation for bravery

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because he flew his helicopter through dense fog to try to save the

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life of an Afghan soldier. The weather was terrible. I remember

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going to the aircraft thinking it would be quite a cheeky shout

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because of the fog. Did you have time to feel brave? Not at all. The

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only thought at the time is, this guy needs medical help. Let's get

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there as soon as possible and give him the best chance of survival.

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Unfortunately, the soldier died from his injuries. Chris Gent is the

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latest in a long line of personnel honoured for their bravery in

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Afghanistan. There is a powerful sense of team effort here. All the

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staff here. Chris Gent is very modest. It was great to receive but

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I was hugely surprised because the sort of things that go on in

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Afghanistan on a delayed basis are incredible and to be picked out from

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that, I thought it was fairly embarrassing actually because stuff

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goes on that doesn't get recognised that maybe should. He has been

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flying helicopters since 2008 and will go back to Afghanistan in a few

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months' time. Now, many of you watching may well

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remember the days of locally—based banks and building societies, which

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prided themselves on the strong personal relationships they had with

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their customers. Well, they're on their way back — as you'll see in a

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special series on South Today next week from our business correspondent

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Alastair Fee. In Germany, the deer is flowing and

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so is the money, from local banks. Here, there was no credit crunch. In

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a small town, a bank is not a gangster. This is the group that

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wants to do the same in Hampshire. You gather deposits and Lendl

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locally. You don't work for our bank for a multi—million pound bonus.

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With locals supported? It depends on the rates. You will need millions to

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set up a bank. Meet the people bringing back local banking next

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week on South Today. And on Sunday Politics at 11am this

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Sunday, we look at the possible return of local banks to support

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local businesses and give savers better interest rates.

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Still to come in this evening's South Today: A man has been jailed

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for just over five years for the manslaughter of a Bournemouth man 12

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years ago. 33—year—old Daniel Scott, of no

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fixed abode, pleaded guilty after he was caught by police coming into

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London from Paris this summer. He assaulted 42—year—old Clive Wilcox

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outside a shop in Winton in May 2001. Mr Wilcox later died from a

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serious head injury. Police investigating a serious

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sexual assault in Southampton have released a picture of a potential

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witness they want to speak to. The man is believed to have been with

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the victim outside The Edge nightclub at around 5am last

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Saturday. He's described as five foot six, in his mid—30s, with light

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brown hair. The incident happened in Hoglands Park in the early hours of

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Saturday morning. Thousands of homes could be built on

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green belt land in one of Surrey's most picturesque areas. Waverley

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Borough Council says changes in planning rules mean it will have to

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consider developing previously protected land. The latest strategic

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assessment suggests that over 9000 new houses need to be built in the

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borough over the next 20 years. That's twice the number the council

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itself argues the area can sustain. And it's feared the new rules mean

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the extra housing will be imposed on them. Joe Campbell reports.

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It is the archetypal image of Britain's countryside. But the idea

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that 8000 more homes should be built here, a few would consider it. I am

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horrified, I think we are under enough pressure as it is. The

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commuting and traffic, I think housing is required. I would be

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chained to the bulldozer so they can't do it. You can see just how

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big an area is designated green belt land. It is almost an act of

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vandalism when you look at some of the areas earmarked. A village like

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this, its whole character will change. From here, you can look out

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to London in the distance with its landmarks. The demand for housing

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near the M25 is putting pressure on the green belt in all counties

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surrounding London. Waverley could be the first local authority to

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build on its protected spaces. The ministers won't speak to the local

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councils. Attempts have been made to speak to the local minister and he

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refuses. What do you make of that? We can assume they're not interested

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and have a policy of build, build, held. Critics say that once this

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landscape is lost, it is gone forever.

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Our political editor Peter Henley is here now. Why is the problem of

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housing such a difficult problem to solve? Everyone agrees the waiting

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lists are too long. Everyone agrees more houses are needed. No—one can

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agree where. There was a system — the South—East Plan — an assessment

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of the best places to build more homes that was scrapped by the

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Coalition Government. You can see what is happening there with so much

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green belt land, they say no. In reply to this suggestion from

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Conservative councillors that they were being pressured to build on

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green belt, the Communities Department said, "With the abolition

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of regional targets, the council can no longer hide behind anyone else.

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The green belt remains protected robust lay in a national planning

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rules. Local councillors have to take responsibility for deciding

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where to provide homes for local people and how to ensure protection

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of the local environment at the same time." The problem with that is

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there is a market assessment system which suggests you could build 500

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homes per year. But will building more houses make them more

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affordable? The suggestion is that the price will come down. In London,

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that is not happening. That is partly foreign investment. We see

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that spelling out all around in the green belt. You probably have to

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have a more regional strategy to build them in some parts but not in

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others. Then it becomes a centralised system, which the

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government tried to throw out in the first place.

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A safer driving group in Chichester says motorists are getting away with

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speeding because not enough people have come forward for voluntary

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patrols. The city's "20's Plenty" group says that, while a majority

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support the speed limit, there's a shortage of people to help police

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it. The group carries out roadside checks using mobile speed guns and

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passes on information about suspected speeding to the police.

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100 wedding dresses worth thousands of pounds have been donated to a

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charity shop in Dorset. 60 have gone on sale at the Boscombe branch of

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the PDSA animal charity shop. And, as you might expect, they're

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creating quite a stir. Ena Miller reports.

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A princess on a budget. Going to your local charity shop to buy a

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wedding dress was on something she thought she would do. Last night, I

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was drawing what I would like and it pretty much matches up. I can't talk

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about it too much, or I will give too much away. The surprise donation

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of 100 addresses means there is a lot to choose from. It will make a

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huge difference. We are really excited. This charity shop usually

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sells second—hand books, furniture and clothes but every little, no,

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every glamorous thing helps. It is vital to help us in what we do at

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the PDSA. Without support we can't carry on. If they sell all these

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dresses, they could sell —— they could raise £2000. It could be a big

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difference. The new windowdressing has caught people's attention. I

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always believed the bride is whatever she has got on that day,

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doesn't matter how much it cost. More money raised for charity dash

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happy ever after. Sport now. In a moment I will meet

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an extraordinary lady whose story I can't wait to hear.

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Southampton are in action on Sunday in the Premier League against

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Swansea. Luke Shaw is the only doubt due to illness. Saints have the

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meanest defence in the division along with Tottenham, having only

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conceded two in this campaign. Southampton are in sixth and Adam

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Lallana says fresh faces have given the squad a lift.

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We have three additions to the core of the team which have helped. It

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has lifted the quality in training and when there is competition for

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places the standard is higher. We are happy with the start of the

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season but it means nothing if we take our foot off the gas.

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Elsewhere in the Championship, loan keeper Stephen Henderson goes

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straight into the Bournemouth squad to face Millwall as both the

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Cherries' first and second—choice goalkeepers are ruled out. Reading

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in fifth travel to Turf Moor as they take on Burnley. If Reading win,

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they'll have amassed as many points as they did in the whole of last

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season's Premier League campaign. Brighton host Nottingham Forest.

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Dave Kitson is back from suspension and could feature for Oxford at home

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to Southend. Portsmouth could give debuts to Terry Racon, Gavin Mahon

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and Trevor Carson at home to Rochdale in League Two.

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In League One, Swindon play Tranmere and MK Dons travel to Gillingham.

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It's easy to talk about inspirational characters in sport,

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isnt it? But one woman from West Sussex really does fit the bill.

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Daphne Belt from Poling near Littlehampton is 74, and she's set

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herself an enormous sporting challenge. I went to see her in

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training this morning. When Daphne Belt was 50 she says she

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couldn't run for a bus. No, she is aiming to do one triathlon per day

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for the 75 days leading up to her 75th birthday. She will run three

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kilometres, cycle 15 and swim one kilometre to raise money for a

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children's hospice. More older people are doing sport and a lot of

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sports now do age—group events so they can still compete with people

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of their own age right up until they are 80. She has not stopped at

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triathlons. She has also competed in several extreme endurance Iron man

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competitions. Her doctor has given up trying to talk her out of it. She

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thinks it is extreme but she sees I have done it for 25 years and got

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away with it. I think it is professional curiosity to see how

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long I can go on. I think I want locking up and putting in a

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straitjacket. Training is tough, more so in these conditions. You

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would think after 75 triathlons she would be planning to take it easy

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and enjoy a relaxing 75th birthday. But she is looking to compete in the

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world triathlon Championships in Canada just weeks afterwards.

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Thousands of people will be pounding the streets of Bournemouth and

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Basingstoke this weekend. The Basingstoke Half Marathon takes

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place on Sunday, while Bournemouth hosts its first marathon festival

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over Saturday and Sunday. There are six races in total, ranging from a

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full 26—mile marathon to a 1.5 kilometre junior road race.

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Southampton's Olympic gold medal—winning cyclist Dani King has

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been named in the 18—strong British squad for the Euro track—cycling

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championships later this month in Holland. Laura Trott is also

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included. Ed Clancy and Jason Kenny are in the men's team.

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Now, just a reminder we're still after your nominations for the BBC

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South Sports Unsung Hero — someone or a pair who've made a difference

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to sport in your community. The winner goes into the running for the

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National Award at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year show in

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December. For more details, go online to bbc.co.uk/unsunghero where

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you can download a nomination form. If you don't have internet access,

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there is a phone number you can ring to have one posted. It's 0845 308

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8000. Calls cost 5p per minute from a landline, but from mobiles could

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cost considerably more. Did you see the bit about the

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painting last night? The woman who wasn't exactly an oil painting? Yes.

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Now, if you were watching last night, you may remember that we

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introduced you to a Winchester couple, Keith and Sue Webb, who were

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trying to trace the owners of a painting they received in the post.

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It was a picture of an old lady with a hooked nose, dressed in a white

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shawl — quite a distinctive face, to say the least. And Sue certainly

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didn't pull his punches about her. A face that could turn milk at 50

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yards. I don't think she was very... A very happy sitter.

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Well, not all of you shared those views, because we've had two e—mails

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since offering to buy, or at least take the painting off the Webbs'

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hands. We also asked you if you recognised the woman in the

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painting. It's already been suggested that it was Dolly

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Pentreath, the last person to speak Cornish. And another South Today

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viewer, Simon Newsham, has suggested it could be Mother Shipton, who was

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a famous Yorkshire witch and has a pub named after her in Portsmouth. I

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will have to check that out. The mystery continues!

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A chimpanzee at a Dorset wildlife centre, who became pregnant after

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her contraceptive pill failed, has given birth! The twin girls arrived

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last week. They'll join an extended family of 19, including proud mum

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Cherri. Female chimps at Monkey World near Wareham are given birth

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control pills to avoid overpopulating the centre. Cherri's

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failed last winter after she was given antibiotics for a chest

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infection. Aren't they sweet? I think I read they are called Thelma

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and Louise. I'm glad we all coordinated outfits today.

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The weekend looks pretty promising. Cloudy skies at Moors Valley Country

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Park in Verwood this morning. Colin Arnold was very brave indeed to get

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up close to these magnificent birds. Sandy Burnfield spotted this huddle

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of cows at Longstock in Hampshire. I wonder what they were plotting! And

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a Red Admiral basking in the sun in Broadmayne this afternoon. Thanks to

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Gordon Ferguson for that photo. Some sunny spells today and more in store

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for the weekend. Most of tonight looks to be largely dry with just

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some patchy mist tomorrow morning. Tonight, the showers will fade away

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by the latter part of the night. Rural spots may see temperatures

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down into single figures. We starts tomorrow on a pretty chilly note but

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we have this lovely area of high pressure in charge at the weekend.

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Things will be settled through the weekend and into the start of next

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week. There are maybe some patchy mist around first thing. Some good

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sunny spells later and temperatures could get up to the high teens. One

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or two isolated showers around as well. Some clear spells on Saturday

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night. Some patchy mist developing and low cloud working its way in. On

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Sunday, some stopper and Fog —— stubborn fog. Here the summary for

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the coming days. A misty start on Saturday. Similar on Sunday but

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brighter later. Dry and settled in the next week. More at 8pm and

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10:25pm.

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