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

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The moment of impact — a skipper denies responsibility after his

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racing yacht crashed into a tanker. Laughing all the way to the bank —

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the council helping businesses like this set up when the big lenders

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have said no. The council came to me and said we

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have got something you can apply for, a start—up grant scheme, so

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they saved my bacon. From brushing their teeth to doing

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their make up — the police video catching motorists behind the wheel.

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And a preview of the hidden gems from an Elizabethan house going on

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public display. We never threw anything away. We

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keep coming across things and surprising ourselves. It's great.

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A criminal trial has begun into a collision at sea, when a yacht under

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the command of a Royal Navy officer crashed into an oil tanker. It

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happened during Cowes Week in 2011. Yacht skipper Roland Wilson is

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charged with three counts of contravening maritime collision

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regulations. One person had to be rescued from the water after the 33

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foot racing yacht hit the tanker. One of the yacht crew jumped

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overboard and was rescued safely. Another member suffered head

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injuries. The seas were calm and the visibility excellent. Roland Wilson,

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the owner and skipper, was at the helm. He is charged with failing to

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keep a proper lookout and failing to maintain control.

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They looked at expert analysis of radar data and decided it was the

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yacht's responsibility to avoid a collision. At no point was the

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engine turned on. In court, it emerged that the tanker

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had just taken a piece of action to avoid this motor cruiser. The pilot

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who controlled the tanker said he had given five warning blasts on the

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ship's whistle but the Atalanta yacht went straight into its path.

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He was asked if he thought he should slow down and given how busy the

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Solent was. He said that speed was not a factor

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and that could have carried it on risks.

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A Ghurkha soldier whose wife was strangled as she walked near their

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Berkshire home says the months following her murder were tougher

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than any military training. Glen Nelson from Arborfield was today

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beginning a life sentence for the killing in June this year. He

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admitted murder and attempted rape. Thaluman Mabo said he had been

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determined to get justice for his wife Krishnamaya and their three

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children who now faced growing up without a mother.

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This winter businesses in Dorset will be able to apply for a loan,

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not just to their bank but to a local authority. In November,

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Bournemouth is to start lending money to companies who need to raise

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finance. Next year they'll be offering mortgages to home buyers

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and, if this is a success, the ambition is to open a bank for

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Bournemouth. With the latest in his special series on local banks,

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here's our business correspondent, Alastair Fee.

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We borrow books from libraries like this in their thousands. It is a

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service we expect. Now the council in Bournemouth is going to lend

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money. The council is not joking but it has

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raised a smile at this laughter workshop. After the banks turned

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them away, the local authority stepped in.

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I went to the high street banks and it was a room ought phone call

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rather than a face—to—face meeting. I only wanted to borrow £5,000 and

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was turned down. The council came to me and said we've got something you

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can apply for, a start—up grant scheme, so they saved my bacon.

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Bournemouth Council will be offering loans of up to £10,000 at mortgages

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up to £150,000 in the New Year. It could be the first step to setting

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up a new bank. I don't think we can do a better job

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but we need to support our community by moving into that space because of

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the problems we are having with people in our community not been

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able to afford things. Bournemouth once to take £15 million

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from its reserves, set up a company and start lending. We have been

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modelling different scenarios. I think we have been extremely proved

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an default rates —— prude. Councils have always invested

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taxpayers' money. The best interest rate it can get on the markets is

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0.8%. According to the forecasts, after ten years, the same investment

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would bring in an annual return of £8 million. If they get it right,

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the council's finances could have a brighter outlook. They want their

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money to work harder at supporting local services and the economy.

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We are trying to get the best return for the taxpayer. What we are not

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doing is exposing them to any greater risk than we currently do in

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any traditional management terms anyway.

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Would you put your money into that sort of bank?

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I would give them a goal. I would prefer a spent money on something

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for the kids. I am a canny Scot!

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It might sound funny in principle, but if the sums add up, it could

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catch on and the joke could be at the expense of the banks.

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A local councillor is with me now. Can we talk about the expertise. You

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are a retired chartered accountant but what about the staff? They are

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not used to working for a bank and they are dealing with public money.

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There will be rules and regulations and things will be monitored

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carefully. There shouldn't be problems at all. So there will be

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some training there. What guarantees do the council tax payers of

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Bournemouth have that their money is in safe hands?

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First of all, you will have seen on the film how the £15 million

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reserves is bringing in negligible returns and the aim is to ensure

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safety and to maximise the return. We have had to go right across the

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local government to make sure there are efficiency savings, maximum

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returns. What would council tax payers get back if you make money?

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It is a coastal activity Park now and has had a grant from the

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government. They can trust us. Don't forget that any money that is lent

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will have proper security. Thank you for coming in and explaining more

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from us —— explaining more to us. If you want to let us know your

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thoughts on community banking or see any of Alastair's special reports

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again then they are all on our Facebook page. And you can always

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email us at [email protected]. A 29—year—old man arrested after a

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4x4 was driven into three planes parked on a Berkshire airstrip has

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been released on police bail. The man had been detained by police

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after the incident at the airstrip at Englefield near Reading which

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caused an estimated six to seven hundred thousand pounds' worth of

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damage. Still to come in this evening's South Today: In the pink —

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the all—female sailing team gearing up for a round—the—world challenge.

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A long running, bitter row with a constituent has led to an MP

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attacking the way police have treated him. In a strongly worded

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speech in the House of Commons, Tim Loughton, the MP for East Worthing

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and Shoreham, accused Sussex Police of breaching its own guidelines

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after it issued him with a harassment warning. The force is

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robustly defending itself, saying it's treated the MP correctly. James

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Ingham reports. What started as a row between an MP

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and a constituent has become a much wider debate about the right of MPs

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to carry out their work without interference from outside

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Parliament. Tim Loughton told the Commons that despite suffering

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ongoing vile abuse from a member of the public it was his written reply

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that was treated by police as harassment. He received what's known

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as a police information notice, essentially a warning that his

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response to the man may be investigated as criminal offence. It

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was sanctioned by the head of the force who Mr Loughton said had

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failed in his duties. The Chief Constable, who has been

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copied into all these events, has been content to waste taxpayers'

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resources on this nonsense. His force has been brought into

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disrepute and he has lost the plot when it comes to distinguishing

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between the victim and perpetrator. I know I own local officers, who

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I've eat highly, are embarrassed by this action.

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Sussex Police has robustly defended its actions. It said it attempted to

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mediate between the politician and his constituent but to no avail.

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Mr Loughton said the police action interfered with parliamentary

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privilege, which gives politicians certain legal immunities. It's

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denied this. But as the war of words between the MP, constituent and the

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police continues, Parliament's Standards and Privileges Committee

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will investigate whether any wrong was done.

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Ford Open Prison in West Sussex has been criticised for being too soft

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on inmates. It comes after management wrote to prisoners asking

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their views on why they might want to escape and highlighting the risks

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of drugs. The local MP says the prison needs to toughen up but

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independent inspectors say the respectful way of treating prisoners

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has improved conditions at the jail. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Alex

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Forsyth joins me now. What's sparked all of this?

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A national newspaper has reported that the management at Ford has

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written these letters to prisoners. One, said to be from the Governor,

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asking for their perceptions on why people abscond. Another, said to be

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from the Security Chief about drugs, saying, we would like to take this

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opportunity to alert offenders as to the obvious risks both to those

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using and those who may be in vicinity whilst others are under the

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influence. The Ministry of Justice hasn't disputed the fact these

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letters were sent and the local MP says management should be taking a

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tougher approach. That message in the letter needs to

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be crystal clear. If you use drugs or alcohol, you lose your status as

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a free prisoners. That is what they would expect from the governors.

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What has the prison service said? The Ministry of Justice told us they

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take the illicit use of drugs in prisons very seriously and offenders

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are made aware that anyone caught with them will face punishment —

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that applies to Ford. Almost three years ago there were riots at Ford

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Open Prison. Part of the reason for those riots was said to bad

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relationships between prisoners and staff. Much work has been done on

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this and last year an inspection found things were vastly improved.

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It found the number of people absconding is down, year on year. It

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praised authorities for listening to prisoners' views and treating them

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with respect. It is said that it is that very attitude which has

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impacted the prison. The offenders are coming towards the

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end of their sentence so they have to be given a certain degree of

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freedom and they are always treated with a great deal of respect and

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fairness. Ford was labelled a safe and decent

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place in its last inspection so while some might want a harder line,

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others say the management's attitude is working.

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Hampshire Police are warning of the dangers of distraction driving after

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catching nearly 200 drivers breaking the law in just five days. They've

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released footage of a lorry driver brushing his teeth, people behind

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the wheel on the phone and even one commuter applying her make—up, to

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show some of the dangerous behaviour they're focusing their attentions

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on. Duncan Kennedy reports. 60 miles an hour, a busy motorway

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and this. Yes, he's brushing his teeth. Then there's this. Driving on

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the outside lane, putting on her make up.

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There's no end to what motorists get up to from reading and writing all

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while driving. It was all captured by Hampshire and Thames Valley

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Police to highlight the dangers of distracted driving. Many were caught

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falling or texting and trying to hide it. The police prosecuted

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hundreds of motorists in one week and 126 of those were using mobile

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devices. This driver not only has a mobile phone in one hand, but a

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cigarette in the other and here's driving using his knees. People

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smile at these things because they think, how can you be so silly?

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We should these to other motorists. That is crazy. That's incredible. I

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just can't believe somebody would do that while they are driving.

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This woman is putting on her make up. Is yet all the time. It doesn't

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surprise me. But it is not just the police doing the doing —— videoing.

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This man was later suspended by his company. A new survey today found

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that 59% of drivers admit putting others at risk. While it's texting,

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reading or brushing, it is driving police to distraction.

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Cleaning your teeth while you're driving? It's extraordinary. I can't

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believe it. We are going to start the sport with a bit of ceiling. ——

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sailing. This week marks a year to go until

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the start of one of sailing's iconic events — the Volvo Ocean Race. And

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for the first time since 2001, the round—the—world challenge will

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feature an all—female crew. Sam Davies from Hampshire leads that

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11—strong team, who will spend the next year living and training in

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Lanzarote. Tony Husband went to see their final preparations before they

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left British shores today. We have to learn how to work

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together as a team and get every last bit of speeds out of her. That

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is going to be the key to winning. The race, formerly known as the

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Whitbread, first started in 1983. This is the first all women crew for

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many years. It brings back memories of Tracy Edwards and her crew in the

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1980s. They were my heroes. They made some of us think it is possible

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to do this. The next few months are crucial.

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I have no idea what we're going to see it there. I've seen some of the

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footage of massive seas and I am hoping that my team will help me.

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The team are aboard their 65 foot yacht. They will have fun but the

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challenge is to be ready for stage one in Alicante next October.

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Beautiful skies as they sailed out. Another Wembley dream is still in

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the offing for Portsmouth, as they progressed in the Johnstone's Paint

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Trophy. But Oxford United were left to rue their stuttering home form

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once more. Oxford had the best of the first hour at the Kassam

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Stadium, before substitute Patrick Agyemang's excellent strike put

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Pompey in front. Loan signing John Marquis then made the game safe with

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seven minutes remaining. James Constable did pull a consolation

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back late on for Oxford but their home form continues to be their

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Achilles heel. Southampton Football Club have

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received council approval to extend their training facilities. The club

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have already been renovating their existing site at Marchwood but

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Saints will now add a further six new pitches, as well as a dome and

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extra parking provision. The new facility will predominantly be used

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by Saints' youth and academy sections.

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AFC Bournemouth have announced the death of their former long—serving

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defender Laurie Cunningham. Laurie made 273 league appearances for the

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Cherries in the 1940s and '50s and was an ever—present for four seasons

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in that time. He passed away at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital, aged 91.

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And an athlete from West Sussex has been handed a potential route to the

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Winter Olympics in Sochi next year. Kelly Denyer from Worthing has been

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named as a brakewoman in the GB Bobsleigh squad for the forthcoming

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World Cup series. The 23—year—old will be looking to book one of the

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qualification places for the Winter Olympics, which get underway in

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February. There was no place though for Weymouth's Serita Shone, who has

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battled back from fracturing her spine in 2011.

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Now, if you're a fan of Downton Abbey, this one's for you. Dozens of

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items have been discovered on a country estate in West Sussex.

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The items from Parham House near Pulborough give a fascinating

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insight into life there in the 1920s and '30s.

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They go on display to the public this weekend but David Allard has

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been given an exclusive preview. For nearly 400 years, Parham House

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has been a witness to history. From a rumoured visit by Queen Elizabeth

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I. To the wartime evacuees who found a home here. So you're never quite

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sure what you'll find at the back of an old stable.

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This is from the estate Fire Brigade. As an estate worker, like

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myself as a gardener, we would have been required to be the first

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responders to any fire. You can't help but get wrapped up in the

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stories. These items date back to the 1920s

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and '30s, when the estate was owned by Clive and Alicia Pearson. Their

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great grand—daughter now lives here. My great grandparents never threw

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anything away. Indeed, we keep finding things. It is great. One of

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the most exciting things is this little bag which we found a couple

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of weeks ago. Letters would come from London and this bag and the

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station officer would probably chuck it out of the train to the Butler.

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We do have a number of toys including this picture of my mum

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pushing a toy elephant. It's pure Downton Abbey stuff but is

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there still that class divide between upstairs and downstairs?

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Not such a hierarchy. We all McCain now. Everybody does what needs to be

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done. —— we all muck in. I love it. It is terribly moving. All the

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artefacts go on display to the public this Sunday.

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Worth a look, certainly. Once the weather. It is getting chilly.

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Martin Offer captured this deer rut in Petworth Park in West Sussex.

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Synchronised swimming in Gosport. This photo was taken by Maureen

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Coles. And Judi Lion captured this scene at

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Woolbeding Common near Midhurst. Today was noticeably colder than

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yesterday and tomorrow it will be colder still. We may have a few

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showers before that but they will disappear and the skies will clear.

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And others clearing skies, temperatures will fall into low

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single figures. A lovely start to the day for most of us tomorrow

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morning. Low skies overhead. During the afternoon, time will start to

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increase for eastern areas. There will be the chance of one or two

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showers. The breeze will be noticeable. Quite strong from the

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North, taking the edge of temperatures. It will rise to 13

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Celsius in places. There is the odd chance of a shower. During the early

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hours of Friday morning, there will be scattered and patchy rain. A mild

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night tomorrow night. Tomorrow, we will see a change. The wind will

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come from the North then rain is expected to push in from the

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south—east. The wet start to the day on Friday. A lovely start tomorrow.

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West is best tomorrow. Freddie will C rain later in the day. And more

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rain at the weekend. Tomorrow night, remember those

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rhinos that we had in Southampton? They go up for auction and we will

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be taking a look at that. Thanks for watching. Good night.

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