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

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The son of a woman who died at the Orchid View Care Home calls for a

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public inquiry into the neglect and abuse there. We have got a company

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that viewed the residents as a cash machine.

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Welcome to winter ` lightning, torrential rain and flooding sweeps

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across the South. His hands saved the lives of

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thousands ` memorial tributes to a pioneering children's heart surgeon.

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He supported you reading a normal life.

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And top of the poppies ` the girls aiming for number one as they raise

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money for the poppy appeal. The son of a woman who died at the

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Orchid View Care home in West Sussex has called for a public inquiry into

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what went on there. A coroner ruled last week that institutionalised

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abuse and neglect contributed to the death of Margaret Tucker, and four

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other elderly people. It's also emerged that two managers criticised

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at the inquest, and subsequently taken on by the home's new owners,

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Care UK, have now left their positions. This report from Rebecca

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Williams. They viewed the residents as a cash machine. Her son said she

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received a number of unexplained bruises. I went to the funeral home

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and promised I would get answers. Part of me wanted to halt the

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funeral and call the police. What do you do? On Friday a coroner ruled

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that Margaret was one of five residents who died as a result of

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the key date received. `` the care. Southern Cross does not provide the

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care. Is the review going far enough? It is a step in the right

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direction. Orchid View closed in 2011. We intend to run a root and

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branch review. We will look at what has happened in this case. The

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building has now reopened with a different name by a new company.

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Russell says he is satisfied with the verdict but he has and answered

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questions. So how did you sleep last night? The

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South was treated ` if that's the word ` to a dramatic lightning

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storm. It made for spectacular pictures as it moved across

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Hampshire and Sussex, and these are some of your memorable images. With

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the lightning, came torrential rain and high winds. It caused flash

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floods, uprooted trees, and forced the abandonment of a league football

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match. And though there were no reports of injuries, the lightning

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left at least one home badly damaged. Steve Humphrey reports.

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Flashes of lightning lit up the sky repeatedly ` as storm clouds rolled

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across the region. It was spectacular ` and the thunder and

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lightning was accompanied by strong winds and heavy rain. One bolt from

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the sky struck the Hampshire home of a retired engineer ` who was once

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involved in building satellites that were sent into space. 72`year`old

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Allan Burgess was in the jacuzzi at the local gym when he was told his

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house at Shirrell Heath near Shedfield was on fire. I don't know

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what the chances of getting hit by lightning are. One in a million the

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fact it did this a night of damage is an eye opener.

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10,000 jazz records and much personal memorabilia has been

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destroyed. Photograph Amble `` photograph albums. I have lost all

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those memories. Dozens of memorable images of the storm were captured by

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South Today viewers. Many reckoned it was the biggest and longest

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lasting electrical storm for many years. The heavy rain caused

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flooding in the centre of Winchester. And there was deep water

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on the roads and on an industrial park in Chichester.

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Amongst the most intense downpours was this one in Portsmouth. At

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Fratton Park, the match between Portsmouth and Wycombe was

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eventually abandoned. The tunnel leading to the dressing rooms filled

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with water. You could see the thunder and lightening gathering

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above the ground. The heavens just opened. Today as Fratton Park

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started drying out, people here started wondering what the weather

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holds in store for the thousands who'll compete in the Great South

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Run ` which takes place in the city on Sunday.

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More on the weather with Alexis later in the programme ` more of

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your pictures too. And just to say that Inside Out will be looking at

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the region's wild weather next Monday.

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Police in Hampshire say they are increasingly concerned for the

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welfare of a girl who went missing from her home in Ringwood at the

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weekend. But their investigation is more complicated than a conventional

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missing person search ` the girl concerned is a Vietnamese teenager

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who was illegally trafficked into the UK. Laura Trant reports.

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She escaped the poverty of her home for the promise of Europe. She was

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working in Southampton before being put in the care of social services.

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She had been staying with foster parents but went missing on Saturday

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morning. She may be looking for refuge. What are your biggest fears?

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She may fall into the hands of somebody who will treat her badly. A

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charity says 550 children were trafficked in and out of the UK last

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year. Of those more than 100 came from Vietnam. Some are flown into

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the UK but most come in lorries from Russia and the cheque Republic. ``

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Czech Republic. It is not known how long this person

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was in the UK but police say she does not speak much English and does

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not have any money. Police are appealing for anybody with

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information to contact them. Plans to bring in a private firm to

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clean The Royal Surrey County Hospital could face a legal

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challenge after managers failed to put the contract out to tender. The

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?12 million deal with firm, Medirest, will see 200 staff

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including porters and receptionists as well as cleaners, transferred out

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of the public sector. They may not be doctors or nurses

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that the staff here on reception at the public face of the NHS. In

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future, if the hospital gets its way, they will no longer be employed

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by the NHS, but transferred to a private contractor. They joined the

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NHS to serve the public. They do not want to work for a private,

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profit`making company. Our experience of privatisation is that

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it leads to lower morale and good services. One of the key things you

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lose is control. Porters, receptionists, and cleaners, well be

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outsourced. The hospital denies it is breaking the rules. Everyone is

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affected by change. We had some changes last year. We looked at the

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options. It is not just a case of picking on the porters at the

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cleaners. In any case we are going to protect their terms and

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conditions. The hospital says the savings will amount to 400,000

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pounds per year, money that will be desperately needed as it tries to

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recruit more nurses and improve its intensive care units.

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But the worry is that cutting corners in some areas could in the

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long`term cost the hospital and patients dear.

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The skipper of a yacht which collided with an oil tanker in the

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Solent during Cowes week 2011 has told a court he didn't take

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unnecessary risks in the run up to the incident. Roland Wilson denies

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contravening maritime regulations. He said his yacht was on a safe

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course, but before the collision the tanker made an unexpected manoeuvre.

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The prosecution claim Mr Wilson cut it too fine. His defence team said

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the tanker was travelling too fast. They said it was an accident in

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which no`one was seriously hurt, and a prosecution was not proportionate.

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Still to come in this evening's South Today: A miracle recovery for

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the former Saints footballer who was fighting for his life just weeks

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ago. I was very close to dying. There were decisions that had to be

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made which I cannot comprehend. Former patients, distinguished

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surgeons from across the world and hospital staff gathered at Romsey

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Abbey today to pay tribute to a true unsung hero. Outside the medical

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profession, James Monro was little known. Yet his skills as a heart

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surgeon saved the lives of thousands, including many children.

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He was one of the key figures behind the world`renowned children's heart

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unit at Southampton General Hospital. Briony Leyland reports.

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The crowds were not for a celebrity. " EU 's James Monro built

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a pioneering reputation. `` N 30 years James Monro.

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He did not just treat the problem or the issue. He supported you in

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leading a completely normal life. He helped me get into university. He

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also came to my wedding they see me and was extremely supportive to my

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family. People will not appreciate now that children's heart surgery

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was in its infancy when James Monro started. To get all children through

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these complex operations and for them to live was a remarkable

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achievement. The service heard how he was totally dedicated to his

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job. You was also a devoted father to his children.

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He was an amazing technician. He was an important man. Everybody loved

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him. We were fortunate to have him. James Monro died of prostate cancer

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in August. He had retired in 2004 able to look back on a career that

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had saved and changed thousands of lives. I asked him did he miss it.

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He said he did not. He puts down his scalpel on his 65th birthday. He

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felt he had done enough. Portsmouth's game never made it to

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the second half thanks to the extraordinary storm at Fratton Park.

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This was the scene pre match as the game kicked off in dry conditions.

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By the time Wycombe took the lead the rain was falling, and already

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the pitch was very wet. Billy Knott with the goal and the slide.

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Portsmouth equalised right on half time, Patrick Agyemang pouncing from

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close range. With the conditions worsening the referee Lee Collins

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consulted both managers, but play continued for another few minutes.

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But it was apparent from these pictures just before the whistle for

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half time went that the conditions were unplayable. Just after the

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players went off for half time more lightning was seen in the sky, and

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then Fratton Park was subjected to sweeping wind and rain as the match

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was officially postponed. England's cricketers fly out later

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for this winter's tour of Australia and the Ashes series. Hampshire

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batsman Michael Carberry will be among the party. Another fine season

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with the bat has earned the opener his place. Also on the plane former

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Hampshire team mates Chris Tremlett, now with Surrey, and Kevin

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Pietersen. Now to the remarkable story of the

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former Southampton academy player who grew up playing alongside the

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likes of Gareth Bale and Theo Walcott but whose recovery from a

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life threatening illness is being described as a miracle by doctors.

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In August, Kyle Critchell who was playing for Weymouth Football Club,

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was diagnosed with a condition known as Severe Sepsis. Months of

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rehabilitation lie ahead, but Kyle is on the road to recovery and he's

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given his first interviews to the BBC's Laurence Herdman.

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In 2005 precautions can sign up to the youth team. But eight years

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later he faced his darkest hour. I went to a training game. I had a

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sore back. The pain was terrible. We called the paramedics. They gave me

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a lot of pain relief. Sepsis is accounts for 37,000 deaths in the UK

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every year. Very quickly he became dangerously

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ill. I asked my partner and brother a few questions regarding am I

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dying? Doctors prepared his family for the worst. He was in hiding

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tendency unit. It was a case of whether he should go into life

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support. They tried three different believing machines. `` believing.

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They were not expecting me to make a full recovery. It has to be a minor

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miracle. I am so happy to see I have come through it and hopefully I can

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live my life normally. Football means everything to Kyle but whether

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he resumes at playing spell remains to be seen. Now the focus is to get

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well and raise awareness of sepsis. It is our wonderful story. As a

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teenager he kept an appeal out of the academy team. `` Gareth Bale.

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Two Hampshire schoolgirls have been chosen to perform on the British

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Legion's first ever charity single ` and it means they'll be singing in

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front of the Queen at the Festival of Remembrance in November. Alice

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Milburn from Southsea, and Florence Ransom from Petersfield competed

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against 1,000 other young hopefuls to become part of a five`strong girl

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band. Their single will go on general sale on November the 10th,

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but let's hear some of it for the first time.

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They sing in the hope we will remember them. It reminds you of

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them. You are singing for them. Florence is the daughter of navy

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officer from Petersfield. But she's also part of a five girl band, has a

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record deal and will sing in front of royalty at the Festival of

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Remembrance. I do say to myself, I am ten years old and I am recording

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an album and I am going to sing in front of the Queen. Not many people

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get to do that. She'll also be joined by 13`year`old

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Alice from Southsea. Like Florence, she was chosen after an X

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Factor`style talent`spotting competition by the Royal British

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Legion. Every word the girls sing is

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personal, because only children whose parents or siblings are in the

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Armed Forces could enter the competition. Military children are

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part of the military culture. They do not ask to be. They support

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people who have served four hours. `` people who have served for all of

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us. And on the day Alice and Florence

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stand up to sing in front of the Queen, millions of people will be

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supporting, watching and remembering.

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The single is called The Call (No Need To Say Goodbye). You can hear

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it on the one show immediately after this.

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Here is the weather. Not uncommon to have a thunderstorm

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at this time of year. It was an active band of

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thunderstorms. It was similar to the storm we had on Saturday and Sunday.

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Is there more of this to come? On Sunday night we could have more

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storms. Fork lightning captured by Will

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Evans from Mudeford Quay in Dorset. This shot of the lightning over Ryde

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on the Isle of Wight was taken by Steve Wright. And Charlotte Sloman

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who is aged 14 took this photo as the sky lit up in Hedge End.

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One or two showers. Most places stayed dry. The winds will stay dry

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tonight. Still the possibility that temperatures will fall away. I

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called start to the day tomorrow. Winds will increase from the

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Southeast. Most places will stay dry. Still a pleasant day. I dry

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start tomorrow night. A band of rain pushing up from the South.

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Temperatures stay miles despite the cloud and the rain. A wet start to

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the day on Friday. The front will move North and East words. Strong

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south`westerly winds. Some showers hit and miss. We will see sunny

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spells for the rest of the week. Through the course of the week it

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will stay and settled. We are expecting rain at times. Friday and

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very wet start to the day. The Southwest. Wet and windy on Sunday.

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Now, what can you do with a pumpkin? But what you might not think of

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doing is using it as a boat. But that's just what Dmitri Galitzine,

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who's an artist, did in Portsmouth today in one of the most bizarre

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world record attempts you're ever likely to see. And tomorrow, he's

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hoping a pumpkin will carry him even further ` all the way across the

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Solent in fact. Sean Killick watched his record attempt.

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This giant pumpkin is not our goal. This giant pumpkin is about. `` is a

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brought. This man wants to set a new world record.

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It is impressive. He set of two beat this three`minute target time. He

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paddled his pumpkin as if he were being chased I ghosts. He soon

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crossed the line but was less than three minutes? Two minutes .3

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seconds. It was great. Pretty tiring. I practised yesterday. We

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went on a straight line this time. I am worried about ten.

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Tomorrow he will attempt his next challenge. To cross the Solent. But

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for now he is happy to celebrate success with pumpkin soup.

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That is what we will be talking about tomorrow.

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Good luck. Let us hope he does not sink.

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Good night.

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