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forces and protestors. That is all from BBC News. It is goodbye from

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me. Hello, welcome to South Today. I did

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not believe her. The boss of the Royal Military Police has denied

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allegations in a coroner's court. What can be done to protect

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coastline from storm damage? It is a good few years as I was last here. I

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am surprised by the growth here. The community taking a flooded residents

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to lunch after being trapped in her house for most of the month. It

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cannot go on for ever, can it? A century on, we look back to the

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vital role played during World War I. A platoon commander in the Royal

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Military Police has denied bullying a corporal who was found hanged in

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barracks in Bulford in Wiltshire. Anne Marie Ellement died in October

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2011 two years after she'd accused two fellow soldiers of raping her.

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Today final witnesses appeared at the second inquest into her death.

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James Ingham reports from Salisbury Coroner's Court. Throughout this

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inquest, witnesses have said Corporal Anne Marie Ellement felt

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bullied by colleagues following her allegation that she'd been raped on

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a base in Germany. That included claims that her immediate boss had

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openly criticised her. Staff Sergeant Julian Clarke said he

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regretted every single day writing a Facebook status updates that might

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have hurt Annemarie. It was put to him that he incited a horrendous

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debate with insulting behaviour. He refuted this, saying that in 23

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years of service with the Army, he had never been accused of bullying.

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In an emotional exchange, Anne Marie Ellement's mother said, why did you

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single out my daughter? I did not, I liked her and respected her, he

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said. Anne Marie's family maintain that the Army let her down ` failing

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to properly investigate her rape allegation. They say she was

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overworked, under stress and had no one to turn to. It is unusual to

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have a second inquest. It was ordered by the High Court. This was

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after Anne Marie Ellement's sisters sought a judicial review. After

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three weeks of evidence, the coroner here will give his decision on

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Monday. Investigators from a police watchdog are in Berkshire tonight in

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an attempt to find more witnesses to a crash in which two cyclists were

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killed. The Independent Police Complaints Commission has not

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commented on reports that officers from Thames Valley Police may have

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been pursuing the car which hit the cyclists a week ago. Nikki Mitchell

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is in our studio in Reading for us. What do we know so far? This

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accident happened last Thursday around nine o'clock in the evening

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on the A329 at Purley`on`Thames. The two cyclists were 39`year`old Kris

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Jarvis and John Moorland who was 30. They'd been out on a training ride

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together when they were hit by a black BMW convertible. They both

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died at the scene. What the IPCC has said today is that officers from the

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Thames Valley force were in a marked police 4x4 in Pangbourne just before

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the accident, when they noticed the black BMW which was connected to an

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earlier incident. Thames Valley Police said previously they'd been

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responding to a domestic situation in which there were worries about

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someone's safety. Now the IPCC have told us its job is to investigate

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how the police officers responded during the two minutes between

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spotting the BMW and the fatal collision. And it'll consider what

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effect ` if any ` the actions of the police had on the events and crash

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which followed. What exactly will the watchdog investigators hope to

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achieve tonight? The watchdog's investigators are trying to find

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more witnesses in Pangbourne and Purley. So, exactly a week after the

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crash, they'll be knocking on doors, talking to local people and asking

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any passersbys if they saw anything. Did anyone see the accident itself?

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The black BMW car? Or the police four x four which was in the area at

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the time? Did anyone hear any sirens perhaps? A 31`year`old man, from

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Purley`on`Thames, has been charged with causing death by dangerous

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driving in connection with the crash ` and three other motoring offences.

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Thank you. Train passenger numbers have reached record levels. The

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fastest growth has been recorded on commuter services into London.

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Research by the Rail Regulator also shows that income from fares is

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growing faster than passenger numbers. Revenue rose by seven per

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cent last autumn compared with the previous year, with London and south

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east operators collecting more than a billion pounds in the three`month

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period. Eric Pickles, the man once dubbed the "seaside minister", was

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in the South Today to see homes threatened by flooding from the sea.

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A large shingle bank has grown on the seafront at Pagham near Bognor

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altering the currents and eroding the beach. Residents want more done

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to sort out the problem. Today Mr Pickles, the Local Government

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Secretary, said he wanted an urgent examination of all the possible

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solutions. Sean Killick reports. Eric Pickles seeing for himself the

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problems. He has visited here before as of the watcher and was shocked at

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how it has changed full it is a good few years since I was last here. ``

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bird`watcher. The shingle has grown half a mile in ten years. All the

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water flowing into the harbour runs in a channel parallel to the beach.

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The district council has built a wall to protect the homes but admits

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it is not a long`term solution. Today on the seafront, Eric Pickles

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was sandwiched between the parish council chairman and the local MP.

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We are getting people on the phone to me, they are crying, they are

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upset stop I do not have the control to do this. Many residents were

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advocating to cut a channel through the shingle. That is probably the

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answer that it is expensive and needs permission from Natural

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England. The view now is that this solution is not working and we need

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to find an alternative, that is why you are here. Mr pickles said he

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would need assurances that cutting through here would not cause

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flooding elsewhere. I do not think there was a straightforward answer

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to this. Whatever is done will involve a degree of risk. The last

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thing we want to do is cause problems for other people. The next

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spring tide is due in just a fortnight's time and as one of the

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residents said to me today, Time and tide waits for no man. Recent

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flooding has made it harder for staff at cemeteries and churches in

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Berkshire to hold burials. St Michael's Church in Tilehurst is

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among a number which have had to postpone funerals because their

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grave yards are so water logged. One funeral director in Reading told the

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BBC it's had to advise some families not to stand too close to open

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graves in case the sides cave in. For many people in flooded areas

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getting out and about has become extremely difficult. And for some

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it's meant not being able to leave their homes at all. In the village

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of Hambledon, flooding has meant many older residents have been

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advised to stay indoors. Frankie Peck went to meet a lady who has

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been virtually house bound since the floods began. I have been out twice

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in four weeks. Normally, Eve Foster enjoyed an active social life. A

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painting club in the village hall and family close by keep her busy.

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She finds it hard to get around because she has severe arthritis. I

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have a three wheeled being that I have not been able to get out of the

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house `` but I have not been able to get out of the house for however

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long this has been going on. The sun was shining today and with a bit of

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help she was able to escape the house. This is where she came, the

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local church for lunch. She was guest of honour. Lots of neighbours

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have been popping in and visited her. She always comes and it is

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important to how to share time with other people outside of her own

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living room. It is a regular event here. They are usually fund raising

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for charity but today it is about the villagers themselves. There is

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cabin fever and it is dreadful if you are old or disabled. It is a

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great opportunity to get out and enjoy yourselves. It was great to

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see lots of friends, it was lovely. It was time to relax. Outside the

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noise of the pumps continued. The severe ground water flooding cannot

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drain away quick enough. It is flowing at seven miles per hour and

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can not view off your feet. We have had a lot of people falling over.

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There are also holes on the road and you can fall down them stop it is

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difficult to stop despite the dangers, people are so used to

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dealing with the flood that it is part of everyday life. Eve is

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optimistic. I think the worst is over, probably. Thank you. The

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Solent ferry operator Wightlink has agreed a five year pay deal which

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guarantees above`inflation increases for all staff. The deal with the RMT

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and Nautilus unions, means workers will get slightly more than

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inflation every year until 2019. There'll be a minimum rise each year

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of around five hundred pounds to benefit lower`paid employees.

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Wightlink employs 400 permanent staff, which rises to 600 during the

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summer. Still to come: Taking to the ice... Well, nearly. I will leave it

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to the experts down there. Another day of celebrations for Team GB in

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Sochi. We are staying on the ice as Alexis tries her hand at speed

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skating. Dry me later. Lyndhurst has become home to the first

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dementia`friendly high`street in the New Forest. Businesses will display

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stickers in their windows to show that staff can cater to the needs of

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customers with dementia. There are more than 18,000 people with

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dementia living in Hampshire, with that figure predicted to rise. The

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government's awarded ?600,000 to West Sussex councils towards

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developing a transit site for travellers. We are trying to

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encourage people with dementia to live in the community for longer and

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use the services. If a business understands people with dementia and

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their needs, they can better service those people and welcome them into

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their businesses. The government's awarded ?600,000 to West Sussex

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councils towards developing a transit site for travellers. Transit

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sites give police the power to move on travellers who are camped

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illegally. The proposed pitches would be on land that's currently

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part of a Chichester District Council depot at Westhampnett.

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Planning permission's being sought to change the use of the land.

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Trying to breed New Forest ponies responsibly has led to such a

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reduction in numbers that they've now been classified as a rare breed.

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That's according to research conducted by The New Forest Pony

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Breeding and Cattle Society. Over the last ten years the number of

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ponies born has been reduced because fewer people want to buy them. Only

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423 foals were born last year. Five years ago more than a thousand were

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registered. Next week on South Today we begin a landmark series of films

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taking an in`depth look at how the First World War changed the lives of

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people on the home front. We'll be discovering how children kept the

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Navy's big guns firing ` looking at advances in medicine and

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investigating some of the technological breakthroughs. But

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what was life like for people here in the south on the eve of war 100

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years ago? And how well prepared were our armed forces? Tonight Steve

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Humphrey rewinds to 1914. People enjoying an evening at the pictures

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in the early summer of 1914 could have been forgiven for thinking the

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south of England was rather a good place to live. There was still a

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yawning gap between the haves and have`nots, but things were changing.

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There were steps being taken to improve the quality of life but

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inequality was still rampant in Edwardian Britain. The City of

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London is expanding, the financial sector is booming. The middle

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classes are expanding into a new financial sector. This is the era of

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the rise of the suburbs and the commuters. The big issues were

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industrial strife and votes for women. When war came, it was a big

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surprise for many. It happened very quickly and in the five`week on the

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build`up to World War I, nothing happened and then everybody started

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declaring war on each other. Much of the military strength was in the

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south of England. Portsmouth was home for the Royal Navy. The British

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army were based in Aldershot and on Salisbury Plain, the fledgling Royal

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flying Corps was getting off the ground. In military terms, the Royal

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Navy was colossal, the biggest in the world with 185 warships, more

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than Germany and France combined. It was viewed as the nation's first and

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only line of defence, and is not just of the home islands but the

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global trading network that the UK was the centre of. Britain had won

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the naval arms race with Germany and had been reinvigorated with the

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first launch of the dreadnought in 1906. Royal Navy was very strong and

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a massive deterrent to it enemies. Britain could certainly rule the

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waves in 1914, but on dry land it was a different story. In the

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British Army, horses were still a crucial form of transport. The very

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best troops were based here in the South. The major concentration was

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in the south of England, around Aldershot. The two top divisions

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were based in Aldershot and they were better trained than others. The

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British Army was small in 1914, compared to the two million`plus

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soldiers that Germany could mobilise. Britain had 250,000

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regulars and a considerable number of those were dotted around the

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Empire. There was a territorial Force, 260,000. A similar number of

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reservists as well, many of whom were only semi`train at best. When

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war was declared, the army marched into action. They were sharpening

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swords and marching from the south of England to Southampton, and then

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down to France stop there was one wing of the army that almost did not

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take off in time, the flying Corps. The British were quite slow to see

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the potential, certainly at official levels, and at one point they

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decreed that they were not going to invest in any more money for

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military planes because they considered them to be an expensive

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fad. Bertrand Dixon changed the course of history. He was a flying

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pioneer. As he flew over military manoeuvres on Salisbury Plain in

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1910, he drew this map to prove his point. There was some opposition to

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this because it was bought that the aircraft was scared of horses. They

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fed information back to troops on the ground and gave vital

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information about what was going on with enemy forces. The Royal flying

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Corps said up a number of airfields on Salisbury Plain and when the war

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started it had 180 aircraft. Drawing the war, the South of England played

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a key role, training troops and getting supplies to the front line.

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There was a constant reminder of the horrors of war, with a steadily

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rising death toll and a stream of injured men coming back through the

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ports. Cities, towns and villages were left to count the cost.

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Steve Humphrey with that look back at life in the south a hundred years

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ago. There's lots more about World War One at the BBC's special website

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` you'll find films, articles and links to all the BBC's coverage of

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the anniversary of the war. And all next week on South Today, we have a

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series of special features looking at some of the effects of World War

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One on life at home, and some of those people who had a profound

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influence on the war. We are doing well in the curling in Saatchi. The

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British women have taken bronze and tomorrow, the men compete in the

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final, so what better place to have sports tonight than on the ice at

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Basingstoke. I say on the ice, but I was expecting you in skates and in

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lycra! I thought I would save my ankles. I have had a few injuries in

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my time. One of the reasons I am not on the ice is because of these

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girls, Ice Sensation, a synchronised Skating team. This is one of their

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training routines tonight. They are hard at work here in Basingstoke and

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doing well. Ice Sensation provide the backdrop for us tonight.

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Portland based Olympic sailor Luke Patience has confirmed Elliot Willis

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will be his new crew in a bid to become Britain's first 470 gold

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medal winners at the Rio 2016 Games. It follows Joe Glanfield's decision

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to call time on his Olympic career last week. Patience and Willis will

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head to Majorca next week for training ahead of their first event,

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which will be the ISAF Sailing World Cup event in Palma from 31 March`5

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April. Reading boss Nigel Adkins admits the play offs will be his

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side's best chance of promotion but he's not ruled out a late run for

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automatic promotion. Adkins sat down with South Today for an interview

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which we'll show you more of tomorrow night. He's said events off

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the field at the Madesjski stadium, the club is up for sale, won't

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overshadow his side's promotion push. I know the owner feels a lot

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about the frog or club. They have been getting on with dealing with

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this situation to keep the stability and future of the football club

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right. We are not looking at that, we are focusing a lot on the team

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and getting things together, and we have done that. If you've been

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inspired by the four medals Team GB has won at Sochi you might want to

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have a go at an Olympic sport yourself here in the south. Last

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week, Alexis tried Slopestyle skiing this week she heads to Gosport to

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learn the art of speed skating. I will get the hang of it eventually!

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Claire is a speed skating coat. `` coach. Try not to let the shoulders

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go from side to side, then the knees. I am nervous, although I have

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reprinted the ice rink at Christmas. This is new territory. ``

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frequented. In my day we did 30 mph but these days it is 40 mph. There

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are normally for five people on the track at once stop we go altogether

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and it is the first man over the line that winds the race. A little

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bit faster, we are using one hand which is normally the right hand.

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For sprinting, we use both hands. The ice rink is offering speed

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skating sessions in February. I have made do with figure skating skates

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but they could make me fall flat on my face. Speed skating is a fickle

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sport. One small mishap and everyone's dreams were shattered at

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the Winter Olympics in 2002 in Salt Lake City. Apart from Australian

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Stephen Bradley who could not believe his luck. Once I became more

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comfortable, I had to learn the editor quit of the start. ``

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etiquette. Step forward once. Ready. Step forward, ready to sprint off?

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You will hear a gun. Down the straight as fast as you can. A short

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race, 500 metres. You own the track. Ready... Go! False start! Go! I

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thought I was going fast until I saw Claire having a go for herself. This

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is a sport which seems effortless but you need a huge amount of

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courage, strength and a lot of fitness. Alexis having a go and

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here's an example of how the Winter Olympics has caught on, particularly

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curling. The players at Southampton have had a go too, this is the

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Saints dressing room and here's jack Cork playing the human stone, with

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Jay Rodriguez doing the sweeping. They are watching the BBC coverage

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and we should say, do not do that at home! Thank you. I have to say, that

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speed skating is so elegant. It is so hard! My legs X Mac wrote you did

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really well. You did better than I could. We do have some lovely

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weather picked is. `` pictures. Ray Bowler took this photo of the

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flooding in the Harnham Water Meadows in Salisbury. Martin Offer

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captured his dog Billy on Trundle Hill overlooking Singleton in West

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Sussex. There will be some rain at times but there will be increasing

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winds as well. We will have a bright start on Saturday and the winds will

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turn brisk on Saturday night and into Sunday. It will turn wet from

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the West. Not to significant until Sunday night. Clear skies in places

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overnight and the odd shower still possible. Even the odd rumble of

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thunder. Clearing skies will allow temperatures to fall away rapidly

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and we are looking at and bridges down to resell is in some spots. In

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the countryside, down to freezing. The risk of frost first thing

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tomorrow morning, and a few showers drifting in from the Bristol

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Channel. The winds will increase in speed and we may have gusts of 40 to

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50 mph, and the cloud will increase with it. Scattered and heavy showers

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and possibly some heavy hail. Today's temperatures reached a high

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of 12 Celsius in Southampton. Through the course of tomorrow

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night, the showers will disappear and skies were clear. We may have

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some showers clipping the south coast and if they drift in the land

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we may have some thunderstorms. On Saturday morning, temperatures will

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fall to five Celsius. The risk of frost on Saturday morning. It starts

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off on a quiet note before we see increasing cloud. It should stay dry

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until after dark but the winds, you can see the squeeze on the isobars.

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`` quiet night. Just along the south coast of 65 mph. We have inland

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gusts of 40 to 50 mph. We are looking at showers and perhaps

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thunder and hail mixed in on Saturday. Sunday, later in the day

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there will be rain. That is it from us, more news tonight at 8:30pm and

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then at 10:25pm. We are back tomorrow at Dick 's 30 PM. From us

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all, good night. Good night. `` six 30 PM.

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