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Figures obtained by the BBC reveal that spending on flood defences in

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Dorset and Wiltshire fell by more than a quarter under the

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Government's austerity savings. It's an insight into the pressures on the

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Environment Agency which is still considering job cuts. There has been

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extra money to deal with the aftermath of the recent floods and

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during a ministerial visit to Hampshire today, there was no

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shortage of ideas on how to spend it. Briony Leyland reports.

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Piece has returned to water Lane in Winchester. It was on the front line

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on the battle to save the city from flooding. It was fought and won with

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a costly engineering effort. Today, a flood envoy, a minister sent from

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number ten, came and took notes. But his... Figures they hate `` obtained

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by the BBC show that the Wessex region, which includes Dorset and

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Wiltshire, ?29 million was spent. Three years later, spending was down

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to ?21 million. That is 27% lower. That does not include extra

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government cash following this winter's storms. Of course money is

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an issue. But we are spending millions of pounds on flooding

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issues, and we are spending record sums on the whole flooding agenda.

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But in Hampshire alone, it adds up to ?70 million. That money is not

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going very far. It is a very good start. One of the villages asking

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for a cut is Hambledon. It was exhausting. Hampshire county council

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has promised ?2 million towards eight flood relief scheme. As the

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flood envoy heard today, that leaves the small matter of ?1.5 million.

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People's lives were turned upside down for eight weeks, so yes,

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funding is desperately needed. Are you able to make any promises? I

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have not come to make an announcement of funding. I have come

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here to understand better the difficulties that they face. For the

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retired naval commander who coordinated the village's flood

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response, the visit was positive. We are getting nearer to getting the

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check in the post. It is not quite there, but I see chinks of serious

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light at the end of the tunnel. When the floods were at their height, the

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prime ministers said money was no object. Here, the envoy said that

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money does not close `` does not grow on trees.

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A couple who died at Christmas as they used a generator to power their

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home during storms were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning. An

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inquest heard that Ken and Dorothy Swallow from Hurstpierpoint in West

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Sussex, had used the generator inside their home without proper

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ventilation. James Ingham has been following the case and is with me

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now. James, these deaths look like being the result of a tragic

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accident. Sadly, Sally, yes. That's exactly how the coroner described

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the events that led to the couple dying after they went to bed on

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Christmas Day last year. Like tens of thousands of people across the

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south, Ken and Dorothy had lost their electricity supply ` as storms

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and floods caused widespread power cuts. The couple's daughter, wanting

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to help, had brought them a portable generator and BBQ to cook on. They

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used it during the afternoon and evening of Christmas Day, without

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any windows open. Although they turned it off before they went to

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bed, toxic fumes had built up inside the house which gradually poisoned

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the couple overnight. Their daughter found them dead in their bathroom

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and bed on Boxing Day morning. This highlights just how dangerous carbon

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monoxide can be. Yes, it's often known as the silent killer ` you

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can't smell it, can't taste it and can't see it. So people are often

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never aware that they're being overcome, especially if they're

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asleep. At the time of the floods, various fire services were warning

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people about the risk from generators which produce these toxic

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fumes ` but tragically that message was never heeded by this couple. I

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think people associate carbon monoxide more with boilers and

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failure are boilers, and perhaps there wasn't much thought given to a

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generator running indoors. Friends and family have paid tribute to the

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couple, haven't they? Yes, their niece Natalie Swallow dexcribed her

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uncle as a good friend and a brilliant listener who put others

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before himself ` a Mr Dependable who was high on life. The coroner today

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simply described this as a tragic accident. Three workmen were rushed

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to hospital this afternoon after they were struck by lightning in

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Surrey. It happened in Park Lane in Camberley at around one o'clock. The

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men were on the back of a lorry unloading scaffolding. Two of them

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were thrown from the truck ` one landing twelve feet away. He also

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suffered burns to his hands, the second worker hurt his back, while

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the third was described as walking wounded. A nationwide appeal for

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information by detectives probing a murder mystery in a picture`postcard

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West Sussex village has generated fresh leads. Murder squad officers

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hunting the killer of grandmother Valerie Graves say they received 20

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calls after the appeal on last night's Crimewatch programme. Steve

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Humphrey reports. It was a dreadful event, recreated on TV to try and

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catch a killer. Detectives believe that someone may have been watching

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her as she prepared to go to sleep. Grandmother Valerie Graves died

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after being repeatedly hit by a hammer. The 55`year`old had been

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looking after a house in West Sussex while the owners were away last

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Christmas. She was staying at the property with other members of her

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family. None of the others were aware of the attack on to the

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following day. You end up asking why. Who would hurt someone so

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lovely? I am not over the shock yet. I don't think we ever will be. She

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is going to miss her grandmother so much `` miss her grandchildren so

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much. Sussex police say there was a good response to the appeal on

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Crimewatch. We have had some interesting appeals. We will be

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following up eight calls. The hammer it used to kill her was found 800

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yards from the house where she was murdered. We need to know if anyone

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has had a hammer stolen or lost a hammer similar to that. A ?10,000

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reward is being offered for information that leads to the

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conviction of Valerie's killer. The energy company Cuadrilla has won

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planning permission to carry out further exploratory drilling for oil

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in Balcombe. Of course the West Sussex village was at the centre of

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angry protests last summer. Cuadrilla says it has no intention

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of carrying out fracking in Balcombe now or in future. West Sussex

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councillors gave the go`ahead despite pleas from campaigners at a

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noisy meeting in Horsham. Roz Upton reports.

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This was never going to be a quiet committee. Cuadrilla's application

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raised 889 objections. We already have evidence that this is already

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leaking. How can they already consider putting more pressure into

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the area around and already leaking well? It makes little sense.

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Cuadrilla's exploratory drilling just outside Balcombe brought many

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protests. The new planning permission granted today allows

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Cuadrilla to take flow testing. We do not need to hydraulically

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fracture, because it is naturally fractured. The water should flow. In

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is whether it flows at a commercially viable rate.

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Campaigners feel let down by West Sussex county council. This is a

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petition. It is 5500 people saying no. It is a nail in the coffin of

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local democracy that this was an ignored. I think it is

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disappointing, but I do not think that they speak for all of the

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people of Balcombe. By Sussex county council's approval is subject to

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conditions. They must reconsider access routes. More efforts must be

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made to protect water quality. The energy company Cuadrilla has won

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planning permission to carry A decision's due imminently on

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whether 40 new houses can be built at Arreton on the Isle of Wight. A

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meeting of Isle of Wight Council's planning committee is underway.

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They've been recommended to give the proposal conditional approval. The

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council wants more homes built in villages, such as Arreton, that have

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existing facilities. Campaigners from Dorset handed in a petition to

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ten Downing Street today, in a last ditch effort to save the Portland

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Coastguard Helicopter. 100,000 people have signed the petition,

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which calls for the government not to abolish the service in 2017.

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Currently, the plan is to have fewer bases and replace the helicopter

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with a modern one. South Dorset MP Richard Drax is concerned about the

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decision. Still to come in this evening's South Today. Happy

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Hocktide! The unusual ancient tradition that involves Tuttis and

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orange men. John Moreland and Chris Jarvis were knocked off their bikes

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in Purley on Thames in February. This man was sentenced to ten years.

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His sentence was reduced. John's fiance hopes to launch a review

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after meeting police liaison representatives. We will do the

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whole thing again. He has had a criminal life from 17. He still

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hasn't changed. We want to repeal it to a higher sentence. Ten years is

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nothing for two people. Salisbury, Portsmouth and Chichester have all

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got them and could Worthing be next? I'm talking about 20mph speed limits

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which it's claimed can cut accidents and reduce pollution. Pedestrians

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are seven times more likely to be fatally injured if hit by a car

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doing 30 compared to 20mph. A Government study found accidents

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dropped by around a fifth after Portsmouth lowered its speed limit.

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The road safety charity Brake says eight out of ten people now think 20

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should be the default speed limit around schools, residential areas

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and town centres. The issue is proving contentious in Worthing

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where an opposition group called "20 Is Pointless" has been formed. Let's

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join Sean Killick live in Worthing. I am in Pevensey Road, and at the

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moment, cars can travel through here 30 mph. If that changes, they will

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be reduced 20 mph in term `` in common with other residential

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areas. The main roads would not be affected, but it has divided

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opinion. There is a campaign on either side. First of all, why do

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you want this change? Ella macro sadly, we have the highest numbers

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of injuries to pedestrians and cyclists of anyone in West Sussex.

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Since we started the campaign, we have also found that people have

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contacted us and said that they are fed up of rat running on the

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streets. We want to make residential streets safer, quieter and more

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pleasant. This has been done across the UK. 11 million pet `` 11 million

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people live in areas like this. They try to introduce this into

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Portsmouth, and ended up with six more fatalities. When the traffic

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slows down, it can jest 's roads. It creates more pollution, and to

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signpost the whole town is going to cost ?350,000 in times of austerity.

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The local bus company is campaigning against it as well. Ella macro our

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main concern is whether our bus routes are affected by it. I will

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not be able to keep to the current timetable. That means having to

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reduce the services or running it not as far. You cannot go as far at

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20 mph as you can at 30. It will mean a poorer service to the public.

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Your bus `` your pain could been fewer buses. We do not see a reason

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why you would have to choose. We want both. We have looked at the bus

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route and compare them to the roads which are included in this campaign

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and hardly any of the bus routes are included. They just do not stack up.

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It is important that we have a bus service in Worthing. We have people

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who rely on it. If you slow traffic down, buses are going to go slower.

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You have to try and keep that to the regular timetables. Every house in

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the borough is being sent a voting slip on this, and they have two send

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them back by July 31. Now it is time for the sport. Former

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Southampton midfielder Matthew Oakley fears Mauricio Pochettino

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could decide to leave this summer if a top`six club comes calling The

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Argentinian still has a year left on his contract at St Mary's but has

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been linked with a move to Tottenham and has brushed aside talk over his

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future for now. Pochetinno's been a revelation at the club but on last

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night's Late Kick Off, Oakley admitted it would be tough for him

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to turn a club like Spurs down. He has done a fantastic job, and he is

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in demand. Southampton fans will be not looking for him to leave, but

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when a tight `` when a team like Tottenham come calling, if offered

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the job, he would take it. Aldershot Town will be playing on one of the

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best pitches in the country next season The Conference side who came

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out of administration last year will be gifted Chelsea's Stamford Bridge

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pitch for free. It'll start to be laid next month when Chelsea's

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current season ends. The Premier League giants already pay reserve

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games at the Recreation Ground. This summer will see the first staging of

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the Invictus Games. It's a Paralympic`style event in London for

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injured servicemen and women. 100 members of the team will be selected

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and today Prince Harry was in Wiltshire building his British team.

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He was visiting a Help for Heroes centre in Tidworth and our reporter

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Fiona Lamdin was there. Reunited with his fellow servicemen. Prince

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Harry knows that everyone here has a story to tell. Jamie jumped from a

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burning plane. Others here were caught in sniper attacks in Iraq, or

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lost legs to bombs in Afghanistan. A gym full of inspiring stories.

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United by their dream to take part in the Invictus games, the first for

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wounded soldiers. Over 200 wounded British personnel have applied to

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take part in the games next September. Today, Prince Harry is

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here to kick off its selection process. Training hard next door,

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despite the circular ball, this is wheelchair rugby. This is one of

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eight sports at the summer games. They all come from a physically

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active background, and through sport, what you can do is connect

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them with who they are again and express themselves physically. They

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understand more about what opportunities still exist and what

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they can do rather than what they can't do.

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chance to compete together. The Sussex batsman Luke Wells carried

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his bat today of oranges. Caroline Richardson

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explains. John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. The son of King Edward

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III. It all started soberly enough. A tradition where the town's

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commoners are called to court. Those who don't show up are rounded up by

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the tutti men. Here they are with their tutti poles. More of them

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later. They are forced to pay a penny fine. The commoners' wives pay

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with the case. That is where it starts to unravel. Good morning,

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madam. Over the centuries, there seems to be more kisses and fewer

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fines. The tutti wenches help the tutti men, and anyone could find

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themselves in an embrace. The procession is led by the orange man.

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He hands out oranges to the commoners' wives. I take them round

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to the other houses. We are giving out oranges. Why oranges? Well, this

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has been happening here. It is always happened. Rumour has it that

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every place you stop after they have a drink. They have a coffee,

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whiskey, Sherry. Oh yea, all you people. Today's Hocktide is an equal

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opportunities affair. The tutti men are women. That does not stop them

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demanding a kiss. That is Eileen's husband. We are female tutti men. We

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are called tarty ladies. We go round the houses, providing an

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orange. Anyone who is trying to escape, they can through windows.

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The tutti polls from medieval times. This was made to make life

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pleasanter for us. It is a tough job. All that drinking and bonhomie.

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This is a wine they have in Bordeaux for lunch. As they go, tankards in

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hand, it is maybe a little bit clearer how it has evolved over the

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centuries. That is an old tradition and one I

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have never heard of! Any excuse for a drink! We have had a lot of

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lightning through Hampshire and Dorset. Lots of lightning strikes in

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different places. We've had some lovely sunsets recently, here is one

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from last night taken by Andy Lions at the Lifeboat Station in Swanage.

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Geoff Linton took this photo of an iris in the rain in Sturminster

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Marshall. And Phil Little took this picture of the ominous clouds in

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Farnborough this afternoon. We are expecting a number of storms this

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evening. We will have some mist and fog patches. Very similar to last

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night. The showers will disappear and with the light winds, the chance

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of mist and fog tomorrow. Temperatures falling to seven to

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nine Celsius. Tomorrow is a decent day. One the mist and fog lifts, the

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sunshine will break through. Not wall`to`wall son. The odd stray

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shower, and temperatures will reach six he `` 16. Pleasantly warm in the

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sunshine with the light southerly winds. Tomorrow, all change. It will

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be fragmented and on and off. Temperatures down to nine to 10

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Celsius. Yet again, eight Frost free night with mild temperatures. A wet

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start for some on Sunday. `` Thursday. A weather front sinks its

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way in. There will be rain at times on and off throughout the day. The

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good news is, I pressure starts to build into Friday and into the bank

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holiday weekend. As we look forward to the rest of the week, sunny

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spells for the bank holiday weekend. It will be mainly dry, the odd

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shower expected. Overnight frost. Gardeners beware! As we look ahead

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to the rest of the week into the bank holiday weekend, it is going to

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be a decent day. The odd stray shower with light winds. Rain and

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off on Thursday. Quite an damp day, and a rumble of thunder. Thursday

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and Friday starting to dry out. Friday and Saturday drying out,

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turning a lot drier. We will be back here at half past six. In tomorrow

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nights ` how an initiative to teach archery to blind and visually

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impaired people in Bournemouth is hitting its mark. Thanks for

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watching. Goodbye.

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