02/08/2014 South Today


02/08/2014

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The body of a Swindon man has been found at a recycling plant.

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Police were called to the depot in Bristol yesterday

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Today they've named the man as 34`year`old Matthew Symonds,

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who was thought to be homeless and living in Swindon.

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Police said his death was being treated as unexplained `

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but believe his body may have been transported with commercial waste

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Thousands of people gathered on Salisbury Plain today to witness

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the amalgamation of the two Royal Tank Regiments into a single unit.

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It's part of the cuts in armoured regiments brought

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about by the Coalition Government's Defence Review.

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Challenger tanks stormed onto the parade ground today. They are the

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most powerful armoured vehicles at the UK is cutting the number of

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front`line tanks and today, the two regiments became one. The soldiers

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symbolically marched into one formation and removed the red cravat

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that distinguished the individual regiments. We have always adapted as

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a regiment. We have had amalgamations in the past and we

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have always managed to overcome it. It is poignant that it is happening

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just two days before the country commemorates the start of the First

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World War, the conflict in which the regiment was created. In future, the

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regiments will be ready to go anywhere in the world at short

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notice. We are a reaction force. We are prepared for whatever the

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government and policy demands of us. As a result of the review, there

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will be three regiments with these big tanks. By 2016, all of these

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will be based here at Salisbury Plain.

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And on Monday on South Today Sally Taylor will be

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at the Bovington Tank museum in Dorset ` to bring you a special

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programme to commemorate 100 years since World War One was declared.

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There was an extraordinary sporting achievement in Poole this morning.

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Frances Wilkins joined four hundred other runners for the regular

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And though she finished almost last, what's astonishing is that she was

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Just over a year ago Francis Wilkins was rushed to Bournemouth Hospital

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and is diagnosed with an incurable autoimmune illness. We were told

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afterwards that if the diagnosis had come half an hour later I would have

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died or had brain damage. This is her first five kilometre race and

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she is raising money for our brain damage charity. All my training has

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been in hot sunshine. There are only five new cases of the illness

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diagnosed each year. It destroys healthy tissue and the illness can

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be fatal. On this day last year I went to my daughter's wedding in a

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wheelchair and I could not walk. I needed to train myself to walk. I

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taught myself that if you keep putting one foot in front of another

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then you can walk further and further. I am pleased and proud of

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myself. Magnificent achievement `

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but there was disappointment for the south's hockey and netball

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players at the Commonwealth Games The men's hockey team were beaten

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4`1 in their semi final In the netball,

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England suffered a heartbreaking loss in the final second of their

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semi`final against New Zealand. Both teams will play

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for bronze medals tomorrow. Later this evening England Women's

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hockey team take on Australia for the gold medal, that match

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coming up at quarter past eight. And Surrey athlete Emelia Gorecka is

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a medal contender in the final Let's get the weather forecast with

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Holly Green. Hello. Today brought a mixture of sunny spells and showers,

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and we have further showers tonight. They are being blown through on

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brisk winds. That reason stops the temperatures from dropping too low.

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For most of us, a bright start tomorrow and there may be one or two

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showers around but generally a sunny day with some showers, although it

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will be blustery. Temperatures: 21 or 22. Next week, sunny spells but a

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risk of further showers. Good evening. That is it from us, 20 more

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on the BBC website. We are back tomorrow at 6:50pm. Good evening.

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that you have a very good evening, goodbye.

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It has been one of those days, Sony for some and pouring with rain for

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others. Locally there has been intense downpours. Further west,

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