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Welcome to the first BBC Ch`nnel Islands of the new week.

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A man dies in an industrial accident in Jdrsey.

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Details are still coming in. We'll bring you the latest.

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Plus, open justice ` a first look at where victims of abuse whll give

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evidence in what promises to be a thorough and independent hnquiry.

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If the system is wrong, it lust be made to be shown it was wrong and

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then brought forward with ideas that we can make sure we do not have

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these problems again. Record`breaking Guernsey fundraiser

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Roger Allsopp recovers And why seagulls could suffdr

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when Guernsey's landfill closes A man in his 60s has been khlled

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in an apparent industrial accident It happened on Upper Midvald Road

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in St Helier. Our reporter Jen Smith is lhve

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at the scene now. Earlier today this scene here was

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very different, with police, fire crews and ambulances are blocking

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the road. The police have told the BBC and man in his 60s has died in

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an apparent industrial accident Jersey's police haven't

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given much information. I saw men

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in high visibility clothing and hard hats as well as emergency sdrvices

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busy in the drive of that btilding. The family has been told

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and is being supported by police. An investigation has started

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into what has happened. Victims of abuse within Jersey's

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care system will be able to give evidence within a safe

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and non`hostile environment. That's the aim of the Indepdndent

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Jersey Care Inquiry, a publhc hearing into allegations of historic

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abuse, due to start this sulmer Prosecutions were made

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following police investigathons but some victims still don't feel

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they have had justice. This former children's home was

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at the heart of a major police investigation

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into claims of historic child abuse within Jersey's care system.

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Seven prosecutions were madd. But seven years on, some victims

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still feel they've never received Now they have a place to give them

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a voice. This room will be the home

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of the Independent Jersey C`re Inquiry, a public hearing conducted

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by a UK legal team with no Even though it?s an open inpuiry,

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efforts have been made to encourage Most witnesses will give evhdence

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from this chair, but as it hs a sensitive and delicate issud, some

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may not have the confidence to speak So they have the option

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of keeping their identity private and speaking behind this gl`ss

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screen. There is also an option

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of a video link, so the leg`l team can hear from all those involved,

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even if they're not in the hsland. The whole hearing recognises the

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subject matter we are dealing with, child abuse over a substanthal

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period of time. Sensitivitids are obvious and so a lot of thotght has

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been given relating to the way the proceedings will be conductdd in the

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environment in which evidence will be given.

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The Jersey Care Leavers Association hopes this will mean

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as many people as possible will come forward, no matter how diffhcult.

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People came forward initially when this all broke out, and as ` result

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they have been ridiculed and attacked, which has made thdm go

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back into hiding, for want of a word. We now need those people to

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come back out and tell their story and not to be afraid, that this is

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the only way it is going to work. The public hearings are due to

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start here in the next few weeks. It's predicted it could takd up to

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a year to try to uncover thd truth of what abuse went on within

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the island's child care system. A celebrated Guernsey fundr`iser was

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one of three people injured in a Channel swimmer Roger Allsopp is now

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in a stable condition The accident happened on thd Vazon

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Coast Road, as Mike Wilkins reports. On a beautiful day on Guernsey's

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west coast, a horrific sight to see. The head`on crash happened xesterday

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afternoon and left two other people The driver of this vintage car was

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73`year`old Roger Allsopp, a retired surgeon who is best known

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for being the oldest man to swim the English Channel as part

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of his cancer fundraising efforts. Police say he was thrown out of the

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vehicle by the force of the impact. The occupant of the classic car was

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ejected from the vehicle and both drivers have been taken to @

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The occupants of the other car, a 64`year`old man and a 67`xear`old

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woman, were trapped and had to be cut out by Fire and Rescue.

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The police are appealing for witnesses as part

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Meanwhile, a woman's in hospital in the UK after being knockdd

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unconscious when she came off her bike on a cycle track in Jersey

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It happened as the woman in her 20s and her friend rdached

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the final lay`by on the strdtch of track between Coronation Park

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She's being treated for a head injury at

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Condor Ferries has confirmed plans to buy a new larger ship

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which will not fit the current berth at Weymouth.

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The company is asking the local council to fund extensive

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It says without the investment it could leave

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Weymouth and move all its s`ilings to and from the Channel Isl`nds 30

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Sick bags down by 70% and cancellations over the last winter,

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the worst winter in 200 years, would have been down 90% so that hs a

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pretty compelling reason for it There are facilities here that could

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be made available and we ard working with colleagues at Weymouth to make

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them available. Guernsey's Environment Department

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has gone out to tender CT Plus' contract with the States

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expires in April next year and there are major changes planned

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for the way the service is run. One option is a free servicd run

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by the States. There's been criticism

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of route changes and a new fare You're watching the BBC

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in the Channel Islands. Later in Spotlight with Justin

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and Natalie: We visit the village raffling

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off the chance to be its shdriff. In treating staff, stay tundd for

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that. `` in treating staff. Love them or hate them `

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seagulls are a regular feattre But the impending closure

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of Guernsey's landfill site could From 2016, the States want to start

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processing food waste So what will happen to the birds who

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rely on the Mont Cuet tip for food? For gulls,

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it's an all`you`can`eat buffet. In a couple of years, though,

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it'll be all change here. As Guernsey starts exporting

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its waste, So the question is

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whether the gulls will too? With the waste strategy we. Disposal

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of black bag waste into this site in 2016, so from them no organhc waste

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will come into the site and it will then be developed for green waste

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composting. I don't think wd will see many seagulls here once it

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closes for food waste. Paul's been researching the islands?

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gulls for years, and now has a better idea of how the ch`nges

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at the tip will affect them. We have discovered that a lot of the

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girls using landfill or nonbreeding birds in the summer coming from

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other colonies in the south of England, France, and a lot of

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immature birds. It you think of it as a magnet for girls, it whll

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switch off and then the attraction is over and goals are successful

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birds generally, and they whll react quickly and we will find a lot of

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birds don't come here. The gulls still have a couple

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of years to dine out here. But they'll have to make

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alternative dinner plans once Guernsey tennis star Heather Watson

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will start the grass court season She moves up 23 places in the new

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rankings to 69th in the world. A pirate ship crewed by people

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of all physical abilities h`s been Tenacious is one

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of only two tall ships in the world that lets disabled and able`bodied

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people sail together side bx side. It's made its annual visit to

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the Channel Islands as part of its summer programme with

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the Jubilee Sailing Trust before leaving for Brixham tomorrow,

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and it seems the weather has been We had some squally weather but

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being anchored before we cale here, it has been pleasant. We cannot

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really complain about the wdather, although normally we do, but not

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now. David, are we expecting more fine weather? It looks like high

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pressure will come back and it will be our friend in the latter part of

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the week. Still a risk of showers, and sunshine tomorrow, but dqually

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perhaps the risk of 12 showdrs especially in the afternoon, but

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most shower activity is overnight tonight. This area of low pressure

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is the culprit. It begins to move away from us. This is this dvening,

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by the middle of tomorrow it has travelled north to Scotland, lit by

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a weak ridge of high pressure which develops into a fairly major system

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across the English Channel. That means a lot of dry weather `nd some

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more sunshine. At the moment we have a risk of showers overnight. Those

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showers could be heavy. Thex tend to fade away towards dawn, so xou may

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briefly get some sunshine in the morning. Quite a breezy start to the

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day, winds from the South or Southwest. Sunny spells for the

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morning, the hats a few showers will form in the afternoon. Thosd could

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turn out to be mild, with a top temperature around 18 degreds along

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the coastline but as much as 19 or 20 inland on larger islands. The

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winds are from the South or the south`west, up to a force of four,

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occasionally five in the morning, generally fair to light with

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generally good visibility. There are times of high water. For our

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surfers, expect the surfing to be small but usable, with a sottherly

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breeze. Perhaps a little choppy with the onshore breeze on the wdstern

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side of the islands. It will be a fine spell of weather. Look at the

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temperatures, possibly 23 ddgrees later in the week. A lot of sunshine

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to enjoy but it is strong stnshine, you be is at `` ultraviolet level of

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seven or eight. So be careftl. Have a good evening. We apologisd for

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sound issues we seem to be having during the forecast there. Hf you

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want to send any weather pictures, the address is online. If rdminder

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of our top story tonight. A man in his 60s has been khlled

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in an apparent industrial accident It happened on Upper Midvald Road

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in St Helier. That is the news and weather is the

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news and weather as its evening I will have an update for you at pm.

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for the economics factors to line up to make this happen. But another

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reason may be that in this local area, wages are very low. The local

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community are used to that, and the local community is here bec`use of

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that. There was some concern about the environment, but the

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this investment, we want thdse jobs this investment, we want thdse jobs

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and this massive support for what we are doing here in this part of

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Dartmoor. The mine is expected to start producing tungsten in around a

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year. This weekend across the South West,

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thousands of people have bedn And for one man

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from Cornwall the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings has been

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particularly poignant. A Royal Engineer, he was ond

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of the first onto Sword Beach. And Reg Jago's memories are

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as vivid now as 70 years ago. We were dead scared. There hs no

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other word for it. We did not like to show it to our needs. `` our

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mates. We were laughing, but we did not feel like that. I'd did more

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than 200 yards in a couple of seconds, I think. 75% of us got off

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the beach OK. Their objective was to build a bridge at Pegasus. When we

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got to Pegasus, we had two options. There was the mention of so and so

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not being here, so you would take over. We were building bridges under

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The pain from the fire all the time.

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never talked to anyone. I h`ve never even told my son. I don't think any

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soldier looking back would think he would have rather negotiated in some

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way and have peace. When yot go to bed, you don't sleep. You constantly

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see the faces of the boys you are way too are no longer with ts and

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you can't forget them, it kdeps running back he did together in the

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last you had together. Well this weekend was a chance

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for everyone to remember thd Among the events held was one

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in Torbay, where a flotilla 24,000 US troops left

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from Torquay for Normandy. Here's a flavour

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of the commemorations. An awful lot, an awful lot. Just to

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say thank you. Marvelous. It was in Omaha. The weather could not spoil

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it. I think it was great. I'd say bravo to everyone who organhsed it.

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Some moving memories and commemorations.

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And you can read more about the weekend's commemorations

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The flood damaged Somerset village of Moorland had

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The Earl and Countess of Wessex spent about an hour there.

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It was part of a day which saw them complete no fewer

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then six engagements in the county, from opening a hospital to

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Raising the flag for a visit which was to raise morale in this battered

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community. It is not everyd`y you get to chat to royalty over the

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garden fence. Both the Earl and Countess of Wessex were gendrally ``

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genuinely surprised by the scale of the damage here. Just about every

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home here was swamped by thd floodwaters four months ago. I'd

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think it is really nice and a real morale booster to see everyone happy

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and smiling. We have had so many bad times to stop it has lifted the

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whole atmosphere. As well as meeting the flood victims, the Royal couple

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chatted with some of the volunteers who have been helping to restore

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homes stop there is a picture to trump them all. `` homes. If he did

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not ask, you do not get. Oh, wow! That is U2 yes. That is a good one.

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`` that is you to. Yes. That is a good one. The water is gone, but

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there is a lot here to see. It was probably no coincidence that the

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Royals also visited one of Somerset's most popular tourist

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estimations, cheddar, a welcome boost in a difficult year. The

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combination of those two words, Somerset and floods, is unfortunate,

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but there is no truth to thd rumour, if you like. As nice as usu`l. ``

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business. There was also a cider orchard to visit and a visit to burn

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him to meet search and rescte volunteers. All in a day's work

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really, and brings a whole new meaning to Royal variety.

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Two young divers have one thtled this weekend. The story of Vincent

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won the women's ten metre thtle while the new ten metre chalpion is

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Matt Dixon. Tom Daley could not defend his title as he was defending

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his title in the chopper he was at a shotgun he was a competition in New

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Mexico `` he was at a competition in New Mexico. I am amazed. I `m still

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over the men. I have just got my medals and they can't believe it. I

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really wants to go to the Commonwealth Games, it means so much

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to me, but the announcement will be next week for team selection, so I

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hope by him in it, but I will have to wait and see. The price of

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Sheriff is being raffled to help raise money for a community art

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centre. Our correspondent rode into town to find out more.

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What is all this I hear abott a sheriff? Is the first prize given to

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the winner of the Jerusalem raffled for a him or her to become sheriff

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of this here town for one whole year will stop should the winner be a

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horse owner, the tether `` course will be tethered, and they can come

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to the bar and demand their free pint or whiskey or bourbon, which

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they are allowed the first Londay of every month. And the Sheriff's

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rights do not end here. The Sheriff can have a free sausage roll on the

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first Monday of every month. And the very `` the blacksmith knocked up a

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symbol that no Sheriff can be without. I have had to make a

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sheriff badge, which is the first one of the kind that have ever made.

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It also gives the person who wears it the ability to stand on the

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corner in the town looking important. Proceeds from thd raffle

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are going to a arts and herhtage centre and organisers say that

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anybody is eligible to win first prize except people from thd

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neighboring town. There is ` long history of rivalry between the two

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towns. I am not sure if people would accept a sheriff from the other

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town. There is nothing like a sheriff badge to fire your

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imagination. Come on, horse I think this one is lame! He is mord than

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lame. It is worth it just for the sausage roll. Fantastic. Soleone who

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is very good at looking important on street corners is with us now for

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the weather. I try not to, `ctually. We have had a few showers through

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the weekends, but otherwise a reasonable Saturday and Sunday. High

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pressure is coming back this week to settle things down and give us some

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more about June sunshine. It stays warm, but much drier. From Wednesday

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onwards, the high`pressure takes charge. At the moment, an area of

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low pressure is throwing a few showers towards us, and we will

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continue overnight. The low`pressure travels up to the north of Scotland,

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and what replaces it is this area of high pressure, which develops into a

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major sale of high pressure across southern Britain from Wednesday

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onwards on the but it keeps us try and find for the rest of thhs week.

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A few showers out of a the loment. They been gradually coming tp

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through the South today. Sole showers are certainly possible.

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Earlier today, we head some beautiful blue skies. This was in

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the Exeter area, where we hdad sunshine and patchy` levels. With

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the levels `` with the landscape looking... Everything looks really

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splendid in the summer sunshine Strong sunshine as well. Thd UV

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index is at its highest it will be at any point during the year.

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Enjoy, but be careful in thd sunshine over the next few days

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Overnight tonight, we get one line of showers that is brushing through

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the central part of our reghon, another line of showers, thhs one a

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bit more angry, with even the odd rumble of thunder, and by d`wn, most

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of it moving out of the way. Temperatures of a leading or 12

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degrees, no lower than that. For tomorrow, a risk of showers in the

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morning, but the sharpest produces. Showers are most likely through the

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north of Devon. For the rest of us, come the end of the afternoon, a

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reasonable and to the day, ` bit breezy at first, and a top

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temperature of around 17 or 18 degrees, but a few places mhght get

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up to 19, and it will get w`rmer each day this week as the pressure

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comes in. The forecast for the Isles of Scilly, a few showers, btt

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otherwise, mainly dry, and the times of high water, at Penzance, that is

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at 254. For our surfers on the waves are usable on the north coast,

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because the winds will be south`westerly. They will bd mostly

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clean. The winds are from the South or South West, forced eyes, or an

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increasing six for a time, lainly fair and generally good vishbility.

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Here comes the fine weather, here comes the sunshine. We see

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high`pressure developing from Wednesday onwards. A pretty

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comfortable temperature for us to stop 72 in Fahrenheit. `` for us.

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The winds will fall like as well and will be cooler around the

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coastline. Some fine weather to look forward to. Have a good evening A

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promising outlook. Thank yot for that. That is all for now. We will

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have an update at eight o'clock and our ladies is at 10:25pm thhs

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evening. From all of us, good night. Goodbye.

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