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still the potential. Quite nasty weather. To keep an eye on

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We speak to one para`athlete who wants the Island Games opened up

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And we're on the road with Jersey's marathon man ` and find out why he's

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running round the island seven times in seven days.

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I'm quite stiff and have blisters. But morale is high and people are

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stopping me and saying well done. Jersey's first maternity law is just

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the beginning of a better deal for parents according to

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the Minister behind it. Senator Francis le Gresley says

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the 18 weeks of maternity leave ` with just two of those weeks paid `

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recently approved It comes

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as a Jersey mother describes His mum Rachel has

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an understanding employer. She was given six

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months paid maternity. But she's not impressed with

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the minimum levels It is ridiculous. The States of

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Jersey have a good maternity grant policy, so thank goodness that is

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around. Maternity benefit I could not have got by with a mortgage to

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pay without it. So thank goodness that support is in place. But, two

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weeks is laughable. But until last month,

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Jersey companies didn't legally have Now employers will have to offer

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18 weeks with two of those paid. Jersey's Social Security Minister `

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who was behind the vote ` This is just the beginning

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of very important rights that are In particular the rights to request

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flexible working when you return to employment after possibly having a

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baby or needing to care for somebody. Those are valuable rights,

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the right to return to the same job for a woman who has taken 18 weeks

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maternity leave. Rights the lucky ones like Rachel

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have already made the most of. She can't imagine what life is

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like for some Jersey families. A friend got three months unpaid,

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not what she wanted Her company offered up to three

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months off, but unpaid. She was in a much worse situation and it is not

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what she wanted, as I say. The new law won't offer new mums

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much more, but it will be reviewed A police officer has appeared

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in Jersey's Magistrates Court accused of driving without due care

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and attention. It's after his patrol car overturned

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on St Clement's Coast Road James Andrew Jenkinson, who's 38,

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asked the Assistant Magistrate, Peter Harris, for time to get

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further legal advice. His case was adjourned for three

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weeks, and he'll appear again The sentencing of a man in Jersey

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found guilty of stabbing his Neil William Bennett,

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seen here wearing the blue tie, was convicted of grave

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and criminal assault in June. He stabbed

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his business partner Justin Sumrie three times with a knife after

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discussions concerning their retail The Royal Court was concerned

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the 49`year`old was representing himself and adjourned the case

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so he could get a lawyer. Mr Bennett has been remanded

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in custody until the 29th of August, when a date will be set

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for his sentencing and In this race at the

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Commonwealth Games, a 13`year`old from the Shetland Islands becomes

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the youngest Scottish athlete to win In this race at the

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Commonwealth Games, a 13`year`old from the Shetland Islands becomes

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the youngest Scottish athlete to win You can see how much

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it means to her. But although she can compete

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in the games at Glasgow, she can't compete in a disabled

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event at the Island Games due to be And someone else who would love to

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have the chance to compete in the Island Games is Guernsey

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swimmer Elizabeth Northrop. She has won national medals

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at competitions in England. She has a learning disability so her

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mother Jane speaks on her behalf. It is a shame. They don't seem to be

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offering it for opening it to anybody with a disability, which,

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again is a lost opportunity. They don't seem to be doing anything,

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they had an opportunity and it does not seem to be taken up.

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But the Association that runs the Island Games says there have been

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In a statement the Association's General Secretary says

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But will disabled athletes be treated equally

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and have the opportunity to compete at next summer's games in Jersey?

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Clearly, when you talk about the Commonwealth or the Olympics, they

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are actually global. And they go over 11 or 12 days. So they have the

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time to fit those in, and of course, the Olympics as a separate Olympics

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for Paralympic and is. I don't think it is something at the moment that

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the Islands could actually consider. For disability campaigners,

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it's come as no surprise. Over the last 25 years, we have been

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running our own disability games in Jersey. I know for a fact much goes

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into that, and if we had able`bodied athletics going on at the same time

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I do not think our infrastructure would cope. That's the honest truth.

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Some disabled athletes say being allowed to compete at big events is

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But many things will have to change before the Island Games Association

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commits to providing that opportunity.

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Questions are being raised over whether there's a better way

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of providing medical evacuation flights in Guernsey.

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The health authorities currently use a company in the UK for medivacs.

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Last year more than 250 flights were needed,

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More than half were for cardiology patients.

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With the number of flights for cardiology cases, you have to ask

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the number of questions. First of all, how much are we paying per year

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for medical flights and, secondly, because we have known for four years

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about this, cut that number be reduced to gather particular

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cardiologist? You're watching the BBC

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in the Channel Islands. Later in Spotlight with Justin find

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out why thousands of Canadians arrived in the South West

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during WWI. Now to a feat of endurance

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never attempted before. A Jersey man is on the verge

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of completing a 330 mile run That's all the way round Jersey's

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48.1 miles of coastline, every day, Paul Burrows is doing it to

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raise money for Jersey Hospice. Our reporter Tim Robinson joined him

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on day six. When you are running 48 miles every

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day for a week, you have to get up early. On the sixth morning of his

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challenge, 240 miles in with almost a hundred more to go, this ultra

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marathon runner is feeling remarkably positive. I'm quite

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stiff, I have blisters. Morality is high though, and many people are

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stopping me and saying well done. All the donations are flying in and

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it has been really positive, an amazing experience. Blisters aside,

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after a very short warm up, Paul and his team are ready to hit the road

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for yet another run around the rock. How is it been so far? three and a

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half miles! Paul hopes to raise ?15,000 for Jersey Hospice and cross

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the finishing line for its million pound lottery. To get there and to

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get there and finish I didn't think I was going to make it to be honest,

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so yes, really looking forward to it. He has pounded the pavements and

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barely broken a sweat, but even the fittest of runners need a tea break.

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Bye`macro how you feeling? Feeling OK, it has been quite hard going.

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I'm going to have some lunch now to give me a bit of a boost. It is very

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hot today, but it is fine. With three and a miles complete and one

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more lap to go, Paul is one day away from completing the challenge of a

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lifetime. There is only the small matter of 48 more miles standing in

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his way. . Perhaps early in the morning

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tomorrow, we may see a few showers and brighter conditions into the

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afternoon. The breeze will pick up as we move into the evening, too.

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But we are beginning to lose the influence of high pressure and low

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pressure is taking charge for the weekend, and, in fact, for the early

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part next week the clouds to the south west of rain bearing clouds,

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and they will brush past is to gain overnight to lie to the East honours

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throughout the middle of the day tomorrow. Also a line of showers is

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approaching from the far west corner of France. That will give a showers

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as we move into the evening. Between those two, we should have some fine

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weather. This is the tropical storm were worried about at the minute,

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that moves up past Spain and Portugal and could be a feature as a

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move into Sunday. This is Saturday's forecast, by Sunday, that

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low pressure will sweep through the English Channel. This is its most

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likely cause. If it follows this course, we will see some pretty

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lively winds as well as quite heavy rain. A bit of a warning for you, is

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for Sunday, heavy rain, 50 or 60 mph gust of wind and some large waves on

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the beach is. Quiet overnight tonight, temperatures dipping down

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to as low as 15 or 16 degrees. Of us tomorrow morning, it is a relatively

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quiet, rather cloudy, bat`macro cloudy and bit of rain. It will

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break up quite nicely into the afternoon when the showers disappear

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and the Sun tries to break through the cloud. Temperatures of around 18

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or 20 degrees. When's the going north westerly. Showers, then fair,

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and generally good for them to track of visibility. Stay tuned to your

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local Radio 4 updates for the week and's weather.

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Find out why Jersey`born actor, Henry Cavill, is home

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We shall tell you all tomorrow night at 6.30pm here on BBC One.

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Research by Exeter University has linked

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It's the vitamin found in exposure to sunlight,

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The six`year study, found that people with severe vitamin D

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deficiency were more than twice as likely to develop dementia.

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Organisations which support older people have welcomed the findings

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We all know that getting out in the fresh air is good for us. This

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research take things one step further. The study of 1600 elderly

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people with moderate vitamin D deficiency had a 15% increased risk

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of developing some form of dementia. For those with extreme deficiency

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the risk increased eye 125%. It really is quite significant.

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Dementia is such a common disease. More than one in every 100 people

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have it, which is hundreds of thousands of people in England,

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alone, and if we can make a small difference and stop a few people

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getting it, then it will affect millions of people worldwide.

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Anything we can do to protect people from getting Alzheimer's and the

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manger will be really important. The research has been welcomed by

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charities working with the elderly. We know that dementia services have

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been historically underfunded, so we need to put more money into

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research. We know that the numbers are going up and up because we are

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all living longer. This kind of research is so desperately needed.

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If it give us some pointers about how we can manage in the future,

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that is very positive. This summer we have had some great weather but

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the winter months limit exposure to sunlight, and therefore, vitamin D.

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Apart from holidays abroad and lots of oily fish, what are the

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alternatives, and do vitamin D supplements offer real value? The

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study does not necessarily say that if you take more vitamin D you will

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protect yourself against the manger. We need trials of vitamin D

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supplements to see if that is the case. Following this research and

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other studies, those trials will take place and we will await those,

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with interest. Whilst the pros and cons of exposure to the sun must be

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balanced, Exeter medical School hopes that further research will

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help turn the rising tide in dementia.

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The events of the Great War, although horrific,

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inspired some of the greatest writers of the 20th Century.

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Tonight, in the fourth in our series World War One At Home,

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I've been finding out more about the unexpected arrival of

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thousands of Canadians in Plymouth, and how it went on to inspire

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In Flanders Fields, the poppies blow

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If the opportunity arose they would try and get onshore

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and have a couple of pints and that is where the trouble would start.

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The various brothel keepers would be quite interested in these men.

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I think in many respects, it was mostly hijinks. There were a number

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of men charged with drunk and disorderly behaviour and they were

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immediately discharged and sent back to Canada. The only numbered very

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few. Most of the men were shipped to Salisbury plain buddy prepared to go

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to the front. Thousands of them terraced alongside their allies. ``

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where they prepared. We are the dead. Short days ago, we lived, and

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felt dawn. We loved and well loved, and now we lie in Flanders fields.

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John MacRae, who arrived in Plymouth with the Canadians, died in the last

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year of the war. There is a surprising twist to the story. The

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arrival of the Canadians ultimately inspired another famous author. It

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is a great story. This is win either there. They smuggled him on board

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the ship they were loaded on. He went across the Atlantic and was

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unloaded quietly. He was shipped with the unit to Salisbury plain.

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One of his favourite tricks was to climb up the tent pole and shake the

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tent violently. And as the bear got bigger, p were beginning to fall.

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Once they went off to the fun, what happened to the bear? Her owner

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decided that it was unfair to take the bear to France. So it stay that

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London zoo. He would come back on leave and visit the bear. And when

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the war finished it became quite an attraction. This is where a a Milne

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got the story about Winnie the Pooh. He would take his son, Christopher

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Robin, the London zoo, to meet Winnie. Because of that little bear

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from Winnipeg, the world has shared the stories of Christopher Robin. A

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century after the Canadians arrived at Plymouth, we can look back and

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see how the great War inspired those authors and know that they are

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writing would continue to inspire generations to come. Take up our

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quarrel with the flow. To you, with failing hands, we throw the torch.

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If you break faith with us who died, we shall not sleep. For poppies

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grow, in Flanders fields. Winnie the Pooh is a character we have all

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grown up with. I never knew that about the origins of him.

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And tomorrow, in our final film in this series

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marking the 100th anniversary of the First World War,

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who sent hundreds of a fresh eggs to soldiers on the front line

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and became a much`loved figure as a result.

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Dartmouth has been hosting what's described as

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one of the world's most luxurious cruise liners.

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Hundreds of five`star passengers are visiting the town for a day trip

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while on a cruise around Britain on the Europa.

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It's all part of a new initiative by local business to encourage more

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cruise liners to stop at Dartmouth and increase international tourism.

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The cruise ship market is very lucrative. The customers come on

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board these smaller, bespoke, high class ships, and they have a very

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large market that they can bring two, spending a lot of money. It is

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a statement of intent about the kind of customer that we are trying to

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attract the Dartmouth. Fans of folk festivals are about

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to mark another off the calendar. Sidmouth draws to a close tomorrow

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but the season is far from over. There are another six events to go

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in the South West Simon Clemison has been finding

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out why the Sidmouth Festival For the grandfather of folk

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festivals, they start young, but it will not mean that was the more come

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with age. Then again, folk music was always difficult to put into words.

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So try numbers. There are tens of thousands of people here this week.

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This festival is in it 60 year. And since its inception, more festivals

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have developed in the south`west. There are some festivals in Somerset

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and in various places throughout Devon and Cornwall. You can see why

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I might need all of these. Although please other festivals are the new

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kids on the block, are they not? When you have been around for 60

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years, mostly everybody is a new kid on the block. Why have we not had

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festivals for hundreds of years? People did it all at home, they did

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it in the village. Singing within families. They did not need them.

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Eclectic is probably the best description, and impressive. If you

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could play the fiddle whilst Pat Vincennes, you would. I love that of

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all ages, everybody can join in, and there is a lovely feeling about it.

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I am under 60, yes. Dartmoor begins as Sidmouth ends, but one of the

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early pioneers now comes sprinkled with a little Hollywood magic. A

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beautiful day in Sidmouth, but the weather is about to change. Some

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showers will develop across Cornwall and West Devon with the breeze

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picking up during the course of the day.

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We have a lump of cloud on the edge of the screen. That is an area of

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low pressure that is heading our way. By the middle of the day

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tomorrow, by the time we get into Saturday specially, Saturday night

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in the Sunday, this former Tropical Storm Fitow was a headache. It's

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most likely track will take it through the English Channel then up

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into the North Sea. There will be some very strong winds and heavy

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rain associated with it. There is some uncertainty as to how deep it

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will be and its exact location. Some heavy rain is possible, with winds

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of up to 60 miles an hour. And some quite big waves on the beach through

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Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. We have had a lovely day today. This was

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earlier today in Merivale where we have had some beautiful blue skies.

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Looking resplendent in the sunshine. These pictures were shot by colour

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cameraman. It was too hot for the cattle by the look of it, taking

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some shade where they could. If not a little on the dry side, because of

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all of the fine weather that we have seen in the last few weeks. That is

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about to change, but not for tonight or tomorrow. There will be some

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showers later on coming into the far west of Cornwall. But it will be a

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dry night with temperatures coming down to 12, 13 Celsius. Tomorrow

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morning, after a cool start, it will warm up across parts of Somerset and

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Dorset. Another fine day, with the sub Devon not faring too badly

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either. Some showers around the middle of the day, fading away

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during the course of the afternoon. Holding onto that fine weather

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across Somerset and Dorset. The highest temperature, 23 Celsius, in

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that sunshine. Sunny spells in the afternoon for the Isles of Scilly.

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And the times of high water. The waves are picking up as we head

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into the weekend. Similar conditions on the north coast. Those waves are

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getting bigger and bigger as we head into Saturday and Sunday. Looking

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further ahead, at the forecast for the weekend, on Saturday we expect

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to see some breezy conditions. The coastal waters forecast for

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tomorrow. On Sunday, windy with persistent

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rain early on, then becoming showery, then for money and choose

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the next week, breezy and showery conditions. `` for Monday and

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Tuesday. Now have you got a question for

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the mayor of Torbay, Gordon Oliver? Well, tomorrow he will be in

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Good Morning Devon's Hotseat with Matt Woodley on BBC Radio Devon

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from 8am to 9am tomorrow morning. That's all from us for now.

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Have a good evening.

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