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Hello and welcome to South Today from Oxford. In tonight's

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programme... A passionate defence of HS2 — David

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Cameron says it will help create a land of opportunity. We meet one man

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living near the route who agrees. Also tonight — defying doctors who

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said she had months to live — how Claire Grant is surviving with

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breast cancer. And later on... Easing tensions —

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the scheme that's putting student wardens on the streets.

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Good evening. HS2 will help to create a land of opportunity,

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according to David Cameron. Opponents of the high—speed rail

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line had been campaigning at the Conservative party conference but

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the Prime Minister used his speech to reiterate his full support for

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the project. Most people who live near the route are opposed to it but

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one man living in Buckinghamshire says Britain should unite and back

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HS2. It is the cost of high—speed rail

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that is turning a transport issue into a party political one. While

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still backing the plans, Labour says they cannot be a blank cheque. For

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campaigners, that is one of many objections. The business case does

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not stack up. It is too much money. People do not want it. It is crazy

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to suggest that just by bringing the northern cities closer to London

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that you will regenerate their economies. They do have support from

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some politicians but have failed to convince the primers do. The West

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Coast mainline is almost full. We have to make a choice between an old

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big Tory line or a new one. People have said we cannot build it. It is

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about bringing North and South together in our national endeavour.

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Trains will link London and Birmingham, passing through

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Buckinghamshire. Despite living on his doorstep in Pitchcott, one man

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with more than 20 years experience in the industry is considering

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moving closer to the line. For Mark Smith, it is not about politics, it

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is about building a rail network fit for the future. We are not the first

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people to suggest a high—speed railway. It has been done in France,

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Spain, Germany and Turkey. It has been immensely successful

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everywhere. It does God every one out of polluting airliners, got them

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out of cars. Although not opposed to the rude, Mark thinks it will be

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better placed alongside a motorway. The tri— Minister sees this project

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as part of his vision to build a land of opportunity and is still

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expecting the first passengers to board high—speed trains in 2026.

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Earlier, I spoke to the BBC transport responded Peter Plisner,

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who told me there are many hurdles to cross before the line can be

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built. The big problem is public opinion. They need to win over the

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hearts and minds of people north of London. Other issues are

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consultation, a property consultation is going on. There is a

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rude consultation going on on phase two. —— a route consultation. It

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could be difficult to get it through parliament because it replaces the

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need for a public enquiry. Members of the public can petition

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Parliament but it will be scrutinised by MPs. That is likely

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to be, law into 2015 but it will require Royal assent before made

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2015 because we have a general election. If we don't get a law in

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by them, then it could be delayed. Costs have escalated with the

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project since it was first talked about. Will it happen? This scheme

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still has cross—party support in parliament and members of the

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business community in many areas still support the idea of a

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high—speed rail line but in some parties we have seen some senior

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figures go against HS2 and that could be a problem but ultimately,

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as we head toward the general election in 2015, this scheme could

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become a liability and at that stage we don't know what various parties

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will do with their manifestos. A man from Chipping Norton is among

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14 Greenpeace activists charged with piracy by Russian authorities. The

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group aboard a Greenpeace ship were protesting over drilling in the

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Arctic when they approached an oil drilling platform owned by a

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state—controlled gas company. Phil Ball could face up to 15 years in

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prison if convicted. A man has been arrested on suspicion

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of voyeurism inside Abingdon police Station. The 32—year—old has been

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released on bail while officers carry out enquiries. The police are

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fusing to say whether they seized a camera. They say the suspect is not

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a police officer or anyone employed by the force.

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A new scheme in Aylesbury is giving independent retailers and

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opportunity to try out their businesses. Start up companies are

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running market spaces for free for six weeks. It is a scheme put

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forward by Mary Portas. A family business started at home,

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now grown to a market stall. Sisters Karen Beazley and Tracy Cook are one

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of five new enterprises in Aylesbury. Launching the stall

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rent—free was too tempting to turn down. It was a great opportunity to

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get into the town. We want to trade in front of customers and do the

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hand to hand with customers. With our product, they are touch—feely.

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The aim of the scheme is to ultimately feel empty shop spaces in

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the town centre. Each of the new shops has been paired up with an

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existing business in town. Each new manager is given marketing training.

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We see independent traders need to get out into town to stop we see

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this as a hotbed to get them into trading. With the right support,

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they could start small and who knows where they will end up. We want to

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see them going into empty shops. Down the road, Andrew Dean is about

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to open a shop. Without the help of the scheme, he would not have

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considered it. You have a network of people around you who will help me

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with that. It is easier to take a cue steps forward. I think, in ten

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or 20 years, I will look back and think this was quite an aborted

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step, definitely. Former winner of The Apprentice Lee McQueen supports

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the scheme. There is a lot of talent in the UK, especially in oxygen. My

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company is based in oxygen. It is partnerships like this that allowed

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it to grow. The project has been such a success that the cancer will

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be offering marketing spaces next year. —— the council will be

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offering marketing spaces. The future of Stow Fair because the

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land on which it is held is being sold. Travellers and gypsies have

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been travelling on the field in Stow—on—the—Wold since the 15th

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century. The lad is being sold to a developer who has a plan to open a

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doctor 's surgery. A new site has not been found.

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Up to 250 new parking spaces are to be planned in Oxford city centre to

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cover date for the closure of a Westgate car park. The spaces will

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be added to the ice rink car park with the possibility of building a

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second level. Work is expected to begin bit —— towards the end of next

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year. Lots of investment will go into the city. £375 million of

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investment by people building the new centre. We did not think you'll

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be to push them on this. If this team did not happen, which Oxford

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needs, we would be left with a bill for refurbishing or rebuilding the

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existing Westgate car park, which would be very expensive.

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She says she is living, driving and surviving with breast cancer. A year

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ago, Claire Grant from Oxford was told she could just have six months

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to live. She has been determined to prove doctors wrong and is kept up

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her job, her active life and has become a mastectomy underwear model.

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Emma Vardy has been to meet Claire. When I was told in July last year

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that it was a terminal diagnosis, I can remember that vividly and I

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thought that something should be done. When Claire was diagnosed with

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what is called triple negative breast cancer, she decided to do

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everything possible to fight it. You feel to begin with, what is the

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point? But then you pick yourself up and we went to what we call cancer

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college, did a lot of research and I decided to is get as healthy as

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possible. She changed her lifestyle, beginning yoga,

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meditation and exercise to see whether she could prove her

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prognosis run with a healthy lifestyle.

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Doctors do seem to be surprised. I believe it is everything I am doing,

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it is a state of mind. Claire has been through several courses of

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chemotherapy and had a mastectomy last year. It led to her being taken

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on why a mastectomy launch a company —— lingerie company. It was

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brilliant and I felt brilliant. Initially, I felt I must have

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reconstruction surgery. As time has gone on, I don't really want to have

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any more surgery. People worry too much about it. It is not the end of

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the world. Claire has been contacted by many other women through the blog

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she writes about her experiences. Although she has proved some of the

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early predictions wrong, she still does not know how much longer she

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will live. I try not to think about it. There is no point. You need to

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live in the present, do not sweat the small stuff. Life has so much to

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offer and I would rather kick everyone and get on with it.

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That is all from me for the moment. I will have the headlines just

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before 8pm and a bulletin at 10:25pm. The details of the rain

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expected tomorrow are coming up in a few minutes.

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Federation criticised it as a "blurring of the line" between

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police and the public. Still to come in the programme. Warnings of heavy

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rain and wind. Alexis will be here with the details and Kris Temple has

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the sport news. Yes, I will be here with all the key action from last

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night 's championship football. Anyone who lives near a university

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will know that life alongside students can create tensions.

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Bournemouth is one town in the south with a very large student population

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and has a new idea to help reduce noise and anti—social behaviour. The

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university has around 18,000 students. Only first years live in

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halls, leaving 12,000 students to live out in rented accommodation in

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the town. In some areas of the town, 25% of the population is made up of

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students during term time. Now a new scheme is underway, using specially

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recruited wardens to help improve relations. James Ingham has been to

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see how it's working. Friendly knock at the door. Students helping others

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become better neighbours. We are from the student union at

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Bournemouth University, making sure you have settled in OK. These

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student wardens are offering advice to those living on their own for the

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first time and other residents who live alongside them. I know from

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first—hand experience when I first lived in a house, you do not take

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into consideration. We yet raising awareness that there are other

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people living down the throats. Simple things like being quiet with

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taxi doors, I think it is really important. On this particular

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street, a total of ten homes lived in by students and it is clear that

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considerable friction. They don't realise that people are working in

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the area and have to get up when they are screaming at 3am. It is

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constant. Usually it starts on Tuesday and ends on Sunday night. We

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get Monday respite and that is it. Every night, the children had been

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woken up. Over the weekend, it comes to the point where we have two phone

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the police to get something done about it. People urinating against

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the walls. The police came straight out within half an hour and went

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into a certain house and spoke to them but they rarely stop. The

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scheme's based on pioneering work by Oxford Brookes University which has

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gone a step further employing police community support officers.

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Bournemouth University says this is part of a long term plan to bridge

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the divide between town and gown. It will be a long—term process but it

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will be something that we will introduce to the students. Six

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wardens will work during the pilot year. If it works, more will follow.

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A new 24—hour cross—Solent ferry service is due to be launched early

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next year, promising to bring renewed competition to Isle of Wight

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ferry services. Nauti Fast Ferries will operate a round—the—clock

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passenger service between Portsmouth and Cowes. Mark Sanders reports.

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There are already big fish in the cross—Solent ferry market, so is

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there room for someone else to muscle in? Paul Duffield thinks so.

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He already runs a charter boat business from Portsmouth. He's due

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to start a 24 hour ferry service from the city to Cowes. He expects

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to take about 70,000 passengers between the Isle of Wight and

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Portsmouth in the first year. Are you trying to be the easyJet of the

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Solent? Cheap and cheerful? I think there are various issues with the

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budget. A similar problem would arise with a budget ferry. We want

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to provide a fast and reliable service that fulfils a need. Nauti

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Fast Ferries will use two small boats to cross the Solent in 25

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minutes, up to three times an hour at peak periods. Each boat will

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take12 passengers. The company believes the business model is

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viable. Wightlink and Hovertravel run passenger services between

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Portsmouth and Ryde, with RedFunnel's RedJet operating between

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Southampton and Cowes. Wightlink reduced its Fast—Cat timetable last

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month. The ferry company says competition helps to drive up

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standards and keeps prices affordable. These were the views of

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people in Southsea we spoke to about the new service between Portsmouth

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and Cowes. That extra step would be quite good, I think. It would

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encourage more people to come to the area. It is a great advantage for

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business users because in winter time, it will take an hour between

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travelling is at the moment. But is quite inconvenient. I think it is a

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great service. The more the merrier. I am not really interested. Paul

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Duffield's new business has been helped with a £50,000 grant from the

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Solent Local Enterprise Partnership, and it's expected the Portsmouth to

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Cowes service will start early next year. A quarter of a million people

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go missing in the UK each year. More than 10,000 are adults. —— 100,000.

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But while the majority of cases are resolved quickly, for the families

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waiting for news of their loved ones it can be agonising. In April this

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year 54—year—old Richard Gibbons walked out of his family home in

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Swanage, and hasn't been seen since. Earlier I spoke to his daughter

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Sandra, who began by telling me about her dad. He would tell us

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about the music. He would not move with the times. My daughter was

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named after a song that was played around the house. What happened the

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night he disappeared? We checked on him and he was fine, it was normal

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for him to wander around the house and have a cup of tea. But at half

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six, I woke up and realised he was not in the house. Was that normal

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for him to just go off on his own? The only time he would ever go off

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on his own would be to the shop with the dog, take the dog around the

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local park. But never on his own. He had not been well. He had been

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having seizures. He had his first seizure in January of this year and

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then he had three major ones in March. He was really poorly. He was

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waiting for an MRI scan. He was not the same afterwards. Was he

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depressed? I don't know. I think because he had been poorly, he felt

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a bit helpless. He felt as if he could not be there for the family so

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much, I think. And it has been five months. He disappeared in April. How

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has it affected your family and your mother? My mum is destroyed. Some

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days, we will be more posted as a family but in other ways, it has

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torn us apart. What do you think has happened to him? I have days where I

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think he is somewhere, singing in someone else's ears but then there

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are the days when you think the worst. You have got a social network

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site setup, what sort of response have you had? An amazing response.

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My sister is on their everyday. But obviously, you do get the odd nasty

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response. You don't expect people to understand. I know myself before

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this, you don't realise how many missing people there are. But just

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look, because it might just be that one person. Thank you for coming in

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to talk to us. Let's hope there is some good news first. —— some good

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news soon. And if you've got any information about Richard or

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anything that might help Sandra and her family go to our Facebook page.

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Anything you can do to help. It was the Swanage area that he went

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missing from. We have the sport now. Bournemouth and Redding fans had a

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long journey last night. Reading are up to fifth in the Championship

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table, as they extended their recent unbeaten run. They did let a lead

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slip though at bottom club Barnsley last night. The Royals broke the

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deadlock shortly after half time, when Hal Robson—Kanu's shot beat

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Barnsley keeper Jack Butland. It was Robson—Kanu's first goal of the

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season, and one enjoyed by the travelling Royals fans. The

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goalkeepers then took centre stage, Alex McCarthy saving well for

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Reading and Butland turning away an effort from Adam Le Fondre. Alex

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Pearce then hit the bar from close range for the Royals. Before

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Barnsley's equaliser from Chris O'Grady 11 minutes from the end.

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Reading are unbeaten since their 6—0 League Cup loss at Peterborough.

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Staying in the Championship, Bournemouth were also served up a

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midweek trip to Yorkshire. But Eddie Howe's side returned south

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empty—handed. It was a tale of another red card. The sixth time in

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ten league matches, that a Cherries game has featured a sending off.

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Unfortunately, it was the second game in success and that Bournemouth

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had been reduced to ten men. But the penalty was saved. The

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pressure of 11 against ten told for Leeds early in the second half. The

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cherries deserved their equaliser. Despite the earlier heroics, the

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keeper could not keep out this shot which broke the team 's hearts and

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left and 13th in the table. With Ryan Allsop suspended for this

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weekend, Cherries have recalled third—choice goalkeeper Shwan Jalal

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from his loan spell at Oxford. A Dorset semi—professional football

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club have responded to a crisis, by registering their manager as a

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player. Nothing exceptional about that you may think, except that Phil

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Simkin is 60 years of age! Dorchester Town's surprise exit from

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the FA Cup at the weekend has led the club to slash their playing

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budget, and put the whole first team squad up for sale. Simkin, who was a

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defender in his more familiar playing days, could be on the bench

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for Saturday's Conference South game at Dover. You may remember the story

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of Hampshire's 16—year—old cricketer Brad Taylor, who completed the leap

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from village team to the county's first eleven this summer. Well,

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there's been more good news for Brad, who comes from Holybourne near

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Alton. Having impressed in his early matches for Hampshire, off—spinner

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Taylor has now caught the eye of the England selectors. He'll spend the

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winter at an Under 17 development camp, along with county team mate

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Joe Weatherley. Another couple of good products from the Hampshire

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Academy. OK, onto the weather. The calm

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before the rain, shall we say? But we do have some lovely weather from

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today. Some sparrows cooling off in this unseasonably warm weather.

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Yes, rain is on the way. Let's talk about tonight first because that

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does come before tomorrow. Tonight staying very mild. Temperatures

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overnight are what they would normally be during the daytime at

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this time of year. Summer showers overnight but it will become dry as

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we head to the early hours of the morning. Some clear skies. A dry

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start of the day but a mild night to come. Lowest temperatures just 17

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Celsius. The torrential downpours will arrive soon enough, around

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midday. That will give difficult driving conditions and maybe cause

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some localised flooding. The Met office have issued a yellow warning.

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The bulk of the country will be affected by this weather warning. We

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could see around an inch of rain fall in a short period of time.

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Possibly up to two inches locally. There is an active weather system

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pushing in from the south. These two systems merging will produce those

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torrential downpours. Expecting the rain to arrive in parts of Dorset

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around 9am tomorrow. Working its way northwards. Some quite heavy bursts.

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Top temperatures tomorrow despite the cloud and rain above the

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seasonal average of 19 Celsius. And the winds will be press. —— the

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winds will be brisk. Drier conditions will develop. Very mild

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temperatures yet again. Lowest temperatures 16 Celsius. If you are

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concerned about the weather situation, the heavy torrential

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downpours over the next two days, over the next 24 hours, stay tuned

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to your local BBC radio station. There may be localised flooding and

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it may give disruption to travel. This is the outlook for the rest of

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the week. Some torrential rain tomorrow. Strong southeasterly

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winds. The rain gradually clearing tomorrow night. Friday is a mixture

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of sunshine and showers. A better day than tomorrow. As we head

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towards the weekend, the good news is high pressure is building in from

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the Atlantic. So it will turn more settled. Don't forget, any

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pictures, any flooding that you see, send them in. But is it from us. And

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the rest of the team, good evening.

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