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We will keep you updated on the Typhoon as it heads towards Vietnam

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Stopped from hiking prices. Thames Water is told it cannot increase

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bills by an extra ?29. Life after the armed forces, the new drive to

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help ex`service personnel get civilian jobs.

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They were supposed to keep the grass short, but sheep are being blamed

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for destroying flowers and cards left by relatives in a graveyard.

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Households are feeling the squeeze. Energy costs keep going up and wages

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are not following suit. The next planned hike for families looked

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like water bills but the regulator Ofwat has told Thames Water there is

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no justification for a ?29 increase in bills next year.

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At a time when the cost of living keeps rising, today, a rolling in

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favour of the consumer. Thames Water wants us to pay significantly more

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for what comes out of the tap but for now at least that plan has dried

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up. On the High Street customers say they are paying too much. Very high.

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I do not even look at the price any more. The average Thames Water

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household bill is around 350 port `` ?354. Ofwat says Thames Water cost

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have increased but only by about ?7. The utility company is already

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allowed to put up bills next year by 1.4% above inflation. Thames came

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forward and they said that there are cost pressures that they had felt

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during the five years that were not taken into account at the tender

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prices were set. Have examined all of those cost pressures you look

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carefully and we do not think there is enough evidence to justify a

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price increase `` really carefully. Thames Water says the rise is

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necessary to pay for charges to transfers sewers and bad debts. The

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company said it will review the decision before deciding on its next

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step. That could be an appeal. Until then, today's decision will be seen

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as a rare victory for household ills.

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A former president of Abingdon's Chamber of Commerce has been cleared

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of 20 charges of sexual offences against young girls. Paul Townsend

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had faced a string of allegations by four girls will stop he has issued a

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short statement then it had been the worst 15 months of his life. He

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thanked family and friends for their support.

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Cleaners working on First Great Western chains that run through the

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south have taken further strike action `` trains. Members of the

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rail union RMT who work for the subcontractor MITIE are striking

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over wages and zero hours contracts. First Great Western says customers

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should not face any disruption as the strike carries on over the

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weekend. These workers staged a noisy demonstration inside the

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company's headquarters in Swindon. Our demands are that we be brought

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back in`house. Stop this exploitation through zero hours

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contracts and pay the minimum wage. People cannot survive on the money

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they are being paid. At the very least, give them sick pay, holiday

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pay, the minimum wage, free travel on the train that other members of

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staff get. For many the route from the armed forces back to seventh St

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`` civilian life can be tough, but a new organisation is trying to make

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it easier. It is as a result of the

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Buckinghamshire Armed Forces Community Covenant which was signed

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last year to link servers and civilian communities. 18 businesses

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have already backed the move. Life on the front line. As the

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warehouse operations manager, Chris supplies specialist electronic and

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aerospace parts. In the Falklands, he's applied petrol and ammunition.

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As a Staff Sergeant serving in the commando machine `` Marines. He left

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the forces but found the work `` found work in logistics. We have had

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to be adaptable due to the nature of some of the jobs we have had us the

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places they go and the things we have had to do. It takes some time

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when you think back to what you were doing when you were getting bombed,

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it feels like 1 million miles away. This is one of 18 businesses in the

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county which supports taking on extra military staff. Disciplined, a

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logical mind, our industry suits itself to military. A good eye for

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detail. The most recent figures show that in the months of April, May and

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June 2012 of the 2700 personnel who left the armed forces around 83%

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found employment within six months. Buckinghamshire County Council is

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hoping to start sessions allowed to this one in Bicester singing

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together businesses and ex`servicemen. It enables them to

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stay within the county. There are over 200 personnel who leave the

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service every year here, that is a colossal number, if we can keep

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those individuals who want to work, and they are definitely employable

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because they have skills and expertise and they have had the

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training, it is a win, win situation. Chris says army skills

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are transferable and no matter whether he is serving overseas or in

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the warehouse he still gets the buzz from his job.

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Officials in Oxford are trying to take control of a stretch of river

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bank near the city's train station in a bid to stop boat mooring on the

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Thames. The idea has been dubbed an overreaction by boat owners who said

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it is a lack of residential moorings in the city centre area. The City

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Council says it wants to introduce charges for strict temporarily

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moorings claiming that people living nearby have complained. Our reporter

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jointly. Tell me about this. `` joins me. It is a stretch of river

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bank that runs up to Oxford station. It is in two parts. There

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is a bit by the bridge where about four ports are moored. Then you have

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something that goes behind the back of the houses. The problem is that

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nobody knows who owns it and the City Council says it has been up to

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them to do the maintenance. It says it has had complaints from residents

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who have concerns about problems they have had from some `` about

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some boaters. We have had rubbish dumped here and there have been

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complaints of noise, or fumes from boats. We had open petrol cans on

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the embankment. Somebody decided to plant a caravan at the bottom of the

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garden. The boat owners dispute that and say that nobody has moored along

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their 1987. They say that the trend that the grass and keep the area

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clean, picking up litter, and they would be willing to pay fees to the

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council. If we are evicted from this place, we will be looking to sue the

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council and individual councillors. We will base its on the grounds of

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our rates to a home and employment. These are our homes. `` our rights

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to employment. The Environment Agency has said to them that that

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site is not truly suitable for long`time moorings and it wants to

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pretend visitor moorings which they think would bring in about 400,000

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pounds a year to the council. A service has been held near Royal

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Wootton Bassett to remember at the 447 `` 446 servicemen and women who

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have died in Afghanistan since the conflict began.

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It is one of six fields of remembrance that have been planted

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across the UK this year. There are 46,000 individual crosses which have

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been planted by serving members of the military and local school

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children. We have had a service of dedication and the two`minute's

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silence. Guests planted their own individual crosses to remember young

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ones. Among one was Emma, who lost her fiance in Afghanistan last year.

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He was very caring, always kind. He always put other people before

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himself. Generally a very kind man. This is the cross that Emma

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planted. She says she is going to keep his memory alive with help from

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the Royal British Legion for her daughter, who is now 16 months old.

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The garden will be open until the 18th of November.

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Network Rail has urged anyone who witnesses people trespassing on a

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real way line to contact British Transport Police. It is after we

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were sent this picture of a woman crossing the tracks at Reading West

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Station. There is a footbridge to cross the line safely.

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A charity has been given a government grant of more than

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?18,000 to help tackle rough slipping in Oxford. Around 12 people

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are estimated to be sleeping on the streets each night. The charity will

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give the money to find accommodation and provide them with longer term

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help to solve their housing problem. It is part of a ?20 million fund to

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tackle homelessness across the country.

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Quidditch was one is simply a mythical game played only in the

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world of Harry Potter. Not any more. This weekend 16 teams are heading to

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Oxford to take part in the largest tournament of Quidditch ever stage.

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Outside the world created by JK Rowling, players still need to score

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points with a quaffle and catch the snatch, although flying broomsticks

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are not included. The event will be staged at University Parks this

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weekend. Our top story, Thames Water's plans

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to add an extra ?29 to household bills have been blocked by the

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regulator Ofwat. Thames Water was the only water company out of the

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gene to ask foreign entities. Stay with us and we will find out what

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the weather has in store. shipbuilding closure and the issue

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of care homes. Still to come in this evening's

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South Today: Preparations for tonight's concert

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that pays tribute to those who fought in past and present

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conflicts. Relatives of people buried in a

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Berkshire churchyard say the decision to use sheep to control

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the grass and plants is an act of vandalism. Floral tributes have

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been eaten by the animals with urns and graves damaged as they've

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foraged for food. But the Church authorities say all they've done is

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return to a traditional way of caring for the site in the face of

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rising maintenance bills. The idea of the Lord as the good

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shepherd may be a familiar one to Christians. It is disrespectful.

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But the relatives of those buried in this Berkshire church yard never

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imagined their loved ones would share their final resting place

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with a rather more literal flock. I was really upset. It bought a lump

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to my applied. Behind the I have to answer, two uncles and a cousin and

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the sheep are just wandering all over their graves. The sheep

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arrived at the behest of the recently retired vicar. In the past

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a contractor has been employed to keep the grass under control, but

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there are no funds available. Using the animals, they say, harks back

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to the past when often sheep might safely graze in churchyards. It was

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banned of traditional way when it was just a mound of earth and not

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when people spend a lot of money on gravestones and people still come

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here to visit. The mess made by the sheep is terrible. Today, some of

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the sheep were being moved out and the damage they've caused made good.

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Repairing relationships between the church and local families may be a

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rather harder task. Southampton manager Mauricio

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Pochettino has been named Premier League Manager of the Month for

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October. The Argentinian steered Saints to two home wins and a draw

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at Manchester United during the month and his side moved as high as

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third in the table on some match days. Saints host Hull City

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tomorrow at St Mary's, hoping to extend their unbeaten league run to

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eight games. For many of the region's clubs

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tomorrow is FA cup first round day. For Portsmouth manager Guy

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Whittingham it's also a year since he became boss. He's seen the club

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come out of administration and he's overseeing a steady and cautious

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rebuilding project under community ownership. I've been to Fratton

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Park for a chat with him. He put a smile on the faces of Pompey fans

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20 years ago and now he is doing it again. It has been a year of change

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will Guy Whittingham. Massively. With everything that has happened

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with the club, from being at the lowest point in its history to now

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coming through to a point where we've got great support, the fans

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have rallied around us. Not only on the pitch, but ours to still be

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here, that is a massive achievement. Management inevitably changes

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someone as well. It is impossible to keep everyone happy. You have to

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get people to do things you don't want them to do and you have to

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crack the whip. The City of Portsmouth has had a grim week with

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job losses in store at the dockyard. It has not gone unnoticed at

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Fratton Park. There will be support from ours. We want to make sure

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that the people that have supported us, we support them. People really

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do rallied round in hard times. Pompey go to Stevenage tomorrow in

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the FA Cup first round with a six` game unbeaten run behind them.

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Where ever they try and do, we will be ready for them. The cup has

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bought some special days and some of those special moments will be

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sacrificed for long`term stability. It's a big weekend for non league

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Brackley Town who play in Conference North. They travel to

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Gillingham tomorrow. It may not be the first time the club have

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reached round one, but the Gills are the first league side to play

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them in a competitive match. Salisbury will have hopes of

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reaching the second round when they host Dartford. Oxford have an home

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tie, too, along with MK Dons. Two big games in the Championship

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tomorrow as well. Reading in fifth host Harry Redknapp's QPR who are

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third. Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe returns to Burnley for the first

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time since leaving the club to return to the south coast.

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London Irish are at Newcastle in rugby's LV Cup this weekend.

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Meanwhile, you may remember we featured the Ball Kids who were

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being trained in Hampshire for this week's ATP finals in London. Well,

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they've been hard at work looking after the world's top tennis

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players on court at the O2. Here's just one of them, India Taylor, who

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we featured on the programme last month. It's not always a glamourous

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job. This time next week it will be

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Children in Need night. South Today will be live from the national

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motor museum at Beaulieu. This year we have a special theme, James Bond,

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and I'll have a special presenter for the night to work with.

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Yes, its Samantha Bond who played Miss Moneypenny in the Pierce

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Brosnan films. Earlier I caught up with Sam to have a chat about her

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film career. I began by asking her about her connections to the south.

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My second job was at the Nuffield Theatre in Southampton and I was

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there for eight months and did nine plays. I finished that in the

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summer and the BBC gave me my first television role, which was Maria in

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Mansfield Park. We shop that in the New Forest. The following summer

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the BBC cast me in the first ever Miss Marple, which was shot in the

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New Forest. I thought that what the BBC were going to do. I thought,

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this is great been an actress. You go to the New Forest for three

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months in the summer. When it didn't happen, I thought what have

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I done wrong. The Bond films, they are tiny part in my career `` tiny

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parts in my career. This behaviour could qualify as sexual harassment.

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Sunday you will have to make good on your innuendos. You do have a

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lot of fun and there was a lot of partying that goes with it. What

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about Danton? It is colossal. I didn't come in until the last

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episode of the first series. By the time he `` by the time I started

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shooting, you could feel it. He walked onto the set and you thought,

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this is a hit. It had a quiet glow about it. You and I can go away on

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an extended trip somewhere. The baby can be adopted by a childless

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couple and they are made very happy and the baby is happy, and you

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are... Well, if not happy, at least free. And the other hit his

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Outnumbered. That adults try to follow a script and the children

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make it up as they go along. Is it scary to do that? It was terrifying

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at the beginning. The little girl was the frightening one. She would

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come out with things that was so left`field that you couldn't think

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of anything to say back. Have you ever been a bridesmaid? A couple of

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times. But never bride? I haven't. Why? I wasn't as lucky as your

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mummy. I didn't want to say yes to the first man who asked me. When

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you were money penny, you kissed the James Bond. Or was it like,

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just between us? It was absolutely lovely!. It took about four`and`a`

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half hours. On Sunday the nation will once

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again pay tribute to those who have fallen in past and current

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conflicts but there will also be acts of remembrance away from the

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war memorials themselves. Tonight sees the return of the Hampshire

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Festival of Remembrance which aims to mirror the national event at the

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Albert Hall. Let's cross to Alexis Green, who is outside Southampton

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Guildhall. Rehearsals have been ongoing all afternoon. The event

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starts in around 45 minutes' time. There is a 120 strong choir,

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military bands will be performing as well. The man directing them

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joins me now. This festival has not been in Southampton for a while. It

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has been seven years and we are delighted to be involved in its

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resurrection. How is it similar to the event at the Albert Hall? We

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have a band and choir on stage and the event is centred around a

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concert of commemoration. In `` there was also a service of

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remembrance. I look after 12 bands and we have bought some of them

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together to form a band of around 60 to perform one cheque `` on

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stage. There will be military music and we also have the Southampton

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Philharmonic Choir. Thank you. Well, the seeds are starting to fill up

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in the Guild Hall. There are 1,000 seats that have nearly sold out. If

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you miss the event, you can tune into BBC Radio Solent for a

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highlight show. Talking of whether, if you are out and about it is

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looking pretty good. This weather front brought torrential downpours

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throughout the course of the morning and in the afternoon. We

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did have some thunder in that rain, but tonight we will see it move

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towards the North Sea and temperatures will fall into single

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figures. We are looking at lows of between four and eight Celsius. A

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cold start and the risk of frost. At around 7 o'clock tomorrow

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morning it is chilly and it will be around four Celsius. Temperatures

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will rise, but a band of rain will push its way in. It could be heavy

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and one last until midday. Once it clears, and showers will follow.

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Maybe some sunshine with a high of 11 degrees Celsius. Tomorrow night,

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clear spells are possible. One or to showers for the south`west, but

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it will be a chilly night and we are expecting a widespread frost

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with temperatures falling to three Celsius. A chilly night to come and

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a chilly start to Remembrance Sunday. Whether you are at

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Portsmouth, Bournemouth or Winchester Cathedral, conditions

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are looking good. It will be a cold, crisp and sunny day, so wrap up

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warm. We are expecting a wet day tomorrow and squally rain. The Met

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Office had issued a yellow weather warning. They could be some

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localised flooding and thunderstorms. A sunny and cold day

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on Sunday. What on Monday and Tuesday will be drier, but slightly

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colder. Back to the studio. You can hear the highlights of that concert

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on BBC Radio Solent on Sunday. He's been delivering the local

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paper in his Dorset village since 1942, but this weekend Ted Ingram

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is finally hanging up his delivery bag. 93`year`old Ted is the world's

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oldest and longest`serving paperboy. He's been doing his round in

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Winterbourne Monkton for an incredible 71 years. We wish him a

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very long and happy retirement. So a week to go until Children in

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Need and our special outside broadcast from the Beaulieu Motor

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Museum. As I was with a Bond girl and among all those Bond cars, we

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just had to have a look around. Here we are ` the National Motor

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Museum where we will be presenting this year's Children in Need. What

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car are we going to arrive in? There are lots, let's have a look.

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Your mere presence opens doors for you and has then taken off. this

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will be great fun. You cannot be serious. Come we have this one? It

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is not fast enough. I have got a better idea. Good driving bond. You

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know what you're doing. I like a bit of speed. Daniel Craig, eat

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your heart out. I thought you were brilliant. That next Friday,

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Children in Need. We are back on Monday. That's it for now, goodbye.

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