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That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me, and on

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Hello and welcome to South Today from Oxford.

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In tonight's programme: A woman from Milton Keynes pleads guilty to

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murdering her 83`year`old husband. John Sampford had been suffering

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from a terminal illness and was killed last year. His wife claims it

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was an act of mercy. Also coming up ` a court's convicted

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this police officer from Banbury for selling personal information of

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accident victims. It's a weekend of celebrations for

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staff at RAF Benson ` 75 years since the airbase first opened.

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And later on: we'll have a regional update on football's transfer

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deadline day. Clubs have just a few hours left to complete permanent

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deals. Good evening.

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A 75`year`old woman has pleaded guilty to the murder of her husband

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` claiming in court it was an act of mercy. Shelia Sampford from Milton

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Keynes appeared via video link from prison. The court heard how she told

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police after her arrest last July ` that her 83`year`old terminally ill

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husband's death was part of a suicide pact. Jessica Cooper has

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this report. Sheila Sampford appeared in court

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via video link from prison. When asked how she did it to the charge

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of murdering her husband, she said, guilty. It was on the 5th of July

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last year that police were called to this house in Bancroft Park and

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found John Sampford who had been strangled to death. And neighbour

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has described them as a lovely, genuine couple who had been married

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for 50 years, St John were Sheila's rock, and had been receiving

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treatment for leukaemia. Court heard that Sheila Sampford told police

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that killing John was part of a suicide pact. Secures said the issue

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to consider was whether she believed it was an act of mercy. The defence

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said the only matter was whether she asked him to do what she did to

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him. The sentence she is given will depend on whether the judge believes

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she carried out a mercy killing. It's the wettest January on record

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according to Oxford University, and there will be more rain overnight.

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The meteorological station and Green Templeton College has been measuring

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rainfall since 1767. There has now been more than 138 millimetres for

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the month. The last time it was that we was in 1852. The Environment

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Agency has issued several flood warnings and said the region is

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particularly sensitive because the ground is so saturated already.

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The flooding we had in December has overwhelmed the trade systems. Flood

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plains are storing water, they are designed to do so, however, the fact

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there is so much water around really causes concern in terms of the

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additional rainfall we have. Even smaller to rainfall can cause

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significant flooding and we are keeping a watchful eye on the impact

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that the rainfall has an flood risk in the communities of Oxfordshire.

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A former UKIP councillor who has blamed the recent flooding on God's

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wrath for the legalisation of gay marriage has had his home

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vandalised. Henley town councillor David Silvester ` who has been

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suspended from UKIP ` has had his home pelted with eggs. An online

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petition calling for him to step down from his post ` has now reached

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over 24,000 signatures. Thames Valley Police has told the

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BBC it will now start misconduct proceedings following the conviction

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of a former officer who used the force computer to steal the data of

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thousands of accident victims, and then sell it on to solicitors. Today

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a jury has failed to reach a verdict for a third defendant accused of

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taking part in the conspiracy. Tom Turrell has been following the trial

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and joins me now. What's the latest?

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This is all about the former Thames Valley Police officer from Banbury.

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She has been found guilty of stealing thousands of accident

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victim details from the force's computer. She is doing it to sell it

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on to firms of solicitors. She couldn't do it without a middleman,

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and that was this man from Birmingham. Between them they made

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just over ?26,000 in 2011, and the prosecution said it had stopped

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them, it could open up as as high as ?1 million. The man's wife was

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implicated in all of this and faced the same charges, however today, a

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jury said they could not reach a verdict with her trial. The

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sentencing will take place in March and they can expect time behind

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bars. What does Thames Valley Police have

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to say about this? In a statement, they told me,

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Hundreds of new homes are to be built in Cherwell ` despite the fact

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that the district council has rejected the applications.

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Government planning inspectors have ruled that developers can go ahead

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with a new estate in Adderbury. It's the latest in a string of

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applications that have been approved at appeal because Cherwell hasn't

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met housing targets. Angela Walker reports.

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Elaine Bryant has lived in the village of Bradbury for nearly 40

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years, no developers have been granted permission to build 65

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houses on the field opposite. You are actually knocking the

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character of the village out of sync. You are taking out

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countryside. People choose to live in the village, not an extension of

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another town. Cherwell district Council turned

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down the application but have been overruled by government inspectors.

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In the past three years, the planning Inspectorate has given the

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go`ahead for hundreds of new homes in Banbury, Norton after Cherwell

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rejected them. Will have too many houses in the

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wrong places, and that spells disaster for the future. Planning is

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about getting the right number of houses in the right places, having

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education, retail, transport links. We need housing, we know where we

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need to put housing in the next 20 years.

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The government says the number of decisions being overturned has

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fallen, but councils need an up`to`date local plan to help shape

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where development should go. I'm so disgusted, I really am. To

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ruin the countryside like this. The local councils are totally

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knowledgeable of local situations. We talk to local people, they know

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the existing problems. The traffic is just impossible.

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Cherwell still has not finished its local plan, and will be presented on

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Friday and a public enquiry will start in May. Until it is agreed,

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the odds are in favour of more housing development being accepted

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at appeal. Meanwhile, new figures show more

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than 6,000 new homes have been registered in our region over the

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past year ` an increase of around 10% compared to 2012. The most were

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in Buckinghamshire, where more than 2,500 have been registered. The

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National House Building Council says across the UK the number of new

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homes registered is at its highest since the economic downturn of 2007.

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The NHBC also claims it's been a strong picture for Oxfordshire.

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It's great news for the country and the Thames Valley. We are seeing

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strong growth coming through Tom 51 present growth year`on`year arm of

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the strongest numbers we have seen since 2006/2007. It is good news for

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the industry and good news for those who support the industry, and it's

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good news for people who want to get on the property ladder.

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While the Prime Minister has been leading a UK`France summit at one of

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Oxfordshire's airbases, Brize Norton, today, this weekend marks a

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special anniversary for staff at RAF Benson. Tomorrow will be 75 years

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since the airbase in south Oxfordshire first opened. . And now

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a new generation of aircraft has been drafted in, to the base, as

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part of a multi`million pound upgrade. BBC South was the first

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broadcast media aboard the new Puma MK two. Stuart Tinworth reports.

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Preparing for take`off in the nineteen forties.

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Throughout the Second World War, aircraft at RAF Benson was used to

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gather photographic evidence. But over the last 75 years many other

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important tasks have happened here. As well transporting kings and

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queens, RAF Benson has been home to Puma helicopters for nearly 20

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years. The last few months though have marked a new generation of

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aircraft ` a multi million pound upgrade from the Puma MK1 to the new

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MK2. This upgrade is part of a ?260 million programme, and it means it

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will travel with 35 present more power. It can go faster, and thanks

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to increased fuel efficiency it can also go further. And staff here

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believe it's a good investment. The Puma offers capability of going

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to most places within the world, and capable of rebuild within four hours

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to have the aircraft operating. These pumas can carry up to 16

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fully`equipped troops and have highly advanced digitised glass

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cockpits ` arguably more efficient than some Merlin helicopters.

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Investment in Puma has been a great and for RAF Benson. The future

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capability will be the Puma now that the Merrin is moving to the Navy.

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Seven of the RAF's fleet of the new pumas have so far been delivered to

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RAF Benson. The rest will be handed over next year.

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That's all from me for the moment. I'll have the headlines at 8pm and a

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full bulletin at 10:25pm. Now more of today's stories with Sally

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Taylor. been crucial in safeguarding up to

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one thousand two hundred jobs. Who is coming in? Who's going out?

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All the news from today's transfer deadline coming up. Rain and high

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winds have hit the south again this evening, prompting warnings of more

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potential flooding. The Environment Agency, which has

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issued numerous flood warnings, said many coastal areas would be affected

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by high tides in the coming days. Our reporter Sean Killick is in

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Pagham on the West Sussex coast this evening where residents have been

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facing concerns since Christmas over their flood defences. Sean, how's it

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looking? It's pretty wet and windy here. I'm

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on one of the patios at one of the seafront houses here. It used to be

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about 80 yards away, but during the nights the sea has eroded the beach.

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The view from this room is dramatic, but the sea is getting closer every

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day. Every night, we hear rumbling when

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the rocks are falling down. Nothing is safe here. The residents along

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the strip off the beach are all very concerned. The beach is slowly being

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washed away. These are the houses, and this is

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the beach. The shingle you can see out there is a spate which is

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stretching from the beach a quarter of a mile away. That's never used to

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be here. This is now the mouth of the harbour. Every time the titles

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in or out, it takes part of the beach with it. Residents want a hole

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cut through to alter the current and stop its washing away the beach. The

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council says it is doing what it can to protect their homes. The ?500,000

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we spent on this rock has provided a defence.

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We are looking at about ?100,000 of work to protect it further will stop

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our problem is finding that money. The council says the rock is still

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protecting the homes, but with more storms and spring tides this

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weekend, it has shingles in position in case of emergencies. The

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Environment Agency says there are nine flood warnings in the region,

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including a long stretches of the River Thames. You saw flooded roads

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in Berkshire. There are warnings of difficult conditions in the next few

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hours, and motorists are urged to take care of. They are going to be

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salting the roads tonight, because of the risk of freezing

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temperatures. The weather is coming up.

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There has been disruption on the trains after a signalling problem in

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Salisbury. Services are expected to be

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disrupted until at least 9pm tonight.

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A woman whose house caught fire after she charged an electronic

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cigarette is warning others of the potential dangers. Tam Hunt had only

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just bought the device which she plugged in for just a few minutes.

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It exploded causing a fire which spread through the first floor of

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her house in Bordon in Hampshire. James Ingham has been to meet her.

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I heard the fire alarms go off, ran upstairs, and discovered that my

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whole bedroom was on fire. It's really badly damaged, isn't it?

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It is. This is literally ten minutes worth of damage. We were incredibly

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lucky. I was downstairs making a cup of tea when the fire alarms went

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off. When I came upstairs, I can only describe it as carnage. It was

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terrifying. An e`cigarette works by heating

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liquid nicotine, turning it into vapour. But they need to be charged.

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You unscrew it. You take the vapour away. You then plug in the charger,

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and that can go into any certified adapter, or even into your laptop.

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After being charged in this plug socket, this is all that is left of

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Tam's e`cigarette. Trading Standards are now looking into what happened,

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trying to identify exactly which product it was that she bought. They

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are certainly very concerned. Advocates of e`cigarettes warned

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that charging any lithium battery carries a small risk. But they

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insist that products are regulated sufficiently.

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Electronic cigarettes go through at least 15 EDU directives. They need

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to be trading standards compliant. They need to be CE marked to prove

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their safety. Anybody who is selling the ones that aren't are breaking

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the law. But Tam is concerned, and says she'd

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never use an e`cigarette again. I thought, this is brilliant. This

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is a great way to give up smoking. I'm going to extend my health. It's

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not going to impact my children. It's had more impact than I ever

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could have imagined. It literally is one of the worst things I've ever

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done. It has caused complete devastation to us.

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Onto sport now and we're into the final hours of football's transfer

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deadline day. Tony's here to tell us what's happening. Tony, it's a day

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where there's a lot of speculation, and fans can be on the edge of their

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seat. This day was made with the social

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media age! We'll stick to what's happening in

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these final hours of the window. All the deals must be completed by 11PM

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tonight in the UK. The big transfer is a departure from St Mary's and no

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real surprise after the past week of headlines. Dani Osvaldo has been in

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Italy today completing a loan move to Juventus. The Italians will pay a

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loan fee of ?330,000 ` that's with a view to a permanent ?14

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millionswitch at the end of the season. Osvaldo was suspended by

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Saints for a training ground attack on Jose Fonte. Meanwhile Jason

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Puncheon` who's been on loan at Crystal Palace since August has

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moved to London permanently for ?1.75 million Bournemouth have

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finally landed striker Yann Kermorgant after a week of

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negotiations which saw the player travel south on wednesday and then

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return today to complete the formalities of a two and a half year

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contract for a fee of around ?400,000.

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I think it is a very good project for the club. We want to push

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forward is to enter the Premier League.

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Southampton go to relegation threatened Fulham tomorrow in the

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Premier League. Saints sit ninth in the table, after

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Tuesday's draw with Arsenal. Rickie Lambert is fit again after a

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hamstring injury. Victor Wanyama is in contention to return after ten

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games out through injury. Away from the Premier League,

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Reading go to Millwall tomorrow, hoping to build on their latest big

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win. Bournemouth are at home again ` their fifth home game in a row, as

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they host a Leicester side which has won its last eight. Brighton are at

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Watford on Sunday. In league One, Swindon host Oldham and MK Dons

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entertain Tranmere. Portsmouth are at home against fellow strugglers

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Torquay at Fratton Park. Managerless Oxford host Wimbledon. Full

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commentary on BBC local radio and the goals are on the Football League

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Show tomorrow night. And in the non league, four of the

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eight remaining teams in this season's FA Trophy are from

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Hampshire ` it's quarter`final weekend. So good luck to fans of

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Havant and Waterlooville, Aldershot, Eastleigh and Gosport Borough.

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Reading Ladies defend their national indoor hockey title this weekend at

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Wembley Arena. The event has changed from a six player per team format to

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five. Reading head into the weekend with high hopes, but the continuing

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success for the club at women's and men's levels is coming at a

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financial cost. Skipper Emma Thomas joined me earlier to look ahead.

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It's a big weekend of indoor hockey. We are already through to the

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finals. After last year's success, would you

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consider yourselves likely to win the trophy again?

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I don't think there is such a thing as favourites in sports. Maybe the

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other team edge its. It's going to be a really close game.

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They've been there before and beaten us there before. They have won one,

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we have want one. There are only five of you on the

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pitch. It's a relatively big pitch for five people.

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It's actually a big space. It is quite exciting. The downside is, you

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have to work really hard to get enough people in attack and enough

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in defence. For us, it's a positive, because we have a massive bench.

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So you can play to the strengths of the squad. You are so strong, but

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there's a price to this success, isn't there? It's the funding of

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getting you to these events. The men have competed in Europe for eight

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consecutive seasons. We are in our third season. It does

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come as a huge price. Most of us have regular jobs alongside playing

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hockey. It is expensive. You've got international players.

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How can you find ways to help those of you in everyday jobs get out

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there and compete? The club are hugely supportive, and

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the members help us from that point of view. We run coaching sessions to

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help fund ourselves. We also have a few sponsorship deals. There is a

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national campaign to send us to Europe. Today, we announced a

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sponsorship deal with a charity who are helping fund what we do. People

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forget that they think it is a high`performance sports, so you just

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take the weekend off and go. Other mac we pay to play, so we are

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very different to the footballers. It's the first time we've been. It's

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`20 out there, so we are glad it's outdoors will stop it will be really

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exciting to play some of the best nations indoors.

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James O'Connor will leave at the end of the season. He's hoping to get

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back onto the Australian team. And six Nations starts tomorrow. We've

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got France playing England's. Wales are playing Italy. Ireland's playing

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Scotland on Sunday. What is the oldest food in your

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kitchen cupboard? At university, we had a massive tin

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of ravioli which we never touched. This is a time tin of luncheon meat

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45 years old. When he was 22, Nick went shopping

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with his girlfriend. We saw these catering sized tins of luncheon meat

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and decided to get a couple. It cost him four shillings. That is

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20p and today's money. Nick didn't know that it would be the beginning

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of a moral relationship. When my father died, we found the

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tin that I remembered giving to my parents some 30 years previously.

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I've had bad tin in one of my cupboards for the last ten years. I

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have no intention of opening it! I would love to know if it was

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edible. As long as the tin looks sound, I'd

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probably eat it! Is pretty gross, isn't it!

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I'm not sure his son would agree that it's a perfect family heirloom!

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Less get the weather. `` lets get the weather.

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There has been some heavy rain this afternoon, and it will continue

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until just after midnight. There will be quite a few heavy showers,

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and temperatures falling rapidly under clearing skies. The winds will

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fall like true overnights, bringing the risk of some ice. There may be

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the odd wintry showers over high grounds. A bit of sleet, even the

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odd snowflakes. The winds will increase in strength tomorrow. We

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are looking at gale`force winds across the coast. A bit of

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wintriness over the Cotswolds, a bit of sleet or even snow. It's mainly

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falling as rain. Highs tomorrow of six. A cold Biel to things, with

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those strong winds. It will be very strong along the south coast. `` a

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cold deal to things. Check the Environment Agency website for more

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flood warnings. The risk of localised flooding following that

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rain, and there is the Environment Agency warning number for you if you

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are concerned about the situation. A slightly better day on Sunday, but

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tomorrow we will have a few showers. They could be heavy, but there will

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be some dry periods as well. Temperatures tomorrow night down to

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four. A dry day on Sunday, but there is still a big swell in the English

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Channel, which means we may have some large coastal waves. Sunshine

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to be had on Sunday, and a few showers mainly for the south coast.

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Still a breeze, but not as strong. We are looking at gusts tomorrow of

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50 mph. The Met office are warning of those winds. In a better day on

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Sunday, with some sunny spells, scattered showers, Mitre winds.

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Definitely the best day of the weekend. More rain and strong winds

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arrive next week. Monday and also Wednesday.

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