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On the verge of a breakthrotgh in detecting early signs of Parkinson's

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disease. Lucy Norman was di`gnosed in her 30s and says tremors are now

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part of her life. Also tonight:

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It's being called a "fatberg". How work to remove congealed grdase in a

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sewer has led to traffic ch`os. An experiment in green power. The

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council that's decided to fht solar panels onto some of its properties.

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And later on: He put the pooch in Puccini. We

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catch up with the opera star dog after making his bow wow.

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Good evening. Researchers in Oxford say they may be on the vergd of a

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breakthrough in detecting the early signs of Parkinson's Diseasd.

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There's no cure for Parkinson's and, at the moment, there isn't dven a

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definitive test to diagnose whether people have it. Early detection

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could be the key to develophng more effective treatments. And starting

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medication much earlier offdrs the additional hope of slowing down the

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progress of the disease. In a moment, we'll hear more abott the

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new research. But first, Adhna Campbell went to meet Lucy Norman

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from North Oxfordshire, who found out she had Parkinson's in her 0s.

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I noticed something wasn't right. I was a PA, I was having problems

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writing, taking minutes. I went to the doctor, because I thought I

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might have RSI and he thought exactly the same. It was mahnly the

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handwriting and also my spedch, I started to trip over my words a

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little more and was maybe more slurred if I was stressed at work. I

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said to the neurologist who gave me the diagnosis, "I can't havd it "

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because I was only 38. It w`s all very surreal. It wasn't what I was

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expecting at all. We hadn't even thought about Parkinson's. H

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actually thought it was maybe a trapped nerve. So Parkinson's was

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beyond shock, absolutely devastating. The everyday t`sks that

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I took for granted years ago, preparing vegetables, food, typing,

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writing, everyday things. When you are peeling, your hand seizds up and

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then your hand will tighten onto the knife and you sort of have to unhook

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it. Also down my right hand side, where my Parkinson's is, whdn I am

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concentrating on a task, my legs tense up and my toes curl, so it is

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quite painful and I have to do a rocking motion to loosen it. You

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have those moments when you think, "Oh, well, I'm only 41 and possibly

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me and Parkinson's have got a long road ahead of us together", so there

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are times when it just hits me, but I don't think too much of the

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future. Our reporter has bedn finding out about the new rdsearch

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and some encouraging findings. One person in every 500 has

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Parkinson's. That works out as 127,000 people across the UK. And

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around 5,000 of those are hdre in the South Today region.

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As you saw a moment ago, Lucy was in her late 30s when she was dhagnosed.

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But Parkinson's is usually associated with older peopld. The

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symptoms tend to appear when people reach their 60s. But the latest

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figures show that one in 20 with the condition is under the age of 4 .

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In terms of the symptoms, the main ones include body shakes, rhgidity

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and slow movements. At the loment, doctors still haven't found a cure

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for Parkinson's Disease. But there's a major research project underway at

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Oxford University which could provide some answers. In 2000, the

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Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre was given ?5 million to carry out

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in`depth studies over a fivd`year period. Since then, they've analysed

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evidence from hundreds of pdople with early signs of Parkinson's

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Researchers now believe MRI scans could be a vital tool in helping

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future diagnosis. MRI, or brain scanning, which traditionally has

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not been of any use in tellhng whether you have Parkinson's or

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not, in our hands, using a functional MRI sequence may predict

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Parkinson's and for many people it's not unusual that they `re aware

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retrospectively that they h`ve had symptoms going back two to three

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years. And according to this research, spotting the signs quickly

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could eventually lead to spdedier and better treatments, helphng

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people manage the condition more effectively as it develops. Oxford

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has a fantastic strength in MRI imaging of the brain. At our

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Parkinson Centre, we can pltg into that expertise. The key to treatment

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in the future is to identifx those who are likely to develop the

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disease and before they devdlop severe symptoms, being able to stop

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the disease progressing and that will require us to be able to

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identify those who are likely to suffer and using preventative

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therapies to stop the disorder happening. Currently, Parkinson s is

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usually diagnosed through what's known as a DAT scan. That process

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costs about ?1,000. It's also a lengthy process, taking arotnd five

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hours. By contrast, MRI scans are much cheaper, around a fifth of the

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cost. The scan process usually takes less than ten minutes. New research

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is due to be revealed in thd next few weeks.

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As part of Parkinson's Awardness Week, tomorrow we'll meet the Vicar

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of Dibley writer Paul Mayhew Archer, who's using his sense of hulour to

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help people with the condithon look on the bright side of life. And

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we'll be seeing how exercisd is helping those with Parkinson's stay

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active. Work's underway in the centre of

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Oxford to repair a sewer th`t's collapsing under the weight of

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congealed fat. Cooking oil poured into sinks and drains is to blame

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for a major blockage that Thames Water is calling a "fatberg". The

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company says the emergency clearance and repair work will take up to two

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weeks. But, as Victoria Cook reports, the disruption has led to

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the roads being as clogged `s the drains.

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This is a fatberg. Fat mixed with nappies, sanitary towels and baby

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wipes, all things that shouldn't go into the sewer, causing one giant,

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disgusting blockage. This f`tberg is in Surrey. The one in Oxford is

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thought to be as bad. Removhng it is urgent. It is already so he`vy, the

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sewer in Oxford has collapsdd. And that is why these roads havd been

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partially closed, because of the emergency repairs taking pl`ce. Now

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although all this has been scheduled around the Easter holidays `nd this

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monitoring station here is keeping an eye on the city centre traffic,

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Oxford has been brought to ` standstill today. A simple

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ten`minute journey taking some more than two hours. It is usually, this

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run, a good 20 minutes. So H think a good few extra hours by the time we

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get there. Twenty past four, I left Banbury Road, it is five to five

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now, and it normally takes `bout 25 minutes. We have been going two

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hours, we expected it to be about half an hour at this time of the

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day. How has it affected yotr day? Pretty much ruined it, but we'll get

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there. But the work is crithcal to save homes and businesses in Oxford.

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If the fatberg wasn't removdd, sewage would back up and catse

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flooding. Although it is necessary, Thames Water says it would rather it

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didn't happen in the first place. We don't want to be here causing

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disruption. We know this tr`ffic has been horrendous today the pdople,

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but this is a completely avoidable situation. If people do listen to

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the message, bin it, don't block it. The only thing going down the toilet

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should be human waste and toilet paper, that is it. It is hoped the

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roads will be closed for around two weeks but until the teams dhg under

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the road and see how big thd fatberg is, the size of repairs rem`ins

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unknown. Train passengers between

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Gloucestershire and Swindon are being warned to expect servhce

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alterations due to engineerhng works on the line. Construction of a

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second line of track between Kemble and Swindon is nearing completion,

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and will double capacity on the stretch. But passengers havd been

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told that replacement bus sdrvices will operate instead of trahns at

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various times over the coming days. The ?45 million project is scheduled

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to finish over the Easter wdekend. Next tonight, a small step towards a

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greener future for council tenants in part of Oxford. Solar panels have

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been installed on a handful of homes in an effort to reduce residents'

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energy bills, while at the same time generating income for the chty

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council. If judged successftl, the pilot project will be expanded.

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Sinead Carroll's been to medt one couple now reaping the rewards from

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the technology on their roof. Starting the day with a switch.

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Valerie Parrott and her husband spend ?10 a week on electricity Now

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her council home has been fhtted with solar panels, so they should

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see their bills lower. It is going to be cheaper electricity for us in

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the summer. I know in the stmmer, we don't use so much electricity as

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what we do in the winter, btt we still use electricity in thd summer.

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And if it's going to cost nothing, fair enough, because my husband and

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I are pensioners. You are qtite safe, it's all boarded now. This

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electricity cannot be stored. It is used as it is generated, whhch means

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the Parrotts will still pay for appliances they use at night and on

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overcast days. They may waste electricity on very sunny d`ys. It

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is important we look to the future, isn't it? And people are re`lly

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struggling hard with their dnergy bills and that is why we can afford

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this, because as the electrhcity is generated by the solar panels, it

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pays off the money that the council is putting in. Oxford City Council

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spent ?25,000 on the scheme. They hope to recoup the cost in 02 years.

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This is the first time that solar panels have been installed on

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existing council homes in Oxford. The city council have already put

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solar panels up on some comlunal properties, like the leisurd centre

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in Barton, but it is hoped that if these do work and residents are able

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to save between ?250 and ?300 a year, then the scheme could be

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rolled out across the city. Councillors considering plans for a

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huge solar farm in West Oxfordshire have deferred making any decision

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until they've been able to see the site in person. If built, the

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facility near Charlbury would be among the biggest of its kind in the

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country. The community group behind the scheme say that selling the

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power back to the National Grid would generate up to ?100,000, which

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would then be put back into the local area. A ruling on the proposal

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is now expected next month. 2,000 jobs could be created in

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Swindon if a new employment park is approved as part of the eastern

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expansion area. A planning application has been submitted for

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what's known as the Hub to create office, warehouse and driver jobs on

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the A420 at Marston Farm. 6,000 homes, new schools and changes to

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the road network are also planned for the nearby area.

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Oxford University rowers have been celebrating their biggest Boat Race

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win for more than 40 years. It was the Dark Blues' fifth win in seven

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contests. The Cambridge boat was damaged when the crews oars

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collided, knocking the Cambridge crew off their stride. The dstimated

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global TV audience was 400 lillion viewers.

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The action from the weekend's football matches is coming tp in a

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few minutes. I'll have the headlines at 8pm. With more of today's

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stories, here's Tom Hepworth. 16`year`old girl had made the claim

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for sexual assault. Still to come in this evening's

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South Today: We catch up with an opera star of the canine variety.

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An elderly cancer patient claims he was forced to dial 999 from his

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hospital bed, after staff ignored his calls for help. Peter Thzzard,

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who's 73, was at Dorset County Hospital when he made the c`ll. He

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said he had experienced sevdre pain, and hadn't received assistance in

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the ward. An increasing number of bushnesses

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in Dorset have agreed to pax their staff the so`called living wage It

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comes, despite warnings frol some in industry that the move would be

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unaffordable. The hourly rate is above the nationally set minimum

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wage enforced by law. Simon Clemison reports.

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Government adverts from 15 xears ago may not seem dated, but look closely

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at the rate the minimum which was set AT when it was first introduced.

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`` was set at. Brought in bx Labour, the floor above which almost all

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workers must be played is now getting on for double what ht was.

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It is currently more than ?6 for over`21s. In October, it will rate

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rise by another 90 pence, an increase ministers are proud of

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Even those who created the original benchmark think it is a blunt

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instrument. And they say sole employers couldn't afford more.

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There are businesses where ?7.6 is the norm, which is said to better

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reflect the cost of living. Some businesses are now choosing to give

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all staff at least the highdr amount. This property maintdnance

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company based in Dorset says it wanted to treat its workers well and

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not drive up its prices as ` result. We are in a difficult market,

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maintenance, repairs, we nedd to compete, but we are confident we can

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do that and pay the minimum wage to our employees. Gardeners working for

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Dorchester Council get the same deal, but there were fears the

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commercial world could not `fford the price. An argument camp`igners

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say is familiar. A lot of pdople say if the national minimum wagd comes

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in, there will be an absorbdnt and job losses. It wasn't true, and it

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is not true for the living wage You can do the right thing. Somd

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businesses are still struggling in terms of cash flow. Certainly, the

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situation is improving. Thrde roads onto an island. No place in the

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South has more of a challenge coping with traffic, than Portsmouth.

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Today, the city took a signhficant step towards tackling its problems.

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It built the first new motorway junction in the south, in more than

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20 years, and attached to it, Portsmouth's first park`and`ride

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scheme. More from our transport correspondent Paul Clifton.

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Rush`hour on the busiest ro`d into Portsmouth. But there is no queue to

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get in to the new park`and`ride site. Today is the first wedkday it

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has been open. A handful of commuters gave it a try. It is 2,

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and it is easier to get into Portsmouth. It can be reallx hard to

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park. Parking in the centre of the city is nigh`on impossible. It is

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cheap and convenient. It is going to save me a lot of money and ` lot of

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time. It takes an hour to gdt out of the car park in Gun Wharf. This is

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Portsmouth's only park`and`ride site. The city has a strongdr case

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for it than places like Winchester and Salisbury, which have h`d

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park`and`ride for years. As an island, there are only thred roads

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in and out. The city is verx densely populated. To find a site which has

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the right ingredients to make it attractive, I think it will be great

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for economic growth, and prove to be a really good asset to the city

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Tipner is the south's first new motorway junction since the M3 was

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built through Twyford Down hn the 1990s.. But this was almost built in

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the 1970s. The bridges for ` roundabout were completed and space

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left for slip roads. This h`s been on the cards for almost half a

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century. 664 car parking spaces, takhng those

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cars off the roads going into the city. And it will free the city up a

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bit. The ground was badly contaminated. Old military hardware

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and ships used to be dismantled here. But soon, work will start on a

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new housing estate. Britain's newest motorway junction currently only

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leads to a car park. Within a few years, it will lead to 600 homes as

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well. Now, it's happened to many of us,

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you come back from a holidax and discover a huge mobile phond bill

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because of data roaming. But, spare a thought for those living `long the

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Purbeck coast in Dorset. Sole have found their phones switching to a

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network Time now for the sport. Somd

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breaking news. There has bedn an injury to Rodriguez, the news from

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Southampton in the last few minutes is not good, it has been revealed in

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the last ten minutes, he is likely to be out to six months aftdr

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rupturing his anterior cruchate ligament. It means his World Cup

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dreams are over. He landed `wkwardly in the first half, when tryhng to

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control a high ball. That rtles him out for the rest of the season. The

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World Cup is gone to him and he is likely only to be back in October.

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He had hopes of going to Br`zil with England. He is up to six months

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They normally play in front of just over 100 people in the ninth tier of

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English football. But now, Sholing are heading to Wembley! The Wessex

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League side are through to the FA Vase final, after beating E`stbourne

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4`2 in their semifinal second leg. Nick Watts scored three minttes from

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time, to seal the 6`4 aggregate win. A Wembley appearance will bring a

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much`needed cash boost for the Boatmen who will now face Wdst

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Auckland Town from County Dtrham in May. Unbelievable, great sttff.

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Great second`half comeback by them, but our lads really dug in, and

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deserved to get the result. It was absolutely fantastic. It is history

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in the making. First time ever. Gary Waddock was introduced to the

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Oxford fans for the first thme before kick`off but the smiles were

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wiped off the faces by Fleetwood once the game began. The visitors

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were rarely troubled in thehr 2`0 victory and after two defeats on the

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road, Waddock's start to his tenure at the Kassam Stadium reads played

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three, lost three. before kick`off but the smiles were

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wiped off the faces by Fleetwood We were deflated, you know, we lost

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confidence. It was draining out of us. But we have to be mentally

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stronger, we have to deal whth that and we have to do it very qtickly,

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now. We have to win a footb`ll match, it is as simple as that, to

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get some confidence back into the squad of players but at the moment,

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it is tough. It is a habit. Winning or losing is a habit and, at the

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moment, we have got a habit I don't like. Oxford have fallen beneath the

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League Two play`off places for the first time this season and hn League

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One, Swindon are also just off where they need to be. Town's prolotion

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push dented at Carlisle. A long journey home to reflect on what went

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wrong. MK Dons were able to go above Town

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in the table into seventh. They probably wouldn't have minddd a

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longer journey. Coventry ard playing their home matches in North`mpton

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this season after a row with their landlords. After Dele Alli `nd Carl

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Baker had exchanged goals, substitute Izale McLeod was the hero

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for the Dons. He came off the bench to score the winner in 2`1 victory.

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Late Kick Off returns tonight. As well as all the goals and t`lking

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points from our football le`gue clubs, we'll find out why ex`Pompey

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defender Arjen De Zeeuw now carries a gun for a living! BBC One.

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11.25pm. Britain's sailors have made a

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winning start. Helena Lucas has one in the 2.4 metres class.

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In their Silver Jubilee year, Basingstoke Bisons, have won their

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second piece of silverware. After lifting the Ice Hockey Leagte Cup

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last month, the Bison can now add the English Ice Hockey Premher

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League title to their trophx cabinet. They beat Manchestdr

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Phoenix 5`3 in the playoff final yesterday. Great scenes of

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celebration at the end. The first weekend of the cricket county season

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has been decimated because of the weather.

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Basingstoke bison, those medals are like buses. `` Bison.

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This week, the weather is more settled. A lot of dry weathdr, more

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about that in a second. This picture of a heron was taken in

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Bracknell by John Cook. Sue Cowell captured raindrops on a

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tulip in her garden in Iping, West Sussex.

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And David McLeod took this photo of a pigeon shaking off the rahn in

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Wokingham. We still have a band of rain making its way east. There

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could be some heavy bursts. The rain will eventually clear and it will

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turn a lot cooler than last night. Yesterday, it went down to 01

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Celsius which is what temperatures should be during the daytimd.

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Tonight, down to five Celsits. The winds are changing direction. The

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risk of isolated showers. Tomorrow morning, we start on a drying note,

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a few showers in the morning. With the winds changing direction, it

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will feel fresher than todax. Today, 14 Celsius, tomorrow, 12

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degrees. That north`westerlx wind will make it feel fresher. Tomorrow

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night, a quiet night, high pressure is building in. It will stax

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settled. The odd shower is possible. And the risk of mist and fog

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patches. Some frost in the countryside. Down to five ddgrees. A

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predominantly dry start to the day on Wednesday. High pressure starts

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building even further. The winds stay fairly light. Some clotd

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associated with high pressure. Staying with us through Thursday.

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Thursday daytime, mainly drx, with this weather front creeping south.

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Some drizzle by the end of the day. A fairly quiet week with drher

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weather at times. A decent day tomorrow, probably the best day in

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terms of sunshine. Increasing cloud through Wednesday with the chance of

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a shower. Light rain and cloud on Thursday, sunny spells and scattered

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showers on Friday. This week, light winds with overnight frost.

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Now, you may remember, we rdcently reported that the King's Thdatre in

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Southsea was auditioning for a rather unusual role in the opera, La

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Boheme. It was for a small dog. Well, Tex the Jack Russell was

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chosen. And last night was his first night. Katy Austin has been to find

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out how the pooch got on with Puccini.

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It was the night that this dog had his day.

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OPERA SINGING. Tex auditioned against other

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talented canines to win a p`rt in Puccini's La Boheme. He plaxed the

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strong and thankfully silent type, as he stepped into the limelight at

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King's Theatre, Southsea. He has been brilliant, absolutely

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amazing. I'm so proud of hil. He has done so well. He wasn't at `ll fazed

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by any of the music, or the sounds. He was quite happy and waggdd his

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tail. Waved his paws. He was really good.

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Tex is now home after his fhrst opera experience, and it went so

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well, his owner is considerhng entering him for other auditions.

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Lynne got the chance to go on stage with her Puccini pooch.

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They told us, depending on how good he was, that would be the thme we

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could stay on stage. If he was happy, they would leave us on stage

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for the whole lot of the section we were in. He was fine, so we stayed

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for the whole bit. Tex has already been successful in

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dog shows. Now, it looks like a new career could beckon.

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Tex, do you kill fame has changed you?

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Not much, it seems. And he joins us now, along with his

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owner. It helps when you have a pocket full of mints! I am really

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proud of him. He exceeded all of our expectations. He was really well

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behaved last night. And you had to tread the boards, as a chapdrone.

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Yes, I was the maid. I followed onto the stage. And he was brought back

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to me. Can he sing? He hasn't opened his mouth at all during the

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performance. He only barks hf my other dog sets him off. Did you have

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any concerns before the performance? No, because he is really lahd back,

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he was so good when he came here. He has been amazingly well`beh`ved He

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loves the camera. He is getting used to this. Are you getting agdnts

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bringing up? Someone suggested he should have an agent, so maxbe we

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will think about it. And Sandra at the theatre said she would like to

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have him back. That's the latest. Thanks for being

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there. We will be back with bulletins at 8pm and 10.25pl. Hope

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you can join us then. From `ll the team here, a very good night.

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Bye`bye.

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