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limited. That's all from us.

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limited. Good evening. A man from Swindon

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who's being held in jail in the Philippines has spoken publicly for

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the first time about the toll it's taking on his mental health.

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48`year`old Kevin Taylor has been in prison for five years but is still

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waiting for a trial. He's accused of being involved in illegal

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immigration with his Filipino wife. His parents have spent ?18,000

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fighting his case. Sarah Jane Bungay has the story.

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Kevin Taylor in happier times. He had made a life from himself in the

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Philippines ` a wife, three young children, his own business. But then

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everything changed. Kevin's wife Charlene has detailed his arrest

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here on her blog. In May 2009, he was taken from his office on

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suspicion of illegal recruitment. Kevin claims the allegations were

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made by former employees who he had sacked. He completely denies them.

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Now Charlene is also under arrest and Kevin has spoken to the BBC of

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their time behind bars. I sleep on the floor on a mat and have done for

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the last five years now. I suffer from boils a lot, skin rashes. I get

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depression tablets every day, that helps. For Kevin's parents from

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Swindon, it's meant a huge financial toll ` ?18,000 of savings have gone

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on trying to resolve the situation. We've always said if he's done what

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they say he did, then they've got to put him on trial and he's got to

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take his chances on whatever sentence he gets. But don't do it

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this way. This is not right. I believe in the most overcrowded

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prisons in that area in Asia, disease can spread quickly.

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Unsanitary conditions can exacerbate health conditions. Being in prison

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overseas can even make your mental health deteriorate. Today the

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office told us it has remained in direct contact

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with Kevin by letters or telephone but added it was unable to interfere

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in the judicial process of another country and must respect its legal

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system. I haven't seen any of my daughters now for 18 months.

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Heartbreaking, really. I miss them so much. Kevin is now pinning his

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hopes of the 3rd of July when his case will once again come before a

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judge in the Philippines. A man's been charged after police

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raided a pub in Oxford in a major drugs operation. Police raided the

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Nelson Pub in Cowley on Friday night. A 55`year`old from Oxford was

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arrested on suspicion of possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply.

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The force said a large amount of cash was seized from another man.

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Honda has confirmed it will be making 99 compulsory redundancies at

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its Swindon plant before the end of the month. The firm had been

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appealing for workers to volunteer for redundancy after announcing more

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than 300 positions had to go, blaming continuing poor sales in

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Europe. The health condition lupus can be

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very debilitating, even life threatening, but it's also very

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difficult to diagnose. Now, a man from Wantage in Oxfordshire has made

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it his mission to highlight the symptoms in the hope that more

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people will recognise the signs and go to their GPs. Caroline Richardson

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reports. By his own admission, Jon Kingdon is

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the oldest teenager in town. At 61, he doesn't drive a sensible family

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hatchback. He likes to attract attention with his souped`up

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Mercedes and banging sound system because he has a message. Lupus can

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affect any one but 90% of the sufferers are women. It can affect

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skin, muscles, joints, any internal organ. Jon's symptoms started with

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fatigue and joint pain which doctors thought was rheumatoid arthritis.

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Then serious heart problems led to open heart surgery and an eventual

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diagnosis of lupus. It's very hard to diagnose. I know people who have

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been misdiagnosed for 17 years or not diagnosed at all. `` seven or

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ten years. I was lucky to have a doctor who knew about lupus.

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Combining his twin loves of cars and '70s soul and funk, he's a familiar

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sight at car shows raising money and awareness for Lupus UK.

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Blenheim Palace is hoping to become the greenest stately home in the

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country with the help of a giant screw that's been installed in the

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grounds of the estate. It will harness power from a river and help

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power the palace. Katharine DaCosta has been to find out more.

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It's taken four years of painstaking design and planning, but today a

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giant corkscrew was very carefully manoeuvred into place on the River

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Glyme in the heart of the Blenheim Estate. The Archimedean screw is

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designed to harness the water's natural energy. The screw sits on a

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22`degree angle and, as the water falls with gravity, the weight

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pushed on flights of the screw. At the top is a generator that captures

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the rotational momentum and turns it into electricity. Over in South

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Oxfordshire, this scheme in Maple Durham is already generating

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electricity. This turbine was installed at the last working water

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mill on the River Thames in 2011. And there are dozens more pioneering

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projects being planned along the Thames. The Blenheim Project's

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relatively small in comparison but it's part of the estate's mission to

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become the country's greenest stately home. It's already installed

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solar panels and a ground source heat pump. This hydropower scheme

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should save a ?5,500 from its energy bills. Unlike wind and solar, hydro

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power does not rely on the weather so it can operate all year round.

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This particular scheme is designed to generate 15kW of electricity,

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enough to power the equivalent of about 20 homes. And any surplus

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energy generated can be sold to the national grid. And with a 40`60 year

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life span, this giant turbine has provided a modern twist to this

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historic estate. That's it from us for now. We're

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back in BBC Breakfast tomorrow morning. For now, goodnight and,

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with the weather, here's Alexis Green.

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A fair amount of cloud tonight. Temperatures will fall to a chilly

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six or seven Celsius. There may be one or two showers to start the day

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tomorrow. They will bubble up during the afternoon, sparked off by the

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sunny spells during the day. There might be the odd rumble of thunder

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and the showers could be on the heavy side. The winds are like

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social ritual be slow`moving. Temperatures up to 15 or 16

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Celsius. It stays settled until the middle of the week,

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and as we head towards Friday temperatures will pick up towards 21

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degrees. Good evening. Across the whole

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country today the showers have been losing intensity, but still a

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cluster across North Kent, stretching from Lincolnshire and

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also into western Scotland and we will keep a few showers as we go

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through the night which are moving their way into northern England.

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Another potential areas developing through Wales and the South West but

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in between there will be dry weather, clearer skies and the

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northern Scotland the clear skies could lead to a touch of Frost the

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temperatures dipping away. A chilly thing first thing on Tuesday morning

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and already we have a few showers are here and they will develop as

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the day goes on with the possibility of locally heavy downpours. Although

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some subtle change in the frequency of the showers, and really where we

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are most likely to see them is on balance, a bit more sunshine in

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Scotland than it should be fine and dry. A bit warmer through the low

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lands. The greatest risk in Northern Ireland is in the

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