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It is rogue landlords who are exploiting the housing markdt. We

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want to stop them and demolish them want to stop them and demolhsh them

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wherever we can. hard to hold it. She went on to say

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that it was at this moment he shouted from the dock, lies, lies.

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The jury heard that shortly after this, Hannah Ryan helped Jayden

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The jury heard that shortly after this, Hannah Ryan helped Jaxden take

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a pregnancy test which was positive. Hannah said she w`s

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sitting next to Jayden when she made a phone call to Ben Blakely could

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tell him he was the father and Hannah Ryan was repeating what was

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said. She told the court she Hannah Ryan was repeating what was

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said. She told the court shd said said. She told the court shd said

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that if she was pregnant, he said. She told the court she said

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that if she was pregnant, he was going to pressure off a bridge. He

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denies murder in the trial continues.

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Police investigating child sexual exploitation have arrested six men

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in Oxfordshire during raids this morning.

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Officers picked up the men in Banbury.

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They say the arrests relate to offences against three girls

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in the town and the surrounding area between 2011 and this xear

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At the time, the girls were aged between 13 and 16.

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Our reporter Stuart Tinworth has followed the day's activities.

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a huge police operation got underway.

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Nearly 50 officers were involved in these arrests.

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Today's operation was made by the Kingfisher unit, set up to

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Officers executed warrants against a total of five men.

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A sixth man has handed himsdlf into police.

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We understand this is in relation to offences allegedly against three

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girls, aged between 13 and 06, which happened between 2011 and 2014.

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Meanwhile, police have been telling us extra patrols ard

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The public in Banbury will have seen a lot of police this morning. What

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we are doing is having neighbourhoods teams out in their

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community talking to the public and reassuring them about what to do's

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operation was about. Vessels have told the BBC that it was johnt

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working between health workers, the police and social services.

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Kingfisher was set up in 2012 Kingfisher was set up in 2012

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against child exploitation. The Bulfinch operation is still very raw

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in the mains of people from Oxford. Eight people have been jailed for

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Eight people have been jaildd for over 100 years for their part in

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that child exploitation ring. They're known as 'beds in sheds' `

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makeshift and often dangerous illegal homes

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being built in back gardens. It's been a problem in places

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like London and Slough for xears. The City Council says it's

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demolished three such buildhngs in the last six months,

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and it's expecting more to follow. Our political reporter Helen Catt

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has more. An illegal home being demolished

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in London. It's a scene we're starting

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to see repeated in Oxford. The City Council believes there

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could be several hundred 'beds in sheds' like these hidden

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in back gardens across the city Because they haven?t been built

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in accordance with building regulations,

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there will be electrical issues, ventilation problems,

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an adequate arrangement of rooms. Everything that could be wrong,

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we are finding in beds in sheds. The big problem for authorities is

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finding them in the first place. One was discovered under

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construction in this street in Headington but from the street it

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would be almost impossible to tell. Just a few feet square,

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but intended for living in. The owner was eventually forced

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to demolish it himself. But with house prices 11 tiles the

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average salary in Oxford, it's easy At the moment we are seeing

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a really desperate shortage of affordable housing so people are

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left with few options. Unfortunately there are unscrupulous

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landlords out there who are taking advantage of these people

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and letting out substandard, unacceptable, illegal properties,

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and people have no option btt to And it's taken its fight

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against unlawful houses to the air, analysing data collected

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from a spy plane it sent up in March It hopes its actions will stop

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families in Oxford ending up Thousands of cars built in Swindon

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are being recalled Honda says it will contact owners

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of vehicles thought to have A total of two million vehicles

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are affected worldwide. Among them are five models built

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at its Swindon plant People in Oxfordshire have had

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their first chance to question the leader of the county cotncil

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over his vision for local transport Ian Hudspeth says he's trying to

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ensure investment in transport matches growth in jobs,

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housing and industry. The first of six public meetings

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took place in Banbury last night. Around 100,000 new homes ard

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expected to be built in the county by 2031, incrdasing

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pressure on road and rail links. Well, I thought it was very positive

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that we?ve had this consultation. But at the moment,

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it?s all castles in the air. The concern of everybody is

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going to be the costliness. Where is

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the money going to come frol? The people who experienced

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the issues are really the pdople Most of us are enjoying the recent

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warm weather but it was just months ago that heavy flooding caused

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widespread disruption, affecting Some football clubs in towns

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like Abingdon and Aylesbury were pushed to the

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brink of closing down altogdther. Fixtures were cancelled for weeks

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on end. They were out of pocket

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and facing costly repairs. But now several local sports clubs

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are getting help to get back Getting some much needed

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hydration from the sprinklers. But it's fair to say, the m`in pitch

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here at Aylesbury football club has For nearly 16 weeks, footballers

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were unable to play any homd games because of damage from the winter

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floods, causing the club to lose But repair work has now started to

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get things back to normal, thanks to more than ?6000 of cash

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from a Government lottery fund. There was a lot of sewage

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on the outside pitches. There was a hell of a lot

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of repair that needed to be done, so Almost ?25,000 of funding has been

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awarded to sports groups in our area including Henley Town Footb`ll Club,

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which has received ?2000. And nearly the same amount

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of money has been given to Bletchley Rugby Club and thd

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Town Cricket Club have also got But an even bigger amount

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of money has been given to This was how it looked back

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in February, the main pitch A lot of these clubs are

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the heart of their local community, so it is the vibrancy

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of everyone playing there, the very talented or the people trying to get

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fitter for health reasons. The Academy team here and other

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squads within this club are now back to normal training sessions

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but without the thousands of pounds of funding from Sport England,

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this pitch wouldn't be in use. That's all from me for the moment.

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I'll have the headlines at 8:00pm and a full bulletin at 11:25pm. Do

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join us again then if you c`n. Meanwhile, sport and weather

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on the way, plus more of today's However the car driver had `lso been

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carrying out a prohibited right turn Still to come... On target, the

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Redding athlete worth a shot at the Commonwealth Games.

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That's the verdict on the pace of progress at Winchester prison.

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After a damning report in 2012 inspectors have been back to

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Their report reveals that though some improvements have been made the

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prison is more dangerous th`n before and has struggled to deal with extra

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inmates from other prisons in the south which have shut.

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Those prison inspections ard unannounced but they knew that the

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inspectors would come calling after serious concerns were raised in

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2012. While there had been progress, 2012. While there had been progress,

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it was too little too late. The prison was more dangerous than it

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had been before. What was better prison was more dangerous than it

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had been before. What was bdtter was had been before. What was bdtter was

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that relationships between prisoners and staff were better and the place

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was cleaner than it had been before. The governor said that the closure

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of prisons such as Dorchester has presented challenges as Winchester

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accommodates a new mix of inmates. He does not accept that progress has

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been too slow. I will always be disappointed if an inspector comes

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in and we are not seen as a safe and decent prison. We have worked hard

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decent prison. We have workdd hard at improving relationships and

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aspect around safety, less drugs and mobile phones, more support for

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prisoners. We have not done everything. You have fielded 13 of

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23 recommendations about safety. everything. You have fielded 13 of

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23 recommendations about safety. We have what it is a very challenging

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adults who are known as being more adults who are known as being more

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violent and challenging. Mr Speth knows more than most about

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Winchester. He served part of his sentencing and he now writes for the

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newspaper. He showed that the government should be concerned about

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poor conditions. If they le`ve, poor conditions. If they le`ve,

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having been cooked up and mistreated, been subject to

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violins, `` subject to violhns, mistreated, been subject to

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violins, `` subject to violins, then you have to feel sorry for them The

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you have to feel sorry for them. The Chief Inspector of prisons dxpect

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you have to feel sorry for them The Chief Inspector of prisons expect to

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Chief Inspector of prisons dxpect to see much greater progress when his

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team`mates and unannounced baton. `` when his team`mates and unannounced

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return. Sub`standard medical record keeping

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at Reading's Royal Berkshird Hospital could pose a threat to

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the safety of patients, The Care Quality Commission

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also found that a state of the art maternity unit was

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understaffed ` a problem only picked up after two babies were born

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in a poor condition. The hospital has accepted the CQC's

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finding, We are looking to increase

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our midwifery staffing levels. We have recruited some

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additional employees but we are aware that we need some mord.

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As soon as we do get the staffing levels up to the level

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that we need to be in, we will be that we need to be in, we will be

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opening the birthing rooms that we have had to temporarily shut.

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A Hampshire teenager's described how her school tried to make her leave

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Georgina Thomas was being treated for a serious condition at the

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Queen Alexandra hospital but was eventually allowed to sit

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The Portsmouth hospital has a special tutor who helps 3,000

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young people each year to keep up with their studies `

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but she says many schools don't know their responsibilities.

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It's an unusual school run but for Archie and his broken leg, `t the

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moment, it is the only option. This class is used to help sick children

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continue their education when they cannot get to school. I did not

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expect there to be this option here so I was over the moon when I found

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out. I like it here because it is fine and you get to do good stuff.

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For older children, being sick needn't mean unhealthy gradds. With

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With my exams, it was not very good on my condition.

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It was only me in the room and the invigilator.

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That was good because the invigilator made sure

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Georgina fell ill just a day before to GCSE tests.

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But was still expected to go into school to sit them.

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When she first became unwell, we didn't get a lot of resistance.

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They did highlight to us that schools do not really realise,

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that if they contact their local hospitals then they can advhse them.

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It is her job to make sure that schools realise

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Georgina, when she had her exams, she initially sat them with me

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She was not well enough to sit them in school.

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The teacher team at the hospital provide this service

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We get a ?300 per year budget to fund all these children.

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That ?300 per year has to buy stationery.

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All the schools got software, new gadgets, new resources.

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Georgina was faced with defdrring her studies for one year.

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She wanted to go to college with friends.

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Thankfully, she has now completed most of our studies

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The score is 0`0 with just a couple than even more medical results.

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The score is 0`0 with just a couple of minutes to go in the gamd.

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In cricket's County Championship, it's day three

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In Division One, Sussex are facing defeat in a big

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They've been set 492 to win, but slipped to 124 for 7.

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Meanwhile at The Oval, Surrey's big first innings put them

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in a commanding position against Leicestershire.

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The visitors are following on, and still trail by 110.

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Great Britain's Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team are

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into the quarter finals of the World Championships in Canada.

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With 15`year`old Joy Haizleden from Southampton in the team,

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they secured a 64`47 victory over China in their penultimate game

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They complete their round robin matches against hosts Canada

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tonight, before heading to the knockout section of the tournament.

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Commonwealth Games in Glasgow next month, we've been to meet another of

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the local competitors who'll be involved. Pistol shooter Kristian

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Callaghan hails from Reading, and Alistair Durden has been to see him

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Kristian Callaghan is aiming for the middle of a target that is just

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one centimetre in diameter, firing a pistol from ten metres away.

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He says that eating well and avoiding caffeine is vital to

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having a steady arm and then it is about keeping your concentr`tion.

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Most of shooting is in the lind in terms of keeping calm

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There is always things that you can think about that will destroy

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You need to know what it is that you want to thank, and what you don't

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There are the mental tricks that we try to employ.

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He has already won medals at junior level and broken British records.

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His natural aptitude for the sport has come as a bit

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No one in my family or my husband's family shoots.

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I am the sort of mum that would not even let him play with a gun.

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He began winning competitions and he was getting very consistent

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We had to find him a proper shooting club.

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Those classes cost several hundred pounds.

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You can easily spend ?80 on ammunition every weekend.

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Plus he has to fit it all wdnt around his university life.

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He is doing an engineering degree in Bath.

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He says that the sacrifice will be worth it

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That is definitely achievable the way I have been going.

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From here, winning a medal is not impossible.

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Good luck to them. Looking forward to that next month.

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All good things come to those who wait ` and today

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For more than two decades, she's campaigned for a memorial to

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all those from Portsmouth killed in the Second World War.

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The memorial was built and names slowly added `

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but Jean had to wait a further three years because the list is

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alphabetical and the father she lost at Dunkirk was called Harry Short.

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Let's join Sarah Farmer in Portsmouth.

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This war memorial is nearly `` needing completion. At ?9,000

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apiece, each of the Stones beers and names of more than 100 service

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apiece, each of the Stones beers and names of more than 100 servhce men

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names of more than 100 service men and women killed in World W`r

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names of more than 100 servhce men and women killed in World War II

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from Portsmouth. It is thanks to one lady determined to see this project

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through from start to finish. 25 years of campaigning and thd legacy

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years of campaigning and the legacy of 3000. She has worked tirdlessly

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of 3000. She has worked tirelessly for a memorial in Portsmouth to

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recognise those who were killed in World War II. She felt compelled to

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launch the campaign in 1999 when she discovered that Portsmouth only had

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the full monument to those who lost their lives in the First World War.

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It had to be done. It was wrong that had to be righted, I am sure he

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had to be righted, I am surd he agree. Every other city have got the

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agree. Every other city havd got the war memorials. A big city like

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war memorials. A big city lhke Portsmouth, nor memorial. It was

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shocking. In 2005 this memorial was unveiled and since 2011, the stone

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unveiled and since 2011, thd stone plaques were erected one by one.

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unveiled and since 2011, the stone plaques were erected one by one An

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alphabetical roll call of the local heroes. Three years later, her wait

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to see her father 's name is over. Harry Short, a soldier killed

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to see her father 's name is over. Harry Short, a soldier killdd in

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Dunkirk. I know my mum would be proud that she is not with us any

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proud that she is not with ts any more. My family are overjoyed

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proud that she is not with us any more. My family are overjoydd that

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proud that she is not with ts any more. My family are overjoyed that I

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more. My family are overjoydd that I have actually achieve this. That is

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the grandad that they never knew. Across two decades of campaigning,

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she has seen support from pdople Across two decades of campahgning,

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she has seen support from people in she has seen support from pdople in

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Portsmouth, and across the country. She has received support from people

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like Dame Vera Lynn who recognise how hard work and commitment. I do

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think there should be a montment how hard work and commitment. I do

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think there should be a montment to the men and women of Portsmouth and

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I think you are doing the right I think you are doing the right

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thing in trying to get interest and sponsorship in this appeal, I wish

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you luck. The home of the Royal Navy was a target for the Germans during

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the war. Hundreds died at home and thousands abroad. Each of them soon

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to be remembered. She may be a key to be remembered. She may be a key

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part of Johnny is far from over. There are still 12 names of military

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personnel to add. She says she is determined to continue that

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fundraising until she has added all 1400 civilians who were also killed

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during the Second World War. An inspirational lady. Thank you very

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much. That is wonderful. Ginny Boxall took this lovely photo

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of the sun setting last night over a dew on poppies in a field near

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Basingstoke. And we this this is a young starling

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chosing its drink wisely in the warm sunshine. This photo was taken by

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Syd Harth in Bournemouth. We had someone weather todax. `` we

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had some warm weather. Through the had some warm weather. Through the

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course of the night, cool and cloudy. The cloud will start to move

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on and there could be the odd shower here and there. Clear spells before

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it arrives. The showers will be mainly light and patchy in nature.

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The weather front is weakening. Temperatures similar to last night.

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The hero will be fresher so it'll be blessed humid. More rain tolorrow

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morning. Elsewhere, some cloud. Sunny spells during the afternoon.

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Sunny spells during the aftdrnoon. Top temperature of 20 Celsius.

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Top temperature of 20 Celsits. Temperatures will be lower than

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today because of the fresher air moving in. It would be more pleasant

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for sleeping. Temperatures around 11 or 12 Celsius. Down to eight or 9

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degrees in the countryside. And mainly dry start of the day on

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Thursday. That is where things change. We will start to sed

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low`pressure swinging from the Atlantic. It will bring the various

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weather fronts to waters on Friday weather fronts to waters on Friday

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and the weekend. `` towards others. There's the risk some thunderstorms.

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There's the risk some thunddrstorms. Some decent amounts of sunshine

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tomorrow. The odd stray shower. Most places staying dry with some very

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places staying dry with somd very high pollen

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