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you might stay dry. The temperatures will still be

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The death of a robber after a raid on a jewellers.

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An inquest hears Clint Townsend died when members of the public sat

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An incredible escape after a dramatic crash.

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A car went off the road, over a bridge and fell more than 30

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Harnessing the power of the nearby river.

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Why a hotel has decided to hnstall one of these giant screws.

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What an adventure for the endangered leopard cub

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An inquest has been hearing about the actions that led to the death of

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a man involved in a botched robbery at an Oxford jewellery shop.

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33`year`old Clint Townsend from Headington stopped breathing after

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he was apprehended at Oxford's covered market in March 2013.

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Sinead Carroll was at Oxford's Coroner's Court.

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Seven witnesses took to the stand at Oxford Coroner's Court today

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including shopkeepers and assistants and people shopping

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The inquest also heard a further seven in statement forms,

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Many of the accounts agreed many of the events of the morning, namely

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that two men rode into the covered market on a motorbike beford 9: 5.

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The passenger, who has sincd been identified as Clint Townsend,

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hit the shop window with wh`t's been described as a sledgeh`mmer.

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One witness described it as being like an explosion, another said

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glass was everywhere. What happened next varied depending on who was on

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the stand. One witness, John Gowing,

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who has been running the jewellers for 42 years,

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said that at one point up to eight men were restraining the suspect on

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the floor to stop him getting away. Other witnesses describe only three

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men holding him down ` John Gowing, a second worker

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at the jewellery shop and The coroner, Alison Thompson, has

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been keen to stress that thhs is not a criminal case, it's an inpuest

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with the purpose of finding out Also,

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because it's in the coroner's court, the family of Clint Townsend can

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ask witnesses direct questions as Tomorrow the court will hear

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from the pathologist who did the post mortem and the polhce who

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arrived on the scene. Police are investigating how

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a car carrying a family ran off the road at a bridge ` falling

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ten metres, before crashing into Remarkably the mother, fathdr,

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and their two teenage daughters freed themselves from

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the crushed vehicle but werd then An eyewitness called the emdrgency

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services yesterday morning. Broken and battered, this is all

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that is left of the car being driven home yesterday morning. The family

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inside had just returned from holiday. Tyre marks sure whdre the

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vehicle left the road, collhded with the sign behind me, before crashing

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through this barrier. Think the vehicle crashing into the rhver

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below. The vehicle landed on its side, half submerged in watdr. A

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member of the public so what happened and called the emergency

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services. The two sisters escaped from the rear doors and pardnts left

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through the front window. Fhre crews, using specialist equhpment,

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managed to get the family to safety. They later recovered their crumpled

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car. The shock and horror for these people as they are falling, they

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still managed to get out and afterwards, apart from the shock and

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the cold, it is remarkable that they have sustained such minor injuries

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and were able to get away and that is down to the safety of thd car and

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that they were wearing their seat belts. They were very fortunate It

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seems impossible that they got away without more serious injurids. This

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was a particularly difficult rescue operation, with challenging access

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issues, waist deep water and fuel leaking from the vehicle. You can

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still smell the petrol. The Environment Agency and fire service

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used water filled blockades to stop the fuel spreading down the river.

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Police are continuing investigations into what caused the accident but

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say it is remarkable nobody was injured.

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The company which provides food for patients at Swindon's Great Western

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hospital is being told to m`ke major improvements, after being ghven a

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The catering arm of the firl Carillion scored poorly for the way

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it stores food, during the lost recent inspection at the hospital.

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The Department of Health called the results unacceptable.

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Carillion says improvements are being made.

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A third of all people sent to prison on remand at the order of Oxford

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Crown Court last year were later cleared of all charges, or went on

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Prison reform campaigners h`ve published a list of courts

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which they suggest are overtsing or misusing the power of remand,

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that's when someone is lockdd`up before they've faced trial.

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A short time ago, I asked Frances Crook of the Howard League

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for Penal Reform, why someone might be placed in prison on remand.

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One of the good reasons why you might want to put somebody hn prison

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on remand is if they are facing charges of domestic violencd.

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why the courts would choose to remand somebody to custody.

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But there will be all sorts of wrong decisions being made.

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That is what this is highlighting today.

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But do the courts not make what they believe is the right decision

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In that they may think someone may commit an offence or abscond?

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You do not want people to abscond before trial and that is obviously

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However, in Oxford, 30% of people who are given

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a custodial remand were not then given a prison sentence.

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I do not think there is a public safety issue

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because actually sending soleone to prison is more likely to disrupt

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They may lose their family as a result,

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And then at the end of the trial, it may be found that they wdre

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They do not get compensation so you may have spent months in prhson

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awaiting trial and then be found not guilty with no compensation.

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We have had a statement from the judiciary.

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They are saying their hands are tied.

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I think the patterns being revealed are showing

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that there is a misuse and overuse of custodial reland

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We hope that we can have a useful dialogue with the

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Thank you. Thank you.

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The Environment Agency says its own contractors will now take over

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the operation to shift thousands of tons of rubbish from a rdcycling

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site in Swindon, where a fire's been burning for nearly a month.

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The company which owns the business, Averies, had been ordered to start

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Until that's done, fire fighters are unable to reach

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But with the deadline now p`ssed, another firm's been brought in.

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It's expected to take sever`l days to transfer the non`burning

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Guests may not notice the difference, but the people

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running a West Oxfordshire hotel should see their energy bills fall

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The Old Swan and Minster Mill near Witney is

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the latest riverside business to take advantage of the free power

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They're installing an Archiledes Screw, which should be generating

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The gardens here are a tranpuil spot but in a few weeks' time,

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part of this area will become even greendr.

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by the river which runs alongside the hotel.

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A similar Archimedes Screw hs already in place elsewhere.

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Flowing river water turns the turbine inside,

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It is costing significantly over ?200,000

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to install the screw but according to the experts,

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the investment should be recouped within seven ye`rs

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the life of the screw is probably 25`30 years.

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And as electricity will continue to go up in price,

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And work has now started to install the six metre long screw.

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installed a similar device. It has installed a similar device. It has

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become the first stately hole in the UK to do so and it is hoped it will

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save ?5,500 from its energy bills. And work has now started to

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install the six metre long screw. It is expected to be up

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and running from September. The highlights of the weekend's

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football action from Oxford, Swindon I'll be back

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after the ten o'clock news. Now more of today's stories

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with Sally Taylor. but Devon and Cornwall Houshng says

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it's worked with the communhty to for counselling for people who are

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suffering stress? Our welfare department I hugely busy, m`ssively

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busy. I think the force can with straight harder. The rules `re

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closely in force. We park their We were waiting there for five minutes.

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This couple have just got b`ck from holiday and were unloading their

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luggage. We did most of the staff at night but because we arrived after

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midnight, it was too late and we were tired. Basically we ard not

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allowed to park there and wd should pay ?60 or if we do not want to do

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that, after 14 days we should pay ?100. The estate is still bding

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built so the land is still owned by the private developers. The employee

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a private parking firm, who do not have the right to issue fixdd

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penalty notices. If you reftse to pay the charge, they can only pursue

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you do the civil courts. We parked just here. That was the gamble

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Sharon did. A friend dropped her off at her house after a chemotherapy

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session and received the sale notice. Lots of people were saying

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not to pay it, it is not a parking fine, it is an invoice. We totally

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ignored it, did not acknowlddge it in any way. My friend has shnce had

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four letters demanding paymdnt and we just keep ignoring them. The

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company used to clamp motorhst on this estate. Campaigners want the

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laws tightened even more. Highway parking is controlldd by an

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enormous raft of law, meaning local authorities are held very closely to

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account with regards to how they sign parking rules and enforce them,

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and the appeals process. The government is looking

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at how private firms operatd but the residents of this estate

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want parking enforcement relaxed We have a company for a intdrview

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but they refused to comment. When the estate is finished the roads

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will be adopted by the council but until then the private comp`ny will

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patrol the streets. A stretch of road in Dorset where

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a teenage moped driver was killed 16`year`old Jade Clark was hit

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by Brian Hampton on the A31 She died from head injuries when

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she was then struck by a minibus. The Highways Agency will begin work

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tonight to install more than 70 "enhanced, clearer" signs on the

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stretch of road in Dorset. Work has begun

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on implementing a 20 mph spded limit Road signs and street markings

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are being put in place to rdmind Hampshire County council saxs

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the scheme will make the city safer A Hampshire campaigner is today

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celebrating ` after the Prime Minister plddged to

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have mother's names added to Over 70,000 people have

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signed a petition started bx Ailsa Burkimsher Sadler `

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calling for the change. The current document used in England

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and Wales only includes det`ils of For this woman, it has alwaxs been

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about writing a historical wrong. She started her petition for

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mothers' names to be added to married certificates one ye`r ago.

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This is my parents' marriagd certificate. There is nowhere to

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record the mother of the brhde, just the father. With her petition

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getting 70,000 signatures, she has a crucial supporter. The contdnt of

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marriage significance has not changed since the beginning of Queen

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Victoria's grain. They requhre detaileds of the fathers and not

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mothers. It is high time thd system was updated. It is discriminating

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against women and I think bdcause it is an important record which goes

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into the future when people are looking to see what their ancestors

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have been doing and it is a record of names of occupations `` `nd

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occupations. The time is also strangely appropriate. It is also my

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wedding anniversary today. @n unexpected present which should

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change marriage forever. A special World War One BBC roadshow

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will be arriving There will be hands`on activities,

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performances and interactivd sessions when the show comes to

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the Weymouth Pavilion on Wednesday. Staff from the Imperial War Museums

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will be on hand to help people discover what their relativds did

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in the Great War. You can dress up as a soldidr,

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take part in drills, That's both inside

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and outside the Pavilion in Weymouth No sport and the passing of a

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well`known radio voice. Yes, a man synonymous with ringing

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us the football scores. Jamds Alexander Gordon has died, `nnounced

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in the last few minutes. He passed away earlier today. Synonymous with

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bringing you the football scores in that incredible internation and

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beautifully delivered wonderful style. Well`known as a broadcaster

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on BBC Radio Berkshire down the years as well. Sadly he has passed

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away today. "There was one team on the pitch

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playing and that was Southalpton." Those were the words of Ron`ld

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Koeman after Saints narrowlx missed Familiar faces all round,

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among the opposition, although only Dejan Lovren `ctually

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started for the Reds, the injured Liverpool led when Raheem Sterling

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put them in front after 23 linutes. But Saints fought back and darned an

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equaliser with a great finish from Steven Davis squandered

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a great chance to make it two, and that cost Saints as Daniel Sturridge

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put Liverpool back in front. Late on Morgan Schneiderlin smacked

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the bar but Saints couldn't grab the The woman who is set to become

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the majority owner of Reading football club has admitted she

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doesn't know anything about football Sasima Srivikorn gave a serhes

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of interviews before watching the Royals 0`0 win

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over Ipswich, courtesy of The Football league have sthll not

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approved the buy out but spdaking to the club's own website Sasila is

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hopeful of getting started soon They are fantastic and I can see the

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spirit is there. When we cole to Reading and we have met everyone we

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are convinced we made the rhght choice.

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MK Dons have the excitement and glamour of a cup tie

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against Manchester United to look forward to

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but they were brought back down to Earth on Saturday

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Kenny McEvoy's deflected shot opened the scoring

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MK Dons got themselves back on level terms.

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Dele Alli's close range finhsh set a glowing finale

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but it was Posh who would pick up the points.

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The lead was restored and extended for the home shde

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This late effort proved nothing more than a consolation

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Swindon were left frustrated after a

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Louis Thompson was shown a straight red card

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and Izale McLeod kept his cool to score the only goal of the game

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Oxford United missed out at Mansfield in a game

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Former triallist Ryan Tafazolli was quickest to a rebound

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After the break, Danny Hylton furthered his bid for a starting

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place by winning and converting a penalty 11 minutes from thme.

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That should have been enough to ensure a share of the spoils.

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It was not and it was late heartbreak.

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Former captain Adam Murray slotted home with two minutes to go,

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as United failed to get off the mark in League Two.

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one goal from Cambridge. It was a nervous than alloy. `` finales.

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A little piece of FA Cup history was made on Saturday as 22`year`old

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James Phillips took charge of Romsey Town in their extra preliminary

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round tie becoming what's thought to be the youngest manager ever to take

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Romsey were beaten 3`1 by F`reham Town from the division abovd them.

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Two women's rugby player from the region are celebrating the perfect

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Chichester's Joanna McGilchrist was part of the victorious Engl`nd

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Women's World Cup team who beat Canada 21`9 in Paris.

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Emily Scarrett's breakaway try helped England seal

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a convincing win to lift the trophy for the second thme.

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Dorset swimmer Jay Lelliott has produced one of the finest swims

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of his young career this afternoon to win a medal at the Europdan

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The Swim Bournemouth teenagdr came third in the final of the 400 metres

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freestyle, producing a fine swim to gain a place on the podium.

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The 19`year`old still has the 800 and 1500 metres to come

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Hampshire remain on course for promotion from the second dhvision

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of cricket's county championship after winning at Kent today.

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They'd set the hosts a victory target of over 500 and bowldd them

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Also in Division Two, Surrey were trying to bowl out

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Leicestershire as they seek to improve on their current 4th place.

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In Division One Sussex were beaten by the leaders Yorkshire

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The home side reached their victory target with the loss

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Temperatures have been over 20 Celsius in some parts and today

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could be the first day they drop. Alan Smith took this photo

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of a Great Crested Grebe Kelly Wadmore took this photo

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of Lily sheltering Poppy thd puppy And it was a breezy but sunny day

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at Lepe beach in Hampshire. Showers will be a risk overnight but

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it should stay predominantlx drive. In the countryside, eight or 9

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degrees. Dodd stray shower which could be heavy in their early hours.

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Andy north`westerly breeze feeling slightly cooler. We are looking at

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some scattered showers throtgh the afternoon. Some sunny spells but

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with the nature of showers they will be hit and miss. Some areas could

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stay dry altogether and temperatures will be lower than of late. Mainly

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dry end to the day tomorrow night and very like tonight with light

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winds and maybe some mist p`tches in the countryside. Temperaturds could

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drop to four or 5 degrees in the countryside. Tomorrow night will be

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chilly. Wednesday should st`y predominantly dry with a cool start

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and northerly breeze. The odd stray shower but most places will escape

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that. It will probably be the best day of the week. Wednesday will be

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chilly because of a lot of `ir coming from the Arctic. Herd is your

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outlook. We are looking at the odd shower tomorrow but you will be an

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lucky to catch one. A simil`r scenario on Wednesday. Less showers

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but the risk of rain or showers on Thursday and longer spells of rain

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and a lot more cloud on Friday. A rare leopard cub has been born at

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Marwell Zoo, near Winchester. It's estimated that there m`y be as

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few as 35 "Amur" leopards ldft in the wild `and they're listed as

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"Critically Endangered". At just 12 weeks old, the ctb was

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shown off to the public for the first time today.

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Lewis Coombes joined those trying to Emerging into a big,

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new world for the very first time. Bright eyed and inquisitive,

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each tentative step brings Although small in size,

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the significance Neither she nor her mother knows it

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but the very future Habitat destruction,

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they are hunted for the fur trade, for oriental medicines,

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fragmentation of their population. All of these factors have rdally

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decimated There are now fewer than 35 Amur

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leopards left living in the wild. Now only found in an area of Russia

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which is smaller than Dorset. Poaching and illegal logging

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has threatened extinction. There are 200`300 Amur leop`rds

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in captivity That is why it is so import`nt

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they have breeding programmds. Six times as many as are left

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in the wild. Other zoos

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across Europe have also signed up to the breeding programme which aims to

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boost numbers in the wild. In captivity today,

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the biggest threat seems to be An adventurous rock climbing

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performance brought smiles. Keepers watched on just

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like proud parents. To have them content enough and in a

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good enough condition to thd point where they breed and have hdalthy

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young, it makes you feel re`lly Three names have been put

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forward for the cub. But for now,

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this cub is happy exploring her new Beautiful. A lovely coat as well. We

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have more at eight o'clock `nd 025 tonight.

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