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week. Great, Peter, thanks very much.

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Will Blencowe is convicted of killing the 17`year`old,

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Out of date but the improvements will have to wait.

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We investigate what's happened to the multi`million pound plans to

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The cattle on parade and the breeders with their eyes

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The world's oldest wing walker, 94`year`old Tom takes to the skies.

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A man's been found guilty of murdering teenager Connor Tremble.

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The 17`year`old was found stabbed in his flat in Oxford in February.

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There were cheers in the court as the verdict against 21`year`old

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Two other men on trial for perverting the course of

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Sinead Carroll was in court and has just sent this report.

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A jealous killer who planned and carried out a frenzied attack

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Today 21`year`old Will Glencowe was found guilty of murdering

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Today in court, Connor Tremble's family cheered as the jury returned

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We also heard an emotional plea from Connor Tremble's mother Lisa.

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She spoke of the sleepless nights she'd had

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since Connor's death, the horrific impact it had had on both her life

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She said she's on medication for her anxiety.

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She's so fearful, she daren't leave the house.

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We have waited almost seven months for justice to be done

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and today we finally believe we've got justice for Connor.

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Will Blencowe is responsible for committing

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the most horrific and violent murder of our beloved Connor, which he

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The motive behind Connor's murder was nothing more than jealousy

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on Will Blencowe's part and he showed Connor no mercy.

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It was here at Connor Tremble's house on Fairacre Road in Oxford

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that the 17`year`old was stabbed 15 times.

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Ten times in the back and five in the front.

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Two other defendants were found not guilty of perverting the course

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Will Blencowe's lawyer this afternoon said the fact

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his defendant has a mental health condition and he said sorry, he

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apologised directly in the dock to the family, both those points should

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be taken into consideration when the judge decides to sentence

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A 49`year`old homeless man has pleaded guilty to setting fire to

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Colin Aries set fire to three cashpoints in the high street

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in June and also set fire to Freemasons Hall in the town.

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He's admitted four counts of arson and threatening to damage property.

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A group of experts on migration at Oxford University says it's now

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effectively impossible for the government to hit its target

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The latest immigration statistics show net migration,

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the balance of those arriving in the UK against those leaving, is running

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The government aims to get the target down to 100,000 by 2015.

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The Oxford Migration Observatory says the figure is unachievable

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It was a deal that promised to modernise

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But now there are calls for the contract to reburbish

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Labour councillors say they would like to see the current agreement to

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upgrade the pool and build an indoor ski slope handed

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to another firm, after the existing one failed to submit plans on time.

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The Oasis Leisure Centre has been part of Swindon since the 1970s.

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The water is warm and there's a machine that actually creates waves.

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But crying out for a facelift, Swindon Borough Council leased it

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to a firm called Moirai Capital Investments on the condition it

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modernised it and added an indoor ski slope, bowling alley and cinema.

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But some councillors say Moirai have failed to meet a planning deadline

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and claims its sister company, MW Contract Services, who are running

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the centre, has gone bust, owing local firms thousands of pounds.

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Now some want the whole deal torn up.

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It doesn't reflect well on the Council or the people of Swindon

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if we are in partnership with a company that is prepared to in

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effect rip`off local businesses to the amount of money they have and I

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think that we find that unacceptable and I think that,

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for that reason alone, I don't think we should continue the contract.

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I think we should scrap it now and get a new partner.

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One of the local firms who have lost out is Storm Recruitment in Swindon.

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They were employed to maintain the grounds but

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when the management company folded, they lost around ?4,500.

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You have this fantastic company come to Swindon with an amazing project,

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that not only are businesses excited about

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but the residents are also, so to be involved in that was excellent.

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The fact that it's then turned into such a sour ending was terrible.

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Despite those problems and the delayed planning application,

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Swindon Borough Council are seemingly being patient with Moirai.

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As for Moirai, well, they were unavailable for comment

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today but everyone seems to agree that development here is needed.

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The question now seems to be who should deliver it?

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Firefighters say work to try and extinguish a fire

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at a waste plant in Swindon could take several more weeks.

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They were called in by the Environment Agency after the plant's

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owners, Averies, failed to meet a deadline to move thousands of tonnes

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Wiltshire Fire and Rescue has been moving the

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debris and intensified their work by dousing the flames underneath

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So we've had to remove over a thousand tons of waste that wasn't

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involved in the fire to actually get to the area that was affected.

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Also we've had to put plans in place to protect the environment and to

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ensure that none of the water runs off into the river which runs just

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Around ?1 million is being made available to help victims of crime

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The Police and Crime Commissioner, Anthony Stansfeld, says the money

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will be offered to groups who support victims of crime such as

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The government grant is ?400,000 higher than this year

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and organisations have until mid`September to bid for a share.

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Thousands of people have been attending one

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of the country's biggest agricultural shows near Aylesbury.

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The Bucks County Show is now in its 147th year and has only ever

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been cancelled once during the foot and mouth outbreak.

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Victoria Cook has spent the day there.

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You don't often see livestock looking so clean.

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But for the farmers here, a prize can mean

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It promotes the countryside for the people who don't understand.

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Last year a group came who had never seen a cow.

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More entries were received for the agricultural show this year

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Something the organisers say is a good sign for British farming.

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They are keen that this show inspires the next generation.

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Farming is a great job. It's really exciting. There was a world out

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there with increasing world population that are going to need

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feeding and farming is going to have a really important strategic role in

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the future of the planet and the future of the country. And producing

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food will be a challenge but it will be a challenge that we will enjoy

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delivering. Of course the rain can make all

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the difference. This was the Uffington White

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Horse Show just a few days ago. It's something the organisers

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of the Thame Show could certainly It saw visitor numbers falling after

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changing the date of the show. Obviously, the last four years,

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we've gone into the summer, it didn't work, and obviously we have

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gone back to the September date. So hopefully it will work. The public

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asked for it so we are now asking the public to get behind us.

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For the Bucks Show, this year has been another success.

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Once the tents are packed up, planning for next year's event will

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Places for the Oxford Half Marathon have nearly sold out according to

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More than 5,000 runners have already signed up for the event on Sunday,

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There are only 6,000 general public entries available.

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It's the fourth year the race has been held in the city.

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I'll have the headlines at 8pm and a full bulletin at 10.25pm.

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Now more of today's stories with Sally Taylor.

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Still to come in this evening's South Today:

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Tonight, 17`year`old Natasha Lambert talks to us about her adventures

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A masked man has threatened a shop worker with a knife during

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The man, who wore a skeleton mask and carried a black walking stick,

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Nothing was taken and no`one was hurt but police would

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like to speak to anyone who has any further information.

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A Grade`I listed building in Hampshire, which has been used

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as a police training college for decades, is to be sold

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The Home Office will sell Bramshill House, which also includes

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a Grade`II listed park of medieval origins, to heritage property

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The sale price has not yet been revealed

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You probably didn't flock to the beach today but the South does have

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That's prompted a campaign for greater access to a beach

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The shoreline at Lepe is part of a country park run by

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Hampshire County Council but the car park shuts in the early evening.

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Some residents say they want to be able to use the beach

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This is a perfect place to come for a late evening stroll in the summer

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sun and the perfect place to come all year round. You have the cafe,

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the beautiful views to the mainland and Lepe country Park. Earlier I

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spoke to some people to find out why they like to come down here. I like

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to stay out for as long as I can and sometimes I come in when the

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conditions are beautiful. It would be great if I could sail until the

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sun comes down. You have the forest and the sea, a lovely combination. I

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have been coming here for the past two months and it is great fun when

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the wind is good. People are always nice and I've had great fun here.

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Over 800 people have set up a Facebook profile or group and one of

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those campaigners to try and keep the car park open 24 hours joins me

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now. Why do you want the car park "smack so the general public have

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unfettered access to the car park so we can use it all the time if

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required. What would you do after 830 every night? There are people

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who do windsurfing, photographers, birds twitchers. Earlier I spoke to

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the County Council business manager to find out if there is any hope for

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the future. We have been approached by some residents who wants to see

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the car park open longer and we need to review the situation. We'll lease

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the land here so we need to negotiate with the land owners and

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there is legislation associated with opening hours of car parks which

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would have to be addressed. We will listen to their views and if there

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are is a need we will review that. There is obviously a compromise to

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be made. It should be a public facility and open 24 hours. Why

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disagreed to be closed? There is obviously a lot of vandalism and

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anti`social behaviour. The cafe and offices have been broken into. Well,

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use the police, don't punish the majority for the sake of a minority.

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The campaign group are hoping for a week forward with the County Council

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to make a decision. Ward has been suspended

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from speedway with immediate effect after it was revealed that he failed

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a breath test The Australian rider, who captains

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Poole, cannot participate in any officially sanctioned

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motorsport event until his case is heard by the International

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Motorcycling Association. Poole admits it's a huge blow

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and they don't know how long Ward Portsmouth went out of the

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Capital One Cup last night It was Andy Awford's first defeat

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as manager since taking the job Jon Walters got two on the night,

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including the first There was a debut for the manager's

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son. Jon Walters got two on the night,

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including the first Pompey keeper Paul Jones was in fine

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form including this tremendous double save to keep the home side

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out again before the break. Walters wrapped it up early

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in the second half before former Pompey striker Peter Crouch headed

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in in the final minute. No, you know,

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we've been on a great run. I've managed to have a nice run of

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games and we haven't tasted defeat. I've just said to the players

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in the dressing room, remember the losing feeling because

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we don't want it again too quickly. If we can go another 12 games

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undefeated, we'll be delighted. Southampton travel to Arsenal

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for a potential reunion with Bournemouth are on the road

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at Championship rivals Cardiff Manchester United's conquerors

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MK Dons host Bradford. Those matches will be played

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on the 23rd September. Salisbury City's hopes

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of survival have been dealt another blow with the news that the Wessex

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League has refused to allow the Salisbury's future has hung in the

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balance due to an ownership dispute. The club has no league to play in,

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no players, and faces a winding up petition from revenue and customs

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in the high court next week. She's 17 years old

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and an inspiration Natasha Lambert from the Isle of

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Wight last week completed her Sail and Summit expedition, covering more

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than 400 miles in a yacht before climbing the 3000`foot mountain

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Pen y Fan in Wales. A challenge for any teenager

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but Natasha has cerebral palsy and has to control her boat by sipping

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and puffing through a straw. Well, Miss Isle,

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as Natasha is known, is back home and earlier joined me on the sofa

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with her mum Amanda to explain what It was your idea, wasn't it? You

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like sailing. But you have done a lot of walking over the last few

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years in your special walker, haven't you? And you've all was

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wanted to climb to the top of a mountain. And there were challenges

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along the way. What did you face? Life is a challenge. The whole sea

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and summits challenge was logistically quite... There was a

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lot to organise, apart from the sailing. You played a big part in

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the technology. It is designed specifically for her. Her main

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reliable control is her breath so we had to come up with something which

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she could use her breath to control the boat. That is how it came about.

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And you love being on the water, don't you? It is like flying, isn't

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it? If you are free, don't you? And you were there every step of the way

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on the support boat. Yes, that's right. Natasha was in her boat and

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we were in the other boat. And then you just had a mountain to climb. It

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was a fair old mountain, wasn't it? It was big. Everybody cheered you

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on, then they? You wouldn't look back. Natasha Windward back from

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setting off in the morning, we kept saying look at the view behind and

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what did you keep saying? No. She was focused on getting to the top.

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And you raised a lot of money for charity. Natasha raised ?12,500. We

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are hoping to get up to 15,000. You have been working with the charities

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over the last two or three years and you really like helping them and

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helping other people. What are the next challenges? Beggar. `` bigger.

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Are you happiest on the water? You have your freedom and you're in

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control. Do you have a plan for any of the other boats? The first boat

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is sat in the harbour at the moment. We would like to be able to help

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other people in a similar situation that there only method of control

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might be to use their mouths so we'd like to be able to use your boat for

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other people in the same situation. So other people could benefit from

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this. What's more sailors out there in the future and thanks you. Thank

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you very much for coming in and congratulations and we'll see you

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after the next challenge. She is a wonderful inspiration. It

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really sums her up. Others will get an opportunity now.

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I love the way when asked what was next she said bigger.

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As you will have heard there, one of the charities supported by Natasha

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The trust gives children who've battled illness the opportunity

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And this week, a decade after it was formed, the trust has paired up with

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Taking the helm on the choppy waters of the Solent.

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30 young people, each faced with cancer, are taking

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part in a four`day sailing trip off the coast of the Isle of Wight.

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It's being run by the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust.

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The French organisation A Chacun Son Cap was

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Translated, it means everyone has a goal.

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They get more confident in themselves.

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It's very important when you have been here, like with an illness like

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cancer, it's very, very important for them to rebuild themselves.

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For the first time the two charities have come together

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Three French students joining the UK crews.

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For the young people it's a chance to spend time with others who've

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been through similar experiences, as well as sharing a journey with their

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Great to see the work that the Ellen MacArthur Trust has done.

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The seventh Bournemouth Air Festival got underway today

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and the organisers wanted an impressive curtain raiser

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So they found a 94`year veteran of the skies to display some

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This veteran isn't an aeroplane ` it's a person.

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It's pensioner Tom Lackey, who is the world's oldest wing

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walker and broke his own record atop a biplane over the resort.

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Sarah Farmer, who likes a bit of a challenge herself, was

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Walking on air. Tom Lackey took to the skies for his 33rd wing`walk

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today. It's fantastic. Exhilarating, unbelievable, out of this world. His

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stunt was the first display of the festival, warming up for the likes

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of the red arrows. The crowds were wowed by his display. It's really

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amazing. It's showing people that you can do something amazing like

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that no matter your age. I would never do that. It's incredible,

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really. Brilliant, yeah. It's amazing that somebody that age has

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the guts to do something like that. He is obviously a real daredevil.

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The 94`year`old is the world's oldest wing`walk. He is no stranger

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to being strapped on top of an aircraft. He has raised money for

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more than a decade in memory of his late wife. I lost my eldest son to

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cancer. We'll beat it. We'll really beat it. Does he plan on hanging up

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his flying goggles any time soon? Never, ever, never accept old`age.

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It's my birthday next week. I'll be a certain age but don't accept it.

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It's only a figure, it's how you feel. Young at heart and full of

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courage, a remarkable man indeed. That is one courageous man. Tom

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Lackey getting it all off to a start.

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And Sarah will be back tomorrow with more stars of the

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We'll be live at Bournemouth Airport which is playing host to

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the only two operational Second World War Lancaster bombers,

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which will be taking part in displays over the weekend.

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Someone else was around today as well.

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The Hollywood megastar Brad Pitt has been in Dorset today `

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not at the Air Show, but at the Bovington Tank Museum.

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No sign of Angelina Jolie today after their marriage in France

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on Saturday as the 50`year`old star did a publicity shoot for his

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In the film he plays a tank commander and he's understood

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to have visited Bovington on more than one occasion during filming.

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I didn't see him there the other day.

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Looks all right for 50. Grey skies at Tarrant Hinton

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for the Great Dorset Steam Fair but Kirstin Bosley captured

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an altogether more peaceful scene And Derek and Dianne Cooper

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took this at Emsworth, where it was blustery enough for some

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sporting racing in the harbour. A beautiful end to the day here at?

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Beach. Let's look at the satellite picture from earlier. We can see a

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band of clouds slowly moving east, producing the odd shower to the

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course of the afternoon today. It has moved north and east across the

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country now. We skies overnight means temperatures will not follow

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that low with the breeze. Around 13`15 tonight. It will be a dry and

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bright start tomorrow. Cloud will begin to bubble up. The best

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conditions in the morning where we have highs of 15`16. We will see

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increasing cloud in the afternoon. Temperatures will be below the

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seasonal average by one or 2 degrees. 15`19 under the cloud.

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Where you have some patchy drizzle temperatures will be suppressed.

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Highs tomorrow of 19. Tomorrow night we can expect increasing cloud and

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whether it outbreaks patchy rain, light in nature but there could be

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the odd heavy burst. Tomorrow night is more mild than tonight. 14`15.

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For the rest of the weekend, things settle down. High`pressure builds

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from the Atlantic and that means Sunday will be the much better in

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terms of sunshine and settled conditions. Warm as well with

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temperatures up into the 20s. A lovely week in store next week with

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high pressure in charge of the whether. We have lots of events

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taking place over the next few days at the weekend. Pinch Ridge village

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fete takes place. Entrance is 50p. And another festival near Farnham in

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Surrey. Go away if you don't me

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to speak to you like that! Most schools exclude

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disruptive pupils. I ain't putting up

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with this any more. But one school takes them in

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and promises five GCSEs.

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