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Hello and welcome to Look East. In the programme tonight: The pros and

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cons of GM food - why this crop of potatoes is in the spotlight. The

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farmer who says we don't need it, the professor who says it's

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harmless and necessary. Safety warning on the Broads as a fifth

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person this year is found dead in the water. And how Chantelle

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shocked the boxing world with a Good evening. The controversy over

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genetically modified food has been reignited tonight, on the eve of an

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anti-GM rally this weekend. The location, the John Innes Centre in

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a science park on the outskirts of Norwich. The reason, a trial

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involving a crop of genetically modified potatoes. In a moment, two

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people with very different opinions. But first our Chief Reporter Kim

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Riley. Behind high fences, the focus of tomorrow's rally. The crop

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of blight resistant GM potatoes at the Sainsbury Laboratory. Lying

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alongside, a fleece that can be put over the plants to protect them

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from attack - though the rally organisers insist they have no

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plans to take direct action. The John Innes Centre claims its

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attempts to engage and debate with the anti-GM protestors have been

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rebuffed. I think the time for GM has come. I would like to debate in

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public with people who think GM is harmful. I think greater public

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awareness of the wonderful benefits of GM would be a very good idea.

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it is, the protestors will gather here outside the gates and deliver

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a trailer load of conventionally- bred, blight-resistant potatoes. A

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spokeswoman for the Stop GM Rally said the centre had attempted to

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turn a public demonstration into a public relations exercise. The

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organisers had always wanted the institute to be represented among

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the speakers, and hoped Professor Jonathan Jones from the Sainsbury

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Laboratory would take up that invitation. It's 12 years since a

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six-acre field of GM maize was destroyed by activists at a farm in

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Norfolk. Prince Charles has labelled GM crops a potential

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environmental disaster, but have public views changed? I think I

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started with not touching it. But the Americans seem to be OK with it.

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I was against GM foods but seeing how the world is, I think it is a

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very good thing. I was against it. When I read about it, the

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advantages outweigh the disadvantages. I know there is

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nothing wrong with it. I just knew not like the idea of it. -- do it

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like. The hysteria over so-called Frankenstein foods has faded. A

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more balanced debate over these plants at the Sainsbury Laboratory

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may now be possible. Earlier this afternoon I was at the Sainsbury

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Lab to debate the issues with a professor leading the research, and

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a farmer who believes there must be another way. That debate in a

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moment. But first, let's hear from the professor with his story in his

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My name is Jonathan Jones. I work at the Sainsbury Laboratory in

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Norwich. The Sainsbury Laboratory was set up by David Sainsbury in

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1988 to work on how plants resist disease, and how plans fall prey to

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disease. We have mostly people who have done their PhD. What are you

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making protein from? I think there are 50 active scientists here. We

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make a lot of Mewse -- use of new technology. You can get up the

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blueprint, if you like, the genome sequence of plants and microbes

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that attack plants, much more easily and cheaply than you could.

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GM is the most benign, innocuous, a useful technology in the last 100

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years. It has already saved thousands of tons of insecticide

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being applied, and it can do more. It has to make the contribution

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that it could make to addressing food security issues. Professor

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Jonathan Jones, the man leading the GM study at the Sainsbury Lab. Next

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up, Josiah Meldrum, a community farmer, again in his own words.

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name is Josiah Meldrum. I am 36 and I live with my family. I am a

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director at East Anglia Food Link, helping to deliver Community food

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projects. Community food projects can include anything from a group

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of people who want to get involved in farming, through to people who

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want to buy a fresher, better food. This is Norwich Warwickshire. It

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has been established for a month. We are growing food and vegetables

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-- fruit and vegetables for people in Norwich. People can volunteer on

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the land. Share day happens once a week. The growers will harvest

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everything that is growing on the farm. People will turn up with bags

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and boxes and collect their share of the harvest. Genetic engineering

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is often presented as the solution to world food shortages. Despite 15

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to 20 years of development it has not delivered on that promise. We

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have not got all the answers. But we do think by reconnecting people

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with how their food is growing Dash macro, shortening the food supply,

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we're taking a step in the right direction. --. Josiah Meldrum from

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East Anglia Food Link. When I sat down with him and Professor

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Jonathan Jones, I started by putting one of those points to the

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I think there are a range of solutions to do with

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straightforward technology. At the moment they feed the vast majority

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of the world. The solution it Jonathan and his team are offering

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suit agreed business. Fundamentally it is not as sustainable approach.

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Here you are just for the big guys? It is a little more complicated.

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The key thing we need to reduce the impact of agriculture on the

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environment, is less agriculture. Therefore we need more productive

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agriculture. We need a yield. It is clear in the UK that if you are for

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wheat, years of organic production are half what they were with

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conventional production. There Rhys not room for your style of

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Agriculture because the yield his solo? -- there is not room.

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disagree with that. If you grow a mixture of two crops within the

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same field, and harvesting both within the same time, your yield

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for one will be lower. More people seem to say that actually they are

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not so bothered? I am not sure that is actually the case. I am sure if

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you told people you were going to release a genetically modified

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potato... It is not fair. These antibiotic resistance genes came

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from the soil in the first place. Fundamentally there is an argument

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about choice. I was at a project this morning. It comes down to

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price, doesn't it? There are a set of choices. A I would rather be

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eating potatoes protected by genetics and biochemistry. You are

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first prey? I am not. I am for breeding techniques. They are

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already on the market. When we use traditional growing techniques, the

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world population was smaller. Can we sustain the world population

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without using modern techniques? think we can. The debate is a bit

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of a distraction. Genetic engineering is great if you want to

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Sir -- Sela herbicide. It is not delivering. They it is not what we

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are about. We're talking about taking a gene out of the wild

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potato into a variety the market favours. I was 57 years old this

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month and I have been making GM plants For 28 a half years. I see

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no reason for anybody to experience any anxiety about any of the

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existing GM foods out there. If you think about the choice... You see

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no reason why anybody should be worried. Have you seen a reason why

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they should not be worried? For a scientist to say we have proved it

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is safe. That is not tenable. There is no credible mechanism that says

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that any of the existing trade scores anybody or the environment

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any harm. But there is no evidence that it does not? Well, yes. There

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is no credible reason for thinking there will be a problem. You cannot

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prove something is absolutely safe. Coming up, what do you know about

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the Cultural Olympiad? We'll explain all. And meet Chantelle,

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the novice boxer hoping to More details now on the cuts being

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faced by one of our biggest police forces. The Chief Constable of

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Essex says he must save �41million by 2014. His force faces the

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biggest change ever seen in peacetime as it makes cuts of �41

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million by 2014. Today he revealed how those cuts will be made and the

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amount of police they will loose. The number of police officers in

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Essex, by the time we get to 24 team were reduced by 388. -- 2014.

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Eyewatering - that's how the chief constable described the cuts his

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force faces. In total, over 1,000 jobs will go, meaning less police

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officers, PCSOs and the loss of 600 support staff. A reduction in it

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that number worries me. Let me be clear. But the new blueprint we

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have announced today, takes a significantly different approach to

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how we use resources to make sure that a reduction in police officer

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numbers does not automatically lead to Essex Luke -- losing its status

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as one of the safest places in the country. So how do the cuts affect

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the way the force works? It'll have to be more efficient. The nearest

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officer will always be sent to an emergency and there will be better

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use of technology to track where police cars are. It will make more

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use of intelligence to fight crime, a change shift patterns, and the

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number of senior police officers will reduce by 25%. I would expect

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them to maintain the level of law and order at the moment. It will

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make the crime rate go up. overall cost to the economy, it is

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a false economy. Having already saved 20 million, it is a challenge

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to do that while making further cuts. We will do some things better

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and in a way that we should be doing them now. There are

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improvements. In an ideal world I would like to move to the same -- a

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new blueprint and keep the same number of officers. But you are not

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about to tell me I can do that. savings will take place in March

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next year. Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has been interviewed for

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second time by police over claims his wife accepted penalty points on

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his behalf for a speeding offence on the M11. Mr Huhne and Vicky

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Pryce were re-interviewed at police stations in Essex on Wednesday. The

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police say a file will be prepared and submitted to the Crown

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Prosecution Service. An 82-year-old woman has been praised for foiling

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a robbery at a jeweller's shop at Leigh on Sea in Essex. When three

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men armed with a sledgehammer and baseball bats started smashing the

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shop window, she turned on them with her walking stick. The men

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fled empty handed. An investigation is underway after a woman's body

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was found in the Norfolk Broads this morning. It was found by a

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fisherman at Rockland Staithe, south of Norwich. Her death is

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being treated as unexplained. She's the fifth person to have died in

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the water in Norfolk since January. Alex Freeman runs a pub nearby.

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we opened this morning to see a lot of the emergency services. We were

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interviewed as well to see if we knew anything. Obviously we do not.

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We are very sorry to hear that this is somebody's mother or a member of

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somebody's family. We are quite shocked. Steve Birtles is the head

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of safety management for the Broads Authority. Earlier this afternoon I

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asked him if they were worried about the number of deaths there

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had been this year. Yes. It is very worrying for the authority. A

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number of things we do need to get across more succinctly in that

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people should wear lifejackets in and around their boats.

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certainly on Dec. What are the most likely hazards? His inexperience?

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It can be an experience. People hiring boats should be briefed in

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what to expect. Also those people who were perhaps getting older and

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less able, less agile, need to really think about whether they

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should be wearing life jackets now. What about if somebody does end in

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the Walker? It can be not what they're expecting, even if they are

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reasonable swimmer's? That is very true. The water at this time of the

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year can be very cold. Certain things can happen. There can be dry

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drowning. You stop breathing because of the cold. There are

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known hazards in the water. It is not a particularly nice place to be.

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Members of the public have the chance to meet members of the

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Household Cavalry this weekend. Soldiers and their horses are

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currently taking their annual break near Watton in Norfolk. It follows

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a year in which they have taken part in a range of high profile

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events, including Trooping the Colour and the Royal Wedding. A

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cottage hospital in Norfolk marked a major milestone today, with a new

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renal dialysis centre. Initially the service at Wells Community

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Hospital will only be available for patients on holiday. But the

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organisers hope they'll soon he able to offer it to local people

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too. Norman Lamb officially opened the new renal dialysis centre at

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Wells Community Hospital. It's the latest expansion of this

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independent hospital, run by a charitable trust for the last five

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years. The �120,000 needed to build the Mermaid Centre was raised by

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local people. It is the community enhancing what the NHS can provide.

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It takes all of the boxes. This is an example. For Chris Geering it

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was a proud day. The unit was named in memory of his wife Helen, who

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died from complications following kidney failure. Many local people

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fondly remember her playing a mermaid in her village's annual

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Christmas review. When I lost my wife after a couple of months I was

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asked to help here. I was very keen to support a renal unit. It can

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make a difference for people who live here. It now means that

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holidaying patients have a place for treatment in this part of

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Norfolk, where they previously had to make at least a 60-mile round

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trip. From closure and campaign in 2004 to celebration and champagne

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in 2011. The trust is now looking forward to further expanding this

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service to serve local patients too. This was ideal. The people here

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have been overwhelmingly supportive getting up up and running. From

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closure and a campaign in 2004, to You're watching Look East. Coming

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up, what happened when Brazil's kings met their counterparts in

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When it comes to the Olympics next year, there are some names

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guaranteed to be in the hunt for medals. Cyclist Victoria Pendleton,

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for example, and Huntingdon gymnast Daniel Keatings. But the great

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thing about sport is that there are others who could surprise us. And

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here's a great example. Chantelle Cameron from Northampton. She only

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took up boxing two years ago, but with a year to go, she's in with a

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shout. Two years ago, Chantelle Cameron had never boxed

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professionally. She was a kick boxing champion with a fearsome

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reputation. On the tin in her kick- boxing career, she wanted a fresh

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challenge and decided to give boxing a proper shot. Her first

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task was to adjust to the new support. My first boxing belt was

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wild. I just got stuck in. I just charged in. As soon as I had my

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first belt, they told me I had to settle down and change my technique.

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It has made me box more clever. was not easy. It is more of a

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transition than what people think because of the balance and the way

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we have to transfer her weight. With kick-boxing you're throwing

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more shots. With boxing it is more about picking your shots. Her rise

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has been phenomenal. Chantelle and now spends time in Sheffield with

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Team GB but still returns to her gym in Northampton detrain. How

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close is the Olympic dream? Extremely close to the Olympics. As

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far as we can gather it is between Shantallow and another girl. We

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believe she is on the brink of going to the Olympics. It does not

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seem real. I'm just thinking about beating the world No. 1 at the

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moment. Then I'll start thinking about London. I think I will have a

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Still with boxing, and Newmarket boxer Pat McAleese gets his first

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shot at a domestic title tomorrow night. He's fighting Ryan Toms for

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the Southern Area Light Middleweight title at Wembley Arena.

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McAleese, who's lost just once in his 14 fights, is also hoping to

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raise money for the Newmarket-based charity Racing Welfare. Newmarket

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being a racing town, it is good to give something back. Looking to put

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something back into Newmarket. I know a lot of jockeys and former

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jockeys. Every little helps. may not know this, but years ago

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people used to win Olympic medals for things like poetry and theatre.

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Before the war the Olympic Games weren't just about sport - culture

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played a huge part too. Over the years we lost that cultural element,

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but now a huge festival running alongside the games must feature as

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part of the host nation's bid. This weekend hundreds of events will be

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held across the country to mark that we're just one year away from

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London 2012. Remember this? Awarded to the City of London. Back then

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the games seemed so far off. But next week we'll be just one year

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away from hosting the greatest show on earth. Today in Luton they were

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Brazil may have the 2016 Games, but this weekend they'll be helping us

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celebrate London 2012 The carnival party in Luton this weekend is just

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one of hundreds of events up and down the country. It is inviting

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people to take part in this enormous celebration which will

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include cultural activities as well as sport. There will be lots this

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weekend. You can join a samba group, did dancing, music. You cannot have

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sporting spectacle without creative spectacle. Sometimes sporting

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spectacle can look quite creative. In football, people play samba

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drums to keep the excitement going. We want to keep that going

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ourselves. The party in Luton is one of 1,200 events throughout the

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country. Carnival in particular is that -- is that international

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melting-pot of music and dance, physical activity with design, on

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the way for people from different countries to come together. It is

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all part of the Olympic spirit. That looks set to last for the next

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12 months and beyond. And just a few more details on that from Jo.

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Until 1948 there used to be a Pentathlon of the Muses, where

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competititors had to compete across five areas - architecture, music,

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literature, sculpture and painting. It would be nice if they had

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mowing! I would be excellent! And if you want to find out about any

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of the dozens of London 2012 events happening across the east this

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Five days ago we mocked Alex about the Saturday forecast. Is it coming

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true? I am glad to report that the weather is improving over the

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weekend. We have had a week of showery conditions. High pressure

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is building from the south-west. We have an area of low pressure close

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to was in the east. Although we had a fine start this morning, the

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cloud appeared through the day. It started to break up a little bit in

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the east. Sunny spells. Heavy showers tracking steadily eastwards.

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Sunny in the east, showers from the West. They could be on the heavy

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side. Overnight tonight those showers will linger. They will

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start to clear around dawn. Clearing skies in the north of the

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region will bring temperatures down into single figures. Nine Celsius.

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Light north-westerly winds. For tomorrow, that area of low pressure

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does head southwards into the North Sea. It is very close by. What it

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does mean is that for the weekend we should see some fine sunny

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weather. There Rhys the chance of some light rain and cloudy

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conditions in the east, particularly tomorrow. Once that

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rain clears, a fine day for most. Cloud extending into parts of

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north-east Norfolk. Quite a difference in temperatures. 16

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degrees in the east. Further north, 19. I could breeze. It would be

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quite a brisk breeze. Particularly around the coast. Through the

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afternoon still up for the risk of showers. Mostly dry in the West. It

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is five days of fine and settled weather. Warming up into the middle

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of next week. It will feel more like July. Sunday looks mainly fine.

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Nothing more than double figures. - - lower. They Rhys a long tailback

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on the M25 tonight at the junction with the M11. It has taken nearly

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