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Tonight, fears are only remaining coastguard station is dangerously

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understaffed. It is a miracle that there has not been a major incident.

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Election defeat for UKIP, losing a seat to Labour in a key by-election.

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We have explained to people the difference between the Labour Party

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and UKIP and given people a strong reason to vote Labour.

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Who would be a football manager? The risks and rewards ahead of the new

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season. And the story of Marco Pierre White

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and the row over his pink paint. Hello. First tonight, concerns that

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are only remaining coastguard station has so few staff more than

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half of its watches fall below accepted safety levels. That makes

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the centre at Walton-on-the-Naze in Essex the worst in the UK.

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The Maritime and Coastguard Agency admits they are having problems

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recruiting staff for Walton-on-the-Naze. In the 16 months

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to May of this year, 62% of watches were staffed below the recommended

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levels. For a time last year they were short-staffed two out of every

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three shifts. The PCS union, which represents coastguard workers, says

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it is worried about public safety. Our only other coastguard station,

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at Great Yarmouth, closed in May. Our chief reporter Kim Riley is in

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Walton-on-the-Naze now. Yes, this is the Thames coastguard

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headquarters. If I walk this way you will see the view from their windows

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out over the beaches off Walton-on-the-Naze and beyond to the

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pier. Thousands have come to our beaches in the last few days, just

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yesterday 11 children went missing on the beaches of Southend,

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Walton-on-the-Naze, all were found safe and well but it puts pressure

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on organisations like the coastguard and the RNLI. Further up the coast

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we saw how quickly conditions can change.

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Warm sunshine over the beaches of Lowestoft this morning but as

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families looked forward to a day on the sand in the horizon there were

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clouds and thunder. We have a red flag due to the

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thunder. One senior lifeguard with the RNLI, which has been providing a

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service that eight hours a day. recommend that everybody get off the

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beach and out of the water. Most people do leave the beach but

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lifeguard Richard sets off to a family still playing by the water.

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Then the storm really hits home. Meanwhile the lifeboat spirit of

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Lowestoft is patrolling off the beaches. The RNLI and the coastguard

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are two separate organisations. Coastguards are browned the coast

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are closing. Walton-on-the-Naze is earmarked for closure just after

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April. That will leave Humber and over covering all of East Anglia 's

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coastline. The independent vote -- volunteer lifeboat service has been

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dealing with the Humber statement -- station since the last closures.

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Since the 1st of May we have had a couple of jobs with Humber

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coastguards. At the Walton-on-the-Naze station there is

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union concern over a shortage of staff. We have had one of the

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hottest summers on record, we have had people out on the coast and the

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sea in enjoying the sunshine, it is a miracle that there hasn't been a

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major incident. I am concerned that staff would not be able to cope.

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Maritime and Coastguard Agency says it accepts the coast -- the union's

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figures and is working to fill the vacancies. Two agencies format Great

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Yarmouth are currently work here and staff can get support from offices

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including Dover and a new recruitment campaign is shortly to

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get under way. Dennis O'Connor is from Coastguard

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SOS, which campaigns against cuts to the service. Earlier I asked him how

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dangerous he thought the current situation was.

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We are not in the business to scaremonger. The reality is, with

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such severe under staffing around the coast, it is a real possibility

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that something will go seriously wrong at some stage. When we talked

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to the Caister Lifeboat today they said they had been sceptical about

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how it would work but so far everything seems to be fine. That is

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good to know and we are hearing some reports from some areas and that is

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reassuring. Could it be that these are just teething problems in

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recruitment? People want longevity in careers, they don't want to have

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the axe hanging over them going into a new job, so it is going to be a

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continuing problem. One of the biggest problems that they have

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failed to address is the speed in which we are losing experienced

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officers in the coastguard and, even if the recruitment campaign was

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successful, it would still be a period of perhaps up to two years

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before perhaps a watch officer is trained to a degree of competence to

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be able to handle day-to-day rescue situations. Given that, and given it

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looks like these changes will be pushed ahead, what do you think the

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solution is? We are still trying to talk to the transport select

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committee and encourage them to to can -- to continue to monitor the

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situation closely. I am sure the coastguard officers themselves must

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breathe a sigh of relief at the end of their watch duty if they have got

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through it unscathed. That is not right and that is a concern to us as

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a campaign group that also should be a concern to the public and to MPs.

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Thank you very much. The Tesco distribution centre in

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Harlow has finally closed. Hundreds of jobs have been lost. Tesco says

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it needed to close the depot as part of restructuring. But today the

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local MP accused the company of deeply damaging the local community.

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Tesco have not wasted any time in stripping the site, axe its

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blocked, the warehouse emptied, distribution here nothing of the

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past. -- exits blocked. The local MP says that workers have been let

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down. It has had a huge impact on our

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town, the individuals themselves, their families and friends, the

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businesses around, the taxi companies. This has a massive impact

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on our town and Tesco have hugely damaged our community. The decision

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to close was announced in February, part of a major restructuring. Of

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the 800 people here around 500 were local from Harlow. Only about 100

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workers have been linked to the new depot in Dagenham. The unions say

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they will be working for poorer wages and conditions. It is a

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transfer of Labour, effectively a new job, and the Dagenham terms and

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conditions in pay alone is roughly one third less -- less than the

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Harlow pay. Many of the warehouse people will have a �9,000 drop in

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money. Tesco declined to speak to us but earlier this year a spokesman

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that -- a spokesperson said they were trying to help people find

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work. There is a job that everybody in

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Harlow within Tesco if they want it. Tesco thanked their colleagues for

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their continued hard work. Job losses in Harlow have added to the

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bleak prospects for employment in Sussex. Britvic announced it is

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shutting its centre in -- its centre.

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Labour has become the second largest party on Norfolk County Council,

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after winning the Thetford West by-election. It was a battle with

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the UK Independence Party, whose councillor resigned after it emerged

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he had been caught shoplifting. UKIP held the seat with a majority of

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just one, but Labour won it with a majority of 171.

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This was an important by-election, not only because it would determine

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who would be the largest party in the rainbow allowance -- Alliance

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running the council but also the first test of UKIP's popularity

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since its success in local elections. Labour, which lost by one

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vote in May, were clearly relieved to have one. We have really

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explained to people the difference between the Labour Party and UKIP

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and given people a strong reason to vote Labour. Listening to their

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concerns has really resonate -- resonated. The party put a lot of

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staff and effort into fighting this election. The decision of the

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Liberal Democrats not to field a candidate probably helped. UKIP

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admitted it could not compete against Labour's resources but it

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also said one of the reasons Labour did so well is because it mobilised

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the large migrant population to vote. The EU migrants came out to

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vote and I think Labour chased their votes to get the balance. Labour

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condemned UKIP's comments, saying it fought to wind support from

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everybody in Thetford. This will not change anything at County Hall, the

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authority is under no control, -- no control. UKIP actually polled more

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votes than in the May elections, a sign there is still considerable

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support for the party, it just needs to be more organised and visible on

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the ground. Rather worryingly for the Conservatives, it seems a lot of

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that increased UKIP support is coming from Tory voters. ?NEWLINE a

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post-mortem examination on the body of a woman found in a lake at the

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University of East Anglia in Norwich has proved inconclusive. The woman's

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body was found face down in the water by an angler yesterday

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morning. Police say she was in her late 30s to early 40s and that

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further tests are now needed to find out the cause of death.

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At this stage is -- it is an unusual case because generally we can

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identify people, and it is frustrating for us and the public

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but we are confident that we will identify her and it does not change

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the nature of the enquiry at this stage.

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A survey has found drivers in Suffolk believe mobile speed cameras

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are used to generate money, not to improve safety. The survey was

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carried out for the Police and Crime Commissioner for Suffolk.

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Still to come, the fastest way to speed along a beach without an

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engine. And the celebrity chef in a spot of

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bother over the wrong shade of pink. It feels like only yesterday the

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goal nets came down and the boots were hung up for the summer. But

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believe it or not tomorrow the Football League season gets under

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way. With huge financial rewards,

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managers are under more pressure than ever to succeed. Last season

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more than 100 managers and coaches were dismissed, the highest number

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in a decade. James Burridge has tonight's special report on the

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uncertain life faced by those at the They say you are only ever two games

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away from the sack. It is all about Saturday afternoon, that is the best

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part of it. You get this and men's pleasure through being a manager and

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I would not change this for anything. -- immense pleasure.

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Welcome to the brutal and lonely world of football management.

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have had my little wrong, I will get on with it. Is this a low point? I

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am thoroughly browned off. average job lasts just over a year

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and a half. The championship is the worst, with 21 sackings. If you

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finish in the top six you have a chance of the big bucks so is it any

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wonder there is pressure on the lads in this league? Here in the East,

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half the clubs start their campaign with a different manager.

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Peterborough United were the only club to be relegated but they have

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decided to stick by their man. This year we will go straight back up.

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What if you don't? Will you be calling for your manager's head?

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don't think that is crossing anybody's mind, we are that

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confident. Karl Robinson was one of the youngest ever managers when he

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was pointed -- appointed. My family will read something and I am

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somebody's Sun and people hate me that you have never met me. -- that

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have never met me. They have taken a sound bite and completely judged me

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on that. Is there a recipe for dealing with pressure? My phone has

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been on all summer, and every manager save -- will say that is the

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same. My best summer ever was probably when I was sacked. Patience

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is a rare commodity. After losing nine straight games last season,

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Colchester back to their young manager. Time is of the essence, as

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they say, and I think managers should be given a chance to build

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and develop a club. Ask any manager why they do it and they will tell

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you dash for the love of the game. For all, though, is a cruel

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mistress. -- football. Pete Winkelman is the Stadium of MK

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Dons. Your manager is in the top ten of the longest serving managers

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after only three years. What does that say about the sport? Some of

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the facts you have just read out are incredible. Even in football we

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sometimes don't see the magnitude of that. Being manager is the hardest

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job, you have so many stakeholders, players, supporters to please and I

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am really glad we have been able to hold onto our manager this season.

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You have had eight managers since 2004. At the beginning you were

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doing what all the other players seem to do, getting rid of managers

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pretty quickly. -- all of the other clubs. We had some knee jerk

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reactions in the early days. As I have been in football longer, we

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have to do share the responsibility. The manager is the

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pivot of the team and the club so it is a big responsibility but I think

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as chairman I need to support my manager and we need to think that --

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to learn from mistakes and hopefully do a better job together. As you sit

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in your comfortable seat on Saturday afternoon, when things are going

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wrong and the fans are making noise, does it make you want to go and have

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a word with the manager? I think there is no doubt, football is so

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emotive that you get absolutely carried away and many times you will

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speak to the manager on Saturday night and regret almost everything

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you had a conversation about by Sunday morning. That is what is

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fantastic about football, it is that emotional. I don't want to be asking

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questions about your manager but supposing you started with half a

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dozen defeats would that make you start to ask questions? Last season

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we had a real lip, we did not wind for 14 games, and we did very well

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the rest of the time. -- we did not wind. We have been learning that we

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need to take the long road, we need to make sure the philosophy is

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football -- of football is strong and we have to look more long-term,

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and certainly with MK Dons we are trying to do that and it is

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incredible that we have the eight longest serving manager. -- eight

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Now, here's a clash of colours. The celebrity chef Marco Pierre White

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has caused controversy in a Suffolk town by painting a hotel pink.

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It has made some local people see red, because they say it lowers the

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time. -- the tone. The one thing that makes this town

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special is the rich palette of colours. When you think of

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traditional Sussex pink what you think? Pink? Or is this pink? But

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this, see some locals, most definitely is not. They liken it to

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blancmange. Marco Pierre White took on this hotel two years ago. It is

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great to listed and dates from 1421. In this town with its rich medieval

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past it is easy to see why people are protective so when it came is to

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this paint job, for the man who is used to hearing, yes, the response

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was a resounding no. There is a generally accepted shade of Sussex

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pink and people here are proud of their heritage and I think we want

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to see things being done in keeping. What about people milling around the

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Market Square? It is all right. I don't feel strongly about it at all.

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It is better than purple or something. What is the colour around

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here? That pink is pretty similar. I have no problem with it. It is a

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soft pink, a baby pink. I think it is delightfully full -- delightful.

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When Marco Pierre White saw it for the first time he immediately gave

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it a thumbs down. The idea was to get it a bit darker. A few

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properties have the deeper Sussex pink so the colour is going to be

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changed more in line with that. of the building has already been

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repainted. In a statement the district council said, we are

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hopeful that an agreement has now that has been added and other

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internal alterations so this paint debate could just be the starters

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for Marco Pierre White. -- for starters.

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If you have ever wanted to speed along a beach at up to 60 miles an

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hour, perhaps you should try a kite buggy. It is a tricycle with a huge

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kite on the end of a rope. The current European champion is

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Craig Sparkes from Norfolk. He started ten years ago on his local

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beaches. Now he competes across the Meet Craig Sparkes, European kite

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buggy champion. He is showing off his skills in southern Spain.

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side of the sport is the freestyle, the jumping side, so we use a system

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that straps asked to the buddies and we average league jump eight to ten

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feet, but sometimes it is 15 feet. -- we on average jump eight to ten.

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We can jump up to the -- long distances but we are completely in

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control. Normally we would hope into a harness that connects us to the

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kite and allows us to steer it with these handles. You have full control

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even though you are connected to the body. Craig shows the power of the

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kite. This is why he needs open spaces. Normally it is around the 20

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mph, 30 mph level, but in more open areas we are able to hit up to 60

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mph, or even 80 mph for specialised bodies. -- buddies. It is a fine

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line between work and pleasure and I try to keep that as close as

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possible. Didn't you do that once?

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I looked just like that when I did Yesterday it was hot and

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temperatures reached 32 degrees, but today we paid the price, with some

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violent thunderstorms across the region. And with the storms, some

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amazing clouds. Lots of you stopped to take photos and lots of you send

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them to us, so thank you very much. But what was happening? The answers

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from Mike Liggins. A rumble of thunder at Hadlee in

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Suffolk. A lightning flash and some amazing clouds captured by BBC

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cameraman John fair Hall. He was not the only one at it. In Essex and

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Sussex viewers reached for their cameras and even allowing for some

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digital help the results were spectacular. These are the udder

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protuberances which are generally dry, just moist air coming out of

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the bottom of the cloud. For real fishy and are those of cloud

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formation there was something else. -- for real fans of cloud formation.

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I have only seen these two or three times before. Both types of cloud in

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one day, Emma -- amazing. There was some rain as well but it is the

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British summer after all. Goodness me, torrential. Let's get

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Today it was more like 25 and we saw some heavy and thundery showers. You

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can see that they have mainly moved out into the channel but there is an

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area moving up from southern England. On the satellite image you

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can see those shower clouds over the past few hours and for the next few

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hours they will affect the western half of the region. If you live in

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Cambridge, Western Norfolk, out in Northamptonshire you might see a

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downfall before the day is out. They should clear away overnight and it

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will be quite a bit cooler and fresher than it was last night. Lows

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of 15 or 16. Starting with a moderate south-westerly wind and

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that will ease before the end of the night. Into tomorrow, this is our

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pressure pattern, a bit of a squeeze on the ice bars showing that it will

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be breezy. A lot of dry and bright weather at first but it is expected

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to turn showery into the afternoon. The odd heavy downpour, sunshine in

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between. Certainly temperatures on the cooler side. Two bridges in the

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mid-20s, these are the typical highs. A moderate south-westerly

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wind so the showers should move through quite quickly. Into the

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afternoon and evening quite a lot of them should fade away. Looking

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ahead, this is our problem chart. We have low pressure moving in across

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the British Isles, which could mean a spell of wet weather. It's hard to

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know how far east the weather system will track. A good chance of staying

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dry for Sunday, maybe just the odd shower, quite breezy, but on Monday

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temperatures are down, cloudy with a chance of out rakes of rain. It is

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