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Hello, and welcome to the programme. The main news tonight: Leonard

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friends stage walk`out of the East's courts.

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They say they are not paid enough. It is now about 30,000 or ?40,000

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per year. It will become moralist Rockall for people with big

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mortgages and children to pay for day to day to continue.

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The Essex footballer worried that his career is over after being the

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victim of a Christmas Day assault. Slimmers from allover the county

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show off their new look. And meet the gauge dog `` guide dog

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eager to show off for his master. Hello. The region's law courts saw

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something they'd never seen before today ` a walk`out by lawyers over

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pay. Barristers and solicitors were protesting at cuts to the legal`aid

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budget. Well, this walk`out affected courts

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right across our region. Particularly hit were Norwich and

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Chelmsford, where cases had to be adjourned. But this afternoon the

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Ministry of Justice was playing down the impact of today's strike. They

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said the effect was "limited and manageable". In Essex, 95% of

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magistrates' courts eventually sat and nearly three quarters of Crown

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Courts. At Norwich Crown Court, three court rooms were supposed to

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be running this morning but only one went ahead. The other two did not

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sit until this afternoon. A criminal lawyer for 11 years, she

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prepares her next legal aid case at Chambers in Ipswich. You would

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hardly class has antiestablishment until today. In just four years her

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pay packet has heart. 34 years ago it was about 80,000, now it is about

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30,000. And you only do legal aid work? I only do legal aid work. It

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will become more of a struggle for people with big mortgages and four

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children `` with children to pay for, to continue. The plan to cut

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barristers's fees by 17`30% is on top of a 40% cut that barristers say

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has been in place since 1997. My take`home pay has been about ?10,000

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for the last two years. When people hear that you are a lawyer they

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think that you are very wealthy. A lot of my clients think that ended

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his just not the case. Lawyers say that fewer experienced barristers

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would take on legal aid cases, leaving it too inexperienced

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barristers. It wasn't until of two years ago that solicitors were

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allowed in court to do the job that barristers previously did. The same

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arguments were put ahead. All professions are taking a hit,

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teachers, police, health workers. Isn't it your turn? Isn't it our

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town? The funny thing is that we have had our turn. Before this

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current round the fees have slashed and flashed back to 1996 rate is

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now. After lunch the Warriors return to work, but they say that if the

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government does not bend then they will be back.

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Let's talk to Simon Spence QC, who can speak on behalf of East Anglia's

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barristers. Why should we be sympathetic to you? People think

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that lawyers are very well paid. People do think that and some

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lawyers are very well paid, but not those who are paid by the public.

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Our rates are set by the government, they have not gone up

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since 1997 and over that time, as well as factoring in inflation,

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there have been other ways in which fees have been reduced. For some

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hearings we do not get paid at all and for other ancillary parts of the

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job. You have to look at it in context against static fees for 15

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years. We are now saying, enough is enough. We do not want riches, we

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just want to be paid for the work that we do. The government says that

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cuts have to be made and this is where they have pinpointed that

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savings can be made. Of course that is one way that savings can be made,

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but the courts can also be made more efficient, as a profession we

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appointed those out to Ministry of Justice and they're not really

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listening. It seems to us that to put the brunt of the costs on

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cutting legal lead fees is not the right way forward. And of other

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professions that are funded by the public nobody else seems to be being

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asked to take a 17.5% cut as we are. It is not just the defence side of

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things, you have to bear in mind. The independent bar prosecutes and

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defend, that is a crucial part of our system. There is generally

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parity between prosecution and defence fees. So defend these are

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cut by 17.5% it is reasonable to expect that the prosecution will

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wish to follow suit. People coming to the borough over the next few

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years will not be the brightest and most able to conduct the most

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serious cases `` coming to the bar. The Ministry of Justice is not very

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sympathetic to your plight at the moment. What is your next step? The

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next step might be similar action if the government will not engage in

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conversation. All we're asking is to keep the rates of pay at current

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levels. The rates that the government have previously

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considered reasonable and we considered that they are still

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reasonable. We are asking for fees to remain as they are, for a

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dialogue with the government so that we can assist them to find the

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savings in other ways. A promising footballer from Essex

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says the injuries he suffered in a vicious street attack may have ended

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his career. 21`year`old Richie Robins was beaten up in Colchester

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town centre over Christmas. He was also hoping to become a model, but

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says that's in doubt too. Richie Robins takes more

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painkillers. He is back recovering from a two`hour operation on the

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bones in his face. They had to push my cheekbone back into place. They

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put a metal place across it to secure it. Also by doing that it

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enabled the bone in my eye socket that was broken to fall back into

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place. I am just waiting for it all to heal back together. I cannot eat

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proper food, I cannot chew for several weeks, I cannot do sport and

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physical activity for at least three months, that is a massive part of my

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life. Richie Robins feels that his career may have been ended when he

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was attacked here in Colchester in the early hours of December the

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27th. This would graph shows him before and after the attack. ``

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photographs. Police have arrested a man on suspicion of assault but they

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are looking for at least six other men. They want anyone with any

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information to come forward. He had been hoping to do some modelling but

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fears that he may have lost his chance. I have to wait until my face

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settles down. Confidence is a massive thing. And as he read get

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well cards, he urged anyone who was in Queen Street that night to

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contact police because it may help them to find his attackers.

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Troubled Colchester Hospital has announced more changes at the top.

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Kim Hodgson will be the new interim Chief Executive following the

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resignation of Dr Gordon Coutts last month. And Sue Barnett is stepping

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down as deputy chief executive. The Trust is currently under police

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investigation over the alleged manipulation of its cancer waiting

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times. Work on making two council homes in

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Ipswich into one to accommodate a large family will cost over twice

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the original estimate. The Fisk family made headlines back in

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October when some neighbours started a petition against the plan to

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expand their home. Ipswich Borough Council originally thought the cost

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would be ?6,000, but the final bill will be closer to ?15,000 because

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extra building work is now required. It will create a six`bedroom home in

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Maidenhall for the family of 12 and take eight weeks to finish.

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A charity which operates children's hospices in our region has today

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announced plans for a new facility on the outskirts of Norwich. East

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Anglia's Children's Hospices has launched an appeal for ?10 million

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to cover the costs. The new hospice would replace the existing one at

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Quidenham in Norfolk. The children's Hospice at quid and

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`` Quidenham has been a home for this girl for more than a decade.

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Today her mother was one of the first to see proposals for a new

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Hospice. The facilities are great but it is within the limitations of

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a very old building. To have something purpose`built, it

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absolutely blew me away. At this community Centre local people also

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got their first glimpse of the proposed development on their

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doorstep. It will be very good for the village, it is a nice thing to

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have. Very exciting. We have lived here for six years. We have come

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here for the peace and quiet and the site is so peaceful and quiet.

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Landowners have been wanting to build housing estates there. We feel

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that the hospice will be better than a housing estate, certainly.

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Quidenham has served us well for many years, but it was not a

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purpose`built hospice and with the complexities of the children that we

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are getting coming to us now, we really do need a purpose`built

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hospice. The Duchess of Cambridge, who opened their Tree House Hospice

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at Ipswich, has been kept informed. While I was looking at the plans

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there was a lady beside me seeing her with `` seeing how sad she

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thought that a children's hospice would be. The sad bit is then not

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having the facilities. The hospice will give them the very best of what

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they can get out of the day. Is the money flows in then young people

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like Lucy could be enjoying brand`new facilities within three

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years. Still to come: two swimming

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champions to inspire you for the New Year.

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And Miller Labrador aligns a new trick. `` Miller and the Labrador

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learns a new trick. It's that time of the year when

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households feel the squeeze on family finances. January is the most

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common month for rental payments to be missed and it's when a lot of

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people receive the bills for Christmas.

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The housing charity Shelter estimates that many thousands of

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people in the East region are worried about meeting this month's

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demand for rent or mortgage payments. But experts in household

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debt say that help is available and people shouldn't despair. Tonight's

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special report is from our business correspondent Richard Bond.

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Steve Lane is finding his way out of debt. A well`paid job and freely

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available credit led him to run up large debts. He had spent thousands

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on Christmas presents. He worked out that he owed ?43,000 after being

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made redundant. I had fairly large credit limits which had been maxed

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out. FDR ?2000 or ?3000 per credit limit and you have six or seven, it

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does not take a mathematician to work it out. Steve has a new job and

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is getting his debt under control. But according to shelter one in ten

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people in the east fear that they will not be a will to pay the rent

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or mortgage at the end of this month. The Ipswich building society

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says that a small number of customers feel to `` do not meet

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their payment in January. We offer the option of paying a little extra

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for the other months rather than paying everything in January.

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Private landlords say that January is the most likely month of the year

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for tenants to Messe rental payment. This year is not any worse than

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other years. If anything, things are stable and rent arrears over the

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last few years in this area have actually come down. Rents have not

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gone up as much as other cost is. Thanks to help from Christians

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Against Poverty Steve Lane and his family now hope to be debt free in

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two years. We work in cash, we shop to a list. It is the sort of things

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that are simple but we have learned them. Steve Lane and his wife now

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help other families in trouble, showing that there is a way through

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the financial mire. Steve Lane received support from

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Christians Against Poverty. You can ring them free on 0800 328 0006. You

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can also receive guidance from your local Citizens Advice Bureau. Go to

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their website. It's at citizensadvice.org.uk.

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And if you have got a story about debt that you'd like to share, do

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get in touch. You can phone or e`mail. Or get in touch through

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Facebook and Twitter. We look forward to hearing from you.

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On to football, and we had six teams in FA Cup third`round action over

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the weekend and all six are in the draw for the fourth round. Some face

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replays, others managed to win first`time around. Stevenage claimed

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the biggest tie in the fourth round. Boro, who are currently bottom of

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League One, will host Premier League side Everton in three weeks' time.

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This is no ordinary Monday. Since 9am the phones at Stevenage have

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been ringing off the book, fans desperate to watch another Premier

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League side sent packing. It has been a whirlwind start for the new

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chief executive. Only three days into his new job. The financial

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injection that the FA Cup brings is essential for us. It is a great draw

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for us, it is a way that the football community can connect

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again. For some managers the FA Cup is not a priority. Four clubs

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further down the chain it is a lifeline. You were standing at our

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training ground and that is a product of the FA Cup. It is that

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important, we would not be your today if we had not got through a

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couple of years ago to league five. Stevenage have proven pedigree,

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beating Newcastle a few years ago. 26 places separate Stevenage from

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Doncaster, a mere 63 between Middlesbrough and Everton. In the FA

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Cup anything is possible. It is not a nice place to come, this ground

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can be quite a hostile place. Everton are probably not used to

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that. I do not see why we cannot upset them. The FA Cup puzzles got

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my pulse racing. We would like to think that we can do something

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special again. They have the mantra, the man talent in the

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manager for club upsets. The FA Cup is breathing a vital tonic for the

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troops. Next, the New Year diet. You can't

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put it off any moreand this evening we have got two women from Suffolk

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who can give you some inspiration. Nicky Pengelly is a health

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professional. She is 46 and she has lost almost eleven and a half stone.

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Student Sophie Whelpton has lost ten stones over the past couple of

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years. Both ladies followed the Rosemary Conley diet. Welcome to you

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both. Congratulations to you both, both

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looking fantastic. Let me start with you. You put on lots of weight over

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the years because of family troubles, but what actually made you

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decide to lose it all. I decided last year after my daughter`in`law

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was crowned last year as slimmer of the year. Having a granddaughter in

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2012, I needed to change my life. I thought that Rosemary Conley Food

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And Fitness was the way forward. What was the turning point for you?

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I went back to university as a mature student at the age of 27 and

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started to be really happy with the direction that my life was going on.

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I felt that the only thing holding me back was my weekend that `` my

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weight and that it was time to do something about it. And you are the

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winners. This is what Nicky was wearing. She

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could fit into one leg of these now. You could get lost in those now. How

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do you feel, now that you have lost all of the weight? I feel a lot

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happier in myself. I am happy with going shopping and I actually know

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no food `` I'm no food is not something that would just put weight

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on. It is psychological, you have to change a relationship with food.

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When you look at pictures now, does it feel that it was not you? We lead

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at some of the photographs this morning. I cannot believe it is

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still the same person. I have now got a chin. I think I have got a

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waste. I was a size 32, now I am actually in a size 10`12 in the

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shops. I now love shopping. Part of it is the joy of getting into lovely

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clothes again. What is it for you that is most special now? Just being

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able to feel confident and comfortable in situations and not

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feel that I am always the biggest in the room and that people look at me

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for the wrong reasons. We had some pictures of you as well. It must be

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odd, it does not look like the same person. It does not look like you at

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all. It is like looking at a different person, I feel like

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another person. Diesel confident about keeping the weight off now?

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People tend to you or your back and forth. But you did it slowly and at

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a good pace. Even if it is just a pound a week, it is still chipping

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away. Even if you just maintain, it is still chipping away. If you do

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have setbacks, just start back on. It does not mean that it has failed,

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you just carry on. I have had the good times and the bad times but

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have still carried on. With the support of my class, I have got

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where I am today. It is a gradual thing, you did it slowly and

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sensibly over a long period of time. Hopefully that means that you will

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not go back. Diets are something that temporary, I have changed my

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lifestyle. We are so pleased that you have come in the programme to

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show us what you'd success you have had. Thank you very much and good

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luck for the future. What are we to start the New Year. And an

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inspiration for lots of people watching, I am sure.

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We all know that guide dogs are smart.

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But Miller, the Labrador Retriever is taking things to a whole new

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level. Miller belongs to Chris Michaels

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from Suffolk. He is Chris's eyes and ears. And when it comes to crossing

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the road, his paws and nose are pretty useful too. Kevin Burch has

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the story: Chris Michaels is 68 and has been blind for over 40 years.

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He runs this nursery. He has had for guide dogs, Miller is the latest.

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Working together is like a marriage, a partnership. And this current

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canine companion is always keen to help. Use a good worker, very

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steady. He likes picking things up to give the people, which can be a

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bit annoying. One year he picked up a tomato plant and handed it to a

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customer. But it is when Chris heads into town that Miller really comes

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into his own. He was specially trained to find the posts at

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crossings. But he is keen to go even further and invariably hit the

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button with his paws or nose. It has become something of a party piece.

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How do you feel about the publicity over Miller and his talent? I did

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not really expected, I just thought it was a bit of a nine days's

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wonder. I never expected there to be all of this publicity. He is

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brilliant, I think. It makes getting around a hell of a lot easier.

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Here's something special, look into those eyes.

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So David's back tonight with a brand`new series of Inside Out. What

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have you got for us? We have been looking into audio

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loops and how people with hearing difficulties are being failed by

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businesses and public authorities. Audio loops are designed to provide

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better sound quality for people with hearing aids. On Inside Out we went

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to more than 60 shops and offices in Ipswich that claimed to provide

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them. In three quarters of cases they didn't work, or staff didn't

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know how to operate them. We do have one but I do not know

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where it is, I have never been shown where it is. It is discrimination.

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It does not mean that legally enacted discrimination is not taking

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place. Costa say that all staff in the shop have now been trained in

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how to use the hearing`loop system. Join me for that story and others,

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as we start the new series at 7.30pm here on BBC One. Greats `` a great

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story tonight about a woman's fight to have people remembered who died

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in the town after a publicity stunt for a circus went horribly wrong.

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She raised the money for people in the time and finally we see the

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memorial tonight on the river bank. We are thankful that we are not in

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the south`west. I think we're getting off lightly at the moment.

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We have had bright and blustery weather but showers as well. They

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have been on the heavy side. We have had some squally winds gusting

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between 48 and 50 mph. You can see more showers coming in. Again, some

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of those could be on the sharp side and have hail and thunder mixed in.

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There could be some torrential downpours. But with the cloud around

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temperature should not fall any lower than eight or nine Celsius. We

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stay frost free and the wind is a good moderate fresh south`westerly

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becoming particularly blustery during any sharp showers. We could

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get some further very strong gust is. This is the centre of what has

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brought us all of the windy weather and showery weather. We still have

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the south`westerly flow drowning in a few showers and the eyes of buyers

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are still fairly close together. `` Isa buyers. Moving eastwards, some

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of them on the sharp side, but again a few less than today. Some sunshine

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and bring this coming through at times. Temperatures at best some

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others into double figures. A good two or three degrees above average

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for this time of year. For much of the day we will hold onto this

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moderate `fresh south`westerly, although hopefully that will ease

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down a bit. We finished the day with a few showers around. During

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tomorrow night we could get some showers and in together to get a

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longer spell of rain. But they should be out of the way by

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Wednesday. We are then expecting some rain after dark on Wednesday,

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although a bit of a? Regarding how quick the rain will spread on.

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Perhaps some rain still lingering on Thursday morning. Friday is looking

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a chilly day with temperatures closer to normal, but finance guy

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with the next lot expected during Friday night. `` at fine and dry.

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That is all from us. Have a good evening.

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TOM: # And if there's anybody left in here

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# That doesn't want to be out there... #

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