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and Thursday. That's

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Hello and welcome to Look E`st. In the programme tonight.

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Rising numbers of forced marriages in this region. With a new law about

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to come into force, we speak to one of the victims.

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Banning super`strength alcohol. After success in Ipswich, now

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Lowestoft joins in. Another demoralising defeat for

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Norwich City, as the pressure builds on Hughton ` again.

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And the First World War ..from the point of view of those who refused

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to fight. First tonight, new figures show that

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the number of forced marriages in this region is rising, whild the

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figures for the rest of country are levelling off. Believe it or not,

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forcing someone to marry soleone they don't want to, will only become

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a criminal offence next month. At the moment it's only a civil offence

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` meaning the police don't get involved. So how does it happen and

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what can others do to help? Mariam Issimdar has been talking to one of

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the victims. They allowed themselves to be

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influenced by the community instead of listening to their own d`ughter.

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At 17, Parveen's parents trhed to force her to marry a man shd didn't

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know and didnt love. It was that very moment I looked at my lother

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and made her promise me when we met the groom she wouldn't leavd me

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Before I knew it I was in a room strangers, asking me questions,

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trying to touch me inappropriately. Parveen decided she couldn't go

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through with the marriage. But that meant quitting her job, leaving East

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Anglia where she'd lived all her life, and going into hiding. I went

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to the police and said I'd be reported missing. Please don't look

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at me. I got myself a job, with somewhere to stay and that was it.

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Bal Howard investigates forced marriage cases and so called honour

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crimes for Suffolk Police. Ht is becoming more prevalent and I think

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we are scrapping the top of the iceberg. We have 50 cases a year of

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so`called honour abuse, 50% of them forced marriages. I would s`y 3 % of

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them are under the age of 18. In 2012 there are almost 1500 cases

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investigated, but last year the regional figure rose to 45. Don t

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think it is a problem with people in a distant country. That is happening

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to people in the UK. That is why a charity has come to this school

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Civic has had a number of forced marriage coming through. `` so She

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is still in hiding. I don't feel I have lost much, but I've gahned so

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much more. I now have a lifd. They don't know where I live. Thdy don't

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know if I am with anyone. I am surviving and I'm loving thd light.

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Aneeta Prem is the founder of the Freedom Charity, which is b`sed in

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Norwich and campaigns against forced marriage. Forced and arrangdd. There

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is a difference? Yes. It dodsn't always mean you're being dr`gged

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onto a plane. It is mental. Arranged marriages where you have thd options

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to say no. Why other number of forced marriages going up hdre, when

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the levelling off in the cotntry? As we have been based here, ond of the

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things that has happened is raising awareness. More schools are talking

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about it. This has always bden there. People have been too

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politically correct to bring this up. Now we are saying that when we

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talk about young people, forced marriage is child abuse. It can lead

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to rape and murder. There whll be some people who will say thhs is

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part of our heritage. There isn t any religion which says you should

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allow your son or daughter to be raped, married against their will,

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taking their human rights away. We know local people want to stpport

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our work. We heard a 1300 c`ses were reported last year. How manx cases

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do you think there are everx week? I think you could be looking `t 1 ,000

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cases a year. Maybe from 14 to 5. The youngest has been two, the all

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this has the 87 years old. We have a 24 hour helpline. People ard using

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different methods of communhcating. We work closely with forced marriage

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unit. If you live close to ` family who you think may have forcdd

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someone into a marriage, can you knock on their door? Phone the

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police. You don't sit and w`tch it happen. Often it is a brothdr, not a

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parent. That is what is so shocking. It is a younger generation, the male

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members, who take on this b`rbaric crime. Coming after school holidays,

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that is when it is happening, because the girl thinks she is going

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on holiday? Yes. Thank you. A woman has appeared in court

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charged with causing death by careless driving, after a blind

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pedestrian was hit by a car in Lowestoft. 28`year`old Samantha

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Pitcher, who lives in Lowestoft denies the charge. Kevin Burch was

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at Ipswich Crown Court. The court heard today how D`vid

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White had been crossing the road arm in arm with Pauline when thdy were

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struck. It was before 9pm on February 18. Blind, he didn't have

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his guide dog and had his whfe by his side. His injuries provdd fatal.

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She now uses a walking framd because of the injuries. The car drhver was

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a man for picture and her trial began. The prosecution told the

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jury, this is a psych case, involving the tragic loss of life, a

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case which but a young woman in the dark `` sad case. He said there was

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a hazard which the driver should have seen. If she had been driving

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carefully she would have. P`uline White said she could remembdr

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little, and said they had crossed at that spot many times. They had been

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with a family meal with thehr son. He told the court they had crossed

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moments before their parents were hit. The jury heard the defdndant

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had seen one person at the last minute, adding I didn't see them.

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The jury was told she been travelling at around the 30 mph

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limit, and while her phone was seized, there was no evidence it had

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been used at the time of thd crash. The defendant was distressed

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throughout today's hearing. She denies the charge. The trial is

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expected to last of the thrde days. 18 months ago, Ipswich becale the

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first town in Britain to cr`ck down on the sale of super strength beers

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and ciders. This was the idda. If you could persuade shops to remove

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cheap, strong booze from thd shelves, you could also remove a

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fair amount of anti`social behaviour as well. The authorities sax it is

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working, and today the schele was extended to Lowestoft.

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This is the first independent retailer in Lowestoft to sign up to

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the scheme and remove cheap alcohol, but he is not convinced. I had to

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support the community for a couple of months. I don't know whether I

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will lose the business. I don't think I will gain anything. The road

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show came to town. This is the place to try it out. It is a venttre

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between the council and polhce. A third of off`licences have been

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involved. It is something wd are working to do. Not trying to make

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sure that the Hall of Lowestoft will sign up to get rid of this problem.

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Super`strength is lager of ` percentage of 4.5 or more. Some cans

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contain 9%, and even higher. Unable to find jobs, Jason and John drink

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on the street and say the c`mpaign won't stop them. They will love

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elsewhere. All you have to do is go round out of the town and round the

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corner. It won't work, becatse people go somewhere else. 18 months

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after the scheme was launchdd, police say drink related anti`social

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behaviour is down by more than a fifth. All agree it cannot recognise

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the association. Groups are closely involved. These people have problems

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which have been ongoing for years and it is very much about t`king an

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Balti agency approach and sympathetic approach, by addressing

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those needs. There are thosd who will drink on the street, btt those

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behind the scheme say a simple idea is going some way to solve ` complex

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problem. A man who died in a crash in Essex

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this weekend has been named. He was 20`year`old Kailen Spreadbury from

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Chelmsford. He died at the scene, after the Ford Fiesta he was in

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collided with a Vectra on the A 1`14 near Great Baddow.

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At what age do you think yot should have to re`apply for your driving

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licence? At the moment the government makes you reapplx at 70.

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But there are suggestions that as we live longer it should go up to 0.

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Jackie McCord's daughter was killed by an elderly driver in Colchester.

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She successfully campaigned for a change in the law, to allow the

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police to stop somebody driving if they believe it is necessarx. But

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she is worried about what could happen now.

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Jackie McCord with a preciots photo of her daughter Cassie. She finds it

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difficult to describe her loss. If you lose a member of your f`mily you

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missed them every day. You never get over it. This CCTV taken in

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Colchester Town Centre 2011 shows the momet Cassie death. Cassie was

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further up the street walking to college. She was his moments later.

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The car was driven by a man in his 80s. Jackie went to Westminster to

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help campaign for Cassie's law, which would allow police to seize

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the licence of drivers. It has taken hundreds of potentially dangerous

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drivers off the roads. According to the RSC, there are now 4 million

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drivers aged 70 or over, and that means the driver and vehicld is

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agency has to deal with mord and more renewal applications. @

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Department for Transport review of the DLA has suggested raising the

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age of drivers, from 70 to 80. The car has an MOT every year, while of

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the driver. They have to st`rt looking at things they can do to

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make sure when people are rdapplying that they are fairly assessdd. After

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campaigning, Jackie McCord fears raising the age would make the roads

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more dangerous. A spokesman said no decisions have been made.

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Still to come. Another heavx defeat for Norwich City. A different take

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on the First World War. We speak to the relatives of one man who refused

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to fight. Cycling now, and 11 of the world's

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top 14 women's teams have shgned up to the first Women's Tour of Britain

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later this year. The details of the tour were announced today. Ht's

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going to start at Oundle in Northamptonshire on May sevdnth and

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finish in Bury St Edmunds four days later. Simon Newton is an bhke shop

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in Bury now, Simon. This is one of the biggest bike

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shops. They sell about 500 bikes every single year, and about a

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quarter of those now go to women. Those women on the binaries leisure

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buys, they are turning to these more sportier machines. It is grown in

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stature. There are big races across the continent. There is a bhg race

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in Britain. The two Britain was launched today. It will finhsh in

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Bury Saint Edmunds. It's billed as a clash of cxcling

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titans. The world's elite vdrsus Britain's Olympic heroines. The

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first ever Women's Tour beghns on May seventh. Five gruelling stages.

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100 riders. 11 pro teams. And nearly all of it in our region. Big`name

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British riders include double Olympic champion Laura Trott. Silver

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medalist Lizzie Armistead is also competing, as is the woman who beat

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her to road race gold, Mari`nne Vos. Today, organisers were in

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Northamptonshire unveiling the route of Stage One from Oundle to

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Northampton. It'll be a hugd experience. Every get nothing out of

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it, at least we can say we completed. We wanted to go to the

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east Midlands because of thd good roads. It is easy to get to. We

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organised the men's tour and wanted to create the same thing for women.

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Stage two of the race on Max the 8th will take the peloton from Hinkley

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to Bedford. The next day thd women ride from Felixstowe to Clacton on

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the Essex coast. Stage Four goes from Cheshunt in Hertfordshhre to

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Welwyn Garden City. The fin`l stage, on Sunday May 11th, starts hn

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Harwich and ends in Bury St Edmunds. The Giro d'Italia and the Tour de

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France now have women's events. The launch of the Women's Tour here `

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say organisers ` proof that the sport's appeal not only continues to

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grow, but also spans the sexes. With me is Sarah who runs this bhke shop.

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How big a deal is it for wolen's cycling to have those big n`mes It

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is a big deal. It will help the image of the sport. It is great it

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is coming to our region. For women's cycling have more popular

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has gained in terms of women buying bikes? The Olympics helped. Women

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are out there cycling. Several years ago it was mainly seen as a sport

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for the older gentleman, but now there is more female specifhc kit

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which looks better. Women are there in China is. `` enjoining it. We

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will know where these routes will take us later on.

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The Norwich City manager Chris Hughton is under more presstre

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tonight, after yesterday's four`one defeat at Aston Villa. After the

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game he admitted there had been a 'mad 15 minutes'. Norwich are now

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15th in the Premier League `nd just four points above the releg`tion

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zone. It started well enough for Norwich

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when Wes Hoolahan put them hn front after just three minutes.

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Hoolahan wanted to sign for Villa in the transfer window, but Norwich

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wouldn't let him and the City fans were not best pleased to sed his

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lack of celebration at the goal And then came the mad 15 minutes.

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Christian Benteke scored a contender for goal of the season. Two minutes

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later he scored again to make it 2`1. Chris Hughton must havd been

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hoping for a fight back, but it went from bad to worse as Leandro Bacuna

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finished off a brilliant cotnter attack. Sebastian Bassong scored an

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own goal and the Canaries wdre beaten before half time. It feels

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like a major setback, because of the manner of defeat. We came hdre with

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intentions of continuing thd form we have been showing, and the first 25

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minutes showed that. We had a mad 15 minutes. The Norwich City chief

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executive David McNally has said if Chris Hughton keeps the club out of

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the bottom three ` he keeps his job. The Canaries play Stoke at home on

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Saturday. Staying with football, and Late Kick

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Off is back tonight on BBC One. And the new series has a new line up

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too. Our own James Burridge is playing up front with Paul LcVeigh a

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former striker with both Norwich and Luton of course. Just tell ts how it

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will work. We are taking it day by day. We could be in the divorce

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court later. We will see wh`t happens. James, it is a gre`t time

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for the programme. A lot of our teams have a lot to play Evdry team

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in the region is playing for something. Every team we ard

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covering for the next nine weeks has something to play for. In lot to

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talk about including safe standing? It is something Peterborough have

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been championing. You have to look at the Hillsborough tragedy. Is it

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saved the first or the fans? I was at a game on Saturday and 50% of the

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Colchester fans were standing up. Because I was at the back that meant

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I had to stand up. It depends on whether you go for the safety aspect

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or the enjoyment. I think the has to be a happy medium. James, you are

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the presenter and Paul will be reviewed and other guests? We will

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have all the managers from the region. We have called Robinson

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coming in. `` Carl Robinson. It is on at 11:20pm tonight. Bank you ``

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thank you. Last week we heard a lot about the

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men who served in the First World War. But what about those who

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refused to fight ` the conscientious objectors? They were often shunned

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by society and sent white fdathers in the post, a symbol of cowardice.

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Have a look at these. They `re campaign medals. Percy Boddx got

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them for his work with the Friends Ambulance Unit. But they were never

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worn, and Percy was actuallx sent to prison for refusing to servd later

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in the war. His family say his objection to the horrors of war was

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a different kind of bravery. A call to arms in 19 14,000 of men

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and listened in a wave of p`triotic fervour. This man was a pachfist. He

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joined the friends Amber Liz unit serving in France in 1916 `` Friends

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Ambulance Unit. He was given medals at the end of the war. His family

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have been researching the story and discovered from letters to their

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grandmother that he was worried about the military nature of the

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unit. It seems to grow more military than otherwise. I almost thhnk that

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I should not have joined. Pdrcy was one of 16,000 men who refusd to

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fight when conscription was introduced. He had already left the

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unit, feeling it was part of the British Army. He was tried by a

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local tribunal and jailed three times as a conscientious objector.

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He spent around two and a h`lf years in prison. My grandmother s`id the

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years in prison probably aided his early death. I know she was sent a

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white feather, as a lot of people were, who were conscientious

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objectors. Some prison sentdnces were harsh, and useless. Thdy were

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given work to do which was pointless. I think at that time the

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idea you weren't a real man was a hard one to stand against. Percy's

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stands when him support. He was elected a Labour councillor after

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the war, and in 1946 he bec`me sheriff of knowledge. I'm stre

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they'll will be many who will say people like him and the othdrs who

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were objectors, were in fact powers, but I don't believe that is the case

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and I believe what they did took courage. Percy Boddy died in 19 9

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following a stroke, aged just 1 . `` 60. Time for the weather. The best

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of the sunshine was in the north of the region today. We have got if you

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to move into tonight. `` a few. A loss of the showers will cldar away

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and much of the night will be dry. We get the lowest temperatures under

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the clear skies, down to frdezing. That means a bit of surface water

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will be out, and you can't rule out icy patches. With light winds we are

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looking at some patchy mist and fog. Tomorrow, this low and rain stays to

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the south`west, so for us it is not a bad day. I think the mist and fog

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should clear and, apart frol a few showers, we're looking at fhne and

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dry conditions with sunshind coming through at times. Temperatures will

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be around eight or nine Celsius The best of the sunshine will sde double

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figures. In the sunshine, it shouldn't feel too bad at all.

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Through the afternoon, therd will be some showers but they will be few

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and far between. For most of us dry enter the day. As we head into the

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rest of the week, Wednesday, after a cold start, it looks fine and,

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high`pressure building and some decent spells of sunshine. Then a

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lot of uncertainty from Thursday onwards. It depends on wherd the

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weather friend goes to. It looks like the rain should stay to the

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north of us on Thursday, so after a bright start it will cloud over but

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it will stay dry. Depending on Thursday, Friday is looking a cloud

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free day. It will be breezy towards the end of the week but much milder

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too. After some pretty cold and frosty wind, we should have a mild

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night. Just a reminder, Inside Out is on at

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7.30pm on BBC One tonight. @mong the stories David Whiteley is b`ck at

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Hemsby, three months after the tidal surge caused so much damage. Have a

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very good evening.

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