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In the programme tonight: A shortage of Specials -

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why one of our police forces is struggling to recruit

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A father's vigil - Corrie McCague's dad watches

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and waits as the search for his son continues.

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When I'm standing here looking at this and watching these guys

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The police wouldn't be here moving all these tonnes and tonnes

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and tonnes of rubbish if they didn't think Corrie was here.

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Success at the stumps - as cricket bible Wisden names

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a local batsman Cricketer of the Year.

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Find out why operating on a shoestring has paid dividends here

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in Kettering. First tonight - the police force

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struggling to recruit Specials , as they are known,

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have the same legal powers as regular officers,

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but are generally unpaid. Northamptonshire Police

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is short of them. The previous Police

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and Crime Commissioner set The current PCC reduced that to 600,

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but they've only got 377 Specials, with more than 20 a month leaving

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over the past year. I will, to the best of my

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skill and knowledge... This is our ceremony

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where newly-qualified This was at the height

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of the force's campaign to recruit up to 900 Specials,

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but the force came Well, the new Commissioner says some

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some simply went up to the job, some went on to become full-time

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officers, but many decided it But actually, higher quality,

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rather than just higher quantity. You know, we are upwards of nearly

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400 and the highest, in the East Midlands I think,

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Lincs, Leicester and Notts, they have just over 200,

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so in terms of percentage to force, Obviously, the key for us

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is the number of hours that are actually deployed

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across the year and that But in terms of investment,

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the loss of Special The admin fee to recruit

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each special was ?120. 260 have left, leaving

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Northants Police with a bill of over ?31,000, but that doesn't include

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the training or uniform cost. On top of that, the force

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spent a further ?42,000 One Special Constable contacted

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BBC Northampton's Facebook page One Special Constable contacted BBC

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Northampton's Facebook page to say the lack of help and support

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within the force for Specials Here in Northampton Market,

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there was genuine support for the Specials, but a recognition

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that as an unpaid role, I should imagine that they start

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off, yes, full of enthusiasm and get delusioned and move on,

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to be honest. They probably get a little bit

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lambasted at times because people don't think they have the authority,

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perhaps, that we think I think they do a good service

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because they volunteer So, yeah, my Mum used to know

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somebody who did that, so, yeah, The only thing that's disappointing

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is the fact that we have to have them instead of the police getting

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paid a decent wage. If they were paid a decent wage then

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you wouldn't have the need for them, One thing the Police

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and Crime Commissioner is clear on is that the fall in the number

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of Specials hasn't affected the quality or standard of policing

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and says efforts are now being made again to recruit more staff,

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including front line officers, Well, our political reporter

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Mousumi Bakshi is with me. Mo, a real shortage of Specials

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in Northamptonshire, but what about the rest

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of this region? The figures are interesting in as

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much as they showed just how far ahead of the curve Northants police

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was just 12 months ago. According to the Home Office, Hertfordshire and

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Cambridge police forces had 258 temp one last year, Beds had 228. In

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contrast, Northampton to police had 722 Specials for the numbers spell.

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I have looked at the figures across all 43 police forces in England and

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Wales and you would expect the Metropolitan Police, Greater

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Manchester, you would expect them to have high numbers of Specials.

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Greater Manchester had 800 Specials. The next highest force was

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Northants, which not only suggest that the recruitment drive was

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successful, it was also ambitious. We now know that numbers have

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We now know that numbers have tumbled.

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Specials are clearly a much needed asset for police

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They may be underpaid police officers but they have full policing

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powers. They can arrest people and they satisfied that public need to

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see bobbies on the beat. You will see them at football matches and

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speaking to witnesses. You keep hold of them? They could learn from their

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cousins in Scotland. British Telecom have offered their employees ten

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base of the year every year to work a special constables. It is

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innovative and it is working. If employers here work something

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similar you could see a rise in Specials all over again. Thank you.

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Plans to rebuild HMP Wellingborough have been unanimously approved

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With capacity for 1,600 inmates, the new prison will be more

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than double the size of the old building,

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It's one of five prisons the Government said it

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The Ministry of Justice will now have to get its detailed plan

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signed-off before the existing buildings can be knocked

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The father of Corrie McKeague is keeping vigil at the landfill

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site, where his son's body may be found.

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For almost five weeks, the police have been

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combing the area at Milton in Cambridgeshire, after the airman

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went missing after a night out in Bury St Edmunds.

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Police are now almost certain he ended up in bin lorry.

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Every day for a fortnight, Martin McKeague and his wife,

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Tricia, have been camped-up in this lay-by, A stone's throw

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He's been to the site five times now, mindful that at any

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moment his son's remains may be recovered.

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Every time that excavator picks up a load and lays it out,

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there's every chance that that's the one that could

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Today, Corrie's mother shared this video of the airmen from Scotland.

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He is based at RAF Honington in Suffolk.

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The 23-year-old disappeared in Bury St Edmunds last September.

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Suffolk Police are now convinced that he ended up in a commercial bin

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and was then transported to the landfill near Cambridge.

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Why are you putting yourself through this, visiting this five

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And there's every possibility that Corrie's there.

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Police were criticised for not searching the landfill sooner,

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but at the time they were mistakenly told that the bin weighed

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It was, in fact, heavy enough to contain a body.

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Martin McKeague says the police could not have done more.

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The McKeague family back in Scotland, that is supporting us,

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cannot thank Suffolk and Norfolk Police enough

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and what they have done to try and find Corrie.

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You don't feel this landfill could have been searched far sooner?

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This could not have been done sooner.

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1,500 tonnes of waste have been sifted so far,

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but the search could last another five weeks.

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While Martin McKeague keeps his vigil here,

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Corrie's mother, Nicola Urquhart, and her two other sons haven't

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They say, for them, the experience would be too distressing.

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However, since this search started almost five weeks ago,

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they have been staying in the local area almost every day.

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All Corrie McKeague's family can do now is wait.

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Their agony compounded by the knowledge that

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if his remains are found, they may never know how

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Next, the major regeneration of one of our town centres.

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Plans for new flats, a new supermarket and a new

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transport interchange have been announced for Flittick.

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Councillors have earmarked a brownfield site next

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to the train station, but there are already

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A new vision of how the Bedfordshire town of Flitwick could look

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A transport interchange linking up rail and bus services,

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At this stage, these are no more than ideas -

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Well, it's hard to imagine exactly what this new development will look

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like, but where the trees are now up to the fencing, that

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Also a new entrance to the station and the transport hub.

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Then, on this side, we will have a major national

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retailer, also a multistorey car park and, behind that, new housing.

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The idea is to create a focal point in the town centre, which is divided

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On the streets today, the plans were given a cautious welcome.

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I have heard about the developments a couple of years ago, actually,

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that they were going to do something.

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I think it is probably a good idea because Flitwick needs something.

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I mean, I think Flitwick has always been after

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something like this, but, like I said, we get promised it

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and then it disappears into thin air, so...

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I don't see why they need to build something like that here.

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For me at least, it looks fine based on the information

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According to Central Beds Council, the project would provide affordable

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housing and provide up to 200 jobs. It is a major project that will

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revitalise the centre of Flitwick completely. We are standing beside

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what could be a new broad access to the residential development and to

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the shops and to a street level multistorey car park. How much is

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this likely to cost? We haven't done costings yet. What we have is

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permission from the executive of Central Beds Council to take broader

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mixed-use option. Not all residents are happy. What are you going to do

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about this road, them? There will be cars coming up, there will be a

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junction here. Traffic in the time is one of the big concerns. We do

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suffer in terms of transport from road congestion. The fact that is

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looking to regenerate the centre of Flitwick has to be a good thing, it

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is the weather go about it. They have a vision for improving public

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transport, buses, cycle waste etc. It is too early to say what the

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final project will look like. A public consultation is due to begin

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?10 million is being invested in a new cancer therapy centre

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The centre will cost ?15 million in total.

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The 24-bed centre will bring together all the different cancer

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The hospital has already received ?2 million from the charity Macmillan.

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Let's join Stewart and Susie for more from Look East.

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You're watching Look East with Stewart and me.

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Next tonight: The double amputee army veteran who's running a six-day

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ultramarathon in the Sahara desert - again!

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And it's going to be beautiful this weekend.

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Lots of lovely spring sunshine on the way and temperatures could be up

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to 20 degrees by the weekend. Imagine running five marathons

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back-to-back in four days. Now imagine doing it in one

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of the hottest deserts in the world. And imagine doing it as a double

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amputee for the second time. Duncan Slater was serving

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in Afghanistan when he lost lost Last year, he took part

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in the Marathon des Sables in the Sahara, but was devastated

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when he had to pull out just before the end,

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so this year, he's trying again. We'll hear from Duncan in a moment,

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after this from Robby West. It is known as one of the toughest

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races in the world. Last year, former RAF gunner

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Duncan Slater, here in the white, took on the week-long 251 kilometre

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ultra-marathon across Just a day away from finishing

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the race, he had to pull out due to an issue with his prosthetic

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limbs causing him absolute agony. I had been on the go for 28 hours,

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so I felt a huge sense of achievement by doing a double

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marathon, but the body is just saying, "No chance,

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we are not doing this." Duncan's legs were amputated

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on his last tour of Afghanistan when his vehicle ran over

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and improvised explosive. Despite this, he has since trekked

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across the Antarctic alongside Prince Harry,

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becoming the first double amputee Hugs, a few tears here and there,

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but all in all, mission success. This time, a successful mission

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means returning to the desert For this hero from Diss,

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failure is not an option. Well, Duncan leaves

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tomorrow for Morocco. He's part of a team raising money

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for Walking with the Wounded. I spoke to him this afternoon

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and asked whether, for him, Yeah. It is bittersweet because last

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time I was so close to finishing, but it was very disappointing, but

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having said that, I have another chance to go out there and put it

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right. What will be different this time? Because you had problems with

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your strap things. This time I had an amazing offer when I came back

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last time from these guys that make prosthetics in Italy and they said,

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tried these ones. When you are walking, the stump forms a certain

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shape and it is hard to recreate but they have done it and there is no

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room for error, there are no blisters and I have not looked back

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since. Last year you went out there not knowing really how it was going

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to be. This time you know what to expect. Will that make it easier or

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harder to face? In a sense it is harder because I know last time I

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got so close, I only had one marathon left to do but I have quite

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a hill to climb before I get to a point where I feel I am continuing

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on, but it does not take from the fact that the only way I will get

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there is by doing every day and just there is by doing every day and just

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keep on going, so it is just a case of getting out there and take every

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day as it comes and getting on with it. During your training you had a

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surprise visitor, Prince Harry popped by. Yeah, that was a bit of a

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surprise. That was the first heat chamber session I did to hop

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acclimatised when we go out to the Desert, so I was about 40, 50

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minutes into the session and you are thinking about how hot and

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uncomfortable it is and all of a sudden, Prince Harry turned up. I

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was not expecting that one, so that was a shock. Amazing that he took

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the time to come out and spend a bit of his time with myself, very lucky.

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You are very driven, you set yourself these amazing roles,

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amazing targets. Do you enjoy it? Ever since I have started doing

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things like this, I know I'd pick things that are quite hard on paper,

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but I do not want to pick something easy because at the heart of this, I

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am raising money for a charity and it keeps you going and the harder it

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gets, the more you push on. I get a lot out of it selfishly, a huge

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sense of achievement that on the other side of it, you are raising

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money for charity and that is dear to my heart. Their best of luck to

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you. I hope you succeed this time and finish. Thank you very much. I

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see him our training very often. Six marathons in that he! Unbelievable.

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Now, when was the last time you used your local bank

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For lots of people, the reason they don't use

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Over the last two years, more than a thousand have been

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It's because we're not using them as much or as often as we did.

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But Age UK says the impact of the closures on elderly people

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shouldn't be underestimated, particularly if they happen

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in an area where bus and internet services are poor.

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This from our business correspondent Richard Bond.

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The Norwich and Peterborough Building Society has 45 branches

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across the region serving thousands of customers each year.

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But 28 of them face closure under a drastic cost-cutting plan.

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The N says the use of branches has been falling steadily

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The town of Downham Market is typical of those

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Just three years ago, there were seven banks and building

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societies open for business here, but when the N closes,

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there will be just two left, Barclays and Lloyds.

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If everybody goes to King's Lynn to bank, that's where

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they will do their shop, so our high street wall totally,

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When we're talking about online banking and all that,

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you've got to bear in mind the age of the people that are doing it.

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One, do they doubt that they trust it, and two, they might not be

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But the fact remains branches are being used less.

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The N says the ones its closing had an average of just

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The Saffron building society has 11 branches in Essex,

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It says they are visited by an average of 38 customers a day.

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There used to be several branches in Royston,

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but now this seems to be the only one that is left.

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The Saffron has no plans to close branches but is not immune

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We are seeing a decline in branch usage, 5% year-on-year,

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and whilst I cannot say that we are never going to close

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a branch, we are absolutely committed to making sure

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the branches remain relevant on the high street.

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The Cambridge Building Society closed five branches last

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year, but has reinvested in remaining ones.

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The St Ives branch has been equipped for the digital age.

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What we are finding is people want to use technology,

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but sometimes need just a bit of help to do that,

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so for the branches, we see that they are very much

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about people still, but we will have staff in them who will be

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knowledgeable and be able to help people with big

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That is if you're lucky enough to still have access to a branch.

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For elderly customers in places like Downham Market,

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Now, at the start of every new cricket season, Wisden,

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the cricket lovers' bible, selects its five best

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This year, one of them is a 22-year-old from Northamptonshire.

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Ben Duckett was singled out for what they call his "remarkable"

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total of 2,706 runs across all formats of the game last year.

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It gave him a debut for England in Bangladesh and India this winter.

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He started brightly enough, but was later dropped.

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Ben Duckett, hardly a household name, but last year's leading run

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2,706 runs, the highest for seven years.

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Now a chance to prove it wasn't just a fluke.

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It's getting that balance of being too relaxed

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Going out, there's still a good ball round the corner,

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At times maybe last year I was guilty maybe of being a little

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bit too relaxed at times and then lose a shot.

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I think this year, especially when you are in good form,

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I know in the English season, you've got to make it count and try

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as get as many scores as you can, because it can flip and you can have

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His swagger with a bat earned him an England place on the winter tours

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It started brightly with two centuries, but soon he came unstuck.

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Instead of ingenuity and instinct, Ben Duckett had to be

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patient and pragmatic and he was later dropped.

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In India and Bangladesh there was no getting away from it,

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because your downtime is sitting in your hotel room or in your hotel,

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on your phone, it's all over social media.

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There's not really any way of getting away from it

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and you start believing it, you can't go an average 15

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in Test cricket, it's clearly not good enough,

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but it was one bad series and for me, personally,

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But that was the hardest thing, I think, on the subcontinent,

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just being locked in your hotel and there was no getting

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The year he had last year was just out of this world.

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It was a joy to watch, to be honest, and it was brilliant.

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But to have him back at top drawer for Northants,

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Ben has had a tough winter, I think him coming back

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to Northampton, he will want to bang out as many runs as he can to put

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himself back up for England selection, so that's only

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He started the winter strongly, had a lull in the middle

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and finished reasonably strongly as well, so that augurs well

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But I think he has applied himself well, got good feedback

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for him from all quarters, so hopefully no lasting damage done

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and learned a few tough lessons along the way I think.

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Back home at the crease, this time with a wiser head.

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Ben Duckett ready to thrash a loose ball.

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It's often said that you get what you pay for,

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but splashing the cash doesn't always guarantee the best results.

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Ask Kettering Museum and Art Gallery.

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They have just been nominated for a national award,

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That exhibition celebrated the town's art history and now

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the museum is asking everyone to bring in their own creations

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Built in 1913, the Alfred East Art Gallery in Kettering -

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named after the man whose bequest enabled the construction of this

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Now the gallery has much less cash to play with.

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An exhibition held here earlier in the year,

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making use of ribbon to show the connection between local

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artists past and present, has just been nominated for an award

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We are part of local government, so we are part

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of Kettering Borough Council, so all of our exhibitions have to be

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But the only real thing that we spent money on was our

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It was quite intricate in its design and so we got external designers

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to come in and do all of our panels and information boards.

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And for artists living in the town, it is essential.

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The gallery is an important part of Kettering, an important part

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of an local artist's life, because if they actually

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want to exhibit their work, this is the only part of the county

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All the exhibitions are superb for local artists.

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And now the gallery has a new exhibition where anyone can

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The only criteria, it needs to fill this space.

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The reasons for wanting a spot on the wall varied.

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This is the second year that we have submitted

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work from our school, Fryers Academy.

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It's a school for children with special educational needs

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and it's absolutely wonderful for them to be able to do

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some artwork and have it displayed in a public space.

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A nice chance to sort of get my work at an open exhibition and get

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seen by people and maybe get some feedback.

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I am an artist that has not been taught, I taught myself,

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and they really encourage you here to have a go

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This gallery has positioned itself at the heart of the community.

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It will find out if it has won that national award next month.

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What a great idea! Now the weather. It will get warmer by the weekend so

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for once the weather is improving right at the right point. Today we

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have had a lot of sunshine as you can see, but you will have noticed

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that call, north-westerly breeze has been in evidence, but by the weekend

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we get a southerly breeze and that while warm things up. More cloud had

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been anticipated but we have done pretty well for sunshine and we

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start the evening with clear skies. There will be some areas of patchy

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cloud that come and go, but with a lot of clear sky, temperatures could

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drop to two or three Celsius so the risk of a touch of grass frost.

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Tomorrow we start with high pressure over the top of us and while it is

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in that position, we still have that north-westerly breeze. Good spells

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of sunshine, some patchy cloud at times. Once more we record

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temperatures in the mid teens, around 14 or 15 degrees. For the

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afternoon it still says fine and dry. Looking ahead, high-pressure

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gets pushed to the east and we start to get more of a southerly wind and

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this will draw up warm air from the continent. Temperatures could peek

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here in the south-east, maybe 20 or higher by Sunday. Saturday is

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looking good with good spells of sunshine, temperatures around 80 or

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90 degrees and 20 Celsius predicted for Sunday but we may find it gets

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than that. It will be short lived because you will notice a difference

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in temperature for Monday. Cooler air will come out worse way; most of

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the weekend. 20 down to 12? That is all from us. See you tomorrow.

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Goodbye.

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