:00:10. > :00:17.An RAF veteran from the East has just become the first double
:00:18. > :00:20.amputee to complete the Marathon des Sables in the Sahara.
:00:21. > :00:21.Duncan Slater took part in the gruelling
:00:22. > :00:26.but had to pull out just before the end.
:00:27. > :00:33.This time round giving up was not an option.
:00:34. > :00:35.The final few yards of what is dubbed the toughest
:00:36. > :00:40.After 156 miles, in temperatures of up to 50 Celsius, this 38-year-old
:00:41. > :00:42.gunner from Norfolk has just made history.
:00:43. > :00:50.The first double leg amputee to cross the finish line.
:00:51. > :00:52.Last year, just a day away from finishing
:00:53. > :00:55.the Sahara, Duncan had to pull out in agony
:00:56. > :01:00.because of an issue with
:01:01. > :01:07.He told that he was determined to conquer it the
:01:08. > :01:23.The only way I am going to get there is by doing it
:01:24. > :01:35.every day as it comes and
:01:36. > :01:45.Despite that, he walked alongside Prince Harry in the
:01:46. > :01:48.The first double amputee to reach the south pole.
:01:49. > :01:52.Today he has made it a double first, surpassing the coldest and warmest
:01:53. > :01:54.Travellers parked illegally near the seafront at Walton-on-the-Naze
:01:55. > :01:57.in Essex could face court action to force them to move.
:01:58. > :01:59.Caravans have been on "Bell House Meadow"
:02:00. > :02:01.on Eastern Esplanade since Tuesday with more arriving yesterday.
:02:02. > :02:07.A sunny start of the bank holiday on Walton on the knees.
:02:08. > :02:13.A sunny start of the bank holiday on Walton on the Naze.
:02:14. > :02:15.Businesses hope good weather will bring day-trippers
:02:16. > :02:19.Not everyone welcomes these visitors.
:02:20. > :02:20.The first caravans arrived on Tuesday.
:02:21. > :02:23.This morning there were 14 parked up on a council owned
:02:24. > :02:26.The council describes it as an unauthorised encampment.
:02:27. > :02:28.I have just been on the site to speak to the
:02:29. > :02:31.Nobody wanted to be interviewed on camera.
:02:32. > :02:34.But one to be the reason it is here is because it
:02:35. > :02:37.is close to Harwich were you can catch the ferry to Holland.
:02:38. > :02:39.They said six of the caravans will be
:02:40. > :02:40.leaving today to catch this evening's ferry.
:02:41. > :02:46.They are on land that is owned by the council.
:02:47. > :02:48.They are next our leisure centre and they have been in
:02:49. > :02:51.there for showers and they have paid further showers like anybody
:02:52. > :02:57.It seems like they have kept the area very tidy.
:02:58. > :03:02.We have handed out some black bags for them to put the
:03:03. > :03:04.rubbish then and we will collect them when they leave.
:03:05. > :03:12.The first travellers who have arrived have
:03:13. > :03:14.already been served an direction to leave, giving them
:03:15. > :03:19.If they are still here next week, court
:03:20. > :03:21.The former owners of Bernard Matthews have been
:03:22. > :03:24.criticised for rejecting a buyout offer which would have
:03:25. > :03:26.Letters released by the Work and Pensions Committee
:03:27. > :03:30.show that Rutland Partners opted for a deal which gave them more money.
:03:31. > :03:31.But off-loaded its pension responsibilities onto taxpayers.
:03:32. > :03:36.A man has been charged with the rape, kidnapping
:03:37. > :03:38.and imprisonment of a woman in Luton.
:03:39. > :03:41.Police were called to a property in Putteridge Road on Wednesday
:03:42. > :03:43.after concerns were raised about a woman's safety.
:03:44. > :03:44.Joel Nestor who's 39 and from Tottenham will
:03:45. > :03:47.Four derelict houses have been completely destroyed
:03:48. > :03:51.Local councillors in the area are now calling for land owners
:03:52. > :03:53.with abandoned properties to do more to secure them.
:03:54. > :03:56.In the early hours of this morning, four derelict properties in Southend
:03:57. > :04:00.An aerial platform was used by firefighters to put out
:04:01. > :04:05.This morning, the full scale of the damage could be seen.
:04:06. > :04:08.The cause is believed to have been a small deliberate fire in one
:04:09. > :04:11.This isn't the first time these derelict
:04:12. > :04:19.Filmed last year, locals tell me that these buildings were often
:04:20. > :04:23.broken into by squatters in the area.
:04:24. > :04:25.Local councillors say that property owners should do more
:04:26. > :04:33.If necessary, boarding it up and charging a developer the cost
:04:34. > :04:35.of making it secure - that way round, we get developers
:04:36. > :04:40.taking proper action against their properties
:04:41. > :04:43.and their planning permissions that they've got, rather than leaving
:04:44. > :04:45.them in a derelict site and causing all sorts of problems.
:04:46. > :04:56.Police are now investigating, to work out exactly what happened.
:04:57. > :05:01.Onto football now and in tonight's Championship
:05:02. > :05:04.Ipswich won 2-1 away to Burton Albion.
:05:05. > :05:07.In part thanks to a 52nd minute own goal by Burton's Luke Varney.
:05:08. > :05:28.In the is going to learn. Heavy bursts of rain with us. It cool,
:05:29. > :05:36.north-westerly wind for tomorrow. The temperatures are holding up. We
:05:37. > :05:43.start tomorrow with overnight rain clearing and dry and sunny spells
:05:44. > :05:48.for the bulk of the day. In the sunshine, not too bad. 14 Celsius. I
:05:49. > :05:54.do want to show you this change for Sunday. We have this front moving
:05:55. > :05:56.towards us. The date goes downhill. We will see rain after breakfast
:05:57. > :06:12.time. -- the day. Monday will be Good evening. I don't think
:06:13. > :06:16.everybody was a happy bunny today with the weather. We had some rain.
:06:17. > :06:20.Some of it was on the heavy side, particularly across northern parts
:06:21. > :06:24.of Wales. All these things are true for the next few days. Even into
:06:25. > :06:27.next week. We are going to stay with this chilly air coming in from the
:06:28. > :06:35.North. Vermijl they're never quite us. -- is a mild air never quite
:06:36. > :06:39.reaches us. It's a case of cool winds coming in from the North.
:06:40. > :06:43.Here's the extensive cloud cover we had today. There was some sunshine
:06:44. > :06:46.but a weather front was across the country and gave a fair bit of heavy
:06:47. > :06:51.rain across some parts of Wales. The weather front is across the South.
:06:52. > :06:55.There is two of them. This is a distinct feature, spots of rain on
:06:56. > :07:01.and off through this evening and overnight. Then it's out of the way.
:07:02. > :07:03.It should dry out. There will be showers across Scotland but plenty
:07:04. > :07:08.of clear spells. It is chilly air. Three degrees around 5am in
:07:09. > :07:10.Aberdeen. To the south, around