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