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Welcome to South East Today, I'm Polly Evans. Tonight's top stories:

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A Kent man in a coma in Bali trapped without insurance, could be

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flown home after a mystery businessman stepped in to offer his

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parents a loan. Rotten luck; the family holiday

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ruined after stinking seaweed was dumped by the council outside their

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Thanet beach hut. People don't want to come down here and experience

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with the murders situation. Also in tonight's programme:

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Welcome to the future, we are live from the Amex Stadium, charting its

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progress from the architect's drawings to a state-of-the-art and

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he went 1,000 capacity stadium. good manager, a good team, the wave

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of optimism over the club is there. We were here from celebrity fans

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and to hope to be chairman and Good evening. He has spent four

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weeks in a coma in an Indonesian hospital. But Richard Plummer could

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at last be flown home, after an anonymous businessman agreed to

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loan his family �80,000. The 32- year-old is critically ill after a

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motorbike crash in Bali. He had no travel insurance and his parents

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could be forced to sell their home in Maidstone to repay the loan to a

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man they're describing as "their saviour". Rebecca Barry reports.

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Spreading the news, this morning be a businessman the wants to remain

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anonymous lent his couple �80,000 to bring us on. Regis he is a

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saviour, a really. He has given us a great deal of hope. A few days

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ago, we were in absolute turmoil. Richard has been in a coma on the

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other side of the world almost one month. He was injured in a

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motorbike accident in Bali, but in the next 24 hours, he should be

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back home. It will be wonderful because we can see him every day.

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He had no insurance, so that are many have spent their life savings

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on medical bills. It would cost up to �100,000 to repatriate Richard

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by air ambulance. Are empty be my fingers crossed but everything goes

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well. There are still many obstacles to overcome. He must be

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deemed fit enough to live. -- could fly. When he gets home, there is a

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chance he may not fully recover. His pregnant girlfriend and his

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brother had been at his bedside. These but to his brother before he

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got on a flight back to the UK.... We spoke to his brother. I told him

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that we all loved him. We want him home so you can be with his family.

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They had this message for the man who helped them. We cannot thank

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you enough. You have done the kindest thing that has ever

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happened to us in our life. I would just say thank you very much. He is

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a saint. But it's not just one man that has shown kindness. People

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have been so kind. He is a cheque towards you at some's repatriation.

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- You is a checked. The family have been overwhelmed by the generosity.

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Until their son is backed by their side, based they cannot relax....

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They say they cannot relax. They were looking forward to a

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family seaside holiday on the Kent coast. But Ian and Jennifer Mowat

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say their fortnight in Minnis Bay has been ruined because Thanet

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District Council dumped a huge pile of rotten and fly-infested seaweed

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outside the beach hut they hired. MPs and councillors have met today

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to discuss how to tackle the problem of rotting seaweed. Peter

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Whittlesea has the details. Win this family rented a beach hut,

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be expected uninterrupted sea views and golden sands. Bat at they

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expected. Instead, they got an enormous heat of rock and seaweed.

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There was a 10 ft pile of seaweed. People do not want to come down

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here and experience a similar situation. The seaweed is normal

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removed and put on farmland. It cannot be put on the farm and

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because the crops have not been are listed. It creates an all-too

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obvious problems. It makes you want to vomit, to be honest. When the

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days are warm, it smells worse and the flies are worse. It is not just

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you that there are problems. In Brittany in France, this is thought

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to have poisoned wild boar. But days a year in Thanet that the Lee

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Mead poses no risk. There are keen to find a long-term solution....

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Beat seaweed. The solution has got to be to get rid of this seaweed,

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through combustion or more probably anaerobic digestion, at the same

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time, beacon have to get rid of agricultural waste. The council has

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been inundated with complaints, but each day, hundreds of tons of

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The Mowat family contacted us with their story - and if you have a

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story for us, we'd like to hear from you. Call us on 0845 300 37 47.

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Send an e-mail to [email protected], or text

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us on 81333. Make sure your message In a moment, the artist with the

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talent she never knew that she had. For the supporters of Brighton and

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Hove Albion football club, tomorrow marks the culmination of a very

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long journey. Since their last game at the Goldstone Ground in 1997,

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the Seagulls have dreamed of moving into a new, permanent home. And

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when the players take to the field for a pre-season friendly against

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Tottenham Hotspur tomorrow, that dream will finally become reality.

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Neil Bell is live at the Amex Stadium and Neil, after years of

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campaigning and two public inquiries, this is a momentous day

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Tomorrow afternoon, many supporters will arrive here for the first time

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and they will go, simply, while. The club chairman is the man that

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made it happen. 24 hours add, the stadium is fantastic. The place is

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buzzing and roll-on tomorrow. was his money bet paid with the

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bricks and mortar, Tony Bloom, and without him, it is hard to know

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head is to be completed on time. Moral option in, but fans will be

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packed with thousands of supporters. -- tomorrow afternoon, the bands.

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This is where the fans will come to see them play in a state-of-the-art

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stadium, the best in the county, the best in the country. That

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reality, here today for all to see. It took years to reach this moment,

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but for three generations of one family, is a new stadium was worth

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the wait. Incredible, a dream come true. We never thought it would

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happen in or reality. He always had blind faith it would happen, but

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until we see it in all its glory, we realise that the battle to get a

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new home as been thoroughly worth it. So much effort has gone into it.

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It is an absolute dream of to come and see the finals of the efforts.

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And Saturday will be a great day. In April 1997, up from 85 years,

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the last every game was played at the Goldstone Ground. After ground-

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sharing a chilling Sten, Withdean athletics stadium became a

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temporary home.... At Gillingham. It wasn't until 2007 that a new

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permission was granted a stadium at Falmer. Thousands of fans took a

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desperate plea for aid you won't be the very top. After not one, but

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two public inquiries, the champagne finally levelled and could not have

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tasted more sweet than the club are promotion last season. Championship

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football in in new stadiums. Hopefully within the next five-ten

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years, we would be in the Premier League. It would be great to play

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the big teams. As the club looks to a bright new future here at the

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Amex Stadium, some of its lifelong bans hang onto old memories. This

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is an old piece of netting from the Goldstone Ground, and this was the

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old seat of Paul Samrah. He would have to admit the new variety is a

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lot more comfortable. The wilderness years are over, the

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Albion finally as a base to Kuala one.

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One man has been involved in this project from the very moment, he

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probably knows every part of the stadium. His is everything you

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hoped for? It is great, we're pleased at what we have achieved.

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The reaction from the fans and from everyone is wonderful. It is called

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the Committee Stadium, how do you hope to get the community involved?

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We always had an active community programme, working with children

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and young people, particularly disadvantaged people and the

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programmes will continue here. It allows them to expand at work and

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particularly with American Express on throwing I'll be in in the

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community, they can do a lot of work. -- sponsoring are being in

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the community. And you could make the stadium even bigger if you need

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to? Well, we needed to, here we have got 17,500 season ticket

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holders, so we were paid to crowds of around 20,000 and we need more

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seats, so we have already started working on it. And you very much.

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Lots more to come from here major in the programme.

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A jury has been told that a woman accused of murdering her two young

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children swallowed a razor blade at a mental health unit, because she

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couldn't see a future for herself. Lewes Crown Court has heard that

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Fiona Donnison was suffering from depression when two-year-old Harry

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and three-year-old Elise were killed. Jon Hunt reports.

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Fiona Donnison is accused of suffocating her children at her

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rented home at Lightwater in Surrey, before driving their bodies to

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Heathfield in the boot of her car. Since being arrested and charged

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with their murder, the 45-year-old has been held at a medium secure

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mental heath unit. But her consultant psychiatrist, Dr Mari

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Harty revealed today that while there, she tried to harm herself.

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The court was told that on 23rd January this year, just days before

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the first anniversary of the killings, Fiona Donnison swallowed

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a blade from a pencil sharpener. She told her consultant that even

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though she thought it would harm her, she didn't actually have the

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courage to commit suicide, but she thought it would be better for

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everybody if she wasn't here anymore. Dr Harty told the court

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that at the time the children were killed, Fiona Donnison was mentally

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unwell. Defending Simon Russell Flint QC asked Dr Harty what that

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mental illness amounted to. At the time of the deaths of Harry and

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Elise, Dr Harty said, "Ms Donnison was suffering from an abnormality

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of mind, and that abnormality of mind was depression of moderate

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gravity. But under cross examination, Prosecutor Christine

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Laing QC asked Dr Harty. "Did you ever ask her why she killed the

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children?" "No", Dr Harty replied. "Did you not think it might be

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relevant?" She was asked. "She was very guarded," Dr Harty said, "and

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I was aware she had been advised not to talk about it". Fiona

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Donnison denies murdering Harry and Elise, the trial continues.

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Serious allegations about the neglect of adults with learning

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difficulties at a Kent care home have been passed onto the police.

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Sea View Lodge in Herne Bay was closed down by the Care Quality

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Commission last month, after staff members raised concerns about poor

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standards of care. Bacon buttys are back on the menu

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at Brighton's waste collection depot, after binmen told the

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council they were unhappy with the meat-free Monday scheme. The cafe

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at the Hollingdean site worked with the council to trial a national

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campaign to promote vegetarianism, but after two meat-free Mondays,

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the regular menu is coming back. �34 million has been earmarked for

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the regeneration of one of Kent's most deprived estates. The money

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will pay for the demolition of 176 flats on the Sherwood Estate in

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Tunbridge Wells, and the construction of 250 new homes.

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She travelled the world as a foreign correspondent, covering

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major international news stories. But a serious illness ended Triona

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Holden's career - until she discovered an artistic side she

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never knew she had. Now her work's on display at a gallery in

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Whitstable, as Sara Smith reports. It is no coincidence that so many

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pieces of this exhibition are based around old newspaper and magazine

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papers. They are pieces that make you think about the use of image,

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so it is me going back to words through art, and a mark of time. It

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is also meet using the words of my well as opposed to the other way

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around. The Iraqi flag may still be flying, but today, this is in the

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control of British and American troops. Or many years, as you with

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the BBC correspondents travelling the world. Energy developed loopers,

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a condition where the hell the tissue is attacked and long bounds

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of 18 and disability King Fahd has made things unbearable. I've found

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myself in hospital, and I started painting and that was the first

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time I ever thought about doing art. I went to college and got a degree

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from Chelsea in fine art and banned myself with a piece in the Tate

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Modern for a day and commissions and people like the work and they

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buy it. I'm really lucky. Book about a silver lining! She would

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never have chosen this pop, but she now accepts it. It is the

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individual, the artist, as opposed to the present from the BBC, and

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that is a huge jump to make a new have been in the business or 25

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years. And while she misses the strong, had the woman's used to be,

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she has added a touch galling as an artist. -- she had found her true

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calling. Now in a moment we'll go back to

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Neil Bell at the Amex Stadium, but first some news of four very

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special programmes coming up in August. We are getting out Richard

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to this these I'd ever Friday in August.

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We're entering the festival spirit at some of the biggest summer's

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celebrations across Kent and Sussex. We will be live each best of all

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Friday and we would love as many of you to come along and join in in

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the bond. We start at Broadstairs Folk Week

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on August the 5th. Head to Eastbourne Airbourne on the 12th.

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Join in the roof party at Bexhill's De La Warr Pavilion on the 19th,

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and finish at Herne Bay Festival on the 26th. That's Festival Friday -

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throughout August - on South East Today.

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That's it from us in the newsroom, but we can rejoin Neil Bell at the

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Amex Stadium, where final preparations are underway to ensure

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everything's ready for tomorrow friendly match against Spurs. Neil

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- manager Gus Poyet steered the club to promotion last season and

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now he gets to lead them out at their new home.

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Absolutely. Just before 3pm tomorrow, the players will stand

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here in the tunnel, no doubt a bit nervous. They will walk down the

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tunnel and as they do so they will be greeted by lots of noise

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understands containing 17,000 Brighton and Hove Albion fans, many

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that have waited 14 years with his day. The manager has only been here

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two years, but nobody is more excited about their prospects no

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that they have come home. These were the scenes at the final

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game at the Withdean Stadium, bear on like he had a comfortable hold

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for a decade. - Margaret there Been in the Championship, having

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the chance to get in at the right time, pretty special. Hopefully,

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very good feelings. It would be a big day for the fans who in

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Brighton, which chose away important is Stadium is for

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everyone. Their first opponents, Tottenham

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Hotspur could hardly be more glamourous or more suitable. The

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manager has a lot of good memories from his time at the London club.

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think it would be a great afternoon. The best part, is that it is not

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three points, pictures that we can really go and enjoy it.... It shows.

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It would be a new challenge Poros. The fans' expectations and beyond

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could hardly be greater, but promotion to the Premier League

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made a time. I want to feel that the Harry Championship team every

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week, then it will depend on keeping the consistency and the

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quality that we add to the team and the system of play. Hopefully, I

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would be able to say we're a medal table team or a chance to challenge

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for the Kop. His new stadium will be be seen of drama, its engine and

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disappointment, but hopefully, great success as well. One of the

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most impressive things is under my feet. In the old days, he sprinkles

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some grass, put some water and hope for the best. This is outstanding.

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Tell me a bit about how you made his pitch? It is a state of the art

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design. The grass we selected should openly stand up what we and

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our season. It looks fantastic now. We have got the tooth to do the job

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but I think it will see the season through nicely. People will be very

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impressed tomorrow. Thank you. It never does any harm, of course,

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to have a bit of celebrity support. Norman Cook, perhaps better known

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as the DJ Fatboy Slim, is a massive Brighton fan.

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A pleasure to meet you and to be exciting season in prospect. Yes,

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hopefully exciting. Let's hope the fourteen-year-old journey to the

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stadium has been worth it. It has been such a build-up. There was

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disappointment at the end of it, but would be killing. We have a

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good manager had a good team and a bit of optimism at the club.

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have been involved more deeply than been a fan. It started off as a fan

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and slowly it snowballed. The record companies sponsored the

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shirt and then we were financially involved. When we get our new

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stadium it will help even more. We were always just that one step

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ahead of bankruptcy and homelessness. We managed to keep

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our heads above water and it is amazing to go from just treading

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water to suddenly soaring. It feels good. I think it is on a par with

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Wembley into and there are it is bold and how it is done out.

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plans to play a big in the stadium? We definitely do. Hopefully next

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year. We Brits going to do it before, but getting the park and

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ride and everything we were not sure if we would destroy the pitch.

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We did not want to do that immediately, so we will wait until

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the end of a precedent and have a celebratory open up the stadium.

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Will we miss anything about the Withdean? On the last game I went

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to there, I thought, I have this feeling of, I am going to miss this

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place. I think of it fondly. When we get to that this game at the

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Amex Stadium them, bring it on. sporting occasion is complete

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without some prima to entertainment. Tomorrow, an opera stars will sing

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before my game. Here is what rehearsals sounded like this

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You have traded many big plays his bid for, Wembley Stadium, added his

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compare with our fantastic. State of-the-art. It is everything

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Brighton had been aiming for. It is wonderful. We had some sound checks

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this afternoon. A great honour to be here. Do you get a buzz from a

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big crowd? Absolutely. It makes the day when the crowd sings along with

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you and cheers and everything. Tomorrow, very special. It would be

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fun, there would be celebration, there will be the memories of those

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that didn't make it here. 40 years it took to build its stadium.

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Tomorrow, we will sing abide With Me and memories of those.

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watched the game? Absolutely. I would be singing had been watching

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the game and cheering on Brighton and bringing the luck that are

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brought to England over the years, hope the! Thank you. BBC's a sex

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will be here and they start at 2pm tomorrow afternoon. We have

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bulletins from the stadium as well. You can find more details on the

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That forecast for this week could be described as a convincing home

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win, but it depends on were you are or, because if you're in West

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Sussex, East Sussex, West Kent, Surrey, but you have scored. That

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is where the best of the sunshine will be. A lot of cloud coming and

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going and it is because we have got a light wind in an orderly

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direction. And eat out over the North Sea will move on to the

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shores and make it feel coup in northern and eastern parts of Kent.

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The further west, but best of the temperatures and the sunshine. This

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evening, some good sunny spells. Still some plant. Just to the West,

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a dying we dare current... A dying weather front. temperatures around

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12 or 13 degrees. Tomorrow, it may start to be disappointed, some

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cloud, but if you're in that Western zone, Sussex, Surrey, West

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Kent, you see this that and eventually. There will be cloud

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hanging on. Could be bright, could get some sunny spells, but the best

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of the sunshine and temperatures will be around the western end,

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reaching 21 or 22 degrees. Tomorrow evening, in two Sunday, nothing

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will change, still patchy cloud. It clears guises of. The main thing is,

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it stays dry across the weekend. The best of the sunshine will be in

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the West. Walk out to be eased. Temperatures could reach 23 or 24

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degrees. In the east, are still feeling a bit cooler. For the next

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few days, it is not a part, but totally depend on were you are. If

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you love the sun shone, head to Sussex and Surrey. Other of them

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backed, congratulations to Anna and Sam getting married tomorrow.

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Sam getting married tomorrow. Congratulations.

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