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Welcome to South East Today, I'm Polly Evans.

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And I'm Rob Smith. Tonight's top stories. 10 years jail for the

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mastermind of a multi million pound cannabis ring in Kent.

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We're live in Dover where two of three cannabis factories was

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discovered. The chancellor comes to Kent to

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announce that the Pfizer site WILL be an Enterprise Zone - but who

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will take it on? Also in tonight's programme.

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Thousands of pounds raised, but eight years on, a family say

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they're still waiting for the bereavement room they were promised

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at Eastbourne Hospital. Tales of bravery - the Kent police

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officers who saved a woman from drowning in her car are among

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others rewarded for their work. And 60 sensible things to celebrate

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turning 60 - the Kent woman whose wish list means finding excitement

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Good evening. It's one of the biggest ever cannabis seizures Kent

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Police have ever made. Three factories discovered in Dover,

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Whitstable and Wootton, together capable of producing two-and-a-half

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million pounds' worth of drugs each year. Today a Whitstable

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businessman, John Read, was jailed for 10 years for organising the

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criminal enterprise. Simon Jones reports.

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This is what Canada's with a street value of �1 million looks like.

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1443 cannabis plants being grown. One of three locations discovered

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run by the same gang. In two of them, four Vietnamese people lived

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there to attend the plants. It is equal to being one of the largest

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discovered in this county. What you think about seen so many plants

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like that? It was incredible. I have seen many during my service,

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certainly, that is the largest I have seen personally, and to be in

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such a large premises built with the cannabis plants, it is quite

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something. Jailed for conspiring to produce the plants, John Read sort

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out locations tubing uncertainty owners. In 20th April 10, cannabis

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was found at industrial units in Coombe Valley Road in Dover. The

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following month, another one was raided. This building and

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Whitstable was leased from the supermarket, Tesco, next door. The

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front of it was partitioned off and avenue of respectability was given.

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But unknown to locals, behind it was a cannabis farm with thousands

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of plants discovered. Earlier this year, an investigation by this

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programme showed how dangerous varieties of cannabis were being

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grown in Kent and Sussex with chemicals that cause psychotic

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episodes. One worker said getting this hall of the streets was a good

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thing. We have the younger ones getting started at 13, 14 years old

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and they are missing school. Their intention spans are dropping. --

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attention. A second man, 70-year- old Roger Coombs from Crawley, was

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given a suspended sentence for perverting the course of justice.

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He was not knowingly involved in the production of cannabis. The

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police say the war goes on. Simon Jones is live in Dover and we

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understand police are looking for others that were involved in the

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operation? John Read was described as the

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organiser but he was not the mastermind. That man is still at

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large and the Kent police are still investigating. The number of

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cannabis farms and in Kent has come up to 100 compared to 70 in the

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previous years. The police say they are winning the drugs war saying

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that they have 15 Class A drug dealers and he spurned jailed for a

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total of 30 years following a recent operation. -- dealers in

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Eastbourne. Coming up in a moment, Crawley

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notch up another win, we have all of the football news.

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The Pfizer site at Sandwich HAS been named as one of the

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Government's 11 new Enterprise Zones, as exclusively revealed on

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BBC South East Today last night. Both the Chancellor and Minister

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for Science travelled to East Kent to make the announcement. The new

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enterprise zone aims to retain a focus on life sciences,

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pharmaceutical and bio-tech industries. Our business

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correspondent Mark Norman was at this morning's announcement.

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The Chancellor was being shown around the Pfizer facility this

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morning. Pfizer will leave 300 staff from the end of next year,

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but now this site is a new enterprise zone. I know how bleak

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it was a few months ago and how difficult things were for the local

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workforce. I hope we can see a brighter future. Enterprise zone

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status means companies that move here will not have to pay rates for

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five years and will benefit from relaxed planning rules and tax

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breaks as well as fast broadband. It should make the site more

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attractive to investors and negotiations to sell the property

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are going well. It is the desire to sell this site to a single buyer

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and to interest investors and other businesses to come here and we are

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making good progress. The formal announcement this morning was

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welcomed by local politicians and representatives. We have the

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crucial elements in place for economic growth in this area.

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all sides agree the site and then use their own need to be marketed

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globally to make this work. We have got all have the right ingredients,

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low rates, probably companies that would like to acquire this with a

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reduced rent facility, we now need to make this happen. There are

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people that think an enterprise zone is not such a bright idea.

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was bold for a purpose and I think it will only be suitable for that

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purpose, because I cannot see any body taking it in units. What will

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they do with it? Nobody knows what will happen to it. Pfizer brought a

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lot of their staff with them, and that is what they do, they don't

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employ local people here. Enterprise zones did not work in a

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1980s, the money they spend was wasted and the jobs were taken from

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somewhere else, so they will have to work hard to make it work that

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had this time. It is everyone's intention to work

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hard to find a buyer for the site and get new tenants for the newest

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enterprise zone in the country. Enterprise Zones aren't a new idea.

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The Conservatives set up dozens under the Thatcher and Major

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governments, including in North Kent. In the '80s and '90s,

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Enterprise Zones were focused on physically regenerating and

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rebuilding disused industrial sites, such as in Gravesend where they

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turned a former paper mill into what's now the Imperial Business

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Estate. So how are these different? The new zones are aimed at keeping

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existing sites, and the type of work carried out there, in

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operation. But critics say Enterprise Zones don't bring long-

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term investment, and are especially unsuitable for locations like the

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Pfizer site. If the enterprise zone in five years' time, have the

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incentive expires, will the new company's stake? The answer is no,

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unless something gives them a lasting reason to stay in the place.

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So how do others working in similar fields to Pfizer feel about the

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programme? There is no doubt that they will have their challenge as

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big as it is very remote. Over a period of time, the Government well

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sort those issues out in terms of being able to get there. Let's have

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a look at the positive side, this is all about preserving employment,

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good jobs and high skills bases for Kent as a whole.

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Mark Norman joins us now live from the new Kent Discovery Park. Mark

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lots of excitement at the Pfizer site, but there are concerns.

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A lot of hurdles to get over, Pfizer have to sell the site, but

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there is an indication they have spoken to an international company

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that buys and runs songs parks like this, what a new purchase or would

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have to fill up with tenants that would take advantage of the

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facilities here and the local partnership needs to make sure

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those companies come from outside the region and that this enterprise

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zone doesn't suck the life blood out of the economy locally. This is

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good news today, but there are a lot of its, butts and babies.

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Figures from The Work Foundation suggest that of the jobs created in

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the old Enterprise Zones, only 20% could be classed as new jobs - with

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the rest coming from company relocations and displaced workers.

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With today's unemployment figures showing a national rise in

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unemployment, the Pfizer site will be seen as a real test of the

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government's pledge that Enterprise Zones will help create jobs.

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A man who carried out a string of armed robberies across Kent and

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East Sussex has been sentenced to nine years in prison. 48-year-old

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William Hayton, who's from Tunbridge Wells, was also found

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guilty of supplying class A drugs. He carried a sawn-off shot gun

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which he'd load in front of staff to show it was real.

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The family of Andy Ruck, one of the group leaders mauled by a polar

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bear in the Arctic last month, have thanked medical staff. They've

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issued a statement from their family home in Saltdean, near

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Brighton, revealing that Mr Ruck has suffered permanent damage to

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his eyesight, but is slowly improving in hospital, and was

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reading in bed this morning. They put his recovery down in part to

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his experience as a boy scout. Campaigners fighting the planned 8%

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rise in rail fares have been joined by one of their local conservative

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MPs. Government regulations will see rises of 3% above the retail

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price index but Chatham MP Tracey Crouch, believes that another 3%

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rise is unfair on south east commuters. I have a different

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stance to the Government because that think it is important that the

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hard pressed south-east commuters will have not seen improvements in

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their services despite paying more than other parts of the country for

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their railway services, deserve, I think, a fairer price than they

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already get. A couple from Eastbourne who raised

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�7,000 for their local hospital after their daughter was stillborn

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say they want their money back because it hasn't been spent.

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Monica and Aidan made the donation eight years ago for a special

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bereavement room to be created at the District General Hospital. The

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couple say they don't believe the NHS has any intention of carrying

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out their wishes - something the hospital denies. Natalie Graham

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reports. She now has three healthy children,

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but Monica's eldest daughter was stillborn at 35 weeks nine years

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ago. The family raised �7,000 race bezel room at the maternity

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hospital in Eastbourne. -- a special room. Many years later, the

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rumours still not been built. have no respect for us, they did

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not build the broom, because it was not gaining for themselves. As time

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goes by, it hurts more and more. The future of the maternity

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services in Eastbourne has been in doubt over the years since the baby

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died, but the trust is adamant the bereavement room will be created in

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the unit. Nobody was available for interview today but the hospital

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said this project will cost �53,000 in total, a lost more than

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originally anticipated. -- lot more. It is a case of too little too late.

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If our money is not enough for them and they have the money there to do

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a bereavement room, then please, do it, we will support you, but not

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with our money. We have waited nine years. It is not fair that 10 years

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later we still had nothing to show for the fund-raising efforts.

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Because the money was a charitable donation, it is unlikely it can be

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returned, but the family are hoping to make a formal request so they

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can spend the money on an alternative project to support

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bereaved parents. The top story tonight: 10 years

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jail for the mastermind of a cannabis ring caught growing drugs

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worth more than two and a half million pounds a year. John Read

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from Whitstable organised the construction of three so-called

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"factories" in East Kent. Kent Police say it was one of the

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biggest ever cannabis seizures they've ever made.

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Also in tonight's programme: Reviving our wildflower meadows.

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The Sussex project banking on seeds to restore native species.

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Not asking for much - the Kent woman celebrating her 60th doing 60

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They all say that they were just doing their duty, but today 37 Kent

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police officers have been given awards for their outstanding

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conduct. Among them, two constables who saved a woman from drowning in

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a submerged car. Also receiving awards, two members of the public

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who bravely helped a man dying from his wounds after he'd been shot and

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run over. Fiona Irving reports. It has been as low recovery, but

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these men had the reason that she has made it this far. -- is slow

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recovery. When her car crashed into a lake last year she was 20 minutes

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underwater until she was pulled free. I could not get the door open,

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so I went to the back of the car and managed to get in through the

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passenger side door behind the driver. And then diving under the

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water, and managed to get her seat back so that she could be freed.

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Thank you seems too small a word. They do an incredible job. They are

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very brave. Extremely brave. They are putting their lives at risk in

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every situation that the deal with. Also receiving awards today, the

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men that attended the scene. This man was run-down and his brother

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was shot in the leg. This family gave first aid to them, while the

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chaos continued around them. There was fighting, I remember, and

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somebody burnt at heart that blew up. It was pretty lively. All of my

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face was covered in blood. I was trying to hold part of his face and

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head together. It was not nice at all. But we did it for around 40

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minutes. It was a horrific time. The man died from his injuries and

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last year, three people were convicted of murder. Today, John

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and Michael were recognised for keeping their cool under

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Until the 1930's, farming methods allowed a huge range of different

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species to happily flourish in our fields and meadows. But in the 70

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years since, 98% of our wildflower meadows have disappeared, putting

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the very future of some of our native species at risk. Now a

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pioneering project is under way to re-establish some of those farming

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methods from the past, at Kew's country garden in Sussex. Our

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environment correspondent Yvette Austin reports.

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Ailing pet hate, but this is no ordinary long grass. -- harvesting

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behave. This is how our traditional environment would be before the

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Second World War. I can count at least six different wild flowers

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growing there. What we do with the grass, we gather it to prepare for

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the winter food. If you think about these beat the murders, they are

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not just a pretty face, they were here for important economic reasons.

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There is lots of grass available now, but as the winter goes on, we

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will need this grass and the sheep will open up patches in the grass

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to allowed the seeds to germinate. We cursed is experimenting with

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different ways to create Meadows. Last year, seed was collected from

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an important site near Battle. Bennett was brought here were we

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saw trial plots. This year, they flourished. And they're going

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further by growing some tricky flowers separately to be used

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diversity in the south-east. It is amazing how much seed you can

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harvest in a small bed. There are about 160 plants here but we can

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collect up to a million seats here from this one patch. The key issue

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is that we know where all of these wild species had been collected

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regionally and many of them have been collected locally and the

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south-east. This is the habitat that we know well. The flowers we

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have growing here are a good example of this. Their fans

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nationally and in some areas, more abundantly than others. -- they

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have found nationally. There are few places we can harvest the seed

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from. So by growing local seats here we can bump up the amount of

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seed available for habitat restoration in the south-east.

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will go to commercial growers with the ultimate aim of bringing back

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the natural grasslands. Football and Charlton's positive

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start to the season continued with a two-nil away win against

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Colchester, but Gillingham missed out on three points, conceding an

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injury-time equaliser at Barnet. Elsewhere two goals from Matt Tubbs

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helped Crawley beat Southend 3-0. Charlie Rose has all the action

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from last night. Maybe it's the players, maybe it's

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the opposition, or perhaps it's the team huddle. Whatever it is,

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something's going right for Charlton this season. Even their

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set pieces end up falling at their feet. Leaving the opposition with

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their backs to the wall. And when the pressure's on, mistakes are

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made. And this midfield blunder by Colchester was a costly one.

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Bradley Wright-Philips never looked And the combination of this good

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cross and some poor marking allowed him to make it two. Colchester's

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keeper then had to be at full It was looking like three wins out

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three for Gillingham when Danny Spiller scored in the opening

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minutes against Barnet, and that lead lasted well in to the second

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half until this header made it one- a-piece. Soon after they were

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inches away from going behind. Just look at this. Off one post. And

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then the next. But the Gills hit back emphatically with this 30-yard

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strike from Jack Payne. But the agony was yet to come. Four minutes

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into injury time and a free kick. If you want to know how to deceive

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a goalkeeper, Dean Howell provided a fine example against Southend

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last night. It set up a strong second half for Crawley. Pressure

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brought about a penalty - with Matt Tubbs making it count. Southend had

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their chances but a second for Tubbs sealed a strong victory for

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Brighton and Hove Albion will be looking to make it three wins out

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of three in The Championship against Cardiff tonight. The

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Seagulls will be without the striker Will Buckley - who scored

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twice on his debut against Doncaster. He's out for two weeks

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with a hamstring injury. Kazenga LuaLua could return from injury

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however. 60 dreams for 60 years. But for one

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woman it's not the outrageous that she's searching for. Rather Lesley

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Evans from Sittingbourne is finding excitment in the everyday. To

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celebrate her impending 60th birthday, she decided to set

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herself 60 "sensible things" to do. The list includes driving a

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forklift truck, riding a tandem, and going to the races. And today

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Folkestone Racecourse had their very own surprise for her. Peter

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Whittlesea reports. Tonight is the first time Lesley

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Evans has ever been Horseracing. She was invited to Folkestone

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because going racing was on her list of 60 things to do it in her

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60th year. Because her goals were so achievable and because she is a

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school librarian, the list has been dubs, 60 sensible things. And she

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is loving every minute of it. think it's absolutely gorgeous and

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I have had an amazing piece of news that they have named a race after

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made which is fantastic! Had to define that out? Cade, were invited

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me to, just seen the Daily Telegraph article, she showed me

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the race card and there I am! 3! Four. Five on the shoulder. Six,

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five and one. This after one, she was learning to tick tack. But the

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media has gone mad over summer for a slightly mundane things to do.

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Everyone has been queuing up to help her complete the list. Next on

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the list! What about that one?! Why did riding a tandem naked and your

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list? I have ridden an ordinary bike and I have written a tricycle.

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-- why did riding a tandem make it onto your list. I heard that he

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wanted to go Horseracing and I knew that she lived in Sittingbourne and

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I got in touch with her and she was very excited and said she would

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love to come. With a beekeeping, karaoke, eating squirrel already

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ticked off, she has yet to do a handful of things. It is brilliant.

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I have read the enjoyed it. It has been fantastic. And the children at

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school have enjoyed it. It has been funds. It has enabled me to do a

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lot of the things I wanted to do. She still wants to good will

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Ireland and visit a prison cell, but this year, she would be

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enjoying the sport of kings. An extraordinary list! She has

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Plenty of cloud around today, not a lot of sunshine. Some patchy, light

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rain and drizzle which clears through tonight. A dry start

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tomorrow. The rain, never too far away, sinking to the south into the

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afternoon. Plenty of cloud around, some patchy, light rain and drizzle.

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A light, north-easterly breeze with a clear field two things.

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Temperatures not too bad. 21 degrees. 70 degrees Fahrenheit. The

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reason for that, we have a weather front which is pushing from the

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south-west at the moment. Moseley today we have seen cloud cover and

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patchy light rain and drizzle, but nothing to write about. That will

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clear to the first part. Still holding on to plenty of cloud. As a

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result, a mild night with temperatures in double figures and

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not much below 13 or 14 degrees. Tomorrow, initially dry for a time.

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You can see this problem that will bother us, this weather front with

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heavy rain. At the moment, staying well for the north of us for much

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of the day. Check the latest forecast. For much of the day, it

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will be dry with brightness along the south coast. By the rush hour,

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some heavy downpours particularly the further west and north you go.

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Top temperature tomorrow, 20 degrees, 68 Fahrenheit. The North

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East to be breeze reaching 15 to 20 mph. That rain will clear through

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tomorrow night and increasingly dry and were clearer skies. Under the

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clear skies, temperatures of around ten degrees, so slightly fresher

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for tonight. Into Friday, high pressure, so increasingly settled,

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warm and bright. Some thundery showers for Sunday. A top

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temperature of 26 degrees. Not too bad in the sunshine.

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bad in the sunshine. Thank you.

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The weather held out in Broadstairs and Eastbourne for the first two of

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our Festival Friday series and we're hoping for more of the same

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in Bexhill later this week. When the sun shining and the

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summary is in full swing there is nothing better than getting out to

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the seaside. That is what we have got planned every Friday in the

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month of August. We are entering the festival spirit by going on the

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road to join you at some of the biggest summer celebrations across

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the south-east. We will be on location live every festival Friday

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and we would love you too, and enjoyed a fund.

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We'll be live at Bexhill's De La Warr Pavilion this Friday, and at

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the Herne Bay Festival on the 26th. Let's get to recap of the main

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headlines, and the Prime Minister has praised the quarter were handed

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out of sentences for some of those involved in the writing last week.

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Concerns were raised about the severity of some of the jail terms.

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There is a ten-year jail term for the Whitstable organiser of a

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cannabis ring growing drugs worth almost two-and-a-half million

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pounds a year. And zoning in an Pfizer, the

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