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Welcome to South East Today. Tonight's top stories. A man has

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died after gale force winds sent a tree crashing onto his van in Kent.

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He has a wife and children, it is a tragedy.

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The port of Dover was closed as severe weather disrupted sailings.

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Dartford's QE2 Bridge also had to shut and a pensioner was

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hospitalised after a tree fell through her roof.

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We're live with the latest from Tunbridge Wells.

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Also in tonight's programme: Her breast implant ruptured three years

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ago leaving her in permanent pain - the Kent woman campaigning for

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government help for women affected. The Sussex mum who would rather go

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to court than pay a �50 fine for taking her daughter on holiday

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during term time. And the panto featuring Ugly

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sisters Beatrice and Eugenie. It's royally bad taste say critics - oh

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Good evening. A man has died after a tree crashed into his van in gale

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force winds. It happened this afternoon in Tunbridge Wells, as 70

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mile an hour gales battered Kent and Sussex, bringing with them

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severe disruption. In Chipstead a pensioner had to be taken to

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hospital after a tree fell on her roof. Meanwhile the QE2 Bridge was

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closed for hours and the crew of a yacht had to be rescued and towed

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into Ramsgate, after getting into difficulties in Storm Force 11

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winds. In a moment we'll cross live to Alex Beard in Dover. But first,

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Simon Jones is live at the scene of that fatal accident in Tunbridge

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Wells. What more do we know about what happened there, Simon?

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This happened at around 12:30pm. The man was in his 50th from

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Tonbridge. The banners at the side of the road when the tree came down.

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Another man that was in the van emerged unscathed. The police are

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still here and the road was closed, and the council have arrived to

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remove the tree in what has been a busy day for the emergency services.

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You can see how this the van was covered by the green tarpaulin is

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lying under the weight of the big oak tree. The driver was crushed to

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death. For those in the area, how devastating scene. It is a tragedy.

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First day back to work. When he goes home, he has got a wife and

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kids, they will not see their dad or their husband, it is a tragedy

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for the family and friends. Investigations are continuing. In

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Sevenoaks, a couple are lucky to be alive after retreating down on

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their howls early this morning. There was a tremendous crash and I

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thought, oh, we're that he did not come through the bedroom. I thought

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it had gone somewhere else on the property, and that's when I came

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and looked around. In Ramsgate, a dramatic sea riskier. This yacht

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returned to the port buffeted by the weather her company to buy two

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lifeboats. Two of the crew were winched to safety by the RAF and

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three of the other crew were very relieved to be back on dry land.

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How are you feeling? Cold, wet, tired, lack of sleep. But we are

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believed to be back on dry land again. How scary was about there?

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Scary! Very scary! But they have every confidence in the RNLI, and

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they did a wonderful job. A large wave, almost a freak wave, it

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picked up over the back of the boat, it pulled the helmsman for word

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straight into the wheel. He had been traced to his face and chest,

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they are not too bad, but it buckled the wheel and destroys the

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steering system. The captain reckoned he would have got back to

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safety alone without the freak wave. The coastguard recommended everyone

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stay off the water. The ropes would be flying around, it would be very

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cold because of the Winshill, it is not very nice at all. As an

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ambulance removes the body from the crushed van of Tonbridge Wells, it

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is a reminder of the danger of the weather.

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The process has begun at chopping up the tree to remove it from the

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road and it will take a couple of hours. We have just heard that this

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afternoon, had treated him down on a house in Medway, but fortunately,

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there were no injuries. The police are now trying to figure out what

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happened. Alex Beard is live in Dover. And

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Alex, the weather has caused real disruption there today, hasn't it?

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Yes, the port had to close down for several hours because of the severe

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weather conditions. It was unprecedented, but it was necessary

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because the wind speed in the south-east was reaching up to 80

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mph. That meant for and miserable and disruptive start to the working

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week. The effects of closing the QE2

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Bridge were felt by everyone today with traffic forced to share the

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Dartford Tunnel. It was not long before there were tailbacks on the

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M25. With gale-force 11 wins in the Channel, the Port of Dover close

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completely for several hours. The harbour was too dangerous to enter.

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It is very unusual, about once every 18 months, something like

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that happens. It is quite were rare. The mother and ships that we have

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are very well designed. -- the modern ships. They put out

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stabilisers and people are given tea and coffee on board and we look

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after everybody as much as we can. There were huge waves in Sandgate

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as well. Back on dry land, difficult driving conditions on the

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M20 as the wind and the rain reduced visibility. At the

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aerodrome, this plane was attended by the storm. And the gales ripped

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up the trees and pulled down over head cables and Crawley. The winds

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left little untouched. Why Dover is fully open this evening, no real

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reported to lazier. The QE2 Bridge is open again and traffic is

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flowing but there are still some delays on the M25 anti-clockwise

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Now many of you have been sending Now many of you have been sending

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your pictures of the storm. Colin Miles took this picture of the

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shoreline at Folkestone being battered by waves. Phil Ridgeon

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spotted this bus trapped behind a fallen tree in Mayfield in East

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Sussex. Denise Body ventured out into her own garden in Meopham to

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survey the damage there. Ian Batten said a mini tornado took the roof

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off his summer house in Herne Bay and deposited against the back of

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his bungalow 50 feet away. Steve Morris came across this tree around

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lunchtime blocking the road on the outskirts of Crawley. And Anthony

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Fairhall photographed the damage done to the roof of Chartham

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Primary school near Canterbury. Still to come: They can't

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scientists offering new hope to people that cannot recognise their

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own face. -- the scientists in Kent. A mother from Dartford whose breast

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implant ruptured over three years ago says she's still in pain after

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silicone leaked into her body. Catherine Kydd, was given implants

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made by the French company PIP, which used industrial grade

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silicone. The French Government has agreed to fund the removal of

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implants from women affected there but the UK Government says there's

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no evidence to suggest it's necessary here. Catherine is now

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campaigning for that to change, as Fiona Irving reports.

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Catherine says it was low self- esteem that led her to get breast

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implants. Within months of surgery, one of for implants ruptured.

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felt like it was a slip to the site. I just used to constantly wear a

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bra, so you don't feel uncomfortable. In 2004, she paid

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�4,000 for breast augmentation and was given PIP breast implants.

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Months later, her breasts felt uncomfortable. It was only in 2009

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that an ultrasound revealed when a free implants had ruptured. She had

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them removed, but has told some of the silicone had spread to her

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lymph nodes. It is uncomfortable all the time and you can feel it.

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It is like a burning. Concerned over an increase of rupturing, the

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French government is paying for women to get their PIP implants

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removed. After a review by the UK government, the Health Secretary

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said they will follow clinical advice for Britain and overseas.

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That clinical advice has consistently been that it is not

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advisable for women routinely to have the implants removed, because

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the risk associated with an operation of that kind would

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outweigh the benefit of removing these implants. Catherine has set

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up a Facebook side to support the thousands of other women that are

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worried about the implants. If I was told I would have industrial so

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let them put in me, I would never have had it done, as would none of

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the 50,000 women. If that is what you knew you were getting, you

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would not sign on the dotted line. I would not recommend anyone having

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it done at all. The Prime Minister has given his

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backing to a family from Biggin Hill who are campaigning for

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tougher action against people who drive under the influence of drugs.

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14-year-old Lillian Groves was run over and killed last year. Her aunt

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Michaela Groves has been lobbying David Cameron since, and the Prime

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Minister says he now wants to see drug testing kits in every police

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car so that drivers can be tested at the road side.

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A decision on whether to allow a workers' co-operative to take over

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the ailing cross-Channel ferry operator SeaFrance has been delayed

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until next week. The debt laden firm is threatened with liquidation

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after takeover offers were rejected last year. A French court had been

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due to decide today on the legality of the union-backed takeover bid,

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which is the last one on the table to rescue the firm.

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A Sussex coach company says demand for a sightseeing trip around the

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M25 has created more than twice the amount of interest they had

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expected. Brighton and Hove Buses began advertising the four-hour

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trip around the motorway in October. The firm is now having to add extra

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dates for the tour. A mother from Sussex who took her

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daughter out of school to go on holiday is preparing to go to court,

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after refusing to pay a �50 fine on Sarah Netley, from Peacehaven, says

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travelling during term-time was the only way she could afford a family

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holiday to Majorca. But the headteacher had refused permission

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saying it was not an exceptional case. Lynda Hardy has more.

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Looking back at their holiday photographs, Sarah and her daughter

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Emily's happy memories of time awake has been tarnished by what

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followed. Last summer, Sera wrote to the school are looking for

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permission to take her on holiday with her grandparents at the end of

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the school term. That was refused due to Emily's sickness a week

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previously and that the request to take her out of school was not

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deemed an exceptional circumstance. But Sarah says they cannot afford

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to go away during the school holidays at nearly double the price.

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The price was a major issue, the other issue was that I suffer

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extreme anxiety and agoraphobia. I did not want to travel at peak time

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with lots of people around, so it was the perfect time to go after

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the exams are finished and they were ending the terms. But that

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five day absence from school resulted in a 50 pound find that

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Sarah, whose on benefits, says she cannot afford to pay and her

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parents that paid for the holiday should not have to pay.

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completely sympathise with parents and the additional cost that they

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incur. These are levied upon them by the travel agencies. However, he

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does not negate the fact that a day out of education could have

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significantly detrimental impact on their child's outcomes. She faces a

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court importance at the end of the month that could result in a larger

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fine. -- court appearance. It could be up to one as an pounds. --

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�1,000. Rail passengers travelling between

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Hastings and Ashford say they're angry that work to repair a tunnel

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will lead to the closure of a 26- mile stretch of line for nine weeks.

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The closure will begin on Monday, to enable maintenance work to take

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place on the Ore Tunnel. But MPs are criticising Network Rail for

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the disruption it will cause. Ian Palmer is live in Hastings and

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passengers there are unhappy, aren't they Ian?

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Yes, exactly, they are not celebrating a very happy new year.

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Rail users and the south-east, season-ticket holders have been at

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the head with a 6% increase in travel costs, and for that money,

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if you're on the Sussex coast, you get a very long bus journey.

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The tunnel is the only way of getting to Ashford by rail from

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Hastings. The MP for the Kent town says there isn't it for nine weeks

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is a disaster. We just had to two of the quietest weeks of the year

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on the railway, surely they could have started the work earlier when

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fewer people were travelling on the railways. Some of the inconvenience

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could have been mitigated. Plans to carry out work on the tunnel was

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revealed by Network Rail in September last year and it says the

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maintenance work is essential. Travellers will be offered a bus

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service instead, but at 18 minutes, the journey will be twice as long.

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According to the town's leader, visitors may avoid Hastings

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altogether. Ashford International is are linked to the Continent, and

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we will see travellers from all over Europe coming to Hastings and

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Britain and getting off the Eurostar at Ashford and being put

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on a country bus to Hastings and that is not the image you want to

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present of Hastings as a tourist town. Regular travellers on the

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Sussex liner not impressed by the imminent closure. The last time

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this happened a few months ago, a 45 minute journey to two-and-a-half

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hours. Network Rail could provide a service between Ryan - for it, but

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the company says this option would not speak cost-effective. --

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between right and Ashford. This option did not go down well

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with locals, and Network Rail say that drainage repairs that need to

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be done are essential and it will stop the need for any further

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repairs to be done at any time in the near future. It will make

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trouble much safer. The top story tonight: And man has

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died in Tonbridge Wells after a tree crashed into his car in storm-

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force winds and the south-east. A pensioner was hospitalised when a

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tree fell on our house near Sevenoaks. The bad weather caused

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the Port of Dover and the QE2 Bridge to close.

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Coming up later, in the wake of the stormy weather, we have all of the

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details for you for the wind speed in the next 24 hours and the

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weather forecasts for the rest of the week.

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Also tonight: It is royally offensive say critics, ho, no, it's

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not, the pantomime in trouble for calling the ugly Sisters Beatrice

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and Eugenie. For most of her adult life

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Jaqueline Aldridge has been unable to recognise members of her own

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family. That's because Jaqueline suffers from prosopagnosia or "face

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blindness". It's a condition that affects one in every 250 people. It

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can cause acute embarrassment and frustration and in the most severe

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cases, sufferers are unable even to recognise pictures of themselves.

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Now experts at the University of Kent are looking for volunteers to

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help develop a new type of therapy. Charlie Rose has our Special Report.

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Recognising the human face is fundamental to all our lives. It's

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how we know who someone is, who we love, who we hate and who we fear.

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Can you tell me he this is? imagine if that ability was taken

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away. I don't know, they're just all blonde. Jacqueline suffers from

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a condition called prosopagnosia or face blindness. To recognise faces

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quickly and efficiency, you need to integrate all the different parts

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of the face very rapidly. Many sufferers for some reason do not

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have that ability. When I met my boyfriend, I was attracted to him,

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and we started dating, but three weeks after we started going out, I

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introduced him to a friend, and she said, he's really good-looking! I

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had no idea! He was confident, funny, clever. I don't think deeply

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about people's faces, because they don't keep them in my mind. And in

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it's most extreme form - sufferers don't even recognise their own

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family or even their own face. is the nastiest one of all. This is

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me! It is a phase, not my face, it is a face. Well experts at the

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University of Kent are developing a special technique which they

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believe may help the condition. This small part of the brain

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highlighted in red is the area which is particularly important for

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face processing. The hope is by stimulating it with a small

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electric charge, the increased blood flow and activity will help

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restore some of that lost function. The next step is to seek some

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participants in the research, some volunteers to come to university to

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undergo some stimulation and see if their ability to recognise is

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changing. And the university is asking anyone who feels they might

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suffer from face blindness, to get The South East's leading football

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clubs have ended the holiday period on a high, with three wins and a

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draw in yesterday's fixtures. The outstanding performance came from

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Brighton who beat Championship leaders Southampton 3-0 at the Amex.

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Neil Bell has our round-up of the action.

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It has not looking good for Brighton, a tough afternoon was

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suggested, but when Ricky Lambert was sent off, it all came good. The

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Albion went ahead. Mats Barrett doubled the advantage with an

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unstoppable shot. It was spiraea that created a fine victory after

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some pinball in the box. It popped up by my right foot and I put it

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away. A great feeling. But fans were brilliant. I am happy to do it

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for the fans. Charlton moved five points clear at the top with

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Michael Morrison's brave header putting the addicts in front and

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Denny Green making the game safe for the delightful finish before

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the whistle. Gillingham had to work hard for

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their lead, but some nimble footwork from Danny Jack man and a

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precise shot put them ahead. The Gills held on to maintain their

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promotion push. It is one of the best results of the season. We

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needed to bounce back from the disappointment on Friday. That is

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going down to 10 men which made it very difficult for us. Crawley got

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into a model allowing Oxford to go ahead. Not for the first time in

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recent weeks, Tyrone Burnett came to the rescue with an awesome folly

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in stoppage time. The weather is the big story of the

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day, so let's find out what is happening for the rest of the

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After today's severe storms, it will ease off. Some blustery winds,

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but nothing like earlier today. Tomorrow, must be dry. Until the

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first part of tomorrow, there will still be a weather warning for a

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severe winds. Even through tonight, 50-60 mph. Today, some deep low-

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pressure moving across Scotland. This brought along some very heavy

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rain with downpours of up to 10 mm in one Allah. Put the wind was

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gusting up to 80 mph on the south coast. Temperatures today, quite

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mild, and double-figure years, 12 degrees, 54 Fahrenheit. Feeling

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significantly cooler in the stormy weather. The rain during through

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the after being and it will be dry tonight. Temperatures dropping to

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three or four degrees. The winter but he's off. Still quite blustery.

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The best of any brightness across the UK, but tight isobars. Some

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blustery, a westerly winds. More cloud cover into the afternoon

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ahead of the further rain overnight into a Thursday. Temperatures,

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several degrees down, seven-eight degrees. At cool, blustery picture.

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Tomorrow night, further outbreaks of rain with the wind picking up

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and gusts of up to 60 mph again. With unsettled weather,

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temperatures reaching six degrees. A wet start for Thursday, the rain

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will increase and then it will be dry and bright into the evening.

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Drier start for Friday. The wind will ease off three tonight and

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into tomorrow. into tomorrow.

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When Beatrice and Eugenie stepped out in front of the worlds media at

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Prince Williams marriage to Kate Middleton this summer, they

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couldn't have been prepared for the international storm of ridicule

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over their choice of outfits - and their hats. But a pantomime in Kent

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is coming in for some serious criticism over its decision to call

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the ugly sisters in their version of Cinderella - Beatrice and

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Eugenie. Offensive and disloyal? Or just good clean fun? Peter

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Whittlesea reports. As first appearance as go, the

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abuses just make quite an entrance. But one line has made this

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pantomime not just, goal, but controversial. We are Beatrice and

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Eugenie. We have just arrived. is the only time that a name check

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each other, but one former royal correspondent says that this is in

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poor taste. I think it was a cheap and nasty joke against two young

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members of the Royal Family that have no way of hitting back at

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these people. Since last year's Roy Whiting, having a pop at the

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Princess's has almost become a national pastime. Guess so I am?

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Expect this reference to Beatrice's had crept into a comedy Christmas

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Special on BBC One. It is no wonder the stars at the pantomime can't

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understand what all fuss is about. Someone said that it is on Fox News

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in America. It has gone worldwide! It is incredible! But if people

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cannot take a joke, that is a real shame. But it's funny! This pair

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have performed as Witney, Britney, Trinian's Susanna, and say there is

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nothing personal about the names. What you think they would think of

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it? I think they would love it. younger royals are doing wonders

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for this country at the moment, you see that across Prince William,

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Prince Harry, the Princess of York, they are carrying on the family

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tradition, modern for the modern world and they would love the show.

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More than 50,000 people have come to seek the pantomime at the

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Marlowe Theatre and not one official complaint has been

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received. The writer is the say that this shows audiences

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understand the poking fun is part of any pantomime.

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Well you've been commenting on this story on our Facebook site. It is

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severely split. Marie says, it's only a pantomime.

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Lawrence says she saw the pantomime, it is brilliant, funny, it should

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not be taken seriously. Ian says that it in fares the

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Princess's are likely and it is -- ugly and it is not nice.

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Another reviewer says they are the best and pantomime dame they have

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ever seen, it is the spur to pantomime, and the theatre looks

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great! And other prisons says it is

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knowing where to draw the line and I think it is wrong, unkind and

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could be taken as insulting. If in doubt, leave it out.

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Thank you. We return to the top story, that is the news that a man

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has died after retreat crashed into his van in storm-force winds this

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afternoon and Tonbridge Wells. 70 mph gusts battered Kent and Sussex

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bringing severe disruption. Simon Jones is in Tonbridge Wells

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for us now. There are concerns tonight there could be more trees

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falling tonight. Yes, the reason the street is

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closed tonight is because the police fear that another tree could

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come down. In the last half an hour, they started chopping up the one

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that came down on this van and we have seen aid trucks take away the

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first load. We have also had trees coming down years have an axe --

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