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Welcome to South East Today, I'm Lynda Hardy.

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And I'm Rob Smith. Tonight's top stories:

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He claimed he'd been kidnapped from his car at knifepoint - tonight a

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lawyer is jailed for lying to try and escape a drink-driving charge.

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We're live in the village of Wadhurst with the details.

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The Government apologises to a whistleblower left in fear for his

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life after they accidentally revealed his name to the business

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he was trying to expose. They would come to know how so, at take

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pictures of a family members, all need to my children's school. What

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is that about? Also in tonight's programme:

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The identities of five professional footballers under investigation

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over an alleged sexual assault in Brighton are revealed.

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Sir David Attenborough shows his support for the controversial wind

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turbine built at the Glyndebourne Opera House.

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And lighting up the Dark Side Of The Moon - the exhibition

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remembering the Sussex gig that launched one of the biggest albums

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Good evening. A lawyer who lied to police that he'd been kidnapped to

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try to escape a drink-driving charge has been jailed for 12

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months for attempting to pervert the course of justice. Francis

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Bridgeman was drunk when he crashed his Range Rover into a telegraph

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pole near his home in East Sussex last April.

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He claimed armed men had stolen the car at knifepoint, before

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kidnapping him in another vehicle. But detectives found CCTV pictures

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revealing he was unsteady on his feet as he travelled home from his

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job in the City. John Young reports. Arriving at Lewes Crown Court this

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morning with his clothes in a back, knowing that this evening he might

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be in prison, the Oxford educated lawyer who lied to police, judge

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and jury. Francis Bridgeman's downfall started as he stumbled

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around looking for a train to take him long after five pints in the

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city. At the end of his journey, his mistake, climbing into his

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Range Rover and smashing into a telegraph pole. He then walked home,

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when the police caught up with him he told them he had been kidnapped.

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The kidnappers he said it must have crashed the vehicle. When the

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police found his DNA on the are back, they charged him with

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perverting the course of justice. hope it send out a very strong

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message. If people give false information to police it will be

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investigated. A lot of police time has been wasted on this

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investigation. In what Hirst this afternoon, at next used on whether

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a crime of persistent deception deserve to prison. What is it going

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to achieve? He should have some sort of freedom and some sort of

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restriction on his way of life. should be given longer because he

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is meant to represent the law and is not doing so. I think the poor

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chap has probably suffered enough already actually, he did have to

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stop -- we do have to stop people lying to the police. The judge had

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Lying he said was bad enough, but continuing to rely had made it far

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worse. He concluded by quoting the so well to its -- Sir Walter Scott,

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or what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive.

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How did he react? Quite startling scenes. The

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sentence was being passed and he solely slumped forwards onto his

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knees and fell into the well of the dock and remained there for several

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minutes. He was eventually let down to the cells by the court staff.

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Sussex Police have suggested that throughout his trial he had

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actually feigned illness, but one thing that was not in doubt is that

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his wife is seriously ill with cancer. The judge said that he took

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it into account but with a case like this a prison sentence was

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inevitable. A Sussex whistleblower who passed

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on allegations of corruption in Nigeria on condition of anonymity

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says he's been left in fear for his life after the British Government

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revealed his identity. Dotun Oloko was subsequently targeted by

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private investigators, who followed his children to school, after

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accusing a firm of investing overseas aid in companies suspected

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of money laundering. The International Development Secretary

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has apologised unreservedly, as Simon Jones reports.

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He warned the Government it may have been invested -- investing in

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corruption. Instead of investigating a report, the people

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who like accused placed me on their investigation. Dotun Oloko found

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out every aspect of his own life was placed under investigation.

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They came to my house, took pictures of me and my family,

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followed me to my children's school, what is that about? I have not seen

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-- I cannot see how an investigation into me has anything

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to do but my children. He gave the Department of International

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Development a dossier saying that money invested in Nigeria was being

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handled by money -- by companies suspected of mummery London. This

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firm and hired a security firm that photographed him at home and his

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children's school. It department for international development

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denied there had been a leak. should have find out what was going

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on. He should have investigated it with more diligence than he did.

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The department said that it inadvertently sent on the dossier

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unaware that his name could be found in at the records. It has

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apologised and reversibly. This organisation in Africa says

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whistleblowers must be protected. We need to make sure that if anyone

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comes forward and says there is a problem, we make sure that they are

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protected right from the start so that we can follow it the right

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procedures. Without those, families could feel threatened. At some

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point, I feel I will have to pay the price for what I have done.

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Retribution. There will be some form of retribution. The company

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Dotun Oloko has raised concerns about has refuted entirely his

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allegations and says it knows no reason why his life should be in

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danger. I understand the Department for

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International Development has ordered an immediate review.

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No one was available for interview today that they have made it clear

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that what happened should not have happened. They have offered an

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unreserved apology and a sorry for the distress that has been caused.

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They said that in future whistleblowers must be sure that

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their anonymity must be protected. Dotun Oloko made it absolute clear

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that he did not want his name to be revealed, that did happen and he

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said it has had a devastating affect on his life.

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In a moment, how our top sportsmen and women are shaping up to

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represent Britain at the Olympic One of the six footballers arrested

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in connection with an alleged sexual assault in Sussex has been

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eliminated from the police enquiry. No further action will be taken

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against Brighton and Hove Albion defender Tommy Elphick.

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But the five other footballers arrested yesterday remain under

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investigation and have been released on bail. They include an

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England under-21 international, and the son of a Premier League manager.

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Peter Whittlesea has more. As a club, Brighton and Hove Albion

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are reduced to being on the Spotlight for matters on and off

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the pitch, but this is the first time they have hit headlines in

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this way. For players and one former player have been arrested

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for allegations of sexual assault, and today their identities were

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revealed. The most well-known is He has risen through the Segal's

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squads. Less well-known is George Barker.

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He has also come up through the youth teams.

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Then some peel is just 19. Compared with the others, he is a newcomer,

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having been a former trainee with Chelsea.

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Tom Rogers -- Anton Rodgers comes from a footballing family. His

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father Brendan is the boss of Swansea.

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Finally, Steve Cook, a 20-year-old defender who was on the Seagull's

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books and tell you joined Bournemouth earlier this month.

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Legal experts say arrests are in the initial stage of police inquiry,

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which may or may not lead to charges. The police will follow up

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any lines of inquiry that perhaps a rise after any interviews. Or

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perhaps following up evidence or lines of inquiry. This afternoon,

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Tommy Elphick was eliminated from the police inquiry. The other

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footballers have been released on police bail until 21st March.

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A man has been found guilty at Lewes Crown Court today for the

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murder of a homeless man. 49-year- old Mark Watson stabbed Russian

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immigrant Alexandre Sokolnikov to death in Eastbourne last February.

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He'll be sentenced next month. A man's been airlifted to hospital

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with life-threatening injuries after a collision between a lorry

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and a car. There've been long tailbacks on the M20, M25 and M26

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motorways this evening, after the accident on the coastbound section

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of the M20 near Maidstone. Kent Police are investigating the crash,

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and the lorry driver has been arrested.

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Drivers caught speeding outside two primary schools in Kent were given

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the choice today between accepting a �60 fine and three points on

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their licence, or facing questions from the children to explain what

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they'd done. Several motorists were stopped for

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speeding outside Barham and Chartham primary schools, near

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Canterbury including a young woman driving at 38 miles per hour.

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think if more people who were caught speeding came to speak to

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the children, it might make them more aware. It is their personal

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response to your speeding. It makes you feel quite awkward. You do not

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know how to answer their questions. With the London Olympics just a few

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months away, Kent tourism bosses are appealing for an army of

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volunteers to help travellers find their way to the games. The

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Olympics Minister and Kent MP Hugh Robertson helped launch the search

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for 300 Kent Games Greeters this afternoon, as our Olympics Reporter

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Chrissie Reidy explains. atmosphere here is wonderful.

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People just love to come and sit around. Peter Shore is so

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passionate about Kent that for the last six max here he he has

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dedicated to hours to become a Kent greater. With lots more visitors

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going to descend on the county during the Olympics and Paralympics,

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the search is on for at 300 more gritters. We want enthusiastic

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locals who love for their love. It saves the visitor time and money

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because they can find out within an hour or so what might well take

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them a day or so to find out on their own. Games gritters will be

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deployed all over the county. -- gritters. It takes just 10 minutes

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on the high-speed link to the Olympic Park. It is relatively

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quiet here today, but come to light thousands of visitors are expected

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to come through here. Millions of people will be coming through the

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county, through the ports, through the airport, through the stations,

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and we want to make sure that their experience is really tip-top.

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what make ship -- makes an ideal gritter? This is a once-in-a-

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lifetime opportunity to go to the public and tell everyone why you're

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so passionate about Kent. As the gateway to the Olympics, it is

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hoped that the extended welcome will encourage more people to

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return to the county after 2012. If you're interested in

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volunteering, you can find out how on our website. And later in the

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programme we'll hear how our Olympic and Paralympic athletes are

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preparing, with just over six months to go until the London Games

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begin. This is our top story tonight.

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A lawyer who lied to police that he had been kidnapped to try and

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escape a drink-drive charge has been jailed for 12 months. Francis

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Bridgeman claimed that armed men stole and crashed his Range Rover.

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In reality, he had driven it into a telegraph pole.

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Also intimate's programme. -- tonight's.

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Commemorating the launch of a And it looks like being a rather

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nondescript weekend, dry, mild and than a cloudy but will there be any

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sunshine? Join me later to find out. The naturalist and film-maker Sir

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David Attenborough is world famous for his commitment to the

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environment. He's been a high- profile supporter of the

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controversial new wind turbine at Glyndebourne Opera House near Lewes

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and was guest of honour at its official opening today. At 70

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metres high, it's taller than Nelson's Column, and it's hoped it

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will produce 90% of the energy Glyndebourne needs, thereby cutting

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carbon emissions there by half. But local people who opposed the

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project at a public inquiry say it's an eyesore that has no place

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on the Sussex Downs. Our Environment Correspondent Yvette

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Austin has the latest in our Switched On series.

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The 1, 2, 3... CHEERING.

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An unusual performance for Glyndebourne's standards, but one

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it hopes will make its huge difference to the famous opera

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house's reputation. When the power to improve the estate's

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environmental credentials -- wind power. With the endorsement of an

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influential figure. It is a joy to be involved in something working

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with nature and not against it. Of all other ways of raising the power

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that we all need for either motor cars or for our houses and so on,

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this is the most friendly towards the natural world. It took six

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years to get this far, building finally came after a big campaign

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against the scheme and even a public inquiry. Some local people

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still object. Thalamus -- hour society has only ever objected to

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one and this is the one, we feel it is the wrong combination and will

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produce very little but its visual impact is very significant. You

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could see it over quite a different -- distance. But it takes a lot of

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electricity to run an opera house and Glyndebourne says the Turbine

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will cut its carbon dioxide emissions by 1,000 tonnes per year.

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Obviously, there is a balance needed, if you don't want to see

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them across all of the Sussex Downs but where there are roads and man-

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made structures, they should put them up. We have a big problem and

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this, I hope, will encourage others to do likewise. Wind power is of

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course controversial. The arguments against are that noise, what the

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turbine is look like and how much they cost. But for Glyndebourne,

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based say this will supply around 90% of its electricity and will

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give them an environmentally friendly record and that is why it

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The clock is ticking for athletes in the south-east hoping to

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represent Britain at this summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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On Sunday, you can catch up with the progress of half a dozen

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competitors from Kent and Sussex in a special Olympic Dreams programme.

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But Neil Bell can give us a sneak preview now, he is in Chatham. Neil,

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the tension is really starting to rack up now for our top sportsmen

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and women. The absolutely, when you get this close to the Games,

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anything you do and don't do can have a bigger impact on your

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prospects. Not surprisingly, many of our

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competitors are heading south for some warm-weather training and we

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caught up with some. For many competitors, the next few

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months will be the most important of their sporting lives.

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Preparation and performance must be timed precisely so they make it to

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London and then produced their best. Martin Brockman is a Commonwealth

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Games bronze medallist, keen to improve, so we sent javelin thrower

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Steve Backley to give him a hand. One question I have to Askew. You

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are a decathlete, the 10 events, you must be mad. It is a silly

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idea! I used to just do the high jump, I was quite good, but I just

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got bored. The problem now for Martin Brockman is how to master so

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many different events. My coach said to me, you can do the hurdles,

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the high jump for the pole vault, three of the harder events anyway,

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so why don't you learn to throw and you could be a good decathlete. I

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am still learning to throw but it is going well so far. While Martin

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Brockman's challenge is obvious, Sophia Warner has more difficult --

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different obstacles to overcome. This mother of of two has dedicated

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her life to win a sprint medal at the Paralympic Games, but cerebral

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palsy makes even the simplest things complicated. Yesterday, even

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at my age, I hopped up for the first time without holding on and I

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felt I should have my parents with the! Not even has -- Sofia has

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given up her job and so has her husband, to help look after the

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children. And there would be nice and I hope, the door is open for

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the possibilities and other things could come along but all in all, I

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hope she is happy. The result of all their dedication and

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determination will soon be clear with the game's just six months

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away. You can see more on those stories on the Olympic dreams

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programme this Sunday at 5pm on BBC One, and it starts at 5pm. Martin

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has improved his personal best in the javelin and Sophia Warner has

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shaved one 10th of a second off her best time.

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Turning to football and Gills fans around here will be hoping the

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club's recent striker crisis is over. Jo Kuffour looks likely to be

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fit to face AFC Wimbledon tomorrow, after several weeks out through

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illness. I bumped into Danny Kedwell garage this morning and he

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was optimistic he would also be involved in the game, as is his

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manager. It is all about the pain threshold, really, how much pain

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you can take in training. If he has no problems, but there is a good

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chance he could be involved. It will be a late shout on Danny

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Kedwell. Charlton will be hoping to complete a Sheffield double after

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beating Wednesday last week, taking on a Sheffield United at the Valley

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tomorrow. In League Two, Crawley could return

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to top spot with victory at struggling Plymouth. Scoring goals

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has been the problem recently, but there's some good news tonight as

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striker Tyrone Barnett is still with the club, having turned down a

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move to Championship Blackpool. He should be available for the game.

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After a traumatic few days off the pitch, Brighton will be looking

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forward to getting back to business at Peterborough. And it would be

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the ideal time for former Posh striker Craig Mackail Smith to

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rediscover his goalscoring touch. The very best of luck to all on our

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side, it will be interesting to see who is in the Brighton squad

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tomorrow. Neil, thank you very much.

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It went on to become one of the most successful albums ever made,

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but it was to a bunch of fans at the Brighton Dome that 40 years ago

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in 1972 Pink Floyd first played the songs that went on to be released

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as The Dark Side Of The Moon. Since then, it's sold 50 million

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copies, making it the sixth best- selling album of all time in the UK.

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And it was huge in the States, too, remaining in the US Billboard album

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chart for an astonishing 741 weeks. An exhibition marking the 40th

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anniversary of the gig at the Dome has been put together, and our

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reporter Alex Beard is there. Alex, no-one could have guessed that

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night the impact that Dark Side Of The Moon would go on to have.

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No, they couldn't. It was their 8th studio album so they couldn't have

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predicted how big it got, 50 million copies sold worldwide. When

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they played the debut here at the Brighton Dome in 1972, it has

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actually called the Eclipse, it was and remained until 1973 on its

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official launch. MUSIC: "Money" by Pink Floyd.

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# Money. # Get away.$$NEWLINE Before we go,

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It dominated the charts here and in the US. Even the band members move

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Dark Side Of The Moon was something special. I certainly knew that

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something quite magical was happening. I remember looking at

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the final listing and saying, "That is good, that is very good.

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" at the age of 18, this photographer captured live but on

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and off the stage. I am very happy with the stills

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from the Brighton Dome, they were a very early effort from me, my first

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band shot, I would say, so in spite of the flash not working very well,

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I thought I caught a candid at Bosnia. The cover of the album was

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recently voted the best cover of all time, and it was in this for 40

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years ago that it was heard live for the first time.

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But all did not run smoothly. The band's revolutionary sound

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equipment caused a blackout halfway through the geek. The truth is that

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it was a load of untested kier, brought in and plug in and it was

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sort of overload -- gear. It went wrong after half-an-hour and it

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went wrong on the bass riff of Money, which is the most important

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piece, really, in the whole thing. Images from the band of that night

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and throughout their career sit across from their unique album

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covers, perhaps not as iconic as Dark Side Of The Moon.

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This exhibition continues for another two months. Some of the

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visitors today were huge fans, others just curious, but everyone

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recognises at least one image. Well, we could do with some

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sunshine over the weekend, will we get any? Michael Fish is with us

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now. I'll leave that until later. It

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I'll leave that until later. It will be a nondescript weekend, as I

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said, and that does mean perhaps a lack of sunshine, but more than

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that, affair that of cloud around. There is some good news on the way,

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but it will be windy. We had cloud today, the thickest of the whole

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country was on the eastern side and it also produced some outbreaks of

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rain. We had most of the heavier rain to the north but one or two

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burst came along from time to time, the heaviest in the northernmost

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parts of Kent and we have just seen some breaking out in East Sussex.

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It is going to be a cloudy night, increasingly breezy and it will

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stay cloudy and a bit damp and drizzly from time to time. Not as

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much rain as one would call a nuisance rain, not even getting the

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windscreen wipers working, but some spit sunspots every now and again.

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Temperatures not falling below six or seven degrees. A good deal of

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ground -- ploughed through tomorrow, or again some rain here and there,

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and come the afternoon, the chance of a Klinar or two of brightness.

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It will be a very mild day, temperatures of the 10 of 11, but

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tempered by the fact that it will be windy. Gusts could get up to 40

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mph over the hills and the coast. Tomorrow evening, more of the same,

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the odd spot of rain, but mostly dry with a good deal of cloud, and

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temperatures will not fall buried below. The lowest temperatures will

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be like tonight, six or seven. That is the sort of temperature one

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would expect in the daytime, let alone at night. The reason, of warm

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air introduced, a warm front bringing in a warm sector and it

:26:29.:26:32.

felt the cold front comes down, as it does on Sunday, we will stay on

:26:32.:26:37.

the mild side -- until. The wind will spring a round to the South

:26:37.:26:41.

West, bringing air from green land so it will feel very different, and

:26:41.:26:46.

the unsettled team continues as it turns wet and windy on Tuesday. A

:26:46.:26:50.

couple of mild days followed by a couple of chilly days, all of the

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time windy with strong westerly winds, and that will be reflected

:26:53.:26:56.

in the night-time temperatures, chilly night with some night-time

:26:56.:26:58.

chilly night with some night-time frosts and couple of mild ones as

:26:58.:27:00.

well. Not looking too bad.

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Just before we go, a quick recap of tonight's top stories:

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A dissident Republican has been jailed for life for the murder of

:27:08.:27:10.

two soldiers outside a military barracks in Northern Ireland.

:27:11.:27:13.

Another man was cleared of playing a part in the ambush.

:27:13.:27:16.

A lawyer from Sussex who lied to police that he'd been kidnapped to

:27:17.:27:19.

try to escape a drink-driving charge has been jailed for 12

:27:19.:27:23.

months for attempting to pervert the course of justice.

:27:23.:27:26.

And with the London Olympics just six months away, Kent tourism

:27:26.:27:28.

bosses have launched an appeal for 300 volunteers to help travellers

:27:28.:27:35.

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