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Welcome to South East Today. I'm Bryony MacKenzie.

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I'm John Young. Five children in one street, five rare birth defects.

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An MP demands an investigation. Too low by half - why Bewl Water

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may need to be topped up from the river after one of the driest

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winters on record. To permit will enable us to drop

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the level to end at -- enable us to take excess water.

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For the little boy who struggles to walk, but not enough for the

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officials, who have removed his benefits.

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The Sussex swimming club celebrating its 100 anniversary.

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And the amateur angler who managed to land the biggest cod ever caught

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by road in the English Channel. -- An MP from Kent is calling for an

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investigation tonight, after it emerged five babies in the same

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street had suffered the same rare birth defect.

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The Gravesham MP, Adam Holloway, made his request to the Department

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of Health after hearing the children had gastroschisis. It

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means part of the bowel protrudes through the stomach wall. Simon

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Jones has been to meet the affected families, who also want answers.

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These mothers thought the birth defect affecting their children was

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something they were going through a loan, until they began talking to

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each other. I had convinced myself it was

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hereditary because it was only my little boy and my sister. When my

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mate Chantelle ran me, I was shocked. I knew that Sonia had had

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the baby would it, but you never know. I don't think it is a

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coincidence any more. This baby was the first case 10

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years ago. Now the defect has been identified with this baby, about to

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be born. It is devastating, because if it is

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something that could be stopped, they will stop at.

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At gastroschisis is a small opening in the front of the stomach, to the

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right of the umbilical cord. the defect allows Loubser of bowel

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to protrude through the opening. It affects around one in 4,000 babies.

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We let the bowel settle and regain its function, which can take many

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weeks. Sometimes there was damage to the bowel from that process of

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the bowel coming out of the added on -- the abdomen.

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The mothers want an investigation to see if there is a link to the

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street they share and to see what the future holds.

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In it is worrying. You think, is it something that could have been

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prevented? We don't even know if these children are going to have

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further problems later on in life, we don't know if she is going to be

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able to have children herself. It could affect her for the rest of

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her life. A Water Bay and the local MP now

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want is some clarity. -- what they and the local MP.

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Is it any clearer whether these cases could be linked? The simple

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answer at the moment is no. Expert opinion suggests this can be linked

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to underweight babies, which can be linked to lifestyle choices of the

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bait -- the parents. I asked if the parents whether they thought

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smoking could be an issue and they said no, because some smoke and

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some do not, but the local MP has asked the Department of Health to

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investigate, but experts say it is far too early to for -- to draw any

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firm conclusions before an investigation takes place.

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We have just had the driest 10 months since 1888, according to one

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of our major water companies, which is to take emergency action to

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prevent water restrictions in the summer.

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Southern Water says Bewl Reservoir, on the Kent/Sussex border, is only

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41% full. The long-term average is almost 90% full. As Peter

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Whittlesea reports, the company has applied for a drought permit which

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would allow it to fill up the reservoir by taking more water from

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the River Medway. At its lowest level ever - that is

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what has prompted Southern Water to apply for a drought permit. The

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company wants to take Water to replenish Bewl Reservoir, which

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gives water to homes as far away as Hastings.

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Have the permit will enable us to drop the level in the River Medway

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to take excess water out. It is a long way removed from a drought

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order, which sees things like car washing prevented, so it is a long

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way from that but it is the first stage to make sure we have enough

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water for the summer. The residents can take as much

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water as they can carry. At the worst drought in living

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memory but, since 1976, a lot has been done to encourage people to

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use water wisely so a lot are aware of the impact of a dry winter.

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A bit shocked, but we have not had a lot of rain. Do you do anything

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to save water? Yes, I turn the tap off when I brush my teeth, shared

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baths with my son. My mother told me there would be a

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water shortage and it would be bad this summer but I am sure we are

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not going to dehydrate. Make more provision for other reservoirs,

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because motor of -- most of the infrastructure was done in

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Victorian times. If water companies claim they are

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playing their part by tackling leaks but the Environment Agency

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says the problem is low rainfall. Two consecutive dry winters are, so

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we have large parts of the south east of England in deficit. They

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have not had enough water to recharge for the summer. Farmers

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and the environment are feeling the effect already in February.

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At the All reservoir, every week without rain sees the water levels

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drop. -- Bewl Reservoir. Does Southern Water think this

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action will be enough? They think it is crucial to act quickly

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because Bewl Reservoir is only 41 % full and they also say that what is

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crucial is the amount of water we use. Fortunately, although the

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reservoir is alarmingly low, the majority of the water supply here

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in the South East comes from underground chalk aquifers, and

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they are at normal levels. Nobody is predicting a return to the

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drought conditions of 1976 yet. One month after he lost his job,

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one -- good news for 110 steelworker who has just got a job.

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How did you feel when you heard that? Ecstatic. Very happy. Keith

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a single mother from Kent whose son's disability means he struggles

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to walk has been told the family will lose their specially adapted

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car, because the little boy's needs no longer meet the criteria.

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Seven-year-old Cameron Gibson from Gillingham is severely autistic and

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has cerebral palsy, but the Department for Work and Pensions

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say he is no longer entitled to a higher rate of mobility allowance.

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Our reporter Alex Beard has been to meet the family.

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Calm down, we are going to get ready.

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The Cameron Gibson will never lead an independent life. At his mother

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says a relatively normal life is achievable thanks to a car catered

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to his disabilities. He screams and bites himself and

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people look and he gets very upset and annoyed.

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Cameron's cerebral palsy means that he has to wear splints on his legs.

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He has no language skills and often gets frustrated. The Department for

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Work and Pensions, who provide the funding for the car, believe he is

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no longer eligible for the high rate of mobility benefits and the

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car will be collected at the end of the month.

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It would mean that I would not be able to get Cameron to his four

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hours a week respite, we would not be able really to get out of the

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house to go anywhere. A family is eligible for a higher

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rate of mobility if the child can only walk short this be --

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distances without discomfort or has severe behavioural problems.

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We need assessments that gather all the in -- the information about an

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individual and what a set -- what impact an assessment has on he --

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on him or her. As Cameron's full-time carer says,

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she could not afford the car by any other means. -- full-time carer,

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Gemma. Any child wants to go out to the

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river and see the boats and the pirate ship. Why should he have to

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live differently from any other child?

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In two weeks' time the car will be collected, but Jana says she plans

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to appeal the decision. -- Gemma. What have the Department for Work

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and Pensions had to say about the case? They said in a statement that

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the disability living allowance is paid to people who are unable or

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virtually unable to walk or dress or clean themselves. They say that

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if a person's circumstances change they may not receive the benefit

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any more. In the case of the Gibsons, the benefit is the car.

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Gemma says that she will appeal the decision but she knows it will take

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too long to stop the car being removed at the end of the month,

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but she hopes to get it back in the future.

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A retired businessman from Kent who has failed in his appeals over

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extradition has now been told he will be sent to the United States

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on Friday next week. Christopher Tappin, who is accused of

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conspiring to sell components for Iranian missiles, has been asked to

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be at Heathrow Police Station on February 24th, when US marshals

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will escort him in custody to America.

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Police have identified a Lithuanian man who died after injuring himself

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with a broken bottle at Gatwick Airport railway station eight days

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Anikinas after he was seen inflicting serious neck injuries on

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himself. First aid was given by police officers, paramedics and

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airport staff but he later died. The trust that runs hospitals in

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Eastbourne and Hastings says they are confident they can improve

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standards, following a warning from the health watchdog. The Care

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Quality Commission found that East Sussex Health Care NHS Trust's

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monitoring standards were not robust and there was still an over-

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reliance on locum staff to cover middle grade doctors and

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consultants. It is almost a month now since the

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steel makers Thamesteel closed in Sheerness, with the loss of nearly

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400 jobs. Today the task force set up to help

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them find new jobs began the challenging task of sending letters

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to businesses asking if they could help, but, as Katherine Downes

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reports, one man has had good news already.

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Shocked and devastated. That is how Mark Conium felt when Thamesteel

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closed last month. But after three weeks of searching he is the first

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former apprentice to La -- land a new job.

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I knew the boss so I gave him a call and asked for a reference and

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he said, I will go one further and I will be able to use you for work.

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How did you feel? Ecstatic. I am saying that my business is

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growing to the point where I can take an apprentice to further

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development might -- develop my business. Companies in this day and

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age need to look at their business and how it will survive in the

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future. I think that apprentices are a good means of developing

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businesses. Following the closure of Thamesteel

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there are now 400 highly-skilled workers out of a job, along with

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seven fully trained at British -- apprentices and eight Filey -

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Raphael year apprentices. A push has started to get them back into

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work. Thamesteel went into administration

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last month and last week a task force went -- met for the first

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time and sent letters to Kent businesses asking if they have any

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vacancies for former employees. I am so chuffed because my inbox is

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starting to steam up with e-mails from businesses, saying, yes, we

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have some vacancies. We are not saying this is a silver bullet but

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it is just really heart-warming to see Kent businesses rising to the

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challenge. Pressure is also mounting on the

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government to process redundancy payments of former Thamesteel staff.

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They have not been paid in weeks but now there is hope that some at

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least will find a new job almost as It is 17 minutes to seven. Our top

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story tonight: An MP from Kent is calling for an

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investigation after it emerged that five babies in the same street had

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suffered the same rare birth defect. Adam Holloway, the MP for Gravesham,

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made his request to the Department of Health after hearing the

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children were born with a condition that left their bowel protruding

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through their stomach wall. Also in tonight's programme:

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Whether it is rain, sun all wind you are after, there is something

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for everyone. Find out your forecast later on.

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And colossal catch. We're speaking to the man who landed the biggest

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cod ever caught in the English Channel.

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If you have a story you think we should be covering on South East

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should be covering on South East A few years ago, the idea of an

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airport in the Thames Estuary seemed pie in the sky. And yet

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within a matter of weeks, the Government's expected to announce a

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formal consultation looking at not one, but three different sets of

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plans. The proposal for an airport on the Isle of Grain by the

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architect Sir Norman Foster, which was unveiled last year, will now be

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looked at alongside expansion ideas for existing airports - and an

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alternative in the estuary, dubbed Boris Island. For tonight's Special

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Report, our Environment Correspondent Yvette Austin looks

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at why some fear their village will disappear and the wildlife will

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vanish. At first sight, you might think it

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is a dull and muddy, unproductive expanse of waste land, but look

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closely and the north Kent marshes are rich in wildlife. The last

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remaining expanse of wilderness in the south-east, and it is under

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threat. An airport out in the Thames Estuary or an airport on the

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Isle of Grain. Conservationists argue either would destroy this

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haven. It has been designated for international importance, we have

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12 species of birds that the area is particularly noted for. One of

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them is a species that 70 years ago was extinct as a breeding bird.

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all, more than 50 different species of waterfowl, waders and goals can

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be found here, an estimated there - - 80,000 birds. Experts think that

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Sir Norman Foster's plans for Arron Large is the most serious scheme

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and would mean the birds being moved on -- before Grain. In 2009,

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a US Airways Airbus pitch into the Hudson River in New York after

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colliding with a flock of birds before take-off. All of the

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proposed runways stretch out to sea. We are in the Thames Estuary in

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shallow water, about five metres under here. But if Norman Foster's

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plan goes ahead, we wouldn't be floating on water, we would be on

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tarmac at the end of the four runways which would extend back on

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to Grain. And the habitat the wildlife that so enjoys would be re

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created elsewhere. We know it is an important place, just by looking at

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the variety of life, but to think we can recreate it somewhere else,

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I don't think it is possible and any suggestion that it is is

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irresponsible. Legislation requires had it had to be created because

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the plan would damage internationally protected areas. A

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number of nature reserves are also close by. Boris Johnson's idea is

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further out in the Thames Estuary, but Lord Foster's proposal would be

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built directly on the salt marsh and mud flats, with rail links

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coming through more of the countryside. So it is far more than

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just birdlife that could suffer. The underwater world is a fragile

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Eacott -- fragile ecosystem which intertwines with the marshes and

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its mammals, like the water vole and the water shrew. More salt

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marsh is being lost in this country than any other kind of habitat, so

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we are choosing to build a huge airport, destroying one of the last

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bits of world and as we have got, so it is wrong. We need to stop

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destroying our wilderness and develop areas that have already

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been developed. In addition to environmental costs, the economic

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one. Environmentally it would be devastating but also the economic

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costs would be enormous. A new airport, you are talking up to �80

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billion, and that will add another 60-�80 to every plane ticket, so it

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doesn't make any sense economic the and his devastating environmentally.

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It is early days in his battle to save at the north Kent marshes. --

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this latest battle. And on Thursday next week, we'll be

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looking at the arguments in favour There aren't many clubs that can

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say they've been around for 100 years and have members that range

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in age from six to 93. But there's one in East Grinstead that can make

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that claim this year. The town's swimming club was

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originally founded to make sure its youngsters could cope in the water.

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Today, as Ian Palmer's discovered, the pool is a bit warmer but the

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aim remains the same. Some of the original members of

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East Grinstead Swimming Club. This picture was taken in 1898, 40 years

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before it officially started. The years may change, but each member

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100 years on, East Grinstead Swimming Club is still teaching the

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young and not-so-young all about water safety. This club has always

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taken people that can only just swim. So you haven't got to be

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magnificent swimmers to join in. It is a really friendly club and ride

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from the beginning, we used to teach all of the children in the

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town how to swim. It wasn't done in schools in those days. The at Ball

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Paul -- the outdoor pool eventually closed down. Some members can

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remember how it was an advantage against visiting clubs. They didn't

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heated until about 1970, so you were swimming in 50, 60 degrees,

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but you got used to it. I joined seven or eight years ago and it has

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become part of my life. I have grown up around it and I have made

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so many friends from it and I have also achieved quite a lot from my

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fitness level and by social level as well, with all of us, to be

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honest. Recently, somebody discovered the club's original

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notebook. It goes through to about 1924, missing out part of the World

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War years. The spite of its popularity, the club are still

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looking for new members -- in spite. To celebrate its centenary, as

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willing spectacle will be held in the 10 High Street. They say it

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will be taught about for the next 100 years -- a swimming spectacle

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will be held in the town high street.

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And if you are wondering what that amounts to, it is a sort of Jacuzzi

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thing in the High Street. Quite hard work, I would think. We look

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forward to it. Despite being injured, a small dog

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had a lucky escape this morning after it fell over a cliff in

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Ramsgate. The dog, called Molly, fell several feet down a sheer drop

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on the West Cliff. It was rescued by a passing police sergeant who'd

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seen its owner, a woman in her seventies, very upset.

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This morning, while I was policing the Animal protest at Ramsgate port,

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a lady informed me that her dog had fallen through the railings and

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down part of the cliff. I went and assisted with the recovery by

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jumping over the railings and sort of holding on with a tray and

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grabbing hold of the dog's collar and pulling it up -- a tree.

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It took 30 minutes to land but little did Chris Proctor know that

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he'd landed what's thought to be the biggest cod ever caught in the

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English Channel. And that's not all - keen anglers may wish to cover

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their ears at this point - it happened on his first ever sea

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fishing trip. The drama unfolded off Pevensey Bay last week and

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since then, Chris tells us he's had pan-fried cod, cod in batter, a

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fish stew and a fish pie. His catch weighed 43lb, 9oz -

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beating the previous record of 35lb, which was set in 2000. But the

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British record is 58lb, which was landed off North Yorkshire. Lucinda

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Adam's heard the story. You are not going to believe it.

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40lb. Yes! Celebrating their record-breaking catch. Chris

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Proctor and his friends can hardly believe their eyes. Not bad for

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their first trip catching cod. see this being the coming up from

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the abyss and that is that magic moment, when you see this huge

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creature surfacing. It is also that moment when you realise it is

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literally about to get in the boat. Until it is in the boat, you

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haven't caught it. That is the exciting part of it, the sense of

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not knowing. I was lucky enough to catch at 21lb and I was fighting

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that while Chris was with the biggest fish. The C minor against

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the 43 was an absolute joy. Already the envy of his fellow anglers, by

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the time he reached the shore for the official weigh-in, rumours were

:23:54.:23:59.

already causing a stir. He got the scales said, and you have two guys

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holding it either side. -- out. People were filming it and

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everything and it went to 43, nine, which is a dead weight, and when it

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was caught on the scales on the boat, it went to 46, 5. It is the

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biggest catch fishermen here have ever seen but it does come amid a

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spate of several catches that have been larger than average, with

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fishes topping-up 30lb. So much so, there is a wall of fame of colossal

:24:29.:24:35.

cods. And Chris's is right at the top.

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That is what camera funds are for, you never get bored of watching

:24:40.:24:44.

that footage -- phones. Is it weather for a fishing

:24:44.:24:52.

expedition? No, it is not really fishing

:24:52.:24:58.

weather, but we have a mixture, a dolly mixture for your delectation.

:24:58.:25:00.

Whatever whether you fancy, we have Whatever whether you fancy, we have

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a flavour of everything. Tomorrow is going to be fairly cloudy and a

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bit of a dull day, but on Saturday the wind is picking up, some wet

:25:07.:25:12.

weather coming down, we do need some rain, and on Sunday we get

:25:12.:25:15.

this sunshine back again, though it will start to feel a bit cooler for

:25:15.:25:20.

Sunday and into Monday before the mild air pushes back again. Quite a

:25:20.:25:24.

mixture for the next few days, but one thing is for sure, but tonight,

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tomorrow and into Saturday, it is very mild. Even with the chinks of

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clear sky, we are going to find the temperature very mild, six or seven

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degrees and not a hint of frost overnight. Tomorrow, not much

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chance of getting any kinks in the cloud at all, it is just going to

:25:43.:25:48.

be a very cloudy and bowled day, and once again, it will be thick

:25:48.:25:53.

enough to give some spots of drizzle -- bowl. It is not going to

:25:53.:25:58.

affect temperatures, still getting up to 10 or 11 degrees, so above

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average. As we go into tomorrow evening, we will start to detect a

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change. Firstly, the wind will be increasing the, that will be

:26:07.:26:12.

happening all through tomorrow night. Saturday start of mild,

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those winds will be quite strong, a few showers first thing and some

:26:17.:26:20.

sunshine in the middle of the day but later on this cold front comes

:26:20.:26:24.

down and that will bring not only some heavy bursts of rain at the

:26:24.:26:30.

end of the afternoon, but also the cold air into Saturday night. An

:26:30.:26:34.

icy start to Sunday but beautiful sunshine. But we will notice the

:26:34.:26:38.

drop in the temperature. We have got some cloudy conditions for the

:26:38.:26:42.

next couple of days, Saturday that rain, particularly at the end of

:26:42.:26:46.

the day and Sunday, it turns colder but with some beautiful sunshine

:26:46.:26:51.

for Sunday and Monday. The cold snap will last just 48 hours. By

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Tuesday, the milder air will win Tuesday, the milder air will win

:26:55.:26:57.

again. That is good, thank you. Let's have

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a quick recap of the headlines. David Cameron has said he would

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consider devolving more power to Scotland so long as there is a no

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vote in a future independence were from. He made the comments before

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talks with Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond.

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An MP from Kent is calling for an investigation after it emerged five

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babies in the same street had suffered the same rare birth defect.

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And Southern Water has applied for a drought permit because it is only

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41% fall in this reservoir. More water would be allowed from the

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