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life has happened we have no control whatsoever. In desperation,

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the family has made an internet appeal, also being shown on TV to

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the people of Reunion for information. In a place like that,

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�10,000 is a lot of money. You have shanty towns alongside the nice

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beach resorts so this could be a lot of money and bring people

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forward to help. This is where the body was found. The authorities in

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Reunion said they are still trying to determine whether Mr Davies was

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attacked or whether it was a traffic accident that ended badly.

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TRANSLATION: We are doing everything we can. There are three

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investigating officers and three from another group. They are trying

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to find the perpetrator and everyone is determined to find the

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truth. Hundreds turned out for Carl's funeral. The family says the

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support is keeping them going. That was Simon Jones, who joins us

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live from Maidstone. What support is the force able to give Carl

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Davies' family? The family have found it frustrating. What happened

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to their son happen so far away that it is not within the

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jurisdiction of Kent Police. But officers helped make the show that

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is now being shown on TV in Reunion. It seems that car had not suffered

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any form of sexual assault and officers say they are prepared to

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offer any support police and Reunion would like.

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A Medway Council has spent thousands of pounds printing

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stickers and posters denouncing plans to create a new airport in

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the Thames estuary Kohl and giving them away free in libraries. The

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campaign is angering business leaders who support the idea of

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building a new airport and say it is a misuse of public money. Our

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Business Correspondent is live in Chatham. The council are defending

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themselves pretty robustly over this. They are. These are some of

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the flyers they have produced and they are adamant there is no public

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appetite for a Thames estuary airport. They say the business case

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has not been made and they intend to fight this.

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Posters, flyers and bumper stickers with a very clear message from

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Medway Council, but questions as to whether they should be objecting so

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strongly to an estuary airport and spending money this way it has them

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coming out fighting. We are trying to get people to realise just how

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serious a threat this could be. Everyone treated it as a bit of a

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joke - a Boris Ireland! In fact, it is a very serious issue. The Medway

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has a history. In 2003, they spend thousands of fighting plans for

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another airport. The council has a �50,000 budget and more than �3,000

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has been spent on a poster campaign. Airport supporters want a

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referendum to gauge local opinion but the council says that would

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cost �250,000. At this local printing business, campaigners are

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furious with Medway Council for not considering the upsides of a new

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airport. They seem to have just taken the issue and said they don't

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want it and it will never happen, end of. They have not looked at

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what the benefits would be to the local area. If it is the case that

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there are some jobs and some wealth and improvements to be Bob's lives,

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if there is a possibility of that, we ought to look into it.

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The proposals for a new airport includes the so called Boris

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Ireland. But while any new airport would have fed the ball's lies,

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opinion is divided on the council's poster campaign. I think they ought

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to stop it. We don't need anything like that round here and the

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council should get involved. don't think it is the wrong

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location. I think it will be good for the county. We are going to get

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a lot of noise where we live. spend a lot of money on the council

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doing a lot of things and I can think of a lot of things we need

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more than this. The row decided to continue with the publication this

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month of the Government's consultation on air corps --

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airport capacity in the South East. The Department of Transport will

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not confirm when that document will be published but it could be as

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early as next week, and that is bound to reignite this row on both

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sides. Coming up: How a photographs say to

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baby saved the's life by revealing the difference between her

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complexion and that of her twin sister. -- how a photographed saved

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baby Sophie. Efforts to cut teenage pregnancy in

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Brighton and Hove have been hailed a great success with a drop of more

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than 25%, despite the authority still having a rate above the

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national average. In 1998, there were 48.1 pregnancies per 1000

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under 18-year-olds but their latest figures show that has dropped to

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38.9, one of the latest -- lowest figures in the country a. The South

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East's overall average is 28.3 per 1000. One young mum says more

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advice needs to be on offer. They talk to me about contraception but

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I was at a Catholic school so they did not talk about it that much.

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You had a sex education class once every three months, so there was

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not much information. So how does Brightman had compared with other

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local authorities in the region? It has more than twice as many teenage

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pregnancies as Tunbridge Wells, which has just a 14.5 per 1000

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teenagers. The problem is far greater in Thanet, which has almost

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59 pregnancies per 1000 teenagers. That is not much lower than the

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London borough of Haringey. service has done a really good job.

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National economics make things difficult, as well. Young people

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need to have aspirations and need to think about what they can do

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after school and that sort of thing. When there is unemployment, it

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makes it more difficult. Our social affairs correspondent joins us live

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from Brighton. They have achieved one of the country's biggest balls

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but there is still a long way to go. Yes, what they have achieved his

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because of a special targeted approach which began last May. A

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number of changes have been made. There are now drop-in clinics for

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young people and children to go to after school. There is better sex

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education in schools, but as you said there is a long way to go. The

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council still has not met a target that they wanted to meet in 2010

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for the number of teenage pregnancies in the city. There is

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work to do. Brighton and Hove City Council says

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that any teenager who uses youth or social services will continue to be

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given sexual health advice and they believe their ongoing sexual

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education programme in schools will continue to bring teenage pregnancy

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rates down. Two retired priest arrested on

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suspicion of sexual abuse have been released on police bail. Canon

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Gordon Rideout, who is alleged to have abused nine children whilst

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working in Sussex, was released this afternoon. Robert Coles, who

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was detained on suspicion of abusing three young men in the

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1970s and 1980s was released as well.

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The sentencing of Scott Meredith, Dalena Claydon and two other men at

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the Old Bailey today follows the robbery of �11,000 from a security

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guard in March last year. Another from Brighton has set up a

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support group for the parents and siblings of injured servicemen in

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the South East. Julia Molony's son, Captain Anthony Harris, lost his

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leg in Afghanistan. She says there is little help available for

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families in similar situations but hopes that the Ripple Pond Group

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can provide more support. I thought that if I got people who come from

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somewhere like Havers heath all East Grinstead, those people might

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think that they could have something closer for themselves. It

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will ripple out words and set up little groups all around the place

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and people will have a physical contact.

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A photograph of their twins as babies remains Louise and Chris

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Tubman just how close one of the infants came to death. Next to her

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sister Megan, Sophie Tubman's smaller size and yellow complexion

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one alarm bells for her it parents. When I finally got save the to

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hospital, they were told she had a life-threatening condition. -- when

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it they got so feet. Megan and save the are not

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identical twins but the difference in their early development was

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startling. By the time this photo was taken at six weeks, then mum

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and dad were already convinced something was not right.

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differences quietude and with Megan being read head, she is very fair

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in complexion. The colour in their skin got further and further apart

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on a daily basis. Everyone, including their GP, in -- agreed

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Sophie had jaundice. What had not been spotted was that instead of

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the common kind, this indicated serious liver problems. You go on

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what the GP says - they are the medical profession. If the GP says

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that it is OK and will go away, then that is what you believe.

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still concerned, they pushed for a hospital appointment. They read to

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start slapped -- the Registrar sat with so feet on his lap and I could

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see the look on his face - what he expected to find was there. He told

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me that this is where we would be going, there was something really

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wrong with my baby. A problem with her bile duct had damaged her liver.

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She was referred immediately to King's in London for an urgent

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operation. She is in a very good condition at the moment. But there

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is a possibility that she could still need a liver transplant.

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having a surgery in time should have put back any need for a

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transplant for many years. We often hear about the health

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benefits of getting children out into the open air but educational

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experts believe encouraging them to study our doors could also improve

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their performance in the classroom. A so-called Forest School -- school

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has pupils learning in a of Wadland environment and is becoming popular.

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-- a woodland environment. School dinners with a difference. On the

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menu today, sausages on hand carved sticks and campfire bread, all

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cooked by the children themselves. We are beneath the flightpath of

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Gatwick Airport but it feels like the middle of nowhere. It is

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certainly one million miles away from a formal classroom. They spend

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a couple of days per term here, learning practical skills like

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cutting wood and building shelters. But the staff say there are

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tangible academic benefits, too. They learn to concentrate --

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concentrate. We are always telling students to concentrate and hearing

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the outdoors, especially doing something like whittling sticks,

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dealing with real sharp tools, they know they need to concentrate. Then

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you can talk to them about how it felt and encourage them. It is

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about their learning skills. Back at the school, a large urban

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College, the students say their work here has improved because of

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their experiences outdoors. When I am inside I get really bored. When

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you are outside, you can think of stuff to do because you have done

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it previously. It is more open and you know what to do. It gives you

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more options. We thought the Forest schools, do are more active,

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whereas in lessons you are just sitting down writing, getting bored

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and losing focus. Whereas you are out there being adventurous,

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learning. Children who go to Forest School develop social skills,

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communication skills, resilience and the ability to persist at tasks.

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Those skills are transferable. It this is all funded by grant money

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from the local authority. Many of the children have had problems at

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school, but bringing them here to the great outdoors has transformed

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their behaviour when they are back The top story tonight: The parents

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of a Kent teacher believed to have been murdered on the Indian Ocean

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island of Reunion have offered a �10,000 reward to catch his killer.

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Carl Davies' family were initially told by the authorities that he'd

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died after falling into a ravine. A week later they were told he may

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have been beaten to death. Also in tonight's programme: Face

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to face with the lions of the Masai Mara. The hi-tech beetlecam helping

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to capture some remarkable images. Wet and blustery to start the day,

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I joined me later in the programme to find out the full forecast.

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When antique shop owner Patrick Going found a printed invitation

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card in the pocket of a 1940's demob suit, he immediately knew

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he'd found something remarkable. Because the invitation was for the

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then President of Bohemia to have dinner with Adolf Hitler, in Berlin

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- dated just days after the outbreak of the Second World War.

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But is the card genuine? And how did it end up in Tunbridge Wells?

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Peter Whittlesea has tonight's special report.

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As Czechoslovakia's Parliament is resolved... This man became the

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president of Bohemia and Moravia after the end of Czechoslovakia. He

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is regarded as one of the most tragic figure has been checked

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history, because of his collaboration with Hitler. But now,

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an invitation from Hitler to him has emerged in Tunbridge Wells.

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the top inside pocket of this suit, a 1950 suit, was this card. I

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pulled it out like that. Just a bit of card. I saw the gold on one side.

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I opened it up. There it was. To see something that had perhaps been

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handled by a one of the most evil people in history, and then freed

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to belong to one of the more tragic history is of the modern 20th

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century, was very shocking and exciting. In 1939, the City of

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pride was interviewed by the Germans while he was in Berlin. --

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the city of Prague. The invitation found in Tunbridge Wells was for

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her a banquet in Berlin. He was supposed to go to Berlin to pledge

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his loyalty to Hitler, but instead, he sent in a list of demands,

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perhaps not a man's, suggestions, but the Germans downplayed it, and

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Hitler doesn't really borrowed about him coming at all. -- doesn't

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really bother. The Imperial War Museum believes it is a genuine

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invitation providing an insight into diplomatic tension at the

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In June, the Queen celebrates 60 years on the throne. And the

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Diamond Jubilee celebrations will bring back happy memories for

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Glenys Puxty, from Minster, on the Isle of Sheppey. In 1953, she was

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chosen to be Queen for a day at a coronation street party. And for

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the first of our Jubilee My Photo series, this is her story.

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The dress was red taffeta, made by my mother, and I had a club which

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was made out to the dressing gown. It was dyed red. It was covered in

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cotton wool. It looked like Herman the way it was made. There was a

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gorgeous Crown. I was friends with lots of children on the road. Their

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parents or said, why don't we invite Cliona Santa two brothers to

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dryness. They put all of our names in a hat, and luckily, my name was

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called out. It was a lovely feeling. I was very excited. I was very

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proud to be allowed to be the queen of Thames Avenue. It was great

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seeing everybody all excited and looking forward to the party and

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all laughing, and children running and waving, all in a fancy dress.

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That stands out more than anything. It was a break from all of the

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mundane things and the beginning of a new era. Especially, with the

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Queen, a new queen, and yes, I think it was the start of a new

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life. And if you have a great photo of

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yourself celebrating a Royal event, we'd love to hear from you. Maybe

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you've met the Queen, had a role to play in a royal event, or even

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worked for the royal family. If you have a photo that helps tell the

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story, write to us at the address on the screen now, or you can email

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Onto football, and Charlton Athletic have suffered their first

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home defeat of the season. Bradley Wright Phillips and Johnny Jackson

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came close to scoring at the Valley. But in the end Charlton lost 2-0 to

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Colchester. They're still 13 points clear though at the top of League

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One. But it was a better night for

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Gillingham, who extended their winning run to four in a row with

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victory over Barnet. The Gills came back from 1-0 down to win 3-1 at

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Priestfield, Charlie Lee sealing the win four minutes from the end.

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In the Championship, Brighton and Hove Albion could move up into the

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play-off places with victory against Cardiff City at the Amex

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Stadium tonight. The Seagulls have been boosted by the news that Craig

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Noone has signed a new contract with the club until 2015. The 24-

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year-old actually turned down a move to Cardiff earlier in the

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season. In the past we've featured their

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stunning images of wildebeest and mosquitoes. Now brothers Will and

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Matt Burrard-Lucas, from Sevenoaks, have turned their attention to

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lions. They've just returned from the Masai Mara game reserve in

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Kenya, where their innovative remote-controlled camera, nicknamed

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the "beetlecam", has produced truly stunning footage.

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This is Beetlecam. Brave and bold he goes places other cameras

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wouldn't dare. Even if it's face to face with a lion. They were

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prowling around, looking for their weaknesses, and when we got

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photographs, they were moving in and out. One of the wheels fell off.

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One of the cops came right up, and ran off with the appeal, and he got

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a great photograph. The original Beetlecam was killed in action on

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an earlier excursion. Attacked by another lion. But thanks to some

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new armour, Beetlecam mark two returned from the latest trip to

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the Masai Mara with only a few battle wounds. This is the outer

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shell, it is our marriage. I hope it is line prove. -- lion proof.

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Working with his brother Matt, Will's Beetlecam allows him to get

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the kind of pictures photographers dream of. We found this big male

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lion, and he had a fresh kill, and he was facing the rising Sun,

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beating the wildebeest, and he completely ignored our camera, and

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we managed to manoeuvre around and take some stunning photographs with

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perfect light, bowser some of our favourite shots and we will never

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beat them, really. But that doesn't mean he's giving up! Will's got

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many more trips planned for Beetlecam. And some even tougher

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armour too - ready for the next mauling.

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They are accused killers! -- cute Some high pressure building,

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increasingly settled and mild. Clear skies. A cold, bright start

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with hazy and mild weather later in the afternoon. To date, wet and

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blustery. The south-westerly wind beating 30 mph. Strong gusts, more

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like 40 to 50 mph. Highs of 11 degrees, 52 Fahrenheit. Clearer

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skies to end the day. We will hold on to those through the day. Eight

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chilly picture with temperatures of two or three degrees. -- actually

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picture. A cold, bright start with high pressure building. Plenty of

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sunshine around for the morning. In the afternoon, more cloud

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developing. Temperatures not too bad, 8-ten degrees. Into tomorrow

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night, temperatures staying mild. Five or six degrees. Some cloud

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around, so a mild started the day. Plenty of cloud, 12, 13 degrees. We

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hold on to the mild air into the weekend. High pressure in control

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of things. The lighter winds, temperatures around 12 or 13

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degrees. The wind easing off, so if you're out and about over the

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