27/08/2012 South East Today


27/08/2012

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Good evening. A Kent woman who put up �20,000 in bail money for the

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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says she has no regrets, even

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though she may never see the money again. Assange spent months living

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with Sarah Saunders after she helped to free him from Wandsworth

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prison. But as Assange has now skipped bail and sought asylum in

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the Ecuadorian embassy, in London, the money could now be forfeited.

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This report from our News Correspondent Paul Siegert.

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United States must renounce its witch hunt against WikiLeaks.

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at the centre of one of the biggest news stories of the decade and is

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wanted for questioning in two continents. He had been staying on

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the outs guts of Tunbridge Wells women with Sarah Saunders, walking

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the dog and even doing the cooking. That is what I do for a living so

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it is nice to see someone else do it. He swapped the house in Kent

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for the Ecuadorian embassy in London, a move that came out of the

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blue for Sarah Saunders. I was at work and I came back and he just

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was not there, and I thought, it got to that time when things could

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have been going wrong, and I waited for the phone call. And then I got

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a text, to say that everything was OK. The decision to seek asylum in

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the Ecuadorian embassy means that Sarah Saunders might never see a

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�20,000 bail money ever again. is my kids' future, it is a

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sacrifice, but it is my obligation and I stand by it. It was the right

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thing to do, to put that money up at the time and it is still the

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right thing to do and I have to accept that loss. Despite facing

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charges of sexual assault in Max Weedon, Sarah Saunders is supporter

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of Julian Assange and hopes that he is not extradited to America before

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he returns to face any legal proceedings in Sweden. And you can

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watch an extended interview with The government is being urged to

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honour its pledge to safeguard green belt areas in the south East

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in the face of plans for thousands of new homes. The Campaign to

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Protect Rural England and local protesters claim green belt land

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around cities and towns across England is under threat, from bids

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to build more than 81,000 homes, as well as new roads, industrial parks,

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mines and airport expansion. In Kent, there's particular concern

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for parts of Gravesham. Our concern with in Kent has been not only what

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has happened at Gravesham, where the council decided it was too

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expensive to build within the brownfield area, which should be

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the first option, therefore going straight to the green belt.

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amount of railway capacity on the main Brighton to London line is

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reaching crisis point according to campaigners. The Brighton Main Line

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Two Project wants to reopen the Lewes to Uckfield line and build a

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new railway through the South Downs to improve transport links in

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Sussex. It believes the current Thameslink programme to increase

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capacity on the Brighton Line is inadequate. Rural businesses in

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Kent said they had been left out of pocket after Cable thieves

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attempted to steal copper wire and cut through internet lines. It is

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the second time that the village has been targeted. In -- it is

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rural businesses that suffer with an unreliable internet service.

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These holiday ones were full, no the large bunk houses empty and a

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small bunkhouse is it into, as is the bar and a lodge and the

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campsite has only two families. are certain that it is the loss of

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telephone and e-mail that has caused this. British Telecom has

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got to get a grip of this because it is the third time this year.

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crime in question is the theft of copper lines. Copper is highly

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prized on the open market. The theft means that e-mail inquiries

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cannot be answered and with a hit and miss Moore will signal even

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making a call can be put at risk, too. The owners of an art studio

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would hope to be full of customers on a Bank Holiday Monday, but not

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today. They do not think of the effect on anyone living in the area,

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it looks very remote and well and others like but there are lots of

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businesses and residents, and it affects everything that you do.

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days on, British Telecom have got things back up and running and a

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working with the police and using new technology to catch the

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criminals were over they strike but the problem is rural customers can

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never be sure when they will log on and find that it has happened again.

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The 100th anniversary of the opening of a Kent colliery is being

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celebrated at a festival in Aylesham in a bid to keep the

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miners' community spirit alive. The first coal was bought to the

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surface of Snowdown Colliery in November 1912. The Kent Miners

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Festival is in its fourth year, but it is being stepped up this year to

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make sure people remember the county's mining history. We have

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lost the collieries now, so it is important to remember the

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communities, and the mining communities are still here, and we

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have to remember them and all of the heritage that came with it. It

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is about remembering our fathers and grandfathers and all of the

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miners who have gone before us. are unsure -- Time now for the

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weather forecast. There is some rain on the way. If you are putting

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out the washing, bring it in It is slowly but surely creeping

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towards us throughout the evening. Some sunshine, before that main

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area of rain a rise. There will be a pit of brightness, maybe one or

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two spots of rain, but by the time we get too late evening that band

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of rain will come true. It is not going to be particularly heavy and

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has not want to last all night. It should be gone by the morning.

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Tomorrow, it will be a nice day with sunny spells. Winds will be

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light, temperatures getting up to 22 Celsius, so getting up in time

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to work, and the weather will be beautiful outside, surprise,

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surprise! The computer is overdoing the extent of the rain here, but it

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is going to be overcast on Wednesday, but still not cold,

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