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Smith. And I'm Bryony Mackenzie. Tonight's top stories. How thousands

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of potential illegal immigrants are not being fingerprinted in France by

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UK border staff. We're live in Dover with the latest. Anger as a

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paedophile priest isn't given a prison sentence after being

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convicted of sexually assaulting a former choirboy. Also in tonight's

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programme: A grisly murder near a Kent holiday park. Police hope a

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distinctive dragon ring could help identify the badly beaten victim.

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Arms to the side... Using the ancient art of yoga to help veteran

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soldiers recover in Sussex. And Moment to Moment - the artwork that

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has taken over Rochester Cathedral with 100 dynamic sculptures. Good

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evening. They are supposed to be the front line in the fight against

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illegal immigrants getting into Kent on ferries or through the Channel

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Tunnel. But UK border staff working in France are failing to take the

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fingerprints of thousands of immigrants caught illegally trying

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to enter Britain, according to a new report. The Independent Chief

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Inspector of Borders and Immigration says records should be kept in case

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the same people later try to claim asylum in the UK. Simon Jones

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reports from Calais, where hundreds of would-be illegal immigrants

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continue to gather. They come from Afghanistan and these men say their

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destination of choice is Britain. We love England and we want to live

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there, in England. Have you tried to go to England on a lorry? Yes.For

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times. Five times. And when you are stopped, do they take your

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fingerprints? No, no. This is Calais but inside the port there is a

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little bit of written and at the border controls, the border force

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carry out checks but it has emerged today that since 2010, if they find

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an illegal immigrant, they are not taking fingerprints or any

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photograph because they lack of availability at custody suites. If

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they subsequently get through, like his 15 still ways, fingerprints

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could prove crucial in testing the quality of their asylum claim. --

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still ways. It seems amazing that people are released without any

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attempt by the 40s to find out who they are. Any agreement --

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immigrants sleep rough in the spark and they say that fingerprinting

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would not deter them. Every night I tree. And the police take me from

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the lorry. I risk my life. Running after the train. And one day, I went

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on the lorry. That was very hard. Still, I put my life in danger. 8000

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asylum seekers were caught in France last year. The government will now

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look if fingerprints should be taken in future. The Chief Inspector has

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asked DOS to carry out a review and we said we will do so. They do a

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very good job in Dover keeping the borders secure. Critics warn that

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cutbacks warn -- mean they are increasingly stretched. Joining us

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from Dover is Kevin Mills from the PCS union, who represents UK Border

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Force staff. Thank you for being with us. The Chief Inspector says

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records should be kept in case people tried to come to the UK as

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asylum seekers later on. My R&A not being fingerprinted? Because

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management have decided to prioritise something else and you

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cannot keep robbing Peter to pay Paul. The government decides

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priorities and my members just have to react. Does that not make it more

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difficult in the long run? If you stop people coming here and you do

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not know who they are, they can keep trying? And able continue trying

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that the government will have to look seriously at whether we

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fingerprint. Why employee an inspector and disregard any

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recommendations? We would be more than happy to fingerprint because

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our members only want to secure the borders. But we have not got

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adequate resources to do that and everything else the Department wants

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to do. When you see adequate, do you mean bodies on the ground? We just

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do not have enough staff. We are robbing Peter to pay Paul during the

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summer and at peak periods and morale is at an all-time low. Things

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are not getting a debenture. Does that mean that borders are not

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secure? -- things are not getting better. Things are secure and we do

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an excellent job. But we always say we cannot have enough staff but the

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reality is, we don't have enough staff and we believe to fulfil the

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full role, such as fingerprinting, it cannot do that. Thank you.

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former choirboy who was sexually abused by a Catholic priest has

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spoken of his anger after his offender was allowed to walk free

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from court. 69-year-old Malcolm McLennan was convicted of sexually

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assaulting the child at a church in Medway in the late 1980s. The judge

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said the priest had served a jail term not long ago for similar crimes

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against young boys and there would be no proper and justifiable purpose

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served by another prison sentence. Our Home Affairs Correspondent,

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Colin Campbell, was in court. Are you ashamed of your crimes? Walking

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into court, Malcolm McLennan was today sentenced for sexually abusing

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a choirboy onto occasions in wondrous laid in the late 1980s.

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Instead of jail, he received a three-year community order. I am

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disgusted, it should have been custodial. His victim, who was 13 at

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the time, told me he has felt cheated. I am very upset, I have

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lost a lot of respect for the justice system. Father Malcolm

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convicted the -- committed the offences between 1987 and 1989 and

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was jailed for years ago for sexually abusing three other

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choirboys. He also has convictions for gross indecency dating back to

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the 1970s. Sentencing, the judge said it is highly likely that a

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non-custodial sentence will be misconstrued as lenient but he said

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there was no proper and justifiable purpose in sending the ex-priest

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back to prison and said that he had already been published not long ago

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as a sex offender. All of these cases where we can see sentences

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that are suspended, very short system -- sentences, they send a

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very mixed message to people who think of reporting cases. The court

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heard that his victim reported his abuse to senior Catholic clergy at

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the time but was branded a liar by the Bishop. He said, no more of your

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silly talk and I was shocked. just too frightened at the time

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because I was just a little boy. The distressed. Walking free, his face

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hidden, there were no apologies from the ex-priest. Is it fair that you

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have not gone to jail? Have you got anything you would like to say? To

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your victim? Barred from working with children, he must attend a sex

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offender treatment programme. The dull comfort for his victim. --

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little. In a moment, who wants to be a millionaire? Cameron's fracking

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gaffe over compensation. A murder investigation is underway after a

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man's beaten and partly naked body was found on a beach in East Kent.

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The victim, who was found in Leysdown on the Isle of Sheppey, has

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still not been identified.. Police are hoping that a distinctive dragon

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ring the man was wearing may lead to someone recognising him. Peter

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Whittlesea reports. This beach is the centre of a murder enquiry. A

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man's half naked wadi was fined here shortly before 6am yesterday. And

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this ring on his wedding finger is the only clue to his identity. We do

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not know who he is. The actual degree of the beating is significant

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because it is all over his body. He has clearly been eaten by implement

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and that was an obvious consequence when it comes to looking at somebody

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in the light. It will make it difficult to identify. Information

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is sketchy and police have set up a makeshift investigation headquarters

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and have lodged an appeal. That centres around the warden Bay Area,

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a short distance from where the body was discovered. Holiday-makers said

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that parts of the beach were closed yesterday. We wondered what was

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going on and we discovered there was a body found on the beach. People

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said that he was savagely beaten. We could see the helicopter flying and

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they said an accident had happened. They must have settled down

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somewhere because you could see them flying over. 36 hours after the

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battered body was discovered, what we know? A man is white and bald,

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aged between 30 and 50, of medium build and around five foot and six

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inches - five. Officers carried out caravan enquiries in holiday parks

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of the seafront. Police have been coming this area and they are

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knocking on the caravans and on people 's homes, asking them if they

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have witnessed anything. Additional officers have been drafted in to

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find potential witnesses before they leave the area at the end of the

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holidays. Peter Whittlesea is live in Leysdown now. We have got the

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post-mortem results? That is right, the man died of head injuries and

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police do not believe his body was washed up. They believed he was

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attacked and dumped on the beach and there are very few paths leading to

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the seafront so the police think that whoever killed this man must

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have used one of these. Tonight, officers are still working in the

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village hall, the makeshift headquarters by this investigation,

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and tomorrow, house-to-house calls will continue and police said that

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anyone with information should contact them immediately. Thank you.

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Ram-raiders have struck at a supermarket near Tunbridge Wells,

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ripping a cash machine from the wall in the early hours of this morning.

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A digger which was used in the attack on the Tesco store in Pembury

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was stolen from a nearby garden centre. It is not known if any cash

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was in the machine at the time. shopkeepers in Medway face a Trading

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Standards investigation after being caught selling knives to a child. In

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an undercover operation to reveal those breaking the law, a

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15-year-old volunteer was able to buy steak knives, craft knives and a

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ten inch carving knife from four different shops. Over 100 households

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in East Sussex are still without water after several mains burst

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yesterday. At one point, up to 3000 households were cut off, including

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villagers in Ticehurst and Robertsbridge. South East Water says

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that all the repair work has now been carried out. David Cameron made

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a major gaffe this morning, when he mistakenly said that local

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communities which allow fracking to take place will immediately get �1

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million to benefit the people living there. The actual amount that energy

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companies have agreed to pay when they start exploration is far less

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at �100,000. What we are looking at is a simple system where every time

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a well has been dug, immediately, �1 million goes to the local community

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and not just the Council, but local people so that they can see the cash

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benefit in their local village and time. Our political correspondent,

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Alan Soady, joins us from Westminster now. This is quite a big

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mistake? Downing Street is playing this down, saying that it was a

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simple slip of the time by the Prime Minister during that question

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session earlier on. But a source did acknowledge that what the Prime

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 47 seconds

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Minister said was not correct and possible economic benefits and the

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country, in his view, would make a very big mistake if he did not look

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at the possibilities but the only problem is, those words might have

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been overshadowed by his own mistake on those figures. Thank you. The top

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story... It has been revealed UK border staff working in France are

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failing to take the fingerprints of thousands of immigrants caught

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illegally trying to enter Britain. Independent border inspectors say

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records should be kept in case the same people later try to claim

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asylum in the UK. And the man who saw the terrible moment a hurricane

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fighter plane crashed in Sussex in 1940. And lots of sunshine today but

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we have rain for tomorrow. Join me later for the details. It is a

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therapy that's thousands of years old and is now being used to help

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injured soldiers. A yoga therapist from East Sussex is training

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ex-military in the alternative therapy because they say it is

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helping to ease their physical pain and mental anguish. Susie Jennings,

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from Burwash is working with Help for Heroes centres across the

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country. Ian Palmer has been to see how it works for tonight's special

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report. Arms to the side.It is yielded tailor-made for members of

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the armed services. -- yoga. Susie from East Sussex took one year to

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develop what she calls heroes at ease and Andrew is using this

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technique to help his stress and anxiety. I felt this was my life 's

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work. At this stage of my life. And that was it. I thought, I want to

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work with the military. Between January 2006 and June of this year,

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with an 2000 military personnel were wounded in Afghanistan. After

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surgery, many of them go to sorry for revalidation and to aid

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recovery, some come here, Ted were pious. Lance Bolton is a former

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guardsman who served in Iraq. Now a teacher, he says that yoga helps

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tackle his stress. We do lots of different stretches and breathing

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techniques. And she certainly showed me more interesting techniques. The

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Help for Heroes co-founder explained why disciplines like this are

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important for the people who come here. Yoga helps with flexibility

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and helps the mind. To get people doing things and it is activities

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that everybody can do. It is part of a more holistic approach, and we

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consider medical, mind, body, spirit and family. Susie Jennings has been

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teaching here for the past nine months. In that time, she has helped

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hundreds of men and women. The programme has proved so successful,

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she will introduce it into the United States. The 64-year-old says

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it can help the recovery of injured and damaged military personnel and

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with 45 years of experience, she hosting an extraordinary work of art

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called Moment to Moment - a collection of 100 smaller sculptures

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arranged to tell the dynamic story of a whole life. Created by

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British-based American artist Randy Klein, the individual elements, made

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of bronze, steel and copper, have been described by critics as showing

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pure passion, whose characters seem to be starting to fly. Fiona Irving

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through life. This is a pilgrimage shown in frozen moments. Family

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means responsibility and obligations show progression from carefree child

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to adult hood. These pieces are moments in life so when we look

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through all 100, we relive that life and relive that journey and this is

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all of us. Beginning in childhood, carrying through to the discovery of

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the outside world, marriage, children and there are individual

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moments. Joined together. As a film, you can join them, but each

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individual moment is one sculpture. As a figures process, the story

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changes, they get rid of the material world, look through the

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window, go through the door, and into the spiritual realm. Cathedrals

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are built in such a way that you slowly move higher and higher. Until

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you get to the high altar and that is symbolism, it starts at the door,

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heading up towards the high altar, which is that sacred space.

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Absolutely brilliant. A chance for a weary Pilgrim to reflect on their

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travels. Sport, now... Kent rowers Dan Ritchie and Tom Ransley have

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both been named in the GB men's eight boat for the Rowing World

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Championships in South Korea later this month. Ransley from Ashford won

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a bronze medal in the men's eight at last summer's Olympics. While

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Ritchie, who's from Herne Bay, has had to overcome missing out on 2012

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due to injury, the death of his brother and having a pacemaker

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fitted for a heart complaint to make the team. Sussex all-rounder Luke

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Wright has been named as captain of the England Lions cricket team for a

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series against Bangladesh A. Wright, who's 28, will skipper the side for

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three one-day games starting on August the 20th. The team also

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includes his county team-mate, Chris Jordan. The Lions give young

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cricketers the chance to gain experience of playing at

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international level. In 1940, a young boy witnessed the terrible

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moment when a hurricane fighter pilot crashed into the ground.

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Dennis Noble was killed instantly and his body remained there for more

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than 50 years. It was eventually recovered, thanks to the tireless

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efforts of historian, Keith Arnold and today, he met the eye witness to

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that crash. 73 years ago, the skies above Woodhouse where the

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battlefield. The daily dogfights of the Battle of Britain witnessed on

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the streets below. War at a distance, until aircraft plummeted

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to Earth. This awful screaming signed, like it was coming from

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hell. I pedalled on my bicycle and there was just one chap, he was a

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veteran police man and he was shaking his head and he was leaning

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on his bicycle. He said, he went in with his plane. Sergeant Dennis

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Noble was the pilot, 20 years old and killed after just 27 days in the

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squadron. John Samuel has come to meet the man who has done more than

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anyone to make sure this story is never forgotten. I put together the

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team and onwards we went. Before even putting one spade into the

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ground? About two years.Keith Arnold uncovered the disturbing

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story of the body being left in his graft underground and his parents

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were given a Coughlan containing bricks and some tiny human remains.

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It was not until 1986, following Keith, -- Keith 's research, but the

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aircraft and body recovered. The chap was under the ground. No decent

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grave to go to. They were bringing in pilots with very little training.

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They had no experience. That was it. 27 days of active service. And he

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finished up in Woodhouse Road. Today's meeting was in a nearby pub

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renamed noble house in honour of the lost planet. Pictures and I'm really

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lucky the story alive for generations to come. -- lost pilot.

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Amazing story. Let's get the weather yes, good news. Today, more sunshine

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and showers but some for the eastern parts of Kent but for the most part,

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clear skies and temperatures around average for this time of year with

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highs of around 23 degrees and very light and breezy wind. Very pleasant

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afternoon. The shoulders were fairly light and moving through pretty

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quickly. Through the rest of this evenly, sunshine around but we shall

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see some rain arriving and it be misty and muggy tonight with

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temperatures dropping to around 14 or 15 degrees and plenty of evening

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sunshine and clear skies but we can see this cloud thickening and by

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dawn, all of us will see outbreaks of rain. Certainly quite a different

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start tomorrow. Temperatures dropping to around 15 or 16 degrees.

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Wet start to Friday. This weather front slowly clears out of the way

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for the morning and behind that, prior and brighter. The wind will

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ease but first thing, quite misty and wet. By the afternoon, we see

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breaks in the cloud and still one or two showers but increasingly dry and

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very similar temperatures. They are holding up with highs of around 23

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degrees. Around average for this time of year. Into Saturday,

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increasingly dry with clear skies as well and temperatures staying into

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double figures with lows of around 13 or 14 degrees and for the

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weekend, Saturday looks to be the better day and by the time we get

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into Sunday, some rain arriving but even so, temperatures into the low

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20s. Saturday, around 21. Temperature is holding up. Thank you

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middle of the baby-boom. The highest number of births have occurred for

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40 years. Figures show that more than 800,000 babies were born in the

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UK last year. UK border staff in France or failing to take

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fingerprints of thousands of illegal immigrants trying to enter Britain,

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according to a new report by the Chief Inspector of Borders and

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Immigration. A representative said that his members have been told it

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is not a priority. At the end of the day, management have decided to

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prioritise something else in the workforce and you cannot keep

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