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the windscreen first thing in the morning. That is

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Britain's most venomous spider. And all for one and one for all `

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the Kent actor who's been c`st as one of the Three Musketeers.

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Britain's most venomous spider. And all for one and

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One for all. The Kent at her starring as one of the thred

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Musketeers. `` actor. Good evening. The UKIP Leaddr and

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South East MEP Nigel Farage has been attacked by a group angry protestors

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as he visited Thanet this afternoon after a difficult 48 hours for his

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party. Earlier Mr Farage was criticised for saying that working

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mothers are worth less to chty firms than men. It comes the day `fter he

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suspended a UKIP councillor for suggesting the recent floods were a

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result of legalising gay marriage. Our Political Reporter Ellid Price

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has been speaking to him. It is a measure of how far is party has come

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that there are more protestdrs outside in meeting them inshde! But

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he did speak about those colments. The Prime Minister was warndd that

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disasters would follow if hd went in this direction. He has pershsted and

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I believe this is a repercussion from this godlessness. It is part of

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a voluntary party. It is embarrassing but the story has been

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given greater length than it deserves. David Sylvester's opinions

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are not the first to cause ` headache for Nigel Farage. Hn

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September Mr Bloom had his whip removed for saying that womdn who

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did not clean behind the frhdge where slats. And another wolan was

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suspended over a wretched anti`Semitic comments that `ppeared

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on her intranet pages. Do you think that these comments will dalaged the

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party? I think UKIP are doing a good job of that all by themselvds. This

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is the views of just one cotncillor and can be taken with a pinch of

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salt. Nigel Farage insists that the soul focus of his party is now the

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European elections in May. But the current Tory MP for this arda has

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already announced that they are standing down.

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Dramatic pictures of a machete`wielding robber att`cking a

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Kent shop worker have been released by police tonight. The assatlt on

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Sasi Kumar, who runs a food and wine store in Gillingham, were c`ptured

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on CCTV. They show the robbdr brazenly walking around the shop `

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then struggling to open the till. Mr Kumar was able to hold the `ttacker

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inside the shop for around ten minutes while he called the police.

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Ian Palmer reports. That accorded to nine, CCTV catches

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the robber walking into the shop, machete at the ready. Shopkdeper

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says Ukuma was on his own stacking the shelves. He told the massed men

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that he should get the monex from the till himself. Then with the

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robber behind the counter, he made a run for it, trapping the man inside.

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He says he was afraid of th`t nerves kicked in and he was not gohng to

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let the knifeman gets away with clearing the place. As he hdld the

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door man inside tried desperately to get out, slashing at the window

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while he phoned the police. In the end Mr Kumar did have two three two

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`` have to flee to safety. Police are linking it with an earlher

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attempted robbery in Chathal. On that occasion the staff man`ged to

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press the panic alarm. In a moment. Four arrests after the

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death of a man in Crawley found unconscious in an alleyway.

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The mother of a Gravesend m`n suspected of dying after taking a so

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called legal high has launched a campaign to get them banned. We will

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be coming to that story in ` moment. First, a Sussex travel comp`ny is

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accused of neglect after a Royal Navy scientist died of altitude

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sickness on her way to Mount Everest. Rachel Burke becamd ill in

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the notorious "Valley of De`th" on her way to Mount Everest base camp.

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Rachel, who was 28, was on ` three`week trek with friends when

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she began showing signs of `ltitude sickness. Last week a corondr

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accused Adventure Company, based in Crawley, of neglect. Lucind` Adam

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has been speaking to Rachel's mother. The group had fined 360

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metres the day before Rachel's death, twice the recommended amount.

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She had shortness of breath and purple lips. She could not tie her

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own shoelaces. But the guys did not immediately recognise her sxmptoms.

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When they did, instead of t`king note of this special medical Centre

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nearby, they sent her to walk back down the mountain with the guide not

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trained in altitude sickness. She descended just 100 metres bdfore

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dying on the floor of the tdahouse. To think there was somewherd she

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could have gone where there was oxygen and doctors that help her,

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military 12 minutes walk aw`y. It is just ludicrous. Last week the

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Southwark coroner ruled that virtual died as a result of neglect by a the

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listen to the signs your body is listen to the signs your body is

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giving you, tracking at althtude should not be dangerous. But we are

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seeing more and more companhes taking their clients to althtude on

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tight schedules with no flexibility. In a statement today the Adventure

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Company says it will review in detail the findings of the coroner

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and that since 2011 it has `lready taken steps to strengthen the

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procedure is that their loc`l operators follow and to increase the

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amount of safety equipment carried. When Rachel's friend reached base

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camp they placed a stone thdre in her memory. Her mother hopes the

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story will be a warning to others of the dangers of altitude sickness.

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The man charged with examinhng at court capacity has `` airport

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capacity has been highly crhtical of an initial decision not to list the

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preferred option as an airport in the Thames estuary.

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The government has confirmed it will fund a new university at Ch`tham

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docks. The college will specialise in engineering and construction and

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it is due to open in September 015. It was Kent's worst ever ro`d

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collision ` a pile`up involving 150 cars. But the police have ddcided

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not to take any of the motorists involved in the Sheppey crossing

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crash last September to court. That's despite evidence that some

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were driving too fast as thhck fog descended. Instead, 32 people will

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be offered driver alertness courses. Simon Jones reports.

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Police say it was a miracle no one Police say it was a miracle no one

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was killed. Eight seriously injured, 200 treated at the scene. I think

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people should have been prosecuted. The amount of damage that wdnt on

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that day, people were driving much too fast. Just going much too fast

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for the conditions. Police say there is evidence that some drivers were

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going at 60 miles an hour even though they could not see bdyond the

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bonnet of their cars. On thd morning of the crash happened it went on for

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around ten minutes with car after car ploughing into the back of each

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other. But a police investigation has concluded that education is more

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beneficial than prosecution. They are sending drivers on courses, do

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you think that is an easy option? It is not an easy option. Therd is a

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responsibility to try to prdvent collisions happening in the future.

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This is an opportunity. It hs a miracle no one was killed in this

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collision. Sending people to court may not provide the education that

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these drivers need. Some in Sheppey think they should have been

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prosecutions. I would have find them ?2000 each. If it was any other road

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the law still would apply to them. But it just seems they are cutting

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the amount because of the alount of people and the conditions. Ht should

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be the same for everyone. 32 drivers will now be told to attend courses.

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I think it is for the courts or police to decide how best to deal

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with people involved in that accident. My own preference would

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have been if someone was fotnd guilty or had evidence of d`ngerous

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driving, but they should be prosecuted. The Highways Agdncy will

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now review the police findings. Simon joins us live now frol by

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Sheppey Bridge. And the drivers involved will have to pay for this

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safety course? Many people feel it is unfair because it is likdly to

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cost around 165 pounds. If ` motorist fined it is unfair that

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they have been as to attend it, they can refuse to attend. But if that is

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the case it is likely that they will be summoned to court to explain the

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situation. The local MP has raised concerns about this crossing. You

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can see behind me, he reckons it is not well lit at night. The Highways

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Agency say they have looked at the police report which puts it down to

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the fog and the speed at whhch drivers were going. Rather than the

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design of the crossing. Gordon Henderson says he will still push

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for better signage warning people to slow down.

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The mother of a woman who bdlieves that her son was found dead because

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of taking a legal high is c`lling for them to be banned. 20`ydar`old

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Jimmy Guichard was found lyhng unconscious on his bed last October.

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He suffered a heart attack several hours after he's believed to have

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bought a legal high. His mother is now calling on MPs to introduce

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Jimmy's Law. Our Special Correspondent Colin Campbell has

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this exclusive story. To make people aware of the dangers of these legal

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highs, and the things they can do to people, they are made up of

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chemicals and we do not know what is in them. There is no regulation or

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testing. Jimmy Guichard died after suffering a heart attack and severe

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brain damage. Toxicology report found no illegal substances in his

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system. We understand that packets of synthetic cannabis were removed

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by police. The family of Jilmy Guichard want a blanket ban on the

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sale of so`called legal highs. The family leave the government is

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dragging its feet over the hssue, not acting quickly enough to close

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down the shops and online rdtailers that sell these kind of products.

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campaign in principle. I thhnk we campaign in principle. I thhnk we

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have to make it a clear`cut criminal offence for a shop to sell something

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that can make someone severdly ill. All you have to do is put a caveat

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in to say if it could reasonably have been expected to make someone

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ill. There are fresh doubts over plans

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for the controversial i`360 Tower for Brighton's seafront. Thd city

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council hopes to come up with a new finance plan for the project next

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month after private backers pulled out. Councillors in the citx believe

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that could mean taxpayers bding asked to risk around ?36 million,

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rather than the ?14 million already agreed. Some of them have told us

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they'll need persuading. Three men and a woman from Crawley

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are being questioned on suspicion of murder after a man was found

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unconscious in an alleyway hn the town early yesterday morning. A

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45`year`old Portuguese man was treated by paramedics at thd scene

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just off Haslett Avenue East but died later in hospital. Mark Sanders

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is at the scene now. Mark, what stage is the police inquiry at?

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Police activity to date has focused on an area of waste ground behind me

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none to be used by rough sldepers. It is next to the alleyway where the

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victim was found. For peopld in police custody tonight have all been

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arrested on suspicion of murder And the Vic Dem had only been in this

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country for a few days. Dash`mac. The Crawley Portuguese socidty has

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put an appeal for information on its website to try to assist thhs merger

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investigation. ` victim. Thhs is our top story tonight. The UKIP leader

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Nigel Farage has been attacked by a group of angry protesters as he

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visited than it this afternoon. Earlier today he came in for

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criticism for saying that working mothers are worth less to chty firms

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than men. Also in tonight's programme.

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Sharpening up his act ` we speak to the Kent actor who's starring as one

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of the Three Musketeers in ` new film.

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And it is a cold and foggy night to come. Join me later in the programme

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for the forecast. If you have a story we think `` you

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think we should be covering, do get in touch.

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A woman bitten by a venomous spider has been left sleeping on the sofa

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because she is too terrified to go into the room where she was bitten.

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Alison Blackburn from Strood was bitten by a false widow spider and

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had to have surgeons drain the poison from her left foot after the

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attack, as her ankle ballooned and the pain spread to her pelvhc area.

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False widow spiders arrived in England in the 1870s. To date,

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no`one has ever died as a rdsult of a false widow bite. If you do suffer

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a bite, you may experience chest pains, tingly fingers and swelling.

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Peter Whittlesea has more. She woke up in the middle of the night with

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the pain in her foot. The ndxt day her foot and leg got bigger and she

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was taken into hospital. Shd had to have an operation to remove the

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poison from what is thought to be a false widow spider in case ht bred

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up body. I came out with a rash that went from Mike foot to Mike Boyne.

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`` to my groin. From then on it just might from bad to worse. I had bath

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towels wrapped around me trxing to get the swelling down. It dhd not

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matter how many antibiotics I had, the thing would clear the infection.

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The false widow spider is the most venomous spider in Britain. Experts

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say numbers are increasing `s temperatures rise. Alison s`ys she

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her clothes to kill any spiders that her clothes to kill any spiders that

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may have crawled into them. I'm not sleeping in my bed, I am on the sofa

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at the moment. Alison says she is so scared of being bitten again that

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she sleeps with the light on alt. But she wants to warn others of the

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dangers of the false widow spider. Kent's first bank to be basdd in a

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church has opened in Sittingbourne. It'll provide savings accounts as an

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alternative to payday loan companies. It comes after the

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Archbishop of Canterbury sahd he wanted to take on the lenders. The

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consumer group Which? Estim`tes that one million families a month are

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forced to take out payday loans The new bank's highest annual pdrcentage

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rate is 26.8%. That's compared to one of the High Street payd`y loan

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companies, Wonga, which has an annual percentage rate of jtst under

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5,900%. It is an unusual place to sdt up a

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tank. But the church says it wants to offer practical help to those

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struggling with money and ddbt. For many people it is hard, it hs really

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tough just getting through day`to`day. There is a problem with

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that. To tackle that the chtrch has teamed up with the local crddit

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union, Kent Savers, run as ` not`for`profit facility to provide

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factual `based financial services to people such as Claire Wright. A

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single mother who has been unemployed for almost three years. I

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saving. It is there if I nedd it for saving. It is there if I nedd it for

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a rainy day. It follows a pdriod of embarrassment for the Church of

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England after the Archbishop of Canterbury announced last ydar that

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he wanted to steer people away from lenders such as Wonga who charge

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high interest rates. It emerged that the Church of England was itself an

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indirect investor in the colpany. The church is not a perfect

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institution. We learn from the things we are involved in and we

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believe this is the right whng to do. This church has been chosen to

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host the bank because the p`rish is amongst the poorest in the country.

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Could this be the solution to people's financial problems? It is

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very easy to lend people out the money but can they afford to pay

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back? If you cannot afford one week of rent you cannot afford two weeks.

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As well as banking services, they will also be access to advice and

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support. It is an example of they hope will be repeated elsewhere

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They're referred to sometimds as the inseparables ` Athos, Porthos and

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Aramis have buckled a fair few swashes in their time and ydsterday

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saw the latest incarnation of the new BBC One action adventurd series

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The Musketeers. Tom Burke from Faversham took some time out from

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playing Athos to meet up with our reporter Jane Witherspoon.

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Shoot him and it is murder. There is only one way to resolve this. Tom

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Burke is thrilled to be bringing the role of apples to the small screen

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in a new interpretation of the Musketeers. He is a hard drhnker and

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a brave swordsman. He is sedmingly the most independent of the four.

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But probably in some ways the most dependent. The role did not come

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without its physical challenges We all got some injuries along the way.

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I got a pommel in my eyes at one stage. I was attacking someone and

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suddenly I got the hilt of the sword in my face. But you rehearsd as much

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as you can and try to factor that stuff in and say a little prayer!

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You are a local boy from Kent. Do you get back home much? I try to, I

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love Kent. Different parts of it I am especially fond of, Dungdness. I

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think Athos would quite likd it as well. He is quite solitary `nd it is

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a good place to be. I try to get down a lot, my parents still live

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here. I could imagine myself settling down there. That is not

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likely to happen any time soon. For now he is shaking up 17th`cdntury

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Paris and entertaining 21st century audience. Empty your pockets of

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money and jewellery. Now Sussex sportsman Craig Pickering

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is about to join an elite group of athletes to participate in both

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summer and winter Olympics. Later this week he should be confhrmed in

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the bobsleigh event for the Winter games next month. It has bedn a

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tough couple of weeks. It h`s come down to the wire. Thank goodness the

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team pulled together and did it for us. Football now. There wasn't much

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to celebrate for the South Dast s leading clubs over the weekdnd with

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disappointing defeats for both Brighton and Charlton in thd

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Championship. The wet weathdr forced Crawley to postpone their m`tch But

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it wasn't all doom and glool, thanks to Gillingham's win over rivals

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Swindon. Neil Bell reports. There has been an edge to g`mes

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between Gillingham and Swindon for many years. Gillingham took the lead

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after 18 minutes thanks to this pinpoint kick. Gillingham h`d to

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wait until seven minutes from time for their second. Michael H`rriman

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was clearly delighted to score not just the winner but his first`ever

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senior goal. The players deserve credit because they worked so hard

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for each other. If someone was in trouble the team put themselves out

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to get them out of that. For us it is a great performance. Brighton are

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hoping to extend their imprdssive away record in the championship But

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the Derby keeper was in find form. The only goal of the game c`me in

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the second half. Brighton ptshed on looking for an equaliser but this

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late shot was not quite good enough to earn them a point. Charlton had

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yet to win since their recent takeover. It was a bad afternoon

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ending with this apparent epualiser being disallowed. And it got worse

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when Roy Wiggins was sent off for a rash challenge. We can take a look

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at the weather now. It was frosty this morning.

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It will be staying dry for tomorrow as well. Some mist and fog later. We

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actually had some sunshine for the first part of the afternoon and

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temperatures remaining in double figures today. We will have mist and

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fog forming as we go into tonight. There is a warning out for the

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rush`hour tomorrow morning. Just allow some extra time for your

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journey. Tonight we have thd wind remaining light and temperatures

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tumbling quickly. Dropping close to freezing in towns and cities, just

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below that in more rural spots. We expect some dense mist and fog

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around tomorrow morning. It is going to be an overcast start to the day.

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During daylight hours we should remain dry. We have that mist and

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fog during the morning but then by the afternoon we have some sunshine

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around as well. A bit more cloud cover to end the day. For the most

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part it is going to be settled afternoon with temperatures similar

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to today. All changed though as we go into tomorrow. The weathdr front

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moving in from the west turning it cloudy and then wet. And thdn for

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cold. The wind picking up a little cold. The wind picking up a little

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as well. Feeling considerably cooler. Outbreaks of rain for

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Thursday, Friday and Saturd`y. Back to normal for the rest of the

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week! State tuned because wd have inside out coming up in just half an

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hour. Goodbye for now.

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