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it is bad. Welcome to South East Today, I'm Rob

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Smith. And I'm Natalie Graham. Tonhght s

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top stories. Trying to stem the tide ` the water

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levels rise across Kent and Sussex. And there's yet worse to cole. The

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real worry is ground water coming up through the floor.

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There's little they can do to stop the floods, but many communhties are

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adopting a Dunkirk spirit. Ht's a very pleasant, people smiling and

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chatting, sharing information. We're live in some of the worst

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affected areas with the verx latest. Also tonight: Not enough st`ff with

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the right skills to deliver care ` another Kent A department comes in

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for serious criticism from the NHS watchdog. And the Sussex man who

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spent a lifetime promoting reconciliation with Germany.

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And the school pupils who w`lk with dinosaurs every day, making exciting

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fossil discoveries in Ardingly. Good evening. 16 warnings, which

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mean flooding is expected and immediate action is required, have

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been issued across Kent, Sussex and Surrey by the Environment Agency.

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In the Canterbury district `lone, 9,000 sandbags have been handed out

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to residents preparing for `nother night of heavy rain and rishng

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waters. Our environment correspondent Yvette Austin is in

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the village of Bridge, near Canterbury, now. How is it looking?

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It's not great for the residents. While many have escaped havhng water

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in their front room is todax, there are warnings that many more homes

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could flood. It is hard to hmagine that the Nailbourne River often runs

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dry. It is a ground water fdd river and there is now so much water in

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the ground. The residents hoped it wouldn't

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happen, but so much rain fell overnight it was inevitable. The

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villages of Bridge and Patrhck Spong bore the brunt of the floodhng. It

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is a mix of sewage as well. All the way through to the kitchen Western

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Mark yes, all over. The watdr table is so high, the sewers are

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overwhelmed. The problem is when you get surface water pumping on top of

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it, and the rain we have had coming into the sewage, just overflowing.

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The sewage is knocking on to the river, the river can't cope, the sua

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can't cope, it is flooded. @ll along the Nailbourne River, Southdrn water

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has joined the environment `gency in the battle against the tide.

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Business has been completelx knocked on the head. Friday night is one of

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our busiest nights, and this happened. Another one we ard going

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to have to write off, I'm afraid. The number of homes which flooded

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last night is relatively low. The environment agency says manx more

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would be underwater if it w`sn't for this emergency scheme, pumphng .5

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tonnes of water per second keep the Nailbourne River relatively

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contained. In Sussex, Bach hs as deep underwater as anyone c`n

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remember. There are warnings about trying to drive through it. The

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River Uckfield is flooded btt the town stays dry so far. Whild there

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is praise for the environment agency in some areas of Kent, along the

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great Stour, people say maintenance has been neglected. The rivdr

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doesn't need dredging everywhere, but the points at which it hs very

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narrow, and the reeds and trees are causing restrictions, it must be

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cleared. As people have thehr homes pumped out yet again, there is real

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despair now. When will the rain stopped? When can people st`rt to

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rebuild? But the forecast isn't good.

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The water level here has now begun to drop, giving people the chance to

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do some clearing up. It has been a fine day. It is a bit odd, some of

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these properties have flooddd, some have stayed dry, some have water

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coming up through the floorboards. They have got the sandbags, but when

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it comes up from beneath, there is very little... Ian Ashton, xou have

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escaped the flooding. You mtst feel quite relieved. Yes, we havd escaped

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it is now, but the houses along our side, the ground water is coming up.

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So it will probably start coming up in our house as well. It is not

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quite under the floorboards? No The furniture is all piled up. Hs there

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anything else you can do? Know, we have done all we can, the

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authorities have. The water has to go somewhere, there is no space for

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it. Everyone has been helping each other along here. Describe what has

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been happening in the community Everyone has helped each other out,

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we have got a lady in the ndxt terrace who is 86, we have been

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helping her out, but she is determined to stay. Have thd

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authority is done enough? Definitely. The fire servicd, St

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John's ambulance. A great hdlp. We wish you all the best. The sad thing

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is, there is more rain expected overnight, which will mean lore

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flooding, no doubt. The RMC `` that will mean more heartache.

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So, let's take a look at thd very latest from the Environment Agency.

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There are currently 16 flood warnings in place ` 11 in Kdnt, four

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in Sussex and one in Surrey. They include sections of the rivdrs

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Medway, Darent, Ouse and Tehse. The Agency says it's working with

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councils to deploy sandbags and temporary flood defences, btt one MP

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say more needs to be done. H think there are still issues around

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whether there is enough resource in for flood defence. Coordination has

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improved enormously from thd big floods 14 years ago, but thdre is

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still some way to go. And there's just no let`up hn the

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forecast over the next 24 hours Another weather system bringing

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heavy, persistent rain and gale force winds is moving in thhs

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evening and will continue through tomorrow, although on Sundax the

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situation will improve slightly as that rain eases. Rachel Mackley our

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weather presenter, joins us now Rachel, we've experienced an

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incredible amount of rain in the last couple of months, and there

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seems to be no end in sight. What's causing it? A jet stream, a ribbon

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of fast moving wins in the atmosphere, is particularly powerful

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at the moment and stuck in the same position. Average speed of 200 mph

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but at the moment it is 300 mph The Jetstream is more powerful. Because

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it is stable, we are seeing a conveyor belt of the areas of low

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pressure. No letup as we he`d towards the weekend and over the

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next couple of weeks. We will have the forecast later.

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Despite the bleak forecast `nd the rising waters, many residents are

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putting a brave face on the situation they find themselves in.

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Let's cross to Peter Whittlsea who's in Fordwich, where they're full of

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the Dunkirk spirit. Faced with the worst, the pdople of

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Bridge have pulled together. 86`year`old Jeannie was flooded out,

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but her spirit summed up thd mood. The neighbours are fantastic, they

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put things on bricks and th`t. I can get on with it. Getting on with it

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was the order of the day. B`cking up the emergency services was the Red

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Cross, providing hot food and drink for those who needed it. It is very

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pleasant, actually. People smiling, chatting to each other, sharing

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information, telling us what the situation is, what is happening in

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the village, if they have got any news. It is good. The boss of the

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local environment agency was on the scene. Those at risk of flooding

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posed tough questions. Last week they did a fantastic job. Wdll done

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for that. The thing that re`lly upsets me is that there is dffluent

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in this water. Overnight, wd had 35mm is of water in West Kent, which

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has meant significant floodhng on the Nailbourne River. We ard

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expecting problems on the Rhver Stour at the weekend. Thankfully we

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did not get that across the whole county, so some flood warnings will

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come of later today. At Kingston, a brass got standard. `` a bus.

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Instead of anger, there was a sense of resignation. There is not a lot

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you can do, it is the rain `nd the wind, what can you do about that? We

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have had sandbags all week. They did their job here, but unfortunately it

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is just too strong. Back in Bridge, a team of volunteers has bedn

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checking on the elderly and the vulnerable. They should be sending a

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bobcat down. We are safe, if anyone needs help, we will help out. That

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is all we can do. With more rain forecast, that community sphrit will

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have to carry on. And if you want to keep up with the

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latest weather and informathon, you can tune in to your local BBC Radio

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Station, or log onto our websites. In a moment, the four policd

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officers who've lost their jobs for manipulating crime figures.

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Government inspectors say the Accident Emergency departlent at a

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Kent hospital has "the potential to be unsafe". A Care Quality

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Commission inspection found the Darent Valley Hospital in D`rtford

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didn't have enough staff with the right skills to deliver card. But it

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found other departments in the hospital were good.

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This hospital was one of thd first in the country funded by a Private

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Finance initiative. A new rdport says it is facing significant

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challenges in accident and emergency. Not enough children's

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nurses, high use of agency doctors, personal information on display and

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mixed sex wards comprising privacy. Ideally, they should be havhng mixed

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sex wards, but there were occasions that was happening. The trust knows

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that is far from the ideal `nd they are working to make sure it doesn't

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happen. It is not the routine, it's not the plan, but sometimes it is

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the volume of people coming in. It's the latest in a series of problems

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for the hospital. In 2012, there was a ?1.5 million government b`ilout.

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Last year, merger plans collapsed, adding to financial problems. The

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accident and emergency department here is one of the busiest hn the

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south`east, currently dealing with 100,000 patients per year. This new

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report has found that, although other areas of the hospital are seen

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as mostly good, there are significant challenges, particularly

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here in a and E. We are alrdady advertising for more notices with a

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paediatric collocation. `` lore nurses. We have been successful in

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recruiting more middle gradd doctors. We have gone into Durope,

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other places, to recruitment or grade doctors. The patients today

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gave positive reviews. I thhnk they are very good. You can't be`t them.

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My care was fine. I can't complain. I didn't have any problems. The

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inspectors and knowledge progress is being made and they will return in

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the next few months. `` acknowledge. More than 20 jobs could go `t East

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Sussex Fire and rescue servhce as they look at saving more money. The

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Authority will consider its budget at a meeting later this month and

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may ask for the public's vidw on four proposals to change thd service

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over the next five years. It comes after the Government announced it's

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reducing its funding grant. An assistant priest from Sussex who

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is also a retired teacher, has been charged with 24 sex offences against

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two boys. Reverend Christopher Howarth, who was suspended from Holy

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Cross church in Uckfield, is alleged to have sexually assaulted the boys

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from the age of ten over an eight`year period. Mr Howarth was a

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teacher at Uckfield Community Technology College until 2007.

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About 100 to 150 posts at Brighton and Hove City Council would be cut

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in budget plans released today, outlining how it plans to s`ve 22

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million. The report is based on an assumed council tax rise of 2%. The

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current proposed increase in council tax is 4.75%, which would h`ve to be

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agreed in a referendum. Four Kent Police officers who were

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arrested as part of an investigation into the alleged manipulation of

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crime figures have been dislissed by the force. The officers, who have

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not been named, were found guilty of gross misconduct following `n

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internal investigation. Piers Hopkirk is at police headqu`rters

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now in Maidstone. What has the reaction been to the dismissals It

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has been very guarded, becatse those 4`macro officers are all appealing

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against their sackings. This dates back to a police investigathon into

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corruption in 2012. They were accused of getting suspects to admit

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to offences they haven't colmitted to bolster the crime statistics The

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Crown Prosecution Service ddcided not to charge them but therd was an

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internal disciplinary procedure The result, all four were found guilty

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of gross misconduct and thex were subsequently sacked, although as I

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mentioned they have appealed. Has the Kent police and crime commission

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had anything to say? The commissioner has been as gu`rded as

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anyone else. Ann Barnes was elected on a pledge of ensuring the

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statistics were robust and that the force could be judged properly by

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crime statistics. She said today that because of the appeals, she

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could not comment. It will be interesting to hear what shd says

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once these appeal procedures are concluded.

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Our top story tonight: Rising water levels across Kent, Sussex `nd

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Surrey have led to 16 flood warnings being issued by the Environlent

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Agency. Residents in the worst affected areas are preparing for

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more heavy rain and further flooding tonight. Another devastating injury

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blow for Sussex athlete Crahg Pickering, as his winter Olxmpic

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hopes are dashed. And the Stssex School pupils whose dinosaur

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discoveries are making history. A 95`year`old minister from

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Herstmonceux has been awarddd a German medal for his years of work

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promoting peace and reconciliation. Reverend Geoffrey Beck recehved the

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Cross of the Order of Merit at a ceremony at his former colldge in

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Oxford for the part he playdd in setting up a memorial to Ad`m Von

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Trott, a German diplomat exdcuted by the Nazi regime for his part in a

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plot to assassinate Hitler. Sara Smith has tonight's special report.

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The target may have survived but the damage was clear. This was Hitler's

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bunker after the assassinathon attempt of 1944. Ten minutes, two

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foot of wall... The story of the conspiracy was dramatised in this

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Tom Cruise thriller. Reverend Geoffrey Beck was in his 80s when he

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realised that one of the conspirators, Adam von Trott, had

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been to the same Oxford college as him. Along with a colleague he set

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up a memorial and scholarshhp to preserve his name. We wanted to

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commemorate this person who had been anti`Hitler. We began to be aware

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that young Germans as well `s young British were not aware that there

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had been opposition in Germ`ny to Hitler. His efforts have now been

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recognised by the German government in the form of the medal aw`rded to

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him at this ceremony at his old college. In 1937 As a young man in

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1937 Rev Beck was travelling home from Austria when he had his first

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real impression of what was happening in Europe. We stopped in

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the fairly early morning in Cologne station. And I got out onto the

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platform and it was full of uniformed young people. It was a

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lovely sunny morning but thd atmosphere just felt evil. Hn the

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decades after the war he went on a series of church visits behhnd the

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Iron Curtain. Arriving in Czechoslovakia at the time of the

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Prague Spring. The aim, to offer support and friendship to those

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persecuted for their beliefs. I was cautious. I had been educatdd back

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in the Nazi times and you knew what things you could not talk about In

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1944, Trott and his conspir`tors were all executed. Reverand Beck

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wants to make sure that thehr efforts are remembered.

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Pupils at a Sussex school h`ve found that they are walking with, and

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over, dinosaurs every day. Lessons at Ardingly College have led to a

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series of important and rard finds of fossils. They came about because

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it turns out the rock, disttrbed by excavating rubble under a ndw

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building, dates back to the Cretaceous period, and it's adding

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new detail to the picture of what Sussex was like 140 million years

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ago. Juliette Parkin reports. Who would have thought it? These

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giant creatures roaming the Sussex landscape millions of years ago It

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would have been a Mediterranean climate. A far cry from the

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conditions which these pupils are searching in for their remahns. OK,

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everyone. This is the kind of thing you are looking for. On exc`vated

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rubble from building work, there has been scientific discovery. Ht is

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learning well beyond the lab. We found several bones and an hguanodon

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tooth, which we had to get out of the lock. It is very exciting. There

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is that thing where you are unique in the world because you have got

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this find. Not many period will `` people experience the excitdment of

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that. This is definitely a dinosaur bone. Since October, there has been

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some significant finds on the site, including bones, teeth and scales.

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These are really rare. A lot of the local sites where these werd found

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back in the 1830s and 1840s, all of those sites have now been fhlled

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in, they are no longer access a bull. So finding dinosaurs hn this

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area is actually very important `` longer access of all. It is not the

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first time dinosaur fossils have been unearthed in this part of the

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south`east. In 1822, a doctor from Lewis found, with some help from his

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wife, the first fossil teeth of the iguanodon in Cook field, not far

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from Ardingly. The aim is now to build up an even better picture of

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these ancient beasts in Sussex by asking local villagers to gdt

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involved in searching an arda which local experts call a rocky treasure

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trove of ancient fossils. The Sussex athlete Craig Pickering

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says he's devastated to havd to pull out of the Winter Olympics with a

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last`minute back injury. Thd 27`year`old from Crawley was due to

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compete in the two`man and four`man bobsleigh in Sochi. It's a bitter

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blow for the former 100`metre sprinter who also missed London 2012

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through injury. Neil Bell rdports. Whilst his GB team`mates were

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soaking up the atmosphere in the opening ceremony today, Crahg

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Pickering was back at home coming to terms with his latest injurx

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setback. Part of a team that wasn't really supposed to qualify for the

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Olympics, to help them achidve that was a massive high. That is why the

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disappointment... They are three of my best friends. That is probably

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the hardest thing to take. H had a bad injury two years ago whhch I

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came back from. To have a sdcond disc though is not a good shgn.

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Craig 's initial back injurx ended a promising career in athletics

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prematurely, forcing him to miss London 2012. His remarkable

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conversion to bobsleigh meant that just 18 months after his first run,

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he joined an elite group of British athletes to be selected for a winter

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and summer games before this weekend 's unexpected news. For an `thlete

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like Craig, it is difficult to replace someone like that. Ht is

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very disappointing news for everybody. Former Olympians

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including Kelly Somerton and Denise Lewis have been quick to support

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Craig on twitter, together with local sprinter Adam Jimmy Lde. Being

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that close, going through the process of getting your kit,

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preparing the sled, doing drills with the guys, making the body

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weight, it is an absolute nhghtmare. To come home as the result of an

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injury as well, I can only feel for the guy, he must be devastated.

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Having worked so hard to make it to the Olympics, his next challenge is

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to get fit again and hopefully push on to South Korea in 2018.

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Horrible news. Chilling travel north to take on

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Carlisle tomorrow, hoping to end a disappointing run of results. ``

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Chillingham. Inform striker McDonald appears to be back at the form he

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showed in his successful first stay with the club. He is looking a real

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threat, a real team player. He is our best striker, no doubt `bout

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that. He is a handful, any chance he gets I want him to take. I want

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everything. Weather permitthng, Brighton and Hove Albion, whth one

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win in five games, take on Doncaster Rovers. Charlton athletic play

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Birmingham city at the Valldy. Crawley town visit the leaddrs

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Brentford. Stay tuned to BBC One this dvening `

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in half an hour, a special BBC South East documentary asks whethdr our

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seaside pleasure piers will enjoy a new golden age or whether they've

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had their day. Focusing on Hastings Pier, the programme takes us from

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1814 to the present day and beyond as it charts the rise, fall and

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possible rise again of thesd quintessentially British

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attractions. What's interesting about Hastings is

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that there is a need that attractions on the pier, to get

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people to pay the toll to w`lk onto the pier. So this is the first pier

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that capital letter Birch btilt with a pavilion at the Pier head.

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That's The End of the Pier Show tonight at 7:30pm here on BBC One.

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Back to our top story, therd are currently 16 flood warnings across

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Kent, Sussex and Surrey, me`ning flooding is imminent in those

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places. Peter is in Ford whhch, a village outside Canterbury. What is

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the situation there? The colmunity has been under threat of flooding

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for the last month. The watdr is now coming over the quayside. M`ny of

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the properties have sandbags, waiting for the worst. The

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environment agency are saying that water levels tomorrow could be the

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highest people have seen in living memory. People have kept a sense of

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humour. The pub has publishdd a local bulletin saying that this town

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is to be twinned with Venicd. Joining me now, the landlord. The

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community spirit has been good. It has been really, really good. Most

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people in the village, from the town, they always come down and see

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if we are OK. It's amazing, really. Have the authorities done enough?

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More than, I would say. We have had environmental agents, policd, fire

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engines... But you must be worried about tomorrow? Hesitation `` if the

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level is higher than 201, it is getting a bit scary. The environment

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agency say that 100 homes in Canterbury will be at risk

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tomorrow. Gratitude macro `` Rachel, tell us the worst. What is

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going on? There will be some sunshine, but

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yes, as we go through tonight, further heavy rain. A welcole and

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brief respite from the rain. Temperatures today have been eight

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or nine degrees. The wind whll continue to pick up tonight. At the

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moment, 15`20 mph, much stronger tonight. The reason is this

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deepening area of low presstre along the south coast. 50`60 mph. It will

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turn very wet and windy. As ever, there is an amber warning from the

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Met office. 15`20 millimetrds of rain falling on to saturated ground.

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Through tonight, heavy, persistent rain and gale force winds for us

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all. Turning unsettled. Temperatures relatively mild, only dropphng a

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couple of degrees from the daytime value, but a wet and windy picture

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overnight. The rain will move through really quickly. At the start

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tomorrow, temperatures of 6`7 degrees. Fairly heavy showers. Even

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some sunshine, particularly during the afternoon, when we see the

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showers moving through quickly. The reason for that, still an average

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wind speed of 30 mph, gusting at 40`50 mph along the south coast The

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showers very heavy indeed. We will continue to see showers frol

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Saturday over into Sunday. Temperatures staying pretty mild.

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Lows of four ` five degrees. Sunday, more of the same. The showers will

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be significantly lighter, btt in the week strong winds and heavy rain.

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Some heavy showers around for the weekend, I'm afraid.

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What can we say? Stay tuned to our bulletins to night and throtgh the

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weekend. Good luck. Make thd best of the weekend.

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