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President Putin calls for the West to condemn it.

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We're live tonight at the High Court. Farage fights back. The UKIP

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MEP for the South East says claims he abused the European Parliament's

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allowance system are outrageous. What I have done is take the

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allowance, the European Union gives to me as it gives to every other

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MEP, and I use it to go out there and campaign. Also in tonight's

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programme. A clean sweep for our beaches ` all 123 in the south east

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make it into the UK's Good Beach Guide. A very happy return ` Kent

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skier Charlotte Evans, who helped Kelly Gallagher win gold at Sochi,

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is treated to a surprise party in her home town. And they are real hot

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hatches. The first ever world rallycross series will kick off in

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Kent. Good evening. A young woman from

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Kent who's facing treatment that could leave her infertile has lost a

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High Court challenge to force the NHS to pay to freeze her eggs.

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Lizzie Rose, from Margate, is about to undergo bone marrow transplant

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and chemotherapy because she suffers a particularly virulent form of the

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bowel condition Crohn's Disease. Simon Jones is at the High Court now

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` Simon ` she's lost her case ` but I understand there may still be hope

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for Miss Rose despite today's ruling? It is a fairly complex

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judgement that was handed down today. It was handed down pretty

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quickly. Time, in reality, is running out for Lizzie. The headline

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is that she did not win her case, but in reality, the judgement may

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force health bosses to look at her case again and more favourably. She

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will become one of the first Crohn's disease sufferers to be treated with

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chemotherapy, but another rejection in the battle to get her eggs

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frozen. She spoke to us about it last week. You are told that you

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cannot have your own children. Until you are told that, it is a whole

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other level of upsetting thing. With everything else I have done, I have

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never been as upset as the letter made me, and I have only just

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recovered in the last few months to be able to put this case forward

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without getting physically upset. Freezing Lizzie Rose's eggs would

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have cost ?4000, but now than it clinical commissioning group said

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that there was insufficient evidence to demonstrate its effectiveness. ``

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Thanet. Back in 2004, NICE recommended that women should be

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offered the treatment, although it has very limited success. In 2009,

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the clinical commissioning group said that the guidelines were

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recommendations, not mandatory. In May last year, Lizzie's request for

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treatment was turned down. Nice issued new guidelines saying that

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the case for treatment was now strong. If you're taking the

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decision to go ahead with a very complex, expensive treatment like

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this, and he had made the decision to go ahead, then you have to go

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ahead properly. Today, the clinical commissioning group's decision was

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called lawful in this case. But there is some hope. There is a new

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policy still rejecting the treatment, but without clear

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reasoning, that is unlawful, according to the judge. The fact

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that the new policy has been found to be unlawful in a way that it

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would refuse this treatment, it is incredibly hopeful. Lizzie is aware

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that in her case, time is running out.

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Health bosses told us today that they will look at this judgement,

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and if necessary, Rooney review their policy. I have been joined now

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by Lizzie. What is your reaction? Are you still hopeful? I am pleased

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with the judgement today, because the policy is found to be unlawful,

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and they did not go far enough to apply with the equalities

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guidelines. How much that this mean to you? If I was to put forward a

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funding application, they would have to look at it. The guidelines say

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that decreasing should be offered to women in exceptional circumstances.

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The judge would not comment on individual cases.

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The UKIP leader and MEP for the South East Nigel Farage has

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dismissed as 'outrageous' claims that he has abused the European

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Parliament's allowance system. The Times alleges that he received

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thousands of pounds a year to run his constituency office in West

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Sussex ` which had been provided rent`free by UKIP supporters. Our

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Political Editor Louise Stewart has the details. I would urge everyone,

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come and join the People's Army. Nigel Farage was seen as the winner

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of his head`to`head debate with Nick Clegg over the future of the

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European Union. That, coupled with anger over the expenses of Maria

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Miller, which saw her forced to resign, has boosted Ukip. It has

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given them a bounce in the polls. Today's Times newspaper reports that

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Nigel barrage received ?15,000 to run his constituency office in West

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Sussex. It was provided rent`free by UKIP supporters. The former office

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manager said that it only cost ?3000 per year to run. Although the EU

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does not require a detailed breakdown of expenditure, Nigel

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Farage insists that the cost was ?1000 per week. `` ?1000 per month.

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I have never claimed any expenses at all for that office. That is not how

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it has how it works. I have not taken a mortgage on a property that

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I have sold for a massive profit. I have taken the allowance that the

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European Union gives to me, as it does for every MP, to campaign.

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Critics say that all politicians, including Nigel Farage, need to be

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clear about what they are claiming. That is tax payers money they are

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talking about. It is not a bankers bonus that Nigel Farage can do with

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what he pleases. He has to be transparent about this. But the

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former UKIP office manager says that the Times newspaper misquoted him,

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and states that the running costs were about ?8000 a year, closer to

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Farage's figure. Nigel Farage says that he would be happy for his

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finances to be audited by an independent accountant. With the

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European elections a month away, the UKIP leader can expect to be under

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increasing scrutiny. Louise is here with us now. Nigel

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Farage is threatening legal link `` legal action. How serious is this?

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He thinks this is a politically motivated attack. He thinks that the

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newspapers are trying to tie together the scandals that have been

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recently over expenses. It has to be said, they are two different things.

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In the European parliament, they do not need to produce receipts. He is

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saying, if he is under this investigation, the other 72 British

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MEPs should be looked at. Meanwhile, the electoral commission is going to

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write to you kip to seek clarification over the constituency

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office. The constituency office is paid for by 2`mac you kip

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supporters. `` to Ukip supporters. He is seen as a mainstream party. He

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is going to face the same kind of criticism and scrutiny that other

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party leaders do. Coming up, all of our 123 beaches make it into the

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good beach guide. The family of a grandmother who died

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after falling in hospital and hitting her head are taking legal

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action against the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. They

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believe the death of 67`year`old Sheila Acott could have been

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prevented if staff at Maidstone Hospital had shared information that

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she was at risk of falling. Jon Hunt reports. This is a picture of my

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mum, Sheila Acott, and a piece of her hair that I cut off when she was

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in the mortuary. She was left standing at a nursing station when

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she was a high`risk patient. No one was standing beside, and she had a

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massive blow to the head when Sheila Acott was admitted to hospital, she

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was considered to have a high risk of falling. She said that she

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approached the nurses station in distress state. She felt backwards,

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hitting her head. It became clear that the nurses caring for her were

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unaware that she had a high risk of falls. That was because of a lack of

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risk assessment, and a lack of a care plan. The NHS trust has

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implemented a series of measures since her death. The number of

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patients falls have dropped by 10%. It comes down to staffing and

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resources, and people having time to do proper handovers, and making sure

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staff are aware of the concerns around patients. If you have anyone

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who is likely to fall over, that information needs to be passed on

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from wanting to the next team. I will not to see my mum again, and I

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do not want it to see it happen to anyone else's family. It is

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horrific. My mum was 67, and I miss her every single day. Sheila

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Acott's family are launching a civil claim for damages against the

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hospital trust. What do the trust say that they have done since Sheila

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Acott's death? They say that patients with a high risk of falling

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given a blue risk ban `` wristband. They have brought in a practitioner

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who is reducing the number of accidents. They have invested in

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motion sensors, Bishop adds, and anti`slip socks for patients. They

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say that their thoughts are with Sheila Acott's family after her

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tragic death last year. A man from Ashford has been jailed

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for seven and a half years for shooting a man in the leg during a

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ten year old's birthday party. 21`year`old Alfie Gannon admitted

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shooting the man following a disagreement at the party in Bromley

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last year. People opposed to plans to build a second runway at Gatwick

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airport have launched a new campaign. They've sent out thousands

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of car stickers and leaflets marked "Gatwick's Big Enough". Managers at

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the Sussex airport have started a public consultation process on their

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expansion plans, putting forward three different options for a new

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runway. A road Council are organising

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All of the South East's beaches have made it into the Good Beach Guide

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this year. 123 beaches were tested and all of them passed, with 104

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reaching the highest 'recommended' standard. That's an increase of

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nearly 70% compared to last year. But some of our beaches only

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received the minimum standard ` including Hastings, which last month

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suffered from sewage flowing into the sea. Piers Hopkirk joins us live

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from Brighton, and Piers, there's also concern about how reliable

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these results really are. For our beaches today, a 100% pass rate. All

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123 reached the minimum water standard from Hastings to Herne

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Bay. The organisers warned against complacency. We can't simply allow

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ourselves to be pleased with ourselves and sit on our laurels.

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While it is good news as a track record for our beaches, the

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situation data they can change markedly. We need to make sure we do

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not have serious pollution issues during the summer. This was one of

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the 104 reaching beehive recommended standard. It is important, because

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people take notice of these awards. It shows our beaches are clean, and

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more visitors will visit Kent. While the results are good this year, is

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just a stay of execution for some? Of Rowetta have a summer like 2012,

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we would see a lot of bathing water failing these results, and a

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different picture in 2014. We are appealing against overconfidence. We

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are appealing for improvements in the sewage infrastructure. Until

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now, it is constantly improving, the tourism trade. That would hit us

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hard, I think. This outfall has been blamed for past failures. The

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council wants to solve the problem once and for all. Over 3 million

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people come here each year. People love coming to the seaside, they

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love coming to the beach. It is important that we get this right.

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Our beaches have made the grade this year, but the plot is against them

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if they are to avoid future failure. This is tonight's top story. A Kent

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woman with Crohn's disease has lost a legal challenge against a decision

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to stop freezing her eggs. NHS managers say they may review their

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policy. Still to come, we take a spin and they drift in the hottest

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hatch as they are. Kent prepares to hold the first ever Ukip event. It

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has been another day of blue skies across the south`east. Find out

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later in the programme with it will continue.

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It's a vegetable mentioned in some of the earliest references to food

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in history. We know that when our ancestors went foraging on the

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shoreline for seafood, they also gathered sea kale as the perfect

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accompaniment, but despite that it's fallen out of favour. It was one of

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the most common vegetables up until the Middle Ages. The Romans

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preserved it in barrels for sea voyages and during the Second World

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War, those on rations were encouraged to eat it as it provided

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vital nutrients. Today it's rare and on the protected list. But for

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tonight's Special Report, Ian Palmer's been to see it being

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harvested on the Sussex coast in Normans Bay, near Eastbourne. It is

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the first pick of the season. Rod Smith and his family have been

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growing sea kale off the coast of Normandy Bay since the 19th

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century. `` Norman 's Bay. Yellow macro you just plant it. You don't

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have to do anything with it. You uncover it, cut it and it will come

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back the next year and a year after and every year. It is very

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sustainable! The plant grows naturally off the coast of Britain.

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It particularly likes the shingle here in Sussex. Known for his sea

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kale expertise, this is run's father Jim talking to the BBC in 1978. I

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planted every bit round here. It is ball family. ``

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sea kale was very popular for many centuries. Why has it fallen out of

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favour now? Gerald Rosa is to kick sea kale in his Eastbourne

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restaurant many years ago. He says that at ?20 a kilo, it is a

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vegetable gifted chefs would not get their hands on. They want to produce

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things like that. Billy? It is a fantastic vegetable. Really. Aren't

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with sea kale in a hollandaise sauce, with blood red oranges, we

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took the delicacy onto the street of Eastbourne. It is nice. Pleasantly

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sharp and crunchy. I love the crank it has got. I like it. I would give

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it a go. I think you have opened my mind and taste buds to a whole new

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experience! Give it a go at your leisure, but do not pick a wild sea

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kale, because it is protected by law.

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A surprise party's been thrown for the Kent skier Charlotte Evans, who

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helped win gold for Britain at the Winter Paralympics in Sochi. The

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Chatham athlete, who guided her visually impaired ski partner Kelly

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Gallagher to the Super`G title, had been invited to afternoon tea with

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the Mayor of Medway. But when she arrived at the Mayor's Parlour, her

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friends, relatives and coaches were there to congratulate her on

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Paralympic success. Peter Whittlesea joins us live from Chatham, and

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Peter, it was the town's way of saying well done. That is right.

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They wanted to honour these skiers, not only forgetting gold, but for

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being an inspiration for all people to take part in sport. It also

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involve quite a lot of planning over there, at the Mayors parlour, to

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make sure everyone was in place to give them that special welcome.

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Eight surprise welcome at `` and a welcome back for Kelly Gallagher and

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Charlotte Evans. We skiers thought they were just having tea with the

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mayor, but friends and family have been invited. It is good to be able

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to invite them. Today is really special for us. It is personal, and

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there are people in here who are very close to our hearts, and who

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have helped us in good and bad times. Kelly Gallagher sets the

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pace! This was the best of times. It has made them household names and

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familiar faces in the royal household. They discovered that when

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they met the Queen. I am from Northern Ireland, born in England.

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Charlotte lives here in Kent. The Queen was amazing. She recognised

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us. She asked to see the gold medal. It was surreal. We eventually got to

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share the medal with the Queen! They said this was as precious as their

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royal appointment. Charlotte's parents were touched by it. I am

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pleased for them. She did not expect it. She said that she was going to

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super Mare. She saw everyone there. Everyone who has been there for the

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last ten or 15 years. Kelly and Charlotte say they have enjoyed

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every moment since getting home with their gold medals. It is not long

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before they go and returned to training, because I have more medals

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in their sights. These girls are remarkable. They never tire of

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giving interviews, because someone with a disability could be watching

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them and be inspired to take part in sport, and that could change their

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lives. They are brilliant role models.

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Onto football ` and in the Championship, Charlton Athletic will

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be hoping for three points tonight when they take on fellow relegation

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contenders Barnsley at the Valley. And Crawley Town are in action in

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League One. They host Tranmere Rovers. Superficially, they're the

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kind of cars that you would normally see on the run to the supermarket.

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But rally cross cars are wolves in sheep's clothing ` they can

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out`accelerate a Formula One car, going from nought to 60 in under two

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seconds. The Lydden Hill Circuit near Dover is hosting the opening

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round of the first ever World Rally Cross series in May. It's also home

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circuit to Britain's top rallycross driver Liam Doran. Jane Witherspoon

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has been along to find out more. It is faster than F1, and you need

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nerves of steel to get behind the wheel. Rallycross is not for the

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faint`hearted. The start happens, the lap and a finish happens. It is

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short, sharp, crazy racing. It is good to watch as it is to drive. The

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circuit, known as the friendly track, is the UK's home of

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rallycross. Top drivers will take part over the spring bank holiday.

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It has lured people like Andrew Jordan back to the tractor started

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his career. You have driven it, and you get used to it. The first time,

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it was quick. They gave us a bit of a shock! That is what makes it so

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exciting. There are five or six cars in a race on gravel and tarmac. They

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bang into each other. It is noisy. It is great to watch. I have `` I am

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not know that I do not know what to expect. It does not seem like a good

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idea! With a deep breath, it was all over in 45 seconds. I screamed all

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around. I was embarrassing myself. I can't get my helmet off! I am

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shaking! The former rallycross champion says the return of the

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sport to its birthplace has been a long time coming. Very exciting. It

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is a dream come true. The world is to be here that we can. From Russia,

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to America. People all over the world are coming to little old Kent!

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She is still wearing that helmet! They are awesome, those cars.

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Speaking of cool, a bit of a nip in the air. I did not know what close

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to where! It is going to be warming up. We keep the sunshine, and

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temperatures are going to be recovering Elizabeth. Today, for the

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next couple of days, staying dry. Frosty, Chile starts to the date.

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The temperature is improving a little bit. We are still holding

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onto the high pressure, but particularly for Sunday, there is

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some level of uncertainty of how it is going to be. We could see some

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rain pulling out from Europe. It is going to be dry and Friday `` dry on

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Friday. As we were saying, clear blue skies. Lots of sunshine around.

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Temperature is not much above the low teens. High`temperature is of

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ten or 11 degrees. The reason for that is that they are light,

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northerly winds. They will be moving to a southerly direction. You may

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see a little bit of mist and fog in those high temperatures,

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temperatures of three or four degrees. Close to freezing in rural

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spots. A frosty start to the day tomorrow. But lots of sunshine from

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the word go. It is going to feel Elizabeth warmer. Lots of sunshine

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again by the afternoon. Clear blue skies. Temperatures creeping up a

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little bit. Still not much above 12 or 13, but a little bit more inland.

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15 or 16. As we go through tomorrow night, it is going to be dry and

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settled. Some mist and fog potentially. Tim just not quite as

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chilly as today. Six or seven degrees. For Thursday, more eye

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level cloud. The reason is the weakening weather front. Just look

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at the temperatures. They are going to be recovering. The top

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temperatures of 18 or 19 degrees. Sunshine should be back with us as

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we go into Friday. A settled and bright today. At the moment, some

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uncertainty about Saturday. Before we get there, tempters recovering.

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We make sea temperature as high as 20 of 21. That was made to order! We

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will be back at 10:25pm. Have a lovely evening. Goodbye.

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