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Billions of barrels of oils are under Kent and Sussex

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says a new geological survey ` are we on the brink of a Dallas

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It would be naive not to look into it.

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It would be nice if we didn't have to dig up the whole countryside.

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Major gains for Labour in the local elections,

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We?ll be getting reaction live at key points across the region.

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More space, more staff ` Govia promise a better commuter

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experience as they win their bid to run more of our trains.

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A master of style in Margate; an exhibition

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of iconic works by Mondrian kick off a summer of colour in Thanet.

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The couple who've rediscovered their passion for each other

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Billions of barrels of oil, worth hundreds of billions

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of pounds are thought to be contained underneath a large swathe

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of the South East, according to a major study by the British

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It could spark a bonanza of exploration ` but in many areas,

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the only way of extracting it may be by using the

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The study area stretched from Wiltshire through Sussex

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Oil could be extracted from a large area known as the Weald Basin.

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Well, our Environment Correspondent Yvette Austin joins us now

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from Balcombe, the scene of anti fracking protests last summer.

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And with a break from testing, but it was my report will raise

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uncertainties that those against fracking. The British geological has

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said that fracking will be required to get the oil out of the ground by

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the company Cuadrilla say it will not be required here. People want

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more reassurances, but it is in wider issue than this site alone. We

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could see oil wells springing up across the south`east.

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Could the Weald Basin become the new Dallas, Texas?

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There are fears of the ruined rural landscape. Battle lines drawn last

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year looks set to extend across the south`east.

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The government is keen to explore the resource.

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It would be wrong to ignore the potential of extracting more

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home`grown energy rather than home`grown energy rather than

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importing oil from unreliable parts of the world.

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It?s been known for years that oil has existed

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beneath the South East, but how much has been a mystery up to now.

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The Weald Basin, it?s now revealed, is rich in reserves.

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It's estimated there's between 2.2 and 8.5 billion barrels

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No significant gas, but the value of the oil looking at today's prices

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There could be something like 20,000 wells to cover the area, and if you

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want to do the job in 20 years you're looking at 1000 wells every

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year. The scale of the full industrial attack is something most

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people probably don't understand. But there's opposition to

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extraction, demonstrated last year at exploratory drilling

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in the village of Balcombe. Even if they could extract ten

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perceptiveness, it would mean 3500 wells and it would supply fewer than

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300 days of the UK oil supply. Here in Hawyards Heath,

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in the heart of the oil field, It would be naive not to look into

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it. I think it could be a good thing.

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I don't think energy prices will come down that much even if we do

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extract oil or gas in this area. I think the prices will remain the

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same or higher because of the costs of extracting.

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If they've got to do that, that's fine, as long as they are not

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disturbing any of the properties, it is no problem at all.

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There's no estimate as to how much of the oil will be recoverable

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by fracking, but no doubt there will be companies willing to try.

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One of the big questions is, if oil is here, will it drive down energy

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prices? Just four years ago, natural gas prices in Europe were roughly

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comparable with those in the US, but now they are three times higher.

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This perhaps natural that the government wants to tap into shale

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gas and oil. Will the rocks here contain that oil? Will be be too

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difficult for fracking or will enough oil be via? There are still

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uncertainties. So what are

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the incentives being offered to The government today announced

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proposals for payments That's in addition to previously

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announced one`off ?100,000 payments in areas with fracking sites as well

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as a 1% share of profits made. It shows their desperation that they

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want to increase the incentives. I am in touch with people who are

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faced with drilling in their villages, they don't want more

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money, they want to be left alone and enjoy the quality of life.

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We asked for your views on this issue and some of you have

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Steve Cream from Ashford is in favour of fracking, saying, ?We

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have to source our own resources for the sake of our children's future.?

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Rob Watkins meanwhile says he'd much rather see much more investment

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in renewables and a distancing from gas dependency.

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?Go electric with as much as possible on a renewable basis.?

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Do let us know your thoughts via email ` southeasttoday @bbc.co.uk,

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or on Facebook or Twitter @bbcsoutheast.

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Today's study will be followed within weeks by a new licensing

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round, which will eventually offer companies the right to drill

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In a moment, the world rallycross championship 's comes to Kent.

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The Conservatives have lost control of two councils in Kent and Sussex,

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following gains for Labour and a surge in support for UKIP

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They've lost in Crawley, where Labour have taken four

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And they've lost overall control in Maidstone, after four

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Labour have stayed in power in Hastings, where UKIP lost

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But the Conservatives have been able to celebrate keeping control of

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Our Political Editor Louise Stewart has the details.

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They have cause to celebrate in Crawley. The need to win three wards

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to gain control the council and in the end took for. The new leader at

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just 27 is one of the youngest, and says the result would well for next

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year's general election. Misses target 92 for the party, we already

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have a huge majority coming the next election and I think we are on track

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here and across the country. We are winning in the South.

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Labour also gained a seat from the Tories in Hastings.

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This is a good foundation to build upon for the general election next

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year. Overall our vote is up.

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It wasn't such good news for UKIP in Hastings, their only councillor lost

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to the Conservatives, the party he had defected from. Elsewhere UKIP

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was enough to bring mixed on into no overall control, the party taking

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four seeds from the Conservatives. It shows how angry and disillusioned

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people are with the main parties. The Lib Dems lost a seat to Labour

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and punished at the polls in Tunbridge Wells where they lost two

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seats to the Conservatives. Out of national issues have played

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into the hands of the public. It is difficult when you have two very

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hard`working councillors, but I think party politics has played a

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part. In Tandridge no major surprises, the

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Conservatives held onto their majority and shrugged off the threat

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from UKIP. And services have held all of their

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seats, and that is credit to the compelling message on the doorstep.

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For UKIP and labour was a good night across the south`east, for the other

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parties, the postmortems Kim. `` the postmortems begin.

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So how have our votes been shared out across all six councils?

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We've elected 51 Conservatives ` that represents an overall loss

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Labour are next with 21, a net increase of seven.

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There are 11 Lib Dems ` they've lost three seats.

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Followed by UKIP with nine councillors ` a net gain of eight.

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But the percentage of the vote tells a different story.

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The Conservatives stay at the top with 36% of all the votes cast.

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But look at UKIP ` they're up to second with 22%.

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That beats both Labour and the Lib Dems.

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And it's left the UKIP leader and South East MEP Nigel Farage

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confident his party will do well in next year's General Election.

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Kent is emerging as one of the strongest counties, just look at the

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county elections last year, 17 Kent county council is elected for UKIP

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and we performed very well in Maidstone. I am very bullish about

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Kent, and when we come up with our strategy for the general election,

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some of those seats will be in Kent.

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Let's cross live to our Political Editor Louise Stewart in Crawley.

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Success for Labour in Crawley and Hastings, while the Conservatives

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continue to run most of our councils in the South East, but the UKIP vote

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That's right, you heard Nigel Farage saying he was feeling bullish.

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Labour will feel bullish that they have taken control of Crawley

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Council, but Nigel Farage saying that Kent is a power base for them.

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The figures and really show the full story because in so many places they

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came second. But because of our style of voting, first past the

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post, the field in some places to get any councillors at all. That

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will be a different story on Sunday night because the electoral system

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for the European Parliament is proportional representation. Nigel

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Farage says he will be standing in the general election, and says it

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will be somewhere south of the Thames. The biggest hint yet that it

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is likely to be in Kent. And for more details

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and a full breakdown of the local election results,

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you can log on to our websites, and of course we'll have full coverage

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of the European Election results A rumour couple who objected to

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having their child adopted by a same`sex couple have lost their

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case. The couple said it was not suitable because of their

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children's Catholic upbringing is, but a judge ruled that there are

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bringing was more significant than any impact on their religious

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upbringing. Boris Johnson argues that this

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development could reshape the national economy. The commission is

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already considering building a second runway at Gatwick or

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expanding the runways at Heathrow. I truly believe that what we're

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proposing is only logical solution, as it is the one that really

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delivers the long`term growth of the city needs and gives us the

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conductivity that a great global capital deserves.

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The Government has announced the winner of the competition to run

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Govia, will to take on a seven year contract to run

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Thameslink services, connecting Bedford to central London, Gatwick

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Govia already run the Southern, Southeastern and Gatwick Express

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The government said the new franchise would improve

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commuter services with nearly 1,400 extra carriages increasing capacity

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Our Correspondent Mark Norman is live at Three Bridge Station.

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Mark, will passengers notice any difference?

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I don't think there will be a dramatic difference. One obvious one

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will be trained that currently run on the line behind me will not as

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first capital connect lost the franchise. They will eventually be

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replaced by other trains. The biggest of the new commitments is

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10,000 extra passenger seats to ease congestion on busy lines like this

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one. They also talk about 8000 more jobs. They will primarily be in the

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Thames Link service, but still good news for the south`east. Govia are

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delighted to have won the franchise.

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Readers will see a great deal from this. We will see a franchise that

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will see a much better service for commuters, there will be a overhaul

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of the timetable, more frequent services, and better trains

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particularly to Gatwick. What is the timetable for these

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changes, Mark? The franchise doesn't begin until

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2018. We will see Thames Link trains before that. But as five years

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away, and that gives Govia a chance to invest properly so they can make

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some money and improve the passenger experience on busy lines like this

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one. A scheme to try

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and protect vulnerable children from being sexually abused in Sussex

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has been launched today. Codenamed Operation Kite,

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the aim is to try and get all the agencies involved in child

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protection to communicate better. It's estimated as many

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as 100 children a year are being abused in Sussex ` many of them

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already in local authority care. This man was arrested during a

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police raid in Dover two weeks ago. It's alleged he

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and others sexually exploited No child should be the victim of

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this kind of horrific abuse. Today, in Lewes,

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Sussex police launched a coordinated campaign to tackle what they say is

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a hidden but significant problem. We want to raise awareness for the

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general public, we want our staff to know what to look for, we want

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Britons to know they will be believed and to come forward.

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Vulnerable children are most at risk.

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Police officers revealed Sussex has the 5th highest number

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For the most part, children don't realise they are being sexually

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exploited by Liz is happening, and there are things that a child can

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gain from the relationship even if there are other things that are very

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negative, such as material gains. It's hoped more cooperation

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between businesses, the public and child protection organisations

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will help keep young people safe. One of the steps we have taken is to

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enable the police to secure information from hotels about guests

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who have stayed there, and some hotels are clearly being used as

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places where children are being taken to be sexually exploited.

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Operation Kite follows a year`long investigation that resulted in 6

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men from east Sussex being charged with serious sexual offences.

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It's the first prosecution for alleged child sexual

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Our top story tonight, billions of barrels of oil worth hundreds of

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millions of pounds are underneath the south`east according to a major

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study. In many areas, the only way of extracting it may be by using the

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controversial process of fracking. Also in the programme, work by the

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influential artist takes centre stage in market.

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And join me for the forecast. A major exhibition of the work of

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Mondrian is opening in Margate which the organisers hope will be a

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blockbuster. You may have been dead for 70 years,

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but Mondrian is around us all in terms of style and design. He

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started something, followed by many designers who came after him.

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He was incredibly influential, and his legacy lives on today. I think

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for artists, architects, they look to Mondrian is one of the first

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graphic designers. It's pretty infectious this Mondrian

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great, once you have seen it once, you start to see it everywhere.

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We're hoping to have a festival of fun, and capture the essence of

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being by the seaside, fun and vibrancy that spills out and

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encourages people to get involved. In Holland, he painted more than a

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few windmills in his time, and that is what has inspired these artworks

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made by local people. Who made them?

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We had all sorts of people, children from schools, we have been around

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the town trying to catch bystanders and ask them to make it windmills.

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We had some interesting times. It has taken long negotiations to bring

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these paintings from Dutch galleries and museums. Retell the story of how

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Mondrian went from landscape to outlandish as he developed his art.

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He was the last person to care what people thought of his work, but this

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is a chance to make up your own mind.

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It is a tale of romance and a lifetime living in hope that finds a

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happy ending. Alan never married, saying that

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Cathy was the one for him, but all things come to those who wait, and

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today after a slight hiatus of 46 years they finally tied the knot.

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Today Alan and Cathy finally tied the knot, 46 years after he first

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proposed, and held their wedding reception at the really really met

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in the nineteen sixties. Is left to me to speak for

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appearance who have died. For those of you who read the local paper you

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will see that we have gained some notoriety.

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Their love affair started in 1966, the year England won the World Cup.

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We got engaged two years later, the year Richard Nixon was elected

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president, but their relationship ended. They were reintroduced in

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2007, the same year that high`speed one was discussed.

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I found out that he had said that basically no one else would do. I

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believed him. Is like that. Alan never married. Cathy did, but

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her marriage didn't last. Over the romantic, Alan proposed to her at

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the same place you did 40 years earlier, and on the same day, her

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birthday. We have gone out on a number 11 bus,

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because that is what we did the first time, and there were a few

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people about. I said, if you want me to marry you, you will have to go

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down on one knee again, and so he did, in the middle of London, in the

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rain, went down on one knee and asked me if I would marry him and

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produced the ring. Lumet heroes volunteers in the

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1960s, proving that time has not derailed their love. `` the next

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year as volunteers. `` the Met shear.

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Many thousands of people this weekend will be at the racing

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circuit to see some special cars. They accelerate more quickly than a

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Formula one car, and many of them are reaching the very first rally

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cross stage to come here. It's a motor racing cocktail that

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fans and drivers love. It is very different to what I'm

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used to. Going in at the deep end. We have 38 supercars here. It is a

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tough great. The racing is close, and the cars are phenomenal.

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Lynne Hill has been hosting rallycross since the nineteen

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sixties. This week's action will be just as frantic and popular.

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We have people from all over the world, the West Indies, Iceland,

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Russia and America. There is people coming from everywhere just to see

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the circuit that we are really proud of.

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Rallycross attracts some of the world's best drivers, including some

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with Formula one experience. I would be content with a podium

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finish, I would be extremely happy with a win.

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Today was the lull before the storm. These cars, some of which

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cost half ?1 million, will be going flat out, and that means zero to 60

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mph in less than two seconds. The races may not be long, but they are

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never dull. Easter bank holiday, which must mean

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we have some rain on the way! Over the next couple of days,

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especially for Saturday we may see some heavy rain. It will feel

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fresher after the showers, brighter for Sunday, and a dry start on

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Monday. This is the rain we will see tonight. You can see for Sunday it

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will be dry and bright. A cloudy start for Monday, and then this

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pulls up from the continent bringing wet and windy weather. Earlier the

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showers mostly stays to the west of us, and temperatures have been 16 or

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17 Celsius. Into tonight, some showers but mostly dry initially. We

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start to see heavy rain from two or three o'clock tomorrow morning.

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Cloak is up from the south, temperatures around 11 or 12, and I

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were overcast start on Saturday. It will feel fresher, temperatures 13

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or 14 degrees. Through tomorrow night, averages drop and showers

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will ease. And dry start to Sunday, and stays that way through the

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afternoon. Temperature is recovering nicely and sunshine around. Over

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into Monday, initially dry, but then heavy rain and things will feel

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cooler as we go through the rest of the day. Sunday will be a lovely

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bright day, for Monday, best to do them in the morning. The afternoon

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to be wet and windy. Let's go back to our top story, oil

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worth hundreds of billions of pounds found under the south`east.

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But should we extracted? We asked for your views.

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Some are not convinced by promises of cheap feel. One says, I remember

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promises of North Sea oil, could this be another empty promise?

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Philip says, yes, I agree to fracking, it saves us importing.

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Another says, do it, the cheaper, the better.

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It always amuses me that if it was in some other area of north now one

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would care, but this is it affects middle England is a leafy villages,

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they want to keep their home comforts.

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Another says we should spend time and money developing renewable

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energy resources. That is all from us for now. For

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now, thank you. Goodbye. Let's look at the history

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of BBC TWO with me, Simon Schama. 'Harry And Paul's

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