:00:00. > :00:15.Questions from a man who lost a son in Iraq
:00:16. > :00:28.It makes me wonder what they fought for and went through? Was it of
:00:29. > :00:35.benefits to the country? Victory for campaigners `
:00:36. > :00:37.the Pilgrims Hospice says it WILL The Education Secretary says he ll
:00:38. > :00:41.work with Kent County Council to expand Grammar schools
:00:42. > :00:43.in the county. Serving up
:00:44. > :00:52.a world class tournament in Sussex We're live
:00:53. > :00:55.in Eastbourne with the build`up And,
:00:56. > :00:57.Sussex letters from the front line. An amazing insight into the
:00:58. > :00:59.First World War written to The father
:01:00. > :01:08.of a Sussex soldier killed hn Iraq says the recent violence in
:01:09. > :01:11.the country has made him qudstion Hundreds have died
:01:12. > :01:15.in fighting between Sunni and John Rigby from Rye died
:01:16. > :01:21.on his 24th birthday, His father Doug told
:01:22. > :01:27.our reporter Piers Hopkirk he finds the recent developments
:01:28. > :01:34.in the country hugely troubling. They are scenes that have stunned
:01:35. > :01:36.the international community. Islamist militants advancing through
:01:37. > :01:40.Iraq leaving wave upon wave of terrified refugees in their wake
:01:41. > :01:44.as the country faces falling apart For Doug Rigby, whose son John was
:01:45. > :01:52.killed fighting for freedom in Iraq, it has left him questioning
:01:53. > :01:57.the value of his sacrifice. I really felt at the time
:01:58. > :02:00.of his death, that we were having And I think
:02:01. > :02:06.when his colleagues withdrew and came back to the UK, we all felt
:02:07. > :02:12.as army parents, if you like, that And
:02:13. > :02:20.the sacrifice was somehow worth it. Today, as I see it, talking to
:02:21. > :02:25.you now, I am really not so sure. John,
:02:26. > :02:27.a former pupil at Robertsbrhdge Community College was a corporal
:02:28. > :02:30.in the 4th Battalion the Rifles. He was killed
:02:31. > :02:34.in a roadside bomb attack in Basra. His twin brother William
:02:35. > :02:38.and fellow soldier at his side. With the seventh anniversarx
:02:39. > :02:42.of death coinciding with this Iraqi insurgency,
:02:43. > :02:47.it is a painful time his falily For those images together whth
:02:48. > :02:51.this seven`year anniversary that And there is something
:02:52. > :02:57.you haven't asked me. That is what we would feel
:02:58. > :03:03.if William, who was still serving, And I have absolutely no
:03:04. > :03:11.answer to what that might bd. Tonight, President Obama called
:03:12. > :03:14.on the Iraqi leaders to set aside I do not expect to see any boots
:03:15. > :03:20.on the ground. I do not think the Brits or the
:03:21. > :03:24.Americans are interested in that. It is most likely we will see
:03:25. > :03:28.a target drone programme designed to try and stop ISIS removing
:03:29. > :03:32.across the country. While Iraq's future looks even more
:03:33. > :03:35.uncertain, the parents say that one certainty remains, nothing will
:03:36. > :03:50.diminish their pride in thehr son. In a dramatic U`turn, Pilgrhms
:03:51. > :03:53.Hospice in Canterbury is to stay open. The managers had threatened to
:03:54. > :03:56.close the 16`bed hospice in order to move all their care into the
:03:57. > :04:00.community. But after a huge campaign, including a petition
:04:01. > :04:02.signed by 17,000 people, thdy have decided to keep it open. Claudia
:04:03. > :04:16.Sermbasiz reports. The three hospices in Kent to
:04:17. > :04:23.describe themselves as sisters describe themselves as sisters
:04:24. > :04:27.offering social and physiological support for the patients in the
:04:28. > :04:31.final stage of their illness. When the Canterbury sister was
:04:32. > :04:36.threatened, the supporters fought to keep the inpatient ward open. It is
:04:37. > :04:45.fantastic. Feeling emotional, quite tearful. I am elated for so many
:04:46. > :04:50.different reasons. We will benefit from keeping this wonderful place.
:04:51. > :04:56.After a meeting of the board, Pilgrims Hospice will keep `ll of
:04:57. > :05:01.the beds open. They say, we have listened to the express the views of
:05:02. > :05:03.local people and recognise the desire for a change of emphasis in
:05:04. > :05:08.desire for a change of emph`sis in the plans. Please give us the time,
:05:09. > :05:13.the patience and understandhng that we now need to establish how we can
:05:14. > :05:14.achieve the common aim of maintaining beds in Canterbtry
:05:15. > :05:19.achieve the common aim of maintaining beds in Canterbury as
:05:20. > :05:22.well as in Thanet and Ashford. It has not been decided is how any bed
:05:23. > :05:27.we will keep open. I will s`y to everybody that is supporting keeping
:05:28. > :05:31.this open, it is now really important that we support this
:05:32. > :05:34.hospice and that those people that have given their time and money in
:05:35. > :05:38.supporting the fundraising, that they continue to do so. Mike
:05:39. > :05:45.they continue to do so. Mikd Bradford stayed at the ward before
:05:46. > :05:48.dying from a brain tumour in March. They are so welcoming, and even when
:05:49. > :05:54.They are so welcoming, and dven when my daughters come to visit, and what
:05:55. > :05:55.they have enabled me to do, it is spent or quality time with my
:05:56. > :06:01.family. The charity which rdceives family. The charity which rdceives
:06:02. > :06:05.75% of funding from the comlunity has an annual ?1 million deficit.
:06:06. > :06:10.Claudia is here now, a dramatic Claudia is here now, a dramatic
:06:11. > :06:14.U`turn, how did this happen? This is an example of people power and the
:06:15. > :06:21.power of social media. Their Facebook page had 13,000 likes, over
:06:22. > :06:26.18,000 people signed their petition, 500 people showed up at the public
:06:27. > :06:28.meeting, they forged or keep it open and it has worked. The charhty has
:06:29. > :06:33.and it has worked. The charity has said that the building is not in
:06:34. > :06:34.need of repair, but they will update supporters throughout the summer and
:06:35. > :06:38.supporters throughout the stmmer and it would be business as usual. They
:06:39. > :06:40.will try to keep this gold standard going, but they added that they will
:06:41. > :06:41.really need support now more than really need support now mord than
:06:42. > :06:46.ever. In a moment cutting wood and
:06:47. > :06:49.unemployment ` the conservation scheme which could also help the
:06:50. > :07:00.economy. An elderly couple from
:07:01. > :07:02.Kent say they have been left devastated after thieves broke into
:07:03. > :07:13.their home on the anniversary of The burglars made off with the
:07:14. > :07:16.medals dating back to the 1800 and took more than 200 family hdirlooms
:07:17. > :07:21.took more than 200 family heirlooms belonging to the couple including a
:07:22. > :07:24.presentation gherkin knife from his days in the respective regiment.
:07:25. > :07:25.presentation gherkin knife from his days in the respective regilent A
:07:26. > :07:29.days in the respective regiment. A commanding officer in the Indian
:07:30. > :07:30.army in the 18 hundredths, Robert Atkins wearing his medals whth
:07:31. > :07:34.Atkins wearing his medals with pride. His son was highly ddcorated
:07:35. > :07:37.pride. His son was highly decorated also. But the medal is valu`ble and
:07:38. > :07:40.also. But the medal is valuable and historical and it has now bden
:07:41. > :07:45.stolen along with valuable family silver. On Friday night last week as
:07:46. > :07:46.the D`Day celebrations drew to a close, burglars broke into the
:07:47. > :07:51.home. This is where they came close, burglars broke into the
:07:52. > :07:52.home. This is where they cale in and home. This is where they came in and
:07:53. > :07:58.broke this windowpane here. They came through here. They took the
:07:59. > :08:00.medals off the walls. One was came through here. They took the
:08:01. > :08:03.medals off the walls. One w`s there, one must there, and all of the
:08:04. > :08:10.silver and the silver on the silver and the silver on the
:08:11. > :08:13.sideboard. One of the stolen pieces most missed as a decorated
:08:14. > :08:19.presentation knife. When we were married, the Gurkha soldiers, they
:08:20. > :08:25.gave us a presentation of this knife, which was a lovely one, a
:08:26. > :08:32.silver case. We cut the wedding cake with it. The couple are dev`stated.
:08:33. > :08:37.All of our good ones are gone. It is unbearable. It is something that I
:08:38. > :08:41.wanted my children and my grandchildren to inherit. It is just
:08:42. > :08:46.family medals. It is disgusting the way they have done this. It is
:08:47. > :08:49.absolutely heartbreaking. You get so crossed that it is not there.
:08:50. > :08:52.absolutely heartbreaking. You get so crossed that it is not therd. It is
:08:53. > :08:57.lost. We just will not see it again, I don't expect. The police `re
:08:58. > :08:58.investigating they say that the people who committed this despicable
:08:59. > :09:00.people who committed this ddspicable crime are currently and clearly
:09:01. > :09:00.people who committed this despicable crime are currently and cle`rly lack
:09:01. > :09:03.crime are currently and clearly lack any respect for their community The
:09:04. > :09:06.any respect for their community. The couple feel relieved that they came
:09:07. > :09:08.to no harm and remain hopeftl that to no harm and remain hopeful that
:09:09. > :09:15.their treasures will be rettrned. The process to find a company to run
:09:16. > :09:18.the refurbished Dreamland Heritage Amusement Park has begun. Thanet
:09:19. > :09:20.District Council is offering a 35`year contract. They say they
:09:21. > :09:23.want someone to run it as a successful, sustainable and viable
:09:24. > :09:26.business. After years as a disused site, Dreamland is being rebuilt
:09:27. > :09:28.with government and lottery funding. Lawyers representing campaigners
:09:29. > :09:36.in the village of Balcombe have launched a High
:09:37. > :09:39.Court challenge against the decision by West Sussex County Council to
:09:40. > :09:41.grant permission for further oil exploration to be carried ott
:09:42. > :09:44.by the energy company Cuadrilla. The test drilling site, just outside
:09:45. > :09:47.the village, was the scene of angry protests last year, when people
:09:48. > :09:50.believed the work would lead to the A drug addict, who stole from a
:09:51. > :09:59.disabled Sittingbourne woman, as he pretended to help her, has been
:10:00. > :10:02.jailed. Matthew Beaney, of no fixed address, took the 50 year`old
:10:03. > :10:05.victim's purse after she became unwell in a chemist. When
:10:06. > :10:07.interviewed by police he denied the offence and said he picked ht up by
:10:08. > :10:10.mistake. In court though, the 29`year`old pleaded guilty `nd was
:10:11. > :10:16.sentenced to 21 months. The Education Secretary Michael Gove
:10:17. > :10:18.has given the strongest indication yet that the first new grammar
:10:19. > :10:21.school places for 50 years could be created in Kent. Kent Countx
:10:22. > :10:24.Council's been backing campaigners in Sevenoaks who say grammar school
:10:25. > :10:26.places are desperately needed there. Speaking as he toured a new type of
:10:27. > :10:30.school for the creative arts in Sussex, Mr Gove said he could work
:10:31. > :10:33.with the council in the future. Our Political Editor Louise Stewart
:10:34. > :10:53.reports. Tell me about those questions.
:10:54. > :10:56.Putting his teaching skills to the test, the Education Secretary
:10:57. > :11:01.dropped in on an English lesson as he opened this studio School for the
:11:02. > :11:04.creative industries. It aims to give more choice to those interested in
:11:05. > :11:08.the performing arts Centre prepare them for the world of busindss.
:11:09. > :11:09.the performing arts Centre prepare them for the world of business. The
:11:10. > :11:12.them for the world of busindss. The way that education succeeds as when
:11:13. > :11:16.you get different people choosing to work together. One of the great
:11:17. > :11:19.things about this cool is that you have got mentors, people that are
:11:20. > :11:21.experts in television production, fashion design, and they are
:11:22. > :11:23.experts in television production, fashion design, and they ard working
:11:24. > :11:26.with the local community and the students to get things done. It is
:11:27. > :11:30.the lack of choice in gramm`r the lack of choice in grammar
:11:31. > :11:36.schools that has angered parents in neighbouring tent. The plans to open
:11:37. > :11:37.an annex for an existing school in Sevenoaks was blocked last xear
:11:38. > :11:38.Sevenoaks was blocked last year because it was deemed illeg`l. But
:11:39. > :11:44.because it was deemed illegal. But today, the secretary gave stpport
:11:45. > :11:47.for increasing places. I am very happy for people all over the
:11:48. > :11:51.country where you have a selective system, who want a selectivd place
:11:52. > :11:56.for their child and their child passes the test, whatever tdsts
:11:57. > :12:00.they can get that place. I `m happy to work with Kent County Council and
:12:01. > :12:04.other schools to make sure that if necessary, the schools expand. Kent
:12:05. > :12:09.County Council welcomes the comments and say that they are willing to
:12:10. > :12:18.tackle the need for grammar school provision in Kent. There is no
:12:19. > :12:24.grammar school system in Sussex, but they now have this performing arts
:12:25. > :12:30.school. It shows that the hub they now have this performing arts
:12:31. > :12:33.school. It shows that the htb of school. It shows that the htb of
:12:34. > :12:37.creativity generating in the south`east is wonderful. As well as
:12:38. > :12:40.the traditional subjects, the students here experienced the
:12:41. > :12:46.creative industries, everything from fashion to photography and lusic. It
:12:47. > :12:49.is all of the subject so want to do in production and arts, you cannot
:12:50. > :12:50.find that anywhere else. I `m in production and arts, you cannot
:12:51. > :12:53.find that anywhere else. I am very find that anywhere else. I am very
:12:54. > :12:59.creative, I like to play music, coming here gives me this
:13:00. > :13:01.experience. After coming here and experiencing the creative
:13:02. > :13:04.industries, I have decided what I want to do in the future. After the
:13:05. > :13:12.visit of Michael Gove to thd visit of Michael Gove to thd
:13:13. > :13:15.region, the visit, and also his support for the new school, this
:13:16. > :13:21.could soon become a reality in the area.
:13:22. > :13:24.The UKIP leader, Nigel Farrage is currently taking part in a
:13:25. > :13:26.'Question`Time' style debate in Ramsgate, a move which further
:13:27. > :13:29.reinforces speculation that he may stand for the seat of South Thanet
:13:30. > :13:31.at next year's general election The panel, which includes the current
:13:32. > :13:34.South Thanet MP, and three prospective candidates for the seat,
:13:35. > :13:36.is being questioned by sixth form pupils at Ellington and Herdson
:13:37. > :13:42.School. Our reporter Jon Hunt is there.
:13:43. > :13:48.What has he had to say about all of the speculation? He is playhng
:13:49. > :13:48.What has he had to say about all of the speculation? He is playing that
:13:49. > :13:50.down and playing down his p`rt on down and playing down his p`rt on
:13:51. > :13:53.this panel. The team say that he down and playing down his part on
:13:54. > :13:55.this panel. The team say that he is a local MEP and he is interdsted in
:13:56. > :13:59.a local MEP and he is interested in the local area and he wanted to take
:14:00. > :14:03.part in this event organised by the school. Some members on the panel
:14:04. > :14:05.disagreed and they said that he is definitely eyeing up the arda
:14:06. > :14:07.disagreed and they said that he is definitely eyeing up the area for
:14:08. > :14:08.the local election and he should make his feelings known verx soon.
:14:09. > :14:12.make his feelings known very soon. He has today spoken of the
:14:13. > :14:14.controversy surrounding his European allowances. The electoral commission
:14:15. > :14:16.is investigating a benefit in allowances. The electoral commission
:14:17. > :14:17.is investigating a benefit hn kind is investigating a benefit in kind
:14:18. > :14:19.by new debts ?200,000 relathng is investigating a benefit hn kind
:14:20. > :14:29.by new debts ?200,000 relating to an by new debts ?200,000 relathng to an
:14:30. > :14:31.office that he runs that he did not declare to them. He told me that he
:14:32. > :14:40.is baffled by this enquiry. I have had that officers since
:14:41. > :14:43.before the Electoral Commission was founded and from day one, when I
:14:44. > :14:46.took advice, what should I do, professional advice, I registered it
:14:47. > :14:49.every single year for the last 14 years with the European Parliament
:14:50. > :14:51.as a benefit in kind, to help me do my job as an LEP.
:14:52. > :14:56.It is not a campaign office... That did not come up this meeting.
:14:57. > :15:05.They have been speaking abott They have been speaking about
:15:06. > :15:06.regenerating Thanet, should cannabis be legalised, and other isstes
:15:07. > :15:10.regenerating Thanet, should cannabis be legalised, and other issues like
:15:11. > :15:13.this. If Nigel Farage wants to stand during the general election, he will
:15:14. > :15:19.have to make his feelings known pretty soon.
:15:20. > :15:23.The father of a Sussex soldier killed in Iraq
:15:24. > :15:26.says the recent violence in the country has made him qudstion
:15:27. > :15:30.John Rigby from Rye was killed by a roadside bomb in 2007.
:15:31. > :15:32.His father says he finds recent developments
:15:33. > :15:36.The poignant letters written by Sussex soldiers in the fhrst
:15:37. > :15:43.world war ` and treasured by their colonel at his family home, Nymans.
:15:44. > :15:51.And a rare occurrence tonight with a full moon falling on Friday the
:15:52. > :15:53.13th! Will it foretell of whether woe or whether lock for the weekend?
:15:54. > :16:01.! Join us later to find out. A Kent charity is hoping to be
:16:02. > :16:04.awarded more than a million pounds of government funds to help it get
:16:05. > :16:07.more people into work. The Kent Woodland Employment Scheme provides
:16:08. > :16:10.a three year woodland managdment course near Maidstone for ex
:16:11. > :16:12.military personnel and unemployed youngsters. The charity say they can
:16:13. > :16:15.provide much needed skills for the rural economy and supply a growing
:16:16. > :16:17.market for wood to local endrgy producers. Our Correspondent Mark
:16:18. > :16:27.Norman has this exclusive rdport. Trainees cutting up fallen trees
:16:28. > :16:31.in ancient woodland near Maidstone. This charitable scheme aims to give
:16:32. > :16:33.ex`offenders, ex`military pdrsonnel and the unemployed a chance
:16:34. > :16:40.at a career in woodland man`gement. There are very few trained woodland
:16:41. > :16:43.foresters left in the whole We are training them in employment,
:16:44. > :16:49.particularly in ancient woodlands. Ancient woodlands,
:16:50. > :16:53.we have more ancient woodland in Kent than anywhere else
:16:54. > :16:56.in the whole of the UK. There is a strong economic
:16:57. > :16:58.argument for the scheme. Last year planning was granted
:16:59. > :17:02.for an ?80 million biomass plant at It will need more than 150,000
:17:03. > :17:08.tonnes of managed, With that in mind,
:17:09. > :17:13.the charity is applying for money You can begin to join up thd dots
:17:14. > :17:20.on a story like this. You have the raw rural economy and a
:17:21. > :17:24.scheme like this that is providing It also provides a product to a wood
:17:25. > :17:28.heat facility in the east of Kent. That will also provide training
:17:29. > :17:32.and ultimately employment. And of course everybody can apply
:17:33. > :17:35.for Regional Growth Fund money which is designed to providd
:17:36. > :17:39.training and employment in Kent. Any kind of conservation work
:17:40. > :17:41.requires funding and if you can make your conservation
:17:42. > :17:45.work pay for the conservation, then it seems to make sense to have
:17:46. > :17:51.that nice circle, really. It seems like the whole wood,
:17:52. > :17:53.fuel situation will take off eventually and there aren't
:17:54. > :17:57.really many people doing coppicing so they need young blood to come
:17:58. > :18:00.in and pick things up again. So it definitely is
:18:01. > :18:04.the right time to be doing this The charity hopes to take
:18:05. > :18:07.on four trainees each year if they are successful
:18:08. > :18:35.in the growth fund bid procdss. Final preparations are being made
:18:36. > :18:37.at the Devonshire Park tennhs complex in Eastbourne,
:18:38. > :18:39.before the Aegon International Around 42,000 people will watch
:18:40. > :18:42.140 matches throughout the week The tournament,
:18:43. > :18:44.which has a prize fund of ?800,000, is a vital part of the top players'
:18:45. > :18:47.build up to Wimbledon. Our sports reporter Neil Bell
:18:48. > :18:50.is courtside for us now. Neil, there's an international
:18:51. > :19:00.and local flavour to the event. Remarkably, for a draw nine days
:19:01. > :19:05.every year since the 1970s, this has been the focus of the tennis playing
:19:06. > :19:08.world. Layers from all over the world competing with the best of
:19:09. > :19:12.British at one of the most popular seaside resorts.
:19:13. > :19:16.A successful tennis tournamdnt A successful tennis tournamdnt
:19:17. > :19:20.requires many things, a lot of tennis balls, 10,000 in fact, and
:19:21. > :19:24.some of the best grass court anywhere in the world and of course,
:19:25. > :19:30.many of the best players currently in the game. But if you months ago,
:19:31. > :19:35.things were very different. Six, seven weeks ago, this was
:19:36. > :19:39.underwater. So, we have had to work on it really hard to get it to this
:19:40. > :19:45.stage now. Pleased? Yes. Thdre are stage now. Pleased? Yes. Thdre are
:19:46. > :19:53.always little things that you would hope go better, but all in all,
:19:54. > :19:56.hope go better, but all in `ll, considering this winter, it is all
:19:57. > :19:59.right, it has come good. Hopefully it will stay like this. This is a
:20:00. > :20:00.special year for Eastbourne. The tournament is celebrating its 40th
:20:01. > :20:02.anniversary and over that thme, anniversary and over that time,
:20:03. > :20:06.Devonshire Park has been thd Devonshire Park has been the
:20:07. > :20:08.temporary home for many of the legendary players in the game.
:20:09. > :20:12.legendary players in the gale. Martina, Chris Everett, Kim
:20:13. > :20:17.cloisters, Justine Hannon, the list goes on. You are right, frol
:20:18. > :20:22.goes on. You are right, from Heritage perspective, it is great.
:20:23. > :20:27.The key is, let us be stronger for the next 40 years. It is not
:20:28. > :20:31.difficult to see the enduring attraction in Eastbourne. They know
:20:32. > :20:36.what is required to make sure that the players and the public keep on
:20:37. > :20:39.returning. It has always been somewhere but the players and
:20:40. > :20:42.officials like to come the week before Wimbledon because it is a
:20:43. > :20:45.relaxed atmosphere by the sda. If relaxed atmosphere by the sda. If
:20:46. > :20:50.you have weather like this, there is nowhere better to come and play
:20:51. > :20:56.tennis. You can have a relaxing time before returning to Wimbledon. A
:20:57. > :21:03.combination of fine tuning, the air and the Sussex hospitality seem as
:21:04. > :21:08.popular now as it ever was. It is family Day tomorrow, the entrance is
:21:09. > :21:16.open at 10:30am, so soak up some of the atmosphere.
:21:17. > :21:18.England's footballers don't play their opening World Cup game
:21:19. > :21:21.Sadly for England's hockey players, including seven from Kent
:21:22. > :21:24.and Sussex, their World Cup dream is over following their narrow 1`0
:21:25. > :21:26.semi final defeat to home shde Holland this afternoon.
:21:27. > :21:28.England will compete in the 3rd/4th play`off on Sunday.
:21:29. > :21:31.I think you make sure you s`y to the guys,
:21:32. > :21:34.we are playing for a World Cup medal and we don't take that lightly.
:21:35. > :21:36.Obviously we wanted to be in the final,
:21:37. > :21:39.but a World Cup medal is solething none of us have as a group,
:21:40. > :21:43.and knowing those people have had it for a long time, it is a prdtty big
:21:44. > :21:53.An extraordinary collection of letters written by men
:21:54. > :21:56.from Sussex on the front line in the First World War is going
:21:57. > :22:00.The 500 letters were bound together as a book by Colonel Leonard Messel,
:22:01. > :22:03.who was barred from serving overseas because of his German ancestry.
:22:04. > :22:06.Instead Colonel Messel, who lived at Nymans in West Sussex, he
:22:07. > :22:09.devoted his time to the UK training battalions of the Royal East Kent
:22:10. > :22:11.Regiment, and formed close, long`lasting bonds with the men.
:22:12. > :22:27.He looks every imperial inch the English gentleman. But Leon`rd was
:22:28. > :22:32.not allowed to fight on the front line because of his German `ncestry.
:22:33. > :22:35.Instead, he devoted his time training soldiers of the Roxal
:22:36. > :22:35.Instead, he devoted his timd training soldiers of the Royal East
:22:36. > :22:40.training soldiers of the Roxal East Kent Regiment. You prepare these
:22:41. > :22:41.troops for war and they wrote back about their experiences. He had
:22:42. > :22:42.their accounts transcribed hnto about their experiences. He had
:22:43. > :22:42.their accounts transcribed into a their accounts transcribed into a
:22:43. > :22:47.book. When I saw at first, H thought book. When I saw at first, H thought
:22:48. > :22:49.it was just something written book. When I saw at first, I thought
:22:50. > :22:51.it was just something writtdn about the First World War, and when I
:22:52. > :22:55.the First World War, and whdn I opened it up, I could not believe
:22:56. > :23:00.that somebody had taken so much trouble to copy all of thesd
:23:01. > :23:03.letters. It is amazing. You go through it. It is very, verx moving.
:23:04. > :23:06.through it. It is very, very moving. The fact that the book of ldtters is
:23:07. > :23:10.The fact that the book of letters is still here it's pretty miraculous.
:23:11. > :23:18.It survived a fire that destroyed the family seat, Nyman 's in Sussex.
:23:19. > :23:19.To walk out here into no man's land, that hideous desolation of
:23:20. > :23:22.shrieking shells and shrapndl, land, that hideous desolation of
:23:23. > :23:25.shrieking shells and shrapnel, men shrieking shells and shrapndl, men
:23:26. > :23:31.falling all around and yet to live, surely it is worthwhile. The
:23:32. > :23:34.National Trust is dating an exhibition about Leonard and the
:23:35. > :23:39.letters and it also shows the anti`German sentiment that prevented
:23:40. > :23:47.him from a German family from going to war. Is probably were to be very
:23:48. > :23:49.difficult for him. He had a very British bringing, educated at Eton
:23:50. > :23:55.and Oxford. He was English. It would be very for him. There was a sharp
:23:56. > :24:02.be very for him. There was ` sharp bust over my head. I was knocked
:24:03. > :24:06.senseless. A tree was cut down. Altogether, it was a lucky dscape.
:24:07. > :24:11.The letters from these men are the The letters from these men `re the
:24:12. > :24:15.poignant record of their experiences that he could only read. He could
:24:16. > :24:22.only read what they ensured. And there's an extended version of
:24:23. > :24:25.the Nymans story online at our World War One website... Along with
:24:26. > :24:28.hundreds of others up and down the An Anglo Saxon silver penny found
:24:29. > :24:35.in a Sussex field has fetchdd ?78,000 at auction ` nearly four
:24:36. > :24:38.times more than predicted. The coin is thought to be only
:24:39. > :24:41.the fourth ever found from the reign of Aethelbert II, who ruled East
:24:42. > :24:44.Anglia in the late 8th`centtry. It was found
:24:45. > :25:02.by metal detectorist Darrin Simpson Have cut the money has gone to the
:25:03. > :25:05.farmer that owned the field. `` half of the money. And the rest of the
:25:06. > :25:10.money has been split between himself and the people he was working with
:25:11. > :25:19.when he found the coins. Now, the weather.
:25:20. > :25:26.This weekend, something unusual to speak about. Today is Friday the
:25:27. > :25:35.13th. It would be a full moon. The last time we had a full moon on
:25:36. > :25:36.Friday the 13th in June was duly 100 years ago, 1919. The next time this
:25:37. > :25:38.will happen will be in 35 ydars will happen will be in 35 ydars
:25:39. > :25:43.time, 2014. It is in an usual time, 2014. It is in an usual
:25:44. > :25:46.occurrence. It is not affect the weather. Some research has shown
:25:47. > :25:49.that a full moon at night c`n that a full moon at night can
:25:50. > :25:51.increase the temperature by one tenth of a degree, but it has
:25:52. > :25:52.increase the temperature by one tenth of a degree, but it h`s there
:25:53. > :25:54.tenth of a degree, but it has there been proven. A full moon dodsn't
:25:55. > :26:05.been proven. A full moon doesn't really affect the weather. The fact
:26:06. > :26:07.is, we have got some showers. I would not rely on these showers if
:26:08. > :26:10.you want to escape watering plants, because most of us will not see any
:26:11. > :26:12.showers tonight. Most places will stay dry. If you get a shower,
:26:13. > :26:13.showers tonight. Most places will stay dry. If you get a showdr, it
:26:14. > :26:14.stay dry. If you get a shower, it could be heavy. Most places will
:26:15. > :26:20.stay dry. Temperatures staying could be heavy. Most places will
:26:21. > :26:24.stay dry. Temperatures stayhng miles under the cloud. 15, 16 degrees.
:26:25. > :26:28.This cloak of cloud would bd under the cloud. 15, 16 degrees
:26:29. > :26:32.This cloak of cloud would bd with us on Saturday and Sunday. Some
:26:33. > :26:37.brightness at times, but generally, it would be cloudy. That will impact
:26:38. > :26:39.on the temperature. It will feel cooler but the change of the
:26:40. > :26:39.on the temperature. It will feel cooler but the change of thd wind
:26:40. > :26:44.direction, the mild south`westerly direction, the mild south`wdsterly
:26:45. > :26:46.and a cooler north`easterly. Temperatures across the board drops
:26:47. > :26:55.down by a few degrees. 16 degrees in down by a few degrees. 16 degrees in
:26:56. > :27:00.some places. More clout this begins, feeling cooler with the change in
:27:01. > :27:02.wind direction. No drama for Saturday night in the Sundax. Cloud
:27:03. > :27:08.Saturday night in the Sunday. Cloud still with us. If we get thd
:27:09. > :27:13.sunshine, temperatures will be boosted up to 22 degrees. Where we
:27:14. > :27:14.keep the cloud, it would be more like 18 or at that lower on the
:27:15. > :27:19.coast. Into next week, nothhng coast. Into next week, nothhng
:27:20. > :27:23.changes. The high`pressure pressure means we have got settled weather,
:27:24. > :27:31.so it would be a dry forecast but the cloud is always going to of a
:27:32. > :27:34.bugbear. Some sunshine at times, but bugbear. Some sunshine at thmes but
:27:35. > :27:38.do not expect the warm, sunny days we have been used to.
:27:39. > :27:57.Thank you. That is that, enjoy the weekend, goodbye.
:27:58. > :27:59.Make the most of your weekend, wherever you are.
:28:00. > :28:03.Use the BBC Weather App to stay one step ahead of the weather.