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again. Something to look forward to. That is all from the

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Welcome to South East Today, I'm Polly Evans.

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Joy at being reunited with his daughters,

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I've looked after my childrdn all their lives, you know?

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We ask a few get can win in South Thanet and elsewhere in Sussex. A

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family pastor firm closes in Surrey. "NO" ` how Churchill refused Lord

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reveals call for more ammunhtion A rich musical in Judy Garl`nd's

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daughter ` heritage; Lorna Luft brings her singer mother's hits to

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the South Coast. A Kent father has spoken

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of his joy after being reunhted with his daughters, who disappeared

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nearly three months ago aftdr Robert Day from Sevenoaks,

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has thanked Thai police for helping find 11`year`old Ananya

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and six`year`old Aleena. Mr Day's ex`wife has been arrested

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on suspicion of their abduction Mr Day, smiling now his daughters

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have been returned to him. He joined Ananya, Aleena

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and his new partner in visiting the police teams that helped

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reunite them, clearly relieved that I have looked after my children

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all their lives, you know? Mr Day, from Sevenoaks,

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has been trying to find his daughters since they vanished,

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along with their mother, during Mr Day was granted sole custody

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after the couple divorced. Their mother has been released

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on bail, having been arrestdd on We would have to consider the facts

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surrounding this case in order to be fair, so that it doesn't generate

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a feeling that we are overdoing the Back home in Sevenoaks,

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their aunt is looking forward to They are looking forward to getting

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back to school, especially the little one, because she will be

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going back to the school th`t she Ananya has got the excitement

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of going to her new school. So it should be a happy timd,

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hopefully. It feels quite good to have

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some fun here with my dad. Mr Day is now planning

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his family's return to the TK. His ex`wife currently

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hasn't been charged. Nigel Farage, the leader of UKIP,

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who was selected as the party's candidate for

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South Thanet last night, is now He believes his party can whn three

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or four seats in Kent ` and at least one in Sussex `

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in next year's General Election Mr Farage will be standing

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against Craig MacKinlay, who briefly led UKIP in 1997, but is

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now standing for the Conservatives ` Ian Driver for the Green Party `

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Will Scobie for Labour, and Russ In a moment, we'll be speakhng live

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to Nigel Farage, but first Piers Hopkirk looks

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at what could be next for UKIP. It was a selection he could perhaps

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have one in his sleep, but his message to the political

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establishment was, don't rest easy. Someone once said I was Davhd

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Cameron's worst nightmare. H want to be Ed Miliband's worst nightmare to.

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Officially you kept's `` UKHP candidate for South Thanet. They are

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focusing on these three are`s and across in West Sussex, thesd areas.

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These are seats which have swung between Labour and the

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Conservatives, because thesd are working class areas. There hs an

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interesting contrast between conservatives, Labour, and TKIP How

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worried should people be? From my experience of being out there on the

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doorsteps and talking to people people are into really that keen on

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supporting UKIP, and those who have been strong Labour supporters are

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continuing to be strong Labour supporters. Nigel Burroughs is to

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experience a campaign to fall for something like this. `` Nigdl

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Farage. But he knows he will be facing the full firepower of his

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rival parties at South Thandt. To date, we asked people in potential

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target seats in Kent and Sussex how they thought that UKIP would fear

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locally in next year but Mack elections. I would consider him He

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has a lot going for him. I `m very pro`Europe, and I am very anti`Nigel

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Farage, and I am very pro`immigration as well. He has a

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marvellous ideas, but I don't think we are ready to accommodate his

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radical thinking. I wish hil all the best. We should stay in the European

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Community. No one else in the world wants us. I think they have got a

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good chance. If they keep to their words, but you don't know, do you?

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They all say things and don't keep to their words. We have quite a high

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population of Eastern Europdan is now. I know some people are not

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happy about that. We're turning into an area of deprivation, really. We

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are joined now by Nigel Far`ge. Thank you for joining us.

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What makes you think you can win this seat, a swing seat,

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Conservative at the last eldction, but before that Labour for 03 years?

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Isn't there a real prospect you split the vote

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No. The evidence now is that UKIP picks up its support from across the

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board, and what you have sedn or the last three years all over the

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country are a series of by`dlections in which UKIP come second. We come

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second in Conservative seats and Labour seats. In a marginal seat, we

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came within an absolute whisker of winning. This is the point. We pick

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up our support from across the board. That is why, as your report

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very accurately said, it is in the marginal seats. It is in thd seats

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where there is a big battle between Labour and Conservative, whdre we

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can turn this into a margin`l seat. What happened recently was that the

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Conservatives picked a Eurosceptic candidate, and said, it is OK you do

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not have to vote for UKIP, dither actively split the UKIP votd. I

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think South Thanet will turn into battle a between UKIP and the Labour

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Party, and genuine Euro sceptics must make up their mind where they

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want to go. A party leader has many comlitments,

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not least communicating party policy to the whole of the country,

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do you really have the time to devote to local issues

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that South Thanet voters deserve? That is a very fair question, and of

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course it applies to David Cameron, Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg. Whdn you

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get people who have got othdr big political jobs this becomes an

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issue, but I have a big adv`ntage in South Thanet and that is thhs. In

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eight divisions within South Thanet, eight divisions within South Thanet,

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UKIP 17 of them, so we have significant support on the ground.

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The whole of the District Council is The whole of the District

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up for election on the same day as up for election on the same day as

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the general election, there are 56 District Council seats, we `re

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fielding 56 councillors. I will be in South Thanet every week, but I

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cannot be there every day, because I have other responsible at e`se, but

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I see this as not just being me but as being a team effort, between the

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honour our candidates, and `re councillors, and that is how we will

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win. There are issues in Sotth Thanet around housing, soci`l

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issues, and provision of hotsing. UKIP stand very firmly on ldaving

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the European Union, but what policies do you have that whll help

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South Thanet? We already have seven County Council is from South Thanet

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on Kent County Council camp`igning for local people. What about your

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policies? We will be campaigning on South Thanet District Counchl. We

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will be aiming to win that council, and that will be on the loc`l

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issues. We will talk about parking charges put people off and force

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them out elsewhere, so we whll campaign on the local issues, but we

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will also campaign on the n`tional issues come and remember th`t I m

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going to be a candidate, and I will represent my constituents. H have a

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15 year history as an MEP. H will be standing in a general electhon, and

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it is the natural `` local hssues that matter.

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After their triumph in paris,we ll be chatting with Kent's rugby

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A company that for nearly half a decade had been

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run by one Sussex family has closed, with 169 people losing their jobs.

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The closure of Pasta Reale hs one of the biggest job losses in Crawley

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Experts say the company was a victim of the changes

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in the economy, struggling recently as the demand for fresh loc`lly

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There was little sign of activity at the factory today, a factory

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that had until recently sent pasta to Europe and the Middle East.

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Just a trickle of staff comhng to clear their belongings.

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One married couple told me they had worked here for 18 years

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It was a really big loss for everyone.

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The owner was trying to keep everybody until the last minute

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The workforce had produced tpmarket fresh pasta,

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sold to restaurants and catdrers for their own dishes as well

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Harrods and Waitrose had at one time been amongst thdm.

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Administrators have spent the day here advising the staff

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on the paperwork and what the future might now hold for them.

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The buildings themselves max look like just another factory or just

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another industrial estate, but that hides the fact that this

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company has quite a heritagd here in the south`east, dating b`ck to

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In the very late 70s, the p`sta was produced in a disused bakerx just

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In the 60s, from a restaurant in Croydon.

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The problem facing Pasta Re`la, was that even

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though it was a family`run company with a recent buyout they wdre very

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keen to maintain themselves as a supplier and manufacturer

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They wanted to supply UK businesses, UK consumers.

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It was a very different environment to work

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in, and that type of manufacturing can take place anywhere.

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And with a supply chain that is pretty much in euros,

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the recent economic situation made it very, very difficult.

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In a statement, the administrators say they hope to

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raise what they can to ease the losses to those who are owed money.

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John Young is in Crawley fotr hours now. What's next for the people who

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have been told that they will lose their jobs? A hugely diffictlt time

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for anyone who is given that news. The statistics do paint are` is the

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bully encouraging picture. Dconomic activity here, according to this

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assist X, official statistics, slightly better than the avdrage. In

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the south`east, if you take the south`east as your average, it is

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harder to be on Europe than in other parts of the south`east. Thd

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business associations are optimistic. They feel that lany of

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the people here have skills that will be useful to other loc`l

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employers. A sixth police officer will be

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questioned over the investigation into the lurder of

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Jayden Parkinson from Folkestone. Thames Valley Police are behng

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investigated after the 17`ydar`old was strangled by her former

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boyfriend Ben Blakeley in Ddcember. He then buried her body in

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his Uncle's grave in Oxfordshire. Last month Blakeley was sentenced to

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a minimum of 20 years in prhson Parents and pupils have been paying

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tribute to a Kent headmaster who died suddenly

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at the weekend, describing him as an Mark Geadah had been working

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at Allington Primary School for nine years, but on Sunday morning he

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was found dead at his home. Today people have been leavhng

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flowers outside the school. Trying to come to terms with the

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sudden death of a much loved headteacher. He was an insphration

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to people. He wanted the best for the school, the best for thd

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children. He was amazing. Hd did so many fun things with the chhldren.

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He brought a parrot in, he dressed up in his pyjamas at Christlas. He

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did amazing things. He brought in animals, and at Christmas the red as

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books. He always used to make everyone laugh. He did great

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assemblies, and he was fant`stic. Police were called to Mark Geadah

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was back home on Thursday morning. His death is not being treated as

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suspicious. Most of the messages you have been left by pupils. This one

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reads, you're always super funny. We miss you but we know you will be

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in 2002, three years later, he was in 2002, three years later, he was

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made headteacher. In 2008, we were given an outstanding rating by

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Ofsted, recognising the success that Mark had achieved. The school is

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reopening next week, with professional advisers and

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councillors on hand to help staff and pupils.

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A Kent father has spoken of his joy after being reunhted with

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his daughters, who disappeared in June aftdr

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11`year`old Ananya and six`xear`old Aleena are expected to return to

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their home in Sevenoaks with their father, Robert Day, next wedk.

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A rich musical heritage; Judy Garland's daughter,

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singer Lorna Luft, sings her mother's hits on the South Coast.

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We had some wet and wild we`ther a few Sundays ago, but will the next

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hurricane medal with ours as well? Join me to find out.

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A desperate letter written 000 years ago today has been discoverdd,

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showing that Britain nearly lost the First World War

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The chief of the army, Lord Kitchener,

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wrote to the then First Lord of Admiralty Winston Churchill asking

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for more ammunition in the fight against the Germans at Antwdrp.

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But the handwritten responsd was unsympathetic.

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Churchill refused, saying hd only had 10 million rounds of amlunition

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Lynda Hardy has tonight's special report.

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The 27th of August 1914, thd start of the war and a plea from the head

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of the army to the head of the Navy. My dear Churchill, please ghve you

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an `` ammunition that you c`n spare to us. I think you said that 10

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million rounds would be avahlable. It makes me shudder to think of

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troops without ammunition. But the request from Lord Kitchener is

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bluntly rebutted. It is belheved Churchill's written responsd may

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have been more subtly writtdn up by a secretary. No, no, no, no. I will

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see if anything can be scraped up. Churchill didn't mince his words.

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She was a man with a huge responsibility for the safety of the

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nation. And the ability of the fleet, and she needed to safeguard

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the ammunition that he had. It is also about how well prepared Britain

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was for the war. They were scrambling for ammunition. Here at

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the place where Winston Churchill made his home in the years `fter

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World War I, is the French lilitary helmet that he wore on the

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battlefields. Evidence of hhs time on the front line, as well `s at the

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helm during the conflict. I think it is quite in keeping with Chtrchill,

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actually. Having seen other bits and pieces around. What it does do is it

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gives you an idea of the sc`le of what warfare was like at thd time.

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It is suggested that Churchhll's blunt reply highlights of b`d blood

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between himself and Lord Kitchener, but what it also reveals ard the

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early days of war. Chaos and confusion, and the British @rmy in

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dire straits. Her mother was

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the legendary judy Garland, her sister is Liza Minelli, Lorna

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Luft's normality was Hollywood. the Eastbourne Congress singing some

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of Hollywood's greatest show tunes. Claudia Sermbeziz went

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along to met her. Lorna Luft was the second of Judy

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Garland's three children. She had this song especially written for

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her. She was singing songs with our names in them and there was not a

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song called Lorna. Lord alw`ys knew she wanted to sink, and major debut

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on her mum's show. I was 11 years old when we did the Christm`s show.

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I remember I was really happy because I got to get out of school

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for a week. Having a legend as a parent is my normal. I know that

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that sounds strange to people, but to me it is not. Next week, Lorna

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Luft will be performing in Eastbourne, a short featuring

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Hollywood songs from the 20s and 30s. We do a wonderful tribtte to

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Fred Astaire, so we are really taking you on a journey back to what

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it was like back then, when it was a lot simpler. I guess I must have

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been about four, and my mum was in New York, and she called expecting

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to hear happy children, and we were hysterical, and I kept saying that

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the monkey was talking to md. When Lorna became a parent, her children

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found it strange to see thehr own in films like Greece two. My friends

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would ask, was that your mul? And I would say no. You know how kids get

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embarrassed. I would say, no, it was not me. Her sister, Liza Minelli,

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won an Oscar for her portraxal in cabaret in 1993. I have not seen the

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film in a while, but it is one of the great movies of our day. Lorna

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says a life in showbiz was inevitable for Judy Garland was

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actually. `` Judy Garland's children. It was a disappointing

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night for our teams in the Capital One cup. Charlton Athletic lost

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their second round match. 1`0 to Derby. It has been described as the

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game that changed woman's rtgby for ever. The sport is now going

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professional, with full`timd contracts being up offered to 2 of

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the squad. One member of the winning spuad is

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Rachael Burford, who studies at Medway College and began her

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rugby career at Medway RFC. She's one of the players who

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for the first time have been awarded a professional contract allowing

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her to train full time. Congratulations. The decision paid

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off. Yes, it was a great opportunity for me to focus on my rugby and to

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win a gold medal. It was an extraordinary day, wasn't it? You're

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getting congratulations messages from Prince Harry and from ten

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Downing St. The support has been phenomenal. When we're out there, it

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felt that we were at home. The amount of support we have h`d has

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been phenomenal. And you were beaten in the final for the last three

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occasions, so to actually gdt over the line, and to get that vhctory

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must have been so sweet. It was None of us thought it was rdal when

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that whistle went. I wasn't sure that we had won until the fhnal

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whistle went, and when it wdnt I couldn't stop shouting. I al sure

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the celebrations are still going on. People have been asking me whether

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the hurricane is going to affect our weather. This is the predicted path

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across the Atlantic towards the end of this week and the weekend. It

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tracks across the Atlantic, but instead of heading towards ts, it

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looks as though it heads further north towards Iceland. What does

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that mean for our weather? Ht could be a good thing. It could ghve us a

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chance to finally have that high`pressure pudding over hs once

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again, meaning a settled spdll of weather from Sunday onwards. If it

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does follow that path towards Iceland, to the north of us, we

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could end up having high`prdssure and warmer, drier, sunnier weather

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from Sunday onwards, which could last into next week and into next

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week `` weekend as well. We could also have these hurricanes heading

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our way. They used to be naled after females, but in 1979, they decided

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that was unfair, so now it alternates tween male and fdmale.

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Overnight tonight, we are not good to be affected by any hurricanes. It

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will just be the Atlantic rhng us all that moisture and warm `nd rain.

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We have had mostly a dry dax today, but we will have the ring b`ck again

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today. One or two hours worth of rain during the night. Tempdratures

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of 16 Celsius or 17 Celsius. That was our maximum temperatures on bank

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holiday Monday. That shows how high the temperature will be durhng the

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night. It will start off dalp first thing, but it will soon brighten up

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and things start to improve, so some lovely, long sunny spells dte

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tomorrow, with temperatures increasing as well. 21 Celshus or 22

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Celsius, similar to today. Not a bad day for tomorrow at all. Thd winds

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increasing, and that is somdthing we may notice as a slight impact from

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the hurricane. Winds increasing a little bit as we go into Thtrsday,

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Friday, and Saturday. Other than that, the hurricane could end up

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giving us much better weathdr over the next few days. We do have winds

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increasing, but also we havd sunshine increasing, temper`tures

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increasing, and also perhaps a return of summer weather. I like the

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sound of that. You asked for it. You got it.

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SHRILL WHISTLE I promise not to

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take off all my clothes. I'm going up in the world, babes,

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and from today,

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