29/12/2016 South East Today


29/12/2016

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Residents from five households in Tenterden have spent the night

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in temporary accommodation because of a fire.

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At its height, 35 firefighters tackled the blaze at a three storey

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Today, this family home is a burnt out empty shell.

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Last night, a fire broke out as the occupants went

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I walked across the road to see what was going on, yeah,

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a lot of firemen getting ready to sort out the fire.

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What was incredible, they really got on it quickly

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Eventually, after many hours, they came well equipped

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and dealt with it very efficiently and professionally.

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The fire is believed to have started on the ground floor.

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It wasn't noticed until it was large enough to be seen by passers-by.

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What made this fire particularly complicated is that six

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of the houses have a small area of shared roof space that goes along

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so all the families in the other houses also had to be evacuated.

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35 firefighters with eight fire engines attended the scene.

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It is important to remember homes do have an increased fire loading

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because of Christmas decorations and we are still investigating this

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incident so it is too early to say what caused it,

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unfortunately if a fire starts at this time of year,

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we see rapid-fire development and the extra goods and decorations

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Fortunately, no one was killed or injured here last night

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but the three family cats sadly perished.

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Tonight all of the neighbours that were evacuated back in their own

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homes and it seems the properties have no lasting damage because of

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the quick work of the crew. They put holes into the roof of the

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neighbours house to stop the fire spreading all the way down this

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block. But the family of the main house have lost everything,

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including their family pets. A salvage operation to recover

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the fishing boat which capsized off the Kent coast on Tuesday evening

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causing at least one of the fisherman onboard to drown

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is expected to get under way One person was winched to safety

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from the Belgian-registered vessel after it got into difficulty

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several mild off Ramsgate yesterday. A second crew member was also

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rescued but later died - A Kent man is on the verge

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of becoming the youngest person ever 21-year-old Ryan Holmes

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from Whistable is due to complete his epic charity

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challenge on New Year's Eve. On a cold frosty morning,

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it is marathon number 98 for Ryan. He has covered more than 2,500

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miles, running an average of two races a week,

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including doing 12 in 12 days. I've done lots of multi-day events,

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where you have to get up day after day after day,

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and it's been cold, rainy, windy, and some days you still have to get

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up and drag yourself out of bed. But it's been a good

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journey, it's been fun. I'm just looking forward

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to the end of it now. It doesn't matter whether he wins -

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he's on track to become a world record holder,

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having run 100 marathons And he's raised thousands of pounds

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for blood cancer research, in honour of his family friend

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Paul Denton, who is I mean, he's only 48,

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and the fact that he's so young and he's struggling with that,

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it's nice to put a bit of awareness out and sort of any

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little money I could raise Ryan's challenge has

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taken him around the country, and earned him a horde

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of finishers' medals. It's an absolutely amazing

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achievement that he's doing, we are constantly amazed

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by the lengths that We don't receive any money

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at all from the government, so we are reliant on supporters

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and fundraisers, who are always And Ryan's efforts are

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really quite incredible. He'll run another marathon tomorrow,

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and on New Year's Eve in Deal, he'll complete his 100th

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race to earn him a place Turtle doves are often associated

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with Christmas thanks to the carol. But this iconic British

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species has been in decline since the mid nineties,

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in part due to intensive farming methods, and is the UK's

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most threatened species. Now residents in Kent have

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bought a plot of land where they hope they can encourage

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the birds to return. For the last eight years,

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titled girls have been using this plot of land in Staple near Sandwich

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so when it came up for sale, local residents clubbed together

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to buy it for them. We always listen out for them

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in the early spring. The purring airing

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the sound of the male birds is a fantastic,

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evocative The turtle dove has symbolised love

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and devotion of thousands of years For every 100 birds in the 70s,

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there are now just nine today. And they are only found

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in the south-east and east of and. Turtledoves eat the seeds of arable

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plants or weeds and the problem now is with farmers making more

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efficient use of their land, there is little land left over

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where these plants can thrive. Every year, they migrate

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to sub-Saharan Africa travelling 5000 kilometres each way

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and when they arrive back in Staple, it is vital

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they feed well and quickly. They are hungry, they are exhausted,

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they need to find sufficient food to 30 years ago, they were having

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three or four broods, nowadays it takes much longer to get

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in breeding condition. Unless we can reverse the decline,

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they will be extinct within the next The residents are working hard

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throughout the winter to make this patch of land in a Kent village seem

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like home to the Time for the weather. After a misty

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and for the start, lovely this afternoon, decent spells of sunshine

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snike, clearer skies and with snike, clearer skies and with

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lighter winds, quite dense mist and fog patches. They will be slow to

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clear and the temperatures falling away. -2 or minus three degrees in

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rural spots. Misty, foggy and frosty Friday and again through the morning

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the mist and fog is slow to clear and by the afternoon we see more

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brightness but we still have a westerly airflow so more cloud

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around on Friday than today. Temperatures five or 6 degrees,

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feeling cooler and numbers suggest. Saturday, for the most part a cloudy

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picture, by the afternoon temperatures reaching highs of seven

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or 8 degrees and if you are heading out for New Year's Eve, it should

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stay dry, chilly but into New Year's Day we will see rain but good news

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for partygoers, staying dry. That is all from me. I am back at ten past

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11. Goodbye. Temperatures have dropped away

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shortly and we have seen some fog, particularly through the Midlands.

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We do have some clout drifting in from the west. By the end of the

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night, towards the East Midlands as well. Further north, more of a

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breeze from the south-west, bringing in a weather front. Keeping the

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temperatures at seven or 8 degrees. Freezing or just below to the

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south-east corner. Fog will live to low cloud and generally speaking a

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lot more cloud than we saw today. Northern Scotland is the focal point

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for wet and windy weather. Confined to the north and west of Scotland

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where temperatures will be quite mild, ten or 11 degrees for Glasgow,

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Belfast.

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