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Political shock waves as the US President fires the director of the

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FBI. Donald Trump said James Comey was not doing a good job.

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That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me -

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and on BBC one we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.

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The sussex gallery facing catastrophic cuts that will see it

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Supporters say losing the Towner would be a disaster for Eastbourne.

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We'll be there live with the details.

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South Thanet candidate Craig Mackinlay waits to find out

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if he'll face charges over election expenses as police announce

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none will be brought against other Conservatives.

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Also in tonight's programme: One in a million.

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The boy who must live in the dark raises money to help others

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The 102-year-old veteran from Shoreham publishing

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And Ruby Wax talks comedy and mental health as she prepares to go

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Losing the Towner Gallery would be a disaster for Eastbourne say

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campaigners, as the council announces it s going to halve

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It will leave the gallery with a ?300,000 hole in its budget.

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Gallery bosses say that is "catastrophic" for them,

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The council says it is having to deal with "brutal" funding

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cuts from government, and is having to find

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As Eastbourne 's gallery faces cuts campaigners are calling for a

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rethink saying making savings of ?300,000 a year have crippling

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impact on arts and culture. They're going to have to cut their

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exhibitions severely and cut about half the staff. If you think you're

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going to see a lot of lovely exhibitions you will see them

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because they will be able to afford them. As its budget has been

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squeezed Eastbourne Council says it has to cut costs. This is one of the

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most exciting exhibitions the towns had. David Dimbleby is the chair of

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the Towner and his son has joined the campaign to save future funding.

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It is a front-line service in my mind. It brings in tourists and

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tourists go to shops and cafes and spend money. Galleries rely on

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different funding streams but the Towner relies on cash from the

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borough council 's. Between 2015 and 2018 Turner contemporary and Margate

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will receive 1.7 million from the arts Council. The Delaware division

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will get 1.5 million in the same period yet Towner will receive just

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over ?1 million from the arts Council. That would disappoint quite

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a few people if it was cut to the. I agree with that up to a point. I can

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see why they are doing it. They have to draw people in and that is the

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only way they can do it. But Eastbourne Borough Council has

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confirmed as yet no final decision on funding has been made.

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Peter, so although these plans aren't final, the council says it

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The council has been looking at various ways it can try and make

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some money, trying to sell off some farmland but that was rejected so

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the latest proposal is to cut the ground here at the Towner. It has

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hit back tonight saying for every pound invested it brings to pounds

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ten back to the local economy. They attract 145,000 people every year so

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cutting their grant would be completely counter-productive.

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Prosecutors say the case against the South Thanet Conservative

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candidate Craig Mackinlay remains open, while their investigation into

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The Crown Prosecution Service said no criminal charges are to be

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brought against Conservative MPs elsewhere in the country

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but a decision on whether to prosecute Craig Mackinlay

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Our Political Editor Helen Catt has the details.

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Craig McKinley is tonight the only Conservative candidate who still

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doesn't know if he will face criminal charges over spending at

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the last general election. Earlier prosecutors said they would not take

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action against a number of MPs who were visited by the Conservative

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battle bus. It's in the lap of the gods now. It's in the hands of the

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CPS. I am told from a legal point of view it all hinges on the word

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knowingly. The MPs did not knowingly realise the battle bus was coming

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and it wasn't part of the expenses. In 2015 the spending limit was just

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over ?15,000. Mr McKinlay declared expenses of just under that. That

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queries were raised over a 15 under half thousand pound hotel bill paid

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by the National party at the Royal Harbour Hotel in Ramsgate. An

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investigation found some of those who stayed they had helped Mr

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McKinlay's campaign. The investigation has two prove intent

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and prove to an extent wilful intent whereas the Electoral Commission,

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all they do is have to show that things have been misfiled. Kent

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Police investigation has only recently been passed to the CPS. It

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is for that reason the CBS says the case remains under consideration.

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And Helen is in Broadstairs for us now.

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Has Mr Mackinlay said anything about this yet?

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He has not commented on any of today's developments but has

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previously said he has done nothing wrong. He does also have the backing

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of his local Conservative Association and he is intending to

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go forward with the standing as the candidate so we're not expecting any

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change before close of nominations tomorrow. The CPS has also been

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saying today that no influence should be taken from the fact they

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have not made a decision. Newson from Ukip that the chairman the Kent

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branch has resigned after resigning and unreasoning on Monday. It was

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all a bit will he wanted but he has resigned as the chair. Richard

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Palmer. Not over the comments he made about Paul Nuttall. He says he

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just needs a rest. He will not be standing as the party candidate in

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Sittingbourne and Shetty because they are not going to stand any

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they're. They don't want to split the Brexit vote. What will be

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interesting tomorrow when those nominations come out is whether it's

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happening anywhere else. In a moment: The boy who must

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live in the dark helping others to see the light,

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raising money for fellow sufferers A murder investigation has been

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launched after the death of a man Razvan Sirbu's body was discovered

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in the Looze Valley Conservation A post mortem's concluded he died

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from blunt force trauma The 21-year-old had been

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living in a tent nearby. We would like to appeal for any

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witnesses to come forward in the location of Chisbrook Meadow

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between 4pm on Saturday afternoon And also for anybody else who has

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any information whatsoever about this vicious murder to come

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forward and speak to us. Piers, what else have

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the police had to say? They have told us that Razvan Sirbu

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was a Czech national who came to the UK last October. During that time he

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had been sleeping rough and he had only come here last Friday so less

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than 24 hours before his murder. It's understood he had been sleeping

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living in a tent in the woodland that you can see their behind me.

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This is the second murder of a homeless person in Kent in the last

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human sand earlier today I spoke to the Chief Executive of the homeless

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charity torchlight and said that homelessness was on the increase and

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that attacks on homeless people were commonplace. People who sleep rough

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report violence on a daily basis. The vulnerability comes from

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somebody who has not got anywhere to live, probably haven't got any

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support next works and is exacerbated by mental health issues.

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You have somebody who is incredibly vulnerable who attracts the worse in

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our society. Flowers and other tributes have been left here at the

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murder scene. One read this, so sorry this community let you down

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but we didn't stop to ask if you needed help.

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Eddison Miller from Kingsnorth is a normal, boisterous 6-year-old

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He has a very rare genetic condition that means he can never

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go outside in daylight without extreme UV protection.

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Known as XP, it means his skin can't cope with ultra violet light at all,

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even some light bulbs can cause a reaction.

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Only one in a million people have XP, and there is no known cure.

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Exposure to the sun causes painful blistering burns on the skin

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Eddison's parents are fundraising to help other families cope

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with the difficulties, but say with the right

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support, people with XP can live a normal life.

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Edison is a bubbly six-year-old who like most boys his age

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But to go outside during the day he has to be protected

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He sometimes gets teased by other children and the mask makes it

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difficult for others to hear him properly.

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They have to keep making me repeat it.

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When Edison was diagnosed at 13 months his parents were devastated,

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but quickly resolved to make his life as normal

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We flip our time over so in the summer we let them sleep

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long periods during the day so we can be out until two or three

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in the morning in the park and at the beach and playing.

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During term time when he's got to be bright eyed and bushy tailed

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for school obviously he can't do that.

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The local community helped the family build an indoor garden

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or play area for Edison so that he could do indoors

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I've got a climbing frame, a sandpit.

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I've got a slide and a treadmill which I sometimes go on.

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We have special film on all of our windows and that

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filters UVA and UVB from coming into the house so it means we can

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His school has had to have the same film applied so he can move freely

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Edison's mum has formed a charity, the Teddington Trust,

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that helps children with XP around the world learn about

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the condition and helps improve their quality of life.

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Edison hopes to be a scientist when he is an adult or maybe even

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a scuba diver where the sun's rays can't affect him.

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His parents are protecting him from all exposure to ultraviolet

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light now to increase his chances of a long and fulfilling life.

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With just under a month to go until we're being asked to cast our

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votes in the General Election, the parties are keen

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to show what they would do were they to be in power.

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But what would you do if you were in power?

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Well, we asked a group of teenagers in Heathfield

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What changes would they make if they were PM for the day?

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Let's sort out the vote and give it to 16 and 17-year-olds. I would

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scale back the nuclear programme and spend it on the NHS. Schools need

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more funding. Some schools have had to trot seven A-level subjects which

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limits choices. From the issues which affect them now to decisions

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they weren't able to vote on. If we want to start the next generation

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from making the same mistakes 16-year-olds should be allowed to

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vote. People have been voting blindly under the influence of fake

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news. We can't let people fled in because it's not going to work. But

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we should help the sole we should let thousands in. But wrecks it is

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happening. The deal is being hammered out so it's back to the

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priorities at home. I would increase funding for the NHS because I

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believe it is something we rely on day by day but we neglected. I would

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work on issues regarding the environment to help secure our

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future for our future children. The potential future Cabinet members and

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perhaps Prime Minister have spoken. You can see more in our PM

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for the day series on our Facebook page and ahead of next month's

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General Election we're hosting a special Question Time style

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debate in St Leonards, near Hastings, on Bank Holiday

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Monday, May the 29th. If you live or work

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in the South East, and you'd like to be in the audience,

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send an email to SE Vote at bbc.co.uk with your name,

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address and daytime phone number and you could be part

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of our election debate. Our top story today. The Towner

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Gallery in East one could have its budget have as of the council tries

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to save money. The gallery says it will struggle to keep going.

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Also in tonight's programme: Sailing therapy.

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The seaman taking MS sufferers out on his boat to help

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It has been a glorious afternoon with temperatures in the top teams.

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Heavy showers for tomorrow but it's James McGee. I will have the details

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in the forecast. When it comes to World War Two

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heroes, we think of leaders But what about those

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who risked their lives running into no-man s land evacuating

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the wounded from the front line? In 1940 William Earl

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from Shoreham in Sussex joined On Friday he'll be celebrating his

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102nd birthday, Oh darling I am getting so tired of

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it all. Yet I do carry on somehow. Knowing that the day will come when

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I shall return home to you. In 1940 William Earl had to leave the love

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of his life Mary to join the field and villains in the medical corps.

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Today reading the letters he sent home makes the memories of the

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brutality of war come flooding back. I suppose the most horrible part of

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any battle. Allied forces advanced rapidly following the landings in

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Italy in 1944. But soon the Germans had back, there are forces greatly

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outnumbered the Allied defenders and there were considerable losses of

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life. You could be talking to your colleague next you and the next

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minute you would be wrapping his body in a blanket. You lived second

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by second. People were being killed, shells bursting, rifle fire. You

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cannot explain it to any B. Over the past seven years his friend has

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become his biographer. Using the National Archives to researches

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stories. Then from the Italian campaign of often been pushed to one

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side because it became a backwater after the D-Day landings. I feel

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that the cabbage and bravery and commitment they showed needs to be

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brought to the fore and this story needs to be told. The love letters

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may tatty but Williams loves Mary still strong. She and his comrades

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are immortalised in his memoirs. A sailor from Brighton is launching

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a challenge to take sixty five adults with Multiple Sclerosis

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on a week long sailing mission. Robert Munns believes that sailing

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can help people with MS The condition affects around one

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hundred thousand people in the UK, including the organiser who says

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he was inspired by his own experiences of sailing

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with the condition. Our Health Correspondent Mark

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Norman has this report. A diagnosis of multiple sclerosis

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presents challenges. Sailing a 45 foot yacht presents challenges. But

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the two together and rather than challenge it can be life changing.

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MS impacts on life. But you have got to do things. You have to keep

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getting out there. This is one way you can demonstrate you can do

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something new. It doesn't hold you back. This was the video of this

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first sailing trip last summer. In a few days' time 65 people will sail

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along the Croatian coast. The man organising the trip as MS and he

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wants others to have the same experience heeded when he first got

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Aqua about after his diagnosis. People arrive scared and they are

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inflexible physically and in their mindset and you see that blooming

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and easy confidence blooming and you see a sense of pride and

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achievement. Before you know it you've got sailors. Walking up and

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down the boat itself on moving water is a marvellous exercise for people

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with MS because we will have balance issues. It gave me hope and it gave

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me confidence. Yes I can still do things and challenge myself. I can

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still have an advantage -- adventure. 100,000 people in the UK

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have MS, it damages the central nervous system and symptoms usually

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start when people are in their 20s or 30s. They are hoping to change

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the perception of the illness and are looking for more people to take

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part in future challenges. A young mental health patient has

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today agreed to meet the chief executive of the mental health trust

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in Kent to try and help Earlier this week we turned

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Sophie Goldsmith's story into a special animation to coincide

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with Mental Health Awareness Week. Sophie, who's 23 and from

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Whitstable, has been struggling to get the help she needs

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after several attempts It was seen by the head

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of the mental health trust who sent a letter to Sophie admitting

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she knows changes are needed. I think it's really good that they

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watched it and got in touch and decided action needs to be taken.

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But actions speak louder than words. Well, one of the country's

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best known mental health ambassador is Roby Wax,

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who's bringing her Frazzled Mindfulness evening

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to Tunbridge Wells tonight. We'll be speaking to her in just

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a minute, but first, At night I can't sleep

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but at the wheel of a spinning car, I just want to stuff

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her until she's fat. You thought you had to go

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to a nut house about this. You are betting how dumb or smart

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you think your partner is. Well our reporter Claudia

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is at the Assembly Theatre in Tunbridge Wells where Ruby Wax

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is appearing tonight and Claudia, Ruby certainly isn't shy

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about putting mental Ruby wax is about to go on stage and

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her show is not really a traditional stand-up. There is a lot of

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discussion with the audience and it's going to start in half an hour

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so thank you very much for speaking to us. How would you describe your

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show? I love Bill Bryson and he takes a subject that is riveting and

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spins it with comedy. So I take the idea of how your mind works and why

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we get these critical thoughts and why in evolution something went very

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wrong and it's not our fault that we live in the 21st-century and we

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can't take it all in. So it's comedy but underneath I think people are

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laughing and then you can push information down their throats.

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There has been a lot of discussion about mental health recently. What

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do you think could be done more to help people who are struggling?

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We're talking about is if it's another planet, it's like saying

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either teeth clean? Everybody is struggling at this moment. There is

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no actually normality. We shouldn't stand. Fix yourself before you save

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the planet. We need to understand how a mind works. Little kids should

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understand when they don't do well in the exam but because there brains

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can take that much pressure. They have to know where you're tipping

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point is. Thank you so much. You are on at 7:30pm tonight and there are

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still a few tickets left. Rachel, is the weather going to

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continue in this lovely vain? A glorious afternoon and highs of

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18. The clear skies we saw earlier stay with us as we go through

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tonight. Temperatures falling away in moral spots. Early tomorrow

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morning we will see a pushing up from the south and temperatures will

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pick up. As we had through the morning we will see some scattered

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showers and potentially some thunder and maybe even some hail. By the

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tail end of the afternoon temperatures reach highs of 19 or 20

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degrees. Quite a different feel to today. A bit more cloud but also

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some sunshine. From Thursday into Friday we're going to see cloud and

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heavy rain. Overnight temperatures of just 11 or 12 degrees. So heavy

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rain on Friday and that will clear. Temperatures once again reaching

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highs of around 18 or 19 degrees. Try for a time on Saturday but

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turning wet by Sunday. That is it for us for the moment. I

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will be back with the late news. Goodbye.

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