12/03/2017

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:00:00. > :00:08.Dog owners are being warned they could be prosecuted

:00:09. > :00:13.and their pets shot dead if they allow them to attack sheep.

:00:14. > :00:15.It's lambing season, but one farmer in Sussex

:00:16. > :00:24.Two dogs attacked a flock of 200 sheep belonging to Jack Holt,

:00:25. > :00:32.14 ewes died, between them carrying 24 lambs.

:00:33. > :00:35.Two other ewes had already aborted their lambs because of the trauma,

:00:36. > :00:37.and Mr Holt believes that could just be the start.

:00:38. > :00:42.We have had problems before but nothing on this size.

:00:43. > :00:46.I would say the dogs would probably do it again if they got the chance,

:00:47. > :00:48.but it is down to the owners to control them and just

:00:49. > :00:56.The National Farmers Union says livestock worrying costs

:00:57. > :00:59.the industry ?1.2 million a year, with many losses uninsured.

:01:00. > :01:07.If a dog does worry livestock, the owner can be prosecuted

:01:08. > :01:10.and the farmer has a right to shoot the dog if it is found

:01:11. > :01:14.85% of the South Downs National Park is farmed, but it is popular

:01:15. > :01:19.The park authority has launched a light-hearted campaign to remind

:01:20. > :01:32.One of our favourite birds in the South Downs is the Skylark

:01:33. > :01:35.and it has its nest on the ground, and dogs can disturb birds

:01:36. > :01:38.by rushing at them and their nests and then the birds will fly off

:01:39. > :01:40.and abandon their young if they are scared.

:01:41. > :01:42.The police are investigating an incident involving Jack Holt's

:01:43. > :01:45.flock, the cost of which currently stands at ?5,000.

:01:46. > :01:47.A cheetah at Port Lympne reserve in Kent has escaped.

:01:48. > :01:50.The wild cat was outside its enclosure for nearly half

:01:51. > :01:52.an hour before being enticed back into a safe area.

:01:53. > :01:55.The park was evacuated during a standard procedure.

:01:56. > :01:57.Nigel Farage has confirmed his intention

:01:58. > :02:00.in a television interview to stand for election if the seat

:02:01. > :02:02.he contested in the general election becomes available.

:02:03. > :02:06.The Ukip MEP lost to the Conservative candidate

:02:07. > :02:10.Police are investigating allegations of election fraud in South Thanet.

:02:11. > :02:12.Speaking on the Sunday Politics Mr Farage indicated his parliamentary

:02:13. > :02:40.Winning seats in parliament under a first

:02:41. > :02:43.past the post system is not the only way to change politics in Britain.

:02:44. > :02:46.I would like to think I have proved that.

:02:47. > :02:48.More than 100 former Royal Marines bandsmen known as the All Stars

:02:49. > :02:51.will play their last annual concert at Margate's Winter Gardens.

:02:52. > :02:54.The event commemorates the 11 men killed by the IRA bombing

:02:55. > :02:59.They've long retired from service, and many have not met

:03:00. > :03:01.But within minutes they're bandsmen again.

:03:02. > :03:06.They passed through the Royal Marines School of Music

:03:07. > :03:09.And most have memories of its saddest day.

:03:10. > :03:13.I've heard it go off and of course I did not know

:03:14. > :03:16.what it was and I was driving to Canterbury and it was

:03:17. > :03:19.on the radio and there was ambulances passing me and fire

:03:20. > :03:22.engines and so I thought, this is serious.

:03:23. > :03:24.The annual concert has been taking place every year

:03:25. > :03:30.It began as a way of remembering the 11 who died and to raise money

:03:31. > :03:33.for the disaster fund, but it has gone on to raise around

:03:34. > :03:44.We've got about 800 people coming tonight and it's just

:03:45. > :03:51.It is sad, in a way, but then everything comes to an end.

:03:52. > :03:53.And out of this something else will happen.

:03:54. > :03:56.It will be a moving moment from many in the audience as the bandsmen

:03:57. > :04:00.But it will be proof that even in the face of tragedy

:04:01. > :04:05.And now the weather with Lucy Martin.

:04:06. > :04:08.It was a fairly cloudy and damp end to the weekend,

:04:09. > :04:11.but moving into next week we have something drier and

:04:12. > :04:14.Moving through this evening and overnight the rain fizzles

:04:15. > :04:18.Largely cloudy with some clear spells developing further west.

:04:19. > :04:25.Some high level cloud for a time turning the sunshine hazy,

:04:26. > :04:27.but then some beautiful sunshine moving through in the late

:04:28. > :04:34.Add in the light winds it will feel quite pleasant in any sunshine.

:04:35. > :04:40.More cloud on Tuesday and Wednesday but some brighter

:04:41. > :04:49.Quite a settled picture, mild and also dry.

:04:50. > :04:55.That is all from us. We are back tomorrow morning at 6:30am. Good

:04:56. > :05:04.But from all of us here, have a good night.

:05:05. > :05:10.Good evening. For many places it was a fairly cloudy day on suspend but

:05:11. > :05:13.there was sunshine for western areas during the afternoon, and here are

:05:14. > :05:19.the clear skies at sunset in Northern Ireland. Thanks to weather

:05:20. > :05:23.watcher Robin for this picture, those clear skies have been making

:05:24. > :05:27.their way further east ward. Temperatures are dropping away, we

:05:28. > :05:30.have seen temperatures of freezing in parts of Northern Ireland. More

:05:31. > :05:34.cloud rolling in during the latter part of the night but towns and

:05:35. > :05:38.cities down the five and six m the countryside many of us will see the

:05:39. > :05:44.temperatures a degree or so above freezing, so a slight touch of frost

:05:45. > :05:45.across the rural parts of England and Wales for instance, Scotland

:05:46. > :05:47.too. We will