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South Today. In tonight's programme:

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The police officer who shot this armed robber dead tells his story

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publicly for the first time. Campaigning for cleaner air -

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concern that pollution levels are too high.

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This morning I can taste and smell the pollution in the air, which is

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very uncomfortable. Going head-to-head, despite being

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continents apart - students vie for Olympic honours.

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And the up-and-coming horse trainer hoping for fairer weather this

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winter than he suffered last year. When the snow came down the country

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roads, you could not get out. If you cannot take them racing, you

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The police officers who shot two armed suspects dead during a bank

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robbery in Hampshire have told their stories publicly for the

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first time today. The officers, who cannot be named for legal reasons,

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told an inquest jury of the moment they pulled the trigger on their

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guns. Mark Nunes and Andrew Markland died during the robbery in

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Chandlers Ford four years ago. Roger Finn was at today's inquest

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and joins us now from the scene of the shootings.

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This was the exact spot where the two robbers were shot dead on that

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September morning four years ago. They had been trying to hold of a

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ban delivering cash to this branch of HSBC. The gang was well-known to

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the police and had committed 17 raids before, and there had been a

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tip-off about this one. Just over the road here, in the toilets down

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there, a group of armed police were waiting to leap out and arrest the

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gang in the middle of the crime. Those are the other side of the

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main road, behind that per stop, you can see the house and windows

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where two marksmen were looking out, observed in with their rifles, as a

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contingency. Today, we heard their stories.

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There was heavy security at Winchester Coroner's Court as the

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police marksmen gave evidence. Neither could be named and were

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kept hidden from the press. The first said he had taken up position

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three hours before the band arrived. He said he had seen the gang drive

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past several times, then he saw Andrew Markland waiting at the.

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Right in front of him -- waiting at the bus stop in front of him. Then

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he saw the gang's car parked near the back. He told the court, my

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heart was racing, I felt like I had when 100 metres, I was scared.

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Members of the public were walking past. I knew when the van door

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opened, there would be an aggressive act towards the part. He

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said as soon as the guard came out of the van, Mark Nunes walked up to

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him, pointing a pistol at his head. He said he believed he would shoot

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the guard at any moment and there was a threat to light. He waited

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until he had a clear shot and squeezed the trigger, but in one

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round into Mark Nunes' body. He said he had never discharged his

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weapon at anyone before. The second marksman said that after the first

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shot, he discharged fire. He said he was convinced that Andrew

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Markland posed a threat to his colleagues, the guard, and members

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of the public. The lawyer for Andrew Markland's family challenged

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the marksman to justify his shots. The court was shown a video taken

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by the police of the exact moment of the shooting and the lawyer

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claimed that when the first shot rang out, Andrew Markland was not

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pointing the gun at anyone and when the second shot rang out, Andrew

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Markland was not only on the ground but had dropped the gun and police

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-- the police response team was all around him. The first marksman

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disagreed with that interpretation and said Andrew Markland was moving,

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he had not seen the burned up and he thought he posed a real risk to

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life. -- he had not seen them go and drop. The inquest continues.

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A Sussex man accused of murdering his mother and then burying her

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body after a row over money had failed to repay her thousands of

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pounds she had lent him. The evidence was heard at Hove Crown

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Court this morning in the trial of Neale James from Chichester. This

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afternoon, his sister took to the witness stand to give evidence

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against him. Danielle Glavin was in court.

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Nicole James, seen on the left, cried as she spoke about her mother.

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She said Brenda James was a tolerant woman. Every year, Brenda

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James would visit her in Sweden, where she lives. The court heard

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they got on well. Nicole told the court that she was contacted by a

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concerned friend in England to asked her if she knew where her

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mother was. She then tried to call, and when she did not get an answer,

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she called her brother, Neale James. When they finally spoke, he said he

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had not seen their mother for a few days. She said, there was nothing

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in his voice to say he had done anything wrong, but then she was

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called by her uncle who told her her brother had been arrested for

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murder. The prosecution alleges Neale James killed his mother as

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she wanted him to repay loans that he had gambled away. Brenda James'

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body was found on the Goodwood estate. The Defence has said Neale

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James and his mother were walking in the area, she made a nasty

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comment and he hit and killed her. Today the court was told Brenda

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James struggled to walk far. Nicole told the court she visited the site

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where her mother's body was found. It is close to a gravel path with a

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downward slope. She said, there is no way I could see mum walking down

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there. I found it improbable it is something she would have done.

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Neale James denies murder, and the trial continues.

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There is no end in sight for Southampton Council's pay row. A

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final offer from the council has met with little support from the

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unions. Under the revised deal, anyone earning less than �22,000

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would be exempt from the pay cuts, but the bin men's union, Unite,

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urged its members to reject the proposals. Members will be asked to

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make a final decision in a postal vote.

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50% of our employees would get no pay cut at all, so when they see

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that I am hoping that, although the unions are saying they should vote

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against, they will see common sense, see the big picture, see why we are

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doing this and will vote for their jobs. If they vote yes, we will

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have to make an agreement. If they vote no we will have to sit down

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with our members and decide what to do going forward. If they vote no

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we still have the legal cases which we will continue with, and we will

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go forward and try to change the council.

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While Southampton's local dispute goes on, it was confirmed today by

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the union Unison that its members have voted in favour of a strike at

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the end of this month, protesting at planned changes to public sector

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pensions. Other unions are also balloting their members. One of

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them is Unite. We have been to speak to one of its members in the

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south to ask why, despite a new offer from the Government yesterday,

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he still plans to strike. He spoke to Roisin Gauson.

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Simon Hartill is a union man. He has worked for Southampton City

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Council for 13 years. A Secure Pension was one of the things that

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tempted him to work in the public sector. Now, that decision could

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backfire on him. I am gutted, absolutely gutted. I pay 6.8% of my

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salary into the pension fund, about �185 per month, and they are

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talking about increasing it to 9.2% of my annual salary, likely to be

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an additional �75 a month, which is far too much, I cannot afford it.

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Simon is not alone in his concerns. Unions which represent staff

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ranging from teachers and nurses to civil servants want a show of

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solidarity against proposed pension changes which will see public

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sector staff work longer, pay more, and receive less. Yesterday the

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government put a revised offer on the table ensuring anyone within 10

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years of retirement will not be affected by any changes and

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increase in payments. But the offer does not go far enough for Simon.

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You sign up to work in the public sector knowing you will get a final

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salary pension scheme that will go through a career average scheme,

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contributions will go up, and there is no need for it whatsoever. In

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Germany they put twice as much into their pensions, and in France they

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have pensions about twice as much as ours. The ballot result may be

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out, but more are expected in the next few weeks. Simon hopes it will

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lead to a resounding yes in favour of the biggest strike in a

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generation at the end of this month's.

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The numbers of fines issued for driving in Reading's bus lanes has

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trebled in a year, which could earn the council �3 million. A report

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has revealed almost 55,000 tickets were issued in the last six months.

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That is compared with 18,000 over the same period in 2010. Joe

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Campbell reports. The signs are there for all to see.

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This is one Reading Road where the bus is king. The driver of the

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white car following in its wake could get a nasty shock in the post.

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Cameras like this are used to catch motorists to use roads they should

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not. The town is one of the first outside London to introduce them,

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but a change in the road layout and an arrival of extra cameras this

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spring saw the number caught rocket. In many cases people made genuine

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mistakes in the early days, made representations to the council and

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we have cancelled 10% of tickets, the board in April and May. Several

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months on, the council says excuses are wearing thin. It dismisses fame

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the restrictions are confusing. The council says this is not a plan to

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plug the gap left by the fact it is getting less money now than it used

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to from Whitehall. In fact, tonight a committee will meet to discuss

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how it can better publicise where people, particularly those with

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disabilities, can now take their cars, and where they cannot. The

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town's biggest bus operator says with many people using public

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transport, car drivers should see things from the bus passengers'

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point of view. The thing about roads for buses and bus lanes is

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that, for passengers, they make the difference between unreliable

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operation and turning up on time, making a good stab at it. Now the

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council says it is seeing a small number of repeat offenders who seem

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to think the fine is worth paying if they get to their destination on

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time. Still to come in this evening's

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South Today: Royal recognition for the 26-year-

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old who has proved she is a real community champion.

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Sussex Police are appealing for information to help catch a taxi

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driver who attacked a woman in Crawley. The 20-year-old woman got

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into a Crawley Hackney carriage in Vulcan Close. The driver then

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locked the doors and carried out a sexual assault. The police have

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just released details of the attack, which happened at around 5.30am on

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September 25th. 2,500 staff at South Western

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Ambulance Service have been asked if they will take a pay cut, or

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lose some leave, as part of plans to save millions of pounds. The

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service, which has written to all staff, says jobs may go if they

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cannot find �4 million of savings a year. The announcement has been met

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with anger from the unions, who branded the proposals "totally

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unacceptable". Clearly, they are very annoyed and

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very angry. They are committed, hard-working people who are already

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not on great salaries, no matter what anybody thinks about that, and

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do not see why they should take any larger hit than other NHS staff

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across the south-west. A Green MEP has been in Portsmouth

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today urging the local council to take more action on air pollution,

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specifically nitrogen dioxide, saying if drastic measures are not

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made, thousands of lives are at risk. Laura Trant has the story.

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Cycling is cheap, green and healthy. Isn't it? 26-year-old Allyn relies

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on it. His bike is his way of getting from to B. But there is a

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problem. This morning I could taste and smell the pollution in the air

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I was cycling in, so it is uncomfortable from a personal point

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of view, but I am more concerned that, as the years progress and I

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continue cycling, it might have held a effect on me personally.

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comes as no surprise to Green MEP Keith Taylor, who is concerned

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about levels of nitrogen dioxide, a gas omitted from road transport.

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They are saying 200,000 people are losing years off their lives

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because of pollution. So what we need to be doing is making the air

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we breathe healthier. Portsmouth City Council says it is

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on top of the problem. We used to have 13 air action quality zones.

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We have been able to sort this out in everywhere apart from five, so

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things are getting better in Portsmouth, but they are right, we

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have a problem with some fumes and we need to work harder to sort that

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out. There is no easy task, comparing levels of air pollution

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across the south, because it is up to councils to decide where to

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place their monitoring stations. Whether or not it is at a pollution

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hot spot. This is how it works. This is a diffusion tube. You take

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off one of these rubber bits, put it up here on a lamp-post, and then

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the air swells around inside and any nasty pollutants that stake in

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there are then tested in laboratories so they know what is

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in the environment for those cyclists and people walking around.

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According to council figures, more than a quarter of the monitors in

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Portsmouth show levels of nitrogen dioxide to be higher than the EU

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target levels. In Brighton that is the case that more than three-

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quarters of the monitors. Salsbury is in the middle with half of

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stations showing higher than acceptable readings.

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People living near Shoreham in West Sussex say their health is

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suffering as a result of dust blowing towards their homes. Report

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says improvements have been made to try to solve the problem. Sean

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Kinnock has more. It was back in the spring that a

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new operation began at Shoreham Port, exporting waste wood chip to

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buy a mass burners in Scandinavia. Nearby resident John Oakley video

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to the chippings being loaded on to chips and says dust blowing in the

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wind has covered part cars and houses in the neighbourhood and

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affected the health of his family and neighbours. It gets up your

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nose, you cannot breed, it is in your eyes and a mouth. It is

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getting all over your hair and your body. The portal authority says as

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a result of meetings with residents improvements have been made to the

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operation in recent weeks. woodchip is certainly the new

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operation that we have on the port and has been creating some dust

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over the summer, particularly when the weather was dry and windy. But

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with the improvements it should make a big difference, and what

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most people are asking overwhelming these to ensure that the woodchip

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pile is reduced to below the retaining wall, which would make a

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big difference to the amount of dust. The company says it adheres

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strictly to all regulations. In a statement they said, we have almost

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-- also invested over �40,000 in practical measures such as adding

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extra high windbreak netting to the horse, installing additional

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sprinkler systems and changing the specification of the biomass

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material to limit any dust. We believe the current problem now

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being experienced by residents is not originating from our by a mass

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pile-up. -- biomass.

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It is a sporting challenge that is continents apart - two schools on

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opposite sides of the globe competing for Olympic honours.

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Dorset school has been twinned with one in the foothills of the

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Himalayas in India. The idea is to learn about different cultures and

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explore the Olympic ideals. But things have started to get

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competitive. Ed Sherry has been to meet the pupils.

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My name is Tara Chittenden from the Thomas Hardye School and this is

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the hockey challenge. I and Jason Jones and I am about to do the 60

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metres sprint challenge. I am doing the tennis challenge. This is the

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halfway kick challenge. The latest student at the Thomas Hardye School

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to give their all in five earning big sporting challenges. With

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London 2012 less than a year away, they are excited about the game's.

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It will be amazing for schools to be taking part as well and

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hopefully will bring sport to be more of the subject and yet people

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doing more sports. For now, this is who they are competing against,

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friendly rivalry against this school in India. It is an all-boys

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independent school where the focus is largely on sport. Each school

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films that athletes in action and sends the others the results. So

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far they have competed in -- competed in basketball and swimming.

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It is part of World Class, a BBC campaign in schools around the

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world in the build-up to the Olympic. We have asked the school

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about their first famous gold medallist for the 10 metre rifle

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shooting in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, what he has done and how

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they are linking back to their school life at the men and. They do

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a lot of sport training in general -- the moment. They get up before

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breakfast and it leads to a more sporting community. But while it is

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not all about the competition they are keeping score, and in the

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challenge is so far it is Dorset two, Indian nil.

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It is lovely that it is getting so competitive! A fabulous idea to

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twin with other American -- schools around the world.

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Kris Temple was at there last night, talking about having gone to meet a

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racehorse trainer. He got up at the crack of dawn, a committed young

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man for All Stop you have got to get up early. You are not doing

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their stories! Net see what he was doing early

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yesterday, shall we? -- next see what he was doing.

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The South is blessed with some of the finest horse racing trainers

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the sport has ever seen. The new the sport has ever seen. The new

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jump racing season has also jump racing season has also

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witnessed some fine performances by horses belonging to Jamie Snowden,

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an up-and-coming trainer aged just 32. Kris has been to meet him at

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his Berkshire base. Jump racing is his passion and

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Jamie Snowden's training career is taking off. Having recently

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upgraded to a new yard, he has had a flying start to the new season

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with over �50,000 in prize money already. We have 30 horses on the

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books now, we are in the hope of it here. The communication network is

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amazing, you can get to 20 racecourses within a couple of

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It is where it is all happening and I am happy with it. It is a far cry

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from last winter when the big freeze brought many racing

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businesses to a stance still. could not get out, and we managed

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to keep the horses ticking over, but if you cannot take them to a

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race meeting, you cannot re S. Having learned his trade under the

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likes of Nicky Henderson, he is now in his 4th season. You can never

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trained the same way as Nicky Henderson or Paul Nicholls, but you

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can take a piece out of each of those. I worked in New Zealand in

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might appear, and you take little pieces out of every one you have

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been too. The Yard had their first win at Cheltenham last month, but

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there are high hopes for an Old Course. He could make the line-up

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for the 2012 ran National. Here he is, 11, probably hitting a peak

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form of his life. It is not beyond the realms of possibility that he

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should have run well in the Welsh National. He wears his heart on his

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sleeve when he races, he digs deep, he has certainly got a chance.

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another winner on the board just yesterday, Jamie Snowden's stock as

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a trainer continues to rise. Beautiful pictures as well

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yesterday morning. Now to the recurring question of

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the week, which is, "When will Portsmouth appoint a new manager"?

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It is three weeks since Steve Cotterill left to join Nottingham

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Forest. He returns on Saturday with his new club. But as things stand,

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coach Guy Whittingham, along with Stuart Gray, seems set to be

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picking the team. Pompey's form since Cotterill left has bought the

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Fratton Park club time as they mull over their options, but are the

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players curious about what is happening?

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I have not had one question, they have not said anything to me

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whatsoever. They come in, they want to train, they gladly come in and

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trained and they must be enjoying it and are looking forward to the

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game on Saturday. No one has asked any questions about the managers at

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all. Now, we are going to meet a young

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lady who has had a rather special day. Jacqueline Cass has devoted

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countless hours to helping others in sport.

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Today, she received an MBE from Princess Anne for voluntary

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services, part of the Queen's birthday honours. She is here with

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us now. You have not seen this, having? And heir. Shall we relive

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your special Mehmet? -- your special moment.

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Jacqueline Cass for services to Thames Valley wheelchair basketball

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club. That must have been a wonderful

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moment for you. What did she say? She said it was nice to meet me,

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asked me how many players I have in the team and where we were

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competing. We spoke a bit about the junior lead that my players are

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participating in last season and again this season and asked about

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the Paralympics and how I felt about it coming to London.

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Wheelchair basketball, we did a bit about it recently, and next year is

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a great opportunity for exposure for the sport. Long term, still

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some questions. How do you feel about the opportunities that the

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Olympics and Paralympics offer and be on? It is amazing that it is a

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home games, and to get people involved in the sport, I am hoping

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to be an official at the Paralympics and possibly an index

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with basketball, and the legacy that it will leave with the new

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venues that it has created and the raised profile in disability sport

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that it has brought. It is a fantastic opportunity, and also,

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this must have been a surprise? definitely. I did not know I had

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been nominated. I got home and was on the phone to my mum. When the

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envelope came through... It looked official, I thought I had a

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speeding ticket! I opened it and was speech this on the phone to my

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mum. Better than a speeding ticket! Getting it, why is it so important?

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What does it do for you and the sport that you support so much?

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has raised the profile of wheelchair basketball for me to

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come and speak to you today, and it is just something amazing. I don't

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know the full benefits that I get and the implications it will have,

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I am still learning. We met Jacqueline five years ago. Is this

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better than getting the BBC South champion aboard?! Very much on a

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par! I still have my award at home. On the mantelpiece! Congratulations,

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thank you for coming tonight. Oh, we should show you, there it is, a

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wonderful Mb. Isn't it fantastic? Where it with pride. -- MBE. Wear

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Ken Newberry captured a golfer taking full advantage of the dry

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weather at midday before the rain arrived this afternoon in Cowdray

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Park in West Sussex. We all know seagulls like their

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chips. This one was captured by Robin Boltwood in Swanage. The two

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people were also sheltering from the strong breeze. He is looking

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through the glass! And Ron Adams from Aylesbury in

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Buckinghamshire captured the morning dew on a spider's web.

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There were heavy showers today, people in Shoreham said the rain

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was coming in horizontally, not a meteorological term! We can expect

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some thundery downpours tonight. The Met Office have issued a

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weather warning, potential for very heavy rain causing localised

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flooding, standing water on the road and surface spray, so do take

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care. You can see the greens, the yellows and the darker blues. Very

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mild temperatures despite those thunderstorms. Expect a low of 12-

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13 Celsius. A brief dry period tomorrow morning with some

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brightness before the show was start marching in again from the

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English Channel. Thunderstorms are possible, maybe from Oxford up to

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Dorset throughout the day, and a high tomorrow of 17 or 18, very

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mild for the time of year. That line of showers stays through

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Saturday morning, a few clear spells under those clearing skies,

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perhaps some mist and fog patches. Temperatures just into single

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figures. Unsettled into the weekend, unfortunately, for those wanting to

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go to fireworks displays on Bonfire Night. Low-pressure over the near

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Continent, the winds world died down, so it will feel cooler,

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temperatures returning to the seasonal average. Unfortunately we

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are seeing damp conditions, the north of the country having the

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best conditions for the fireworks displays. Here is the summary for

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Sunday, a drier day, cloud around, and over cast feel, the odd shower

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here and there, and a similar picture on Monday. The winds are

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coming in from the North at the weekend so it will feel cooler.

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Thunderstorms tomorrow, brisk winds from the south-west, changing

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direction over the weekend. Saturday, light, patchy rain to

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start the day, 10 in heavier as the day goes on. Over cast on Sunday,

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patchy drizzle by Monday -- 10 ING heavier as the day goes on.

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Not great for fireworks night. are you back on the basketball

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court, Jacqueline? We have the junior league in London. Straight

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back to my aid. They will celebrate with you. Thank you for coming in.

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