30/12/2011 South Today


30/12/2011

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Hello I'm Jo Kent with the news in the south. A Royal Marine based at

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the Poole headquarters of the Special Boat Service has been named

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as one of two servicemen killed in Afghanistan. Captain Tom Jennings,

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who was 29 and married with two children, was caught in an

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explosion and on a road south of Kabul three days before Christmas.

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He was described as a true leader, selfless in his professional

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approach, dedicated and humble. The battle to find and eliminate

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Taliban bomb-making factories has been a top priority for our troops

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in Afghanistan. Today, the army has revealed that soldiers from the

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south have been involved in the discovery of explosives in Helmand

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British Afghan troops discovered 27 improvised explosive devices and

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other bomb-making equipment in an operation that began just before

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Christmas in the Nad-e Ali district of Helmand Province. Soldiers from

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the south's Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment were amongst 280

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British troops involved in the operation working alongside 550

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members of the Afghan security forces. Altogether nearly a ton of

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explosives were found and they were destroyed in a spectacular

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explosion the sent out a visible Any discovery of the components is

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helpful. We want to make the districts safer. For the long term,

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we have demonstrated improving Afghan capability.

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The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment has been helping to train

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Afghan police and the latest security operation was planned and

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led by Afghan security forces. Tragically, one African policeman

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was killed by an IED during the operation in the Nad-e Ali district.

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The discovery and destruction of so many IED's is being seen as a

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significant success. If 44-year-old woman has been charged with murder.

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A man was found dead on Wednesday morning. The woman from Torquay

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will appear before Bournemouth magistrates tomorrow.

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Sussex Police are searching for three men who pretended to be

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delivering a parcel before bursting into an elderly couple's home and

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robbing them. It happened yesterday evening in Woodingdean on the edge

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of Brighton. The men, who are white and in their thirties, tied the

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couple up and locked them in their bedroom before stealing money and

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jewellery. Sussex Police say they believe it is an isolated incident

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but are increasing patrols in the area.

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It was a terrifying ideal for them both. They are bearing up very well.

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There were no weapons involved. They had slight injuries in given

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what happened to them that is a relief.

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A man has appeared in court charged with wounding with intent after a

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man was stabbed in the throat in Allotment holder from Eastleigh in

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Hampshire is taking his local council to court over a rent rise.

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Just over a year ago rent on the allotments went up by 60%. Now a

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court will have to decide whether that is reasonable. An average

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Proctor he used to cost �25 a year but it went up to �40 last year.

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Alex decided that was unreasonable and is mounting a legal challenge.

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He discovered previous cases where allotment holder successfully

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argued in court that rent rises should be in line with the increase

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in other council services. Having looked at the prices of increases

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for things like swimming pools, the local increase was 9% of the two

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years. We had a difference of between 9% and 60%. Eastleigh

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council told us the average cost of allotment is only 80p per week and

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that includes the use of water and electricity. Rents are hard for the

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over-sixties. The legal challenge is set for February. -- rents a

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Sussex Police officers and civilian workers have been told not to

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charge their mobile phones and other electrical appliances at work

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to cut costs. The force is looking to save �50 million by 2015. It

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says the ban will help to cut its electricity bill.

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Doctors have described her as a walking miracle. Serita Shone is

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back at home in Weymouth after an horrific accident during her first

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bobsleigh training session with the British team left her with a broken

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back. She spent seven weeks in hospital in Germany. Mike Bushell

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went to meet her. Serita Shone dream was to emulate

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their team of 10 -- 2002. Reaching speeds of 80 mph on the eyes, it is

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her passion but it almost cost her her life. There were a few points

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where I thought I was not going to make tomorrow, the hallucinations

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from the dregs, I thought I was dying. I remember saying out loud,

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amide dying? This is my job as a brake man. This is my of their

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driver. She had only decided to switch to bobsleigh in the summer

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and had won a place in the British squad. Talk us through what

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happened. The bobsleigh was on top of you. A we went up into the

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corner, it's a sort of peeled off. I came down and die was underneath

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the bobsleigh. My back hit the ice first and everything else came in.

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I have never felt pain like it. Bits of bone had broken off here.

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This is how her spinal cord was bent. When they push my vertebrate

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back... It has been rebuilt. Most people think I am mad. My family

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are telling me not to get back into one of those! Having a relatively

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normal Christmas is fantastic. The band of rain will move eastward.

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There is a possibility of drizzle once this main rain band clears its

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weight was the North Sea. And sprigs of drizzle are possible and

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so be a cloudy night but a very mild night. A low of six-11 degrees

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Celsius. A mild day for tomorrow with a lot of cloud around, one of

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two bright spells. The risk of Patty drizzle still around. --

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patchy drizzle. The wind is breast through the afternoon coming in

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from the south-west. For New Year's Day, there is the risk of a shower

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throughout the afternoon and they will be hit-and-miss. There is the

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risk once again tomorrow night for a New Year's Eve of some patchy

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drizzle, it is a mild night to come. Showers are times particularly

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