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South Today. In tonight's programme: You're putting lives at

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risk: The campaign to cut out reckless calls to the ambulance

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service. They aren't then available for life threatening calls. Sent to

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prison: The racist arsonists who attacked a mosque.

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The runner going for gold in this year's Paralympics. I'm proud to

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say that I'm disabled and I'm doing what everybody else is doing in the

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Olympics. And going live: The camera technology to help canine

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rescuers reach the victims of You're putting lives at risk. That

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is the one in tonight from the umber and service after it revealed

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a shocking catalogue of emergency call-outs which were anything but

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emergencies. 999 crews have been called to incidents such as a

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broken fingernail. There was a social -- so-called patient who

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wanted a light bulb changing and someone who wanted them to help him

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find anything remote control. Because the ambulance is dispatched

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as soon as the call was received, by the time they have established

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it is not an emergency, it is often too late and the paramedics on the

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scene. The service says that West's vital funds under spreading lies of

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those in real need in danger. -- is putting lives of those in real need.

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Every day at the control centre here in Otterbourne they receive

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999 calls that no right-minded person would regard as an emergency.

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Every day, up ardour -- paramedics out on the streets realise far too

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late that the service has been completely abused. You have had a

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staple going to hand? Individuals completely abuse our service.

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not injured but I have no credit on my phone. This film shows the day-

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to-day frustrations shown by paramedics here in the south.

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Between January and October last year, South Central Ambulance

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Service attended 1235 hoax calls. 41 % of the patients they attended

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did not need to be taken to hospital and many did not need an

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ambulance and the first place. Each of those calls cost �257 on average,

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and every time a crew was called to a hoax, it means they're not

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available for a genuine emergency. There are only so many it Ambler's

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is available at one given time, and if someone needs and emblems very

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quickly and an ambulance is the potion he does not have an

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emergency requirement, there was going to be but a late response. --

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there is going to be a delayed response. There are numerous

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examples of where they have been called in appropriately. In the

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worst scenario, someone could die. But is hugely upsetting for our

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staff because someone who could have been helped by their training

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is not going to have that opportunity to be saved.

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ambulance service insists they do not want put off people calling

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about a real emergency, but they do hope it might make some stop and

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think before they darn 999. -- dial 999. This place is busy around the

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clock and it is worth stressing that the ambulance service does not

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want put off anyone from making calls. It is just those very

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obvious abuses that they are hoping to stamp out with this new campaign.

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There is a real fear that paramedics could be wasting their

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skills when there is a real emergency just down the road.

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A man has died after the lorry he was driving smashed into a series

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of parked cars in Brighton. The gas mains and the road were damaged and

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six homes were evacuated because of the risk of explosion. Sussex

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Police has started an investigation. Police are trying to establish what

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caused the collision here. It was at around 1130 this morning that

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this sorry crashed into a series of parked cars. The driver, a 62-year-

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old man from Ashford, was taken to the nearest hospital in Brighton,

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but he died. The gas mains in the street were also damaged and

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because of the risk given explosion, six homes were evacuated as a

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precaution. This lorry smashed into the white camper van which smashed

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into two other cars. Then the ambulance turned up. We were all

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shocked. We have been stuck out here for the last couple of hours,

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I can't get in my house. The Fire and Rescue Service says although

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there was a ghastly, a windy day helped insure their gas did not

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build up around the incident. Gas engineers have been on site since

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the crash. The leaking gas has been reduced substantially. It is now

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just a case of recovering the vocals. Sussex Police asking anyone

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with information to contact them. The Prime Minister David Cameron

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has said 2012 will be it a vital but difficult year for the British

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economy. He was in Berkshire this morning visited one of the county's

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biggest employers, Waitrose. He presented them with a big society

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award -- a Big Society award. Our political editor reports. He said

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he had come to light the fire of Onto para -- of Onto parent Merrill

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ship. He visited Waitrose to present them with a Big Society

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wood. The company is taking on new apprenticeships as it opens 25

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stores. Everybody needs to do more at a time when the countries in

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great difficulty. It is important that we all lend a hand and we try

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to get ourselves out of his difficult economic times. I would

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like the United Society, united communities where Waitrose trades,

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not fragmented. The supermarket is celebrating be 10 % increase in

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December sales. 300 lorries a day come through this depot, but they

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admit not everyone can afford their prices. Labour for the government

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has to do more to help those on low and middle -- middle income has.

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They say they should be targeting those on higher rates of pay, there

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is getting bonuses. Staff here are proud of their volunteering

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opportunities, but away from the partnership, many will ask, how can

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we pay for all this? The government is determined to show that some

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businesses can do well in difficult times. An utterly appalling crime,

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the words of a judge as he fed -- sentenced three men for an arson

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attack on a mosque in Sussex. Joshua Morris, James Everley and

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James Smith set fire to the building in Haywards Heath. They

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wanted revenge after they were refused alcohol at in nearby garage.

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Joshua Morris, James Everley and James Smith had committed a drunken

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crimes before, but the arson was their most serious. They had been

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refused alcohol at a nearby garage. It was a revenge attack. The

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cashier on duty that night was from the local Muslim community and he

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told the group that it was too late for him to sell them any alcohol.

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They reacted angrily and became abusive and they also stalled two

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containers of paraffin. They used it to start a fire at the mosque --

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they also stole. Luckily, the fire alarm for a cup the man upstairs. -

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- it woke up the man upstairs. worried they were going to attack

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again, but it is just one of those things that has happened. It will

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not happen again. It cost over �4,000 to repair the damage. Today,

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they were each sentenced to three years for the arson. All of our

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communities have the right to go about their daily lives without the

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fear of hate crime. We work in partnership with the committee to

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make sure we have those links that when something does happen, we can

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investigate it probably. The judge said it was an utterly appalling

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crime. Strong winds have left hundreds of

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homes without power and trains cancelled. 125 passengers who

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boarded the Commodore Clipper have spent a day at sea air after it was

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unable to dock due to be weather. In working and, masonry fell from

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the town's council officers forcing a number of nearby roads to close.

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In Berkshire, engineers have worked throughout the day to try to

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restore power to hundreds of properties after lines were damaged,

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and it has been a serious -- similar problem in South Wiltshire.

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Power should be back on this evening.

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Still to come in this evening's South Today: The Paralympic hopeful

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swapping the bright lights of London for the peace of the Dorset

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countryside. All this week, we have been looking

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at the lives of people with Asperger's, the kind of autism.

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They may struggle to find work or make long-term relationships. But

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in the last of our series, we meet a large -- a woman from Dorset.

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is carnival day for Victoria and Matt. She is going as the Olympic

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torch. I have got flame in my hair, S Barclay hands and I am all in

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white. Victoria has Asperger's, and much has to erects and OCD. They

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have been together for four years. -- Tourette's. You get the odd few

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people who look at you strangely, but most don't. Today, they will be

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looked at by 100,000 people. maddened a lot of people with

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Asperger's are quite bothered by the chaotic environment. Victoria

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was diagnosed with as Berger's very young. In school, she didn't make

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friends -- but Asperger's. I didn't see friends as an important thing

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to keep. It is an introvert condition, so you end up thinking

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sorely about yourself. When we link it, it will be like that. Now, she

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has much, but how do they cope? -- she has at matt. -- Matt. We work

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together without conditions. Time ways, sometimes I can be late. I

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thought it was that way. In the afternoons, Victoria Works here.

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She serves up 200 people a day. I've got to ask them if they want

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bags and if they need them packed. Victoria has had a lot of support

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because she was diagnosed early. Not everyone is so lucky. I think

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that is the problem, that a lot of people have with this condition,

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because councils are finding money tight. Getting a diagnosis is like

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getting blood out of the stone. carnival has begun. This year, the

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writ has changed and Victoria doesn't like it. -- the route. This

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year, they're just going in one direction. It seems silly. But matt

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is not bothered. Relief fund. -- it really fun. Undoing all kinds of

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sports. A victory has worked hard to find her place in society. --

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Victoria has worked hard. I'm happy that I have been able to have both

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of my parents living together with me. That definitely makes me feel

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happy, but they need to keep people And join us tomorrow night, when

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we'll be discussing some of the issues raised this week in David

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Fenton's special reports on Asperger's.

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The cruise ship Oriana is sailing into the Solent right now at the

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start of a three-month world cruise. And despite the economic climate,

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there are still plenty of people willing to part with at least

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�9,000 for the privilege. Unlike almost every other part of the

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holiday industry, the cruise business is still expecting to grow

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this year, although more slowly than before.

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Taking on stores for a three-month cruise. Oriana is one of six ships

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leaving Southampton to go round the world in the next week. Between

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them they will carry 10,000 passengers. It is nice to get away

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from the English weather. There are so many places we want to see, we

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thought we would do it in one go. Something I have always wanted to

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do. I name this ship, Oriana. years ago, the Queen and named the

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first Southampton cruise ship of the modern era. Now, midway through

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her life, Pollyanna has had a major refit. -- Oriana. It is a long time

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to take some time off. A study partly funded by the port find that

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each call by a large cruise ships brings �2,500 of business into

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Southampton. 3,500 jobs. But cruising is a nationwide business.

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So, the study found that the Southampton industry generates

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16,000 British jobs directly, and indirectly, 29,000 people depend on

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it. The market in the UK for cruises has grown by ten to 12%

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power and then in the last ten years. We are expecting a little

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growth in 2012. One British person in ten now cruises. This evening,

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Oriana is on her way to see. She will be gone for 97 days, with

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passengers paying at least �9,000 each to go around the world.

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Rescue dogs have been used for some time in disaster zones to help

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locate victims. We've often seen specialist units such as that from

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Hampshire Fire and Rescue flying out to earthquakes to help. Well,

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there's a new piece of technology that could be used by rescue dogs

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searching for people. And to show it off, I'm delighted to welcome to

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the studio Robin Furniss from Hampshire Fire and Rescue, his dog

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Byron, and Grant Notman from technology company Wood and Douglas

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based in Tadley in Hampshire. Byron seems to be very happy.

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Anything could happen in the next ten minutes! Grant, cameras on dogs

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are nothing new. What is new with this technology? The new part is

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that this radio signal will go through a number of substances,

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currently brick, metal, plasterboard, whereas in the past

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Medea's have failed and you lost the picture. So you can imagine in

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a search operation, you would like to see what is going on in a

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collapsed building. So you can get right into the building, send the

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dog in, and it is the live picture coming up. How is that changing

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what you do? We put the dogs in where we cannot, so we are sending

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the dogs in, and we do not know what the dog is looking at, and the

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beauty of at the camera is that we can see any hazards that are there.

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We might be able to see the casualty there as well. Shall we

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see what happens? Fingers crossed! So we have the camera attached at

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the top, and Byron is going to be sent off now. He is going to find...

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Have we put anything in the studio? He has gone straight to it. Has he?

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What has he got? We are seeing the camera in the top left of the

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screen. There is the man, he has found him. What can you now do,

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once you have got the dog to the casualty? We can talk to the

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casualty as well, reassure the casualty, let them know we are

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coming in to get them. The beauty of the camera is that we have got a

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picture of the casualty, and we can see if they are trapped, how they

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are trapped. Can you talk to in the dock? We can, but this is still new.

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The police have been using this for evidence gathering situations, drug

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searches, so they can identify people through the video, and also

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the ambulance people are considering it for roadside

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emergencies. Bomb-disposal also. is very happy! It is a fantastic

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piece of kit. Are you going to be using this in the future for real?

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Obviously there are all sorts of implications, costs, but it would

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be nice to use it. Thank you, by then, and thank you, gentlemen. Who

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needs rehearsals? If you're keen on swimming, then

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I've got a date for your diary. Between April 27th and 29th, the

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BBC is helping to organise one of the biggest community swimming

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events ever held in Britain. It's the Swimathon, and this year it's

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part of the Big Splash campaign, designed to encourage everyone to

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discover the joys of their local pool.

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A couple of famous faces at his leisure centre in Portsmouth. The

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Olympian Katy Sexton and the Paralympian Lauren Steadman, there

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for the regional launch of the annual Swimathon weekend. The

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Swimathon has grown since it began 25 years ago. There were 100 pulls

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back then, last year there were 500, but this year it will be bigger

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than ever. 650 Paul's are taking part. Anyone

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can join in, you simply choose a pool choose a time of the weekend,

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and shoes and distance, anything up to one mile, 64 lengths. It is a

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great way to get everyone from all walks of life into swimming, and

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get them active. You can swim as an individual or in a team. The aim is

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to raise money for Murray Curie Cancer Care and Fox board relief.

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But it is all so to spread the joy of swimming. -- has brought relief.

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Swimming is an escape from reality. When I am in the pool it is just me,

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and if people could get more into swimming this weekend, they would

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realise just so much of an escape it is, it is a pressure relief.

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join in, you need to look up the swimathon.org website.

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27th April and 29th. The sea is blue, and the letter is

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blue, and so we his Portsmouth. New owners, we have been telling you

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about this week. Portsmouth manager Michael Appleton

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is hoping that the club's new owners will have a viable plan for

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the next few years. The ambitious coach gave up his job

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at West Brom to move to Portsmouth in November, only for a financial

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crisis to ensue. New owners are on the way, we're told - and Appleton

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has his fingers crossed this time. There has been a lot of talk about

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the five-year plan, and joking apart it would be nice to know if

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we had some owners, and some owners who were here for the long run.

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A big fire Cup run for Portsmouth this weekend we will preview that

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tomorrow night. -- fire Cup run. She's the country girl who thinks

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of sheep to relax before big races. But in nine months' time, Bethy

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Woodward could be one of the biggest names in UK athletics. The

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19 year-old from Dorset is a world champion, and at this year's

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Paralympics will be a favourite for gold. I went to meet her for our

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second look at the women from the South who could be the stars of

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2012. When you go up to London you feel a

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bit stuffy, but you come down here, and there is actually bear in the

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world. For Bethy, this form is more or

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less horror. It is also an escape from the pressures building up to

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2012. I have always been -- our and 19 and have all -- only been doing

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this for under a year. So you do not know until you get there.

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The 19-year-old has cerebral palsy, affecting one half of her body. But

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it has never held her back. When I was younger my parents did not

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reiterate to me that I was disabled, and the All was pushed it do things,

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like I was abseiling off cliffs at the age of two and three and doing

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crazy stuff with my parents. I think I got the identity of not

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being disabled. In January last year, the she

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became world champion. I kept my pace going, and make -- went all

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the way down the home straight in a good pace. But that was one of the

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toughest races in my life, and you can see on video, I am saying, get

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me over the line! There are still needs to be

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improvement. On the day, it is split seconds. But it is etched in

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our minds, 8th September 1920 12. 237 days till the Paralympic

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opening ceremony. By the time the Games end, this is one teenager who

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could well be a household name. am proud to say I am disabled, and

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doing what everybody else is doing in the Paralympics, and pushing

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themselves to the next goal. Tomorrow night, synchronised

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swimming. I would pay money to see that!

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It was a very windy start to the day. Sue Morley captured the rough

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day. Sue Morley captured the rough The National weather Centre at

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Portland Bill had gusts of up to 70 mph today. Even in land areas,

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gusts in excess of 45-50 mph. The winds will die down overnight

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tonight, but that means very chilly temperatures. More widespread frost

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is possible, and with these showers drifting south and eastwards, there

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is the risk of ice. Temperatures in towns and cities will get to around

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three to five Celsius, but down to freezing in the countryside. With

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the those showers this evening, and following the rainfall of the last

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24 hours, the Met Office have a yellow warning in force for icy

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stretches on untreated roads and pavements. Tomorrow morning will

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start cold and sunny, increasing cloud during the afternoon, but it

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should stay dry through the day, and with lighter winds we should

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expect a high of 9-ten Celsius. Tomorrow night, more cloud in the

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sky, meaning temperatures will be milder than tonight. Showers

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drifting in from the north and west, but they will be hit and miss.

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Temperatures down to around 79 Celsius. For Saturday daytime, we

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may start some areas on a damp note, but it is an improving picture. Any

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rain will skirt off, so lovely conditions throughout the afternoon,

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and a similar picture on Sunday. A lovely sunny start to the day, more

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cloud a rise from the West, and that weather front will a rise

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Sunday-night into Monday. High pressure builds in on Monday, the

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weather front sinks south and eastwards, so it will become an

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improving picture. Here is your summary for the left -- for the

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