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Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's

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programme: Must do better - teams of inspectors go into Portsmouth

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schools to find out why many have been near the bottom of the class.

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If we are not seeing a picture that is improving quick enough, then it

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is important that we continue to challenge the local authority to

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bring about more rapid improvement. Every little helps - more than

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1,000 jobs are being created at Tesco's new Reading distribution

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centre. From landfill to lorry fuel - how methane from rotting rubbish

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is being used to power a fleet of heavy goods vehicles. And just

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champion - a world class opening for a cycle route across

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Winchester's Hockley viaduct. fantastic, hopefully a lot of

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children will use it and they can follow my foot steps and keep the

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Olympic legacy going. Teams of Ofsted school inspectors descended

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on Portsmouth today to begin a week of intensive inspections in the

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city. It's only the second time Ofsted has taken this approach -

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they say they're doing it to find out why the city has a

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disproportionate number of under- performing schools. Their most

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recent figures show only 34% of secondary school children attend a

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good or better than good school. For primary school children the

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figure is just over 50%. Portsmouth City Council says performance has

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improved since those figures were published last year. It says the

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figure for secondary schools has now risen to 53.5% and 65% for

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primary schools. But, as Briony Leyland reports, the message for

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the city is still "must do better". Port mouth's Lord Nelson school is

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a good school and offstead rates some of its work as outstanding.

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But not so many schools are doing well. I live in a different area

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for both catchment areas for my two children. It depends how hard you

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want the fight to get them into the school. We have been lucky.

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council says progress is being made, but Ofsted is taking the step of

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inspecting seven in one week to get what it calls a powerful snapshot

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of their performance and the support they're getting from the

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council. I have been monitoring the progress of all my authorities and

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I'm clear that there has been improvement in Portsmouth, I don't

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dispute that. I still think that the standards are not good enough

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and that the expectations need to continually be high, to be

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challenged and the parents and the pupils of Portsmouth deserve a good

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education. Ofsted acknowledges Portsmouth faces challenge, such as

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high levels of deprivation. But it says similar areas have better

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provision. The council says it has made big improves, an extra �15.5

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million to raise standards has been protected in this year's budget and

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another �500,000 from a chair tabl - charitable fund. You're spending

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more than last year. Yes. Do you think its enough? At this time we

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have an upward trajectory and we are confident that we are doing the

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right thing and the schools will have additional school pupil

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premium and that will help them. Once Ofsted has completed its work,

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there are two possible jut comes. - - outcomes, either it will tell the

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council it is doing enough, or it will say it is not. And in that

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case, the council wit will face an Ofsted inspection 06 its own as

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inspectors look at its school improvement service. A Hampshire

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school severely criticised by a tribunal for excluding a pupil with

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disabilities after she claimed she was raped by fellow students, has

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been ordered to pay costs to her family. Stanbridge Earls school

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near Romsey, which provides boarding and day education for

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children with special needs, was found to have discriminated against

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the girl and to have failed to protect her. Her family will

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receive �80,000 in costs. The school says it is implementing

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recommendations both from Ofsted and the tribunal. The supermarket

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giant Tesco has confirmed that it will open a new distribution centre

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in Reading in May. It'll create more than 1,000 jobs. The company

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is closing three other centres and moving some employees, but it's

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promising to offer 85 jobs to people from the town who've been

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unemployed for more than six months. Joe Campbell reports. The race is

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on to complete the warehouse ready for it to open in two months time.

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It is a huge job, working on a building that could swallow the

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near by football stadium several times over. Look at the numbers,

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they go up to 160 and that is how many lorries this site will be able

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to handle once it opens for business in May. The trucks will

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leave here every hour, seven days a week to service some 4 hundred

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Tesco stores in the south from what those who are fitting it out say is

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one of the biggest sites of its kind in Europe. But is more the job

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that matter. It is over 1,000 jobs and part of that is what we have

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called a regeneration partnership and we have 50 regeneration

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partnerships in our stores. This is the first one we have done with a

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distribution centre. The partnership will guarantee jobs for

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long-term unemployed. That is important in a town that felt the

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loss of the old brewery that occupied the site. Reading is a

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magnet for hi-tech firms, but other jobs have been been declining.

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about previous experiences, I went on a training course and nothing

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happened. I'm still waiting for that phone call. Tesco won't tempt

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Adam here to abandon existing plans by joining the army. I won't do

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that. Why not? I need a job. You don't get paid enough. I think it

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is only �10 an hour. For others, the start of the recruitment

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process this week can't come soon enough. Rotting household waste is

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being used instead of increasingly expensive diesel to run fleets of

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lorries here in the South. The biggest landfill site in Surrey is

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being used to produce methane gas which is filtered and used as

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vehicle fuel - the first place in Europe to do so. The DIY chain B&Q

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is running 50 lorries on it. And other companies are trying it too -

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tapping into energy that would otherwise just vanish. Our

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Transport Correspondent Paul Clifton reports. This is is the

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biggest landfill site in Surrey. Millions of tonnes of waste slowly

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rotting. That releases methane gas. It is collected in these pipes that

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work like wells, drilled into the rubbish. Near biit is purified and

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clild until it becomes liquid. -- chilled until it becomes liquid.

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This is the only place in Europe producing liquid biome thane and

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the landfill site here could power up to 1,300 lorrys a year for the

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next decade. The fuel is taken away by tanker. It is blended with

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imported liquefied natural gas. The two products are Kemically

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identical. We can deliver savings in cash, real terms cash of 20%

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compared to diesel. But we can also deliver significant carbon savings

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as well. Between 20 and 30%. miles away in Swindon the methane

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is used to powary fleet of 50 B&Q lorries. This depot supplies all

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stores in southern and south-west England and Wales. The lorries run

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on both diesel and gas. The cost of converting a lorry is around

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�25,000. The fuel is cheap enough to pay that back in two or three

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years. Are they any different to drive? No, once they come into dual

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fuel mode you don't realise. It is cheaper to run the trucks, and it

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delivers an environmental benefit. B&Q is the biggest customer for the

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fuel, but others have tried it out. The makers say the fuel is

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commercially viable, cheaper than diesel and largely going to waste.

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The man who murdered a Dorset mother has won the right to appeal

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against his conviction in Italy for another murder. Danilo Restivo

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while in prison here, an Italian court found him guilty of the

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murder of 16-year-old Elisa Claps. He will appear in court next month

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in it 4. Before returning to Britain to serve the rest of his

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sentence. Still to come in this evening's South Today: Dani steps

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up a gear to join cyclists on the a new route near Winchester. Tributes

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have been paid to a lively and bubbly 16-year-old girl killed in a

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scooter crash in Dorset. Jade Clark, who was a young fire fighter, died

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on the A31 near Ringwood on Sunday evening. The teenager, who was from

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Ringwood, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. The

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finishing post is in sight in the Eastleigh by-election, with just

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two days of campaigning left. And like any big race, there's no sign

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of the pace slackening over the last few furlongs. The race for

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votes is still a close one. Our Political Editor Peter Henley has

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been following the runners throughout the campaign - he's in

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Eastleigh once more tonight. So Peter - is there anyone coming

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through with a late run? Yes, no question that UKIP is the party

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closing fast on the leaders - their billboards are everywhere,

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supporters are buoyant and the winning post is in sight.

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Labour are also come up on the rails. With a day left, that

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finishing line is close. Who will win? It's the question only the

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voters can answer, but the money's moving to UKIP. On the streets,

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their message is simple - forcing even the Liberal Democrats to take

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a harder line on subjects like immigration. They should pay taxes

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and have a job. They should speak English, they shouldn't put a

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strain on Social Services, but the coalition has cut immigration by

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25%. But you're not going to put a limit on people coming into the

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country, which the Conservatives would like to? What we are looking

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at through Vince Cable is looking at allowing people to come into the

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country to help work this Britain. If we need somebody in like a

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specialist heart surgeon or something like that, we shouldn't

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put a restriction on that. At UKIP headquarters, they say they have

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proved they're not just a one-man band and their message on Europe is

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winning support. People see on a day-to-day basis, they experience

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on a day-to-day basis what the EU means to them and it's typically

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very negative and therefore a party that's prepared to make that known,

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herald that message, keep on banging away with that message and

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to take that message on their behalf up to the House of Commons -

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that is what they want. A first UKIP MP would sit on the opposition

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benches, but Labour isn't giving up on the the protest vote, finally

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getting their their campaign into gear, sending big-hitting husband

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and wife team, Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper, dressed in UKIP purple, and

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insisting a swing to UKIP wouldn't hit them. Some might protest by

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voting UKIP. A lot of Liberals and some Tories will protest by voting

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Labour, because we're the alternative in Parliament, we are

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in opposition and we can actually form a Government at the next

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general election. That is a realistic protest, but people are

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also voting for really positive reasons, because they like Labour's

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programme and realise we represent their interests. Meanwhile, the

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Conservative election literature is now stressing David Cameron's

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pledges on a euro referendum and immigration controls. Voting UKIP

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here I'd like to tell the people of Eastleigh it's going to be a vote

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for a Liberal Democrat MP who wants an amnesty for illegal immigrants,

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who wants open levels on immigration and basically wants a

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federal Europe. So voting UKIP is... Sounds like you're worried about

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them. Totally not. All I'm worried about it getting out there, off

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this camera and meeting more people, Peter. Thank you. And with that she

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was off, leaving the centre of Eastleigh to the man with the

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megaphone from the Raving Loonies. People of Eastleigh, please vote

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for me! This is an unpredictable election and a late surge from UKIP

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or from Labour would take votes from other parties. And nobody

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knows the implications of all that. This is a race Sally, that is wide-

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open. Thank you. Well, it's not just UKIP arguing that this by-

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election is not just a two-horse race. In fact, for some of the

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contestants this is more of a Grand National. Alongside the Liberal

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Democrats, Conservatives, Labour and UKIP are ten less well known

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parties. We heard from five last night and here with the other five

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is Roger Finn. With the flag of Wessex around his shoulders, Colin

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Bex is leader of the Wessex Regionalists. The party wants self

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government for Wessex - an ancient area covering Hampshire, Berkshire,

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Devon and Dorset. He wants to win back control from Brussels and

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Westminster. These people in central government are war

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criminals, illegal war criminals. And genocide suspects. These people

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have no business in control of our lives. Jim Duggan from Horsham is

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standing for the Peace party. Seeking to reject military

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intervention and to promote respect, tolerance and compassion. I think

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we can bring a bit of calm and peace into the constituency and

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they have been very kind to us so far. I hope for not votes this time.

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Which not be going to Westminster. But we will be here and we will be

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contesting for votes. Not quite so seriously, Howling Laud Hope is

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leader of the Monster Raving Loony Party. He's stood in several

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parliamentary elections and lives in Hampshire. I have been to

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Eastleigh and find it a happy place, but it could be better. We would

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like to see along the lines in Liverpool if they can change the

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aeroplane name to John Lennon. We would like the Southampton airport

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to be named Benny Hill. Christian Party candidate was a

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prison officer and is now a pastor. Kevin Milburn's main campaign is

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against the legislation creating same sex marriage, which he

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believes could undermine the family unit. This is because marriage is a

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unique institution in that only in marriage do a man and woman bring

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forward a child and the procaigs of the human race and that is how you

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and I got here. Danny Stupple is also campaigning against same sex

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marriage. He's a school governor who's lived in Eastleigh for 30

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years and he's standing as an independent. He believes the gay

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marriage legislation has been pushed through without a democratic

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mandate. What's happening is there was nothing in the manifesto about

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it. Any of them. There was nothing in the coalition agreement and then

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not even in the Conservative Parliamentary majority did it carry.

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Yet, it its about to change a major social institution without any

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reference to the people who could have voted for it. There are 14

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candidates in all in the Eastleigh By-Election, and here's a complete

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list of the contenders. You can also find them on our website at

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bbc.co.uk/news. And we have the result of the Eastleigh By-election

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on Friday, beginning in Breakfast Veterans who served on the Arctic

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Convoys during the Second World War are to finally receive medals in

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the next few weeks. The Government announced in December that the

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sailors were to get an award. Portsmouth veteran Eddie Grenfell

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was a leading figure in the long campaign to be recognised for their

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role in the war. More than 3,000 men died in the freezing waters of

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the arctic. The medals have gone into production and will be sent

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out next month. It was unbelievibly cold and continual bombardment by

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U-boats and aircraft. And the highest fatality rate of any naval

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campaign. So you can imagine why they feel this medal is deserved

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and I have had so many e-mails from people who are overjoyed to know

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they will be recognised for their supreme sacrifices. One of the

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oldest newspapers in the south has been re-launched to appeal to new

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readers. Local newspapers have suffered a fall in circulation due

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to increased competition especially from the internet. Chrissy Sturt

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reports on the rebirth of The West Sussex Gazette. It's very fragile

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and probably the only one in existence. Over the years, the

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paper has continually evolved and was even the first broad sheet in

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the country to embrace colour - radical at the time. Now it's

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changing again. 160 years on and the paper has just had another re-

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launch in a bid to appeal to the modern reader. But in the digital

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age of the smart phone and tablets, can it survive and still claim to

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be the voice of the county? It's current editor thinks so. He

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explains what is in the new look edition. We have put a lot more

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farming and agricultural columns back in. There is a lot more about

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the social scene in West Sussex. It is a true West Sussex paper.

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years on and West Sussex still has it rural identity, but whether the

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Gazette can remain relevant remains to be seen. Now sport and Tony is

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here. In a moment we will hear from Danny King. Yes a special treat. A

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big night of football tonight. League One is very close. After two

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consecutive league defeats, Bournemouth return to action

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tonight with a big game at home against Coventry City who are just

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two places below them in the table. Kris Temple's commentating for BBC

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Radio Solent, Kris any kind of win will do tonight won't it? Well it

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has been a shock to the system to fans who got used to life on the

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top of the table and they're now six. But the race is intriguing.

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Two points cover the top six and that means Coventry are just below

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that play off zone, but they're the division's top scorers on the road

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and will test them. The bad weather has left the pitch in a far from

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ideal condition, it is bumpy and sparsely grassed. The last time

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born mouth last two in a row, they won the next five. Fans would bite

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your hand off for that again. Meanwhile, could tonight be the

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night that Portsmouth's wretched run finally comes to an end. Pompey

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fans haven't seen their team win for 129 days - their last victory

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came on the 20th October. Tonight they host mid-table MK Dons. Guy

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Whittingham's options are further depleted after defender Sam Sodje

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was sent off on Saturday. In League Two Aldershot have won their last

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two, and new boss Andy Scott takes his side to mid table Chesterfield.

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Other action tonight elsewhere in the South, Swindon - who are second

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in League One - host Bury, while in League Two Oxford are at the

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leaders Gillingham. Olympic hockey players will compete together on

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home soil in a major women's international event this summer.

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Reading players Kate Walsh and Helen Richardson were among those

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promoting the World League semi finals today at Bisham Abbey. The

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event is an eight-team eliminator, featuring England, who are

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captained by Walsh, and will see some of the world's best players

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returning to London. The lives showed we can put on good events.

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That is good for hockey. People do want to come here and they want to

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bring sporpts here. That is fantastic and it is great for the

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hockey family and another opportunity for them to see the

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Beth teams in the world play in London. Now Alexis is here in the

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studio, but she's been trying to keep up with an Olympic champion on

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her bike this afternoon, Dani King has just returned from the World

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Track cycling Championships in Minsk with yet another gold medal

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But today she was helping open a new cycle route around Winchester,

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and she invited a few of us to pedal along with her. Yes Dani King

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has returned from the World Track Cycling Championships and if you

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remember she got another gold medal. Yes, but today she was helping open

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a new cycle route around Winchester and invited a few of us to pedal

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along, but one kid tried to race her. Really not you? For half a

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century the Hockley viaduct has been in a state of disrepair. After

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months of restoration it was re- opened today by a well known

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Hampshire face. Hopefully a lot of young children will use it and they

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can follow my foot step and keep the Olympic legacy going. Olympic

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gold medallist and world record holder Danny King led 45 riders two

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miles along the newly extended national cycle route which connects

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Reading to the Isle of Wight. great to have such a long cycle

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route off road for everyone to you know keep fit on and enjoy the

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surroundings. It was exciting. Especially cycling next to her. I

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enjoyed that. Everyone can use it. And it has twists and turns which

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are fun to go around fast. viaduct was used for railway. It

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closed to passenger travel in 1960. But this line was very important

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during World War two and carried supplies from the north down to

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Southampton. Over 16,000 trains passed over it in the year leading

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up to D-Day. Even the old signalling post has been restored.

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It is a genuine London and south western signal and we found it in

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London and it does mean a lot and we intend to dedicate it to the

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railway men that helped make D-Day possible. The efforts of many

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organisations have wrought the -- brought the viaduct back to life.

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Winchester college let us use their land and it has been about team

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working to get the project. A part of history has now been restored

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for generations to come. Did you beat her? I tried. Tool little boy

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who was racing her did -- although the little boy who was racing her

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did beat her. At the moment she is receiving the freedom of Eastleigh.

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So she can drive sheep up the high street, or knock on someone's door

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to go to toilet. And David Smith also gets the freedom tonight.

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also gets the freedom tonight. is a real honour and the now the

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weather. Cold today. Roger Bishop spotted this heron in his next door

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neighbour's silver birch tree in Thame this morning. Good job you

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had your camera handy! The snowdrops are out en masse in

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Kinson, Bournemouth. A lovely photo, thank you Tony Pritchett. And even

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on a grey and gloomy day, we get sent some very arty shots. This one

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courtesy of Robin Boultwood in Swanage. A cold sh cloudy damp and

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dismal night to come. We hold on to the cloud. There will be limited

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brightness in the next few days. Tonight some light rain, although

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the pressure in the Solent is rising. A lot of cloud, some areas

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could stay dry. The rain will be on and off A low of three to four

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Celsius. So temperatures up a notch from last night. But still just

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hovering above freezing. A cool start to the day tomorrow. There

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will be a lot of cloud and some light rain and drizzle. We will see

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some brightness. Particularly in the north. Helped by this keen

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north-easterly breeze that will take the edge off temperatures, a

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high of five to six Celsius. It will be a cloudy end to the day for

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some of us. But clearing skies for other. Where we have the clear

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skies, temperatures could plunge down to freezing or just below.

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Means that could give the risk of a touch of frost first thing on

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Thursday morning. And some mist and fog patch, ice could be an issue as

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well. One to three Celsius, three along the south coast. So cloudy on

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Thursday. But it should brighten up during the afternoon. Particularly

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for northern areas with the cloud sinking south. A better day than

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today and tomorrow. Still a risk of rain and drizzle. Thursday and

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Friday high pressure stays in charge. We will again see some

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light rain and drizzle at times. Some areas could stay dry. So it

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will be a cloudy end to the week. A lot of cloud around and some light

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rain is possible. The north- easterly breeze will stay with us

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and take the edge off temperatures. They slightly below the seasonal

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average, six to seven Celsius. A lot of cloud, we are hoping that

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cloud will break up at some point for areas north of the M4 corridor.

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Thank you. That is about it from us. Tomorrow, well something a bit

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different. A A spot of archery. We told you about a young man with the

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