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Today. An investigation has begun into a

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suspected arson attack at a taxi firm in Havant.

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Creating a breeding ground for kingfishers in this site.

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The winds of change, but is everyone on board? One of the last all-male

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suspected arson attack at a taxi firm in Havant. Fire ripped through

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a car park, leaving a repair bill estimated at �200,000. It is the

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latest in a series of incidents affecting vehicles belonging to the

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company Andicars. In a double blow, bosses are having to pay for the

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repairs because they are worried insurance firms may not cover them

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in the future. Chris Robinson reports.

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The burnt out shells of someone's livelihood. Just days ago, fire

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ripped through this compound at the back of Havant-based taxi firm

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Andicars. It is the latest in a series of attacks on the firm over

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the past two months. Around a dozen cars have also been damaged with

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paint-stripper. For those who work here, it has been an anxious time.

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lot of damage. It is estimated to be over �200,000. Seven cars have been

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written off and this incident alone. Three are severely damaged

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with smoke damage. We are all a bit nervous, but trying to mint in a

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positive attitude. Despite what's happened, it's been business as

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usual. Andicars has around 200 vehicles operating across parts of

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East Hampshire and West Sussex and has plans to expand. Some of the

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cars had been parked here for safe keeping while the drivers were on

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holiday. Others were part of its new fleet. The company says it has no

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choice but to foot the repair bill itself. If we claim of the

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insurance, potentially we will not get insurance in the future. At the

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moment, we're funding it as a company. The company has spent

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�10,000 on security since this fire. Also they have brought in

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security guards. In a statement, Hampshire Police said we are aware

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of previous reports of damage to Andicars vehicles and are looking

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into the possibility that they may be connected to this most recent

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incident. At this stage we have no evidence to confirm they are linked.

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Meanwhile, Andicars has offered a reward of �25,000 to anyone who has

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Four men have appeared before magistrates following the death of a

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man at Guildford railway station in March. 22-year-old Ryan Harrison

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died after falling between the platform and a train as it was

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moving off. 20-year-old Joshua Elphick, from Guildford, is charged

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with manslaughter and three other men are charged with affray. All

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four will next appear before Guildford Crown Court later this

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month. Parents with children at a troubled

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educational special needs school in Hampshire are being urged to support

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it to help avoid closure. Stanbridge Earls School, near Romsey, was

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severely criticised for its handling of a rape claim by a pupil. A

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takeover by another school recently fell through. Now parents are being

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told they need to decide by the end of the week if they want to send

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their children there for the autumn term. Briony Leyland is following

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this. Briony, a tight deadline for

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parents? Yes. The school wants to open as usual in September, but it

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can only do that if it gets enough money from fees. In June, the number

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of pupils on the school roll was 189. The headteacher says next term

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the numbers will be lower, but the question is how much lower, bearing

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in mind the difficulties the school has faced and the fact some local

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education authorities, such as Dorset, are not placing new pupils

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there. Existing parents have been asked to make up their minds by

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Friday and pay fees by next Thursday. The headteacher won't say

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how many pupils are needed in order to open in September. She wants to

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encourage as many as possible to keep faith with the school. We are

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getting so many positive responses already. In just a day we have had a

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large number of e-mails confirming that the children will start in

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September. We are very optimistic. Based on one days worth of e-mails,

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we are confident will be in September. So what happens if the

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numbers don't stack up? Well, if too few pupils sign up the school will

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close. Any fees paid will be refunded. If they do get enough

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pupils, then work will continue to try to find a suitable partner to

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secure the school's future. It had been hoped More House School in

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Farnham would take it over, but that deal fell through last week. The

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headteacher says finding the right partner is crucial and not easy.

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It is important that we get the right fit. It is important we are

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able to take the education of these pupils forward. As you can imagine,

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it is quite a narrow fields and there are not a lot of institutions

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that offer what we offer. It is important to us that we are

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continuing to offer it. So, if no deal is done during the autumn term

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the school would then close? Parents have been told in a letter that if a

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suitable partner or funding stream isn't found during the autumn term

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the focus will switch to finding places for children at other

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schools. On top of all this, Stanbridge Earls is still under

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close scrutiny from the Department for Education. The school has to

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come up with an action plan to address Ofsted's latest findings by

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the end of August. From one school with a? Over its

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future, to one which has confirmed it won't open next month. An attempt

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to ease demand for primary school places in a Berkshire town has hit a

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stumbling block. Three new schools are being built in Wokingham, but

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one won't open next month as planned. That's because Wheatfield

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Primary School has only received three applications. As Ben Moore

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reports, local councillors are blaming the Government, and the

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Government is blaming local councillors.

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This is the only work that will be going on this year at the end you

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Wheatfield Primary School. Although there will be classrooms, only three

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children have been signed up to start the new term. The council says

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central government is to blame. followed the Department of education

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the whole way through this and have always been in contact with them.

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There was still a with them letting us know about the provider. The

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parents obviously need to know about places and they have made

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alternative arrangements. The Department of education said the

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council caused the delay by not telling it who thirsts sponsor of

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the school was in town. What isn't in doubt is that there is a shortage

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of school places in the Woking Borough. Three new academies, of

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which Wheatfield Primary School was one, were meant to be the answer.

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have some very good local schools here. There is no reason why that a

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parent would want to take a leap into the dark when they can get

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their children into a good local school. The three pupils enrolled at

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Wheatfield Primary School unlike am here. This will be the Windmill

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primary school. It will be run by the same education foundation. It

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will be open on the 9th of September, but, as of now, only 19

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pupils will be starting here. The builders at Wheatfield Primary

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School are contracted to finish the school on time. There are no moves

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to find the temporary use for it until the pupils can walk through

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the gates. The search has been wound down for a Berkshire man who's been

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missing in Australia for three weeks.

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23-year-old Gary Tweddle is originally from Reading. He

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disappeared after going for a walk in the Blue Mountains near Sydney on

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16th July. He was last heard from when he called a friend on his

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mobile phone to say he was lost in bushland.

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Overnight closures are planned for one of the South's busiest motorways

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this week. The M3 will have diversions in place between Junction

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seven at Basingstoke and Junction nine at Winnall. The southbound

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carriageway will be closed between 10.00pm and 6.00am for the next two

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nights. Northbound will be closed overnight on Thursday and Friday,

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and then from Monday for four nights next week. Still to come in this

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evening's South Today: Sarah with the weather, and Tony is at a derby

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match. So, the first round of the capital

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one cup, Bournemouth against Portsmouth. The cherries will start

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tonight as favourites. Join me later. It is becoming a familiar

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story in Southern England - a picturesque village up against plans

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for a big new housing development. This time the battle's in the

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historic village of Ampfield in Hampshire. Those fighting the

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proposal say there's a flaw in the planning system that's now putting

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pressure on sensitive sites like theirs, and on many others across

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the South. Roger Finn reports. It is no coincidence there's a model

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railway in the back garden of this house in Ampfield. This is the Old

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Vicarage and it's where the Reverend Awdry, who wrote Thomas the Tank

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Engine, spent the first nine years of his life. Today, it's owned by

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Ian Case, who is battling a plan to build 39 new homes in the large

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field right beside the house. a piece of cultural vandalism on an

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area that is rich in ecclesiastical, literary and sporting history.

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are half-a-dozen listed buildings close to the site, as well as a

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famous par-three golf course designed by Henry Cotton. The

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proposal would include affordable homes, but protestors say it would

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be out of keeping with the character of the village. The impact of 39

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houses is much more than has ever been built at one stage in the

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centre of Ampfield. We are not against small clusters of houses

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which reflect the historic layouts of the area. There's already some

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large scale housing development nearby here at Abbotswood, but Test

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Valley has a problem many other planning authorities share. Though

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they have given permission for their target number of new homes,

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developers have chosen not to build all of them. At the moment, there

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are some 1,300 homes in the area with permission that have not been

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built. Councillor Mark Cooper, who is on the Borough's Planning

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Committee, says that puts added pressure on sensitive sites. We have

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a shortfall of housing supply. That means other developers can come in

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and say I want a planning application, and Test Valley is very

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hard pressed to refuse them because they haven't met their five-year

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housing supply, 196 every year, year in, year out. The planning

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application for the 39 homes here is due to be heard later this month.

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The Church of England has been asked for permission to analyse remains

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found in a grave in Winchester that are thought to be those of King

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Alfred the Great. The bones were exhumed from St Bartholomew's Church

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in March. Now the Hyde 900 group has put in an application to perform

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tests on them. Mark Sanders reports. Has sung Bartholomew's been nursing

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a secret? It has long been suspected that the remains of King Alfred

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rested here. In March, the remains were exhumed and the local community

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group has applied to the diocese to test if the bones are Alfred the

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great's. Carbon dating is the first thing. The next step would be a

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strontium isotope analysis, which shows diet particularly in the first

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15 years. It shoes were someone grew up. With Alfred, for example, we

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know that he spent five years in Rome. There could be something that

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shows us that, which would be amazing. DNA testing could be an

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option, but finding a descendant of Alfred could prove trickier as he

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died almost 600 years earlier. It is thought the bones of Alfred could

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have been buried at Saint Bartholomew's in the 19th-century,

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having been removed from the remaining -- having been removed

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from Hyde Abbey nearby. The English army had been camped on these

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fields. For Alfred, this is a critical moment. We either retreat,

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go forward. The remains were in assume because of worries about

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security following publicity surrounding the discovery of the

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skeleton of Richard III. The diocese is expected to announce within days

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if the tests can go ahead on the remains.

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A scheme to create a new habitat for wildlife in West Sussex is being

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completed. The Arun Riverlife Project is about restoring part of

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the Arundel Wetland Centre to reflect the landscape of the Arun

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Valley. Part of the project involves creating an area for kingfishers to

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nest. Katy Austin reports. It is certainly an enviable

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location. But, even here, the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust at

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Arundel, nature needs a little help. And a helping hand has been on the

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arm of a mechanical digger. The Arun River Life Project has meant

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re-landscaping an area known as Swan Lake. It is about restoring a

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habitat that reflects the wider landscape of the Arun Valley. It is

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important to provide a habitat for a broad range of wildlife. This is

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going to be the Des Res of the glittering stars of the river bank -

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the Kingfisher. During the winter we get up to six or more kingfishers on

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the site, which is fantastic. In the summer they have to go off-site to

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breed. The problem here is that there was no suitable vertical bank

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over the water which kingfishers love for burrowing into and making

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them nest. There have kingfishers breeding in front of the viewing

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gallery would be fantastic. This area was only filled with water in

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June. This landscape may look a touch like a moonscape at the

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moment, but vegetation is beginning to take hold. Wetland plants like

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the Marsh Marigold have been put in. It's hoped that it's only a matter

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of time before birds like the tufted duck feel at home and other wildlife

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begins to thrive. Now you may have heard that the new

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voice of football results on BBC radio is going to be a woman.

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Charlotte Green will take over from James Alexander Gordon. That news

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comes on the same day that it's been confirmed that the all-male Royal

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Yacht Squadron at Cowes on the Isle of Wight has voted to allow women to

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become members for the first time ever. The vote has to be ratified by

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all members and, if that happens, it will change almost 200 years of

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history. Sean Killick reports. Barbershop singers, a tradition that

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started life as an all-male social pastime, then changed its tune. But

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perhaps the world's most was the just sailing club is also getting in

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harmony with the times. For almost 200 years, the Royal Yacht Squadron

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has been for gentlemen only. The club's Admiral was the Duke of

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Edinburgh. Its patron is the queen, but even she was once denied entry.

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I either organisation has voted in favour of a lying fool women

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members. It is the right thing to do. I have been in there several

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times as a guest, but it would be nice for ladies to go in. I think

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they ought to keep them out. It is no place for women, ceiling should

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be for men only! It is an anachronism, isn't it? Along with

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golf courses and whatever, it is about time they change their policy.

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Pressure has mounted on from an organisations to change this men

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only policy. Today, other sailing clubs said this decision is long

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overdue. I don't know of any other job club in the world that is male

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only. Tonight, Royal Yacht Squadron said that ladies might get

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membership requires no further vote. The change will come in time for the

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bicentenary celebrations in 2015. We posted this story on our Facebook

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page and you've been adding your comments. Here's a flavour of the

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds

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football season may only have just started, but we've already got a Cup

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derby tonight. Portsmouth have travelled along the

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M27 to Bournemouth, where they'll meet in the first round of the

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Capital One Cup. Both began their league campaigns on Saturday, with

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very different outcomes. Tony Husband is at the Goldsands Stadium

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ahead of tonight's clash. There should be a decent crowd tonight,

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Tony? I think they will have a pretty good crowd. 1500 Portsmouth

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fans will be here and there will be a decent turnout from the cherries.

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Normally you would say neither of these two sides you would expect to

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reach the final at Wembley, but Bradford city did it last season,

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and here is a man, Steve Claridge, who has won this competition, who

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knows what Wembley glory is like. He also knows what it is like to play

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the book these clubs. With the tide being a bit local, and a good

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atmosphere already, this will be blood and thunder about from the

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start. Portsmouth will take done a lot of people. All of a sudden, you

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have a proper game on your hands. Portsmouth are very much the

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favourites. After their first league games -- league games of the season

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on Saturday, you would've seen contrasting pictures. The beat

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Charlton. You would have seen fans the straight to the Fratton Park as

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Portsmouth were beaten 4-1. Let's hear from both managers. A very big

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night. Games against Portsmouth are always special occasions. We need to

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make sure that we can keep them quiet with our football and try and

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do what we did on Saturday, which was a really good performance.

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the momentum is with Bournemouth, what about Portsmouth? It is good to

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get back in action, no matter the result. Do you expect the derby

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atmosphere? I hope so. It means a lot to people, a lot of the players.

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We hope it is a great atmosphere. is one of the nights that divides

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boys Newport. Oxford are at Charlton, Swindon host Torquay and

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Northampton entertain MK Dons. Surrey are chasing 149 to beat

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Somerset and make finals day. Surrey are 120 43. They just have five

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overs to play. There was no sailing at the Cowes

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Regatta today. There wasn't enough wind for the classes to get under

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way. After a frustrating morning waiting for the wind to pick up,

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organisers called it day at 2.00pm. We will be back here with the best

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of the action at 10:25pm. A great-great-grandmother from the

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Isle of Wight has been celebrating her 109th birthday today, and

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sharing it online. Lily Strugnell had a party at her care home in

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Newport. Lily only learnt to use a phone two years ago, but she's now

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embraced social media. She's been posting birthday updates to family

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and friends on Facebook. She even has her own dedicated page.

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There will be forced three wins for tomorrow, but it will dip on

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A couple of playful otters enjoying the sun this morning. What a lovely

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photo sent into us by Dan Smith from Petworth. Judi Lion captured this

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stunning scene on her morning walk along the South Downs Way A gorgeous

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shot on the water at Gunwharf Quays. Thanks to Maureen Coles for that

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photo. We have had some glorious sunshine

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at times today. The cloud is melting away through the evening. Tonight we

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are set to have a dry night. The cloud peeling back and we could see

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pockets of missed here and there. Our temperatures will be cool again,

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lose of about 1314 degrees. There could be single figures in the

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countryside. There is an area of concern eyed towards the channel as

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we could see some showers creeping up on us first thing tomorrow. To

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the east of the Isle of Wight is where we could see the wet weather.

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Elsewhere, a decent day with good sunny breaks in just a handful of

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showers in the mix. This is what we have in store for the spectators at

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Colliers week tomorrow. The wind will drop out a little bit on

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Thursday, picking up again at -- again on Friday. So, we will see

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more missed tomorrow nights. Temperatures about 11 or 12 degrees.

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So, yet another is fresh start to the day on Thursday. Good sunny

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spells first thing on Thursday morning, with the odd risk of a

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shower, but generally dry, bread and fine. Good conditions to start on

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Friday, but the global work its way in from the west bringing some

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patchy rain. Brighter conditions will follow, courtesy of this

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front. Coming up this weekend we do have some events. It is set Brighton

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line for the most part. One to showers are possible at this

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festival. Tickets are available on their website. At the Ellingham

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agricultural show, the forecast is looking generally dry with jet --

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with just the risk of an isolated shower. Not looking too bad for the

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