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dual fuel customers will go up by more than 9%. That is all from the

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BBC Hello I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to

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South Today. In tonight's programme: What is the future for Poole

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Hospital and its patients as a merger with Bournemouth is rejected?

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Some of the benefits we would have realised simply will not happen.

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Striking teachers close down hundreds of schools leaving

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thousands of children missing lessons.

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A life saving operation for the toddler who had his skull reshaped

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and rebuilt. It is unbelievable. You would not know he had been through

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that. And taking the rough with the smooth

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` we drive the course with one of the favourites in the British Rally

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Championships. There's a big question mark over the

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future of Poole Hospital tonight, after plans for a merger with

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Bournemouth were thrown out. The two hospitals had hoped to join forces `

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but the Competition Commission rejected it. Now Poole ` which had

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financial problems ` has admitted it faces significant challenges ahead

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but said it won't close. Proposals were first revealed in

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November 2011, when the two trusts announced their plans to merge.

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Then, in February last year, a public consultation was launched.

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But in January, the matter was referred to the Competition

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Commission amid concerns about allowing the two trusts to combine.

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Today, the Commission delivered its verdict claiming there was not

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enough evidence that the proposals would benefit patients. For Poole it

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means finding a way to save ?30 million over the next three years.

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Our health correspondent, David Fenton, is live in Bournemouth, this

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evening. David, this is not the news the hospitals wanted.

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This was a categorical no to everything the hospitals wanted to

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do with this merger. Some of the plans the Competition Commission

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didn't believe ` like the promise to build a new maternity hospital. Some

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they thought could harm patients, like downgrading one of the A to

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a minor injuries unit. It was a complete rejection. But not for some

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of the patients I spoke to in Poole today. I am glad because Bourne

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mouth is a long way. Poole hospital was very distinctive from ordinary

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hospital. But for patient care joining would be better.

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This began because Poole hospital was in serious financial trouble and

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needed help. Bournemouth had plenty of money and so it seemed to make

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sense for them to join forces. Now that we're back to square one there

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are some serious concerns about how and whether Poole is going to

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operate into the future. Poole hospital is loved by its users that

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it has a financial problem. This has got to be addressed. An hour ago I

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spoke to the Chief Executive at Poole hospital. He said there is no

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way the hospital is going to close that he admitted we have significant

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challenges into the future. This must be a real kick in the

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teeth for you. To use work. ?5 million and you're back to square

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one. It is disappointing. The merger was about improving the quality of

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care. It is disappointing news. It will also mean that some of the

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investment in services such as the construction of a new maternity

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units now will not happen is this decision going to make life better

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or worse for patients. What it will mean is that it will

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take longer to make some of the changes that we want to make. Those

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changes will be more complex. Patients are in part going to lose

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out as a result of this decision. We have got to find the right we know

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of Link form to enhance and Velcro services in the context of working

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as separate organisations. Do patients care how much cover dish

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and there is between hospitals? They do not. Patients view the services

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as complementary. They do not understand this issue of

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competition. Thank you very much. Hundreds of schools across the South

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were closed today as part of the national teachers' strike. In some

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areas over 50 per cent of schools were fully or partially shut.

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Members of the two biggest teaching unions took action in protest at

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their treatment by the government. Our Political Editor Peter Henley

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reports. Teachers are angry. Fed up, they say

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but the Education Secretary Michael Gove. Never in 35 years of teaching

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have I witnessed such a wholesale assault on our profession. For

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children and patients bat`macro children and the evidence it has

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been a difficult day. It is brilliant that they have opened the

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doors today. If every nurse does not go into day you would have the NHS

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in turmoil. But with classes empty many children were left to their own

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devices. Responsible teachers regretted that but say it is changes

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to the and retirement age that have pushed them over the edge. Teachers

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are being asked to work longer for less money. We all know times are

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tough but in times of austerity you reduce luxuries. You do not cut back

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on essentials. Schools are an essential. Politicians argue it is

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the unions that are out of touch. Heads are working hard to keep

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schools open and so they should. This is difficult. The unions should

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have organised meetings after school, invited parents and, perhaps

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asking parents if they sympathise. They should have listened to in

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these. With further action plans before Christmas this is becoming a

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test of strength with children, in the middle.

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What difference will today's strike have made? Michael Gove was abroad `

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but he's made it clear he sees the teaching unions as an obstacle that

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needs to be pushed aside. And politicians from all sides are

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judging that parents will have been so inconvenienced teachers will be

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put off this, I'm not so sure ` people who trust their children's

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safety and upbringing feel they wouldn't have walked out without

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good reason. But not all schools were on strike, and is it really

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clear what the government could offer teachers to stop another

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strike? A new Education Secretary. It is not

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likely to happen. Someone who is insisting that teachers have two

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work until 67. He is trying to introduce performance related pay.

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How will I head introduce that? One thing Michael Gove has achieved is

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he has united all the teaching unions. That has not happened quite

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this way before. They are not going to go away.

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A man's been arrested after a crash on the M4 in Wiltshire early this

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morning that left three people seriously injured. The accident `

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involving a lorry and a car transporter ` happened between

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junction 15 for Swindon and 14 for Hungerford. That stretch of the

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motorway was shut for most of the morning, causing long rush hour

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delays. It has now fully reopened. The number of complaints about the

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region's train operators has fallen. Figures from the Rail Regulator show

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the biggest drop in complaints came at First Great Western, despite the

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disruption caused by rebuilding Reading station. Complaints about

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CrossCountry also reduced sharply, while South West trains and Southern

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were largely unchanged. Almost half of all complaints were about

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punctuality and reliability. A Gosport mother whose son had to

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undergo a five hour operation to treat a rare brain condition is

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urging other parents to be aware of the symptoms. Two`year`old, Ethan

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Mair, was diagnosed with craniosynostosis after a Dr pointed

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out his odd`shaped head. The condition causes the skull to fuse

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and without surgery can lead to learning difficulties and sight

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problems. Laura Trant's been to visit the family, a year on.

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A happy healthy toddler and aware of the enormity of the operation he

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underwent a year ago. When he was born his skull was already fused

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together. This meant his brain could not grow properly. Tell`tale signs

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were the shape of his head. It was a Dr that picked it up. We were lucky

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that it got picked up. I would have noticed that when he was a bit

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older. It was not until he was three months that we conceded difference.

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So many people go and diagnosed. He underwent major surgery to make and

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rebuild his skull. Surgeons cut zigzags across his head to make room

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for his brain to grow normally. He had 69 stitches. Now the only side

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is a neat scar Headon and his here. `` and neat scar under his here.

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It could have put the child at risk of fits and seizures.

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Craniosynostosis is a rare condition. The operation was five

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hours long. During that time he lost all of his blood. They had to

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essentially break up his skull and put it back together again to make

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it normal. The good news is he will not need an operation like that

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again. It is unbelievable. It is fantastic. He is such a lovely

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little boy. To look at him you would not know.

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A woman who's been running the Red Squirrel Trust on the Isle of Wight

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for the past 20 years received her MBE at Buckingham palace today.

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Helen Butler has worked towards helping the squirrels to prosper on

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the island. She set up the Wight Squirrel project to keep a record of

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population numbers ` which have recently been in decline.

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Still to come in this evening's South Today ` Alexis Green tests her

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skills in a rally car. Join me later in the programme. I am

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off to the test area. Dorset Police has become the latest

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force in the South to start recruiting new officers. A

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recruitment drive's due to begin soon to take up to 16 new recruits

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by 2015 at a starting salary of ?19,000. But as forces still face

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significant financial pressures, questions are being asked about how

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they can afford it. Here's Simon Clemison.

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In 2009 Dorset froze and so did police recruitment. The force is

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still facing harsh economic conditions that after four years

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there is some following up plans been announced to take on some new

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constables. This far wanted to join the police

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one year ago but could not. But he is worried about changing rates of

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pay. You do not know if it would go down or up. The partial melting of

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the recruitment freeze is significant because Dorset still has

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to make it early and pounds of cuts to its budget. It is all ready shed

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?14 million which has led to the loss of 500 jobs. It is good to

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bring fresh people in and give people opportunity to join the

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police. But we need to recognise this is a relatively small

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recruitment against a substantial reduction in the number of officers.

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The argue with those the workforce simply ages. A lot of people are

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leaving the service at the moment. They have to start looking at

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bringing new blood in some time. Now is as good a time as any. There are

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still budget reductions to come. The least forces do not know their

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funding beyond 2016 so this could be seen as a risk.

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New transatlantic routes from Gatwick Airport are being launched

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with a price tag of less than ?150 each way. Norwegian will fly to New

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York, Los Angeles and Florida using a brand new Boeing 787 Dreamliner

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aircraft, recalling the style of low budget pioneer Sir Freddie Laker,

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who launched his sky train from Gatwick in the 1970s. Norwegian will

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also start five new European services.

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Plans for a multi`million pound bridge across the river Thames in

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Reading, have been given the green light. The crossing for cyclists and

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pedestrians, will link Christchurch Meadows with the redeveloped railway

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station. Today councillors approved the project ` although it has

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attracted criticism from cycling campaigners who don't think the

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bridge will cope with demand. Five years after she sailed away

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from Southampton, the first images have emerged of what a refurbished

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QE2 will look like. On Tuesday we reported that a contract had been

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signed with a shipyard in China to convert the former liner into a five

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star hotel. Our Transport Correspondent Paul Clifton reports.

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On her maiden voyage in May 1969 the QE2 was the pride of British

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shipbuilding. All the bidders are keen to hold

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onto their heritage. They will be reliving the heyday.

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This bed is from British based designers. `` bid we want to

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maintain the overall interior architecture. But fans of the QE2

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may not like this idea. Visitors can ride an elevator to the top of the

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final. Here are some of the other ideas for Bishop. The owners of the

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ship hoped the work will be competed at the Chinese shipyard. Asked macro

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ideas for the vessel. Paul, we've been here before. Half a

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dozen plans for QE2 have been announced. None of them have

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actually happened. These plans seem much more advanced. But the liner

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was due to leave Dubai tomorrow, and that is definitely not happening.

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The bid to berth the QE2 opposite the O2 Arena in London has fallen

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silent. The current plan is to take the refurbished ship on a three

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month tour of Far Eastern ports. But there are still many unanswered

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questions: We don't know where Southampton's best known ship will

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end up, we don't know who will operate it, or when, or who is

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actually going to pay for it. But today we do know more than we did

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before. All this week we've been looking at

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China and what effect its growing economy is having here in the South.

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In the Thames Valley contracts are being signed and businesses are

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moving in. Berkshire's Silicon Valley is slowly becoming recognised

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in China as a place to do business as our Business Correspondent,

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Alastair Fee, discovered. The swapping of business cards

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happens the world over. The Thames Valley area is becoming allocation

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for Chinese business. I believe there is a lot more can be done.

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Bracknell is actively wooing the Chinese. One year on and these talks

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are continuing. We are close to Heathrow. We have some of the best

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road links in the country. When you are talking about inward investment

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it is not just about as this premises, but where are the

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workforce going to live, where are the executive is going to live? It

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has been a good year for the Thames Valley. A Chinese telecoms giants

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moved its headquarters to Reading. They have pledged to invest millions

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and create hundreds of jobs. This is no difference to doing business with

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France and Germany. We will take awhile to to know each other well.

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When you do trust is built. But unless we get permission from the

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business we cannot say who is doing what. High`tech business is a Thames

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Valley speciality. Bracknell is ahead of the game and in time these

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meetings could be worth a lot of money.

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Tomorrow on South Today Alastair will be visiting the Poole based

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luxury yacht builder sun`seeker who have recently completed a deal to

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sell a stake of its business to a Chinese property group. And you can

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see all of our reports looking at China's links with the South on our

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Facebook page. Here is the sport. This is from

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Southhampton NBM Viewdata. `` in Bermuda.

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Justin Rose was beaten into second place at the PGA Grand Slam of Golf

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event in Bermuda. Rose qualified thanks to winning this year's US

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Open and competed against the two other major winners. The third, Phil

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Mickelson, didn't compete and his place was taken by Padraig

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Harrington. The former Hampshire based player led by two going into

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the final round but was beaten by Adam Scott who shot a 64 to clinch

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the title in Southampton. A soldier from Hampshire who lost

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his legs on duty in Afghanistan is hoping to go to the Paralympic

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Winter Games in Russia next year in the sport of sledge hockey. The

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team, funded entirely by sponsors, are heading to Turin this weekend to

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take part in a six nation event which acts as a final qualifier for

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a place at the Games in Sochi. Andover's Tyler Christopher says

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hopes are high for the GB team. Everyone else is at a certain

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level. I enjoy it because it is fast and furious. It is a team game. I

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enjoy playing team games. This weekend, for the first time

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ever, the annual Rallye sun`seeker doubles up as the final stage of the

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British Rally Championships. The event starts tomorrow in Poole and

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finishes at Somerley House near Ringwood. Winners will be crowned on

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Poole Quay on Saturday afternoon. Alexis had a taste of the action and

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took a ride round the circuit with one of the favourites.

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Hands up who is a back`seat driver? Today I am a passenger with a driver

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reading class five of the Rally Championships. He is from Finland

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and he is not scared of a bit of speed. Rallying is a sport where

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every split second counts. Learning how to do this takes years. You need

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to concentrate many days before a rally. You need to keep your head

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cooled down. Today we are on a test area. On Saturday it is the final

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showdown. Ten stages across the Dorset and Hampshire border. It is

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always difficult to concentrate on the right things. Each stage

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Bailey's induration. The shortest is two and a half minutes, the longest

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active ten minutes. It is going to be a big battle. As for the car,

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?110,000 by you are high spec and an engine that produces 210 horsepower.

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Around these forest tracks the car 's average speed is 60 mph. This is

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their final round of this year 's British championship.

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He hopes to be crowned British champion on Saturday evening. I have

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been reading for months in the series. We need to be on the podium

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when the rally ends. We need to fork is to win that rally. `` focus to

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win that rally. We have had a good relationship with

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that over the years. We had the two Rogers.

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It kick`started the season in February. But this year it is the

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final round. There are a couple of places going at the world Rally

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championship. Big incentive this weekend.

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Did you have breakfast before you went?

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Yes, but I did regret it. Moving on to the weather.

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. Raymond Slack took this photo of pigeons chilling out on the banks of

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the river Wey in Guildford. Pete Collins took this photo of a Red

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Kite under blue skies in Reading. And reflections in rock pools on

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Littlehampton Beach by Roger Kirk. One or two showers today. The main

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thing tonight is missed and fog patches could be dense and

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widespread in a few places. One or two showers. Temperatures tonight

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will be down to 14 Celsius. The mist and fog may cause travel disruption

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tomorrow morning. Stay tuned to your local BBC radio station for the

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latest on the travel situation. Tomorrow morning the mist and fog

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will lift into low cloud. There will be one or two showers. There will be

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longer periods of light to moderate rain. During the afternoon there

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will be some bright spells. Highs of 16 Celsius. A brisk South easterly

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wind. Tomorrow evening the rain makes a return. It will be heavy in

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a few places drifting up from the South. Very mild temperatures

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tomorrow night. I'll start to the weekend. That sets the theme for the

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weekend. But was the miles. Low pressure in charge of our weather.

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Showers to follow in amongst some bright spells on Saturday. More

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sunshine on Sunday. There will be some rain about tomorrow. A dry

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period during late afternoon. The rain makes a return tomorrow

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evening. Saturday, sunny spells, the odd shower. More sunshine on Sunday.

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Showers will be on the heavy side. They will be blasted a showers with

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the south`westerly wind. Next week we hold onto the and settled

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conditions. `` and settled conditions.

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That is all for now. Tomorrow night we will look ahead to

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a big Premier League games. Be with us tomorrow if you can.

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Goodbye.

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