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perhaps 48 hours of drier weather for many of us. But between now and

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

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Guilty, the gang which trafficked scores of women to the south for

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prostitution. It's hard to envisage how human beings could treat other

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human beings in such a callous and disrespectful way. Rebuilding the

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defences, the work to hold back the sea in Sussex. To live here is a

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dream come true that is turning into a nightmare. Ensuring Fovant's

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famous regimental badges are known to a new generation. And, to boldly

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go, thousands gather to look to the sky as Stargazing returns.

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An organised criminal gang, including a woman from the south,

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who trafficked scores of vulnerable Hungarian women into the country for

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sex has been found guilty at Hove Crown Court. The group installed the

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young women into brothels and hotels in Bournemouth, Southampton, Sussex

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and Kent. One was told she'd be killed if she didn't continue to

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work as a prostitute. Roger Finn reports. Victoria Brown from

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Brighton was the only British member of the five`strong gang. She was

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described in court as the logistical organiser of the operation. Her

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former partner and partner in crime, Mate Puskas, organised transport,

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hotels and clients, along with co`defendant Zoltan Mahaxi and

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brothers Peter and Istvan Toth. Today, all five were convicted of

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conspiracy to traffic women into the UK for sexual exploitation. Joanne

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Welsh helped support some of the victims. They were deceived and

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coerced by the gang and were left with the very little control over

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their daily lives. That's likely to have long`term psychological

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consequences `` consequences for which the women will need ongoing

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support. The Creating profiles for them on a UK contact website, the

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gang brought over at least 53 women. They came in via Gatwick Airport and

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were put to work at brothels and hotels right across the south. It's

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hard to envisage how human beings could treat other human beings in

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such a callous and disrespectful way. Essentially, it seems the gang

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had no thought what so ever for the women and just treated them as a way

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to get money and to have a satisfying lifestyle on the back of

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their misery. It was from here, in the desperate poverty of rural

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Hungary, that scores of women were recruited then trafficked to

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southern England. A BBC reporter tracked down one of the victims who

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has now returned to Budapest. How many men would you have to see? In

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one day, five. Leila is one of the many. She was advertised as fresh

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meat, flown to England with the understanding that she'd be working

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in a massage parlour. Instead, she says she was confined to hotel rooms

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in Brighton, Gatwick and across Kent. Effectively, kept as a sex

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slave. All the time I have to go to the shop. Maybe he said, "no"

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because come the client. Victoria Brown collected the money she earnt.

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Mate Puskas controlled and exploited her. You tried to leave England, he

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stopped you? Yes. He take my passport. How can I come? No chance

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to leave England without passport. He was also taking your money? Yes.

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Others trafficked from here were beaten, blackmailed, even threatened

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with death. It's claimed that some of the gang made ?20,000 a week.

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Leila says she's returned to college, but many like her continue

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to come to the UK, trafficked by criminals who exploit, control and

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degrade them for financial gain. But today some of those involved in this

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misery must now face the consequences. They'll be sentenced

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tomorrow and could face up to eight years in jail. Roger Finn for BBC

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South Today. Many parts of the south are affected by floodwaters despite

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far less rain today than in previous days. High winds and heavy seas

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battered parts of West Dorset this afternoon. Three severe flood

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warnings, including one here at Chiswell, have since been

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downgraded. Homes in Hampreston near Wimborne have been cut off by

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several feet of floodwater for more than a week. Pumps are struggling to

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remove heavy rains and run off from nearby fields. In Pagham, repair

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work got underway after the coastline was battered by the wind

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and rain at the weekend. Brand new ?600,000 sea defences were damaged,

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as Sarah Farmer reports. As day breaks teams work to repair the sea

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defences at Pagham. On Sunday, the beach was closed as a section of the

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shingles slipped into the water. The We are losing meters of beach at a

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time. You know, it, the rate it goes is staggering. We don't sleep at

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night. Especially when the tide is high. There are 3.3 million tonnes

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of water surging through this channel every day. The landscape is

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changing. This shingle behind me is moving closer, narrowing that

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channel, the water is really eating away at the bank. The Riverment is

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now in place protecting the properties to some extent,

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neighbours here are asking ` is it enough? Whatever is needed is not

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going to be just sticking plaster, it's going to be work that will

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last. It's not been allowed to be built properly because they'd run

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out of rocks from what the original plan was. It's not long enough

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either. That is why they have had to fill in here where there isn't any

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for the people. The council are working with the Environment Agency

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and other organisations to protect the area. They're not making any

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promises. I cannot give residents guarantees that we can protect these

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forever. At the same time, we will do our best to do what we can to

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protect house and home. Residents look to the future for a long`term

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solution, small mercies for now at least the homes are safe. The storms

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before and after Christmas would have taken the beach away if it

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wasn't for what they have done, our houses wouldn't be here now. We will

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have a detailed weather forecast later in the programme. A severe

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weather warning has been lifted at Iford on the

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Bournemouth`Christchurch border. River levels have fallen, but

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residents at the Iford Bridge Home Park, which first flooded on

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Christmas Day, are being advised not to move back for the time being.

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Homeowners were allowed onto the park to retrieve possessions this

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morning, but Bournemouth council says people should wait for the all

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clear before they return permanently. More rain forecast

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overnight means parts of Surrey are again on floodwatch. In preparation

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there have been moves to try and stop several rivers breaking their

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banks, including the River Wey in Guildford. Many businesses and shops

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there have still not reopened after being flooding over Christmas. Now,

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some state`of`the`art methods are being used to stop it happening

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again. Ben Moore reports. When the floodwaters are up, so are the

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defences in Guildford. This is the frontline in Surrey's defence

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against the River Wey. For the first time, temporary pop`up flood

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barriers are in place. These are tried and tested. They might look

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flimsy, they have been thoroughly tested. They are used in other parts

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of the country. In fact, these came down from East Anglia over the

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weekend. We have no concerns about the fact they will be able to deal

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with the situation. As well as the barriers, the Environment Agency is

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using one of its lesser spotted assets to monitor River levels. This

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unmanned drone boat is called the Arc. Underneath the Arc boat is a

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special censor that measures the philosophy of the floodwater passing

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under the boat. That allows the Environment Agency to know how full

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this river is. It's critical to the work that we are doing really to be

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able to improve our forecasts. It also enables us to design capacities

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of various different defences we might build in the nurture. The

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reason state`of`the`art flood defences have been used here is that

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stakes are high. This was Guildford High Street over Christmas. Despite

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their names, some businesses and shops are still not open, and trade

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is taking a hit. The fact that we need, once this is all over, to

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reexamining `` reexamine how flood warnings work and where we establish

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our own sensors on the bridges so we can take our own action and are not

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necessarily completely reliant on other agencies. Flood levels will

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peak on Thursday in Surrey. The defences are in place, it's hoped

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they will hold. Gatwick has been criticised by MPs

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this afternoon for the way it handled disruption caused by the bad

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weather. The airport cancelled more than 100 flights on Christmas Eve

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when flooding led to power cuts. Thousands of passengers were

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stranded and police had to be called in to maintain order. Our transport

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correspondent, Paul Clifton, is here. What have the MPs been saying?

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They have been asking why Gatwick cancelled the flights during heavy

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rain when the runway led open. That throwed flooding. You can see it

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beside that runway. That resulted in a loss ever power in the North

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Terminal. Many thousands of passengers could not check`in. The

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airport's boss was summoned by MPs on the House of Commons Transport

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Committee. He said "sorry." Passenger information and comfort

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must be a priority. I give an undertaking to the committee that

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the airport will make any further investment we need to make in this

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area. The there is never a good time for something like this to happen. I

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recognise Christmas Eve is probably the worst time. Passengers were

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stranded for most of the day. Thousands had to be put up in hotels

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for Christmas? Absolutely. We have pictures taken bypassen injuries of

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the chaos that resulted at the terminal. They had to bus all the

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passengers to their planes back at the North Terminal. They had four

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buses available for this. Ease easyJet alone had 11,000 passengers

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waiting with 32 planes ready to take off. After waiting all day,

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passengers were getting cross and the police were called in. The

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police asked all of our staff to vacate the North Terminal baggage

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reclaim because of the hostility and the public order consequence that is

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might prevail. That is why you wouldn't see any of our staff on

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customer service desks past 11.00pm in the evening. The police took our

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leaflets and literature, which is part and parcel of our performance

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in disruption, they did the distribution of that work. There was

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a similar flooding at a power sub station at Gatwick last October?

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Yes. On that occasion the impact was not quite so severe. The River Mold

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runs under the runway. . The M23 motorway was partly blocked. The

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airport wasn't alone in having significant problems. Gatwick is

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lobbying hard to build a second runway across the floodplain at the

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moment. This incident won't be a positive influence on that, will it?

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Paul, thank you very much. Still to come in this evening's South Today,

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Alex Dyke is looking to the skies The family of a Bournemouth man, who

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it's believed disappeared wearing no clothes, have appealed for him to

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come home. We are going stargazing. It's all very exciting. We will

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boldly go where no man has gone before ` as long as it's not too

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cloudy! The family of a Bournemouth man who it's believed disappeared

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wearing no clothes has appealed for him to come home. Aaron Fiveash, who

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is 36, went missing from his parents' house in Southbourne early

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yesterday morning. Police say he was in a confused state. Despite a land

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and air search, there have been no sightings of him. We need your help

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to find him. Thank you. House building is on the rise. Latest

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figures show that the UK construction industry grew by 2.2%

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last autumn. It's seen as a key indicator of economic growth. One of

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the reasons why is the number of jobs it creates. A study at Reading

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University concludes that for every home built, two people are employed.

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Our business correspondent, Alastair Fee, has been to Newbury to assess

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the impact of the town's racecourse development. It's among the most

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talked about new developments in the south. 1,500 homes surrounding

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Newbury's racetrack, each new build is also bringing with it employment.

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At reading University they have studied the impact of new homes, the

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conclusion that every new house creates two jobs for the duration of

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a year. The equation is much talked about and often`repeated by

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Government ministers keen to get the country building. Because of these

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extra jobs that stimulates demand and it helps us to grow and recover

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from the recession we've had. It is also important to remember it's not

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just the homes themselves, but the people who move into the homes that

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have good economic effects. Most of those people would be in employment.

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A lot of them will be in very skilled employment. It brings money

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into the local economy. It's not just direct jobs on site as many as

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two jobs are believed to be created in the supply chain. What is harder

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to establish is the lasting impact on the community. It's a difficult

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analysis to carry out. Instinctively, here at Newbury we

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know there could be 4,000 people living on this development. They

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will use all of the local facilities, the local shops, the

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local leisure facilities and thereby creating new jobs. It's difficult to

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quantify that. Officials figures say the project will create 1700

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full`time construction jobs and 55 apprenticeships. They believe the

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development will lead to 70 new retail and 110 leisure jobs. In the

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long`term what might happen is it will encourage employers to come

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into the area and then that is really what we're looking for as a

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business community, is sustainable growth and then that could have a

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real big impact on jobs in Newbury and West Berkshire area. It will

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take 10 years to complete the Newbury racecourse development. It's

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estimated 4,000 people will live there. To get the full economic

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benefit the town has to get them spending and working locally. . It

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mitt `` working locally. Police chiefs

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from two of the South's police forces have today denied crime

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figures are being "fiddled". The Chief Constables and PCCs of Sussex

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and Thames Valley have been giving evidence to the Home Affairs Select

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Committee. Both areas have recorded a reduction in crime in recent

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years, and they were challenged by MPs over whether officers are

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misreporting crimes to meet targets. I cannot operate effectively

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protecting the public, in terms Thamesle valley, unless I understand

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what crime is happening where. It's absolutely in my interests to make

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sure that crime is accurate `` accurate. It's an issue of public

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trust. We need the public to trust the police. To trust us to tell the

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truth in the witness box in court, to trust us to record crime

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accurately. A charity in Wiltshire has been awarded thousands of pounds

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from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The Fovant Badges Society maintains the

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regimental badges that were carved into the chalk downs above the

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village of Fovant by the soldiers of those regiments. Ena Miller has been

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finding out how the money will be spent.

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It was their duty to go to war. This is their legacy. We don't really

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know why they built those badges in the first place. Some of the

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soldiers that returned here, wounded, we actually believe they

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constructed the first damage in 1916, that they wanted to make a

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mark on the hillside to say, we were here. Or that we even existed. I

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live where these 20,000 soldiers where, so I'm part of the community

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that these soldiers lived in and, therefore, I feel it's important

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that keep those damages in a good condition `` badges in a good

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condition as a memorial to them. ?8,400 grant from the Heritage

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Lottery Fund will help the Fovant Badges Society put their paper

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archive on`line. It will create an education section for children in

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Wiltshire. Richard hopes it inspire children to see the damages for

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themselves. They are such physical things, I think, I hope, together

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with the knowledge they have, get some feeling why it's important to

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keep the badges on that hillside for future generations. They really are

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impressive from the air. Do you remember on Sally's Journey I saw

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them with that Tiger moth. Slightly better weather. That coming

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newspaper a moment. Tony is here. We start with boxing. Last year we

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featured Ebonie from Portsmouth Boxing Club. She had a fantastic

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last year. Ebonie flies to Serbia for the latest challenge of her

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promising career. She's competing in the Nations Cup for England, which

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runs from this Wednesday until Sunday. Last year the 15`year`old

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from Heart of Portsmouth Boxing Club won the European title in her 50

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kilo class and took bronze in a World Championship event.

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Bournemouth are making preparations to host Liverpool in the fourth

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round of the FA Cup even though they still have to face Burton Albion in

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a re`arranged third round tie. It's been confirmed this afternoon that

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the winners of next week's game will stage the fourth round match at

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12.45pm on Saturday, January 25th. The Cherries are using the

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experience of having hosted Real Madrid last summer to make off the

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field plans to host Brendan Rodger's side, even though they still have

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next Tuesday's game against Burton to play. Entertain the biggest club

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in the world at the Gold Sands this year. We have all the preparations.

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We are making preparations now. We are not tempting fate, have you to

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be well`prepared in advance. Ben Robinson at Burton will make exactly

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the same arrangements hoping they will be the victors. It will be a

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very, very special day for everybody here to see some of the greatest

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players in the world. If they get through. Next Tuesday night for that

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Burton match. Dorset darts player Scott Mitchell

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is through to the second round of the World Championships at Frimley

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Green in Surrey He won a thriller against Hampshire's Paul Hogan at

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Lakeside. The match went to sudden death after Hogan checked out with a

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bullseye to save the game in the fifth leg of the deciding set.

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Mitchell, from Bransgore, was being watched for the first time in 15

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years by his dad Jeff, and held his nerve to secure his place in the

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next round. It's only the number 12 seed's second win at the event. Paul

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has been around and Paul knew me before I knew him. I always knew it

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would be a tough game probably the viewers at home... We are two

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southern boys, we know each other inside and out. I wasn't going to

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give up because my dad was here. The darts continue on the BBC throughout

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the week. Fine darts continue on the BBC throughout

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the week. finally, A Southampton`born motorcycle rider

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has won the second stage of one of the world's toughest rallys. Sam

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Sunderland rode his way to victory in Stage Two of the Dakar Rally, a

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223`mile route in Argentina. The rally sees riders and drivers take

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on a 5,000`mile route from Argentina, through Bolivia and

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finishing in Chile. He has done very well. I knew you were watching the

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darts this afternoon. How? I could hear the cries from the sports desk.

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It was tight. Paul Hogan got bull's`eye to save that match. Well

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done to Scott Mitchell. His dad was watching as well, tremendous.

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Thousands of people are making their way to Portsmouth tonight for an

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out`of`this`world experience. The BBC's Stargazing Live is back, and

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the city's historic dockyard is one of the live locations for the BBC

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Two programme this evening. BBC Radio Solent's Alex Dyke is there

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tonight. The big question, Alex, has the cloud cleared yet? Is it fancy

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dress and who have you come as, Alex? I'm a cross between Buzz

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Lightyear and Steve Austin the $6 million man, what do you think?

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Let's meet some people here. Over here I have Nicky from Newbury.

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Thank you for coming. This is your home`made telescope. It is. How much

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did it cost to make? A couple of hundred quid. It looks fantastic in

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Doctor Who tardis blue. Have a great night. Thank you very much. This is

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Steve from Banbury. You have bionic binoculars. What are they trained

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on? The moon. It's cloudy at the moment. It will clear up. Over here

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I met rob frert Reading. He bought it. It's worth ?3,000. He got it on

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an auction website for ?1,500. It has a remote control? Yeah. It will

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track the star as the earth rotates it will counter rotate and keep it

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it in the eye piece. You can do that on a remote control? Yes. You can

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take long expose urs of faint galaxies. You have a good night

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tonight. The weather is OK It has been up to now. Be positive. I have

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found a space comedian. This is Helen. Space, it's not that funny as

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a subject? It is. It's very funny. When you look at the people involved

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in it, the eccentric people involved in space exploration and the weird

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and wonderful facts about space. Buzz Born to be an explorer. His

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mother's maiden name was Moon. No! A while ago when he was in his 70s he

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recorded a rap record with Snoop Dog or Snoop Lion, as he is now. Go on,

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Helen. Go. Thank you. Here we are. The weather is much better than we

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thought. There are thousands of people all over the historic

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dockyard. We are just keeping our fingers crossed there are no

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showers. Sally, hopefully you and the gang back at base will give us a

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very positive weather forecast. We can only hope so. We wondered

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whether Alex was about to get into a rocket. I think he does. In that

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suit. Let us look at the suit. He is climbing into something. You are

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looking good? Let's hope it's waterproof. The rain is on the way.

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All the tickets for Portsmouth Tonight have been snapped up

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already, but you can see Stargazing Live on BBC Two tonight, tomorrow

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and Thursday night, all starting at 8.00pm. Worth a watch. What are we

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going to see? You said it will be wet? Rain. If they are staying out

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late tonight they will see the rain. It will clear quickly. Rain tonight

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and tomorrow night. A good deal of dry weather tomorrow, good news. Is

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what we need. Now a look at your weather pictures:

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Mike Miller took this photo of the large waves in Milford on Sea.

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Standing water is fun for some, this picture was captured in Netley in

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Hampshire by Martin Curtis. The floods were causing an

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'inconvenience' in Abingdon, this picture was sent in by Dick

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Richards. I see, very good. More rain on the cards tonight and also

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tomorrow night. You can see the weather front moving in from the

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Atlantic for tonight. This is the one tomorrow night, in between that,

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some dryer weather tomorrow, which is the good news. Through the course

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of tonight we will sow ril torrential downpours in places. More

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so for the Isle of Wight and West Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire as

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well. The rain will clear after midnight. It will rattle its way

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through. The heavier bursts are further east where you are. A yellow

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warning in force for that heavy rain. We could see up top three

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quarters of an inch of rainfall. Lows of six to seven Celsius. A

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dryer, quieter start to the day tomorrow. We will see rain arrive

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tomorrow evening, before it does, lots of sunshine during the morning.

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The best of the sunny spells during the morning. The afternoon maybe the

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odd shower for parts of Oxfordshire. This weather front behind me will

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creep in tomorrow evening. It will arrive after dark tomorrow and

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spread in through the early hours of Thursday morning. Highs of 9`11

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Celsius. The winds will be lighter than in recent days. Dryer end to

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the day tomorrow. The rain will arrive tomorrow evening. It could be

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heavy in places, thunder with hail as well. Lasting through much of the

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night through the early hours of Thursday morning. Temperatures fall

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to seven to eight Celsius. Another mild night to come. It will turn

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chilly as we head through the week and head towards the weekend. On

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Thursday it may be a damp start, but it will be an improving picture. The

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sun will make an appearance. The winds will start to fall lighter.

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Through Thursday day time blustery day the odd shower but should stay

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mainly dry. 2`hours of dry conditions, but we do have that rain

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over night tonight, lasting until the early hours of tomorrow morning,

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clearing, a dryer start to the day tomorrow, lots of sunshine on offer,

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before more rain arrives tomorrow night. Could be heavy and torrential

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in places. Dryer day on Thursday. Breezy day with showers scattered

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about, mainly for the south coast. Dryer Friday and Saturday. They are

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the best words we heard in a long time, dry and dry spell is what

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people want. Finally. You were flushed with your picture weren't

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you? Very impressed. Should have had your glasses in to see what they

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were. Worked it out in the end. That is it. Have a good evening. Good

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night. Good night. A tenth of a second

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could be the difference

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