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Hello, welcome to South Today. That's all from the

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Hello, welcome to South Today. Tonight: It is not clear he intended

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to take his own life. A verdict on a mentally ill man who was found

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hanged after writing a farewell note to his mother. I will never get the

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answer that I won. Football chairman defends his club after a local

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newspaper claims it has a problem with hooligans. A piece of history

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goes under the hammer. The German warship Bell which spent decades as

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a garden ornament. I found it in the Bush and saw the name and thought it

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was something special. # This is my fine tuning ahead of

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the Wembley appearance as Gosport prepare for the biggest day of their

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lives. Mental health chiefs in Portsmouth

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say a series of improvements have been carried out since a patient was

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found hanged in the grounds of a hospital. Stephen Hipkins was a

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voluntary patient in the mental health unit at St James' Hospital.

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Today Coroner David Horsley recorded a narrative verdict saying Stephen

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was a disturbed and distressed young man. But, from the evidence, the

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coroner could not say that Stephen had deliberately taken his own life.

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Steve Humphrey was at the inquest and joins us from Portsmouth. Steve.

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Yes, in his closing comments, the Portsmouth corner used that telling

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phrase, describing Stephen Hipkins as a disturbed and distressed young

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man. The coroner said that he could not say that Stephen Hipkins had

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intended to take his own life. It was here in the grounds of St James'

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Hospital in Portsmouth that Stephen Hipkins's body was found. The

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28`year`old had been depressed, drinking heavily and was self

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harming. He left a note saying, sorry, mum, that it has to be this

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way, I cannot deal with life any more. He was a voluntary patient at

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St James' Hospital, free to go home at any time. He managed to leave the

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hospital with no risk assessment when doors to the assessment centre

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were locked. The family spoke to reporters. I thought the verdict was

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OK but I never got the answer I was looking for which was how he got out

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to take his own life. They could not give me that answer because they did

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not know. I think it is a bit late now to put those security systems

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in. It would have prevented this happening. The inquest heard that

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following Stephen Hipkins's death, the NHS trust commissioned to

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reports into the security and care and treatment of Stephen Hipkins.

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Some recommendations were made. We can confirm that all recommendations

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in that plan had been implemented, and we have carefully considered the

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conclusions of the coroner today. On the half of the NHS trust, we would

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like to offer our condolences to family and friends. The improvements

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made at the hospital since Stephen Hipkins's death included making

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fences hire and improving clinical risk assessment. In his closing

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remarks, the Portsmouth coroner said, everything that can be done

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has been done. Stephen Hipkins's mother, Tina, said she hopes that no

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other family has to go through what she has been through over the last

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few years. Thank you. A regional newspaper has apologised after

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publishing an article linking the Hillsborough stadium tragedy with

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football hooliganism. The Reading Chronicle made the comment as it

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suggested Reading football club had big problems with hooligan fans. Its

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claims have been refuted by the owner of the club which has now

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banned the paper from the stadium. Joe Campbell reports. This is the

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image most people have. It is, though, a sham, according to one

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local newspaper. Fighting and Nazi salutes, evidence that things often

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turn ugly, say the Reading Chronicle. I have been here for five

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years and never seen anything. I am not sure I believe that, I have not

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seen anything. A need to apologise to the Reading fans and Reading

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football club. The article makes a link between hooliganism and the

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Hillsborough disaster, leading to fans on social media to condemn the

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Reading Chronicle. Club chairman has fired a broadside at the Reading

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Chronicle, meant to suggest that there was a

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link between hooliganism and what happens at Hillsborough, offering an

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unreserved apology. For fans closer to home, angered by the suggestion

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that football violence is still alive and well here, there was

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nothing. Can putting ex`offenders into a boxing ring help them stay

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away from crime? Portsmouth boxing Academy was visited today by Justice

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Secretary Chris Grayling. He came to see a programme today that helps

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offenders turn their lives around. Out of jail, and in the boxing ring.

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After being caught in a cycle of drug related crime, Gabriel was

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referred to the Heart of Portsmouth boxing club by Hampshire Probation.

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I had to break away from the people I knew. I needed to embrace positive

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people. They believed in me and have shown me love. They show me respect

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and dignity. One of the safest places in the world is a boxing

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club. You will not get any bullying or people mouthing off here. Soon

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most probation work with offenders will be handed over to private

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companies. Today Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said the reforms will

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mean more schemes like this will be offered to offenders who previously

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were left to their own devices. In a future, probation work taken on by

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the private sector will work under a payment by resources system. Schemes

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like this stands to be rewarded. But critics are worried this won't work,

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and nearly a third of Hampshire's probation chiefs have chosen to

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leave the service. It is simply having an element of performance

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related pay. It is saying that we will pay you the full amount when

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you get the job done, and we want to see results at the end of it. We are

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structuring a system which is not about reducing absolute levels of

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reoffending, but it is reducing the levels of crime as well. Currently

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more than a quarter of offenders re`offend within a year. The

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government needs the success at this club to be replicated on a much

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wider scale. Emma Vardy, BBC South Today. Military personnel from the

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south have been decorated for their bravery in the latest round of

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honours. From surviving a suicide bomb attack and still giving crucial

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first aid to others, to saving a sinking ship in freezing waters, the

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Queen's Commendation for Bravery recognises outstanding

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contributions. Frankie Peck reports. It was a daring rescue mission to

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stop 200 tonnes of diesel leaking into the sea off the Devon coast.

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Chief Petty Officer Neal Horsley stepped aboard the sinking tub and

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spent hours working in shoulder height freezing water. It was

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sinking quickly after it had been hit by a larger vessel. It was quite

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scary because you think, there was a lot of water here, how much is in

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the engine room? Will we have to get off quickly? Sinead Dodds was

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commended for her bravery after she was badly hurt in a suicide bomb

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attack in Afghanistan. The 21`year`old gave life`saving aid to

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two comrades also injured. I was unconscious, I woke up and there was

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a pain in my ears. I heard the casualties screaming and that is

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when I knew I had to get up and do something. Charlie Locklear and Bob

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Sunderland, both based in Hampshire, have also been commended. They were

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in an RAF Chinook when they came under fire. Bob Sunderland was hit

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by flying shrapnel. Despite this and severe damage to the helicopter,

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Charlie Locklear still managed to land and recover the aircraft back

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to base. The effectiveness of the enemy in the area, the degrading

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systems on the aircraft, all made a difficult situation, but we worked

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our way through it as a crew. The Queen's Commendation for Bravery is

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awarded to those who have shown exceptional courage in the line of

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duty. 117 personnel have been commended in the latest honours.

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Still to come in this evening's South Today... You're all good

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sports ` and you've been doing your bit for charity ` we see some of

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your Sport Relief fundraising moments. It's often easy to forget

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about what's lying around our homes ` but if you look closely enough you

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may just uncover a piece of history. For more than 70 years an iron bell

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sat in a garden. It turns out that it belonged to a German warship

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which played an important part in the first attack on British soil in

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World War One. The story ends in Southampton but started 100 years

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ago off the North East coast. Chris Robinson reports. When German

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battleships attacked Britain in December 1914, the coastal town of

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Hartlepool took a direct hit. The shelling killed more than 100

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people, injuring hundreds more. Violet was a seven`year`old girl at

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the time. She was interviewed by the BBC for a recent documentary. I went

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upstairs and looked out the bedroom window. I could see the flashes. I

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thought they were going to come and take us, and kill us. One of the

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ships was this vessel. It fought in the Battle of Jutland but after the

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war was sunk when the German fleet surrender. She was submerged until

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1938 when she was raised and sold for scrap. Locked away in storage in

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Southampton, this is the ship's Bell. It spent 70 years sat in a

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garden. It was only when other items were looked at to be auctioned was

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its history being told. Having found it in a brush, I thought, this is

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something special. `` rush. I was not sure, but I and did some

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research. How significant is this? Very significant. There are very few

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of these Bell is left in existence. I know of one other. The Dell will

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be auctioned tomorrow and is expected to fetch ?5,000.

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The music and fashion industries are still reeling from the news earlier

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this week that Mick Jagger's girlfriend L'Wren Scott had been

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found dead. Fellow Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood has Tweeted that all

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their thoughts are with Mick and L'Wren's family. The band are

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currently on tour, something which has been a trademark of their long

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musical career. Five decades ago, the Rolling Stones were just making

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their way in the industry. And they were making their way across the

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Solent to play on the Isle of Wight. Alex Dyke looks back on that event.

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1964, it is the birth of pirate radio. Goldfinger is the latest

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James Bond film. The Beatles had just completed then you single. The

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Rolling Stones played... Brighton Pavilion? Tickets went on sale on

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the 23rd of vibrate for the two shows here at the Pavilion. They

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were a brand`new chart band. `` February. By the time they played

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here, they were playing their version of Not Fake Away. Limousines

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were not on the cards for the Rolling Stones. They arrived in

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Cortina. Security was stretched... All 12 of them. New `` was it the

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huge deal that we all think it was, or was it another chart band

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visiting the island? It was probably the first chart band to visit the

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island. I think the only bands I had seen previously were Tommy Steele,

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and I saw the Shadows play in Portsmouth. The Rolling Stones

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played two shows here, and they decide to stay all the way over

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here, at the Rye Castle. The person who was here at the time thought it

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would be a good idea to get the word out that the Rolling Stones were

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staying here. They put lots of adverts up. What happened? You can

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guess. Tell me about this photograph. That is the Pavilion, is

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it not? This is Brian Jones? Yes. And that is Mick Jagger. Funnily

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enough, the Rolling Stones did return to the Isle of Wight. It was

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not until 2007, but this time, it was a little bit to get! `` a little

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bit bigger! I am excited about the sports tonight. I'm excited because

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Tony might sing. No, I could not compete with these guys! I thought

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you were joining in! I was never one for the punk rock. It is a big

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weekend, though. It is one of those occasions where the whole town

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rallies round. It will be a great day at Wembley. Gosport Borough's

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players had a look around Wembley today as they prepare to face

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Cambridge United in Sunday's FA Trophy final. It'll be one of those

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days where a town goes eerily quiet as more than 12,000 fans follow the

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team to the national stadium. And the backing is already noisy.

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# This is my town. This is my town. The song is Gosport town. This is a

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local band appearing on BBC Radio Solent today, celebrating Gosport's

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first trip to Wembley. It is a tradition that has been lost with

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all the big clubs. We going back to the 1970s and 1980s, where our are,

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and we are trying to revive the cup final song. We have joined in, and

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we are sticking our boot in as well. It is good for our community. The

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band and Gosport fans know that they are the underdogs against Cambridge

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United. But that is music to the ears of the manager who is returning

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to Wembley after leaving Wimborne. We can go out and play without fear.

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The expectation is on Cambridge's shoulders, and so it should be. We

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are looking to get back in the league. Bertini used Reading's

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training ground today. This man knows a bit about winning at

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Wembley, and at Cambridge. It was a great day, against Cambridge. If the

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great Lakes to play football. If we lose, the memories are soured, so it

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is important we go there and win it. On Sunday, 12,000 travelling fans

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will be there with them. Go, Gosport! My town! This is my town!

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You can sing! Do you know what? The whole song is on the BBC Sport

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website. Without Tony! It is worth listening to! Gosport's players will

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be at Wembley tomorrow to watch the rugby fixture between Saracens and

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Harlequins. It's big day for Gosport Borough and for BBC Radio Solent

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this Sunday. Former Portsmouth striker Steve Claridge, who's played

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for both Gosport and Cambridge, joins Kris Temple and the team for a

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live show from Wembley Stadium. And the action begins at five past one

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on Sunday with commentary from the 1.30 kick off between Spurs and

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Southampton which will continue on 96.1 FM while on other frequencies

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there's the build up and live commentary of the Trophy final which

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kicks off at three. To the league football this weekend and Reading

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hope to move back into the Championship's top six. Nigel Adkins

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men go to Birmingham, lying seventh, but only a point behind Nottingham

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Forest. Hal Robson Kanu is out, Pavel Pogrebnyak is nursing an ankle

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injury. The other Championship games see Bournemouth at Barnsley and

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Brighton and Hove Albion who are eighth entertain Ipswich. In league

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One Swindon host Preston, MK Dons are at Stevenage. In League Two,

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Oxford United play Hartlepool tonight with Micky Lewis in charge

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for the last time, an announcement about a successor to Chris Wilder

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will be made tomorrow. Portsmouth are still searching for points but

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they face the division's form side York at Fratton Park. Rhys McCabe

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could make his debut on loan from Sheffield Wednesday. And we'll round

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up all the weekend's football, plus have an emotional interview with

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Portsmouth legend Alan McLoughlin on his battle with serious illness, in

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Monday night's Late Kick Off. That's here on BBC One at 11.20. London

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Irish stage their biggest game of the season at the Madejski stadium

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tomorrow when they face Bath. The teams will be led out by Exiles

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legend Declan Dannahr who has announced his retirement from the

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game. The game also marks London Irish's St Patrick's Day

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celebrations. Always a big crowd there. Indy. Onto the weather. It is

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going to get cold. It certainly is. There is going to be an eight degree

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drop. Daisy has the right idea in Thame, sheltering from today's brisk

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wind. This photo was taken by Roger Bishop. Inquisitive lambs at Manor

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Farm and Country Park in Hampshire, captured by Dieter Valerius. And

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Robert Stidworthy took this photo of two Canada Geese in the sunshine at

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Titchfield Haven. So, let's talk about the weather. We have a

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contrast in temperatures from last weekend. Last weekend, 18 Celsius.

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This weekend, nine or 10 degrees. You will need those thermals if you

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out and about. Tonight, we will have some showers. They will drift in

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from the West and will be some torrential downpours at times, but

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they will clear in the second part of the night. We may have winter we

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showers over the Chilterns and Cotswolds. Maybe a dusting of snow

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here, but it is likely to fall as rain or hail. Temperatures dropped

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to two or three Celsius. A chilly start tomorrow morning, and the

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showers will get going once again. A wintry element across Oxfordshire,

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but elsewhere it will fall as rain or hail. I am not ruling out

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lightning or funder. A high of eight or nine Celsius. `` funder. ``

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funder. With winds fairly light, there is a

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risk of a touch of frost first thing on Sunday morning. Similar

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temperatures to tonight with lows of 23 Celsius. We are expecting some

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showers to start the day on Sunday, but Sunday should be an improving

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picture with a slight ridge of high pressure building in from the south.

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It will turn more settled in the afternoon, and thence they settled

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into Monday. This area of low pressure will bring rain in on

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Tuesday. Let's talk about the weekend because we are expecting

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some wonder we showers tomorrow. We could have some lightning with that

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`` thundery showers. A cloudy start to Monday, but a very chilly start,

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and the risk of a hard frost. A Lexus, thank you. A big night

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tonight, of course. Running, pedalling, climbing, swimming...

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Whatever the feat of physical endurance, someone's almost bound to

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have had a go in aid of BBC Sport Relief today. Thousands of poor and

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disadvantaged people in the UK and around the world will benefit

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greatly from what's grown into a hugely enjoyable sporting spectacle.

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Let's see what people around the South have been doing, starting with

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a not so mild mannered maths teacher in Berkshire. There was no sign of

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Mr Dennis' altar ego drawing this maths lesson this morning. It is

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something he had kept hidden from his students until now.

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# What does not kill you makes you stronger! This maths teacher by day

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is a weekend wrestler. Eddie Dennis is a pro. I am a bit more nervous

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than other shows. I am quite exposed, and it shows a different

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part of your personality and your life to the kids. Sport Relief is as

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good a time as any. He helps to boost fundraising efforts by ?2000.

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The teacher is nothing without respect, but Willie ever live this

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down? It is great, it is quality because not many teachers do it. I

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thought he was going to throw the other person into the audience! I

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definitely will not be doing my homework now! This is my break time.

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I would get changed quickly and go back to the GCSE maths lesson.

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Here's a cool teacher, definitely. This primary school in Littlehampton

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sang their hearts out for Sport Relief. In Southampton, they

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splashed and laughed their way to the finish line. Children from the

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school mixed with Rio's hopefuls in 2016. It makes you more aware of

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what is going on around the world. It was a great day to hop, skip and

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jump on this beach. Pupils from this primary school took part. Today was

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not reserved for the young. Elderly residents, volunteers and staff from

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a care home walked more than a mile along the seafront, collecting many

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smiles from passers by. They got on their hands and knees at this

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school. 940 human wheelbarrows were completed for charity. I am so

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tired! Your hands and wrists really hurt. It is really good and makes

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people know that people want to do something about it. It is really

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good. The aim for this year was to cycle, swim or do anything, and that

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is exactly what people did. Well done to all of you. All that money

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going to great causes. The programme kicks off straight after this

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programme, with all sorts of fun things to night. Dell `` there is

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also the first play of England's World Cup song. Give as a burst!

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# This is my... You did not join in! You promised you would join in!

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Bye`bye.

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