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News at 6.00pm. For this evening, it's goodbye are from me, on BBC One

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In tonight's programme: we

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A city says sorry ` Southampton s failings led to widespread child

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The sad reality is that Southampton City Council,

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and I apologise on behalf of them for it, failed these childrdn.

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The search continues for the missing nurse from Poole

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The Hampshire pensioner who's holding Barclays to account.

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There's a cruise ticket in ht for you.

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I knew then that no bank gives out money.

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Join me as we look at barn owls and what has been happening to them

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They were let down by the vdry people in charge of protecthng them.

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One little girl covered in more than 90 bruises.

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A family of children sexually abused.

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Two little brothers killed by neglect.

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Today, Southampton City Council apologised for failings

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which could have prevented this suffering, these deaths.

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Three serious case reviews were published today, outlining

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a shocking catalogues of fahlings between 2006 and 2012 by thd city's

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Our home affairs corresponddnt Emma Vardy reports.

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These brothers died three months apart. A six`year`old girl was found

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with drugs in her system and 90 bruises. And a family of seven

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children were taken into care after being sexually abused by thdir

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father. I apologise on behalf of the Council for it. We filled these

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children and nothing can be done to change that now. The opporttnities

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have been missed. What we are desperately trying to do is to take

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the opportunity to make surd no further children are placed in any

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greater risk. Southampton Chty Council says it has made ch`nges to

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the way it's Children's Services are run. There are less temporary staff

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and lower case loads. It has taken a huge overhaul. But there ard still

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two more serious case reviews to be published. Questions over why it

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took so long for the problels to be addressed.

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Well, since those cases, Sotthampton City Council has appointed

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What guarantee can you give your now that this will not happen again I

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would like to personally apologise on behalf of the Council for the

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feelings in the tragic deaths of the children and the harm caused to the

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others. I think it has been my role to ensure that improvements have

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been put in place. For example, when I first came into place, half of the

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social workers were agency staff. Today, nine out of ten are permanent

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employees. So can you guarantee this won't happen again with the new

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people? I don't think you c`n guarantee it won't happen again but

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my responsibility is to minhmise the risk. Were you shocked by this? You

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have a background in this job. Where you shocked by what was going on or

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what wasn't going on? If yot read this serious case reviews, xou can't

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feel to be distressed. I thhnk what is important is that I take

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responsibility for improving the service in future. I think dverybody

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is distressed and I'm sure people watching tonight are. Where you

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shocked that it wasn't pickdd up and nothing was done? I was personally

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shocked but I must use the opportunity to improve servhces for

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the children of Southampton. An example is that you will sed from

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the serious case review that officials did not communicate

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effectively. We have brought forward a safeguarding hub so professionals

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can share information and share information about risks. Two

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children died from neglect, sexual abuse, 90 bruises... Why hasn't

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anyone been disciplined? Understanding the point of the

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serious case review, which hs difficult to understand, is making

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sure we learn the lessons. Has anyone been disciplined or loved

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from their post? We have bedn able to implement a completely ndw senior

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management team. We now havd a workforce that is permanent. I

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appreciate that. I just need to challenge you on this. Will anyone

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be disciplined? If I felt the need to, I would. We need to enstre that

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we performance manage our staff and that is as true as it is for us as

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It is now six days, almost to the hour, that

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a nurse called Rui Li left Poole Hospital at the end of her shift.

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This evening, detectives continue to interview

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Our reporter Joe Campbell is in Poole.

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Police have continued operations in three areas. There has been intense

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scenes of crime officers gohng into houses and through bins, as well as

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police going door to door as they continue the hunt for Rui Lh. Cod on

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CCTV as she left the hospit`l last Friday, this is the last im`ge of

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Rui Li. A distinctive car h`s been recovered by police from ond

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property. Staff were carrying out a forensics examination of thd second

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has linked to the 44`year`old nurse. The police operation in this

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quiet suburb has come as a shock to many in this quiet suburb. Dveryday

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I saw her. She was doing solething in the garden and was always very

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nice. I thought she was much younger than watching was. She lookdd

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young. What has it been likd adding this news? Very sad. She had a nice

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reputation. People like her. I can't imagine anybody killing her, but

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obviously somebody has. Polhce have been busy at this garage and

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Boscombe. `` in Boscombe. This afternoon, specialist teams with

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sniffer dogs arrived. They had been searching woodlands behind the house

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as they hunt for Rui Li continues. A 16`year`old man remains in custody.

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In the last few minutes, police teams have gone into the woods

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behind me. Rui Li's teenage daughter is being comforted by familx or use

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on staff. It was hard who r`ised the alarm.

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A serial violent robber serving life for a string of armed bank heists

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has admitted carrying out a gunpoint raid on a building society

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Michael Wheatley, dubbed the Skullcracker,

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pleaded guilty to three offdnces at Guildford Crown Court today.

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He had been serving a life sentence at an open prison in Kent when he

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Hundreds of people in the South have been able to get a foot on the

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property ladder thanks to the Help To Buy mortgage guarantee scheme.

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Figures released by the Tre`sury show that 482 sales in the

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South Today region were completed under the Government scheme

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14% of all homes in the South East were sold with support from the

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A young boy is still being treated in a French hospital

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after being found in a swimling pool on board a cruise ship.

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The Independence of the Seas left Southampton on Sunday.

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The ship's operator Royal C`ribbean has confirmed the six year old was

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found in the pool on Tuesdax and was taken by helicopter for medhcal

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A woman from Brockenhurst who had to resuscitate her baby in 2010 is

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campaigning to make it part of classes given to new parents. She

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almost suffered from cot de`th and stopped breathing.

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Still to come in this evening's South Tod`y:

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In full bloom ` Chichester Cathedral celebrates with

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Each day, families in the South are affected by road accidents.

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In 2012, there were more than 900 accidents

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in Dorset, 1800 in West Sussex, and more than 3000 in Hampshire

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But statistics don't convey the whole story.

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Evey Staley was ten years old when she was killed in

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Today, families gathered on the island, to set up a new charity to

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support victims and highlight the dangers of this everyday tr`gedy.

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20 months ago, Evey and her parents were

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As they pulled out of the driveway, the car was hit at speed

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Evey was in the back and died instantly.

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Life stopped for us on that day in August 2012.

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This is very much why we want to start this charity,

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to stop this happening to other families on the island.

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Evey's tragic loss and the crumpled remains

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of the family car have alre`dy been used by Hampshire Police

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Now the family wants to build on this work.

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Today, the first steps in setting tp a road

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Anne and Melvin Campbell were at today's meeting.

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They lost their son in a car accident 13 years `go.

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Not a day goes by where you do not think of them.

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I think they are very brave, because I couldn't have dond it

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You are in a state of shock for years afterwards.

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Police are supportive of the charity and will work with

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It is not just us through drink`driving that have

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It is multiple other familids on the Isle

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of Wight that have been affdcted by people's standard of driving

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That's something we want to address and educate people on.

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There is no name or logo for the charity yet.

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But today's families are already united in a single aim,

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and that's to get every single driver on the island thinking more

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about safety every time thex get behind the wheel.

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Do you trust them to look after your money?

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Do you trust them to protect you from fraud?

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And if you are targeted by scammers, do you trust

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Well, it's been claimed tod`y that a fraudulent bank account, set up

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to scam thousands of pounds from unknowing members of the public

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was allowed to remain open for ten days after first being reported

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Ten days ago, teacher from Hampshire received a call. The person on the

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end of the line weren't that his had been compromised and he shotld

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transfer his money. They evdn offered on a cruise as a reward I

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knew that no bank gives of loney. I knew for certain that it was a

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scam. Peter reported at an dxpected their account to be closed. A BBC

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reporter tried to pay ?1 into the account. It was only ten daxs later

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that the account had been frozen. Please serious `` Barclays say the

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combat fraud with technologx. Jenny from Christchurch transferrdd over

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?60,000. I thought they would give Jenny Ecole. `` the call. Whth the

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line still connected, I answered the call. I really could not believe

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that I had fallen victim to this. I didn't want to go out. I felt

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ashamed and stupid. Jenny eventually got her money back but hopes more is

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done to protect others. We `re working closely with phone providers

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to change this. Luckily for Peter, he spotted the scam and can afford

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Much of the South's wildlifd was really set back by the long wet

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For this week's Finn's Country, Roger has been hearing

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After years of dramatic decline their numbers had been recovering.

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I reckon that's one of the best views in Southern Dngland.

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For many years, a group of people have been working

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to turn that entire area into a huge wildlife haven.

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Right beside the busy railway line from @rundel

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It's a nature reserve, one of many here, and is managed

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I'm being given a tour by Mike Russell.

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He trained in law but he gave it up 30 years ago to work with whldlife.

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People know it as mayblossol, but it is actually hawthorn.

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Mike is setting traps for voles to see how many there are and how they

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are faring, because they ard a vital food for barn owls.

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This area was very flooded last year, and so the voles moved away,

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so barn owl numbers have dropped over the last two years.

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They used to be common in the first half of the 21st Century.

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In the second half, when agriculture started to intensify,

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plus losing barns and hedgerows they were losing habitat.

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The good news is that the r`vages of the winter don't seem to have had

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a lasting effect on many other creatures.

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We've lost so much of our wdtland and this is a great place for

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so many species of bird, especially in winter when it floods.

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But you get all sorts of wildlife here.

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There are all sorts of bushds and scrubs around.

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This is a sedge warbler, recently arrived from Afric`.

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This is his courtship song and has territorial song.

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He is marking his territory from the others.

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Mike, I know this is the Sussex Wildlife Trust, but there is

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Arun is a wonderful area for wildlife, but in the past it

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We are working with our partners at the RSPB and Arun Wetland Trust

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as part of the Living Landscape project.

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It is to connect patches of land so that wildlife has

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the ability to colonise and create a self`functioning ecosystel.

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In a sense, the wildlife can look after itself

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instead of being heavily managed by organisations like us.

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South Today viewer Mick Janner captured this rare footage of a barn

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The hope is that, as the Living Landscapes project progressds, this

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You get wonderful light on this reserve.

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It is a great place to see them swoop over the grass

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Roger Finn there, really enjoying his job.

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Now you may remember that, over the last few weeks, Roger has

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been showing us some of the tools he has found at the Rural Life Centre,

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in Farnham, and challenging us to guess what they are.

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Here he is with a reminder of last week's item, and the answer.

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A log of wood with spikes on the bottom to hold it in place.

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Then a blade here, and a groove down the side.

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That is a spill, a little t`per that you use for lighting fhres

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Oxford`based London Welsh are now within touching distance

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of promotion to the top flight of English rugby.

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A sparkling performance against Bristol last night saw them

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establish a 19 point aggreg`te lead in the Championship playoff final.

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A crowd of over 5000 at the Kassam Stadium helped spur

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the Exiles to victory by 27 points to 8 in the first leg.

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The second leg takes place `t the Memorial Stadium next Wednesday

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Britain's rowers are preparhng for the biggest regatta

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50 rowers across 17 disciplhnes will be in Belgrade this wedkend.

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There are 15 Olympic medallhsts included in the squad

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The men's eight will includd Hampshire's Olympic medallist

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Olympic Champion Helen Glovdr is back in partnership with

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Some cricket news, and Hampshire's T20 blast c`mpaign

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Owais Shah will remain with the Royals for the remainder

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Shah initially signed a short`term deal for three matches, the last

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of which was due to be against his old club Essex tomorrow.

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Kevin Peterson will play for Surrey tomorrow night against Middlesex.

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If you've travelled to the Hsle of Wight by car or ferry

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during the last few years, you may well have noticed a charity

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Southampton's Gus McKechnie set himself a target

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of cycling 50,000 miles while the ferry sailed back and forth

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Today, for the last 100, Gus, who has cerebral palsy,

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was on dry land at the ferrx terminal to complete his ch`llenge

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raising money for several charities in the past three and a half years.

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Effectively, there is a distance of twice around the equator.

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Having a disability, I don't think I would ever have got that far.

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Well done, Gus! A fantastic effort. He has raised thousands for

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charity. Get well soon, look sure. High pressure starts to build

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tomorrow, but there is the risk of one or two thundery downpours.

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Possible thunderstorms overnight, the Met office have a yellow warning

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in force. Heavy rain is expdcted until 10:00pm, which could cause

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localised flooding. Shoppers will ease through the night and we will

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see one or two clear spells, but there is a lot of cloud

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across`the`board. Mild tempdratures overnight, with lows between 11 and

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13 Celsius. The winds fairlx light and variable. High pressure will

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build towards the North tomorrow. We start with patchy rain or drizzle in

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the morning. That will break in the afternoon to allow for sunshine and

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heights of up to 18 Celsius. The winds will be fairly light. The slim

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chance of a shower but most places will escape and we will see a late

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evening sunshine. Tomorrow, temperatures will fall to nhne or 11

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Celsius. The good news is that high pressure is building from the

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Atlantic. We do have an are` of low pressure close by, meaning that it

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will make its way in. We will see high pressure through Sundax,

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bringing in a weather front later on Sunday. It starts off cloudx with

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bright spells, with rain arriving in the afternoon. Further readhng on

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Monday and Tuesday. Armed only with a few roses

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and the odd gladioli, they transform and brighten our

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churches up and down the region But today they've

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outdone themselves. Because a floral army of thd South's

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best flower arrangers have descended We sent our Sarah Farmer

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along to the Festival of Flowers. It is regarded as the gold standard

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of flower festivals. Chichester Cathedral is patch to the r`fters

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with colourful creations and the aroma of 50,000 blooms. This year's

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seem is music. Moments from the musicals, and everything from Bath

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to the Beatles. Music and flowers go so well together. One of my remit

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was to produce flowers and designs to show off the Cathedral. The

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festival takes place every other year with a different subject. 00

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volunteers support the event. My students have created crocodiles,

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and penguins to illustrate Norma's arc. `` Noah. I find it verx

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interesting to make crocodiles. The festival attracted 15,000 pdople in

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2012. It looks like this ond will be another success for the restoration

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of the Cathedral. We have r`ised 8 million over the last few ydars

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We're going to have two treble that over the next ten years. Thd

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Cathedral is over 900 years old so the funds are warmly receivdd. It is

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so joyful and colourful. It is a pleasure to see people enjoxing the

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Cathedral. Music is very much at the heart of the festival, which is why

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this year's seem bring so mtch life to displays. I will leave you with

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Somewhere Over The Rainbow. If you are in Chichester, it is

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worth going to see the displays Join us tomorrow as we look into the

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D`day invasion. Good night.

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