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in Glasgow. in Glasgow.

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Good evening, I'm Emma Vardx with the news in the South.

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The developer Costain has bden fined more than ?500,000 after

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the death of a man on a Newbury building site three years ago.

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Mark Williams, who was 41, died when a forklift truck fell on him.

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Earlier this year Costain w`s found guilty of breaching health

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and safety regulations. Charlotte Stacey reports.

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Last Sunday family and friends gathered to remember Mark Whlliams

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on the third anniversary of his death. This morning after a lengthy

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trial Costain, the developer of the site he was working on when he

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died, were fined for health and safe to breaches. I just hope it does not

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happen to anyone else and no other family goes through what we have

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been through. I hope they lhsten. Fine to me is irrelevant re`lly

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isn't it? Mark is never going to walk through the door again. Mark

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lived in New or knee in Oxfordshire and was working in a shopping centre

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in Newbury. A machine he was operating cell and crushed him. The

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judge described him as a loving son and father of two children. It said

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lessons had not been learned from two previous incidents wherd the

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company had been warned abott lifting equipment. She said the

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amounts did not reflect the value of Mark Williams's life but rather it

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marked the seriousness of the breaches in health and safety. We

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asked Costain for a statement but they refused to comment. Thd finding

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its own right is clearly very heavy and we would hope that as the

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construction industry continues to improve and everyone is happy about

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that that principal contractors realise that they also have to

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manage the risks that go alongside that. The family will not rdceive

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any of the money from the fhne. It all goes to the Treasury. They said

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they intend to claim for compensation for his daughtdrs.

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Southampton MP Alan Whitehe`d's called

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on Channel 4 to rethink thehr plans for a controversial reality series

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It follows a heated public leeting last night, at which residents came

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face to face with producers of Immigration Street, who've `lready

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It's being made by the same team behind Benefits Street.

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There's fears over how the community will be portr`yed

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I think it is fundamentally misconceived about the area. I think

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it is quite wrong that a colpany comes and sticks a pain in `nd says

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that is Immigration Street, regardless of the reality of the

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area. The RNLI is warning that yotngsters

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who tombstone ` that's jumping into the sea

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from high points like jettids or To back up that warning thex've

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issued these pictures, taken in Portsmouth during

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the current heatwave, of people jumping into shallow water from

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the battlements in Old Portsmouth The maritime and coastguard

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agency says 20 people have died A 60% cut in the money given to

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respite activities for disabled children could be

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on the cards in Hampshire at a time when other local authorities

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are protecting those servicds. The reccommendation comes jtst

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months after Hampshire County Council told the BBC it hopdd to

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reduce the budget by less than %. The council says

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the cuts won't hit the front line. Bournemouth Borough Council has lent

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its voice to the mounting disapproval for

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the Navitus Bay windfarm scheme It says if

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the proposals are approved, hundreds of thousands of visitors will be put

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off travelling to the resort. The plans are currently being

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considered for approval They've received 2,700 interested

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representations, the highest ever But just last week plans for the

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Rampion wind farm off the Stssex coast, one of the world's l`rgest,

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were approved with little objection. It was the power of the sun that was

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attracting people to the be`ch at Bournemouth this afternoon. The

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council wants to keep it th`t way. Today the cabinet voted to oppose a

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plan for winter turbines 40 miles off Bournemouth. They say it would

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devastate the tourism econoly, driving away tens of millions of

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pounds of holiday`makers spdnding but would it really deterred

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tourists? I think it would be a novelty at first to come down and

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see about it is not something you really want to see, is it? Would it

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put you off coming here? It worked, yes. Some people say would spoil the

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view. Would that bother you? No no, it is the beach, isn't it? Last week

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the government gave the go``head to a wind turbine farm eight mhles off

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the Sussex toast `` coast bdtween Peacehaven and wording. Why does

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Bournemouth think it should be treated differently? Brighton and

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Hove Council did not oppose it because they have a different offer

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to that we have here. We have an area of outstanding beauty `nd the

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only world Heritage site just around the corner. That is why people come

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here, for the beauty of the natural environment. People have a

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perception of change but thd reality is very different. A case in point

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of that would be that the neighbouring authority, the Isle of

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Wight, they actually think we are underplaying the benefits that the

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wind farm could have so you can see how different regions and

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communities are very differdnt with a different approach.

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Today's decision is not the end of the matter and the final decision

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will be taken by the secret`ry of state by the government and that is

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likely to be around one year from now after the general electhon.

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The Commonwealth Games got tnderway in true Scottish style tonight with

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Competition starts tomorrow and a host of sporting personalities

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from the South will be in action over the next 11 days

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Our reporter Hamish Marshall has been catching up with some

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of our local competitors at the athletes village and finding

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out what Scottish delights `re on offer for them at the dining hall.

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Ahead of the opening ceremony, the village has been filling up. Each

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nation making it a home frol home. It is a huge honour to be

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representing your country and it has that label of the friendly Games and

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it is exactly that. When yot go out to compete you are competithve and

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backing here it is the wonddrful atmosphere where you feel vdry

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welcome. Day after day diffdrent sports have been arriving and

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different people and it is busying up. It is a real sense of

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anticipation which is fantastic Massively excited. The excitement

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has been building the closer we have got in getting to the village

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yesterday with all my best friends I just love it. The hub of thd village

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is, as ever, the dining hall. With around 4500 athletes in all their

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support staff they estimate 20, 00 meals a day will be served, catering

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for all tastes stop they can have a lot of traditional Scottish food

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like black pudding on white pudding and I get of `` I guess. No

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deep`fried Mars bars as yet. Team England is the biggest team here and

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there has been a huge investment in sports science and physio. The

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athletes are moving towards the limits of human performance so we

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are trying to eke out marginal gains and this type of area is wh`t

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delivers that. It is about dnsuring the athlete stays as well and injury

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free as possible. If a problem happens we treated early and get

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them back to the field of play. We can move people from off thd podium

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onto the podium and we can love the bronze into a goal. The athletes are

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here and the venues are ridhng and awaiting `` ready and the w`iting is

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almost over. An estimated 1.5 billion people will be watching the

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Commonwealth Games. The best of luck to all the South's

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competitors at the Commonwe`lth Games, we'll be following their

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progress over the coming daxs. That's nearly all from the

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South Today news team this dvening. Newsnight will be starting shortly

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on BBC Two but now here's Alexis It was a super day. 84 Fahrdnheit

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and we do it all again tomorrow Dry and humid overnight. Muddy hn

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particular in the southern coastal counties. Parts of Oxfordshhre low

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of 15. Staying dry through the night with the clear spells. Lots of

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sunshine to start the day tomorrow and staying like that for mtch of

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the day. There were the clotd building in the afternoon and

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pleasantly warm in the sunshine with a high of 26 or maybe 27 or 28,

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possibly topping today's 29. A slim chance of a shower in the Wdst but

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most places stay dry and temperatures will be very shmilar as

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we head through the rest of the week. Friday is a high of 28 in

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places. Saturday from the north. The national picture

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comes from Philip Avery. Unusually, I can say good morning.

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Wednesday has been noticeable for a number of reasons. From a

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meteorological point of view, it was the warmest day of the year for

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Wales and Northern Ireland. Nothing like it across the East of

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