02/08/2014

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:00:10. > :00:14.The body of a Swindon man has been found at a recycling plant.

:00:15. > :00:16.Police were called to the depot in Bristol yesterday

:00:17. > :00:20.Today they've named the man as 34`year`old Matthew Symonds,

:00:21. > :00:22.who was thought to be homeless and living in Swindon.

:00:23. > :00:25.Police said his death was being treated as unexplained `

:00:26. > :00:27.but believe his body may have been transported with commercial waste

:00:28. > :00:36.Thousands of people gathered on Salisbury Plain today to witness

:00:37. > :00:39.the amalgamation of the two Royal Tank Regiments into a single unit.

:00:40. > :00:42.It's part of the cuts in armoured regiments brought

:00:43. > :00:43.about by the Coalition Government's Defence Review.

:00:44. > :01:03.Challenger tanks stormed onto the parade ground today. They are the

:01:04. > :01:06.most powerful armoured vehicles at the UK is cutting the number of

:01:07. > :01:12.front`line tanks and today, the two regiments became one. The soldiers

:01:13. > :01:18.symbolically marched into one formation and removed the red cravat

:01:19. > :01:24.that distinguished the individual regiments. We have always adapted as

:01:25. > :01:31.a regiment. We have had amalgamations in the past and we

:01:32. > :01:35.have always managed to overcome it. It is poignant that it is happening

:01:36. > :01:39.just two days before the country commemorates the start of the First

:01:40. > :01:43.World War, the conflict in which the regiment was created. In future, the

:01:44. > :01:48.regiments will be ready to go anywhere in the world at short

:01:49. > :01:55.notice. We are a reaction force. We are prepared for whatever the

:01:56. > :01:59.government and policy demands of us. As a result of the review, there

:02:00. > :02:05.will be three regiments with these big tanks. By 2016, all of these

:02:06. > :02:17.will be based here at Salisbury Plain.

:02:18. > :02:20.And on Monday on South Today Sally Taylor will be

:02:21. > :02:23.at the Bovington Tank museum in Dorset ` to bring you a special

:02:24. > :02:26.programme to commemorate 100 years since World War One was declared.

:02:27. > :02:28.There was an extraordinary sporting achievement in Poole this morning.

:02:29. > :02:31.Frances Wilkins joined four hundred other runners for the regular

:02:32. > :02:35.And though she finished almost last, what's astonishing is that she was

:02:36. > :02:47.Just over a year ago Francis Wilkins was rushed to Bournemouth Hospital

:02:48. > :02:55.and is diagnosed with an incurable autoimmune illness. We were told

:02:56. > :03:01.afterwards that if the diagnosis had come half an hour later I would have

:03:02. > :03:05.died or had brain damage. This is her first five kilometre race and

:03:06. > :03:11.she is raising money for our brain damage charity. All my training has

:03:12. > :03:18.been in hot sunshine. There are only five new cases of the illness

:03:19. > :03:22.diagnosed each year. It destroys healthy tissue and the illness can

:03:23. > :03:27.be fatal. On this day last year I went to my daughter's wedding in a

:03:28. > :03:32.wheelchair and I could not walk. I needed to train myself to walk. I

:03:33. > :03:36.taught myself that if you keep putting one foot in front of another

:03:37. > :03:37.then you can walk further and further. I am pleased and proud of

:03:38. > :03:41.myself. Magnificent achievement `

:03:42. > :03:43.but there was disappointment for the south's hockey and netball

:03:44. > :03:46.players at the Commonwealth Games The men's hockey team were beaten

:03:47. > :03:49.4`1 in their semi final In the netball,

:03:50. > :03:52.England suffered a heartbreaking loss in the final second of their

:03:53. > :03:55.semi`final against New Zealand. Both teams will play

:03:56. > :03:57.for bronze medals tomorrow. Later this evening England Women's

:03:58. > :03:59.hockey team take on Australia for the gold medal, that match

:04:00. > :04:12.coming up at quarter past eight. And Surrey athlete Emelia Gorecka is

:04:13. > :04:24.a medal contender in the final Let's get the weather forecast with

:04:25. > :04:32.Holly Green. Hello. Today brought a mixture of sunny spells and showers,

:04:33. > :04:34.and we have further showers tonight. They are being blown through on

:04:35. > :04:38.brisk winds. That reason stops the temperatures from dropping too low.

:04:39. > :04:43.For most of us, a bright start tomorrow and there may be one or two

:04:44. > :04:47.showers around but generally a sunny day with some showers, although it

:04:48. > :04:56.will be blustery. Temperatures: 21 or 22. Next week, sunny spells but a

:04:57. > :05:03.risk of further showers. Good evening. That is it from us, 20 more

:05:04. > :05:08.on the BBC website. We are back tomorrow at 6:50pm. Good evening.

:05:09. > :05:19.that you have a very good evening, goodbye.

:05:20. > :05:28.It has been one of those days, Sony for some and pouring with rain for

:05:29. > :05:30.others. Locally there has been intense downpours. Further west,