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again. Something to look forward to. That is all from the

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Nearing completion ` an opening date is set for a Berkshire bridge

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It when we were first told it was going to be six months it was bad

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enough and we thought we make not make that, but then they told us it

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would be another six months. It was quite frightening.

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Full steam ahead ` the Dorset show attracting thousands of visitors.

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And the secret of a long, happy marriage ` all 80 years of it.

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As long as I agree with her, then I am safe. That is not true.

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Dorset's hospital transport service, recently described as" abysmal"

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and "a shambles" is now meeting almost all required standards,

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The service, run by the private ambulance firm

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E`Zec came under the scrutiny of watchdogs and the county council

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However, some Dorset patients say the problems aren't over

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Tom Hepworth has been looking at the report's findings.

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In October, a private company, E`Zec based in Bournemouth, won a ?4

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million contract to provide patient transport services in Dorset.

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Now these aren't the emergency ambulances, but those

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which take people to and from hospital because of a medical need.

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In the months since E`Zec took over from the

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South Western Ambulance NHS Trust, it received hundreds of complaints.

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Long waits for transport, missed appointments and long delays for

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In February, the Care Quality Commission found the service was

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failing to meet essential standards relating to staffing,

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E`Zec said many of the problems were because the NHS in Dorset had

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underestimated the amount of work when it awarded them the contract.

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We've learned that in June the NHS handed over an extra ?2 million to

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Today, the CQC has published a report which says the service is now

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meeting all the required standards, apart from failing to have suitable

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arrangements in place to safely manage people's medication.

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But what about the patients themselves?

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Well, the ones the CQC spoke to said the service had improved but some

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A lot of patients have mentioned they have been losing treatment

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time, we are hearing that patients are late for treatment time and time

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again. And a lot at the time even after treatment there is not

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transport available to take them home at a decent time.

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The NHS has broadly welcomed the report.

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Dorset's Clinical Commissioning Group says it'll keep working with

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E`Zec to ensure things keep improving.

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Hospitals say there have been improvements to the service.

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Considering its 25% increase in funding, the service E`Zec provides

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A report has expressed deep concerns about prisoners at a jail in Dorset

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spending "virtually all day" in their cells

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The Independent Monitoring Board for the Portland Young Offender

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Institution has called on the prison service to reconsider its decision

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From Portland, here's Simon Clemison.

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The point about this being a young offender institution which is now

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accept in older adults is key to what a lot of this report is about.

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What it is saying is that now you have got sophisticated and interest

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professional criminals mixed in with young offenders who, it claims, are

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vulnerable. It said it has led to an increase in bullying and drugs and

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the dealing of drugs. I have been speaking to one of the report's

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writers. She told me because it was used to being a young offender

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institution, it does not have the workplace training that older adults

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many inmates are spending too long many inmates are spending too long

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locked in their cells. Earlier I spoke to Elizabeth who is from the

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Independent Monitoring Board which stand volunteers into prisons to

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check on conditions. Certainly the prison is really struggling to cope

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with the changes. The government have done huge changes very, very

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quickly and we have lost a lot of staff and the staff that have stayed

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with the eyes are really under pressure to deliver the regime.

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There is a terrible lack of activity. We have become an adult

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prison as well as a young offender prison and we just have not got the

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industry for the adults. At the moment there are far too many men

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drugs, the Prison Service has said drugs, the Prison Service has

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in response that they will not be in response that they will not be

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tolerated and searches including those with specially trained dogs

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will take place to find them. Prosecutions to follow if necessary.

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It has trumpeted the idea that this is a restart in jail where inmates

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are meant to be closer to home prior to release, rebuilding ties with

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their families and stopping them coming back into prison again. The

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report's authors said it is all well and good but in practice the weedy

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services organised, Dorset people are not in Dorset prisons, they are

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going to neighbouring counties, to Hampshire and Devon. The chairman of

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the board told me she was not against any of these ideas in

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principle, they might work in the end but they are not working now.

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It's the news thousands of drivers and dozens of businesses in the

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One of the main road crossings over the River Thames will finally

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The Whitchurch toll bridge which links Pangbourne with

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Whitchurch`on`Thames has been closed since last October

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The work was delayed for months over the winter by

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The project's also gone almost ?2 million over budget.

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Our reporter Charlotte Stacey is by Whitchurch Bridge this evening.

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Charlotte, by the time it reopens the bridge

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would have been closed for nearly a year, what impact has that had?

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It has had a huge impact. The bridge was the work, the word was only

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meant to take a few months, the idea was that by doing the repairs

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overwinter the bridge would be ready by summer but that has not happened.

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There has been bad weather and setbacks which has caused delays but

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hopefully the bridge will not be shot for too much longer. This was

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Whitchurch Bridge in April. I know it should have been finished but

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flooding last Christmas meant that workers had to down tools in the

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middle of the project. Work stopped for four months. The job was

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originally scheduled for six months but the work has now taken nearly

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double that time. Their next crossing is about a ten mile

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diversion from here, before the bridge was closed about 6000

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vehicles per day would go down this road to cross the River Thames.

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Since it has been closed, it has had a big impact on businesses here. We

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are down by about 20% over the last one year. When we were first told it

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was going to be six months it was bad enough and we thought we might

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not make it, then they told us it would be another six months. It was

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frightening. We have just worked our way through it, done extra

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deliveries for our customers. And offered other services. Walking bags

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across two cards. Anything we can do to help the customers. To keep them

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coming into the village. Work is not taking longer, it is also costing

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more. The final bill will be more than ?6 million, that is 2 million

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more than the initial budget. The company says it is doing everything

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it can. We said all along we regret the inconvenience caused to local

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people and bridge users. We are very pleased that we can give a date and

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it is in the timescale we set in March. The company says it is up to

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the utilities companies to make sure the job is done on time. If all goes

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to plan, it should be reopened at the end of next month. Drivers will

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probably wait to see it to believe it, there have been a number of

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reopening dates announced at this year, all of which have been pushed

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back. The companies we have spoken to here today say they are confident

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once the bridge does reopen, customers will return.

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The police watchdog is to investigate how officers responded

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to a reported missing person in Reading ` who's now in a critical

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condition in hospital after a fall from a multi`storey car park.

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The 54`year`old man contacted Thames Valley Police two weeks ago

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expressing concern over his welfare and disappeared later that day.

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Two days later he fell from the fifth floor

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The investigation is being led by the Independent Police

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A Hampshire pest controller says he's taken on the

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"biggest job of his career", after being called to deal with

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John Birkett had the task of removing the three`foot nest

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It was discovered by a woman at her house in St Cross,

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in an unused spare room, where a small window had been left open.

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The wasps chewed through the pillows and the mattress of the bed

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Still to come in this evening's South Today:

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The Bournemouth couple still very much in love.

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It's been hailed as the biggest development in ten years for

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A new high`dependency care unit for people with respiratory

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It's cost ?1.5 million and will bring benefits

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It was an opening ceremony like no other. George Baker broke through

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the ribbon with his wheelchair to the delight of the new unit staff.

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The former respiratory patient who has muscular dystrophy was specially

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selected by nurses to be given the honour and he was determined to make

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sure it went well. We got to do a practice run beforehand so I knew it

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would break. I was trying to go as fast as possible to make sure I

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didn't embarrass anybody. Was its relief when it did break?

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Definitely. The unit cheers for patients with severe breathing

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problems such as asthma and pneumonia. Until now it has been

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housed on a cramped corridor but is now in a brand`new purpose`built

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unit and will cure for more patients. There are nine beds

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instead of six. The number of nurses is being increased from 21 to 33. It

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make a big difference for patients with respiratory disease who come

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into a and we will able to get them hooked after quicker. And it will

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take some of the strain of the intensive care unit which will free

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up beds in intensive care for elective surgery. The remaining

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equipment will be installed in the coming days. The unit will be ready

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to start taking patients from Monday.

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The Great Dorset Steam Fair is under way.

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More than 200 engines are the star attraction

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But the start of the show was disrupted

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by heavy rain over the Bank Holiday that led to very muddy conditions.

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There's also been delays getting some vehicles on site.

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The Great Dorset Steam Fair site is muddy.

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A field, Bank Holiday rain, and lots of vehicle movements in a short

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period of time have led to problems accessing this 600`acre site.

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It was difficult yesterday, we managed to get everything in and

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here we are on the first morning, everything is up and running. The

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public car parks are OK because they have not been used until this

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morning so things are pretty good. We had to do some work on the

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entrances of the car park but as I said, the game has not been touched

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since we have been on site so it is not looking too bad.

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Once on site, the engines are the star attraction.

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Including this, owned by Doug Hynd, who's been coming to the steam fair

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A sort of gets in your blood. Something about the smell of hot oil

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and coal and the steam engine, people who are Iran's steam engines

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will tell you it is a sort of living, breathing things. `` who are

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around steam engines. In a quiet corner of the site,

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this poignant commemoration of the 100th anniversary

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of the start of World War One. A replica trench system

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from the Western Front. There is no soldiers left alive to

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be able to tell their tales. What we can read and see in pictures. This

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hopefully will give the public a view of possibly what it was

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actually like. There are World War

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One steam engines. And steam here too make the

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Tommy's Soup. It is from the 1940s. It was

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horse`drawn, taken as close to the trenches as possible and we prepared

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hot food for the men in the trenches.

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200,000 vistiors expected here by Sunday.

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Most braving the mud and enjoying the show.

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It is always either dry or wet. We have been coming down for over 30

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years. It is no different. It is just fun. The Dorset steam fair,

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there is nothing like it in the world and for us, it is five days in

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heaven. It is on until Sunday. Don't miss it.

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In 1897 Marconi set up the Needles wireless telegraph station on the

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Isle of Wight and proved for the first time that radio could be used

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Since then, radio has saved countless lives,

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Fitting then that the Isle of Wight has been leading the way

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in testing a new technology that could bring superfast connectivity

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to our inshore waters and, at the same time, affordable

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It's called "TV White Space" and as the name suggests makes use

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of vacant parts of the spectrum used to broadcast television signals.

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The radio waves can be more trouble than the sea waves for the

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The spectacular cliffs mean they are often out of contact with their

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Essentially we're using the same technology as Marconi

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first invented, same frequencies, same radios.

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The technology has got smaller and more reliable but we can only

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have one`way communication at a time and if someone else is talking on

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the radio, that will drown us out if they've got a stronger signal.

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This is hugely frustrating because the lifeboat is otherwise

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What the lifeboat desperately needs is a reliable way to get two`way

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communication between here and the shore.

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This little boat has been testing a new technology called TV

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Here, with the help of a stick and freshwater beach,

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The TV spectrum is incredibly valuable because signals at these

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frequencies travel a long way and can carry a huge amount of data.

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You've got space here, you've got space there, you've got space in

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These spaces are there to stop these transmissions

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Right, but that would suggest that those spaces can't be used

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for anything because they will interfere with the TV signal.

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One of the problems with Wi`Fi is, how does it get through to that

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The reason it doesn't reach these places is

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You can use these spaces to deliver broadband.

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And deliver it to thousands of rural homes not currently online.

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Frazer Munro runs an internet provider on the Isle

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of Wight and can't wait to shift his operation into white space.

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If you have a ?100 million super yacht you can

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have super`fast broadband in the middle of the Atlantic.

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But systems like that are out of the reach of domestic homes,

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offices and of course independent life boats and the RNLI, who have to

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And white space allows connectivity to go much longer through much more

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challenging conditions but at a really affordable price.

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So much has changed since Marconi first transmitted from here

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and another revolution might be on the way.

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David Grossman, BBC South Today, the Isle of Wight.

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And you can see more on how TV white space can potentially

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transform the UK's connectivity on Newsnight tonight at 10.30 on BBC2.

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We don't talk a lot about Oxbridge cricket but they are involved in a

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cup final right now. We will have the result in just a moment. But

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first we will talk about football. Shocks, near`misses,

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extra time goals ` last night's Capital One Cup football had its

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fair share of excitement and drama. Depending on where you're

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watching us, here's what unfolded Swindon and Brighton served up a six

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goal cracker at the County Ground A hint of what was to come was

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provided when this humdinger Well worth a whipping your shirt

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off for. Straight after half`time, Louis

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Thompson levelled for Swindon. 1`1 after 90 minutes,

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four goals followed in extra time. The Seagulls got put back

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in front before Jake Forster`Caskey But Forster`Caskey was given

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a second chance from the spot, the same result, sealing Albion's

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path into round three. I think they played some

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good stuff tonight. Southampton's win at Millwall

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was notable for three firsts. Saints were on their way when

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Jack Cork headed Recent Italian import Graziano Pelle

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also then opened his account for Saints to seal Ronald Koeman's

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first win in charge. Bournemouth made favouritism count

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as they made light work of Dan Gosling put the boot

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into the Cobblers with the first His second

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in this season's competition. Brett Pitman latched onto

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a poor backpass to put the Cherries And substitute Callum Wilson made

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the game safe at Dean Court, his fourth goal since arriving

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from Coventry. Reading manager Nigel Adkins

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spent 14 years at Scunthorpe. But his current team weren't about

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to show their sentimental side. Jack Taylor's strike five minutes

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from time was enough to award the fans

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for their long trip to Humberside. So those winning teams go into

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tonight's third round draw, which will include the likes of Manchester

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City, Chelsea and Arsenal, who all Bidding to join them are Portsmouth,

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but the League Two side already have some Premier League opposition

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in their way. Pompey are at Stoke tonight,

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and BBC Radio Solent's Andy Moon is Yes, the Portsmouth manager is still

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unbeaten in 12 matches stretching back to the end of last season but

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that record is under huge that record is under huge threat this

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evening as his lead to outfit face Stoke here at the Britannia, a

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stadium team has never won at. Pompey beat Peterborough in the last

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round and they come into the game on a four match winning streak during

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which they conceded just one goal. Stoke have just one point from their

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opening two league matches so they are likely to field a strong line up

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with the manager Mark Hughes openly saying he wants the match wrapped up

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her Lyon. The Portsmouth manager has shuffled his pack with nine changes

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from Saturday's victory over Oxford. Whoever takes to the field tonight,

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they will need to be at their very best to get into the third round

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draw. And you'll be able to see the goals

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from that game in the League Cup We'll have them on tomorrow's

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South Today too. Today has seen the biggest game

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in the history of They've been involved in the

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Minor Counties Trophy Final The game was played at

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the picturesque setting of Wormsley Their opponents Devon posted 203

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for 9 batting first. The Oxfordshire bowlers

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though picked up regular wickets to stem the flow of runs, on what was

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proving a difficult batting surface. In reply,

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Oxfordshire slipped to 95 for 6 ` but former Sussex all rounder

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Chad Keegan smashed a quick 47. They finished on 196 for nine off

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their 50 overs, and agonising seven runs short.

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Down to the last few balls. That is a pity for Oxfordshire. No time for

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a look at the weather. It is slowly improving. Is it some are returning?

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Maybe. There has been a lot of drizzle today.

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This close`up of a British white heifer was taken

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at Yew Hill Butterfly Reserve in Winchester by Sue Pratt.

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Ken Rayner took this photo of a Dovecote in the sunshine

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And autumnal colours in Alton captured by Ginny Boxall.

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Drizzle ahead of the weather front which is what we had this afternoon

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after a dry start, the weather front has arrived in parts of the Dorset

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spreading its wee north`eastward. A cloudy and wet night but very

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quickly the weather front will clear western areas during the second part

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of the night and we may have a few clear spells but with the breeze

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that should keep the mist and fog at bay. Mild temperatures, lows of

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15`17 Celsius. The winds are fairly variable but will pick up tomorrow,

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we may see one or two showers tomorrow but it is an improving

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picture through the morning. Increasing cloud in the afternoon

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which might bring about the odd shower for western and northern

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areas. Highs of 20 Celsius, warmer than today in any sunny spells.

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Tomorrow night the risk of a shower almost anywhere but that is very

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much hit and miss, some areas could stay dry altogether and there will

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be a lot of dry weather with clear spells but the winds will increase.

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As we head towards Friday. Lows tomorrow night are similar to

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tonight, 13`15dC, maybe down in the North. We start Friday on a dry

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note, it is an unsettled picture through Friday, there is the risk of

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a shower courtesy of this is the of low`pressure anchored off the

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western side of Scotland, bringing showers in through the low pressure

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from the south`west. That means there is the risk of a shower but

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not everyone will see them, there will be some sunny spells as well,

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very much hit and miss. The rest of the week, sunny spells and scattered

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showers, for tomorrow, tidy and Saturday. Saturday afternoon it is

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an improving picture because high pressure is starting to build in

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from the south`west. So less in the way of showers, more in the way of

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sunshine and with the high pressure building in even further, Sunday

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looks like a pretty pleasant day. A high of 20 or 21 Celsius. The good

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news is, next week is settling down thanks to high pressure, sunny

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spells will develop and it will become warm. Temperatures up to the

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seasonal average is not above in some areas.

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Thank you. I am going to test you know. When it comes to naming

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different sorts of wedding anniversaries, what do you know and

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don't know? Paper. You can't just say what year it is. Golden,

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Diamond, platinum. Golden is 50. Cotton is two. I didn't know that

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one. Do you know what 80 is? They married in 1934 and moved to Dorset

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after the war. Helen 's mother has said it would never last. How wrong

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was she? A reporter has been to me very happy couple.

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The couple who have been dealt a lifetime of fun.

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Helen and Maurice Kaye, today celebrating eight decades

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Did you think then that this could last 80 years?

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Both Helen, 101, and Maurice, 102, still remember

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After about three hours, my mother said to me, who is going

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Today, 80 years ago, they got married.

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And never once forgot their anniversary.

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What is the secret of this long and happy marriage?

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The most useful thing is, as long as I agree with her, then I'm safe.

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In 1934, bread was tuppence and wages were

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Coping and caring has seen them through.

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If you have to give in a little bit, so you give in a little bit.

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If you have to give in a little bit, as she says,

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In eight decades, their family has grown wider

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Sadness and loss always trumped by laughter and companionship.

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Many, many congratulations from all of us. It is an incredible

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milestone. It is sense of humour which has kept them going as well.

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And they look fabulous. Tomorrow we have something special for you

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because we are hoping that Natasha Lambert, she is going to come into

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the studio tomorrow. She sailed around the south coast to Swansea

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and claimed up a big Pete. She will be here tomorrow talking about the

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adventure. Join us if you can. `` big peak.

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You asked for it. You got it. SHRILL WHISTLE

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