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against a tiny but deadly threat - a new bioscience

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The pain of mothering Sunday for those who've

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lost a child - one mother shares her thoughts with us.

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He can't call. He can't send a card. He can't be here to share lunch on

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Sunday. Caring for babies like Gabriel -

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we're with families inside the new expansion

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to the children's intensive Red nose fun as money

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is raised for Comic Relief. This is the new bioscience centre

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which is helping lead the global fight against highly infectious

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animal viral diseases - Surrey's National Vaccinology

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Centre cost ?24 million. It's part of the

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Pirbright Institute. It's home to 100 scientists

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working on vaccines against outbreaks like foot

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and mouth and bird flu Recent breakthroughs include

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genetically modifying mosquitoes - which should help combat Zika

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and other devastating viruses. This is the building. It cost 24

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million pounds to discuss. It has leading the design fixtures. Also

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innovative technology to develop breakthrough GM vaccines to counter

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dangerous viruses including bird flu.

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This is the new front line in the global fight against

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100 scientists working on two floors of laboratories,

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Their recent breakthroughs include developing a new generation

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of genetically-modified vaccines against viruses such as avian flu.

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However, GM techniques have raised ecological and ethical concerns.

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Famously, the Prince of Wales warning GM crops could cause

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But the head of the institute here defended their work, not least

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We have limited options of controlling mosquitoes.

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We don't want to use large quantities of

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And these mosquitoes spread important diseases,

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And so the idea of introducing modifications into mosquitoes,

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such as introducing sterile males, this can be a very precisely

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controlled process to bring about control procedures

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where we don't have any other options.

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The Zika virus, a mosquito-spread infection linked to thousands

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of babies being born with underdeveloped brains,

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is one of the diseases targeted at Pirbright.

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In a lab working on genetically-modified mosquitoes,

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one of the lead scientists said critics of GM help ensure thorough

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scrutiny and admitted there's no guarantee it's risk free.

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Not acting has risks as well as acting for

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Not acting is 390 million cases per year of Dengue,

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500,000 dying from malaria and so on.

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The Pirbright Institute played a major role in controlling the

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foot and mouth outbreak in 2001, and is home to the World Reference

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The new building is part of a ?350 million redevelopment

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of the site which also houses scientists transferred

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from a now-closed centre at Compton in Berkshire.

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This building is a fantastic place for developing new,

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And more importantly, we are consolidated on one site,

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where we can attract better talents, scientists will come

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On the whole, this is a positive development.

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We are all very excited to work in this new building.

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Site is started work in the building last year. Today it had its official

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opening. The Princess Royal conducted the opening ceremony with

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scientists and staff watching on. A tour of the labs, and also the

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adjoining containment centre for the most infectious viruses, including

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food and mouth. The main centre is actually now officially open and

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operating. More than ?500,000 has

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been raised to extend the children's intensive care unit

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at Southampton General Hospital. The centre has seen an increase

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in the numbers of babies Our reporter Sophia Seth has

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spent the day there. Sophia, it's a much

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needed expansion. Yes. The centre here sees over 900

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children per year. That number is growing yet on year thanks to

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advances in medicine and treatment available. This extension has been

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three years in the planning. There are two more specialist beds, and

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doctors hope make a difference. Four-month-old Gabriel has

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had heart congregations ever since he was born, and has been

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in and out of intensive care. Part of which is

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a hole in his heart. The service is essential

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because his recovery from surgery Not being the path children

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normally taken recovery. The facilities and experience

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they have here is essential Similarly, Zeah, who is just two

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days old, has been brought She had a procedure to put a small

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hole in the side of her heart, And then from there, to

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the intensive care unit here, Picu. The intensive care centre has been

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extended thanks to thousands of people raising money,

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including doctors, The demand for the

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spaceshas increased. Children come from all

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over the south coast. The opportunity to give the best

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care for those children It is hoped that the extra beds

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and equipment will mean more children like Gabriel and Zeah be

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treated here in Southampton. I and Jones by Dr Ian McIntosh. The

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director. The money was spent in gutting this area and bringing it up

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to clinical standard. Most of the equipment, all of it, was purchased,

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State of the art equipment. Operating standard lamps, meaning we

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can do procedures here easily. How significant is two extra beds Rose

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two might not seem much. What we need to do is to have an additional

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bed available during those winter busy months. A huge impact. It took

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six months to complete this. The charity tell me they are trying to

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raise more money for more dedicated services, a new ambulance at the

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moment. In a world where youngsters grow

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up looking at screens, employers are increasingly worried

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about young people's lack Now the Government has committed

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an extra ?500 million a year to vocational and educational

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training to tackle In Southampton, a new mechanics

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course is encouraging teenagers Here's our business

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correspondent, Alastair Fee. This is a world away

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from life on social media - here, the students are getting

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to grips with basic engineering. It is to get young people involved

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in something, really stuck in, and show that they can take

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on an old car and transform it. When they start it and hear

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it for the first time, That sense of achievement

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and satisfaction. Did you think this engine

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would look like this inside? On the one hand, it's a different

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route for those who want more But it's also about encouraging

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practical skills that employers fear have been lost

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by the Google generation. As an employer, when I look

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at applicants for apprenticeships, I am always looking at what extra

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skills they might have, or something to differentiate young

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people from each other. Anything that shows some commitment

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or aptitude is really helpful. Brad has been here seven weeks,

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and has so far learnt how to replace spark plugs and change

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brakes and lights. If I am in my spare time,

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doing nothing, no one is going out, then I could be on my

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phone, my PlayStation. And this is teaching

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you more practical skills? Different to what I

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learned at school. What is the matter

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with the old brake pads? Everyone who completes

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this course will achieve While it's unlikely the training

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will turn them away from all things digital, several here are already

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considering a career Passenger complaints about trains

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operated by Southern Railway's parent company soared

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at the end of last year, Four times as many complaints were

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received by Govia Thameslink Railway between October and December,

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compared to the same The operator says the figures

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are "disappointing but not surprising" in light

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of industrial action. It is, grimly. The fundraising fun

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has begun at Red Nose Day. I will be finding out how you have been

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raising money, including this orchestra, and how your donations

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are helping people across the South. House prices in three of the south's

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cities registered some of the biggest rises

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in the country last year. Portsmouth house prices rose by 8%,

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second only to Manchester. The figures come from Hometrack

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which monitors prices in the Bournemouth and Southampton

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were both in the top Many families will be celebrating

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Mother's Day this weekend. But what will it be like for mums

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who've lost a child? In 2009, Rifleman Cyrus Thatcher,

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from Caversham, was killed when he stepped on an improvised

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explosive device. Aged just 19, he was one

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of the youngest members of the Armed Forces to die

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in the conflict. Ahead of Sunday, Cyrus's mother

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Helena Tym reflects on the eight years that have passed

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since he died. Joke was, you buy a Mother's Day

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card which has absolutely nothing And inside, they all

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wrote, love you, Mum. The fact that he can't call,

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he can't send a card. He can't be here to

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share lunch on Sunday. I know that I am not the only mother

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that goes through the agony of knowing one of their children

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isn't around on Mother's Day. Because every day is a day

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since I last saw him. And it is the things that you think

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you are always going to remember, you will never forget,

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like the sound of their voice. Or how they feel when

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you give them a hug. And it is those things that become

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more and more distant, and yet they become more

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and more important. You know, I know he died doing

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something he truly believed He was proud of himself and proud

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of being in the British Army. Cyrus is buried at the Henley Road

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Cemetery in Caversham. With the other soldiers that were

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buried from the Second World War. His junior school, Micklands,

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is just behind where he is buried. And as sad as it is because

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I know he went there, Because I know that he

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is very close to home. And he is in a place

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that is familiar to him. We will definitely be

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here on Mother's Day. It just becomes part

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of your new normal. To come and celebrate something that

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you really don't want to celebrate, because he wanted us to carry on,

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and to not fall to pieces. But I don't think he truly

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understood the impact that his death The famous Overlord Embroidery

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at Portsmouth's D-Day museum has gone into temporary storage today,

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after more than 30 years on display. The 272 foot long work was inspired

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by the Bayeux Tapestry It's being removed while the museum

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undergoes major renovation work. Out of the spotlight and into

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storage. The Overlord Embroidery is moving home for the first time since

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it arrived in the 1980s. It was commissioned by a philanthropist who

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wanted to make a tribute not to war, but to the people involved. To

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protect the delicate work, it will have to be stored at a constant

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temperature and timidity, check every five minutes. It is never

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acting because it represents a huge moment in the global, European and

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British history. Wonderful artworks, apart from anything else. It is one

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of the longest pieces of embroidery in the world. Panel by panel, the

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needlework is being carefully removed. The D-Day landings where a

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catalyst for winning the war in Europe. The 84 metres of embroidery

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detail the tale of thousands of soldiers who made the ultimate

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sacrifice, told by 25 embroiders, women in the... Who remembered those

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who fail. It was designed to capture team numbers like Winston

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Churchill's motivational visit and General Motors,, just days after

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Overlord. It will be a focal point of the renovated museum. The

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Heritage lottery fund has given millions of pounds to the D-Day

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exhibit. An extra insight onto what the panel shows. Other things in

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this gallery as well. And also a new gallery about how the embroidery was

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made. Which will shine a new light. You can see how it was made, who

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made it and some of the techniques. You will be able to see the

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embroidery as the centrepiece of the museum when it reopens next spring.

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Athletes and broadcasters were among the mourners remembering

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one of Britain's top athletics coaches today.

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Mike Smith's funeral was staged this morning and this afternoon his life

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was celebrated at a special service in Southampton.

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Former Olympians Iwan Thomas and Roger Black were among those

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at the city's Central Hall along with former colleagues

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Mike was a sports reporter and presenter on BBC Radio Solent

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Football, while takeover talks continue off the field,

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Portsmouth hope for three valuable points on it this weekend.

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Pompey host bottom of the table

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Paul Cook's side are in the last of the automatic promotion places

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with eight games to go this season but they're not taking anything

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I think in this division everyone has seen that nothing is a given.

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Nothing, certainly, to be given up on.

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With the points gap, I think it is six between them

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and Cheltenham, I think they will be coming to

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Fratton Park very much with an eye on victory.

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I think you can get too deeply involved in different agendas

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We have eight games to go to try and get our club promoted,

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Meanwhile there's League One action for three of the region's teams.

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Swindon host Millwall, Oxford, in ninth go to Northampton.

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There's coverage across the BBC including live commentary

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Hampshire Cricket has announced that Australian George Bailey

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will captain the side in the County Championship

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Bailey will take over from James Vince when he arrives

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in England a month into the new campaign.

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It will be the Australian international's second spell

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England international Vince will continue to lead

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Red Nose Day is here. Let's join early South. A musical feel going on

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there. It is quite sedate at the moment. Rehearsals underweight for a

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musical marathon. This weekend, performing and orchestral to

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Catalan. Their third event for Comic Relief. He conducted jointly. Craik,

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how is this different from what you have done in the past? This time, we

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are performing ten different works by ten composers. How are the

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preparations going? Really well. We just want to get on with it now. It

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is very tiring. There is a blot of energy in the room, but we really

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just want to get on with it. Good luck. The concert hall has raised

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?4000 so far for a number of causes, including the Oxfordshire Family

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Support Network. So that they can have a voice in the way their

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services are run. Some of the carers their sense -- their sales are

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pensioners. We have quite an action

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packed morning This is a group of family carers

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over the age of 55 or 60. Who have been caring

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for their sons and daughters, usually at home, some

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of them for over 40 or 50 years. But they are still doing that

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really important work, But they are still doing that really

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important work, and supporting Comic Relief get as

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?119,000 to be able to It gives them a voice,

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enables them to talk to the decision-makers,

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hold them to account. And we can press together

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the changes for the support I don't think this group

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would happen, we would have anyone together

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speaking or seeking support are helping us plan,

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if we did not have Comic Relief Small charities like

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us, we can't do it without the support

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of organisations like Comic Relief. And I have looked

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after her since birth. If it wasn't for Comic

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Relief, they wouldn't be able to do the job that they

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are doing to help us. I think I can speak on behalf

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of all the carers - I think I am the oldest carer here -

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to say a very heartfelt thanks. Everyone there obviously grateful

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for the money and support that they are receiving. That is one of the

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many causes that your donations can help. Every penny counts, and we

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will be hearing how you have been doing your bit for Comic Relief

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2017. Now the weather. I will give you

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this after the weather. A chilly breeze. A cool edge. Today was

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beautiful. Lovely springtime shots. Dramatic skies. Sunny spells in

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Dorset. And how about a windswept blossom tree?

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More of those springtime scenes over the weekend. Tonight is a quiet

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night. But a bit of a breeze. That will make things feel fresh. With

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the clear skies overhead as well we can expect our temperatures to take

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a tumble. Towns and cities likely to see those of around three or 4

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degrees. Most of us will escape a frost. 18 easterly breeze. Perhaps

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one or two sheltered spots to the north of our region seeing a touch

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of frost. And maybe a patch or two of frock, freezing fog. A fine and

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bright day after it lifts. For much of the region. Some cloud here and

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there. Good sunny spells during the day. Warm once again in the shelter

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with highs of 14 degrees. The north-easterly flow will take the

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edge of those temperatures. For coastal spots, those strongest

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winds. Tomorrow night, quite clear skies in the most part. Again, a bit

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of a breeze as a future. Our temperatures likely to hold out at

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around four or 5 degrees. Fresh, need the first thing Sunday. We

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still have this area of high pressure, keeping things settled on

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Sunday. More cloud but the wind is looking degrees as we can see those

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buyers he's apart. The summary for the coming days. Not too bad this

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weekend. Good sunshine on Saturday. Wind easing down through Sunday.

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Good brightness, more cloud. Into the new working week, not too badly.

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Some sunny spells. And those longer, lighter evenings because the clocks

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go forward on Saturday night. FUNKY TUNE.. Full of sun straight after

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South Today. Now back... We have matching. I have met oversized

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T-shirt. I have stolen this flashing thing. From my children. But this is

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not think about what the people of the South have been doing. Custard,

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cakes, dancing, cycling. All in the name of Red Nose Day.

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This was a huge clue about what day this was.

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Selwood's headquarters in Chandlers Ford helping to remind

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At the Costello School in Basingstoke 220 students

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and staff swapped red noses for custard raising ?1200

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I was really looking forward to it because it is for charity

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and you get is that people in the face, so it is fun.

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Since last Red Nose Day in the South, Comic Relief has made

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200 grants totalling more than ?1.5 million .

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Hoping to add to that total were these pupils

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at Wallop Primary School near Stockbridge some of many to

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Including the Churcher's College Junior School in Liphook.

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What do you call a deer without any limbs?

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at Emmer Green Primary School in Reading.

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Of course Comic Relief is all about making people laugh

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and this improvised comedy at Brockenhurst college is certainly

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Heartrates were also being raised across the South to encourage

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donations with a rowathon for pupils and staff at Wildern

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A sponsored cycle at the South Eastern Hampshire clinical

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A five-a-side charity football tournament at The Oracle

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Whatever the event, there's one goal for Comic Relief -

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If you are not sure how to make your donation, there are still tickets

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for the orchestral deck Avalon. 2pm, for 40 5pm, 7pm. -- deck

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-- decathalon. Don't go anywhere. Stay on BBC One for a mammoth night

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of sketches and much more. You are always generous. There is how to

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donate. Enjoy the evening. I cannot wait for the carpool karaoke. We

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will go back and finish off with the orchestral deck Avalon. --

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decathalon. Good night.

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