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Hello I'm Jo Kent, welcome to South Today.

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In tonight's programme: Failing the frail -

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the South's care homes deemed just not good enough.

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The campaign to get older people back into work.

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I think life's too short to stand still and it's important to keep

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moving and to keep looking at the opportunities.

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Who's the last English person to lift the football World Cup?

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It's a Jill, and she's from right here in the South.

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There was a place called Pitt Street in Pompey and my dad

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used to take us there, my brother and I.

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Those were my first memories of going to watch the games.

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The Hampshire company offering a ride of a lifetime,

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"Simply not good enough" - that's the finding of a new report

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out today which shows that a worrying number of care

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homes in the South fall below required standards.

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Figures on care home performance, gathered by the charity

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Independent Age show that in the South West region,

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more than one in five homes was rated as "requires improvement"

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In the South East region, that figure goes up to more

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In Portsmouth, almost half of care homes fell

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And other parts of the South weren't far behind.

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Tom Hepworth is live for us tonight from a care home in Weymouth.

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As we know, lots of people come down here to the south coast to retire,

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and in years to come, we might expect to live in a care home like

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this one. This care home was given a good overall rating by the Care

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Quality Commission but many are finding things difficult at the

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moment. Although more people need care, there's less money pay for it.

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Care homes are taking a financial hit.

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The weekly cost for a resident with moderate needs here is around

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If it didn't have private or self-funding residents,

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70% of this home's costs are staff, and recruitment and retention

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is a big issue, particularly for people from abroad.

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It's almost exclusively now staffed by people from overseas, and so I

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don't know what the plans after that, but that is put in doubt into

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the mind of these nurses as well. They are thinking, well, if this is

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the attitude to us in this country, we will go back home. That will be

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the worst thing that could happen and it's already happening. Every

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day we wrestle with our rotors, trained nurses.

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While funding has been cut, care homes are facing

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more exacting standards, but there are questions

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about whether the Care Quality Commission's doing

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They are not supporting managers who are struggling to comply, who want

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to comply, and they are not actually supporting them and saying, look, if

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you do it this way, you won't get this result next time.

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Though care was rated good at all four council-run

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homes in Portsmouth, the CQC found they

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required improvement, including Edinburgh House.

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We did ask the city council for an interview but were told

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In a statement, it said robust action plans have been put in place,

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staff will be better supervised and they'll improve

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the joined-up management of care across the system.

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But the care worker I spoke to here said it was better run

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than many of the private homes she'd worked in, and said caring should be

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There are 18,000 vacancies for people to come and work in social

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care and health in Hampshire. That means if every single child leaving

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school with GCSEs this summer went to work in health and social care,

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they still wouldn't feel all the vacancies. People are paid not good

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wages. I'm not sure in society we really value them.

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This is by no means a problem specific to Portsmouth.

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The number of people over 85 has increased by nearly a third

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in little more than a decade, and although the Government's

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increased funding for adult social car by ?2 billion,

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increased funding for adult social care by ?2 billion,

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budgets have been cut by more than double that since 2010.

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Care is costing more and we're all going to have to foot the bill.

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The detail will be in the Government's green paper due

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Earlier today, I spoke to Nadra Ahmed, from

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the National Care Association, which represents care homes.

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I started by asking her what needed to be done to tackle the problem.

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I think the situation could improve if we had a very honest discussion

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about what social care actually means. What we've got at this moment

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in time is, we're actually looking after people with very complex

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health care needs, so there should be a health budget that is

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supporting that. So we didn't, as social care providers historically,

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look after people who were dying, people with incontinence, people who

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might have had a stroke and recovering. But that is the norm in

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social care services now, especially in nursing homes, where we will have

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feeding and all of that. So these are nursing tasks, but there's no

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nursing money coming towards us for that. So we've got to look at the

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tasks and say, we actually defining social care properly? Is it all down

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to funding? No, we've also got a real problem with recruitment and

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getting qualified nurses and managers into the sector, and we

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know today the report says 900 people are exiting the social care

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workforce. All of that has to be filled, and I don't think we are

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getting that right, because the image is so poor. We all know

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councils are very strapped for cash and they don't have the money for

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social care. How confident are you things can improve unless there is

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that extra money? They were given extra money but they are using it in

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a very different way and we were worried about it going to front line

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staff. I'm not confident local authorities will do the best for the

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social care provision and I think they will let down users in their

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communities, the people who have already paid for their care through

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their taxes and national insurance, and actually local authorities

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should be holding their heads down in shame when their staff are being

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paid more than they are prepared to invest in social care. What does all

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this mean for residents and their families? I think it's an uncertain

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time. There is some really good provision at there but we've got to

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be really careful because families have less choice, and we've got to

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think about that, because homes are closing. The viability issue is a

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real one and if you've got a poor report that requires improvement,

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you can't get people into the service because contracts are being

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withdrawn and then it has an effect on the viability of that business,

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so this is a very worrying time for those who use our business.

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It's been revealed that there are almost twice as many unemployed

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people over the age of 50 in parts of Hampshire than unemployed

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Now a local MP is working to encourage older jobless people

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East Hampshire MP Damian Hinds has organised an event in Alton today

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helping 50-somethings build the contacts and confidence to get

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back into the workplace or change careers.

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Figures show that there are 35,000 50-to-64-year-olds registered

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But Age UK says that these figures might be much higher as many

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over-50s surveyed say they're retired because they've given up

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Something I could really wake up and think, how exciting, I'm going to do

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that. Pennie Hames set up her own

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gardening business in her 50s. She says the change of direction has

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changed her life for the better. That's something Jenny

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would like to find. I am part-time and I'm looking for

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how I can slightly change my working pattern over the next few years, and

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I thought this was a good idea, just to see what there is out there.

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People are leaving the workforce earlier than we did...

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There are almost a million people not to work in the second half of

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their career who would like to be in work. We also know there are lots of

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people who have required -- retired to subsequently regret that

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decision. From new jobs to retraining

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and voluntary options, there's no shortage of ideas

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and inspiration at this event, with speakers like TV MasterChef

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winner Jane Devonshire. I've been a stay-at-home mum for 18

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years and it was a difficult situation. You start looking at

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boards for jobs and nothing seems to be appealing to somebody who's 50

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plus, and you might have a lot to offer, but what? A careers fair for

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the over 50s? Surely it's young people they are after. Not at all.

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We have people at 18 going up to 65, 66 years old. It's having people

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skills, life skills to deal with people, treat them with humanity and

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respect. You get a lot back from them.

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I've been inspired and I hope it shows something to all of us, my

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friends as well, that there's something for you. If you do

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something you love, you're going to want to do it really well, and

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that's rather exciting at this end of life.

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Pennie Hames ending that report by David Allard.

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A former scout leader has been jailed for nine years for sexually

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Paul John Cherrett was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court today

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after pleading guilty to a string of sex offences against boys.

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The 62-year-old joined the scouting movement in 1972 and had a number

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of roles in the Dorset area during that time.

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Police investigating a fire at a tower block in Southampton have

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Officers say the 28-year-old is still under investigation.

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Sunday's fire at Redbridge Towers completely destroyed

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No-one was seriously injured and firefighters managed

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to prevent the blaze spreading to neighbouring flats.

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The cause of the fire is not yet known.

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Still to come on South Today, Alexis is out enjoying the sunshine.

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It has been a glorious sunny day today but will it be like this for

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the Easter weekend? Find out very shortly.

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It's a battle as bitter as anything fought by the rabbits

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The controversial scheme to build on the landscape which inspired

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Watership Down has turned a new chapter.

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The development, near Newbury, originally one of the biggest

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plans in West Berkshire history, will go ahead but with far fewer

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By all expectations, this should now be one

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of the biggest developments in Newbury's history.

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But there's not a digger, a brickie, even a surveyor insight.

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But there's not a digger, a brickie, even a surveyor in sight.

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This development was meant to meet much of West Berkshire's housing

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need for years to come when it was given the

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But as you can see, on the surface at least,

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Always a controversial scheme, campaigners who have rallied

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to protect the real-life setting for Watership Down say

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what's happened here, or rather what hasn't,

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I didn't want this to go ahead in the first place but once planning

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permission has been given, it's outrageous that these

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developers and these landowners can sit for five years on this land

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The falling-out between the developers means one now plans

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to build around two thirds of the homes they first proposed.

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Even that's led the council to raise concerns about congestion.

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The developers say they're working to address those worries.

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But across town, here near the headquarters of Vodafone,

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the delays have allowed developers to overturn the council's rejection

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of their plans for homes on land originally passed over in favour

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The developers have got the council over a barrel.

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They can sit and wait until the council concedes to their way...

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I think people will always say "I told you so".

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People will always say we didn't listen, and yet we did.

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I think we took everything into account when we were doing our

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local plan and we delivered a sound local plan.

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It seems certain these fields will be developed one day, but when,

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that's one question no-one can answer with confidence just yet.

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An investigation has been launched into the death of a man held

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at an immigration removal centre in Dorset.

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The 43-year-old man, who has not been identified,

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died at The Verne, in Portland, on Sunday.

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His death comes weeks after concerns were raised about the effects

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of detention on the 500 immigrants being held at the establishment.

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Firefighters are tonight tackling a heathland and gorse fire

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covering three hectares of Yateley Common in Hampshire.

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Hampshire Fire Rescue say they've sent three engines and a landrover

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from Rushmoor and Yateley to the fire.

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It's the second time the area has been ablaze in less than a week.

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It was a violent encounter which lasted seconds.

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And now a jury will decide whether a young student is guilty

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of manslaughter after killing a man with just one punch.

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Ryan Cooper hit fellow Isle of Wight resident Gary Stacey after a night

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But he claims it was in self-defence after he was accosted

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The prosecution say it was an unprovoked attack.

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Ben Moore reports form Winchester Crown Court.

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Mr justice will be listed the events that led to tragedy in the early

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hours of Valentine's Day last year. A tragedy that centres around two

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people from the Isle of Wight, 20-year-old Ryan Cooper and

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49-year-old Gary Stacey. Ryan Cooper was a law student at Southampton

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University out with friends after returning to Newport at the weekend.

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He was rejected from the pub at around 2:30am. Gary Stacey had also

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been there. But it was on the street just before 4am when the two met.

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The court was reminded how Ryan Cooper and other witnesses

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maintained Gary Stacey had threatened to knock him out after

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confusing him with a different group of people. What is captured on CCTV

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and not in dispute is that Ryan Cooper punched Mr Stacey. The

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defence say Ryan Cooper was acting in self defence, trying to ward off

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a fight. The prosecution says this is a cover-up and lies, after Gary

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Stacey died after falling to the pavement and receiving a blow to the

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head and a bleed to the brain. Friends and parents described him as

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distraught as he handed -- dialled 999 before handing himself in. But

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after three weeks of evidence, it is up to the jury to decide what

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happens. A community campaign

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to save a 105-year-old swimming pool The Arthur Hill Memorial Baths,

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in Reading, were closed in December after the Borough Council said it

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would cost ?700,000 to fully repair. Campaigners raised ?10,000 to start

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up a community interest But last night the council said

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the plan was not financially viable. The council will instead

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invest in new facilities Regrettably, the council decided

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they didn't want to work with the local community to open a local

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service. I don't feel we need to pack up and go home. There is a need

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for undertaking leisure and sports activity here, so we are looking to

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organise some local fitness and sports events at some period on a

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kind of pop-up basis. Not totally defeated there! We are

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talking sporting events and fitness clubs! Absolutely.

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Should be a really big Easter weekend. Could be very good for

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Brighton. Wolverhampton Wanderers on Friday. Possible promotion coming

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up! Very exciting! And Portsmouth fans, after such a tough time.

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Promotion is coming, it is just a question of when. But they will be

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backed by a full house on Friday and then a travelling army of 4000 at

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Notts County on Monday. They could secure promotion over Easter

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weekend. 18,000 sell-out for that match. Promotion could come on

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Monday in the East Midlands at Meadow Lane. Results permitting, of

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course, but we will keep right across it as we go into the weekend.

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We stay with Portsmouth to feature the only World Cup winner for

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England since 1966. Jill Ellis led the United States

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to women's World Cup glory in 2015. But Jill's life began in Hampshire

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as the daughter of a Naval officer. A family move to the US

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would change her life, She's been talking to us from her

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base stateside. It really is now the global game for

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women. The level of play has changed dramatically. The athleticism,

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technique, coaching, attacks. Everything is changing so much,

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advancing. It's now got a world fan base. The journey for Jo Ellis

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started in the Hampshire village of cow plane. She lived here till she

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was 15 and football was always in the family. The memories of those

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early years and the influence of her football-loving father, John, a

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Royal Marines Commando, live on. There was a place called Pitt street

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in Pompey and my dad used to take us there, my brother and me. When the

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men's game was going on we would go over and usually end up in a fight!

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Those were my first memories of going to watch the games. Afterwards

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my dad would take us into the clubhouse and I remember getting a

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bag of chips and a soda. This is what remains of her field of dreams.

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The old venue is a retail park in Portsmouth. The family upped sticks

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in 1980 and went to Virginia, where her dad started a soccer school. She

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may have become an international manager but such a big job wasn't

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always the plan. I went to college to play some football and obviously

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get an education. I never wanted to be a coach. I went on a different

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tangent and worked in the business world for a couple of years as a

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technical writer. Got a call to go and do an assistant job at a college

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and university and I said, guessed, and I took a job and a leap of

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faith. It's obviously spiralled since there in terms of what I've

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been able to do. Jill, who was born in 1966, led the US to a World Cup

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victory and the rear Olympics, and with the women's game growing around

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the world, competition has become that much harder. -- the Rio

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Olympics. Does that mean more challenges for the team? Of course.

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The girl with the can-do attitude. Good story. And I love the way she's

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retained some of that Hampshire. She talks about. But a bit of American,

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chips and soda. She means crisps and a drink!

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Never forgotten her roots. That's brilliant.

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It's been another lovely day today. Let's take a look at some of your

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pictures first. This is a lunar halo.

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And this is in Dorset. That's the rapeseed from the air near

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Basingstoke. Thank you for your pictures.

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We are going to get the weather now. We sent Alexis out this evening.

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She's that Mayflower Park. Making the most of it because I understand

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it's going to get a bit cloudier? That's right, a bit cloudier over

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the next few days, but today was lovely, with a high of 16. Elsewhere

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in land highs of 15. This is the satellite picture from earlier on.

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We are looking at increasing cloud the most of us overnight, especially

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during the second part, and that's that swathe of cloud moving

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eastwards from the Atlantic. The westerly breeze is becoming quite

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brisk through this evening and will stay so overnight tonight.

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Temperatures will fall away to around 6-7 degrees in urban areas

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but possibly down to four or five in the countryside, so a fair amount of

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cloud by dawn, and a lot cloudier tomorrow than today. Through the

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morning, temperatures that eight or nine with some brighter spells, but

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a good deal of cloud. Through the afternoon, with the thickening

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cloud, we could have the odd spot of rain, being more likely the further

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north you are. Up in Berkshire, for example. Temperatures reaching 12 or

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13 Celsius. Tomorrow night, the cloud starts to melt away and the

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rain eases through the hours of Thursday morning, so turning chilly

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in the countryside to start Thursday. Temperatures could drop to

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as low as four or five, but more like six or seven in urban areas.

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Temperatures around 11-13 each day but there will be some brighter

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spells and a good deal of dry weather as well. Friday and Saturday

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possibly the odds of that -- scattered showers. On Easter Sunday

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and Easter Monday, mainly dry with a good deal of cloud, but some

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brighter spells. Back to the studio. There are some areas synonymous with

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the beautiful cars they produce. BMW in Bavaria, Ferrari

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in Maranello, Ford in Detroit. Tucked away in a Hampshire farm

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is a project to create a racing car to quicken the pulse of car

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enthusiasts the world over. BBC South's own petrol-head,

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transport correspondent Paul Clifton, couldn't resist

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taking a ride. Take a look at Britain's newest car

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from a brand-new manufacturer. The Elemental is light, fast and fun.

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It's also quite expensive. What does ?100,000 by you? Well, it doesn't

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buy a roof! It doesn't buy doors! And on this car, it doesn't buy a

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windscreen either. The seats are made of carbon fibre and there's no

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padding. It's quite awkward to get yourself in! Because you end up with

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your feet level with your waist, just like you do in a Formula 1 car.

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But what it does have is performance. 0-60 in well under

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three seconds. 0-100 in under six seconds. This is essentially a

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road-legal racing car. The car weighs next to nothing. It is all

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about aerodynamic downforce. At a small industrial unit hidden away on

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a Hampshire farm, the next car is nearly ready. 75% of this vehicle

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comes from within 15 miles of this factory. We've got a lot of very

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small, very advanced manufacturing capability in this area. There are

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eight staff and half of them used to work for the McLaren Formula 1 team.

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It's got racing technology and ideas in it but is still designed to drive

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on the road. Obviously if you go to track and you haven't got a speed

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limit, you can really start pushing the car, and is capable of doing

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things most cars cannot do outside of dedicated racing machines. To

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reach the luggage space, you have to open the engine cover. You probably

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wouldn't take this car to the supermarket! Somebody who buys this

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could equally buy a Ferrari, a Porsche, a McLaren, a Lamborghini.

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Why would they buy yours? They could buy those cars but this is the only

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road-going car in the world with anything like the levels of

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downforce you can generate with this car. The aerodynamics are straight

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out of Formula 1 prototype arena. We're never going to be a Lotus or

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an Aston Martin, selling 100 -- hundreds of thousands of cars.

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That's not our ambition. We are looking at opening up into the

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American, European and worldwide markets and ultimately selling

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anything from 40, 50, up to 60 cars a year. This car really belongs on a

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racetrack. It is perhaps the most bonkers car I've ever driven on the

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public highway! Paul Clifton, BBC South today, Hampshire.

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And you can see he's loving every minute of it! Fantastic!

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Finally, there's a strange new feature that's appeared off

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the Sussex coast at Lancing in the last week.

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A digger which was working on a cable trench for

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the Rampion Offshore wind farm first became stuck and then was swamped

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A recovery vessel has now arrived with a giant crane

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but the construction company says it may take weeks to

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A local paper asked its readers to name the stranded digger.

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That's all from us this evening! What a way to finish! Thanks for

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your company tonight. Goodbye. There have never been

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so many people in work - that's what the Government

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keeps telling us. But what's the reality of this

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Tory jobs bonanza? Well, if you're one of the millions

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of people working on

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