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Hello, good afternoon, I'm Tom Hepworth -

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The top stories this lunchtime:

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A man from West Sussex is killed in Syria fighting against Isis.

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A fare deal or being taken for a ride?

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Protests at some stations as passengers are landed with price

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And the show must go on - the opera in need

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A 20-year-old man from Chichester has been killed

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in Syria fighting against so-called Islamic State.

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Kurdish forces say Ryan Lock died in an assault on the IS stonghold

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Our home affairs correspondent Emma Vardy joins me now.

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Ryan Lock went to school in haven't. about what happened?

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Ryan Lock went to school in haven't. We understand he was a chef here in

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the UK, with no military experience before travelling to fight in this

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area. We understand he travelled to Syria in August last year, but told

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friends and family he was going on holiday to Turkey. He later revealed

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on Facebook he was in fact on his way to Syria to join up with the

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Kurdish militant group, YPG. He's not the first person to do this, a

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number of other British volunteers have gone out to Syria to fight the

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so-called Islamic State of their own accord. The YPG confirmed his death

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in a letter to his family. He was involved in the liberation of

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a village, near al-Bab, from Isis. But was then bombed

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by Turkish aeroplanes. He lost two of his

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very close friends. But then, after that,

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he seemed to be more motivated, and actually requested to be

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transferred to a unit that was involved in the ongoing

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operation to liberate Raqqa. What has this family had to say?

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His family are said to be an absolute grief. His father described

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Ryan as a caring and loving boy who would do anything to help anyone. He

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said his family have asked for privacy to grieve. Ryan's former

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school also told us he was a well liked people. It's important point

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out that the British has been warning strongly for some time

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against any travelled to Syria, and particularly want against getting

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involved in any sort of foreign war. It's difficult to verify the

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numbers, but it is thought that Ryan Lock is the third person from

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Britain to be killed fighting against so-called Islamic state in

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Syria. Burglars have made off

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with a safe containing ?15,000 CCTV images show the men

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forcing their way into Cafe Parfait on Above Bar Street at around

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7:30pm on New Years Day. Police want anyone with any

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information to get in touch. There have been protests at railway

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stations across the South this morning as passengers have been hit

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with the annual rise The union-backed Action For Rail

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says some passengers are spending up to 14% of their income

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on a monthly season ticket. For most people, it's

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the first day back at work. If you travel by train,

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it's now more expensive. I've been commuting for nearly ten

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years now, and it's just gone up It might make the difference

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between me taking the train, which I'd rather, because it's

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better for the environment. The average increase of 2.3%

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in fares will mean the average cost per passengers will

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go up by around ?80. That means if you're

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travelling from Winchester to London Waterloo, it will now cost

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you just under ?5000. If you're travelling

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from Reading to London, That's the same as

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Guildford to London. And as for Chichester to London,

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it'll now just cost Today, campaigners are staging

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protests at a dozen They say public ownership

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would be better than This is purely a retail price index

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rise, which is effectively pegged to the additional

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prices that we're paying for the goods that we receive,

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and the prices that If you're commuter, often

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you don't have a choice, so you've got to take

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the train, probably. But for some people, it probably

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will affect their decision. Especially if the price

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of petrol comes down, because that's this thing they're

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measuring it against. The Government says it's spending

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billions modernising the railway, and that wages are growing

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faster than fares. A Dorset charity opening

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a new children's hospice in Wiltshire says it's

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struggling to find staff. Julia's House already provides

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respite for more than But it says a shortage of paediatric

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nurses has made it harder to recruit the staff needed

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for a new hospice in Wiltshire. Set in beautiful Hampshire

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countryside, a semi-derelict mansion called The Grange has hosted operas

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for nearly 20 years. When the resident company moved

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on it seemed the music might stop forever, but now a new team has

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taken on the venue, Music is in the air once

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again at The Grange, an exotic-looking mansion

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in the heart of the World-renowned countertenor

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Michael Chance is leading the team. For years, Grange Park Opera

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were the resident company. But after lengthy negotiations over

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the lease, they moved on last summer, taking

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with them their seats The new tenants, Grange Festival,

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are raising ?3 million It's a challenge, but we see it

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equally as an opportunity. Because the theatre has been left us

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in its rather empty state, Seat prices will range from ?10-185,

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with dining in the shabby chic The previous tenants,

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Grange Park Opera, are building a new theatre

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at West Horsley, in Surrey. So is there enough demand for

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two country house operas? We're here, this has

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been here for 18 years, and our predecessors are building

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an amazing new opera house, an hour and a quarter away

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from where we are. And I think there will be

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in expanding audience. It won't be the same

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audience choosing, oh, As well as money, practical

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donations are welcome too, as the company kits out backstage

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rehearsal and dressing rooms. You put out a call and said,

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we need fridges, we need a piano. And you get phone calls

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and e-mails saying, oh, we're just clearing out our house,

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and we've got all that stuff. With continued support

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from volunteers and donors, the team is confident of performing

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in a fully furnished theatre Lets get a look at the weather

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with Holly Green. A very cold start to things

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this morning, -6 degrees For many of us though,

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a lovely start. You can see some frost

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here as the robin tiptoes its way But for many of us,

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it has been a nice start. Sunshine and a bit more

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cloud, working into That will thicken a little

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bit more, I suspect. For the many us, especially

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for the south you are, it should be nice afternoon,

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plenty of bright skies overhead. Feeling chilly, highs

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of around 6 degrees. As we head into tonight, that cloud

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does tend to thicken further. It could thicken enough

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to give some patchy rain But most of us

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overnight will be dry. The breeze is tending to pick up,

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and that combination of breeze and cloud stops most of us

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from falling down too far tonight. These are typical temperatures,

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a patchy frost is a We head into Wednesday

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on quite a cloudy note. A bit of rain, in general though,

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are mostly dry day. The best of those appear

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in the afternoon, An improving picture for tomorrow,

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temperatures a shade higher But with those clear skies, it does

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mean a cold one for tomorrow night. A chilly day, but plenty of sunshine

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around, a bright picture. More cloud rolls in for Friday,

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and come Friday afternoon, some outbreaks of rain

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working their way in from the north So a mixed picture over the next few

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days, but a fair amount of dry That's the latest,

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thanks for being here. We'll be back with South Today

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at 6:30pm, here on BBC One. From all the lunchtime team,

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have a great afternoon. Panorama investigates

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have been warned about the risks?

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