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The Sikh community in #Gravesend has come together to make fresh hot food for lorry drivers stuck on the #M20 . More than 1,450 lorries remain stuck in #Kent unable to leave Britain due to a travel ban imposed by France. @RaviSinghKA @Khalsa_Aid More:
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Watch the moment Leo the cat disappears under the Dean of Canterbury's robes as he gives a sermon! Footage from Canterbury Cathedral
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Kate, Princess of Wales, speaks movingly to mourners in Windsor and tells them 'We're all having to be brave'. Full story:
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The owner of a donkey, whose baby was stolen on Monday, says it's been 'crying' ever since.
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Three dogs from Battersea watch on as Paul O'Grady completes his final journey through the village he loved so dearly.
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The PM @BorisJohnson has been in #Sandhurst to attend the Sovereign's Parade. As he inspected the newest Officer Cadets, the band played a range of well-known tunes, including The Imperial March from Star Wars. More here:
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Exclusive video obtained by ITV Meridian shows the moment a worker is rescued from a burning building in Reading. Read more:
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Two horses were seen pausing and bowing their heads as Paul O'Grady's funeral procession passed by their field, before following the hearse for a short while.
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A giant banner displaying the words 'We still love EU' has been unveiled on the White Cliffs of #Dover . @AntonyHookMEP crowdfunded for the 150 square metre banner in less than 24 hours. More:
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Three dogs from Battersea say goodbye to Paul O'Grady as he completes his final journey through the village he loved.
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Paul O'Grady's funeral procession has begun, as thousands of people lined the streets to pay their respects. Read more:
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Watch the first in a series of special reports by @staceypooleITV on the children living with Long Covid.
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Watch the moment stolen three-month-old baby donkey Moon is reunited with her owner. Video courtesy of @MillersArk
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Just in. #OneDirection fans flocked to Wiltshire today to meet @Louis_Tomlinson . He was signing copies of his debut solo album at a record shop in Marlborough.
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Pc Wayne Couzens, 48, has pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to the kidnap and rape of Sarah Everard. In March, her body was discovered in woodland near Ashford, Kent.
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The #cats of Canterbury Cathedral are at it again! 🐱 This time it's Tiger who's getting all the attention, after helping himself to the milk during Dean Robert's sermon! More here: @No1Cathedral #Canterbury
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Check out @BGT finalist @WaddingtonIsaac chatting to Fred and Sangers after his GCSE exam. http://t.co/5cRfiKW9v4 http://t.co/cmwmLIDdLd
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Singer needs double lung transplant - amazing video. Retweets appreciated. @Charles_MDuke
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Lucky #TakeThat fans had a surprise last night at the @mayflower when @GaryBarlow @OfficialMarkO and @HowardDonald took to the stage!
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Great news for these stunning animals- 'Forever home' for rescued circus #tigers @IsleofWight_zoo
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Endurance swimmer Chloe McCardel has completed a record-breaking crossing of the English Channel! 🏊‍♀️🥽 She landed in Calais just before 7am this morning. The 35-year-old took 10 hours and 40 minutes to make her 35th Channel crossing. Well done, Chloe!
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Tributes pour in as paramedic who died in crash between ambulance and cement lorry in Kent is named as 21-year-old Alice Clark
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Emily Saville's family say they've been left with no choice but to register her as disabled after Long Covid left her unable to walk unaided. Click to watch the second in a series of special reports by @StaceyPooleITV . #LongCovid #LongCovidKids #Covid
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. @CatsProtection has launched a campaign to allow tenants to keep their cats when living in rented accommodation. It's one of the main reasons why so many cats need rehoming.
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Next week ITV News Meridian will be bringing you a special series of reports - speaking to some of the thousands of children affected by long Covid and the impact it's had on their families. With more, here's @StaceyPooleITV 👇
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The next crucial #Brexit vote takes place tomorrow (Tuesday). What is your current thinking? We have three choices for you in this ITV News Meridian poll:
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Some famous faces are taking part in Soccer Aid. @onedirection @ollyofficial @socceraid
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Stockbridge in Hampshire is still in the dark after @piersmorgan pressed the plunger to switch on the Christmas lights!
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Fred Dinenage to leave ITV Meridian at Christmas
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We spotted former UKIP leader @Nigel_Farage drinking a pint in a pub (where else!) in Windsor. He’s here with US TV @foxandfriends and says "Anything that brings Britain and America closer together is a good thing." #royalwedding2018 🇬🇧🇺🇸
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Wokingham Borough Council is trying to find out who stuck this phone to #Sonning Bridge. The council says for flooding concerns people should call Floodline on 03459881188 but not from this phone! 📞 📸: @WokinghamBC
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Joy for retired Dorset Police dog Vinnie who can run again - after becoming paralysed - thanks to his new wheelchair
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Hampshire teenager Charlotte Simpson who had ‘extreme tummy upset’ is one of youngest ever to die of #bowelcancer Her parents want to raise awareness that cancer has no age limits. @bowelcanceruk @TeenageCancer
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Our very own Fred Dinenage has taken the decision to #selfisolate with his wife given the latest #coronavirus guidelines around social distancing. Despite having no symptoms he's decided to take this precaution. We can't wait to see him back on our screens in the near future! 📺
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103-year-old Joan Willet has raised thousands for @TheBHF by walking up the steep hill near her residential home in #Hastings every day for the last six weeks! She'll keep going until her birthday on Sunday. Well done Joan! More here:
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A 99-year-old woman who lives in #Hampshire is thought to be the oldest Briton to recover from coronavirus. Carrie Pollock has praised the 'wonderful' hospital staff who saved her life after she contracted #Covid -19. For more:
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Hero's welcome for @jeremycorbyn at @TolpuddleFest . Here's our report:
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Watch: HRH Princess Anne officially opens the Alford School of Military Music in Portsmouth.
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Chef @raymond_blanc has praised the #NHS staff at the John Radcliffe Hospital in #Oxford who treated him for Covid-19. He says he'll organise a "big party" for them when he can, to thank them for everything they've done. More: @OUHospitals
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30,000 people from Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Hampshire celebrate major religious convention @pressahmadiyya
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8-year-old Sophia from #Southampton has been wished a happy birthday today... by her whole street! Happy birthday! 🎂 Have the sound on for this! 🔈
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PLEASE KEEP VOTING. As you all know, the next crucial #Brexit vote takes place later today. What is your current thinking? We have three choices for you in this ITV News Meridian poll:
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Man clings to back of bus to catch free ride home
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Historian @KateWilliamsme say's she hopes beads once owned by Mary Queen fo Scots have been stolen by a collector so that they could be resurfaced one day. Items worth £1 million were stolen from Arundel Castle on the weekend. @ArundelCastle 🏰🪙
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More owners needed to take on Old Age Pooches (OAPs), says @DogsTrust
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Guess who's just popped into the newsroom to prepare for his return tomorrow? Complete with a few essentials, including cleansing wipes! @freddinenageITV #WelcomeBackFred
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@schoey123pne @pnefc Hi Dale, can we please use this photo in our programmes and digital coverage? Also, would you mind giving us a follow so we can DM you please? Thanks!
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Twenty thousand epaulettes and badges have been donated from emergency services around the world. They have been used to make a mural in memory of PC Andrew Harper, who died in the line of duty last August.
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Six people have been injured as a 'mass brawl' breaks out on P&O cruise ship #Britannia returning to #Southampton . Two men from Chigwell in Essex have been arrested on suspicion of assault. Latest here:
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'Great Escape' D-Day veteran celebrates his 90th B-Day http://t.co/mo1HUKnvoy http://t.co/f0odOKT0js
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WATCH: A huge section of the White Cliffs of Dover has collapsed It happened this afternoon near the Samphire Hoe nature reserve
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BREAKING: Former #Dover MP Charlie Elphicke has been sentenced to a total of two years imprisonment for three counts of sexual assault against two women. He has also been ordered to pay £35,000 towards the prosecutions costs, within 12 months.
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Nearly 30 pilot whales spotted in the River Medway http://t.co/RyrEf987or http://t.co/1yiMhgi3jx
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. @SouthamptonFC legend @FrannyBenali has been meeting patients and staff at Southampton General Hospital and opened their new £2.2million Urology centre🏥 The centre includes a new diagnostic chair which prevents the need for patients to go to theatre for prostate cancer tests.
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A neo-Nazi couple from #Banbury have been found guilty of being members of the extreme right-wing organisation National Action. Adam Thomas and Claudia Patatas gave their child the middle name Adolf which Thomas said was in "admiration" of Hitler. More:
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A paddleboarder had a surprising companion off the coast of #Poole this week, while they were out enjoying the sunshine. ☀️ A seal popped up out of the water beside them, and decided to climb on board! 🦭 📹: Cenk Albayrak-Touye
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Windsor's M&S has changed its name in honour of the #royalwedding #windsor #meghanmarkle #meghanandharry
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This is Britain's last #DDay landing craft. She's being restored by @NatMuseumRN to look like she did in 1944. LCT 7074 will eventually go on display in #Portsmouth . @RoyalNavy @PHDockyard @TheDDayStory
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Solstice-watchers have been celebrating the perfect sunrise at #Stonehenge . Thousands gathered at the ancient monument to celebrate the #SummerSolstice
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It's just a jump to the left! 👠 👄 🎶   We caught up with @MrDuncanJames in #Oxford as he begins his role as Frank 'N' Furter in the iconic Rocky Horror Show! @rockyhorroruk @NewTheatreOx #rockyhorror
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A post box topper dedicated to Paul O'Grady has been spotted and is hoping to help raise funds for rescue cats and dogs 🐶🐱
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Craig David signs for @SouthamptonFC ? What? Is #CraigDavid any good at football? Actually, he's not bad!
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Izzy travelled from Israel to Southampton in a shipping container without food or water. The interviewee is Karen Clarke from @catsprotection charity.
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A meteor has been caught on camera falling from the sky near the Port of #Southampton . Credit: Solent Ships
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Lissie Harper, the widow of Pc Andrew Harper, said she was 'encouraged' by her meeting on Wednesday with Home Secretary Priti Patel to harness support for her Harper’s Law campaign. @ukhomeoffice @pritipatel More here:
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Thousands have signed a #petition calling for lights to be installed around a lake at the University of #Reading , after a body was found in the search for a missing student. #DanielWilliams was last seen just after midnight on Thursday morning. More:
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All victims from the #Reading terror attack on Saturday have been named. In the last hour, we have learned of David Wails, a senior scientist at a global chemicals company. Joe Ritchie-Bennett was a pharmaceutical worker. James Furlong was a history and politics teacher.
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Elliot the sneezing cat is looking for a new home. He just can't help sneezing, and it's putting potential owners off! He's being cared for by @CatsProtection
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Banksy has confirmed the artwork that appeared on the side of the Reading jail on Monday WAS him. In an Instagram video entitled 'Create Escape' the artist can be seen painting on the side of the jail at night. More here:
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Global superstar Christina Aguilera has been announced as a headliner for this year's @PrideBrighton . She will perform for the delayed 30th anniversary celebrations due to be held on Saturday 6 August at Preston Park.
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Dog in #Dorset who weighed the same as baby elephant makes dramatic weight loss and is now desperate to find his forever home @RSPCA_official 🐾 🐾
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More than 300,000 people have been soaking up the sun on what's expected to be the busiest #BrightonPride ever. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 @PrideBrighton #BritneyIsComing #BrightonPride2018
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Meet Billy, one of the hundreds of puppies abandoned after Christmas @DogsTrust
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Congratulations to @FDinenage and @SangeetaITV who are this week celebrating 12 years together presenting on @itvmeridian 🎉 They presented their first programme together on 9th February 2009 and have never looked back! Watch them reminisce on that first show 💗
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Born on the Wirral in Merseyside, he moved to the county and set up a small holding near Ashford for his menagerie of animals including dogs, goats, sheep, chickens, barn owls and also alpacas.
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NEW: The @RoyalNavy 's second super carrier @HMSPWLS leaves her dock in #Rosyth for the first time. Pics from @HMSPWLS More here:
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. @JeremyClarkson called a meeting with residents in the village of Chadlington after there was "gossip" in the village over the future of his farm. Read more:
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It's been a while....Guess who's back together again in the studio for the first time since March! Watch Meridian Tonight at 6pm on Monday for an emotional- and socially distanced- reunion.
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Just in case you didn't know - Fred Dinenage is back! Join him tonight at 6pm on ITV where he'll have all the latest news in the South East. 📺 We've missed you @FDinenage and we're sure our viewers have too! 🤩
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Celebrity campaigner @ElizabethHurley visits @BreastCancerHaven in Titchfield to raise awareness of breast cancer and the support available to patients and carers.
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Harry and Meghan at Edes House in Chichester, where they were shown the rare Sussex copy of the American Declaration of Independence. #HarryandMeghan
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The Royals of a different kind have been handing out early Christmas presents at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in #Reading . 🎁🎁 Five players from @ReadingFC met children on three wards at the RBH. The players donate their wages to pay for the presents themselves.
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Cessy Crascall is ITV Meridian's @PrideOfBritain Fundraiser of the Year for the east of the region. She's raised £134,000 for @DemelzaHospice with charity events from the Boxing Day Dip and a skydive, to local music events and raffles. More here:
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Jeremy Clarkson has lodged two appeals challenging against West Oxfordshire District Council's refusal of planning permission to extend the Diddly Squat Farm shop car park and the enforcement notice it issued for opening a restaurant without planning
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A dog has been reunited with her owner 18 months after she was stolen from her home near Ashford. Daisy the English Springer Spaniel was found by a member of the public 70 miles away in Berkshire.
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