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Radio Solent,5 mins

Weymouth sea swimmers 'long overdue' hug

Steve Harris

Available for over a year

BBC Radio Solent's Dorset reporter Laurence Herdman speaks to Weymouth sea swimmers Claire and Christian, who've hugged for the first time in months, just after 0700 this morning. And Dorset breakfast presenter Steve Harris spoke to holistic massage therapist Sarah MacDermot, based in Cattistock, about the physiological science behind human contact.

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