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Welcome to South East Today. Tonight's top stories. Two kent | :00:30. | :00:32. | |
council workers are sacked for mocking disabled children on what | :00:33. | :00:36. | |
they called their wall of shame. We'll be live with the story in | :00:36. | :00:42. | |
Maidstone. Also tonight: The pride of Folkestone - Kent's Gurkhas sign | :00:42. | :00:44. | |
the country's first ever community covenant sealing their relationship | :00:44. | :00:49. | |
with the town. The South East's shot at Olympic Glory - Lord Coe | :00:49. | :00:52. | |
visits Kent, urging businesses to cash in on the greatest show on | :00:52. | :00:57. | |
earth. And the mystery of Chatham's hidden | :00:57. | :01:00. | |
Tudor Dockyard, unearthed on a new programme with comedian Rory | :01:00. | :01:10. | |
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At terminally ill man's family could lose their home in Kent after | :01:22. | :01:27. | |
his life insurers denied him a payout of more than �200,000 | :01:27. | :01:32. | |
because his policy was in its final year. Paul Holland was diagnosed | :01:32. | :01:36. | |
with a brain tumour just four months before his deal ended. His | :01:36. | :01:40. | |
insurers say they only pay out when terminal illness is diagnosed 12 | :01:40. | :01:44. | |
months before the policy ends. But the family say they will not be | :01:44. | :01:52. | |
able to keep their family home if the expected money is not paid out. | :01:52. | :02:00. | |
Paul Holland is dying. He only has days, perhaps even hours, to live. | :02:01. | :02:04. | |
But while his family spend their precious time they had left with | :02:04. | :02:07. | |
him, they have also had to cope with knowing that they won't be | :02:07. | :02:12. | |
able to afford to stay in their home after being denied his life | :02:12. | :02:19. | |
insurance payment. Paul had a life insurance pomp dash mac policies. | :02:19. | :02:24. | |
On them it stipulated that you could claim for a terminal illness. | :02:24. | :02:30. | |
But when Paul phoned up to tell them, they said that you could not | :02:30. | :02:34. | |
claim in the last year, you had to give them a year's notice which is | :02:34. | :02:38. | |
absolutely ridiculous. How can you give somebody a year's notice that | :02:38. | :02:47. | |
you're going to die? You don't know. The message she was to get out to | :02:47. | :02:53. | |
everybody is, check your policy, because nobody would ever think | :02:53. | :02:58. | |
this could happen. The insurers, Royal Liver, say they are committed | :02:58. | :03:03. | |
to treating customers fairly and paying valid claims but that | :03:03. | :03:05. | |
repairs will only be made it a person dies within the duration of | :03:05. | :03:10. | |
their policy or if they are terminal illness is diagnosed | :03:10. | :03:17. | |
before the final year of the policy. It is also off all to see Dad in | :03:17. | :03:21. | |
the pain he is end and for him then to be crying out that he is scared | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
that we are not going to be OK, it is so distressing because of | :03:24. | :03:29. | |
anything, we do want him to be as comfortable as he can. To think | :03:29. | :03:33. | |
that me and my mum could be homeless and to lose my father at | :03:33. | :03:37. | |
the same time and for her to lose her husband, I cannot even explain | :03:37. | :03:42. | |
what we're going through. Financial Ombudsman says cases like | :03:42. | :03:47. | |
this are rare but that is no comfort to the family who, in the | :03:47. | :03:55. | |
next few days, face losing their dad, her husband, and their homes. | :03:55. | :03:57. | |
Two members of staff accused of mocking children on a so-called | :03:57. | :04:01. | |
wall of shame in a Kent County Council office have been sacked by | :04:01. | :04:04. | |
the authority. It follows an investigation by the council into | :04:04. | :04:06. | |
allegations that workers at the school transport office singled out | :04:07. | :04:09. | |
photographs of disabled children and used abusive terms when | :04:09. | :04:14. | |
referring to them. You may find some of the language in this report | :04:14. | :04:22. | |
offensive. Children ridiculed by people | :04:22. | :04:25. | |
working in government. Their pictures discovered on an office | :04:25. | :04:33. | |
wall and staff allegedly calling them names. This kind of behaviour, | :04:33. | :04:38. | |
it dash mac if it had occurred in the playground, would have been | :04:38. | :04:43. | |
unacceptable. It is intimidating, demeaning, offensive and it touches | :04:43. | :04:48. | |
almost every family in the land. It is not a laughing matter. It was | :04:48. | :04:52. | |
alleged that the so-called wall of shame had been posted in an office | :04:52. | :04:56. | |
here at the Transport Department of Kent County Council. Its existence | :04:56. | :05:01. | |
only came to light when a horrified member of staff, a whistleblower, | :05:01. | :05:06. | |
sent a photograph of the wall to the media. There was a tower licked | :05:06. | :05:10. | |
the photo in May of this year. Kent County Council immediately | :05:10. | :05:14. | |
suspended a member of staff and launched a investigation. Now the | :05:14. | :05:17. | |
council has revealed to workers have been sacked and two others | :05:17. | :05:22. | |
disciplined. Today the leader of the council apologise. Behaviour | :05:22. | :05:26. | |
like this is totally abhorrent and I apologise if any families have | :05:26. | :05:33. | |
been affected by what went on in that office. But at my interview | :05:34. | :05:38. | |
with him was a tense one, especially when asked him whether | :05:38. | :05:41. | |
the two disciplined members of staff still working for the council | :05:41. | :05:46. | |
were either working with children are handling their data. I cannot | :05:46. | :05:52. | |
give you that information, we have over 20,000 employees and it is | :05:52. | :05:55. | |
impossible for me to no information of that detail but to have been | :05:55. | :06:00. | |
dismissed and to have had serious disciplinary action taken against | :06:00. | :06:06. | |
them. Will you be working if they are still working with children? | :06:06. | :06:11. | |
I'm happy to do so. A doesn't concern you? I don't know the | :06:11. | :06:15. | |
nature of their involvement, it may have been a light touch or not but | :06:15. | :06:19. | |
I was not part of the investigation, therefore I am not aware of the | :06:19. | :06:23. | |
details of the investigation. County Council says it now hopes it | :06:23. | :06:32. | |
can draw a line under the incident. I understand a council today has | :06:32. | :06:36. | |
revealed there was an investigation into this department before May? | :06:36. | :06:41. | |
That's right, they told me there were whispers some time before | :06:41. | :06:43. | |
there was a Lord came forward, but there was inappropriate behaviour | :06:43. | :06:49. | |
going on in this department. The tick investigative action to look | :06:49. | :06:53. | |
into those actions but they found no evidence so it was only when the | :06:53. | :06:57. | |
whistle Blower accent that photograph to the media, that they | :06:57. | :07:00. | |
finally had their evidence and could search people's desks and | :07:00. | :07:05. | |
take the action that they have done. Other council confirmed they can | :07:05. | :07:10. | |
prevent this happening again? they have told me today that the | :07:10. | :07:14. | |
action they had taken against these members of staff was extremely | :07:14. | :07:19. | |
serious. Two people have lost dash mac lost their jobs and two others | :07:19. | :07:23. | |
seriously disciplined and that says a strong message to the teams | :07:23. | :07:27. | |
across a console, that this is the kind of behaviour that will not be | :07:27. | :07:35. | |
tolerated. In a moment: Students protesting | :07:35. | :07:42. | |
about fees. Folkestone has been the home to | :07:42. | :07:44. | |
thousands of Kent's Gurkhas and their families for years and today | :07:45. | :07:47. | |
that relationship took another step forward with the signing of the | :07:47. | :07:51. | |
country's first ever Armed Forces Community Covenant. There is a long | :07:51. | :07:54. | |
history between the Gurkha's and the British Army. They first served | :07:54. | :07:59. | |
as troops under contract to the East India Company in 1817. In 1994, | :07:59. | :08:01. | |
the four Gurkha Regiments were combined to form The Royal Gurkha | :08:01. | :08:04. | |
Rifles, and in 1998 their UK base was moved to Shornecliffe in | :08:04. | :08:12. | |
Folkestone. The soldiers have remained highly regarded in the | :08:12. | :08:22. | |
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town ever since. When they returned from a tour of | :08:22. | :08:27. | |
Afghanistan, the message from well- wishers was Clear. Folkestone is | :08:27. | :08:31. | |
your home. Today the district went a stage further, signing a covenant | :08:31. | :08:35. | |
with the military. For the commanding officer, this | :08:35. | :08:40. | |
strengthens the bond between the Regiment and the community. One of | :08:40. | :08:45. | |
the proudest moments was marching through Folkestone in to 1009 when | :08:45. | :08:51. | |
the many thousands of people came out to applaud my soldiers as they | :08:51. | :08:55. | |
were walking through the town but it is now a recognition of the | :08:55. | :08:57. | |
support that military personnel and their families and veterans of the | :08:57. | :09:01. | |
choir. What does the Community Covenant mean? It is about breaking | :09:01. | :09:07. | |
down barriers and ensuring that the go-go community gets the support | :09:07. | :09:12. | |
when it needs it most. When the Gurkhas are a way, they are leaving | :09:12. | :09:17. | |
their families here, there ladies go through trauma as well as their | :09:17. | :09:22. | |
families and if we, as local government, local people can make | :09:22. | :09:28. | |
it easier for them, let's do it. Serving Gurkhas say they are | :09:28. | :09:35. | |
touched that Shepway has become First District Council to sign a | :09:35. | :09:45. | |
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covenant. This is good for not only the serving but also people who are | :09:48. | :09:52. | |
leaving and settled here after retirement. It is a very good step. | :09:52. | :09:55. | |
It is not a one-way process, there are hopes that the military could | :09:55. | :10:00. | |
open up its facilities and help run it leadership courses so by working | :10:00. | :10:07. | |
together, the community is enriched. The Mayor of London says he's | :10:07. | :10:10. | |
frustrated that the government has no firm plans to build an airport | :10:10. | :10:13. | |
in the Thames Estuary. Boris Johnson was responding to comments | :10:13. | :10:17. | |
made yesterday by the Transport Minster Theresa Villiers. She said | :10:17. | :10:20. | |
the government had no plans to build an airport in the estuary, | :10:20. | :10:24. | |
Medway or in Kent. On Tuesday the Chancellor told the Commons he was | :10:24. | :10:29. | |
exploring all options to increase the UK's aviation capacity. | :10:29. | :10:32. | |
The Transport Secretary and Lewes MP Norman Baker has welcomed a | :10:32. | :10:36. | |
multi million pound grant for new rail carriages. �80 million of | :10:36. | :10:39. | |
government money is being made available to Southern Trains to | :10:39. | :10:43. | |
help buy 130 new carriages. It's hoped the investment will reduce | :10:43. | :10:46. | |
overcrowding. The government has approved plans | :10:46. | :10:48. | |
by Canterbury Christ Church University to increase the number | :10:49. | :10:53. | |
of subsidised places it offers to students from low income households. | :10:53. | :10:56. | |
But from next year the fees charged to most undergraduates will also | :10:56. | :11:03. | |
increase to �8,500 a year. Students at the University of | :11:03. | :11:06. | |
Brighton have occupied the college art gallery in protest over the | :11:06. | :11:10. | |
rise in tuition fees. The group of around 30 say they'll stay there | :11:10. | :11:13. | |
for the foreseeable future. The university says it is talking to | :11:13. | :11:17. | |
the students in an attempt to bring the protest to an end. Our reporter, | :11:17. | :11:19. | |
Danielle Glavin, is outside the building in Brighton now. Danielle | :11:19. | :11:27. | |
what are the students hoping to achieve? | :11:27. | :11:32. | |
They have a long list of demands - 14 in total. Many of them have yet | :11:32. | :11:37. | |
to be answered and that is why they are still here. What they want is | :11:37. | :11:41. | |
to see a locally, a guarantee that there will be no job cuts at the | :11:41. | :11:44. | |
University. They would also like to see bursaries for any students who | :11:44. | :11:49. | |
need them but they're also asking for the government to rethink its | :11:49. | :11:52. | |
White Paper on education. That is something that is out of the | :11:53. | :11:56. | |
University's hands but talks are ongoing and the students are not | :11:56. | :12:01. | |
rushing off anywhere, they have settled in very well. | :12:01. | :12:06. | |
It was Cole last night will we're getting back. We have not set a | :12:06. | :12:10. | |
time on how long we are staying. The ball is in management was no | :12:10. | :12:15. | |
court. What has the university said about this? When the students first | :12:15. | :12:19. | |
moved into the gallery, there was some disruption and lectures | :12:19. | :12:22. | |
because of in the building and they also evacuated the building so | :12:22. | :12:26. | |
there were problems at first but now they have sorted out their | :12:26. | :12:29. | |
safety concerns, things are pretty much back to normal at the | :12:29. | :12:34. | |
University is not really happy that this is happening. | :12:34. | :12:37. | |
It is rather counter-productive, it will cost us some money and having | :12:37. | :12:41. | |
to pay staff overtime to keep the buildings a cure so it will remove | :12:41. | :12:45. | |
some of the money they could otherwise spend on education. | :12:45. | :12:48. | |
I have seen many people walking past today, peering through the | :12:48. | :12:55. | |
window, so they are proving popular with the public. But this is | :12:55. | :13:00. | |
definitely an unpopular art installation at the University. | :13:00. | :13:10. | |
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Our top story tonight: At Kent man dying of brain cancer's family say | :13:10. | :13:14. | |
they may lose their home because the insurance company will not pay | :13:14. | :13:16. | |
out the money they were expecting. The company says they cannot pay | :13:16. | :13:19. | |
out on the policy because his terminal illness was diagnosed | :13:19. | :13:27. | |
during its final 12 months. Digging up the secrets of the | :13:27. | :13:33. | |
dockyards past, Rory McGrath and covers the Tudor remains. | :13:33. | :13:36. | |
It was a bright December day today but it is increasingly wet and | :13:36. | :13:46. | |
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windy tonight. If you have a story you think we should be covering on | :13:48. | :13:58. | |
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South East Today, we'd like to hear When any business wins an award | :14:04. | :14:08. | |
it's a proud moment. But for the Blueskies School for children with | :14:08. | :14:13. | |
autism in Rochester it was a poignant one, too. The woman whose | :14:13. | :14:16. | |
vision and passion had led to the creation of the school, died just a | :14:16. | :14:25. | |
few weeks before the awards were announced. Her children have now | :14:25. | :14:27. | |
stepped in to keep the school running and to fulfil their | :14:28. | :14:34. | |
mother's dreams for the children who go there. | :14:34. | :14:40. | |
This girl's says her life was a mess but now she is studying for | :14:40. | :14:48. | |
her A-levels. This is the woman she says give her a chance, who set up | :14:48. | :14:53. | |
the school a few years ago. She was a head teacher unlike any other. | :14:53. | :15:00. | |
She was fantastic individual who just wanted to help everyone, help | :15:00. | :15:04. | |
people who were different. After 15 years of teaching with children | :15:04. | :15:10. | |
with autism, France set up the school to have cope with life and | :15:10. | :15:19. | |
to flourish. In a regular school, if they were to walk out of school | :15:19. | :15:24. | |
are get angry and annoyed, it seems bad behaviour and people would be | :15:24. | :15:29. | |
sent to detention but she would always the past that and it is not | :15:29. | :15:32. | |
about that, it is about the difficulties they face. Whether | :15:32. | :15:37. | |
children it provides a supportive and calming environment. Now I feel | :15:37. | :15:42. | |
a lot happier. Everywhere in life has its ups and downs but most of | :15:42. | :15:46. | |
the time I am very happy. This is a great place for me to be. Then in | :15:46. | :15:53. | |
September, without warning, Fran died. Her death has left a gaping | :15:53. | :15:56. | |
hole but a son and daughter have stepped in to run the school, | :15:56. | :16:00. | |
determined her work should continue. Now it has won an award for | :16:00. | :16:06. | |
achievement and vision. I am really proud. Unbelievably. I can just see | :16:06. | :16:13. | |
her face telling everyone about it and saying how amazing it is. It is | :16:13. | :16:19. | |
a real achievement. Fran always said it seems peculiar to be up for | :16:19. | :16:23. | |
a Business Award but the school was never about making money but she | :16:23. | :16:27. | |
did achieve her business plan, provision for children with autism. | :16:27. | :16:31. | |
Now the challenge is to ensure the school can continue to grow without | :16:31. | :16:41. | |
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It's a busy weekend for the south east's top football teams. Victory | :16:45. | :16:47. | |
for Brighton tomorrow could take them back into the promotion | :16:47. | :16:50. | |
playoff places. Meanwhile, Charlton, Crawley and Gillingham are all | :16:50. | :16:53. | |
involved in the FA Cup and we've had some high powered 2012 Olympic | :16:53. | :16:58. | |
officials in the patch. Our sports reporter Neil Bell joins us from | :16:58. | :17:03. | |
Chatham. London 2012 chairman Lord Coe and | :17:03. | :17:06. | |
the Secretary of State for the Olympics, Jeremy Hunt, have been in | :17:06. | :17:09. | |
Kent today as part of a nationwide tour to promote the tourism and | :17:09. | :17:12. | |
business legacy of next year's Games. The pair are also | :17:12. | :17:14. | |
encouraging South East schools to sign up to the School Games | :17:15. | :17:22. | |
competition. Kent School Games Games to get as | :17:22. | :17:28. | |
many children as possible involved in sport as ahead of the Games. | :17:28. | :17:32. | |
There is, at every level, a commitment spearheaded by | :17:32. | :17:35. | |
government to get more young people actively involved in school games | :17:35. | :17:43. | |
is a large part of that. I know it is happening, I see it when it is | :17:43. | :17:46. | |
when I go round the country. Schools here in Kent are really | :17:46. | :17:50. | |
leading the way at a time when many of our sports in schools has been | :17:50. | :17:54. | |
ring-fenced, the Kent Schools Games goes back to the grass roots of | :17:54. | :18:02. | |
encouraging young people to get active. I think the big problem is, | :18:02. | :18:06. | |
schools are probably a diverting money to other sources but more | :18:06. | :18:10. | |
creative schools are realising the benefits and there are certain | :18:10. | :18:13. | |
activities being put forward by professionals that we can latch on | :18:13. | :18:22. | |
to. I like to play tennis because I can play with my family. I think it | :18:22. | :18:26. | |
is killed because you get to do different activities and meet new | :18:26. | :18:30. | |
people. Earlier across Kent, ministers were keen to remind | :18:30. | :18:33. | |
businesses about how they can maximise tourism opportunities in | :18:33. | :18:41. | |
the run-up to the Olympics. We want to make sure that we used the | :18:41. | :18:45. | |
opportunity of 2012 to create jobs for Kent tourism businesses and | :18:45. | :18:50. | |
throughout the south-east. More than 1000 contracts have been | :18:50. | :18:56. | |
snapped up. Outside London, the south-east is the largest region | :18:56. | :19:00. | |
for tourism but can it deliver? people cannot get around, if there | :19:00. | :19:05. | |
is the perception that is going to be difficult to get out and about, | :19:06. | :19:10. | |
people will maybe be put off and that will be ashamed. There are | :19:10. | :19:14. | |
challenges ahead but it is hoped with 238 days to go, the south-east | :19:14. | :19:17. | |
will benefit and be able to showcase all that Kent has to offer, | :19:17. | :19:23. | |
both during and long after 2012. It's FA cup time with a place in | :19:23. | :19:26. | |
the third round awaiting this weekend winners and no team wants a | :19:26. | :19:30. | |
cup run more that Gillingham - it's a great way of boosting morale for | :19:30. | :19:33. | |
the players and fans, and it can, as Crawley proved last season, | :19:33. | :19:36. | |
generate a lot of cash. The Gills have the comparatively short trip | :19:36. | :19:40. | |
up the M2 to play League One Leyton Orient, but once again they will be | :19:40. | :19:43. | |
missing loan strikers Frank Nouble and Jo Kuffour who are both cup | :19:43. | :19:44. | |
tied. Despite going well in the league, | :19:44. | :19:47. | |
Crawley Town's fans will be hoping for another cup run to remember. | :19:47. | :19:51. | |
Steve Evans knows his team could be on the wrong end of some giant | :19:51. | :19:53. | |
killing against non-league Redbridge. Crawley will be hoping | :19:53. | :19:57. | |
for a repeat of last season's cup run - including a famous tie at Man | :19:57. | :20:05. | |
United. Our own ethos as we prepare for Saturday it is to be in the | :20:05. | :20:09. | |
third round draw when it takes place on Sunday and anyone at home | :20:10. | :20:16. | |
and one of the big four or five a way and I would one to get one back | :20:16. | :20:19. | |
at Sir Alex Ferguson. League One leaders Charlton will be | :20:19. | :20:23. | |
confident of despatching Carlisle. Extra coaches are being lined up to | :20:23. | :20:26. | |
take supporters to the Valley and they will be hoping the Addicks can | :20:26. | :20:29. | |
repeat their 4-0 league win over the Cumbrian side back in October. | :20:29. | :20:31. | |
Meanwhile in The Championship, Brighton and Hove Albion are hoping | :20:31. | :20:35. | |
to build on their recent good form when they take on Nottingham Forest | :20:35. | :20:37. | |
on Saturday. Craig-Mackail Smith's goal took the Seagulls closer to | :20:37. | :20:42. | |
the play-off places on Tuesday. The manager Gus Poyet says he remains | :20:43. | :20:52. | |
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keen to sign more players. Quality means a better quality in | :20:59. | :21:05. | |
understanding of the game, in sickness and in strength and | :21:05. | :21:10. | |
inconsistency. If you add a bit of quality into the team, we will be | :21:10. | :21:20. | |
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better. Hundreds of years before Nelsons | :21:21. | :21:24. | |
famous Victory was built at Chatham's Dockyard, the warships | :21:24. | :21:27. | |
that bolstered the power of Henry VIII, and the ships that defeated | :21:27. | :21:30. | |
the Spanish Armada were built on the banks of the Medway but none of | :21:30. | :21:35. | |
the original Tudor buildings are left standing. There is however | :21:35. | :21:38. | |
still evidence under the ground and comedian Rory McGrath spent the | :21:38. | :21:40. | |
summer exploring an archaeological dig around the Command House Pub | :21:40. | :21:50. | |
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for a new TV series. We are going to stick a trench in | :21:53. | :21:59. | |
there. To a lot of people, it is a form of armchair history, they | :21:59. | :22:06. | |
could really identify with. We are going to be averaging around under | :22:06. | :22:10. | |
the ground to reveal big stories about history. Tonight, the | :22:10. | :22:18. | |
mysteries around an ale house. search of an era when Great Britain | :22:18. | :22:23. | |
ruled the world. Kaka it is often said that the pub is at the heart | :22:23. | :22:26. | |
of the community, the place where the real news happens but in this | :22:26. | :22:32. | |
case, it seems to be at the heart of English history. I would be very | :22:32. | :22:35. | |
surprised if the original Tudor buildings were not in this part of | :22:35. | :22:39. | |
the river somewhere. The exact site of the first naval yard and its | :22:39. | :22:45. | |
buildings built in Tudor times is a mystery lost under mud, my script | :22:45. | :22:50. | |
away by the diggers. There is a wonderful time but they think came | :22:50. | :22:53. | |
from the medieval church that was found and there. They have found | :22:53. | :23:00. | |
other remains, clay pipes and some iron work. They found what they | :23:00. | :23:05. | |
think is a Tudor brick. If that is right, it may well point to this | :23:05. | :23:08. | |
definitely being the site of the origins of the dockyard, we will | :23:08. | :23:11. | |
have to wait and see. There is little doubt that this pub's | :23:11. | :23:16. | |
surroundings were at the a heart to of Britain was looks the part. The | :23:16. | :23:26. | |
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beginnings of an empire that stretched around the globe. That is | :23:33. | :23:37. | |
part of Medway council was no bid for World Heritage Site status. | :23:37. | :23:42. | |
This is an area of rich heritage, we have castles, Historic Dockyard | :23:42. | :23:46. | |
and it is another piece of the jigsaw about the history of Medway | :23:46. | :23:49. | |
so it is fascinating and the are so pleased we have had them down here | :23:49. | :23:53. | |
and they have found some new pieces of history. I group of men camping | :23:53. | :24:00. | |
out at a pub making a film led by a comedian. We could be looking at | :24:00. | :24:04. | |
the ground Elizabeth trod on it. doesn't sound a very likely way to | :24:04. | :24:08. | |
improve at understanding of history but then again, maybe is just what | :24:08. | :24:18. | |
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it needs. That is my ideal gig, sitting in a | :24:21. | :24:31. | |
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pub at looking at interesting It has been a gorgeous December day. | :24:32. | :24:37. | |
It did stay cold up with a good deal of sunshine for us all. As we | :24:38. | :24:41. | |
move into tonight, we're seeing further rain and those winds will | :24:41. | :24:45. | |
be picking up. The Rayner looks to be clearing through tomorrow | :24:45. | :24:49. | |
morning. It'll be a dull, breezy picture but quite mild for the time | :24:50. | :24:56. | |
of year. Today, we had a frosty starts today. A good deal of | :24:56. | :24:59. | |
sunshine. We had a lighter winds as we moved into the afternoon and we | :25:00. | :25:06. | |
have seen the cloud cover starts to thicken. The rain is going to be | :25:06. | :25:10. | |
spreading eastwards as we head into the secret. Today, a good deal of | :25:10. | :25:14. | |
sunshine for us all. Temperatures hardly recovering and in single | :25:14. | :25:24. | |
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figures for us all. Those winds, lighter as well, between 5 and 10 | :25:25. | :25:33. | |
miles an hour. Tonight, the winds continue to pick up noticeably. | :25:33. | :25:37. | |
That rain spreading east words come affecting us all. Some heavier | :25:37. | :25:40. | |
pulses with the mat and because of the unsettled weather, temperatures | :25:40. | :25:48. | |
not as cool as last night. Certainly, a damp start to the | :25:48. | :25:51. | |
weekend. The rain slowly clearing and behind it is going to be a much | :25:51. | :25:59. | |
drier picture. As you can see what those isobars, we were holding on | :25:59. | :26:04. | |
to the westerly winds. Temperatures though, several degrees up from | :26:04. | :26:11. | |
where we were today. Top temperatures of around 12 degrees. | :26:11. | :26:15. | |
Mostly dry, some outbreaks of light rain as we move through into | :26:15. | :26:21. | |
tomorrow evening and again, similar overnight. It means these | :26:21. | :26:25. | |
temperatures are going to be staying in single figures. It is a | :26:25. | :26:30. | |
mild picture but it will be damned as we start the day on Sunday. The | :26:30. | :26:39. | |
rain is never too far away. Fingers crossed it will be tried. Tom | :26:39. | :26:43. | |
temperatures around ten degrees. No pressure is in control of things. | :26:43. | :26:47. | |
That will be damp and breezy with those westerly winds of about 20 | :26:47. | :26:52. | |
miles an hour. The sunshine should be backed by Monday with the | :26:52. | :26:59. | |
brightness around for Monday and Tuesday. | :26:59. | :27:02. | |
Let's recap tonight's top national and local news stories. David | :27:02. | :27:04. | |
Cameron has been meeting President Sarkozy in Paris for talks about | :27:05. | :27:08. | |
the debt crisis in the euro-zone. He has pledged that he will protect | :27:08. | :27:16. | |
Britain's interests if any EU treaties have to be rewritten. | :27:16. | :27:20. | |
At terminally ill man's family could lose their home after his | :27:20. | :27:23. | |
life insurers denied him a payout because his policy was in its final | :27:23. | :27:27. | |
year. Paul Holland was diagnosed with a brain tumour or four months | :27:27. | :27:35. | |
before the deal came to an end. A dig on the banks of the River | :27:35. | :27:38. |